BLOODSTAINED 1863 Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics - Civil War- Vol. II ONLY For Sale

Hardee, Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. J. Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics; For the Exercise and Maneuvres of Troops When Acting as Light Infantry or Riflemen. Prepared Under the Direction of the War Department Vol II - School of the Battalion. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott & Co; 1863. Cloth boards with quarter leather. Quarter leather is rubbed on all edges and folds. Title in gilt on spine. Corners bumped Foxed. Owner\'s names written on front pastedown, front free endpaper, back pastedown and back free endpaper. Hinge is starting to crack however binding is still tight. There are random stray pencil marks in the text. Fold out tissue paper illustrations appear to be intact - some have creasing and closed tears and or chips along the leading edge. I\'m happy to provide additional photos if requested. Back 1/2 has dark brown staining on the edges of the text top and bottom. Bloodstained- please see photos. A couple tiny spots of insect boring. Good.
Names written inside: Otto Deckert & August Deckert. I searched the Civil War databases and did not find either name although there were some Deckerts with nicknames who could arguably be one of these our packages are wrapped well. This has been a mark of excellence for us for years. Each item is wrapped in plain white paper and taped shut. Then two pieces of cardboard sandwich your item and the item is secured to the cardboard with wide packing tape. The cardboard is then wrapped with a second piece of plain white paper and well taped on all edges and seams. You can be confident that any item you purchase from us will be well packaged and secure. If you return an item to us, we expect the item to be packaged this way for the return simply keep your packaging and turn the outer layer inside out and re-wrap.
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