[Item #56238] The Militiaman's Pocket Companion; with a Method to Form Company; and an Explanation of the Exercise of the Same. To Which is Added, Some Explanation and Improvement of the Formation and Exercise of a Regiment. Joseph LORD.

The Militiaman's Pocket Companion; with a Method to Form Company; and an Explanation of the Exercise of the Same. To Which is Added, Some Explanation and Improvement of the Formation and Exercise of a Regiment

Hudson, NY: William E. Norman, 1822. Second Edition. 12mo (18cm). Contemporary glazed paper over boards, backed in sheep; plain endpapers; [i]-xii [13]-155pp; in-text diagrams and illustrations throughout. With multiple early nineteenth-century ownership inscriptions. A straight copy, rubbed with general moderate wear, slightly loose, foxed, with occasional pencil marks: Good. A guide to militia exercises and parade drilling, with illustrations of formations and movements. Uncommon, with around a dozen copies recorded in OCLC. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 9291.

Price: $250.00

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