A field officer (27 risultati)

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Very Good. 1 page, 1 colour plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 1 page, 1 plate, some foxing. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Good. Mass market paperback. 12mo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains 391 pp with monochrome archive photographs grouped together to the centre pages and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITISH IMPERIAL EMPIRE.

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back original publisher's brick red cloth covers, black stamping. 8vo. 4¾" x 7¼" 220 pp + appendix. Seven halftone illustrations, six maps, produced on war economy paper. To a sergeant of the black watch, small, active, tireless, and courageous, recalling for a young soldier the figure of Alan Breck Stewart, on the black night of a German raid in the trenches at Ypres. In Very Good clean and tidy condition, spine not faded, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).…

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back publisher's original scarlet buckram cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 8½" x 5¾" 96 pp. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy paper. Nr. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with general light soiling to ivory paper covers, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second). …

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original striking red scarlet cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 410 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very near fine condition book in Very Good condition Osbert Lancaster illustrated dust wrapper with light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, spine slightly faded, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 410 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition Osbert Lancaster illustrated dust wrapper with crease lines to corners and edges, spine slightly faded, not price clipped 30s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITISH IMPERIAL EMPIRE.…

5½'' x 3½''. Divided back. Monochrome post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. POSTCARDS.

Condizione: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [vii] 272 printed pages of text with 40 monochrome photographs to the centre pages, 6 maps throughout. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with small crinkle of the paper to the top of the spine, not price clipped, £19.99. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 075094238X BIO (Résumé, Memoir).…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, scarlet lining papers. 8vo. 9¼'' x 6''. Contains (xliv), 267 pp with map, monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 50s. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].…

5½'' x 3½''. Divided back. Colour post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. POSTCARDS.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good - (Book condition). All contained in one volume: The Rural And Domestic Life Of Germany: With Characteristic Sketches Of Its Cities And Scenery, Collected In A General Tour, And During A Residence In The Country In The Years 1840,41 and 42 by William Howitt (1843); Austria - Vienna, Prague, Etc. Etc. by J. G. Kohl (1844); Cabool: A Personal Narrative of a Journey To, And Residence In That City, In The Years 1836, 7, and 8 by the late Lieut. Col. Sir Alexander Burnes (1843); The Last Year In China, To The Peace Of Nanking: As Sketched In Letters to His Friends, by a Field Officer, Actively Employed In That Country (1843); Appendix (1842) with a copy of the British Treaty with China (ceding Hong Kong to the UK) & 2 pages of advertisements. -- Bound in full buckram with decorative motifs embossed to covers. Wear to covers and spine (head of spine chipped). Dampstains. One page loose. Tear and owner's name to front free end page. Bottom corners bumped. Considering its age in very good condition. Text clean. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. …

Condizione: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black and red decorated olive green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains (xv)-blank, 252 pp. Pencil name to the front free end paper 'Mrs Burbridge', spotting to the text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].…

8½'' x 6'' monochrome photograph. The reverse has an attached slip of paper which states 'Not for publication before evening papers of Tuesday March 14th 1944 - Mediterranean Commander Visits Cisterno Front (passed by censor). Relaxing on the front seat of his Jeep, General Sir Harold Alexander, Mediterranean Theatre Commander, was pictured when he arrived at the Cisterno Front for an inspection tour of the Allied Fifth Army positions there. A group of Yank Rangers met General Alexander there.' Small tear to the top edge. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHOTOGRAPHS. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Original blindstamped cloth publisher's binding. Some foxing and general age toning to text blocks, but most text clean and free from foxing. This book includes 4 separate works, each with its own title page and each published by Carey and Hart, Philadelphia with an 1843 publication date: "The Rural & Domestic Life of Germany with Characteristic sketches of its cities and scenery" by William Howitt printed in double columns (197 p.); "The Military Operations at Cabul which ended in the retreat and destruction of the British army, January 1842" & "Rough Notes of the Imprisonment in Afghanistan" by Vincent Eyer (80 p.) ; "Cabool: a Personal Narrative of a Journey to and a residence in that city in the years 1836, 7 and 8" by Sir Alexander Burnes (96 pages); "The Last Year in China to the Peace of Nanking" by A Field Officer (64 p.). This compilation of works appears to be a response to Americans' desire to know more about foreign lands, in particular China and Afghanistan. Covers are fair, the spine is split and the outer hinges are partially cracked, yet the contents and innter hinges are still tight. The text is generally clean, but there is a little age toning to the pages, and places where there is dampstaining to the margins & age spots. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 195, 80, 64, 96 pages.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, water-marked silk end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xii] 403 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine and across the op of the rear cover, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'For John Badock (Royal Signals), a comrade-in-arms - From Tony Farrar-Hockley'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0246640596 MILITARY (Armed Warfare).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good - (Book condition). All contained in one volume: The Rural And Domestic Life Of Germany: With Characteristic Sketches Of Its Cities And Scenery, Collected In A General Tour, And During A Residence In The Country In The Years 1840,41 and 42 by William Howitt (1843); Austria - Vienna, Prague, Etc. Etc. by J. G. Kohl (1844); Cabool: A Personal Narrative of a Journey To, And Residence In That City, In The Years 1836, 7, and 8 by the late Lieut. Col. Sir Alexander Burnes (1843); The Last Year In China, To The Peace Of Nanking: As Sketched In Letters to His Friends, by a Field Officer, Actively Employed In That Country (1843); Appendix (1842) with a copy of the British Treaty with China (ceding Hong Kong to the UK) & 2 pages of advertisements. -- Bound in full buckram with decorative motifs embossed to covers. Wear to covers and spine (head of spine chipped). Dampstains. One page loose. Tear and owner's name to front free end page. Bottom corners bumped. Considering its age in very good condition. Text clean. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book. …

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original strawberry cloth cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in gilt and black, end paper maps. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 285 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Tiny ink squiggle to the verso of the front free end paper. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubbing to the spine tips and corners, red band across the spine sun faded, not price clipped + corner mounted close cut signature on light blue sugar paper of the period and probably from a souvenir | autograph book to the title page SIGNED 'Gort' + mounted period monochrome photograph. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.…

Condizione: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, gilt lettering and gilt vignette of the medal to the upper panel, verso of the medal in gilt to the lower panel, all page edges gilt, original camel end papers. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 100 pp. Founded by the British inhabitants of Calcutta to commemorate the eminent services of Major General Sir George Pollock and awarded to the most distinguished Cadet of the Season in commemoration of Sir George Pollock's exploits in Afghanistan, first at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, and later at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. To the lower end paper is a neatly hand written list, 1884-1890, of the recipients of the medal, and when awarded, after this book was published. The front paste down has the official 'Pollock Medalist' book plate stating 'Presented To Gentleman Cadet J. F. W. Johnson Pollock Medalist by [hand written] General Viscount Wolseley, Adjutant General to the Forces.' General light rubbing to the corners and spine tips, spine not faded, one small fox spot to the verso of the title page and in Very Good clean and authentic condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CAMPAIGN MEDALS.…

Hardback. Condizione: Near Fine. A very scarce collection of fictious - possibly semi-autobiographical - letters between a soldier and his fiancée, from 1915 to 1916. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper boards. A collection of letters between a British soldier and his fiancée between December 1915 to July 1916. Although the foreword states that these letters are "founded on actual facts" and that only names and places are of a "fictitious character", it is likely that this work is mainly fictitious with occasional autobiographical elements.This work, written by a "Field Officer", aims to show how the ordeal of battle changes the minds and morals of soldiers.Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original paper boards. Externally, in unusually lovely condition for its age. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Hardcover. x, 287pp, 8 plates, folding map; 24pp ads. Contemporary ink name on front free endpaper, foxed throughout with some minor stressing to the hinges, cloth worn with most of the spine lettering perished. Map creased in spots with some minor loss at the edges, else a very good, unsophisticated example. "Bermuda possesses a three-fold claim to attention of Britons, - as a colony, a fortress, and a prison. as the receptacle of our worst convicts" From the preface. "Col. Whittingham was stationed in Bermuda in 1856 and wrote this somewhat satirical account of Bermuda and Bermudians as seen by a garrison officer"-Hallett. Sabin 4907; A.C. Hallett, Bermuda in Print page 78.…

Condizione: Fine. First edition full black crushed cape levant morocco by Zaehnsdorf, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second and third, cannon design to the front cover in gilt with orange and red onlay, all page edges gilt, gilt crown lines and silk headbands, ruled gilt board edges, wide gilt turn-ins, stamp signed in gilt on front turn-in 'Bound by Zaehnsdorf, London, England', brown, cream and beige marble end sheets. 4to. 10'' x 7¼''. Hand written number 154 of 265 (numbers 251-265 were not for sale) Limited Edition copies SIGNED by the author 'Montgomery of Alamein' to the limitation leaf. Contains 584 printed pages of text with colour plates, maps and battle plans throughout. Fine condition book in publisher's original clamshell, fleece lined cream cloth covered case with later title labels to the spine, with small handling marks to the case. Heavy volume weighing 2.5 kg, extra postage and insurance will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Observations On The Application Of Human Labor Under Different Circumstances: When Employed On Reproductive Industry, Or For National Objects, In Various Parts Of The British Empire (1847) is a book written by A Field Officer that examines the use of human labor in different industries and for different purposes throughout the British Empire. The author explores the impact of labor on reproductive industries, such as agriculture and manufacturing, as well as on national projects, such as transportation and infrastructure development. The book provides a detailed analysis of the conditions under which labor is employed, including factors such as wages, working hours, and living conditions. The author also considers the social and economic implications of labor practices, including the effects on workers and their families, as well as on the broader economy and society. Overall, Observations On The Application Of Human Labor Under Different Circumstances is a comprehensive study of the use of labor in the British Empire during the mid-19th century, providing valuable insights into the social and economic conditions of the time.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.…

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Observations On The Application Of Human Labor Under Different Circumstances | When Employed On Reproductive Industry, Or For National Objects, In Various Parts Of The British Empire (1847) | A Field Officer (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2009 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | EAN 9781104301415 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…