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MALLINSON**, ALLAN: : ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE.**

LONDON.BANTAM PRESS, 2011.

ISBN 9780593058169.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy.Sharp-cornered,bright, unblemished,publisher's original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and black+white headband,and coloured map endpapers [of South East Europe and the Near East after 1815.].UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xvpp+3-315pp [paginated] includes foreword,Pts 1-3 comprising 20 chapters, historical afternote; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,maps list, single page b/w map (The Seat of War in the East 1829),Matthew Hervey curriculum vitae and 2pp blanks at rear. January 1829: George IV is on the throne, Wellington is England's prime minister,and snow is falling thickly on the London streets as Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey is summoned to the Horse Guards in the expectation of command of his regiment,the 6th Light Dragoons. But the benefits of long-term peace at home mean cuts in the army,and Hervey is told that the Sixth are to be reduced to a single squadron.With his long-term plans in disarray,he undertakes instead a six-month assignment as an observer with the Russian army,at the personal request of the commander-in-chief,Lord Hill. Soon Hervey,his friend Edward Fairbrother and his faithful groom,Private Johnson,are sailing north to St Petersburg,and from there on to the Eastern Balkans,seat of the ferocious war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Hervey is meant to be an impartial spectator in the campaign,but soon the circumstances - and his own nature - propel him into a more active role.In the climactic Battle of Kulewtscha,in which more troops were engaged than in any battle since Waterloo,Hervey and Fairbrother find themselves in the thick of the action. For Hervey,the stakes have never been higher - or more personal. Author's 11th novel in the Hervey series. Please contact seller,because of the weight and 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 or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** 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.

MALLINSON**, ALLAN: : ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE.**

LONDON.BANTAM PRESS,2011.

ISBN 9780593058169.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy.Sharp-cornered, bright,unblemished,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and black+white headband,and coloured map endpapers [of South East Europe and the Near East after 1815.].UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xvpp+3-315pp [paginated] includes foreword,Pts 1-3 comprising 20 chapters,historical afternote; plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,contents list/table,maps list,single page b/w map (The Seat of War in the East 1829),Matthew Hervey curriculum vitae and 2pp blanks at rear. January 1829: George IV is on the throne, Wellington is England's prime minister,and snow is falling thickly on the London streets as Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey is summoned to the Horse Guards in the expectation of command of his regiment,the 6th Light Dragoons. But the benefits of long-term peace at home mean cuts in the army,and Hervey is told that the Sixth are to be reduced to a single squadron.With his long-term plans in disarray,he undertakes instead a six-month assignment as an observer with the Russian army,at the personal request of the commander-in-chief,Lord Hill. Soon Hervey,his friend Edward Fairbrother and his faithful groom,Private Johnson,are sailing north to St Petersburg,and from there on to the Eastern Balkans,seat of the ferocious war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Hervey is meant to be an impartial spectator in the campaign,but soon the circumstances - and his own nature - propel him into a more active role.In the climactic Battle of Kulewtscha,in which more troops were engaged than in any battle since Waterloo,Hervey and Fairbrother find themselves in the thick of the action. For Hervey,the stakes have never been higher - or more personal. Author's 11th novel in the Hervey series. Please contact seller,because of the weight 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 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 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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