Search Results: an elementary treatise on advanced guard out post by mahan d h

Facsimile Publisher , pp. 147 . Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Thomson Gale, 2007. Paperback. New. 140 pages. 6.00x4.25x0.34 inches.

N.Y.: John Wiley, 1862. iv, [2], [7]-168p., [4]p., vi folding playes (including 3 maps). A very good copy, with some wear at the ends of the spine, plate no. 1 has some wear and tear at the open end and although there is no loss, the tear goes into one inch of the plate, and plate 4 has slight wear at the open end of the plate with no loss. This copy belonged to Sgt / James H. (?] Wickes / B???? Barracks / Baltimore / Jan 1863, all written in pencil on the front paste-down endpaper. The copyright on this copy is 1847.. New Edition, with Six Plates. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: John Wiley, 1861. second edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. A short history of military arts, by the professor of "Military and Civil Engineering, and of the Science of War, in the United States' Military Academy." Important subjects dealt with in chapters, Tactics, Manner of Placing and Handling Troops, Positions, Advanced-Guards & Posts, Reconnaissances, Detachments, Convoys & Surprises & Ambuscades. 12mo, 168pp, ads. Very bright original brown blind stamped & gilt cloth. Titled "Outpost" on the spine. First published in 1847; both the North and the South reissued this volume for use of their troops during the Civil War. OCLC: 228688795 records 3 copies.

1853. New York, John Wiley, 1853. Small 8vo. Original full cloth, blindtooled. Gilt lettering on spine. Stamp on title-page. The first few leaves with faint brownspotting. 168 pp. This edition not in Sabin.

New Orleans: Bloomfield & Steel, Booksellers and Stationers, 1861. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 16mo. 143 pp. Confederate imprint; first edition, thus. As issued, in brown cloth with abbreviated title stamped in gold on the front cover and in blind on the rear cover. Light wear, only. A remarkably nice copy; contents clean. Mahan was a noted American military engineer and West Point instructor whose influence is evident on the nature of warfare during the Civil War. This present work was originally issued in 1847, and was reprinted in the South when the publisher refused to sell copies to the Confederacy. It was expanded by Mahan in 1862 and is a significant work of military tactics and strategies. ANB; Parrish & Willingham 4942.