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WESTLAKE, RAY: : BRITISH REGIMENTS AT GALLIPOLI

UK.BARNSLEY,S. YORKS.LEO COOPER/PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD.,1996.

ISBN 085052511X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+./VG+.No owner inscrptn and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel and spine/backstrip of dw/dj,with reddish- brown and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - an approx 1" closed tear at head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj - no other nicks or tears present.An approx 3" scoring/indent to centre of front panel of dw/dj with concomitant impression to board below.Internally to dw/dj's lower edges of front panel,spine/backstrip and approx half of rear panel marked with fluid staining and some inevitable bleeding of dye from the boards - externally visible only to the rear panel's lower edges. Staining has left concomitant residual bleaching at board's lower edges.Top edges generally bright and clean with a couple of spots,fore-edges bright and clean with minimal thumbing; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears carefully read.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers. To front free endpaper,previous owner has applied/pasted three red+gilt lettered Spanish branded (Cruzcampo) beer bottle labels; on verso of same another Spanish branded (Mahou) green,white and gilt coloured and lettered beer label and also a similar brand's beer label (red,white and gilt) pasted to half-title page opposite.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xiipp+ 2-285pp [paginated] includes 2 double-page b/w Gallipoli maps (opposing trenches at Suvla,Dec 1915 and Helles Front,Jan 1916), an introduction,an A-Z of all 85 regiments with diary+locations for each,8pp b/w contemporary autobiographical photographs and or illustration reproductions in 2 blocks of 4pp apiece,between pp82/3 and pp114/15 respectively and a regimental index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication to recto of first page of first map,a sources information page with acknowledgements to its verso and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.Described hard but fairly and honestly could seem to read worse than actually is - still a very acceptable copy nonetheless. Following the huge success of 'British Battalions on the Somme (Leo Cooper 1994), Ray Westlake has now produced a source book of the same quality on the Gallipoli Campaign.It has come about as a result of many years of enquiries,not only from researchers keen to establish what part each regiment had played in the battle,but from the family historian eager to know just where relatives had served. Now that the Gallipoli Peninsula is more accessible,more and more people are visiting the area and forming an interest in this key campaign.It is hoped that the family historian can 'follow in the footsteps' of their grandfathers,fathers and uncles,while military historians can for the first time,in comprehensive volume, access important information on a regimental and battalion scale. 'British Regiments at Gallipoli' is an account of every infantry battalion and yeomanry regiment of the British Army during their service on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Battles and engagements,along with movements both in and out of the line,are dealt with at battalion level rather than on a larger and less detailed divisional scale. With some 2,000 volumes of war diaries, regimental histories and personal reminiscences used for source material, 'British Regiments at Gallipoli' provides readers with a unique reference source. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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