{"product_id":"badge-of-glory-douglas-reeman-1st-edition","title":"Badge of Glory, Douglas Reeman — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Hutchinson \u0026amp; Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1982\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 366.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The original publisher’s navy blue cloth boards remain clean and taut, featuring sharp corners and crisp gilt titling along the spine and front board. The text block is structurally firm and securely bound, with head and tail bands intact; internally, leaves remain clean, crisp, and unmarked throughout, displaying only modest natural uniform toning and faint speckling along the upper and fore text-block edges commensurate with age. The unclipped pictorial dustwrapper retains bright colours and clean panels, presenting light superficial rubbing at the extremities, negligible softening to the spine extremities, and a slight hint of sunning along the spine, remaining handsomely preserved under an archival protective sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: First edition, first impression, with \"First published 1982\" stated on the copyright page without subsequent printings noted. This volume represents the opening installment of Douglas Reeman's acclaimed \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"219\"\u003eBlackwood Family\u003c\/i\u003e saga, tracing several generations of Royal Marine officers across 150 years of naval and military history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eThe book features pictorial dust jacket art and unillustrated text, bound in the publisher's standard gilt-lettered blue cloth. A clean, highly presentable collector's copy of a key work in modern naval fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eIn 1850, Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines embarks on a turbulent journey that will test the enduring motto of his corps: \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"141\"\u003ePer Mare, Per Terram\u003c\/i\u003e. From the treacherous river deltas of West Africa combating the outlawed slave trade to the cholera-ridden siege lines and ferocious combat of the Crimean War, Blackwood leads men under fire while navigating complex personal conflicts, forbidden romance, and the shifting tide of 19th-century warfare. \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"464\"\u003eBadge of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e launches Douglas Reeman’s epic saga of a celebrated military dynasty, combining visceral battlefield authenticity with sweeping historical drama.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55727357690195,"sku":"6744","price":19.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261028_095611.jpg?v=1793719820","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/badge-of-glory-douglas-reeman-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}