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(title 17, U. S. Code).
(MILITARY MANUAL). (CONFEDERATE). GILHAM, WILLIAM. Manual of Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the Confederate States. Richmond: 1862. 1st ed. 8vo. 559 pp. 82 lithographic plates, many of them folding. Orig. cloth with decorative battle motif in blind on covers; spine faded and cloth glazed. An unusually fine copy of the sort of book usually found in shabby condition. $1,750.00
Crandall 2419, the only edition with these plates. Very scarce in any condition, and especially so for this title with many folding plates. Few Confederate military manuals are found in decent condition.