Naval Professional Papers, No. 17. The Magnetism of Iron and Steel Ships: An Explanation... it affects the Compass

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. Presentation copy with inscribed compliments card of J. G. Walker, U.S. Navy, Chief of Bureau of Navigation tipped-in at title-page. Octavo, 123 numbered pages, 28 inserted plates of charts, most color printed, folding, albumen pasted down opposite page 50, publisher's blue pebbled cloth ruled in blind, lettered in gilt (moderate wear to covers with minute loss at spine ends and corners, else a clean, tight, very good copy).