Forbes a major general (43 risultati)

Condizione: New. 2010 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1929) SB xii + 409 pp 18 plates + 7 MapsPublished Price £22 Most of the casualties inflicted during the Great War were caused by artillery, yet the achievement of the Artillery in the conflict can often be overlooked. This history of the Army Ordnance Services is therefore, an important and welcome work. Written by the man who commanded the Royal Artillery Ordnance Corps in the conflict, Maj.Gen. A. Forbes, this history offers a full account of what the author rightly describes as 'Ultimately the decisive factor in the greatest struggle which mankind has known'. The Corps expanded from 30 officers and 1,360 men in 1914 to 800 officers and 15,000 men in 1918. Ordnance at its disposal was less than 1,000 tons in 1914, but in France alone totalled 336,450 tons at the war's end - delivering 9000 tons of shot and shell to the Army every day. Apart from ammunition, the Ordnance Corps was also responsible for providing the fighting man with virtually all he needed in the trenches apart from food : including sandbags,l barbed wire, gas masks and even the gum boots to withstand the Flanders mud. This fascinating book is the real story of the sinews of war without which the conflict could not have been fought. Book.…

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Light indentation marks on back cover, reprint circa 2010. WWI.

Fine paperback. Undated, 21st C. Illustrated, 409.

Condizione: New. Hardback 3 vols.N7MP reprint of 1929 edition Vol 1: 15 + 315 and 42 illus; Vol 2: 7 + 284 and 13 illus/map: Vol III 12 + 409 and 37 illus and 7 maps. Published Price £48 This is a first class, complete history of the Ordnance Services of the British Army from early times through inception up to the First World War. The Ordnance Services are an essential part of the ability of the army to operate and fight where ever it is sent, supplying weapons, ammunition, explosives and pyrotechnics (amongst a myriad of other items) for use in the field.This history starts at the very beginning with the equipment of the army in the medieval period, and recounts the frauds that were prevalent in the supply service right through to the nineteenth Century. The treatment is chronological, and includes matters affecting the ordnance services, including the initial stages of the formation of the War Office and the Board of Ordnance. These three volumes are gems, for they encompass the whole history of ordnance and its supply and procurement. They also account for the incessant changes in uniform and equipment, and the second volume has a section dealing with how standardisation was always a problem. Book.…

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Minus. None. First Edition. 22.5cm, viii, 284pp, folding map, figs, decorated cloth over boards - fray at top of spine, and unobtrusive number written on spine. Cloth with some fading. VG minus.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1929 first edition hardback in very good condition. Owner's name on inside cover. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The black cloth boards have wear to all faces and slight knocking to corners, but no major flaw. Alas no dust jacket. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 474 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.07 inches. In Stock.

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Hardback. Condizione: New.

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Second Edition. Reading copy in paperback with its original printed wrappers, the rear detached and the front attached with modern tape. Tears to rear joint, lower front corners and headband. Text block remains sound and clean on the whole; foxing limited to preliminary and final leaves, and leaves facing plates or folded matter. Folded matter remains crisp. A very serviceable copy. Physical description; xii, 409 pages : frontispiece portrait, portraits, maps (folded), illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Vol. 3 of 3. Subjects; Great Britain. Army Ordnance services. World War, 1914-1918 Equipment and supplies. Military history. 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Second Edition. Reading copy in paperback with its original printed wrappers, the rear detached and the front attached with modern tape. Tears to rear joint, lower front corners and headband. Text block remains sound and clean on the whole; foxing limited to preliminary and final leaves, and leaves facing plates or folded matter. Folded matter remains crisp. A very serviceable copy. Physical description; xii, 409 pages : frontispiece portrait, portraits, maps (folded), illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Vol. 3 of 3. Subjects; Great Britain. Army Ordnance services. World War, 1914-1918 Equipment and supplies. Military history. 20th century. 1 Kg.…

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Paperback. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Interesting reference, this being volume one, Ancient history, including Mediaeval, Tudor/ Stuarts, New Model Army, Crimea war. etc., 315pp., ills., appendices. Foxing and small chip to spine bottom, else vgc Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1112 pages. 5.50x2.25x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condizione: New.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A History of the Army Ordnance Services. Volume Two. Modern History in vg condition without dust jacket but with name of previous owner on first blank page but 'Officers Mess C.O.D.Didcot' on a few pages,see 5 photos.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good -. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. 1st Edition. Hardback. Excellent reference (Volume 2) covering the Ordnance Corps from the end of the Crimean War and the Cardwell reforms to just prior to the Great War. Includes army clothing, changes in uniform, Rifles including Martini Henry, Machine guns, Lee Metford Rifle, Field guns etc. Campaigns covered include Ashanti war, Zulu war, Souda, Boer war etc.Also Indian ordnance department 11pp., 284pp., sketches in text, folding map, appendices, index. Minor blemishes else very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper (small loss to dw at bottom of spine) Nice copy.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hrdback. Important reference with much detail on Ordnance services during the Great War. This includes Ammunition supply and the damaging explosions at Ammunition bases including Audruicq. As well as the Western Front other theatres such as Galipoli, Salonika, Palestine, Mesopotamia, East Africa, Italy and Russia are covered. 409pp., appendices, with production figures, extensive honours and awards, Roll of honour, index, photographs, maps, some folding. Slight rubbing at top and bottom of spine and to corners and some modest fading and a few blemishes to boards. Still at least a good+ copy of an important reference. Rare in original form with clear images and detail.…

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Hb original dark blue cloth xv, 315 illustrations, vii,284pp,illustrations, xii,409pp illustrations & folding maps & Honours and Awards for WW1. Former owners label to fep of Volume 1. Three Volume Set , Volume 1 Ancient Histor, Volume 2 Modern History , Volume 3 The Great War Light rubbing and fading to boards o/w A Vg Complete Set.…

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London: The Medici Society, Ltd., [1929]. xv, 315; vii, 284; xii, 409pp. Amply illustrated from photographs and with folding diagrams, maps. Bound in the publisher's dark blue cloth. Sunned spines; general rubbing to bindings; front free endpaper of each volume browned. Internally, clean and sound and a very serviceable three-volume set. From the library of Raymond L.J. Riling, his illustrated bookplate. bjcb 352256 First editions, all. Three volumes authored by Major-General Arthur Forbes (1869-1930) and published one year before his death. Viz., Volume I: Ancient History. Volume II: Modern History. Volume III: The Great War. Note: Additional postage will be required to ship this set. Thank you.…