9780850520545 - How the Regiments Got Their Nicknames von Carew, Tim (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover, bound in red cloth, with bright gilt lettering on spine, is in VG condition, having a slight slant to spine; former owner's bookplate on first fixed endpaper; small smudge near bookplate; slight dinge to closed page edges. Dust jacket, enclosed in protective mylar (mylar not pictured), is in VG condition as well. Book is illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. "Who better to delve into the stories behind the 'Pompadours', the 'Dirty Shirts', the 'Jam Stealers', the 'Cherry-pickers' or the 'Mutton Lancers' than Tim Carew, who was a soldier of varying fortune for thirteen years and has been writing about soldiers for twenty more?"--from DJ. Military. British Army. Artillery. Cavalry. Infantry. DB.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; ix, 157 p : ill ; 23 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army History. Nicknames Great Britain. 3 Kg.