Apr 15, 2021 - Sale 2564

Sale 2564 - Lot 172

Price Realized: $ 138
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(CIVIL WAR.) Pair of large illustrated artillery manuals. 8vo, condition below. New York, 1860 and 1865

Additional Details

John Gibbon. "The Artillerist's Manual . . . Adapted to the Service of the United States." 13 folding plates, text illustrations. 568, [1] pages. 8vo, 1/4 sheep with gilt pictorial backstrip, moderate wear; inscribed by Lieutenant Horace W. Love of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. Plates are numbered 1-6 and 8-14; plate 7 not referenced in text and possibly not issued. New York: Van Nostrand, 1860

Alexander Holley. "A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor." Numerous full-page illustrations. xliv, [4], 900, [14] pages. 8vo, modern buckram; minor foxing, minor repairs to a few leaves; early signature on title page. New York: Van Nostrand, 1865.