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ROBINSON,(COL) R[oger] R: : THE Bloody Eleventh - History of The Devonshire Regiment:Vol 1:1685-1815

UK.EXETER,DEVON.THE DEVONSHIRE & DORSET REGT.,1988.

ISBN 0951265504.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap (Detail of The 11th Foot at Salamanca,22 July 1812,by David Rowlands,depicting the 1st/11th attacking Ferey's Division.),contemporary cartoon,1797,illustrated rear wrap. Negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top +fore-edges bright and clean,miniscule, minimal,foxing spots to fore-edges,contents bright,tight and pristine.Bright,clean, publisher's original,plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,gilt blocked letters to blocked green title label,and gilt blocked regimental badge to spine/backstrip.There are a few (faded/bleached?) spots to both bds - no corresponding marks/spots internally,to dw/dj though,and immaculate, maroon endpapers.Thick,heavy 8vo,ii-xvpp+1- 717pp [paginated] includes HRH,Duke of Kent foreword,dedication,maps+illustrations lists,author preface,symbols+abbreviations used in footnotes,38 chapters+conclusion,70 b/w maps(includes 18 double-page,2 folding),30 assorted illus - b/w contemporary illus/plates,3 colour plates, chronological table,reference+source notes, a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] title page. This story of a famous infantry regiment, told for the first time,contains not only the routine of the camp,the rigours of the march and the perils of the battlefield,but also,the peacetime frustration of serving in an antipathetic Britain or a distant country,where the soldier's lot was sometimes worse than that of the slave.As the biography of this ever-changing,yet self-perpetuating,body of men (and women) unfolds,so does the weft and warp of their traditions and ethos.Each generation comes to life under the author's hand.Family names appear and reappear.The thoughts and feelings of the soldiers and their wives rise to the surface.But the tale is not all eulogistic.The seamy side receives its fair share of space:two officers fighting a duel in Minorca;a subaltern turned out of the Regiment when it was in captivity in an 18thC French prison camp;a soldier hanged for looting during the Peninsular War. Throughout the trials and triumphs of this great conflict in Spain and Portugal,the steadiness of the 11th Foot persists.Their extreme valour at Salamanca earns them the nickname 'The Bloody Eleventh',and their dogged determination in battle after battle attains its climax with their outstanding performance at Toulouse. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight (slightly in excess of 1.5Kg unpackaged) and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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

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