📖 Condition Report

This first edition hardback is in very good condition overall.

The original dust jacket is present and clean with light shelf wear consistent with age. The brown cloth boards are clean and well preserved with bright gilt lettering to the spine. The binding remains firm and square, and the pages are clean with no writing or highlighting noted. There is light age toning to the page edges, as expected for a 1985 publication.

Please study all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the description. Any inscriptions, names, bookplates, annotations or other notable marks, where present, will always be clearly shown in the photographs.

📚 Description

Written by renowned military historian Richard Holmes, Firing Line explores the realities of warfare through the experiences of the ordinary soldier. Covering conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars through to the twentieth century, Holmes examines battlefield life, morale, fear, comradeship and combat using historical accounts and contemporary sources. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout, this is a highly regarded work of modern military history.