Adventures in the Rifle Brigade Tapa dura - 1981

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Richard Drew Publishing Ltd. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1981. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 0904002837 . Facsimile reprint of the 1909 text, dw has rub to corners, with sl tear to one, sl rub spot to head of spine, yellowing with sl fade to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages .

Scotland: Richard Drew , 1981. Hard covers in tidy condition with a similar dust jacket. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing Ltd, 1981. Reprint. . Hardcover. Vg/G+. 302pp. Ink name label on fr.fly . Book club sticker on fr. e/p. Crayon'D' on final e/p. Size: Cr.8vo

Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing Ltd, 1981. Reprint. . Hardcover. Vg/Vg. 302pp. Facsimile reprint of the1909 edn. Sl. bruising to upper corners. Size: Cr 8vo

Glasgow: R Drew Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0904002837 . Slight damage to front pastedown (a label removed) ow book & jacket In 'read once' condition, slight signs of ownership / shelf wear ow clean, tight & bright, as new. ; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 256 pages. .

Richard Drew Publishing 1981. 1981. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 302pp. very good / very good d/w. The Rifle Brigade, one of the most distinguished regiments in the British army, was formed in the early years of the nineteenth century, when England was in the midst of its long struggle with Napoleon. Known at first as the Ninety-fifth Rifles, it had the great advantage of being trained, from the beginning, by officers who were not merely enthusiastic, but thoughtful and in advance of their time and the fruits of this training were seen on many a battlefield from Corunna to the crowning glory of Waterloo. In these days, when the magazine rifle has reached so high a degree of precision as to be deadly at a range of more than a mile, it is not easy for us to realize how clumsy were the weapons with which our soldiers won their most famous victories. Until the general adoption of the rifle about sixty years ago, the fire-arm in common use was the Brown Bess, a heavy smooth-bore musket, whose effective range… Leer más

Glasgow : Drew , 1981. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 302 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Facsim of: ed. published 1909. Contents; Adventures in the Rifle Brigade. Originally published: London : s.n., 1830 - Random shots from a rifleman. Originally published: London : s.n., 1835. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade - History. Great Britain. Army. 95th (Rifle) Regiment. Peninsular War, (1807-1814) - Personal narratives, British. Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 - Personal narratives, British. Europe - History - (1789-1815) - Personal narratives. Napoleonic Wars. Peninsular campaign - - Correspondence, diaries, etc. - Early works. Napoleonic Wars - Peninsular campaign - Correspondence, diaries. Genre; Autobiography.