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MALLINSON**, ALLAN: : A REGIMENTAL AFFAIR. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

LONDON.BANTAM BOOKS/A BLACK SWAN BOOK,2002.

ISBN 055350715X.

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,4th imp. [Transworld Publishers Ltd.,are a British publishing house based in Ealing,London.Its hardbacks are either published under the Doubleday or the Bantam Press imprint,whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan, Bantam or Corgi imprint.Title originally published as UK,8vo HB+dw/d,2001.This paperback 1st edn,4th imprint,published 2002.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn,but author's brown ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,matt wrap-around colour illustrated card cover's artwork by Chris Collingwood,illustrated covers - illustration continues to inside of front cover - with embossed brown,dark blue letters (author+title respectively),other white lettering to front cover,plus presence of a b/w circular adhesive 'Signed by the Author at Waterstone's' label, glossy,embossed letters and inevitable but slight sunning/fading to spine/backstrip - which has NO reading creases,rear cover with brown+ black lettering of story synopsis and a critic's review.Top+fore-edges slightly toned but without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn, 4th imp,15-388pp [paginated] includes Pt 1-3, comprising 5,12 and 6 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] critics' acclaim for the 3 published titles,author SIGNED title page, a dedication,double-page b/w map (Melish's Seat of War North America),author's note,epigrams(2 - back to back on pages),individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,an historical afternote, author's potted biography and 7pp publisher's advertisements. The third instalment of the much acclaimed (fictional) adventures of Matthew Hervey of the Light Dragoons. The year is 1817,and Captain Matthew Hervey has returned from India to an England in turmoil.The clamour for parliamentary and economic reform is bringing the country close to revolution. Every day the newspapers report conspiracies,violent assemblies,machine-breaking,arson and murder. There is no professional constabulary,and the onerous task of policing falls increasingly to the army,especially the cavalry. Included is the unrest with the Light Dragoons who now have a new regimental commander that doesn't like them or Hervey.They are sent to Canada in the aftermath of the war with the United States,tensions are high and both Hervey and his commanding officer are on a collision course,from which the results to both will be devastating. And even as he is caught up in the turbulent dawn of a new era,he must combat a deliberate attempt to orchestrate his own ruin.The honors he won in India fell short of Captain Matthew Hervey's deepest desire to return to his beloved 6th Light Dragoons.But now circumstances allow him to resume command of the unit and to marry the beautiful Lady Henrietta Lindsay,whom he has loved since childhood.Meanwhile, however,his soldier's heart is pierced by the sight of men in British scarlet crippled in the service of king and country,now forgotten and cast off,reduced to begging and petty crime. It is no wonder that rabble-rousers clamour for reform and that lawlessness is erupting everywhere,from the cities to the countryside. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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 or 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,4th imp.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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