Hardback, full-cloth, paper label to spine. 27cm x 21cm. xvi, 157pp. Presentation inscription from editor to front free end-paper. Spine label rubbed. Binding is slightly marked and bumped to corners of boards. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, name to front free end-paper. A rather pleasing copy. (h7) View More...
D/J and Book are good, tight and clean (as new) Anthology of letters written by soldiers, sailors and airmen from the fighting fronts in the First and Second World Wars. Heartbreaking, funny and vividly descriptive, the letters are to wives, sweethearts, mothers and friends. They talk of loneliness and hilarity, boredom and the terrifying excitement of action, the companionship of friends and the agony of loss. You will receive the book seen in the image. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall View More...
Hardback with dust-wrapper. 122pp. 1st edition 1941. D/w slightly age-dsicoloured, foxed and chipped to edges. Foxing to edges, with occasional foxing to contents. A decent copy. (an3) View More...
Hardback, half-calf. Spine recently renewed in calf with gilt titles. Large folio. 55.5 x 39cm [6] 18 [12] pp., half-title, 15 engraved plates in total. Presentation copy, inscribed 'from the author' on the half-title. Printed index slip tipped to 'Table of Reference' plate, frontispiece nicked along bottom edge, a little light spotting and offsetting, faint blind-stamps of the Royal United Services Institution to title-page, plate 7 and facing text-leaf. Bookplate of the Cavalry Club on the front pastedown, top edge gilt. View More...
D/J is good, with minor signs of shelf wear, small tear to top back. The book is in good used condition. A comprehensive account of the final two weeks of the 1814 campaign and the fall of Napoleon. It was Talleyrand who helped put Napoleon on the throne of France and who called him the most remarale genius to appear in hundreds of years. Napoleon lost hie Empire in April 1814, whilst Talleyrand went from despised official to the most powerful man in Europe after opening the gates of Paris to the Russian Army. Illustrated and Maps/Charts. You will receive the book seen in the image. Size: 8vo ... View More...
Hardback, original cloth spine with paper covered boards. 606pp. Frontis. Boards worn and damp stained. A fpxing to first few leaves, however contents generally clean. A partially unopened copy, some pages have been crudely separated at the fore-edges and top-edges with resulting rather jagged edges. Fair only. [AR26] View More...
Hardbacks, green cloth, gilt titles to spines and front boards. 2 volume set. vii, 163pp; 184pp. Portrait frontis in both vols. Illus. 1st edition 1896. Some bumps along extremities. Previous owner's details to front pastedowns. A decent set. A heavy set, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (h9) View More...
Hardback, reversed-calf, title handwritten to paper label on spine. vi, 490pp, 127pp. 4 folding maps. Binding is somewhat worn, with some losses of reversed calf. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Scarce. (h3) View More...
Hardback. Pp. xxii, [2], 377, [6], complete with 16 folding plates to rear. Front board is loose (attached by two threads!). Previous owners' name to front free end-paper and first leaf of text. Last plate is frayed to edges with some losses. Top corners of pages discoloured. Scarce. (h3) View More...
Hardback, brown cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 297pp, [5]pp. Frontis. Illustrated. Ex-library copy with usual library markings. Binding somewhat worn. Reading copy only. (an18) View More...
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