THE ANNALS OF THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS Seven Volumes + SWIFT AND BOLD
Smith Elder [&] John Murray [&] Leo Cooper [&] Gale and Polden, 1913-1971. Item #135263
8 vols. 8vo. Original blind-ruled gilt decorated rifle green cloth (all vols rather spotted on top edges), vol VI only with dustwrapper. Volume I The Royal Americans, Smith Elder 1st edn 1913; pp. xxiv + 379, illus with b&w plates (1 loose) and maps (partial loss at headcap and split at lower edge of spine, inner hinges reinforced with tape; ex RUSI library with usual stamps and markings); Volume I Appendix Dealing with Uniform Armament and Equipment, Smith Elder 1st edn 1913; pp. viii + 52, illus with all coloured and b&w plates present (poor- inner hinges perished and pages and plates loose, and front and rear endpapers spotted); Volume II The Green Jacket, John Murray 1st edn 1923; pp. xxi + 348, illus with b&w plates and maps and 6 folding maps in rear pocket (VG, no inscriptions); Volume III The 60th the K.R.R.C., John Murray 1st edn 1926; pp. xxviii + 334, illus with b&w plates and maps (VG, no inscriptions); Volume IV The 60th the K.R.R.C., John Murray 1st edn 1929; pp. xl + 398, illus with b&w plates and maps (pp. 303-306 loose; some light spotting on front and rear endpapers; no inscriptions); Volume V The Great War, John Murray 1st edn 1932; pp. xvii + 478, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w maps (some light spotting on front and rear endpapers; no inscriptions); Volume VI 1921-1943 Leo Cooper 1st edn 1971; pp. xvii + 398, illus with b&w plates and maps (VG, no inscriptions); SWIFT AND BOLD The Story of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in the Second World War 1939-1945, Gale and Polden 1st edn 1949; pp. xvi + 416, illus with b&w plates and maps (boards a little rubbed at edges; fore-edge and endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions).
Price: £300.00