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LORD,CLIFF and WATSON,GRAHAM: : The Royal Corps of Signals (1920-2001) and Its Antecedents

UK.SOLIHULL,WEST MIDLANDS.HELION & COMPANY LIMITED,2003.

ISBN 1874622078.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,no'd+Ltd,1st edn.[A limited edition of 1,000 copies,this is copy number 388.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj intact - absence of publisher's price to front inner flap or elsewhere.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour illus artwork to upper panel and spine/ backstrip with yellow+white lettering,and montage'd colour photographs to rear panel,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Internally of dw/dj,water-stains with some light discolouring to both top+lower edges,spreading from front gutter edges of spine/backstrip along to top corner of rear inner dw/djs' flap,and to edge/fold of same inner flap,but to it's lower edge.The rear,top+lower bds beneath commensurately affected and marked,which appears discernible, visible in angled light.The only external indication of said fault/water-stain to rear panel of dw/djs' lower edge,is some inevitable,but slight wrinkling to commensurate spot of the dw/dj.Described hard,but fairly and honestly - there is no immediate,obvious indication of the fault - virtually only visible on close inspection /collation.Really not as bad as it reads or sounds.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate,plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,no'd+Ltd (388/1000) 1st edn,iii-xvpp+16-409pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, foreword by Master of Signals (Major-General I.O.J. Sprackling,OBE),preface,acknowledgements, Pts 1-9, profuse b/w illustrations/photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book, glossary and biblio.Plus [unpaginated],title-page with limitation (388/1000) to recto,4pp blanks at rear,along with b/w photgraphic illustrated publisher advert of related other title to last page. The ability to communicate is a prerequisite for success both in military and civil life. Surprisingly,everyone expects access to communications,but rarely wonders how it is achieved.The purpose of this book is to bring into focus one of the cornerstones of the success of the British Army,and to provide an insight into the complexity and diversity of the Royal Corps of Signals.This is done,not by narrative,but by delving into unit history rather than campaign history,thus offering a different perspective for the historian. Royal Signals is one of the largest Corps in the British Army,and consists of a body of very highly trained and dedicated personnel to manage,operate, and repair the advanced technology that is theirs to administer.Signals are the Invisible Elite, without them there is no victory. Before the independent Corps of Signals was formed in 1920,Royal Engineers provided communications for much of the Army.Details of their signal units are included. Reflecting the new technologies as they occur the reader will see new signal units being raised to facilitate the exigencies of the time.For example, during the Second World War the Golden Arrow Detachments were created as independent,mobile, high-speed transmitting and receiving stations to provide links to Britain,and thus provide High Command with the information from Commanders in the Field was desperately needed.These units also passed intercepted enemy signals back to England for the code breakers at Bletchley Park.Other specialist Signal units were created for Air Support, Para Signals, Commandos, Interception, Fixed Communications, Peacekeeping and a multitude of other reasons. In today's changing world signals continue to get their message through - Swift and Sure. This book is a must for historians,genealogists, and those who served.It contains: - Overviews of the Signals Order of Battle at specific times in history - Detailed precis of specialist signal units including Commando,and Para units - History of 35 Commonwealth and related Signal Corps - Photographs of many rare signal badges - Scores and scores of unit histories both Regular and Territorial from the past to the present - A limited edition of 1000 copies,individually numbered. Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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