Battles & Battlefields by Daniell, David Scott - 1961

Paperback. Very Good.

Private library stamp on fore-edge

B. T. Batsford, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavy scuffing to rear pastedown. Notable tape staining to rear pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild scuffing to rear board. Notable tape staining to rear board.

London: Arrow Books Ltd, 1977. Soft cover. Good. 0x0x0.

B. T. Batsford, 1961-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in.

London England: B. T. Batsford. Good/Fair. 1961. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback Hardback. First Edition. Ex-library with ex-library markings. Dye to top edge. Wear and tear to D/J. In this book the author brings to life eighteen of the most important battles to be fought on British soil. Ranging in time from 1066, the years of the battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings, to 1746, when Bonny prince Charlie was defeated at Culloden, and in place from all parts of England to Bannockburn in Scotland and the Boyne in ireland, these battles were all fought for the same end - the crown. Basing his acocunt on authentic records, the author gives historical perspective to each battle by outling the events leading up to it and by introducing the leading personalities on either side. He then provides a close-up of the fighting itself, describing the terrain and reconstructing the scene with such accuracy that a visitor to any of the battlefields… Read More

Arrow Books Ltd, 1977-02-01. paperback. Good. 8x5x1. Pages are tanned. Pages have no notes or highlighting. The cover and spine have some wear.

Beaver Books, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Beaver Books 1976 reprint. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

B. T. Batsford, 1961T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover.

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights for books the postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A battle is an awe-inspiring and a terrible event, no matter whether it be fought with sword, lance, pike and cross-bow; musket, sabre and cannon; or machine-gun, high velocity shells and tanks and aircraft. In battle a large number of men fight each other to the death; many are killed, many wounded. War is ugly, battle is brutal.Yet there is another side to it, which does not alter the main fact that war and battle are horrible. In battle men willingly risk death or mutilation for what they believe to be right. One would not say that every soldier who has fought in battle went voluntarily, or even understood what he was fighting for. Yet there are always some, often many, who fight and kill for what they believe to be a just cause. Ordinary men become inspired to unexpected heights of courage and become selfless. Many a man has fought willingly, and died without complaining, because… Read More