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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CIVIL WAR--MUSIC.) Howe, Elias. Howe's United States Regulation Drum and Fife Instructor, for the Use of the Army and Navy. 73, [19] pages. Oblong 4to, original cloth-backed letterpress wrapper, worn and soiled, lacking rear wrapper; front free endpaper torn, minor dampstaining and wear to contents; original owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Boston, 1862
Includes music to patriotic classics like the Star-Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, Glory Hallelujah, and dozens more, as well as instructional exercises, a few bugle calls, and an abstract of Army regulations concerning musicians--including pay scales. Original owner Edgar C. Price was a fifer in the 12th Vermont Infantry, which served in a support role at Gettysburg. 4 copies in WorldCat, only one of them with the full complement of pages found here; none known at auction.
