[Rarebooks] FS: 19th c. Ordnance. U.S. Army Pt. 2

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Two  ANNUAL ORDNANCE REPORTS and 4 ORDNANCE MEMORANDA. All are very 
good copies (unless otherwise noted) with the bookplate of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery 
of the State of Illinois on free front end papers, shelf stickers on 
foot of backstrips.
Images available upon request.

Ordnance Department. United States Army. Benet, S. V. [Stephen 
Vincent]. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF  OF ORDNANCE TO THE SECRETARY OF 
WAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1878.  Washington [D.C.]: 
Government Printing Office, 1878. xv, 527 pp.  Illus. with 146 b/w 
plates, many folding. 8vo.  Red pebbled cloth stamped in blind, gilt 
titles (hardback).  First edition. Signed twice by [Col.] F.F. Flint, 
who was commanding officer at Fort Sanders.  Includes 32 appendices, 
containing reports on: life-saving apparatus, guns, projectiles; 
construction of a 10-inch muzzle-loading rifle and an 8-inch 
breech-loading rifle; trial of the Taylor battery gun and of many 
other weapons and fuses; Board to select a magazine gun, and  more. A 
few small tears to the spine ends, finger soiling to boards, binding 
solid.    [31672]  $250.00

Ordnance Department. United States Army. Benet, S. V. [Stephen 
Vincent]. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF  OF ORDNANCE TO THE SECRETARY OF 
WAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1880.  Washington [D.C.]: 
Government Printing Office, 1880. xx, 533 pp. Illus. with 134 b/w 
plates, many folding. 8vo.  Red pebbled cloth stamped in blind, gilt 
titles (hardback).  First edition. Includes 27 appendices, containing 
reports on: field, siege, and sea-coast artillery;  foreign 
life-saving apparatus; trial of the Gardner machine gun; the most 
powerful rifled guns,  howitzers, mortars existing in 1880, and more. 
Spine ends lightly worn, finger soiling to  boards, binding solid. 
[31673]  $250.00

Treadwell, T.J. Ordnance Department. United States Army. ORDNANCE 
MEMORANDA NO. 14. METALLIC  CARTRIDGES, (REGULATION AND 
EXPERIMENTAL,) AS MANUFACTURED AND TESTED AT THE  FRANKFORD ARSENAL, 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office, 
1873. 16 pp. +  68 lvs of plates. Illus. with 68 photo-lithographed 
plates. 4to. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt title 
and seal of the Ordnance Dept., marbled endpapers, all edges marbled 
(hardback).  First edition. Signed by Chief of Ordnance, Jno E. 
Smith, with his card, as  a gift to the  Commandery.Smith, who was 
Brigadier General John E. Smith of the 45th Illinois, led the 17th 
Corps for most of the war, and retired in 1881. Corners and edges of 
spine very rubbed else a very good copy.    [31674]  $225.00

Ordnance Department. United States Army. ORDNANCE MEMORANDA NO. 17. 
REPORT OF THE BOARD  OF OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 108, 
A.G.O., MAY 31, 1873, ON GATLING GUNS  OF LARGE CALIBER FOR FLANK - 
DEFENSE. Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office, 1874. 50 pp. 
+  30 lvs of plates. Illus. with 2 b/w photos, 3 photo-lithographed 
drawings, and 31 sets of photo-lithographed trial  results. 4to. Red 
cloth ruled in blind and stamped with gilt title and seal of the 
Ordnance Dept. (hardback).  First edition. Signed by Acting Chief of 
Ordnance, Jno E. Smith, on his bookplate. Department  return envelope 
and unsigned letter from the Bureau tipped in. Gift to the Commandery 
from Gen.  S[tephen] V[incent] Benet, Chief of Ordnance. The Gatling 
Gun, invented in 1861 saw limited  used in the Civil War, but serious 
testing and adoption began only after 1866. Spine torn, boards 
sunned, especially at the fore edges, else a very good copy. 
[31675]  $250.00

Ordnance Department. United States Army. ORDNANCE MEMORANDA NO. 19. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE  BOARD OF OFFICERS CONVENED UNDER SPECIAL ORDERS 
NO. 120, A.G.O., 1874, ON INFANTRY  EQUIPMENTS, AND MATERIALS AND 
SUPPLIES NECESSARY FOR EFFICIENT OUTFIT OF INFANTRY  TROOPS IN THE 
FIELD AND GARRISON... Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office, 
1875. 62 pp. + 9  lvs of plates. Illus. with 9 plates of drawings. 
4to. Red cloth ruled in blind and stamped with gilt title and seal of 
the  Ordnance Dept. (hardback).  First edition. With gift card of 
Gen. S[tephen] V[incent] Benet, Chief of Ordnance. Boards darkened, 
else a very good copy.    [31676]  $200.00

Whittemore, James M. and Heath, Frank. Ordnance Department. United 
States Army. ORDNANCE  MEMORANDA NO. 21. AMMUNITION, FUSES, PRIMERS, 
MILITARY PYROTECHNY, ETC. PREPARED  UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRIG. GEN. 
STEPHEN V. BENET. Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing  Office, 
1878. vi, 122 p., 25 lvs of plates Illus. with 25 plates. 4to. Red 
cloth ruled in blind and stamped with gilt title  and seal of the 
Ordnance Dept. (hardback).  First edition. Gift of Gen. S[tephen] 
V[incent] Benet, Chief of Ordnance. Spine worn, corners bumped else a 
very good copy.    [31677]  $200.00


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