Mutiny: Highland Regiments in Revolt, 1743-1804 by Prebble, John

Hardback. Acceptable.

London: Secker & Warburg. Lightly soiled, edge worn jacket with one small tear at top edge. Coves very good, pages tanned, else very good. Multiple black and white plates. Presumed first edition . Very Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1975.

This is a first edition of Mutiny: Highland Regiments in Revolt 1743-1804, by the English journalist John Prebble (1915-2001).
The Highland regiments of Scotland were first raised to police their own land, then expanded in imperial wars. The Gaelic people of the 18th century, who were 3% of the population, supplied the Crown with 65 regiments. Soldiers were rarely willing--they were recruited by threat or sold by their chiefs. They were not allowed to speak their language or maintain their dress; their families were often evicted from their land. The result was mutiny, and this is an account of them, from the revolt of the Black Watch in 1743 to the mutiny of the Fencibles in 1804.
542 pages, with illustrations.
There is quite a lot of shelfwear to the dust jacket and there is damage to both corners of the cover (from a puppy). There is a stain on page 309. Otherwise perfect.

Secker & Warburg, 1975. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Secker & Warburg, 1975; first edition, no additional printings indicated, "First published...;" 542pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to corners of green paper-covered boards, with small indentation to bottom front, overall very good; gilt titling remains bright and bold. Ends of spine bumped. Light corner/edge-wear to clipped dust jacket. Interior is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1975. First Edition. . Cloth. Vg/G. 542pp. Plates. Ink names front fly. Size: 8vo