Joseph r riling (14 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Survey of American military books printed in the U.S. during the 18th-century, including the Seven Years War, American Revolution, and Quasi War with France. Lightly edgeworn red cloth with gilt titles. Small amount of chipping to lower edge of front board and moderate wear to head and tail of spine and corners. Binding firm. Price label on lower corner of rear board. Short creases on upper inside corner of front endpaper and small marks at inner gutter edges. Contents clean and bright with black and white illustrations. No. 135 9f 650 copies.…

Quarter Leather. Condición: Fair to Good. No Jacket. 32 pages Facsimile of Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, originally printed Styner and Cist, Philadelphia, 1779, is 154 numbered pages. Corners worn. Edges of pages soiled. Stain at top edge of back cover. There are many fold-out illustrations and charts. The text and illustrations are clean and free of marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. Over-sized hardbound (quarto). This is number 504 of 650 copies signed by the author. No wear to the binding. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No remainder mark. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Quarter leather binding. Facsimile reprint with all the illustrations and fold outs. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Personal library bookplate on slip case and fep.

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Facsimile. Near fine in very good slipcase. Slipcase soiled, a couple tiny spots on top edge. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1966 Hard Cover. xii, 154, [9] pp. Frontispiece portrait of von Steuben, 8 fold-out plates illustrating troop movement protocols, endpapers reproduced from 'The Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum' for July 1776, foreword by Frederick P. Todd; introduction by Joseph R. Riling, bibliography of sources cited and checklist of known editions of von Steuben's work precede text. Baron von Steuben, a Prussian-born military officer, is credited with shaping with Continental Army into an organized and disciplined fighting force during the American Revolution. This facsimile of the original regulations, known as the 'Blue Book' by Contintental officers, and later simply as the 'Regulations' or the 'Manual,'is bound 'with some attempt to add a quality reminiscent of the original production. 'half-bound,' using a blue paper as close as obtainable to the original 'blue paper boards' mentioned in binder Aitken's 'waste' book [a facsimile page of which is included in the text]. …

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Facsimile. Near fine in very good slipcase. Slipcase lightly soiled. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1966 Hard Cover. xii, 154, [9] pp. Frontispiece portrait of von Steuben, 8 fold-out plates illustrating troop movement protocols, endpapers reproduced from 'The Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum' for July 1776, foreword by Frederick P. Todd; introduction by Joseph R. Riling, bibliography of sources cited and checklist of known editions of von Steuben's work precede text. Baron von Steuben, a Prussian-born military officer, is credited with shaping with Continental Army into an organized and disciplined fighting force during the American Revolution. This facsimile of the original regulations, known as the 'Blue Book' by Contintental officers, and later simply as the 'Regulations' or the 'Manual,'is bound 'with some attempt to add a quality reminiscent of the original production. 'half-bound,' using a blue paper as close as obtainable to the original 'blue paper boards' mentioned in binder Aitken's 'waste' book [a facsimile page of which is included in the text].…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Foreword by Frederick P. Todd. Including a complete facsimile of the original "Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States." Fold-out illustrations. First edition thus. Previous owner's book-plate on half-title page, else near fine in a very good (age toning) slipcase.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 64p. A large hardcover book in essentially fine condition, except for an owner's tiny signature on the front endpaper. Otherwise appears barely handled. Measures approx. 11.25" x 8.75". Limited edition; #43 of 650 copies.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Quarter leather and three-quarters blue paper-covered boatrds in blue slipcase. Laid in is a 2-page outline of a speech about the soldier in the Revolutionary War. Two other relevant copies of information ar elaid in. Near Fine in Very Good Slipcase with some light stains.…

154 S., Opbd., mit Su., Abb., geringe Lagerspuren, etwas lichtverfärbt. 34 Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ slipcase.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase.

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Book in slipcase. Slipcase Very Good. (US history, military history, military science).

(VON STEUBEN, BARON). RILING, Joseph R. Baron Von Steuben and His Regulation. Including a Complete Facsimile of the Original Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. Phila., 1966. Leather-backed boards in box. Handsomely illustrated, mainly with reproductions of original documents, together with folding plates of "uniform drill" from other rare and later editions of Steuben. In addition, the complete reproduction of the rare and original Regulations with its eight folding plates.…