Brigadier general vincent j ed (5 risultati)

Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condizione: NEAR FINE. Like new with minor defects. VOLUME 1 ONLY. This is a large, oblong, gorgeous black leather hardcover with gold lettering and USMA crest on front cover, five raised bands on spine, gilded page edges, gold bound-in silk marker ribbon, published in1995 by Easton Press. Only defects are in regard to the surface of the cover--the front cover has very slight rubbing that has cause the black cover to wear through to the brown leather in many very small spots; back cover has a couple of long (6", 3") but very narrow and shallow surface scratches caused by a white object that has left behind a little paint in the scratches. Gold lettering on cover is in perfect condition. Interior like new. No marks or writing. OVERSIZE. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Significant wear, stained edges. 2 Volumes. No slipcase. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

A remarkable copy of this classic work, first published in 1959. Inscribed on the front free endpaper; "To His Royal Highness Prince Brigadier Abdul Wali on the occasion of your visit to The United States Military Academy, D. V. Bennett, Major General, USA, 11 March 1968". The set was presented as a memento to the Sandhurst-trained deputy commander of the Afghan army, also the son-in-law of King Zahir Shah, on his visit to North America in 1968-9, and subsequently liberated by a Russian soldier as a souvenir of the "Russian invasion of"/"intervention in" Afghanistan in 1979 with his inscription beneath; "Found on entry to the army headquarters by Chief Lieutenant Breusenko, Kabul, December 1979 [our translation]". An evocative vestige from this endlessly troubled region, during the period often referred to as the Soviet Union's Vietnam War. 2 vols landscape folio. Text printed in blue, numerous maps in grey with dispositions in red and blue. Original grey buckram-backed, black cloth boards, title in gilt on false black spine labels, and debossed to front boards together with the West Point arms embossed in gilt. A little rubbed, spine panels flaked to the point of illegibility, front endpapers a little soiled, the text-block of the second volume burst at the bottom edge, and the boards split, by the penetration of a stray round, overall in sound "relic" condition.…