Lieut allen (45 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. No Dust Jacket. 172pp. Folding map laid in. Photos. Maps. Expedition ephemera laid in. SIGNED by Schuldt. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Lower outer corner missing from first three pages. Tear to bottom spine end, very small tear to top spine end. ; Author's review slip included. ; 16 pages.

Condizione: New. 2010 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1920). SB. 188 pp.+ Maps Published Price £11.50 This unit was composed of drafts from various Territorial Bns Amalgamated for service during the closing stages of the war. The narrative covers the breakthrough and the final advance. A Roll of Honour (all ranks) completes this history.A scarce book in its original printing.Written by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Stephen Shepherd Allen, commander of the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2/Auckland, 1918 is an authoritative first-hand record of the battalion's service with the New Zealand Division during the decisive final year of the Great War.The narrative opens with the German Spring Offensive, when 2/Auckland was hurried forward to stem the advance, culminating in the important counter-attack at La Signy Farm. It then follows the battalion through the Allied offensive and rapid pursuit of the retreating German armies, including operations at Welsh Ridge, Grà villers and Bancourt, before the celebrated capture of the fortified town of Le Quesnoy in November 1918.First published in 1920, this detailed regimental history includes folding military maps and an extensive Roll of Honour recording casualties, decorations and awards, making it a valuable primary source for New Zealand's Western Front experience. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket is price clipped with some dust marks and light wear. Lieut-Colonel J.R. Dugmore (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 144 pages, illustrated. Includes the fifth of five parts of "The Spot of Life" by Austin Hall, "Buccaneer Blood" by H. Bedford-Jones, "Savage Spears" by Lowell Thomas, "Bravo Trail" by Eugene Cunningham, "Dynamite" by Tom Curry, etc. Good only copy spine toned and lightly chipped at the ends, creasing and edgewear and edge-chipping to the front cover, scattered tearing to the last four pages, paper tanned as usual. mag10E. …

Condizione: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1962). SB. xix + 595pp with 52 maps (Many in Colour) and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £55 The first of two books in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War dealing with D-Day and its consequences: the liberation of German-occupied western Europe in 1944-45. This volume begins by describing the origins and development of Operation 'Overlord' - the ambitious Anglo-American plan to invade Normandy. With subsidiary sections on such subjects as the French Resistance, attempts to assassinate Hitler, and new technology, - including the artificial 'Mulberry' harbours, - the authors describe D-Day itself with its airborne assaults, naval bombardment and seaborne landings on Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah and Omaha beaches. They narrate the hard fighting as the Allies secure their bridgehead and push inland, capturing Cherbourg and Caen, and enveloping the main German defending armies at the battle of the Falaise Gap. The book culminates with the liberation of Paris at the end of August, and ends with Eisenhower and Montgomery poised to cross the Rhine. Supported by ten appendices on the forces engaged, the book is lavishly illustrated with 5 general maps, 20 situation maps, 26 sketch maps and diagrams, and 63 photographs.A fine new N&MP Edition of this standard reference work, with all General, Situation, and Sketch Maps and Diagrams in full colour, to mirror the original work. Official Campaign History, History of the Second World War. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Very Good-. Vol. 231, No. 1. [Edited by Albert J. Gibner.] Cover by Paul Stahr for "The Door of Destiny" (pt. 1 of 2) by William Merriam Rouse. Includes "The Stuff of Empire" (novelette) by Ralph R. Perry; "Wrath of the Surf" by Samuel Taylor Moore; "Masked Death" (novelette) by Lieut. John Hopper; "Men of Daring: 'Irish' John Nicholson, the Bravest of the Brave" (True Story in Pictures) by Stookie Allen; "The Radiuo War" (pt. 2 of 5) by Ralph Milne Farley; "Breath of teh Desert" (pt. 4 of 6) by Charles Alden Seltzer; "The Magpie Murders" (pt. 6 of 6) George F. Worts. Other Features: "Where Linen Is Money" by Armand Brigaud; "The Devil's Tar" by Paul H. Salomon; "Clinking Glasses" by Earl Chapin; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" Tanning; marks on contents page; dusty; spine a bit faded. Book. …

Staple Bound Pamphlet. Condizione: Good. 70 pgs. Paper covers age-tanned and somewhat fragile; several chips along edges, & front cover separated from spine for about half its length. Interior pages are clean & unmarked; 1 short tear on the bottom edge of 1st 3 pages, neatly mended; otherwise pages show only minimal wear. "This condensed history of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company was prepared by Lieut. Thomas D. Bradley, a gentleman for many years associated with the newspaper press, and published in the Boston Sunday Herald, June 3, 1888. Its preparation occupied several weeks of time, and it is deemed worthy of publication in the annual record of the company.".…

Condizione: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1962). Hardback xix + 595pp with 52 maps in colour and numerous contemporary photos. The first of two books in the 18-volume official British History of the Second World War dealing with D-Day and its consequences: the liberation of German-occupied western Europe in 1944-45. This volume begins by describing the origins and development of Operation 'Overlord' - the ambitious Anglo-American plan to invade Normandy. With subsidiary sections on such subjects as the French Resistance, attempts to assassinate Hitler, and new technology, - including the artificial 'Mulberry' harbours, - the authors describe D-Day itself with its airborne assaults, naval bombardment and seaborne landings on Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah and Omaha beaches. They narrate the hard fighting as the Allies secure their bridgehead and push inland, capturing Cherbourg and Caen, and enveloping the main German defending armies at the battle of the Falaise Gap. The book culminates with the liberation of Paris at the end of August, and ends with Eisenhower and Montgomery poised to cross the Rhine. Supported by ten appendices on the forces engaged, the book is lavishly illustrated with 5 general maps, 20 situation maps, 26 sketch maps and diagrams, and 63 photographs. Official Campaign History, History of the Second World War. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Royal8vo, pp, 350, twelve coloured plates by the author, line drawings by T.R. Beatty, red cloth with a gilt titled lettering-piece, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which has some very small edge tears. The Imperial Services Library Volume II.

Condizione: Sehr gut. Facsimile of 1887 Edition. 15 cm x 23 cm. 172 pages and fold-out map. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains inscription by previous owner. Includes for example the following essays: Inaccuracy of early maps / Sereberinikoff, 1848 / Lake Plaveznie / Lieutenant Zagoskin / Western Union Telegraph Expedition / Copper River natives / March to Lake Sustosa / Slana River / Goodpaster River / Yukon reached, June 25 etc. …

Condizione: Good. Illustrated by Lieut.-Colonel J.R. Dugmore (all but one full page illustration). Octavo orange cloth (spine sunned/sl.marked to foot) 416pp +doublepage map to rear endpapers. Name to fly leaf which also has pale foxing rest of book in very clean, crisp condition. *Game bird shooting. 1 volume. Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 1st Edition. 595 pages (complete). Part of the 'History of the Second World War : United Kingdom Military Series' - edited by Sir James Butler. In sturdy, sure condition. The functional, authoritative dustjacket is grubby, worn and torn. It is intact and secure. The cover is firm, with some wear to the shelving edges and corners. The papertrims have handling and shelving marks. Inside, the front and end papers have adhesive tape residue marks. The binding is mildly cracked. From thereon the contents are clean, clear, very certain and sure, confident, diligent and authentic. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Original Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. pp 188. 2 folded maps. Brown cloth with black and red design to front boards. Rare copy of the account of an Auckland regiment in the first world war.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket. 595pp. B/w photographs and maps, fold-out colour maps. Library copy, remains of stickers to front endpapers, small ink stamp to bottom of title page, few marks to page block. (42/7).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex library hardback, no DJ; usual stamps/markings. 1st edition published in 1962 by H.M.S.O. London. Original boards are a little worn/faded with some fraying to spine & binding open in a few places otherwise a good, clean copy. Extensively illustrated throughout. Heavy book will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-1D*.…

Reliure demi basane à coins. Condizione: Bon. Edition Originale. 64 planches et une carte dépliante in fine. La gravure représentant le village de Kaligata dans l'île Céphalonie annoncée en regard de la p. 26 est en fait la page de titre illustrée. Sans date, circa 1850 Reliure demi basane à coins à cons d'époque, dos lisse, beau fer doré de style romantique, liseré doré sur les bords des papiers des plats, grand format (in-4), tranches dorées, intérieur en bonne condition, contre plat et premières gardes en papier moiré, papier des textes uniformément légèrement jauni, papier des planches présentant des rousseurs assez marquées, 148 p. AB 25. W. L. Leitch , Esq , Sir Grenville T. Temple , Bart. Lieut. Allen et Major Irton (illustratore).…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 192 4:B&W 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. An ex-library copy in original black cloth lettered in silver, reinforced with heavy clear tape at the spine and gutters. Scuffing/edge-wear to late pages at the foredge margin. The five large folding maps are present, undamaged. The text is clean/unmarked. A worn but sound reading/reference copy of the 1887 first edition. Book.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 192.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original brown cloth gilt. Bumping, slight soil to cloth. Small tape repair to ffep. 172pp, 28 of 29 plates (two detached, laid in) , 5 folding maps. The numbered plates are out of order. Front hinge starting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Bon. Livre Avec une carte dépliante et 62 planches d'après des dessins. Coins émoussés, tranche usée aux extrémités. Quelques tâches de rouilles. 22.5x28cm, 154 pages. Greenville Temple, Bartlett (Sir) - Leitch, W. L. - Irton, Major - Allen, R. E. (Lieut.) (illustratore). Livre. …

Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 192.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Interesting book. Cover is soiled and has wear and tear appropriate with age and use. Binding is tight and pages are unlined and unmarked. Includes several folded maps in the back of the book. The book also includes illustrations and smaller page size maps throughout book. ; 6 X 9; 172 pages.…

156 Pp. Engraved plates throughout including fldg map of the Mediterranean at front. Engraved title page. Water staining throughout Including large stain to upper corner engr. tp; dampstaining and foxing to some of the plates. Covers are worn and scuffed 1/2 leather with marbled paper covered boards . Raised bands and title label to spine.…

Hb. Condizione: VG. None. First Edition. Light dusting of soiling to brown cloth on boards with black title and black square with red diamond shape in the centre. Spine: head & foot with light bumping and rubbing; couple of tiny splits to the head. Edges: foxing. Few only foxings to a few pages, albeit mostly to the margins. Refp with two fldg maps, clean and present. Binding is VG+. 188p. …

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAPS AT REAR, INSCRIBED & SIGNED FROM THE AUTHOR, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 188pp, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing sporadically throughout).

172 pp. Illustrated from plates, folding charts, and five large folding maps at rear. 8vo, publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered at the spine. First edition. 1890 ownership notation on pastedown; cloth a little sunned and rubbed at extremition; clean, tight and sound.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hunting of Gonzales - An adventure of Senor Ramon Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Adrift on an Ice-Floe - Lieut. Commander Fitzhugh Green provides a photo-illustrated account of the amazing fashion in which a primitive Eskimo extricated himself from a predicament which would assuredly spelt death for a white man; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part II - Winifred S. Blackman's photo-illustrated account of the three winters she spent with the local people of Upper Egypt; Fraser's Price - The tale of an angered railroad engineer; The Three Angleteers - Part V (conclusion) of the trouble and adventures of three English wanderers in Constantinople and Athens; "Remember the Mortons" - A stirring story of an episode in the Matabele rebellion of 1895; Salvage Extraordinary - An Indian planter's account of an odd affair on the Brahmaputra River in Assam, including photo of five elephants pushing a stranded steamer; The Head-Hunters of Sepik - Part III - Beatrice Grimshaw explored the Sepik River of New Guinea and dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; Where Everyone is Wealthy - The Osage Indians of Oklahoma come up with the strangest ways to divest themselves of their wealth earned from local oil - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part III - Count Nils Cronstedt spares a condemned bull-terrier which rewards him by saving him multiple times while he served in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; "Old White Face" - Allen Borders of Montana relates a terrifying cougar experience; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part III - The story of a British officer's remarkable journey - disguised as an Oriental - across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; "Captain Jed" - a tale of the whalers of New Bedford, MA, involving the "Cap'n Jed" and the "Wanderer" - very few men have ever fought a 'right' whale single-handed and lived to tell the tale; Python and Lion in Nyassaland - after visiting a witch-doctor for poisoning the author is attacked first by a great python, then a lion!; Photo of a Manchurian man 7 feet and 3 inches tall; Photo of a veritable forest of masts at Lowestoft, the Suffolk fishing port, during the height of herring season; and more. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Wood, Stanley, L.; Elcock, Howard; Abbey, S.; Woodville, R. Caton; De Walton, John; Prater, Ernest; Reynolds, Warwick; Woodville, R. Caton; York, W.G.; Somerfield, T. (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. _____ Undated, but circa 1840. _____ Includes: Gibralter, Palermo, Malta, Algiers, Catania, Ithaca, Corfu, Carthage, Messina, Bona, El Sibhab, Bararia, Tunis, Piazza, Syracuse, Rhodes, Amalfi, Calabria, Catania, Mount Etna, Genoa, Segesta and more. _____ Collated and complete with a fold-out map and all 63 full page engravings plus vignette on the title page. _____ The full leather covers are well worn._____ ___HEAVY__VOLUME__EXTRA__POSTAGE__CHARGES__WILL__APPLY___. …