The complete drill serjeant: containing the plainest instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise, according to the latest regulations.

Published by Printed for J. Stuart, London, 1803

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[4], 7-43pp. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half-calf, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. An early eighteenth-century edition - published at the height of the French invasion scare - of a martial vade mecum providing concise instruction on the mode of drilling British Volunteer Corps troops. In addition to drill instruction, the work contains 'Several Positions in general Use in the Army, though not strictly in the Manual, nor fully treated of in any other recent Publication'. The well-executed engravings depict the numerous positions of a soldier under arms, with captions providing direction for performing each motion. OCLC records copies of the fifth edition at just two locations (BL and NLA). ESTC locates two copies of the second edition published in 1798 (BL and NYPL). All other editions are apparently unrecorded, at least under this title. Size: 8vo.…

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Title
The complete drill serjeant: containing the plainest instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise, according to the latest regulations.
Author
A LATE LIEUTENANT IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
Publisher
Printed for J. Stuart, London
Publication year
1803
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Fifth edition.

Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB

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Established 2007, Antiquates Ltd is an Antiquarian bookseller with a large, custom built shop in the heart of the Dorset countryside. We sell fine and rare books from our Wareham shop, in catalogues, and via our website (www.antiquates.co.uk). Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children, we nevertheless stock a wide range of works on paper from 1500-present - including modern first editions. Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important - and always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy; we are just the place if you're looking for an extra-special gift for a wedding, birthday, anniversary or graduation. (Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am-4pm)…

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Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children. We always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.E

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Antiquates Ltd

The Conifers, Valley Road
Corfe Castle, Dorset, United Kingdom BH20 5HU