Introduction by douglas haig (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st US Ed. varia pagination, quarto paperback volumes housed in hardcover wrap, Slipcase NOT Included. light wear to boards of v1, mild bump and wear top edge of v2, bindings solid, interiors clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First American Edition. No International Orders. First American Editions Of These Illustrations By Muirhead Bone, Britain's Official War Artist. Two Binders 12 1/2" X 9 3/4", Brown Cloth Spines With Printed Labels, Card Covers With Front Covers Printed In Black, Each Containing Five Bound Softcover Sets Of Text And Illustrations. Contents Near Fine Except Front Cover Of Volume Ii Part 1 Has Wear Along Lower Fore Edge Of Font Cover. Binders Near Fine. Slipcase For Volume 1 Present, Clean, Frayed At Corners But Quite Solid. No International Orders. Plates From Drawings By Muirhead Bone (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st US Ed. varia pagination, quarto paperback volumes housed in hardcover wrap, Slipcases Included. light wear to board edges, bindings solid, bookplates, interiors clean. Light soiling to slipcase covers, moderate chipping to edges, top edge of v1 slipcase missing, 2" of bottom v2 slipcase missing, both remain structurally solid. …

hardcover. Condizione: Good. first edition. Drawings by Muirhead Bone. Quartos,(approx. 9 1/4" wide by 12" tall) tan cloth spine over brown boards, cover corners bumped. 100 plates in each volume, with captions on opposing pages, 200 plates in total. Light scattered foxing. Spine label on volume I damaged. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down endpapers. 092508A World War I. The Great War. This heavy set will cost more to ship internationally or via an expedited service.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First American trade edition. Set with the original soft-cover pictorial wrappers. Small folio. Volume I, 100 plates in 5 parts with original folders, and each folder with a dust jacket. Volume 2, 100 plates but only Part I in a folder with a dust jacket; all the other parts are included but are undifferentiated by separation of parts into folders. The American issue did not sell well and Doubleday withdrew from the project which then was picked up and finished by Doran. Most likely in an attempt to save money, Doran sold the book in two differing formats: (1) most often bound up in two hardback volumes and (2) more rarely, as in this copy, with parts 2, 3, 4, and 5 lacking folders and dust wrappers. Copies of the original issues in parts are uncommon, especially in this condition. The folders and dust wrappers as well as all the text and prints (with the exception of part II, print number LXI which has a small closed tear in the margin which extends 1 inch into the image) are remarkably bright, crisp, and clean. In two publishers slipcases with a few stains and small tears at the extremities. Bone (1876-1953)was Britain's first official war artist. Commissioned as an honorary Second Lieutenant, he arrived in France during the Battle of the Somme, serving with the Allied forces on the Western Front and also with the Royal Navy for a time. He produced many drawings of the war.…