MILITARY SKETCHING AND MAP READING FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Illustrated.
Manila, P.I. Military Information Division, 24th Infantry, (1913, date from map in rear pocket). First edition (also issued in Manilla in 1916 and reprinted in the United States many times, in 1917 and after). 4to. 80 pp. Illustrations from line drawings, maps, plates, plans, diagrams, tables, two large folding plans in rear pocket, "Universal Rule" in front pocket. The "Universal Rule for Military Sketching and Map Reading" functions as an enhanced ruler and "fulfills the needs of the student for tasks such as working and reading scales, scales of map distances, protractor, means of drawing perpendicular and parallel lines, rates of speed per minute of various arms of the service, an easy method of solving all visibility problems, memorandum pad, and message blank." OCLC records two copies (Yale, Boston University). Front endpaper excised, else very good. Original cloth-backed printed boards. (11240). Item #65395
Price: $150.00