Once A Grenadier ....: The Grenadier Guards 1945-1995 by Oliver Lindsay
A multi-signed copy, containing the signatures of seven past members of The Grenadier Guards on the front free end paper (all without dedication) - seemingly someone called "Davies" (of which there are three in the Index), David German (pp. 103 & 109, who served in Cyprus), possibly a J Buxton (who also served in Cyprus), John (cannot decipher the surname), Ted (ditto), Geoff (ditto) and Lieutenant Colonel Carew Hatherley, Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards (pages 346, 367, 369 & 373); Leo Cooper 1996 1st ed with a Foreword by Prince Philip, 414pp., text generally in decent order albeit with slight browning to pages, slight browning/rubbing/staining/scuffing to the page extremities at the very top, side & bottom, bumping & rubbing to board corners & to the top, bottom & sides of boards - significantly heavier to the top & bottom of the spine, bumping & rubbing to the front bottom left hand/rear bottom right hand corners, boards & spine a bit marked, the dust jacket has slight internal yellowing & staining, is rubbed & creased at top & bottom with a small tear to the front bottom right hand corner, the spine is slightly marked, the front cover has many marks & scratches, the rear even more so along with some creasing. Book = good; jacket = acceptable+.
Index. Glossary. Colour and black and white photographic plates. Black and white maps in text. "Five years in the writing, this comprehensive record includes coverage of training, tactics, the pronounced changes in the armed forces and the views and anecdotes of the Non Commissioned Officers and Guardsmen. Profusely illustrated and with 14 detailed maps, this is a dedicated history of the senior infantry Regiment in the British Army and what is probably the most famous Regiment in the world." Covers Austria, Nazis, Palestine, Malaya/Malayan Emergency (Malaysia), Libya, Egypt, Malta, Suez, Cyprus, British Cameroons & Guiana, Germany, Northern Ireland, Sharjah, British Honduras, Hong Kong, Belize, Falklands, Gulf War, et al.
Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged.
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