HATCHER, Julian S; Glenn P. Wilhelm; Harry J. Malony

Machine Guns

Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Company, (1917). First Edition. First printing. Small octavo. Red cloth hardcover; 233,(3)pp; illus; three large folding plates. Slight external wear and soil; early ownership signature inside front cover (Benjamin C. Jones, 1st Lieut. 311th Marine Division, Camp Meade, MD); still a tight, solidly Very Good copy, with all the folding plates present and in excellent condition.

WW1-era instruction manual, covering technical aspects, handling instructions, and tactics. The authors were instructors at the Army's newly-established Machine Gun Training School at Harlingen, Texas. The folding plates provide cut-away schematic views of the Benet-Mercié Automatic Machine Rifle; the Colt Automatic Gun; and the 1916 Lewis Automatic Machine Gun. RILING 1833.

Price: $125.00

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