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VOYAGER PRESS BOOKS 1.888.656.2006
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...rare books at fair prices! For questions please e-mail us: info@voyager-press.comPhone toll-free 1-888-656-2006 You are bidding on the following: RICHARD BURTON'S RAREST BOOK WITH LESS THAN 10 COPIES TO BE BELIEVED IN EXISTENCE TODAY !!! Author: BURTON, Sir Richard F. Title: A Complete System of Bayonet Exercise Publisher: William Clowes & Sons, 1853 Notes: This book is Richard F. Burton's rarest book and there are only 6 copies in Libraries worldwide. Elusive and rare, Burton supposedly was paid 1 shilling by the war office to acknowledge his authorship. The book never caught on in England but the Prussian Army bought most of the copies to train their troops as it was considered the best work on the use of the Bayonet at the time. It is rumored that a fire in the Prussian barracks destroyed most copies which would account for the book's rarity today. The item for sale here today is a Limited Editon Authentic Facsimile as the original book is virtually unobtainable. This book is #287 of a Limited Edition of 750 copies produced by Pierway Publishing. This production mirrors the original in exacting detail. The book is almost completely hand made. It is printed on acid-free, vellum paper with maroon dutch comb endpapers, smyth-sewn in the traditional way and bound in morocco textured red gilt cloth. For More Burton items click here Condition: 30 pages. Includes a sketch illustration. Fine Condition. .
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