Handbook of the Mekometer, 1899
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Rosscarbery, Cork, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Her Majesty's Staitionery Office, 1901. Paperback. Good. London: Her Majesty's Staitionery Office, 1901. Reprint. Good. Ex M.R. Leeson Marshall, Capt. 4 R.M.F. Capt (later Major) M.R. Leeson-Marshall was born in 1859 and served with the 3rd and 4th R.M.F. He lived at Callinafercy House, Kilcolman, Co. Kerry and although he is included in the list of officers from Kerry who served abroad in the First World War, it would appear that he did not go to France. He would have been 55 in 1914. *vide Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912, p. 460. The mekometer was the army's main range finder from 1899 to 1905 although some machines were still being used in the First World War. Rare. Ochre cloth covered paper cover a little tanned and worn, corners bumped, a crease half way down foredge throughout, another on top right corner, otherwise fairly clean, one illustration with pencilled annotations, ffep with owner's signature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Vivian Art & Antiques (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 576
- Title
- Handbook of the Mekometer, 1899
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Her Majesty's Staitionery Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
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About the Seller
Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
Biblio member since 2016
Rosscarbery, Cork
About Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...