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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DRILL AND THE METHOD OF PERFORMING THE EIGHTEEN MANOEUVRES
by Russell, John Lietenant
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
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About This Item
M Carey. Fair with no dust jacket. 1814. First American Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii, 239, [1] pages; First American from the fourth London edition. Printed cover. No American copies at auction AE or ABPC, none on line, Worldcat locates 18 copies. Foxed, apparently hand made leaves of varying size and with irregular untrimmed edges. 32 plates plus chart frontis. One is a foldout. 33 plates in all. Spine cracked, held by binding threads. Covers detached. Contents complete. Generally shabby condition but complete and rare. .
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- Title
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DRILL AND THE METHOD OF PERFORMING THE EIGHTEEN MANOEUVRES
- Author
- Russell, John Lietenant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- M Carey
- Date Published
- 1814
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- Foxed
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- Spine
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- Fair
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- Edges
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