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Synopsis

A study of the history, philosophy, and character of the rifle brigade.

Item Description

8vo. 6 x 9.25 inches. 478 pp. Bound in dark green cloth, gilt with block of regimental badge on front board, in pictorial dust wrapper. Light spotting on top edge, but otherwise a very good copy. Signed by author on title page. Illustrated by 20 pages of colour and black and white plates. Decorated by vignettes. Pictorial endpapers. Historical account of the Rifle Brigade and its campaigns from its first raising in 1800 up to 1966, when it became the Royal Green Jackets, by the historian, Arthur Bryant (1899-1985).