Furse, George Armand. — [Studies on] Military Transport.

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1882. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. (iii), 305. Plus 4 plates. With many wood-engraved illustrations. Appendices. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's black pebbled cloth, both sides with corner ornaments in blind, gilt lettering to cover and spine, printed endpapers, shelf ticket to spine; old military institutional stamps to title. Spine ends and extremities worn, foxed in places. Still in good external condition, very good interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare original copy of this treatise on Victorian military transport. Colonel George Armand Furse (1834-1906). After an extended review of British military transport in previous wars Furse discusses transport by carriers and pack animals and transports by rail and by sea. He describes in detail the transport of the sick and wounded, and deals with logistics, the Transport Corps, the care of sick animals, the repair park, etc. as well as with the duties of the transport officers, care of animals, gear and equipment, etc. Five appendices conclude the book with reports on the Abyssinian Expedition and the Afghan War of 1870-90, the pack bullock gear used in India and transport used in the Zulu War. With illustrations of pack animals at work, gear, technical drawings, convoy formations, etc. E-4 IN .