Lot 44
WWI US Army Manual & Book Lot: 20+ Books Including Elements of Trench Warfare & Bayonet Training











Opening: $25
WWI US Army Manual & Book Lot: 20+ Books Including Elements of Trench Warfare & Bayonet Training
Over 20 volumes in the lot. Of principal interest are "Elements of Trench Warfare / Bayonet Training", "Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry 1917", "Manual for Farriers, Horseshoers, Saddlers, and Wagoners or Teamsters 1914", "Handling the Straight Army Ration", and the heavily illustrated commercial publication "Our Army and How To Know It" which is still useful today as a quick reference guide to WWI era US Army rank and branch insignia, as well as hat cords, medal ribbons, etc. Also includes original copies of the oft-reprinted volumes: "Specifications for the Uniform of the United States Army 1915", "Price List of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores 1917", "Infantry Unit Accountability Equipment Manual - including Unit Equipment of Philippine Scouts 1916", and "Description of the Infantry Equipment Model of 1910".
Lot includes some commercial publications, a YMCA pamphlet "The Nurse and the Knight", "What Sammy's Doing", "How To Be A Soldier", and the Du Pont chemicals publication "Over and Above the Call of Duty" which recounts heroic tales from the history of the US military up to the WWI era. Of additional interest are "Infantry Drill Regulations / American Expeditionary Forces / Part I / 1918", "Manual for Commanders of Infantry Platoons 1917", "Notes from the Front", "Rules of Land Warfare", etc. $50 - $100