U. S. Military Field Training -- 1812 -RARE -Instructions for Infantry - $795 - (Las Vegas, NV)
Title: Regulations For The Field Exercise, Maneuvers, And Conduct Of The Infantry Of The United States: Drawn Up and Adapted To The Organization Of The Militia And Regular Troops. By An Officer Of The Army. By order of the Secretary of War. Eustis, W. Book Description: Philadelphia, 1812, 225 pp., Original tree calf, 1st edition. With 34 folding plates in rear and 12 pp. explaining the plates. Extremely rare edition published on the eve of the War of 1812. With printed letter by Eustis, as Secretary of War, dated March 30th, 1812, ordering by command of the President of the United States. Printed by Fry and Kammerer. Light text browning. A crisp copy internally, the plates are in excellent condition. Binding with pitted spots on covers & joints, joints repaired, rear fixed though small wormhole marks. Very good internally, Good overall.
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