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Instruction for Field Artillery
by Prepared By a Board of Artillery Officers: Wm. H. French; William F. Barry; Henry J. Hunt
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lipincott & Co., 1863. Title page dated 1863. Well kept example of this important book on organization and deployment of troops, horses and artillery including cannons, illustrated with the 79 called-for plates plus 8 plates of music for bugle signals that are not included in the table of contents. Brown textured cloth with darkened gilt spine lettering, decorative stamping in blind, 348 pages plus plates. Includes the engraved bookplate of John D. Vautier, Philadelphia, who served in the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteers and who wounded at Cold Harbor in 1864. Some minor fraying to spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with some minor uniform age-toning to plates, small coffee colored stain near the bottom of about a half dozen pages near the front of the book, bookplate as noted, no other names or markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043905
- Title
- Instruction for Field Artillery
- Author
- Prepared By a Board of Artillery Officers: Wm. H. French; William F. Barry; Henry J. Hunt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- J. B. Lipincott & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1863
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CIVIL WAR ARMAMENT CANNONS GUNS HOWITZER
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography; World History, World Wars and Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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