Royal United Service Institute

Journal of the Royal United Service Institution vol. XVIII, No. LXXVI-LXXIX

London: W. Mitchell & Co., 1874. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Four issues bound together in later red library buckram, with original blue paper front wrapper for first issue bound in; all edges marbled; modern endpapers; [iv],537,[1]pp; 26 plates and occasional in-text wood engravings. Ex-library, with Library of Congress bookplate and numerous stamps. Generally clean and tight, but three plates and three leaves torn (one plate and all three leaves neatly mended with archival tape): around Very Good.

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) was founded by the Duke of Wellington as a British military and defence think tank. These issues of its journal Include articles on field engineering, recruitment, military geography, camp sanitation in tropical regions, ship ventilation, attack formations, "British Interference with Revolted Spanish Ships," the third Anglo-Ashanti War, and technological articles on guns, screw propellers, and an azimuth compass.

Price: $200.00

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