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Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

near new . Facsimile of the very rare 1688 edition, 136pp. & 33 engraved plates in FORTICATION plus 70pp. & 20 engraved plates in MILITARY DISCIPLINE. This early treatise on the art of war at the end of the 17th century is so rare that there is even uncertainty over the authorship. The plates are quite delightful & covering as it does a period between the frequent publications on the Civil War & those of the 18th century it provides valuable information on early Marlburian warfare.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dispensing 52-caliber death at long distance was their specialty and it made them a favorite target. With their Colts, Sharps, and Whitworth globe rifles, led by one of the world's premier marksmen, Berdan's sharpshooters played an important role at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Brandy Station, and many other battles.Here is the complete history of this unique cadre of men and how they prosecuted their unique brand of warfare from 1861 to 1865.Engineer, inventor, military officer, world-renowned marksman, and commanding colonel of the United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War, Hiram Berdan's story and that of his men are little-known today. Yet it is one of the most compelling, exciting, and important stories of the war.Berdan's regiments played a pivotal role in delaying Confederate attacks at Devil's Den and the Peach Orchard at the Battle of Gettysburg.Charles N. Race, of Company K, was one of the youngest soldiers in the Union service, having mustered in 1862 at the age of 14, and was the only Berdan Sharpshooter of the original members remaining as a sharpshooter until the end of the war, July 17, 1865After the war, Hiram Berdan invented the Berdan rifle, Berdan primer, and other weapons.

Photos, illustr, 8.75 x 5.5, rebound in two-tone cloth, 554 pp with Appendix, covers very worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, spine cocked, ex-lib with usual markings, contents toned with some finger soil. Still, a very scarce title.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. First Edition. Soiled and rubbed green cloth covered boards with gilt titles heavily rubbed, splattered water stains. Front cover partially detached, first two pages detached but present. Foxing throughout. A rare title and remarkably this copy is complete, the block as a whole being quite nice and some tlc toboards would rejuvenate this copy.

Zustand: Fair. St. Paul 1892 no publisher given. Hardcover. Large octavo, 555pp., portraits and illustrations, dark bluegreen cloth with gilt lettering and gilt picture of a Civil War sharpshooter crouching in a field. One can see where old library spine label, now gone, was once at heel of spine and one printed number on dedication page but no other library marks. Fair, inner hinges cracked, a few pages have tiny closed tears or faint wrinkles, entire text is slightly toned, cover discolored and somewhat worn, spine ends reinforced. Text clean and binding secure. Scarce title. Sold as is.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 336; title-p. printed in red and black; old calf with an early 20th century rebacking, maroon morocco label on spine; the calf a bit stressed at the gutter, edges worn, but the binding is sound. Stevens, "probably an Irishman" (DNB) was an officer in the English army with some military experience in Ireland, and perhaps Portugal; his father was purportedly on the staff of the English ambassador to Spain. Alston XII, 151.