Red cloth stamped in gilt and blind
1884 · London
by Prevost, L. De T. (Lewis de Teissier)
London: W. Mitchell & Co, 1884. First edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Boards soiled with some minor bumping else a very good with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, one leaf roughly opened.. xvi, 263 pp. Illus. with 10 numbered plates and 51 additional plates containing 136 drawings. 8vo. Prepared to help officers meet the requirements of General Order 50, issued the prior year, which required the training of soldiers under their own officers. OCLC shows 2 copies of which only the one at USMA is actually present; the BL reports one though it is miscatalogued. (Inventory #: 31719)