FORBES (Hugh): Manual for the Patriotic Volunteer... - Lot 162 - Richard Maison de ventes

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FORBES (Hugh): Manual for the Patriotic Volunteer... - Lot 162 - Richard Maison de ventes
FORBES (Hugh): Manual for the Patriotic Volunteer on active service in regular and irregular war, being the art and science of ontaining and maintening liberty and independence. In two volumes. Second edition. New-York, Tinson, 1855. Two volumes. 9.5 by 15.5 cm. 310; 154 pages, with 54 engravings and diagrams, mostly on double page. Publisher's full red percaline, titled on the 1st board. Small traces of wetness on the bottom of the cover of volume 1. Light staining on the bottom of the leaves of half of volume 1, a few rare stains, some leaves slightly browned. Despite this, overall good condition. An autograph letter on each volume, To the society of "friends of Italy", signature indecipherable. Small military instruction book, both very well known, and very rare to find in its original edition. The mention "second edition" corresponds to a second printing. It was published 6 years before the beginning of the Civil War.
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