U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise, and Manoeuvers of the Soldier, a Company, Line of Skirmishers, and Battalion; for the use of the Colored Trooops of the United States Infantry
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: War Department, Government Printing Office, 1863. Hardcover. Poor. Well-worn and used hard bound book of 370 numbered pages plus numerous fold-out sheets of music, diagrams, illustrations at the end. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and 3rd page. Embossed decoration on front and back of brown cloth boards. Partial title and 1863 stamped in black on spine. Board edges bumped and worn through at corners & spine. Board chipped at rear corner and cloth rubbed on rear board. Stains on foredges and on first and last few pages. Foxing on margins of pages. General soil, but complete and tight. A rare original copy.
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- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15972
- Title
- U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise, and Manoeuvers of the Soldier, a Company, Line of Skirmishers, and Battalion; for the use of the Colored Trooops of the United States Infantry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- War Department, Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- african american, history, military, civil war, handbooks,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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