The Galloping Third the Story of the 3rd the King's Own Hussars by Hector Bolitho (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1963; 341 pages; pub: John Murray; author Hector Bolitho; hardback, not xlib. Bolitho's is not a formal history but a highly readable account full of detail. His account stretches from 1660 to 1958. Index; B&W illus. Condition: a sound clean copy - the book itself is v.g, the d-j (in a plastic sleeve) shows a bit of wear but hardly any.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket a little chipped around edges and small water stain at top of back cover. Copy is clean and free of inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1963. 341 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth a bit mottled, else a Very Good copy in a Very Good dust wrapper.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This copy is in near fine condition bound in light blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square, there is a small neat signature to the f.e.p. The unclipped dustwrapper is in near fine condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. The 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War, before being amalgamated with the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, to form the Queen's Own Hussars in November 1958. Ref HHH7.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hard cover minor edge wear. DJ has slightly tanned spine. Contains black & white illustrations and maps.Seller Ref: M21390.

First edition. Colour frontispiece portrait, eight full-page black and white plates, nine full-page battle plans and maps, maps to upper and lower pastedowns and endpapers. 8vo. Hardcover in blue cloth with silver title on spinespine slightly faded and cloth with some stains, internally fine. Bookseller's ticket to upper pastedown, not affecting map. xiii, 341pp. [London], John Murray, .

John Murray, London. 1963. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated. Large thick 8vo. Blue cloth boards marked and faded in places with slight fraying to spine. Wrapper browned and creased around edges. Foxing to page edges. Bookshop sticker inside front flap. Contents clean.

Hb in Dw xi,341pp coloured frontisplate , endpaper maps, mono plates and maps. The full story of The 3rd Hussars from 1685 to the end of the Second World War where it fought in North Africa, and Italy A Vg/Vg copy.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London, John Murray, 1963. 8vo., 341pp., illus. color frontis, b/w plates and maps, map end papers. Blue cloth with silver titles. Mild foxing on top edge of page block and first few sheets, else very good, clean, crisp, unmarked in very good, price-clipped dust jacket.

Cloth Boards. 8vo, pp. Xxiv, 341, Index, colour frontis, b/w plates, maps, endpaper maps, tipped-in colour plate pasted to margin pp. 165 (likely the dust jacket illustration), few faint foxing spots scattered throughout, original cloth bds., spine sunned, minor fishing edges, portion of d.j. loosely inserted. Complete regimental history, from 1660 to 1958.

8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, 9 maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, boards lightly faded at backstrip as usual, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sutcliffe, p.43; White, p.16.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front board . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Light overall wear. Illustrations, maps in text, and map endpapers. 8vo. 341 pp. including index. From the estate of Donald Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.

Pp. xiv+342(last blank), coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, full page text plus endpaper maps, appendices, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, spine browned, boards flecked and edges lightly worn; top edges blue; closed tear from top edge of upper free endpaper, with some rust marks from attachment, some light marginal scoring; John Murray, London, 1963. First edition. White p. 16; Sutcliffe 2/p. 43. *From the library of lang2057 Sir John Elliot, with his bookplate on half-title page, and associated presentation slip taped to verso of upper free endpaper, other notations, and loosely inserted associated letters. Later from the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his book label also on half-title page.