THE RED BERET The Story of the Parachute Regiment at War 1940-45 By Hilary St. George Saunders London: Michael Joseph, (1950). First edition, first printing. Map front endpapers. Illustrated with many photographic plates and additional maps. Maroon cloth with silver spine titles; in dust jacket. Spot of stain to the upper page edges, two tiny white spots to the front cover, vertical crease to the rear cover, some wear to the silver lettering on the spine, and minor shelf wear, else very good; in a tattered and quite worn dust jacket. Octavo; 336 pages; appendices and an index. An important and early history of the British Parachute Regiment in World War Two detailing the beginnings of Special Forces units. SCARCE IN THE TRUE FIRST EDITION. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT BOOKS THANKS!