herbert kitchener 1st earl (6 risultati)

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.

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].

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.

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].

Three documents, all in fair condition, lightly aged and worn, each of the total of six leaves with three (later?) punch holes to the inner margins of the leaves. On the same browned thin wove paper. The source of these items is uncertain, but they appear to date from the first decades of the twentieth century. ONE: 'Disposition of Troops in the Canal Defences, 15th January, 1915.' 4pp., folio. Beginning with: 'G.O.C., Canal Defences. - Major-General A. Wilson. | Chief Staff Officer, Canal Defences. - Br.-General A. H. Bingley.' Followed by the 'Troops' and 'Posts in Sector' for three sections, as well as the 'Advanced Ordnance Depot' and 'Defence of Railway and Sweet Water Canal', 'General Reserve Camp, Moascar'. TWO: 'British Force in Egypt in August, 1914.' 1p., 8vo. A nine-line list. THREE: Transcription, headed 'Letter - General Maxwell to Lord Kitchener. | 16th October, 1914.' An abridged portion of a letter quoted in full in Sir George Arthur's 'Life of Lord Kitchener'. Text begins 'There is rather more nervousness in Egypt', and ends 'the Canal ought to be safe'.

Signed clipping (end of a letter), 7,5 x 3 inch, signed "AS WITNESS the hands of the said parties" in dark ink "Kitchener" - countersigned by unidentified persons, attractively mounted (removable) for fine display with a portrait picture of 1st Earl Kitchener in uniform (altogether 8,25 x 11,75 inch), with irregularly trimmed edges and scattered mild signs of wear - in fine condition. Accompanied by an (unsigned) vintage postcard photograph of Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener. "SIGNED by His Majesty`s Principal Secretary of State for the War Department in the presence of".