Awards of Honour: The Orders, Decorations, Medals and Awards of Great Britain & The Commonwealth from Edward III to Elizabeth II
by Jocelyn, Arthur
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Some endpaper discoloration Cover has some wear and soiling. Corners bumped. Boo
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1956. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Some endpaper discoloration Cover has some wear and soiling. Corners bumped. Bookplate of previous owner and bookseller.. xix, [2], 276 p. Includes: illustrations, index. Most illustrations in color. This copy previously owned by William Henry Stephenson. Foreword by the R. Hon. The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. Within this work are the names of famous campaigns, battles, sieges, reliefs, and expeditions which, in recalling, sound to our modern ears little more than faint echoes from distant ranges of time. It is, perhaps, the tendency in every age to either forget, belittle or take for granted the triumphs and victories of years agone; or, to compare them with those of our own day. Hitherto, no previous compilation has included any mention of the exceedingly important and coveted Medals awarded by the Royal Society, the Royal Geographical SOciety and the Royal Society of Arts. The medals awarded by them recall and are associated with the natme of our greatest scientists, inventors, and explorers. This is an increasingly scarce and in part seminal work.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64752
- Title
- Awards of Honour: The Orders, Decorations, Medals and Awards of Great Britain & The Commonwealth from Edward III to Elizabeth II
- Author
- Jocelyn, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Some endpaper discoloration Cover has some wear and soiling. Corners bumped. Boo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed first edition/first printing
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Medals; Military Orders; Military Decorations; Mountings; Clasps; Titular Legends; Ribands; Emblems; Garter; Thistle; Star of India; Order of the British Empire; Campaign Medals; Police Metals; Life-Saving; Polar Expedtion; Good Shooting;
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