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Report of the Board of Officers; Constitiuted By General Order No. 136, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's Office, November 24, 1890; To Select Magazine Arms For the U.S. Military Service
by Ordinance Department, U.S.A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: Goverment Printing Office, 1892 212pp. 22 of 23 fold-out plates at rear of book. Number 11 is missing but its existence is not mentioned. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. A couple light stains on both boards. Front board has one light scratch. Foredge of both boards and top edge of front board are bumped. Spine is shaken and cocked. Edges of text block have heavy dust staining. Inside of front board has scratches. Owner inscriptions on first endpaper and inside of rear board. Front endpapers have creases.Pages are heavily toned and lightly foxed along the edges. . Chipping to one of the plates near lower tip. Plates have diagonal creases near edges of pages from the folds. Small tears at top edge of front endpapers and first 56 pages near spine head. Plate binding has caused long vertical creases at the foredge and spine edge of all pages. Text is unmarked. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good Minus/No Dust Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27297
- Title
- Report of the Board of Officers; Constitiuted By General Order No. 136, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's Office, November 24, 1890; To Select Magazine Arms For the U.S. Military Service
- Author
- Ordinance Department, U.S.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Goverment Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Date Published
- 1892
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- Firearms, Guns, Rifles;
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- Foxed
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- Chipping
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- Cocked
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- Spine
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- Plate
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