Emperor's Chambermaids The Story of the 14-20th King's Hussars by Lt. Col. L. Boats Dso Tapa dura - 1990

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Ward Lock, 1973. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), 518pp. Colour plates, text illustrations. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. Two of the colour plates have been bound in upside-down; otherwise, the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition (dustwrapper price-clipped). ISBN 0706310012

Ward Lock, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Colour fading at edges of boards which are a little wobbly, clean unmarked pages; price-clipped jacket, prominent crease along front upper edge plus some minor removed sellotape browning, creasing to rear upper edge and inner front flap. 11 colour illustrations on plates and many b/w photographs, illustrations and maps. The history of two light cavalry regiments - the 14th and 20th Light Dragoons, which were almalgated, after the Great War, to become the 14th / 20th King's Hussars. Covers the years from 1715 to 1970. 518 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN/EAN: 9780706310016. Inventory No: dscf9209. . 9780706310016

London: Ward Lock, 1973. First Edition. . Cloth. Vg/G+. 518pp. Maps. Plates. Wrapper sl.c creased at spine. Please note that this is a heavy book for which extra postage may be requested . Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Ward Lock, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dust jacket is price clipped.Wear to head of front dust jacket cover. Creasing and scratching to front dust jacket cover. Similar wear to head of back dust jacket cover. Wear to dust jacket spine. Slight wear to hardcover spine. Gilt lettering to hardcover spine..

London : Ward Lock, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 518p, [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some col), maps (chiefly col), ports. (some col) ; 26cm. Notes: Ill. on lining papers. Includes index. Subjects: Great Britain. Army. 14th/20th King's Hussars History. Genre: Illustrated.

Ward Lock, 1973, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. Dust jacket has mild wear. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations.

London England: Ward Lock, 1973. Hardback. First Edition. Emperor's Chambermaids. Emporer's Chambermaids. The Story of the 14th/20th King's Hussars. Wear and small tear to top edge of D/J. Foreword by M. R. D. Foot. This book is the story of two Cavalry regiments, the 14th and 20th Light Dragoons, which were eventually amalgamated after the First World War to form the 14th/20th King;s Hussars. Colonel Oatts has written a fascinating and often amusing story of the two Regiments in peace and war, deftly intertwined, and presented against a background of the history of Europe and the development of the British Empire. He takes us from the Jacobite Rebellions through the long struggle with Napoleon, the Indian Wars, with both Regiments fighting the Boers in South Africa at the turn of the nineteenth century. The horrors and discomforts of the Great War in France and Mesopotamia are fully described. With the rise of Hitler's Germany the horse gave way to the tank and the amalgamated… Leer más

Ward Lock, 1973., 1973. 518p. Photos. Oversize. Gift inscription. Rubber stamp. Very Good/Very Good Copy. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Ward Lock, 1973., 1973. NAP. 518p. Photos. Oversize. Fine/Near Fine Copy. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.