The Story of Sandhurst – Hugh Thomas – First UK Edition, 1961 – Military History

Author: Hugh Thomas
Title: The Story of Sandhurst
Publisher: Hutchinson of London
Date: 1961
Edition: First UK Edition
Format: Octavo
Pagination: Preliminaries + 244pp
Illustrations: Black-and-White Photographic Illustrations
Binding: Original Publisher’s Cloth
Dustwrapper: Original Pictorial Dustwrapper
Condition: Fine in Near Fine Dustwrapper
Stock Number: 004216
Location: Bookroom

Description

A particularly attractive first UK edition of Hugh Thomas’s The Story of Sandhurst, published by Hutchinson in 1961, a well-illustrated history of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and its predecessors. Thomas traces the development of British officer training through the institutional history that ultimately produced Sandhurst, placing the academy within the wider evolution of the British Army, military education and the changing expectations placed upon commissioned officers. The book is illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and portraits and includes an index.

Condition

First UK Edition, 1961. Octavo. Preliminaries + 244pp. Original publisher’s cloth. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Original pictorial dustwrapper. The binding is nice and tight, with the original cloth exceptionally well preserved. The pages and illustrations are very nice and clean throughout. The book is in fine condition. The original pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly creased and rubbed, but remains bright, clean and attractive. The dustwrapper is in near fine condition.

Now housed in an easily removable clear acetate cover.

Stock Number: 004216 Location: Book room

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