CALHOUN, JOHN C [ED.]
Infantry Tactics; or, Rules for the Exercise and Manoeuvres of the Infantry of the U.S. Army. 2 Volume Set
Washington: Department of War / Davis & Force, 1825. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 416pp; 91pp + plates. 45 b/w fold-out plates. 44 fascinating plates of troop movements and actions, each with a full explanation, plus fold-out music sheet.. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owner plates to front pastedowns, and inscriptions to prelims. Page edge browning. Sporadic foxing and marking, slightly impinging on content and plates. Some plates mis-folded with wear to edges, not impinging. Plate 38, (XXXVIII), split in half .
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