MILITARY. – George Henry ROBERTSON. Brigade Parade Diagrams for the Three Arms. Bombay: Holder & Co., 1853. Author’s copy, folio (418 x 274mm.) Title, dedication, 6pp. ‘Notes on Movements in Brigade’, 18 lithographed plates of brigade movements, includes a loosely inserted letter from the ‘Adjutant General of the Army’ to the author. Original black half morocco-backed paper-covered boards, paper label mounted to upper cover (extremities rubbed, minor scuffing and nicks to lower cover, staining to front pastedown). Note: scarce. The loosely inserted letter, dated 18th June 1853, from Lieutenant Colonel H. Hancock commends Robertson for his ‘zeal’ and ‘successful exertions’ in writing the book. He says that the ‘Notes’ are ‘quite correct’ and that ‘no Brigadier can go wrong if he will adhere to them’. He also writes that, while the plates ‘appear to be in accordance with the Field Exercise Book- His Excellency… disapproves of sending out detached Adjutants… or mounted officers to the front and making a new line indicates to the Enemy the intended position’.