The full title of this volume is “BARON VON STEUBEN AND HIS REGULATIONS – INCLUDING A COMPLETE FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL REGULATIONS FOR THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS OF THE UNITED STATES” by Joseph R. Riling with a forward by Frederick P. Todd and published by Ray Riling Arms Books Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1966.

The volume meas. approx. 5.00 x 8.00 inches with half leather and half blue cloth covers which are in excellent condition. Leather spine has the title in gold. The book comes in a blue slip case that shows moderate surface dirt but is in good condition. Slip case has an inscription at the top of one side that reads “RON TUNISON – MAY 1976 N.Y.” The first page of the book has a similar inscription.

The interior is in excellent condition with all the fold-out plates being present and in good condition. The volume runs approx. 163 with contents at the back. Binding is excellent/

Ron Tunison (1947 – 2013) was born in Richmond Hill, N.Y., and was a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. He was a scholarship student at the NYC National Academy where he continued his sculpting studies. He went on to become an internationally acclaimed sculptor of nine heroic bronze monuments: "General W. Crawford," near Little Round Top on the Gettysburg Battlefield, the “Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial" on Steinwehr Ave., the bas-relief "Delaware State Memorial" on Taneytown Road, and "The Gettysburg Civil War Women's Memorial" at Evergreen Cemetery. On the Antietam National Battlefield is Tunison's "Irish Brigade Monument." "The Bivouac" is at the entrance to the Civil War Soldier's Museum at Pamplin Historical Park near Petersburg, Va. "The Delaware Continentals" heroic size bronze of three advancing Revolutionary War soldiers stands atop a twenty-five-foot granite pedestal in front of Legislative Hall at Dover, Delaware. At Ringgold Gap in Atlanta, Ga., is Ron's life-size General Patrick Cleburne. Dedication ceremonies for “General John Barry, U.S. Naval Commander”, took place May 10th, 2014 at U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.  Ron was the entrepreneur behind his own company Historical Sculptures, where he sculpted smaller statues.  [ad] [ph:L]

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