Stewart Col David (4 results)

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued. vi, 536pp. Three-quater bound in green leather with green marbled paper to remainder. Spine has four slightly raised bands with two title plates in leather and gilt lettering and decoration. Rubbing to extremities and joints. 1cm split to lower rear joint. Corners lightly bumped. Marbled endpapers. Contents page is detached but present. Pages and text-block remain in good order.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1822 edition. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. There is one fold-out page in the Appendix. The spine panel of the jacket is lightly sunned and the interior jacket flaps are yellowed. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. A volume in the Scottish Reprint Library. Selling Used and Rare books on line since 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; The Scottish Reprint Library; 8vo.; viii, 455, ci pages.…

Condition: Very Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1822 edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.iv,595;viii,455,ci (Appendix), blue cloth, gilt, folding colour map to Volume I, folding table to Volume II; a very good set, in unclipped dust-jackets, which are uniformly sunned to the spines, but otherwise very good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 7th ed. 1842 488 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm similar to OCLC 9966028 ; braown and gold cloth , no dustjacket ; Contents: Orientation -- The Army Of The United States -- Army Educational System -- The Reserve Officers' Training Corps First Station Uniforms And Equipment -- Assumption Of Command -- Exercise Of Command -- Mess Management -- Supply -- The Organization Staff And Its Functions -- Military Courtesy -- Customs Of The Service -- Pay And Allowances -- Leaves Of Absence, Promotion, Retirement -- Efficiency Reports And Reclassification -- Foreign Service -- Privileges, Rights, And Restrictions Of Officers -- Practical Public Speaking -- Life Insurance Analysis -- Provisions In Anticipation Of Death -- A Background For Peace And War -- Analysis Of The Selective Training And Service Act Legislation -- The Man Selected For Service By Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey, -- With Major Thomas M. Watlington -- . Management Of The American Soldier By Major General David C. Shanks -- Discipline And Leadership By Major General M. B. Stewart -- Army Posts and Camps -- Index ; a comprehensive historical manual published by the Military Service Publishing Company starting in the 1930s and updated through numerous mid-20th-century editions Served as an authoritative, all-in-one manual and reference handbook for commissioned officers in the United States Army (including the Regular Army, National Guard, and Officers' Reserve Corps)Documented the professional standards, organizational culture, and administrative framework of the U.S. military, particularly spanning the interwar period, World War II ; Detailed traditions, social decorum, etiquette for official and social functions, and expected ethical standards within the officer corps ; Practical guidance on official correspondence, chain-of-command protocols, and leadership responsibilities ; Comprehensive breakdowns concerning pay and allowances, leaves of absence, promotions, retirement systems, and life insurance ; Included directories of Army posts, descriptions of assignments, guides to military symbols, and abbreviations ; copy of Williard Merwin Fifield, 1908-1993, with his signature on the front endpaper ; attended University of Florida in Agriculture in 1926, masters in 1932, four years in Army Air Corps, discharged as a Lt. Colonel, was an agricultural researcher and educator who, throughout his career, encouraged effective measures to boost Florida's agricultural production through efficient use of scientific methods. Fifield served as Provost of Agriculture at the University of Florida from 1955 until 1962. In this capacity, he coordinated the programs of the University's College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Stations, Extension Service and the School of Forestry. Following his retirement as provost in 1962, Fifield accepted the position of manager of the Florida Agricultural Research Institute for the next 12 years. ; FINE. Book.…