Author: NICHOLSON, COLONEL G[ERALD] W[ILLIAM] L[INGEN] C.D. (1920-1980)
Title: The Gunners of Canada - the History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery - Volume I 1534-1919
Description: Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. "Traces the story of Canadian gunners from the days when the French used transformed naval guns against hostile natives to the intricately planned artillery barrages of the First World War. Moves through four vividly depicted centuries of military history - the period of the Ancien Regime, the American War of Independence, the War of 1812, the Fenian Raids, and the Boer War to the climactic, tragic years of the Great War. Amply supported by maps, charts and photographs, and the text is greatly enhanced by many lively first-hand quotations from letters, documents and diaries. Provides a comprehensive list of the valiant individuals who created the distinguished record of the Royal Canadian Artillery up until 1918." - dust jacket. xiv, 478 p. Index. Map endpapers. Book in superb condition, possibly unread. Very clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear to royal blue cloth attractively adorned in gilt. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality example of this excellent history. Cooke (3rd Edn) p.200, Spadoni & Donnelly 1965, Aubin and Linteau 02056.; Sm 4to. Fine in Good dust jacket .

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