PONSONBY (F), Lt.-Col.: The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918. With an Introduction by Lieut.-General The Earl of Cavan. Maps by Mr. Emery Walker. NEAR FINE SET IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING , Macmillan, 1920

3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), 14 plates (all original tissue guards present) and 25 maps (9 folding) in red, blue and black (one folding map lightly age-soiled at blank upper margin); original boards, brown cloth backs, backstrips with leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt, uncut, one label very lightly worn else a remarkably bright, clean, crisp set in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. The standard history of the regiment's service in the Great War. Includes nominal roll, ROH, decorations & awards, and index of officers. 'This finely-produced history of the most famous of British regiments is written with dignity and good taste. There were only four battalions of this regiment on active service, but they were all in different brigades of the Guards Division after that had been formed' (Falls). Complete sets are scarce, especially in this condition. Enser, p. 66; Falls, p. 123; Sutcliffe, p. 2; White, p.42 (Book ref. 19296)  £220.00

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