Description

Large hardcover in non price-clipped dusst-jacket. 189pp., Index. Illustrated with 150 period photographs. First edition. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-libris copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. Small remainder stripe lower edge. A clean, square, sound copy, with no writing or underlining. “Comparing the conscript armies of Europe, such as those of Prussia, Austria-Hungry, and Russia, with the volunteer armies of the United Kingdom, India and the United States, as well as the Japanese and Chinese armies of the period, the author describes their main engagements, fighting qualities and organization.” Very good+ in a very good+ dust-jacket.