8vo. 366pp. With 138 engraved and photographic plates, of which many folded, and a tipped-in errata slip to title. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with bumping to corners, spine sunned, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of William Scott Curtis to FEP, ink-stamp reading 'NOT TO BE PUBLISHED' to head of title. Browning to endpapers, light scattered spotting.

The sole edition of a detailed army textbook providing a comprehensive instruction in the use, assembly and construction of modern artillery equipment up to 1914, alongside information on gun carriages and mountings introduced during the First World War, a guide to mounting anti-aircraft guns, theoretical studies on recoil and sighting, and instructions on the operation of railway guns.

OCLC records copies at just five locations (Australian Defence Force, Calgary, Canadian Museum of History, Halifax Citadel, Kansas); COPAC adds no further.