Royal signals (27 risultati)
Editore: Royal Air Force, Middle East, Middle East, 1942
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Da: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, Regno UnitoVictoria Bookshop
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Good+. First Edition. 12mo. A good copy with black & white illustration on cover with some red stain/bleeding. pos on front flyleaf/title page. Spine sellotaped, small piece of top front corner missing. Pages browning slightly, and a few slightly soiled, but mostly very good internally. 84pp. Immediate des…patch from the UK. Book.
Editore: Royal Signals Institution, London, England, 1970
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Da: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st. 122pp.; HB blue w/white&gilt; slight rub; presentation slip tipped-in ft.endpaper; clean,tight pgs. "Devised by the Royal Signals Institution to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Royal Corps of Signals and the Centenary of the formation of the first Telegraph Units in the British Ar…my." illus.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom, Stroud, 2020
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Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno UnitoWorldofBooks
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Communications have always been, and are still a vital part of the Armys fighting power. Only with clear and trusted communications can commanders support, control, and lead their units and soldiers. The evolution of electrical communications in the last 150 years has been one of the most import…ant developments humanity has ever witnessed. As the advantages that from ever more complex equipment became apparent the need for a technical arm of the Army, who specialised in communication systems, became apparent. The Royal Corps of Signals was founded in 1920 and since its founding the Corps has been leading the development of communications; delivering them in a variety of operational theatres. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Da: Reading Room Books, Kilmarnock, Regno UnitoReading Room Books
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.
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Da: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Regno UnitoWeBuyBooks
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Condizione: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.
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Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Da: Between The Boards, Connahs Quay, Regno UnitoBetween The Boards
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Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Well illustrated account in near fine condition.
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Editore: FIRST TRAINING REGIMENT,UK
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Da: S.Carter, NEWPORT, Regno UnitoS.Carter
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NO DATE-COULD BE 1930'S.40'S OR 50'S. STAMPED RESTRICTED.102 PAGES.LARGE SIZED.NASME/NUMBER AND SQUADRON DETAILS OFPREVIOUS OWNER.NEAR VG COPY. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.
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Editore: FIRST TRAINING REGIMENT,UK
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Da: S.Carter, NEWPORT, Regno UnitoS.Carter
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NO DATE-COULD BE 1930'S.40'S OR 50'S. STAMPED RESTRICTED.56 PAGES.LARGE SIZED.NASME/NUMBER AND SQUADRON DETAILS OFPREVIOUS OWNER.NEAR VG COPY. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.
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Editore: FIRST TRAINING REGIMENT,UK
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Da: S.Carter, NEWPORT, Regno UnitoS.Carter
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NO DATE-COULD BE 1930'S.40'S OR 50'S. STAMPED RESTRICTED.LARGE SIZED.NAME/NUMBER AND SQUADRON DETAILS OFPREVIOUS OWNER.NEAR VG COPY.120 PAGES AND LOTS OF EXTRA DIGRAMS AND DETAILS OF PREVIOUS OWNER Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.
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Editore: FIRST TRAINING REGIMENT,UK
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Da: S.Carter, NEWPORT, Regno UnitoS.Carter
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NO DATE-COULD BE 1930'S.40'S OR 50'S. STAMPED RESTRICTED.56 PAGES.LARGE SIZED.NASME/NUMBER AND SQUADRON DETAILS OF PREVIOUS OWNER.NEAR VG COPY.FULL OF DIAGRAMS AND DETAILS Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.
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Editore: Cairo, 1941
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Da: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, AustraliaDouglas Stewart Fine Books
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Aggiungi al carrello[Cairo] : Royal Corps of Signals, 1941. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 56, illustrated, paper toned a couple of annotations, a very good copy of this scarce wartime magazine.
Editore: The Royal Corps of Signals Association
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Da: Hardy's Bookstore, Welshpool, POWYS, Regno UnitoHardy's Bookstore
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The Royal Corps of Signals Association, London, 1927
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Da: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, Regno UnitoJ J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk
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Aggiungi al carrelloCard Covers. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Short booklet prepared with a view to placing in the hands of the young soldier who joins the Corps, a brief story of the work done by his predecessors in Army Signals and of the steps which eventually led to the creation of the Royal Corps of Signals. EXTREMELY RARE ITEM 58pp. Size…: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Gilbert Holliday (illustratore). Not Signed or Inscribed.
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: British Gurkhas Nepal (BGN), Dharan, Nepal, 1985
Da: Dendera, London, Regno UnitoDendera
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Aggiungi al carrelloNo Binding. Condizione: Good. Heavy brass plate with diameter of 210mm at the base, and 235mm at the rim, 28mm high. Engraved to the centre: "Presented to / Sgt P MaClaren RE / from all members of the / British Sergeants Mess / Dharan 1985". This is encircled by 7 emblems including the crossed Kukris of British Gurkhas Nepal (to…p), the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Army Pay Corps, Royal Engineers, Queens Gurkha Signals, and Royal Army Medical Corps. Structurally very sound, in tarnished and unpolished condition, with red and white paint stains to outer rim.
Editore: Royal Corps of Signals, 1943
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Da: Wildside Books, Eastbourne, Regno UnitoWildside Books
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Condizione: Usato - Molto buono
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Two issues , Volume 2 no's 3 and 4 Spring and Summer 1943, small 4to, 55 and 50 pages respectively each with Royal Corp articles, profiles of officers and illustrated with photographs, drawings and cartoons. Each issue contains many interesting advertisements for business based in the Middle Ea…st including Cairo, Tel Aviv etc. Original buff covers with some light wear, rust from staples on the spine of the issue for Summer and one page in that issue has a tear of 6 cm's on page 9/10. However these are very good copies of fragile items.
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Editore: Leo Cooper, London, 1989
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Da: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaKay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller
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Aggiungi al carrelloFirst Edition. Pp. xii+354(last blank), frontispiece, 32 plates, 9 text plus endpaper maps, appendices, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, gilt insignia to upper board; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn and split; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Leo Cooper, London, 1989. First edition.
Editore: HMSO, London, 1962
Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: fair to good. Reprint Edition. 905, v.1 only, illus., figures (incl. some fold-out), tables, appendices, supplement, index, pencil notes ins rear flyleaf. Ink name inside front board, weakness to boards, board and spine edges worn, small tears at top and bottom edges of spine, large scratch on rear board. Subtitled:…A comprehensive text-book dealing with the theoretical and practical aspects of the transmission of intelligence over lines. Reprint of the edition originally published in 1947. Topics covered include direct currents, alternating currents, AC circuits, metal rectifiers and power supplies, thermionic valves, valve amplifiers, feedback, oscillators, modulation, the cathode ray oscilloscope, four-terminal networks, attenuation and attenuators, filters, line transmission, and mathematical treatment of line transmission.
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Da: Devils in the Detail Ltd, Oxford, Regno UnitoDevils in the Detail Ltd
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. The Regimental History of 19th Signal Regiment (Air Support) 1943-1971.Author: Lieut. Col. C. J. Gilbert, Royal Signals.Publisher: self published.Binding: hardback cloth.Illustrated: yes.Pages: 89 + intro.Description / Condition: Light shelf wear to boards. Light foxing to pages. A nice copy.Please see pictures… for further information.
Editore: 82 Barnet Way Mill Hill NW7 London. 28 January, 1953
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Da: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Regno UnitoRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Aggiungi al carrello3pp., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Addressed by Brett-James in pencil at the head of the first page to 'Lt Gen Sir Brian Horrocks' and with one manuscript correction. The letter begins: 'I do want to say how interesting and worthwhile I found the broadcast discussion last Sunday evening about the factors which…make a good division. All that was said was true and most stimulating, but there are a few points which I should like to add. I served for three years with the 5th Indian Division and had the privilege of writing the Division's history after the war.' He discusses the elements of 'common nationality' and 'tradition and reputation'. On the later subject he recalls 'walking into a canteen the day the Division arrived in the Arakan, its arrival a secret still; we had orders to disguise who we were. The officer in charge of the canteen said at once to us: "I don't need to ask who you chaps are. The 5th Indian Division, I reckon." | We looked duly puzzled at this accurate guess, and he went on: "Nobody else out here wears the Africa Star." | I have not forgotten our pride at this incident.' Another factor discussed is 'the contrbution of the Divisional commander himself to the spirit of the Division'. He remarks: 'I have never forgotten the impatient, desperate, and even illegal efforts made by all ranks, British and Indian, to get back to the Division from hospital and reinforcement camp: they felt that the Division was a home from home in a very real sense.' He concludes: 'Speaking personally, I shall always be thankful that a letter came round to the L of C unit I was with in Syria, asking for volunteers to serve with Indian formations in the Middle East. To have fought with any division would have been better than life in a comparative backwater, and to have served in one of the very very few to fight the Italians, Germans and Japanese (I only know of the 9th Australian and the 7th Armoured Brigade who also did, but there were doubtless one or two others) was a source of still greater satisfaction and pride.'.
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Editore: Privately printed, 1975
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Da: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, Regno UnitoRightWayUp Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. James, Brigadier E. A. OBE, TD (late Royal Signals T.A.). Historical records of British infantry regiments in the Great War 1914-1918. Birmingham: Privately printed, 1975. Numbered limited edition, No. 16. Hardback, VG. Red cloth, a little bumped to corners. Gilt le…ttering to front and spine. Binding strong. Loosely inserted 1976 Supplement on blue paper, of Battle honours, Victoria Crosses, Casualties (6pp., numbered 239-244). Light foxing to ffep. 238pp. typescript. Contents clean and bright. 33.5 x 22cm approx. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A HEAVY ITEM AND WE WILL NEED TO QUOTE SEPARATELY FOR POSTAGE FOR ORDERS FROM OUTSIDE THE UK.
Editore: 1939-1940., 1939
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Da: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Military Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 376p. Folding Maps. Photos. Label on cover of last issue says no more are to be published for the duration of the war. Library Bound. Very Good+ Copy.
Editore: Royal Navy. Dating from May with later notes referring to cancellation in March 1818, 1812
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Da: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Regno UnitoRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Aggiungi al carrelloFour items, in fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper, with slight creasing. ONE: Printed form, partially completed in manuscript. On one side of 31.5 x 19.5 cm piece of laid paper with Britannia watermark. Headed: 'PRIVATE SIGNALS for His Majesty's Brigs, Cutters, Luggers, &c. employed in Cruizing on the Coasts of the U…nited Kingdom, Commanded by Lieutenants, viz.' Above the heading, in manuscript: 'Proof | See letter 1st. October 1812. | These Signals are to commence on 1st January 1813.' The descriptions of the various signals to be made 'By Day' and 'By Night' on the various days (including 'Week Days. Fore or Main Top-Mast Head.') are corrected and completed in manuscript. The day section ends with the note: 'N. B. Where Pendant is not mentioned, Flag is implied.' The following is an example of the 'Night' text, with manuscript parts in square brackets. 'The first Signal [is to be] made [by burning two false fires - which first made] { Answered by [shewing 3 lights of equal height.]' Also: 'The Vessel that is first hailed is to answer ["Bath."] { And the Ship which hailed is to reply { ["Richmond."' Printed at foot of page: 'N. B. The Night Signals are also made use of by the Packets in the Service of the Post-Office.' TWO: Printed form - clearly a proof - on one side of a piece of 31.5 x 19 cm paper. The top corners, previously stuck down, have been cut away, resulting in some loss of text. Printed heading: 'IVATE SIGNALS, to be observed between His Majesty's S and the Post Office Pacquets.' Above this, in manuscript: 'May 1812. To commence 1st. July '. Seven diagrams of signals, hand-coloured in blue and yellow, with the days of the week given in manuscript, followed by a five-line printed note, amended and deleted in manuscript. In manuscript at foot of page: 'See note of 1813'. THREE and FOUR: Covering packets with manuscript inscriptions in ink: one reading 'Signals for Small Vessels | & | Post Office Packets | Cancelled by those Established 26th. of March 1818.', and the other reading 'Post Office Packets | Signals'. Above the second inscription, in pencil: 'Signals for Small Vessels'.
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Editore: Privately Printed, U. K., 1942
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Da: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, Regno UnitoClarendon Books P.B.F.A.
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Condizione: Usato - Molto buono
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. An excellent first hand account from Corporal R.E Allsop of the Royal Signals, who served with the 4th and 8th Armies in Italy and Greece. Opening with his introduction to the British Army on October 1st 1942, it continues both well written and legible in great detail to cover his time during th…e second world war with the final entries in 1945. Illlustrated with watercolours, vignettes, postcards and photographs as well as tipped in examples of bank notes, stamps and some 2nd world war propaganda such as the 3rd Reich German V1 Rocket leaflet, dropped by the Germans in Italy in 1944. Blue rexine covers, a little rubbed and loose, approximately 160 pages. A well written and attractively illustrated manuscript account, further images available Size: Oblong 4to.
Editore: On letterhead of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. 1 July, 1919
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Da: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Regno UnitoRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Aggiungi al carrello1p., 16mo. In good condition. Reads: 'Dear Prof. Adams, | Will you give us the pleasure of your company at lunch at the Royal Observatory on July 8 at 1 o'clock?'.
[Brett-James] Twenty-two typed and manuscript accounts, receipts and notes assembled by the military historian and Sandhurst lecturer Eliot Antony Brett-James, while a student at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
[Major Eliot Antony Brett-James (1920-84), 5th Indian Division Royal Signals, lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst; Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge]
Editore: Sidney Sussex College University of Cambridge. and 1947, 1945
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Da: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Regno UnitoRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Aggiungi al carrelloAn interesting collection of Cambridge ephemera, dating from a period of considerable economic and social turbulence. The twenty-two items are in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. They include six term accounts, with Brett-James's details typewritten on printed forms, signed by tutors D. Thomson and B. T. D. Smith. These ac…counts are itemised, with details of domestic charges. Affixed to all but one of these accounts are official College receipts signed by tutors. Also present is an Autograph Note to Brett-James from the College clerk R. S. Mason, on his letterhead, 22 July 1946; a bill from Bell & Lunn's Travel Service, 6 King's Parade, Cambridge; and eight leaves of autograph accounts by Brett-James, totalling 5pp., 8vo; and 7pp., 12mo; in which he gives the names and prices of books and magazines, with the cost of other items from a 'sherry bottle' to 'packet of paper' and 'toothpaste'. Before matriculating, Brett-James had served in the Second World War in the Middle East, India and the Far East with the 5th Indian Division Signals (whose company history he wrote). On leaving Sidney Sussex College in 1947, he worked in publishing until 1961, when he took up a position as Lecturer (and later Senior Lecturer) in Military History at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. His final posts at the Academy were as Deputy Head, 1968-9, and Head, 1970-80, of the War Studies and International Affairs Department.
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[Tibetans; Gurkhas?] Seventeen black-and-white pencil portraits of Tibetans by Antony Brett-James, including one of the sirdar Lobsang, who took part in the 1938 Everest expedition; with two portraits of Naga natives.
Antony Brett-James (1920-1984), 5th Indian Division Royal Signals, military historian and Sandhurst lecturer [Lobsang (d.1945), Tibetan Sirdar; Himalayan Club; Everest Expedition, 1938]
Editore: Executed in in Darjeeling 11 Dentam 1 Kewzing 1 Namchi 1 Phalut 1 Tanglu 1 and Naga 2 in 10 in 1944 2 and 1945 4, 1943
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Da: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Regno UnitoRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Aggiungi al carrelloA feature of Brett-James's well-received war memoir 'Report My Signals' (1948) was the fifteen reproductions of his pencil drawings of Indian men who served under him. None of the portraits present here feature in that book or have been reproduced elsewhere, but those published in the book give an excellent idea of Brett-James's… skill at conveying character in well-executed pencil sketches. The nineteen drawings in this collection are all in good condition, on aged paper, with occasional light creasing. Eleven are in 8vo, and eight in 12mo. Eighteen of the nineteen are signed by Brett-James with his monogram initials. Four of the 8vo portraits have a few features picked out in colour. Having commanded the Madrassi Signals of 123 Brigade in a drive through central Burma to Rangoon, Brett-James sought - as described in RMS, pp.310-328 - to 'recover from a sickness' by travelling in April and May of 1945 'up to the hills', setting out 'out with a Dutch companion, sirdars and porters to trek through the state of Sikkhim, to see the snows of Everest and Kanchenjunga, and to glory in rhododendron trees and sublime scenery' (RMS, p.309). Five of the nineteen pencil drawings in this collection are portrait heads of Tibetans encountered on that journey, executed in Dentam, Kewzing, Namchi, Phalut and Tanglu. All five are dated by Brett-James, with the names of the sitters given as: 'Lob Song. Tibetan Sirdar' [i.e. the 'well-known sirdar named Lobsang, who accompanied the 1938 Everest Expedition as far as Camp Six', depicted here by Brett-James 'wearing the Himalayan Club bronze medal', RMS, p.315], 'Gyalgen. Sherpa Sirdar' [RMS, pp.314-323], 'Subha Rai. Nepali Sirdar' [RMS, pp.314, 320, 322-327], 'Song Yol. Lepcha Chowkidar' and 'Netuk. Lepcha'. A further twelve portrait heads (four in 8vo and eight in 12mo) date from a visit by Brett-James to Darjeeling in August 1943. Two of the twelve (both 8vo) are captioned: 'Sherpa Ponywallah' and 'Tibetan Wanderer'. The last two portraits in the collection (both 8vo) were executed in Naga in December 1944: 'Zakkah Hai. A Naga hillman' (with red shawl and orange necklace) and 'Naga Roadmender'. See sample image.
