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Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
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The first edition of this scarce guide to the engineering of field defences, issued by the War Office. Illustrated throughout with folding maps, plates and diagrams. The scarce first edition of this illustrating guide to military engineering and field defence, produced by the UK government's War Office in 1908.Illustrated with sixty plates of maps, diagrams and illustrations, many of which are double paged. With chapters on fortifications, projectiles, trenches and earthworks, amongst other topics.With the stamp of 2nd Lieut R J E Wilkins, and Forster Groom & Co, to the title page. Bookseller's advertisement tipped in to front free endpaper. Advertisements for military books to pastedowns and endpapers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Discolouration to back strip. Fading to board perimeters. Booksellers advertisement tipped in to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Stamps to title page. Pages generally clean and bright. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 817F43
Title: Military Engineering (Part I.) Field Defences
Publisher: H.M.S.O, London
Publication Date: 1908
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: Not Stated
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First edition.
Book Type: book
Seller: Tinakori Books, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. vi, 100 pages, 60 plates (many folding). This copy has 3 stamps on the front from "4th Regiment (Otago Rifles)". This was a New Zealand military unit which fought with the ANZAC troops in WWI. Seller Inventory # 008875
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