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John Wiley, 1862. Hardcover. Fair Condition. Illustrator: . 168 pages; illustrated with folding diagrams. Small pocket sized book. Missing the spine; wear to the edges; the pages are yellowed; some staining and foxing; a rare title regardless of condition. 1862 date on the title page. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military; Inventory No: 154684. .
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A Treatise on Field Fortification containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying out, Constructing , Defending and Attacking Intrenchments, with the General Outlines also of the Arrangement, the Attack and Defence of Permanent Fortifications
by D.H. Mahan
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A Treatise on Field Fortification containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments, with the General Outlines also of the Arrangement, the Attack and Defence of Permanent Fortifications
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New York: John Wiley, 1861. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. very good. 24mo. (6" x 4") 168pp and ads in rear. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 12 folded black and white platesSome minor soiling. Edge rubbing at top of spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper and on title page. Binding tight.
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A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying out, Constructing, Defending and Attacking Intrenchments, with the General Outlines also of the Arrangement, the Attack and Defence of Permanent Fortifications
by MAHAN, D.H.
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New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. Hardcover. Good. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 12mo. Publisher's cloth gilt. 168pp. 12 folding plates. Modest loss to the cloth at the spine, some pencil notes, foxing throughout, a well-used, good copy. Ownership signature of W. Stokes Boyd, later mayor of Jacksonville, Florida; as well as an inscription presenting the book to him: "Lieut. Boyd, U.S. Marines from his friend Lieut. Hendershott[?] U.S. Army, San Diego, Cal. 10th Nov. 1851[?]." A relatively scarce title with a pleasing western presentation.
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A TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATION, CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE METHODS OF LAYING OUT, CONSTRUCTING, DEFENDING, AND ATTACKING INTRENCHMENTS; WITH THE GENERAL OUTLINES ALSO OF THE ARRANGEMENT, THE ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF PERMANENT FORTIFICATIONS
by Mahan, D.H
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Richmond: West & Johnsto, 1862. [iii]-xxvii,[1],168pp. plus twelve folding plates, each with an inserted leaf of explanation. Lacks the initial blank leaf [p. i-ii]. 12mo. Contemporary quarter morocco and coated paper, gilt label. Boards rubbed, edges shelfworn, corners bumped, label chipped and rubbed. Front hinge cracked, but still strong. Text lightly toned, a bit of light foxing, but quite neat internally. Plate eleven reinforced at folds on verso. Good plus. "Fourth edition, revised and enlarged," and the only Confederate printing of Mahan's important and influential treatise on field fortification, as the original New York publishers (Wiley) would not sell to the Confederacy. Dennis Hart Mahan (1802-1871), noted military theorist and father of naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan, was a professor at West Point for more than forty- five years. He published this treatise on field fortifications, his first published book, in 1836, and it went through several printings before the outbreak of the…
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