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British Army Manuals (ex 1914-18) British Army Manuals, Text Books and Handbooks (excluding 1914-1918)   47 Books
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Infantry Training (Provisional). War Office. 1902. 323pp., sketches & diagrams (several fldg.). HMSO. 1902  #66223
[HLMainPic] Issued in the year that emphasis was moved from Bn. to Company as the principal tactical unit. Orig. limp red calf covs., gilt, near fine. See illustration on our website.   £45
Notes on Military Railway Engineering. Published under the Authority of the Quartermaster General. Part I- (Survey) 1940. vi+126pp., 28 sketches, maps & diagrams (some fldg.). War Office. 1940  #67941
[HLMainPic] Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Rifle Drill Illustrated. Orig. printed wraps., a series of diagrams within. Aldershot: G&P. nd (c.1940)  #66705
[HLMainPic] Excellent drawings of rifle drill: The salute; ground arms; fix bayonets, &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.   £15
Notes on Military Railway Engineering. Published under the Authority of the Quartermaster General. Part IV: Operating. 1942. 238pp., 27 photos., maps & diagrams (several fldg.).War Office. 1942  #65589
[HLMainPic] Orig. green cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Notes on Military Railway Engineering. Published under the Authority of the Quartermaster General. Part II: Engineering 1940. 195pp., 97 sketches, maps & diagrams (many fldg.) War Office. 1940  #65588
[HLMainPic] Orig. green cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Notes on Military Railway Engineering. Published under the Authority of the Quartermaster General. Part I- (Survey) 1940. vi+126pp., 28 sketches, maps & diagrams (some fldg.). War Office. 1940  #65587
[HLMainPic] Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Manual of Map Reading & Field Sketching. 1912. 104pp., 24 sketches/diagrams (some fldg.). E&S for HMSO. 1912  #65091
[HLMainPic] Orig. maroon cloth covd. boards, gilt to sp., somewhat serviceworn, VG with ownership inscrip. of the writer Alan Sillitoe. See illustration on our website.   £20
Text Book of Ballistics & Gunnery. Part I. 313pp., 4to, several photos. plates, num. diagrams & tables. HMSO. 1927  #66895
[HLMainPic] For Official Use Only. Much about aiming, trajectories, fuzes, firing procedures, range table &c., Orig. red cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £65
The Principles & Practice of Good Instruction. Part 1. For Officers & NCO Instructors. Orig. dec. wraps., xvi+97pp., several diagrams. War Office. Feb. 1947  #64614
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED guide for instructors of the junior ranks inc. training methods &c. VG in attractive orig. printed wraps. See illustration on our website.   £20
Military Engineering. (Part I.) Field Defences. 1908. General Staff, War Office, 1908. vi+101pp., 60 illus. (some fldg.). HMSO. 1914  #66815
[HLMainPic] From earthworks (trenches &c.) to stockades & blockhouses, defence of villages & suburbs, & more, with numerous interesting & excellent plates. This the 1914 printing, orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £45

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