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THE NINTH QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS 1715-1936.
by Sheppard, E.W., Major
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1939. 439 pp, small 4to (10" H) - dark blue cloth with gold lettering, banding, insignia. Integral red and gold ribbon bookmark. B&w and colour plates, b&w photographs, maps (several fold-out) - all present. Chapter headings: Rebellion in Great Britain; Birth of a Regiment; Sojourn in Ireland; Rebellion in Ireland; South American Fiasco; Low Countries Fiasco; Peninsular War, 1811-1813; Uneasy Peace; First Fighting in India; Conquest of the Punjab; Rebellion in India; Stamping out Rebellion in India; War in Afghanistan; From Afghan War to Boer War; The Conquest of the Boer Republics; Guerilla Warfare on the Veldt; Between Two Great Wars; Open Warfare in France, 1914; Fighting in Flanders, 1914-1915; The Stabilized Front, 1915-1917; The Last Year, 1917-1918; "The Old Order Changeth"; Epilogue; Appendices: Details of the Services of the Officers who have Served in the 9th Lancers, Colonels of the Regiment; Roll of the Commanding Officers of the Regiment; Roll of the Adjutants; Roll of the Quartermasters; List of Places where the Regiment has been Quartered and on Service, 1715-1936; Alterations in Dress, Horse Furniture, etc., 1715-1902; List of Officers who Proceeded on Active Service with the 9th Lancers, August, 1914; Recipients of the Victoria Cross; Roll of Honours Awarded to 9th Lancers during the Great War, 1914-1918; The Tribe Scandal; The Atu Case; The 9th Lancers' Allied Regiment; Polo / Racing and Horse Shows / Skill-at -Arms / Sports and Athletics / Social; Bibliography; Index. Light cigarette odour, very light browning to pages - mostly in margins, some light waviness to pages, two page leaves with small closed tear at top edge (archivally taped), light shelf soiling on bottom of text block, moderate browning to top and fore-edge of the text block, light soiling on boards, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very small bump at top corners of boards, light browning on spine and edges of boards.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24775
- Title
- THE NINTH QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS 1715-1936.
- Author
- Sheppard, E.W., Major
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gale & Polden
- Place of Publication
- Aldershot
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Regimental histories, Jacobites, Ireland, 9th Dragoons, Rebellions, South America, Light, Walcheren, Peninsular War, Napoleonic, India, Punjab, Afghanistan, Afghan, Boer, African, Guerilla warfare, First World, I, Flanders, Ypres, Somme, Cavalry, Ninth Qu
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - First World War; Military - Regiments; Military - Napoleonic; Military - Victorian Era; Horses & Horsemanship;
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Capricorn Books
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