Edicion del "Boletin Militar" La Instruccion. [bound with:] Consejos Practicos a los Alumnos de la Escuela Militar de Artilleria e Ingenieros..
by Paz, Eduardo; Salas, Gustavo
- Used
- Condition
- Good plus.
- Seller
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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
Mexico City: Imprenta "Central, 1900. Good plus.. 82pp., plus two folding tables; 92pp. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Leather somewhat worn, boards rubbed. Contemporary binder's ink stamp on front free endpaper; author's gift inscription on initial text leaf of first work. Fairly even tanning; scattered underlining. A pair of ephemeral works of instruction and advice for young military officers. The first comprises collected short essays of "Instruccion" by Eduardo Paz published originally in the Boletin Militar. Topics include the proper comportment and behavior of soldiers as well as guidance on preparations for military schools. The second work, by Gustavo Salas and addressed to military school graduates, contains a short series of essays on varied topics, including the proper toilette of an officer, good business card design, and good methods for selecting a horse. We locate only one copy of each work, both at the BNM.
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- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2975
- Title
- Edicion del "Boletin Militar" La Instruccion. [bound with:] Consejos Practicos a los Alumnos de la Escuela Militar de Artilleria e Ingenieros..
- Author
- Paz, Eduardo; Salas, Gustavo
- Book Condition
- Used - Good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Imprenta "Central
- Place of Publication
- Mexico City
- Date Published
- 1900
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McBride Rare Books
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Dobbs Ferry, New York
About McBride Rare Books
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- Marbled boards
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...