Warriors in undress / by F.J. Hudleston
1925, 1st Edition. London: J. Castle. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: bookplate. Uncommon in the dust jacket. Item #333533
Physical description: 248 pages 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Preface.--"King Arthur" (The Duke of Wellington)--Frederick, the soldier's friend (Frederick Augustus, duke of York and Albany)--The lighter side of the Crimean war, and its heroes.--Garibaldi.--Some warriors in the American war of independence.--Washington's John Moore (Baron von Steuben)--A mysterious general.--John Shipp.--The "compleat general" of the ancients.--Maxims: moral and immoral.--The warriors' library.--The librarian in undress.--"What they fought each other for." Subjects: 20th century texts. 20th century texts- military history. Military biography. Generals. Genre: Biography.
Price: €65.00