first edition
1957 · Washington DC
by BLAKENEY, Jane
Washington DC: For The Author, 1957. First Edition. Quarto. 27cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled and ruled in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 621pp. Very light wear and scuffing to edges of cloth, strong and bright, in a clean example of the dustjacketwith some creasing and wear to extremities, shallow chipping and loss to head of mildly sunned spine, and a couple of closed tears and small sections of chipping. A very good, solid copy. Internally clean. A comprehensive and detailed account of the honours and decorations bestowed upon the USMC, and the actions in which they were won. (Inventory #: 80762)