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Bright, Joan.
History Of The Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry 1924-1949.
Publisher: Mawson Swan & Morgan LTD, Newcastle Upon Tyne;
Date of Publication: 1949
Stock Code: 15381
First Edition. Octavo, pp., xvi, 406. Plus frontispiece and 51 photographic plates 52 photographic plates and 17 fold out maps. Publisher’s straight grain midnight blue cloth; titles in gilt to spine; map end-papers. In the original pale blue dust jacket. Faint soiling and scattered foxing to jacket; minor nicks and creases to top edge. Cloth and gilt bright; binding strong; corners sharp. Offsetting to end-papers; light scattered foxing to edge of textblock but otherwise internally clean. A very good or better copy in like jacket. A comprehensive history of the regiment from the inter-war years to the Second World War and its aftermath. Much of the volume is focused on battles of the Second World War, including the regiment’s role at El Alamein, Sicily, and Normandy. £125.00