BADGE OF GLORY/1st TO LAND, Douglas Reeman (2in1) pb 2001

This paperback is 2 of Douglas Reeman's novels in one book,  'Badge of Glory & The First to Land' published by Arrow Books in the UK in 2001.  Book is in good condition.  Massive 660 pages. Picture is of actual book.

SYNOPSIS:  Badge of Glory:  Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, HMS Audacious, in the August of 1850, anxious to get back into action.  Per Mare - Per Terram is the Marines' motto.  In the torturous heat of Africa, where they are sent to stamp out the remaining strongholds of slavery, and later, in the bitter war of the Crimea, Philip Blackwood and his men learn to obey it without question.   The First To Land:  China 1900 - when the Boxer Rebellion erupts into bloody war.  True to their motto, the Royal Marines are the first to land, and the last to leave.  And again a Blackwood is in command....