Younghusband, Major-General Sir George, K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E.
Title |
Forty Years a Soldier. A Volume of Recollections |
Date |
London 1923 |
Publisher |
Herbert Jenkins Limited |
Description
First Edition. Publisher's green cloth with black impressed lettering and frames to the front board and spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown of 'J.H. Gadidge' (Brigadier J.H. Gadidge (1895-1970), a career officer in the Indian Army and latterly Commandant of Queen Victoria's Corps of Guides (Cavalry) 1939-1942, a role that had been formerly held by the author and to which regiment the book is dedicated). Clear, removable, archival cover fitted to the book. Octavo. pp. [i-vi] vii-xii, 324 with 14 illustrations, but lacking the frontispiece.
Condition
A book in Good condition with occasional scattered foxing throughout. A rare book.