London: HMSO, 1914. 13.5 x 10.5 cm, tan cloth, spine gilt titled, rounded outer corners as issued. pp xviii, 265, [3] + 23 pp ads, including pastedowns, front and rear, on pinkish paper + 18 plates on text paper (one folding). Laid in is a small 6 panel folding booklet "Semaphore Simplified". Front cover just a little bowed with faint damp spots visible only at the right angle of light; else very nearly fine. An unusually nice copy of this standard British army manual for the onset of the Great War. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.