A Course of Instruction in Ordnance and Gunnery, Prepared for the Use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy

by Captain James Gilcrest Benton

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First edition

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1861. First edition. Bound in red cloth decorated in blind over leather spine stamped in gilt and blind; all edges marbled. Previous owner name stamped in gilt on front cover, in black on text block edge, and written on title page, with another owner's bookplate to front paste down. Good. Rubbing to cloth, wear to leather spine with large chip missing at the head. A scarce instruction course in

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