340 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "A unique corps, recruited as soldiers but trained to serve at sea, the Royal Marines are the recognized experts in amphibious warfare, possessors of an invaluable combination of military and naval skills...This absorbing book, the only one-volume history of 350 years of the Marines, is published in the bicentennial year of the service receiving the distinction 'Royal'. It tells their story from its origins in the era of King Charles II, drawing extensively on the largely unpublished records held in the Royal Marines Museum in Portsmouth..." Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling. F/NF

Royal  Marines,  Regimental  History,  Amphibious  Warfare,  Naval,  Fusiliers,  Suez,  Jungle,  Arctic,  Duke  Of  York's  Regiment,  Egypt,  Landing  Craft,  World  War  II,  Marlborough,  Nelson,  Commandos,  Artillery,  Navy.