History of the Fifth Light Horse Regiment (Australian Imperial Force) from 1914 to October, 1917, by Brigadier-General L.C. Wilson . (formerly Commanding Officer of the Regiment) and from October, 1917, to June, 1919, by Captain H. Wetherell (an Officer of the Regiment)

[5th Light Horse Regiment]. WILSON, Brigadier-General Lachlan Chisholm and Captain Henry WETHERELL

Verlag: The Motor Press of Australia Limited, Sydney, 1926

Beschreibung

Sydney, The Motor Press of Australia Limited, 1926. Octavo, 232 pages with a facsimile letter plus 3 plates (portraits of the Commanding Officers) and 7 folding maps (on 4 leaves in an end-pocket). Printed papered boards later rebacked in brown cloth lettered in gilt; original boards marked, stained and worn at the extremities, with a heavy bump to the leading edge of both covers; new endpapers and rear endpocket; edges foxed, with scattered foxing throughout; small light tidemark to the top margin of the plates and a few leaves; folding maps tidemarked and worn, with some chipped edges stabilized with archival tape; signs of age and use, but overall, a presentable copy of a very rare book. The retained original front flyleaf carries the contemporary ownership details of 'Staff Sergt U J Cunneen, Late 5 L.H. 295' (June 1926); two other family members have added their details later (and one of them has put a relevant annotation on an early page). 'Saddler/Sergeant Urban James Cunneen' appears in the nominal roll (see page 176). Dornbusch 404; Fielding and O'Neill, page 232; Trigellis-Smith 276. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 129485

Bibliografische Details

Titel: History of the Fifth Light Horse Regiment (...

Verlag: The Motor Press of Australia Limited, Sydney

Erscheinungsdatum: 1926

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First Edition.