BRITAIN'S SEA SOLDIERS.
A history of the Royal Marines and their predecessors and of their services in action, ashore and afloat, and upon sundry other occasions of moment. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty. In two volumes. Pp. x+324+x+358(last colophon), 2 frontispieces (1 coloured), tissue guards, 22 coloured plates, tissue guards, 54 half-tone plates, text illustrations, title pages printed in red & black , notes, appendices, index; demy 4to; qr. navy linen, blue cloth boards, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt insignia to upper boards, spines lightly faded and flecked, boards a trifle marked, fore-corners bruised; scattered foxing, particularly to edges of leaves, occasionally heavy, top fore-corner of two leaves with production fold-over, top margin of one plate lightly stained; The Lyceum Press, Liverpool, 1924. First edition. Together with: Blumberg (H. E.) Compiler. BRITAIN'S SEA SOLDIERS: A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919. Pp. xxiv+492, coloured frontispiece, tissue guard (creased), 27 plates, 22 text plans, 7 large folding maps in pocket at end, title page printed in red & black, appendices, chronological index, general index; demy 4to; qr. navy linen (heavily faded and flecked), blue cloth boards, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt insignia to upper board, lower fore-corners frayed, faded and bruised; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedowns, top margin of frontispiece water stained, top margin of other plates also lightly stained, some light foxing, fore-edge of several leaves towards end lightly warped; Swiss & Co., Devonport, n.d.[1927]. First edition. White page 254. Item #152413
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