A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919
ANGLESEY, Marquess of
NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: Leo Cooper, [1973-1997]
Stock code: 2930
Price: £600.00
8 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates, illustrations in the text and maps throughout; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in the dustwrapper.
VOLUMES ONE TO FOUR ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLES. Vol. 1: 1816-1850 (1973); Vol. 2: 1851-1871 (1975); Vol. 3: 1872-1898 (1982); Vol. 4: 1899-1913 (1986); Vol. 5: 1914-1919 Egypt, Palestine & Syria (1994); Vol. 6: 1917-1918 Mesopotamia (1995); Vol. 7: Curragh Incident & Western Front 1914 (1996); Vol. 8: Western Front 1915-1918; Epilogue 1919-1939 (1997). Anglesey's monumental work, now unlikely ever to be surpassed, is the defiinitive history of the final phase of the British cavalry.