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New York: John Wiley, 1861. second edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. A short history of military arts, by the professor of "Military and Civil Engineering, and of the Science of War, in the United States' Military Academy." Important subjects dealt with in chapters, Tactics, Manner of Placing and Handling Troops, Positions, Advanced-Guards & Posts, Reconnaissances, Detachments, Convoys & Surprises & Ambuscades. 12mo, 168pp, ads. Very bright original brown blind stamped & gilt cloth. Titled "Outpost" on the spine. First published in 1847; both the North and the South reissued this volume for use of their troops during the Civil War. OCLC: 228688795 records 3 copies.
Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops, with the Essential Principles of Strategy, and Grand Tactics for the Use of Officers of the Militia and Volunteers by MAHAN, D.H - 1869
by MAHAN, D.H
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Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops, with the Essential Principles of Strategy, and Grand Tactics for the Use of Officers of the Militia and Volunteers
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New York: John Wiley & Son, 1869. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown pebble-grain blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. vi, 305pp. 12 small foldout maps. Very good. Faint edgewear, but internally tight and quite nice, with spine gilt bright; contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight and nice later printing of the 1862 revised edition of this landmark 1847 study by the noted military theorist and civil engineer. The dozen maps at the close are superb and clean. See SABIN 43862.
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Elementary Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops, and the Manner of Posting and Handling Them in Presence of an Enemy..
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An elementary Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops, and the Manner of posting and handling the in Presence of an Enemy... intended as a Supplement to the System of Tactics.
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1853. New York, John Wiley, 1853. Small 8vo. Original full cloth, blindtooled. Gilt lettering on spine. Stamp on title-page. The first few leaves with faint brownspotting. 168 pp. This edition not in Sabin.
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AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON ADVANCED-GUARD, OUT- POST, AND DETACHMENT SERVICE OF TROOPS, AND THE MANNER OF POSTING AND HANDLING THEM IN PRESENCE OF AN ENEMY
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New Orlean: Bloomfield & Steel, 1861. 143pp. 12mo. Original brown cloth, front cover gilt. Minor wear to extremities. Minor toning. A very pretty copy. Later edition, after the first of 1847, but the first Confederate edition. A somewhat ironic printing of this respected military manual. Mahan originally composed his work as a professor at the United States Military academy during the Mexican-American War, but its popularity was assured when both Confederate and Union officers consulted it during the Civil War. It was also reprinted in Richmond. A key Confederate military item. JUMONVILLE 3136. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 4942. THOMPSON 1166. SABIN 43862. CRANDALL 2454. DAB XII, p.210
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