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The Scholarly Publishing Office, The University of Michigan, University Library, n.d. The Michigan Historical Reprint Series. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), 450 pp + [xiv] pp ads. Near-Fine, with a light musty odor.
US Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise and Manoevers of the United States Infantry by Secretary of War, US Army - 1861
by Secretary of War, US Army
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US Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise and Manoevers of the United States Infantry
by Secretary of War, US Army
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Lippincott, 1861. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Green cloth with gilt to spine. Only library markings are library stamp to fep with discard written in red ink over stamp and sticker residue on back cover. Booksellers stamp on ffep but otherwise text block is in good shape, unmarked except for foxing and toning. Many fold out illustrations, the first is torn and others creased but otherwise appear quite legible. Corners bumped and cloth shows some spots, worn at spine hinge and spine eges with front hinge beginning to give. Text block is tight and square.
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[By Authority.] U. S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise, and Maneuvres of the United States Infantry, Including Infantry of the Lin, Light Infantry and Riflemen. Prepared under the Direction of the War Department, and Authored and Adopted by The Secretary of War, May 1, 1861. Containing The School of the Soldier; The School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; The General Calls, The Calls for Skirmishers, and The School of the Battalion; Including the Articles of War and a Dictionary of Military Terms.
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U. S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise, and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry, Including Infantry of Theline, Light Infantry, and Riflemen
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good+. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate foxing, spots of staining to the endpapers. Owner's inscription, of H. Scofield, co. H, 21st Reg. All folding plates are present, even if mis-folded. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 450+ads pages .
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U.S.Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry,including Infantry of the Line, Light Infantry, and Riflemen. Prepared under the Direction of the War Department and authorized and adopted by the Secretary of War May 1, 1861
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Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott & Co, 1862. Hard Cover. vg. octavo. 438pp. Frontispiece of battleplan. Illustrated. Name of previous owner on front and rear endpaper as well as a couple of other pages.Some old tape residue on front and back endpapers. Former owners name and date of 1877 on front ep. Overall a nice copy of a scarce book.
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(By Authority) U.S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise, and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry, Including Infantry of the Line, Light Infantry, and Riflemen
by Prepared Under the Direction of the War Department and Authorized and Adopted by the Secretary of War (May 1st, 1861)
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1861. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. An exceptionally bright copy of the 1861 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its bevelled dark-green cloth, with crisp, completely unflecked gilt-titling and insignia along the spine. Light foxing at the pastedowns and endsheets, faint staining to the front inner hinge (and continuing very lightly thru the preliminaries). 15 fold-out plates (all intact and very clean, except the frontispiece plate, the left half of which has been neatly excised) and 77 additional plates thruout the text. Thick 64mo, 450 pgs. plus Lippincott's list of recent publications ("McClellan's Bayonet Exercises", etc.) at the rear. This copy bears the ownership blindstamp of William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) of Albany, NY, noted Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of the 9 volume set "Annals of the American Pulpit"
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U.S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry, Including Infantry of the Line, Light Infantry, and Riflemen. [with vintage cabinet photograph / Carte de visite of Union Brigadier General George Crockett Strong, loosely inserted and his name signed and dated to endpaper on April 28, 1863 (3 months prior to his death after being wounded during his assault on Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina)].: Prepared under the direction of the War Department, and Authorized and Adopted by the Secretary of War, May 1, 1861. Containing The School of the Soldier; The School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; the General Calls, the Calls for Skirmishers
by [Strong, George Crockett] The Secretary of War
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1861. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1861. 9.3 cm x 13.5 cm. Fold-out Frontispiece, 450 pages. 77 plates with illustrations of various stances and manoeuvres. 12 additional fold-out diagrams. Hardcover / publisher's original blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and stamp on spine. Blind triple ruling and stamp on both boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners slightly bumped. Very minor abrasion to cloth at bottom front corner. Very minor closed tear to page 25. Minor foxing occasionally throughout. Signs of dampstaining evident throughout otherwise clean and bright volume. Binding good and firm and tight bookblock. Inked annotation to title page. Ownership annotation to front pastedown. Embossed stamp of Wm B Sprague Jr, 51 State St, Albany on front endpaper. Endpaper also carries pencilled signature of George C Strong dated April 28 1862. Carte de visite of General Strong also loosely inserted. Includes, for example, the following: Title First -…
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