An Elementary Treatise on Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops, and the Manner of Posting and Handling Them in Presence of an Enemy.
Hardcover
1861 · New York
by Mahan
New York: John Wiley, 1861. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Original brown blind stamped cloth, title in gilt to spine. From the collection of The Old Guard (New York) with a number of stamps attesting to this. Six folding plates bound in at rear. A tight copy with interesting military provenance. (Inventory #: WB15929)