The Green Howards by Geoffrey Powell (1968 Hardback) (Famous Regiments)

Geoffrey Powell

Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London., 1968

About this Item

Good condition used 1968 First Edition Hardback with intact Dust Jacket. Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London. Author: Geoffrey Powell. Edited by Lt-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Approx dims: 220mm h x 145mm w x 15mm d. Intact good condition dust jacket with some sunning, slight creasing to edges, slight rubbing and some signs of handling. Intact slightly creased spine. DJ over very good condition blue cloth boards. 144 clean, slightly off white pages of English text with some b&w illustrations. Previous owner has made blue ink lines to 5 or 6 pages to highlight some paragraphs of interest, no other inscriptions. Slight sunning to page ends. Image shown is actual book for sale. Synopsis: This is the story of the Green Howards from the region of the North Riding of Yorkshire who have been fighting for around three hundred years. Even the Regiment s failures brought them nothing but glory and it s successes include The Boyne, Alma, First Ypres, Mareth and the assault over the Normandy beaches. In the First World War the Green Howards won twelve Victoria Crosses, a number bettered only by one other regiment which had more than double the number of battalions fighting. It is often the little-known campaigns that are the most interesting and these are recorded too. This history deals not only with the battles but also with the men who fought them and the reasons why they fought.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Green Howards by Geoffrey Powell (1968 Hardback) (Famous Regiments)
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London.
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History