Congreve Colonel (5 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is a facsimile of the original edition which was pulished in 1814. The white covers are browned to the front and rear. Theer is a tear to the top front cover. the book is clean inside.

Hb in Dw 85pp illustrations and plates Ltd Edition 825/850 Former owners label to fep o/w A Vg/Vg copy.

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. Facsimile of the 1814 first edition. A landscape format paperback; bright and tidy.

Brown buckram in dust jacket. Condition: Very good in worn dust jacket. (6)-85 Pp. B&w illus. throughout Title page continues 'Shewing the Various Applications of this Weapon, Both for Sea and Land Service, and Its Different Uses in the Field and in Sieges; Illustrated by Plates of the Principal Equipment's, Exercises, and Cases of Actual Service, With General Instructions for its Application, and a Demonstration of the Comparative Economy of the System.' Limited numbered edition of 850, this number 147 of the original 1814 London edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. First Edition. [6], 21 pages, 7 coloured plates (of 13). Published for the information of the officers of the Rocket Corps, and others whom it may concern. This copy lacks the front cover and spine and 6 of the 13 plates. Prelimary pages are loose, old inscription dated 1837 on front endpaper. The 7 beautifully hand coloured plates present show: The equipment of a Rocket Ammunition Horse; Rocket infantry in line of march, and in action; the mode of using rockets in bombardment; the mode of using rockets in bombardment, from earth works, without apparatus; a rocket ambuscade; the use of rockets in the attack and defense of fortified places; of the use of rockets by infantry against cavalry, and in covering storming of a fortress. A very rare military history book.