Peterkin Capt Ernest (3 results)

Hardback edition. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. Limited Edition. Limited Edition #218 of 600.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition, first edition. OVERALL CONDITION: NEAR FINE FULL TITLE The Exercise of Arms in the Continental Infantry: Being a Study of the Manual of the Firelock as Set Forth by Major-General von Steuben to which is added the Motions of the Manual of the Non-Commissioned Officer, the Espontoon & the Sword as prescribed by contemporary Authorities and explained in the Minutiae through the utilization of a live Model displayed in 1,000 photographic and artistic Plates. By Captain Ernest W. Peterkin, USNR (Ret.) BOOK INFO Published in 1989 by The Museum Restoration Service in Alexandria Bay, New York. Limited first edition #383/600. In its original mock-fine binding with leather grain patterned paper covered boards and gilt decorated spine. Quarto, 11 1/4" x 8 5/8". 1,000 photographic and artistic plates (illustrations with text from plates). ABOUT THE AUTHOR & WORK Captain Ernest W. Peterkin (1920-1995) was a long-time scholar of U.S. wars, particularly the Civil War navies and served as consultant to the U.S. Navy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Smithsonian Institution on the management of Civil War shipwreck sites. Peterkin's "The Exercise of Arms in the Continental Infantry" is an important historical study and visual demonstration of the single most important American work influencing Continental Army regiments during the Revolutionary War, Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben's standardized manual of discipline. It was introduced in the spring of 1778 and published in 1779. Steuben's system did not appreciably simplify the largely ornamental manual of arm but did introduce set marching rates and uniform tactical formations, for the first time allowing Continental regiments to work as a unified battlefield force. CONDITION REPORT The book is NEAR FINE - Firmly bound, square spine, firm hinges and joints, tight pages. Colorful and glossy boards. Clean, bright white pages with no writing or ex libris marks. Rubbing to board edges and a few spots of foxing on the endpapers else FINE. A high-grade collectible copy of this scarce work.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Rovinata Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.