Condition Report
Contact Information
Auction Specialist
Lot 130
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$200 -
300
Price Realized
$156
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MILITARIA]. SCOTT, Winfield (1786-1866). Infantry Tactics; Or, Rules for the Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States' Infantry. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842.
3 volumes bound together, 12mo (84 x 129 mm). Engraved title pages, diagrams, several folding. (Toning, occasional brown spotting.) 19th-century stamped reverse calf, with two black morocco gilt-lettered spine labels (front board charred, some scuffs at extremities). Provenance: L.M. Thorn (ownership inscriptions).
New Edition of General Scott's infantry guide, published "to ensure uniformity throughout the Army." (Foreword by Secretary of War Lewis Cass).
Property from the Civil War and Militaria Collection of George Sanders of Albuquerque, New Mexico