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The Black Watch by Philip Howard - 1968

The Black Watch

by Philip Howard

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London, UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.5" X 8.75. H/B 141 pages, condition Very Good in VG DJ. The Royal Highlanders. the Gallant Forty-Two . . . The Germans christened them "the ladies from hell". Down the stormy centuries from Fontenoy to the Hook in Korea Britain's enemies have called them other less printable names. But when they were first raised as a police force to keep the peace in the turbulent and inaccessible Highlands, the locals nick-named them (in Gaelic, of course) the Black Watch. And the menacing name has stuck. Their old 'black' tartan has stuck too, and today is worn by imitators around the world, from Tokyo to Trinidad. It was the first kilted Regiment in the British army, the original ancestor of all the other famous Regiments that were later raised in the Highlands. Until Waterloo Gaelic was the language of the Black Watch, and it is still spoken on occasions. They brought the bagpipes into the British army, because the Highlanders refused to march with-jout their pipes. In those early days they charged with claymore and dirk. Today they are fully motorized for nuclear war. But the heart of the Black Watch is still Highland. The stern old Regiment still keeps its unique traditions. In the wild places of the world, in the most ferocious battles of the British army where victory was balanced on a bayonet point, the Black Watch has usually been there. And still today he is a man of lead whose imagination does not tingle when he hears the pipes play "Hieland Laddie", and sees the long lines of kilts swinging jauntily down the hill.

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  • ISBN 10 0241015383
  • ISBN 13 9780241015384
  • Publisher Hamish Hamilton
  • Place of Publication London, UK
  • Date Published 1968
  • Pages 141
  • Keywords Military, Scottish
  • Size 5.5" X 8.75

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The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) : the 42nd Regiment of Foot
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The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) : the 42nd Regiment of Foot

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London: Hamish Hamilton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0241015383 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Historic photos and illustrations throughout. 8vo. 141 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. .
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Hamish Hamilton. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (great britain, army, black watch ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slender octavo, 141 pp., b/w illus. Part of the Famous Regiments Series edited by Lt. Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks. Signed by Horrocks on the f.f.e.p., signed by the author on the t.p. Short history of the Black Watch. hardcover book in v.g. cond., d/w shows some wear & tear w/the back side tape repaired & now in a protective pastic d/w.
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 141 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Binding sound. Some library markings. A sound copy..
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