BRITONS, TO ARMS! THE STORY OF THE BRITISH VOLUNTEER SOLDIER AND THE VOLUNTEER TRADITION IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND by Steppler, Glenn A - 1997

London: Sutton Publishing, 1997. Cloth. Near Fine to Fine/Near Fine to Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 185 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.

Paperback. Very Good.

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Stroud, Gloucestershire: Budding, 1997. 185 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). "At first a spontaneous and temporary response to threats of invasion and internal rebellion, the British Volunteer became a permanent feature of military organization in the mid-Victorian era, eventually evolving into the territorial soldier of the twentieth century. Presented here is a general history of the Volunteer forces together with a detailed account of the experience of two Midland counties - Leicestershire and Rutland. Thus both the intensely local dimension of what were initially ad hoc town and village corps, and the national significance of the British volunteer tradition are explored. Spanning three centuries, from the early eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, this book charts the evolution, and the persistence, of a recurring phenomenon. It explains the exact origin and nature of the Napoleonic Volunteer Force and its mounted arm, the Yeomanry; the Victorian Rifle Volunteers and the Territorials of… Read More

Minor wear to edges and corners of the dust jacket. Interior pages clean and unmarked. U.K. Edition.

Budding Books, 1997. Reissue. Decorated. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

Sutton Publishing, 1997-07-01. Hardcover. Like New. **HARDBACK** In unclipped dustjacket No stamps or inscriptions; clean condition

Sutton Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Looks unused. A lovely copy in like new condition in a like new dust jacket

UK: Sutton Publishing, 1997. Reprint. Illustrated. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

UK: Budding Books, 1997. Hardcover. As New/As New. Red pictorial covers in a red pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 185 pages.