19TH-CENTURY LITERATURE. - Captain Godfrey RHODES. Tents and Tent-Life, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. To which is added, The Practice of Encamping an Army in Ancient and Modern Times. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1858. Octavo (8 x 5 inches; 203 x 127 mm). 27 engraved plates (I folding). (Plates spotted). Original red cloth , blocked in blind, lettered in gilt (rubbed and scuffed, some soiling, small splits to joints). First edition - an interesting work which sold well enough to warrant the publication in the following year of a ‘new edition' with a supplement. - and 13 others (14).