captain cameron (47 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New. Rediscovered after 80 years gathering dust on a family bookshelf and first brought to public attention on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER is a detailed and intimate account of the experience of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917.Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart went 'over the top' many times, outliving 'so many better men', as he says with typical humility.Through his vivid testimony we learn of the mud ('more like thick slime'), the flies and the difficulties of suffering dysentry while on horseback. In one memorable passage he describes engaging the enemy while smoking a pipe - an episode for which he was awarded the Military Cross.Yet through the chaos and horror of the trenches, Captain Stewart reflects with compassion on the fears and immense courage of the men under his command.Newly edited by his grandson, Cameron Stewart, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER gives us a fascinating insight into the horrors and absurdities of trench life.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Rediscovered after 80 years gathering dust on a family bookshelf and first brought to public attention on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER is a detailed and intimate account of the experience of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917.Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart went 'over the top' many times, outliving 'so many better men', as he says with typical humility.Through his vivid testimony we learn of the mud ('more like thick slime'), the flies and the difficulties of suffering dysentry while on horseback. In one memorable passage he describes engaging the enemy while smoking a pipe - an episode for which he was awarded the Military Cross.Yet through the chaos and horror of the trenches, Captain Stewart reflects with compassion on the fears and immense courage of the men under his command.Newly edited by his grandson, Cameron Stewart, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER gives us a fascinating insight into the horrors and absurdities of trench life.

Condizione: very_good. Rod Cole (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 336 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Used; Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Pulp Magazine. Condizione: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. Small edge tears and creases; complete spine; supple, light brown pages (no brittleness or flaking).

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Blue Cloth Boards. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Detailed and intimate account by an officer on the front line in France and Flanders in 1916 and 1917, found on a family bookshelf and edited by his grandson. 318pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs to the text. White lettering to spine. Slight marking to page edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 318 pages. The detailed and intimate account of the experience of an ordinary officer on the front line in France and Flanders during 1916 & 1917.

Condizione: New. 2012 N&M Press reprint of original pub SB. xii+242 pp. + BW Maps & BW Illustrations.Published Price £16 This History of one of the best-known Scottish regiments in the British Army covers the role of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the latter part of the Second World War. The Regiment formed part of the famous 51st Highland Division with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 and suffered grievous casualties before escaping through the port of Le Havre. It remained in the 51st Highland Division for the rest of the war, taking part in the North African campaign, including the Battle of El Alamein in 1942, and the invasion and liberation of Sicily in 1943, before returning to take part in the many hard-fought battles following the 1944 D-day Normandy Landings and through to the Baltic. Well-illustrated with photographs and many maps, this is a fine record of a proud unit.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. illustrated 318 pages.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean tight copy with owner address label on fly. Dust jacket in protective mylar. 207pp.

Hardback. Condizione: New. Rod Cole (illustratore). New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. pp.xx+461. 21.5cm. Frontispiece and 10 black and white photographic plates. Line illustrations in the text. Notes. Decorated end papers. Hard cover. The upper cover doecorated. Wear to the edges and head and foot of spine. Hinges repaired. A fair to good copy A lifetime of sailing and wandering usually over the Pacific Ocean. [883g].

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. B&w illustrations (illustratore). First Edition. [xxviii], 207pp ---- Signed on reverse of half-title: From Bob Payne ---- Safford was writing this book when he died in 1973. Payne was assigned to finish work on the final draft, joining forces with Cam Warren, who had been working along similar lines. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.

HARDCOVER. Condizione: Fair. 1st edition. ex-library with spine call # and rubber stamp, b/w ill., tight binding, clean throughout, worn corners, mildly worn and soiled boards, bookplate, creased fep, the last page of photos is loosening, pages 81-84 were printed without any text.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 88 pages. No date of publication given; date taken from Jisc Library Hub Discover. Photographic dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with titles in black on front and spine. 10 black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece. Dust jacket foxed; edgeworn, with a few small tears and chips along top edge; spine darkened; loss at tail of spine. Boards with light edgewear; a few faint marks; discoloured at tail of spine. Edges of text block with some spots and discolouration. Small bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Foxing to pages near front and rear of book; sparse foxing spots on a few other pages. Gutter starting to crack in one place; otherwise binding firm.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 13 pp, 242 pages,16 black and white plates, good condition in cloth binding, no dust-wrapper, edges of pages spotted, boards and spine stained, rear end-papers stained, text and plates in very good, clean condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. A well-documented account of one aviation's great heroines. Signed by the co-author, Robert R. Payne, as Bob Payne, with brief inscription dated 2003 on p. vii (blank page). Payne's business card publicizing the book is laid in. Red boards with gold-color lettering on spine, map endpapers, xviii, 207 pp., 11 tables, 16 vintage photos, 9 maps, unclipped illustrated jacket. Crease on jacket's rear flap; otherwise book and jacket are in excellent condition. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Paperback. Stapled binding. 11pp. Illus. Covers a little marked, with slightest creasing to corners. A decent copy. (bs63).

Paperback. Condizione: New. Rediscovered after 80 years gathering dust on a family bookshelf and first brought to public attention on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER is a detailed and intimate account of the experience of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917.Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart went 'over the top' many times, outliving 'so many better men', as he says with typical humility.Through his vivid testimony we learn of the mud ('more like thick slime'), the flies and the difficulties of suffering dysentry while on horseback. In one memorable passage he describes engaging the enemy while smoking a pipe - an episode for which he was awarded the Military Cross.Yet through the chaos and horror of the trenches, Captain Stewart reflects with compassion on the fears and immense courage of the men under his command.Newly edited by his grandson, Cameron Stewart, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER gives us a fascinating insight into the horrors and absurdities of trench life.

Condizione: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original red and yellow paper covered boards, blocked and lettered navy back, dark green dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 283 pp with colour and monochrome archive photographs throughout. Spine ends scuffed and turned-in. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to upper corners and spine end, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. COOK, Captain James.

Pictorial Wraps. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - October 1929 - No. 378, Vol. 63. Uncommon British monthly magazine/journal. Several contributors, including Alex, Donald R.G. Cameron, G.H. Mummery, Charles J.L. Clarke, Captain S.H. Woolf, & several others. Cover story is "Find the Woman", by "Alex", & illustrated by John de Walton. Numerous b&w illustrations & photographs throughout, plus many wonderful classic vintage advertisements. Includes b&w frontispiece. Front cover artwork by W.C. Nicolson. Front & rear covers printed in colour. Printed & published in Great Britain. "The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication which ran from April 1898 to December 1965. The magazine was founded by well-known publisher George Newnes, also famous for Tit-Bits, The Strand Magazine, Country Life & others. It described itself as 'an illustrated magazine of true narrative' & each month purported to feature 'true-life' adventure & travel stories gathered from around the world. Its motto was 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Some famous names occasionally wrote for the magazine, & it was copiously illustrated with photographs, as well as black & white drawings." Staplebound pictorial wraps. NOTE: A FAIR to GOOD COPY ONLY. Much handling wear, soiling & wear & creasing to covers & spine, covers loose, large (7cm) horizontal closed tear to rear cover, lacks spine ends, faint marginal staining throughout with associated rippling to pages, mild foxing, staples rusting, otherwise a solid complete softcover copy. Internally GOOD. 423-504pp + 28pp vintage advertisements. Uncommon. Price reflects damage. SB-29.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Possible First. Yellow cloth boards crayoned at foot of frt panel, soiled and marked, tips and spine ends bumped but not rubbed. No date, circa 1930s. Pp. 88+[8](advertisements), frontispiece plus 7 plates, full page map, glossary of otter hunting terms, index. The Modern Sports series. *The text is drawn from Deer, Hare & Otter Hunting, by Maj.-Gen. Geoffrey Brooke, The Earl of Coventry, and Capt. L. C. R. Cameron.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good - Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good - Fine. A book that assembles the facts related to the famed aviator's disappearance. Inscribed "To Sandra and Betty Enjoy! It was a pleasure meeting you. Bob Payne." facing the title page. Payne's card, reproducing the front cover of the book, laid in. Minimal wear at the edges. a very good or better copy. Signed by Author(s).

October 1928 original. Preface and notes by Andrew Farrell XVII, (3), 461 PP with 2 sketch maps and 125 drawings (margins, head & tail-pieces), by Charles Kuhn, plus 11 plates. Fp: Captain John Cameron. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, decoration on front cover and gilt title on spine, top outside edges tinted. Gutters starting, otherwise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 15.5. The career of Capt. John Cameron who went to sea at 17, sailed the Atlantic, Indian, then the Pacific Ocean while based in Honolulu. Blackbirding in the New Hebrides for Hawaiian planters, shipwrecked on Midway, .

Paperback. Condizione: New. Rediscovered after 80 years gathering dust on a family bookshelf and first brought to public attention on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER is a detailed and intimate account of the experience of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917.Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart went 'over the top' many times, outliving 'so many better men', as he says with typical humility.Through his vivid testimony we learn of the mud ('more like thick slime'), the flies and the difficulties of suffering dysentry while on horseback. In one memorable passage he describes engaging the enemy while smoking a pipe - an episode for which he was awarded the Military Cross.Yet through the chaos and horror of the trenches, Captain Stewart reflects with compassion on the fears and immense courage of the men under his command.Newly edited by his grandson, Cameron Stewart, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER gives us a fascinating insight into the horrors and absurdities of trench life.