BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH ARMY: FROM TANGIER 1662, TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD VII.
by Norman, C.B
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0715353985
- ISBN 13
- 9780715353981
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints, 1971. 500 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w maps, tables, plates. "(G)ives details of army battle honours from Tangiers, 1662, to the years of the Boer War. It recalls the glories of regiments which are now long gone, of famous battles like Blenheim, Mysore, Corunna, Sevastopol and Khartoum. Each section contains brief accounts of every major campaign with tables showing the casualties - officers and men - killed and wounded. The whole work is supplemented with full indexes, as well as maps and illustrations." Ghost mark from removed bookplate and a small label from bookstore on front free endpaper, faint tiny foxing marks on edges of text block - mostly on top, minor shelf soiling on bottom of text block. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, very light browning on inside surface, slight toning on spine and top outside edge, very light rubbing.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29601
- Title
- BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH ARMY: FROM TANGIER 1662, TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD VII.
- Author
- Norman, C.B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0715353985
- ISBN 13
- 9780715353981
- Publisher
- David & Charles Reprints
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Battle honours, Battles, British army, Regiments, Blenheim, Mysore, Corunna, Sevastopol, Khartoum, Campaigns, Casualties, Boer War, Napoleonic wars, Crimean, India, 1812, Peninsular, West Indies, Egypt, Sudan, Afghanistan, Burma, Punjab, Indian Mutiny, So
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - Regiments; Military - Napoleonic; Military - Victorian Era; Military - British: General;
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