THE BATTLE OF SPICHEREN, AUGUST 6th, 1870 and the Events that Preceded it.
A Study in Practical Tactics and War Training. Pp. xxx+300+12(appendices)+[2](blank)+40(publisher's catalogue, dated 1895), folding black & white panorama of the battle as frontispiece (one fold slightly split), 2 folding illustrations and 13 folding coloured sketch maps (a marginal tear in one large map repaired on verso), appendices; cr. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and ruled in black, spine darkened, edges lightly worn and frayed, cloth lightly faded and marked; upper hinge starting, remains of Levine acquisition stamp offset on upper free endpaper, some scattered light foxing, browning and soiling, corners of several leaves lightly creased, and bottom edge of one leaf of text and five leaves of publisher's catalogue slightly split; Gale & Polden, London, n.d.[1895?]. Gale & Polden's Military Series. *From the library of 'Lt. Col. A. A. Grace, N.Z.F.A.', so signed on the title page; later from the library Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on upper pastedown. Alfred Augustus Grace was a New Zealand writer, journalist and teacher. 'He joined H Battery, New Zealand Regiment of Field Artillery Volunteers, as lieutenant in 1902 and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel of the Canterbury Field Artillery Brigade before retiring in 1917. He was also for a time secretary of the State Control League of New Zealand, and a member of the committee of the Nelson branch of the Navy League. In 1905 he was the highest-polling candidate elected to the Nelson City Council and served for six years. He was a past master of the Lodge Victory of Freemasons. [The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]'. First published in 1893. Item #155135
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