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Instructions for the Sword, Carbine, Pistol, and Lance Exercise — British cavalry
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Instructions for the Sword, Carbine, Pistol, and Lance Exercise — British cavalry

Book 1858 English United Kingdom

Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards

I-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-i, source entry 1100. Normalized as institutional or periodical material during bibliographic review. Normalized on 2026-08-08 as the canonical 1858 British cavalry sword, carbine, pistol, and lance exercise manual. Duplicate work 690 was merged into work 2271 so that the fuller London Parker imprint witness is preserved on the canonical record.

The London 1860 and 1865 witnesses are retained as later editions of the 1858 Horse Guards manual.

3 Editions
8 Resources
0 Holdings
3 References
Bibliographic Overview
TitleInstructions for the Sword, Carbine, Pistol, and Lance Exercise — British cavalry
AuthorGreat Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards
Earliest publication date1858
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeBook
Authority statement
Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office
Military TrainingSwordsmanship LanceSword
Authority Roles
Author
Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards
Edition History
Instructions for the sword, carbine, pistol, and lance exercise: together with standing gun drill, for the use of the cavalry 1858
CityLondon
PublisherJ. W. Parker & Son
PrinterNot specified
Format
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 65.

Quality phase 125: mislinked digital resource and derived cover moved to exact manifestation 696.
Instructions for the sword, carbine, pistol and lance exercise together with standing gun drill, for the use of the cavalry. 1860
CityLondon
PublisherNot specified
PrinterG. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode
Format12°
Pages114 p.
DimensionsNot specified
G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, printers, 1860.

Quality phase 101m: explicit imprint agent linked after final individual review.

Quality phase 117: London 1860 revised edition: 114 pages; 12mo.

Quality phase 227: missing manifestation fields confirmed from the cited exact-copy or institutional catalogue evidence.
Instructions for the sword, carbine, pistol, and lance exercise: together with standing gun drill, for the use of the cavalry 1865
CityLondon
PublisherHer Majesty's Stationery Office
PrinterNot specified
Format
Pages110 p.
Dimensions19 cm
Source pages: 65.

Quality phase 110: the revised 1865 manifestation has 110 pages and measures 19 cm. H.M. Stationery Office replaces Horse Guards in the publisher field; Horse Guards remains part of the institutional context.
Digital Witnesses
Internet Archive facsimile - Instructions for the Sword, Carbine, Pistol, and Lance Exercise
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Internet Archive · open
Relinked from edition 695 to exact manifestation 696 in quality phase 125 (2026-08-15).
Direct HathiTrust Babel page-image access
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Direct HathiTrust Babel link supplied after catalogue import.
HathiTrust digital facsimile record, 1860 edition
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Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "lance"; HathiTrust catalogue/page-image witness.
The Online Books Page record, 1860 edition
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Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "lance"; HathiTrust catalogue/page-image witness.
HathiTrust digital facsimile record, 1865 edition
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Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "lance"; HathiTrust catalogue/page-image witness.
The Online Books Page record, 1865 edition
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Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "lance"; HathiTrust catalogue/page-image witness.
Wikimedia Commons PDF: Instructions for the Sword, Carbine, Pistol, and Lance Exercise
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Public PDF surrogate for the same 1865 cavalry manual.
Google Books: Instructions for the Sword, Carbine, Pistol, and Lance Exercise
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Primary bibliographic witness for the 1865 cavalry manual.
Scholarly References
Thimm entry 1124
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 170 · Entry 1124
Thimm entry 424
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 65 · Entry 424
Thimm entry 425
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 65 · Entry 425