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Opinions of the Press on the Mackay Gun.
35pp., no imprint/date. (c.1865).
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Selected press comments (dated 1864-65) presumably printed in this form by one interested in the furtherance of the Mackay Gun. Recent red cloth, label to front, with orig. wrapper bound in (with drawing of 'The Agincourt Target. Effect of the Mackay Gun at 200 yards.' This target emulated the hull of a modern warship with armour plate lined with teak.) RUSI lib. stamp on tp. VG thus.
£20
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Indian Supplement to the Manual of Map Reading, Photo Reading & Field Sketching, 1929.
General Staff, India. 1931. [iv]+8pp., 2 fldg. plates (containing maps & signs), fldg. map in end-pocket (NWF Province: Mullazai). Calcutta: Govt. of India Central Publication Branch.
1931.
#51486
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Very scarce Indian supplement containing special reference to maps of India "in so far as they differ from the maps of Great Britain." Details how Indian maps were constructed, notes on their interpretation, &c. Fldg. map in end-pocket (issued with this work) is One-Inch sheet No. 38 L/7 of the Bhittani & Dera Ismail Khan District, dating from 1910 & reprinted in 1921 with additions & corrections to 1920. Orig. printed boards with cloth backstrip, ink stamp to front: "This is the property of HQ The corps of Sikh Pioneers" & contemp. ownership of Capt. J.F. Peart [commissioned IA 1918, 3rd Sikh Pioneers, later Lt.-Col., 2nd Punjab Regt. & Staff], Amendment Slip No. 1 1937 loosely inserted, some contemp annotation, little marked & worn o/w VG with ownership inscrip. of the writer Alan Sillitoe. See illustration on our website.
£65
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Financial Instructions in relation to Army Cash Accounts. 1931.
Orig. printed wraps., viii+185pp. HMSO.
1931.
#31331
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Regulations for the Royal Army Pay Corps, Bills & Claims, &c. Several Amendments tipped-in or loosely inserted. See illustration on our website.
£10
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Instruction Militaire du Roi de Prusse, Pour ses Generaux.
Traduite d'Allemande. vi+147pp., 13 maps/diagrams on 4 flldg. leaves. Paris: Anselin et Pochard.
1821.
#56240
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French translation of 18th Century Prussian Army manual of strategy, formations &c. Contemp. half red morocco, VG ex-Royal Engineers lib. See illustration on our website.
£75
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Manual of Elementary Drill (All Arms) 1935.
viii+98pp., 11 plates. HMSO.
1935.
#25936
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Squad Drill, Guards & Sentries, &c., with diagrams (fixing bayonets, presenting arms, &c.). VG.
£10
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Royal Warrant & Regulations regarding Army Services & Explanatory Directions for the Information & Guidance of Paymasters & Others.
With an Index. [vii]+207pp. Clowes.
1848.
#26877
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Very attractive recent three-qtr. brown calf, gilt to sps., raised bands & marbled paper covd. boards. Ink ownership inscrip. "H. Mackenzie Lieut. 73rd Regt." with a modern note on his services (inc. Kaffir Wars) loosely inserted.
£50
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An Abridgement of the Regulations for the Formation & Movements of the Cavalry (As Last Corrected by the Board) Adapted to the use of Yeomanry Corps, with Suggestions of Several Points of Discipline & Interior; & A Short Notice upon Patrols, Picquets, & Other Measures of Precaution in Times of Disturbance. Also the Forms of Yeomanry Returns; & An Abstract of the Regulations Issued by the Government Departments Connected with the Yeomanry.
xii+167pp., num. diagrams of drill movements &c. Clowes.
1833.
#48501
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Rare book of instruction for the Yeomanry. Orig. plum cloth, little worn, sound throughout, VG, with orig. leather lettering label to front. See illustration on our website.
£50
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Drill for 6 Inch B.L. & 5.5 Inch B.L. Guns. On Transferable Mountings. 1934.
Orig. blue printed wraps., 27pp. Admiralty (Gunnery Branch).
1934.
#31003
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Staples rusted o/w VG with several Amendments pasted in.
£12
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Handbook of Contagious & Infectious Diseases in Animals.
Issued by the Quartermaster General's Branch, GHQ, India. Revised Ed., [ii]+304pp. Published by the Manager of Publications, Delhi; Printed by the Manager, Govt. of India Press, Calcutta.
1945.
#50920
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Orig. printed paper covd. boards with cloth backstrip. Supersedes editions of 1910, 1928 &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Field Exercise 1862. Pocket Edition. By Authority.
xxii+538pp., illus. HMSO.
1862.
#47531
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Orig. red leather, gilt, VG with brass catch. Nice example. See illustration on our website.
£35
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