The rifle brigade (15 risultati)

Condizione: New. SB xxvi + 386pp, maps, 2002 N&MP Reprint of 1899 Original EditionPublished Price £14.50 One of the best and most justly famous of the many memoirs of a serving British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Born in Beverley in east Yorkshire, George Simmons began his military life in 1805 as Assistant Surgeon in the LIncoln Militia. He subsequently joined the 95th Rifles in order to help pay for his younger brothers' education. Simmons served throughout the thick of the Peninsular War under Wellington, doing his duty as a Rifleman in six campaigns up to 1814, and seeing action at the sieges of Ciudad Roderigo and Badajoz and the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, and finally of Waterloo. He was thrice severely wounded, but survived to write these memoirs, which were based on the letters he sent home to his impecunious but doting parents. Book.…

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages, 2 plates, 1 colour plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 1 page, 1 colour plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 1 page, 1 plate, some foxing. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. Green card covers with silver lettering to spine. Covers are a little creased but serviceable. Slight bumping to corners, some subsequent curling throughout. Spine is a little chipped with bumping to the ends. Textblock is generally clean and well held. 133 pp. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 261g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 031734:5f) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 261 G. Book. …

Condizione: Very Good. 39 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Wide World Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; dark green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy.

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; dark green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy.

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. An Original Antique Engraving, central fold, too large to post mounted (matted). March-past at Wimbledon, the London Rifle Brigade in front of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. W B WOTTEN (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Comprehensive Commemorative account (42 pages) of the unveiling of the Rifle Brigade Tablet at Ploegsteert Cemetery June 19th 1927. Account of visit, full details of ceremony, unveiling by Lieut.-General Sir H.F.M.Wilson. Impressions of Plugstreet by a Post-war Rifleman, correspondence following the visit, newspaper accounts, Full list of those present 8pp., detailed map. Unusually comprehensive with a number of photographs and in very nice condition, green card covers with embossed title and badge. Uncommon.…

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good small octavo vi + 279pp., frontis., b/w pls., maps, index, Interesting 'official' version; inc. ANZAC references. Cloth worn & spotted o/w very good tight, square copy & internally excellent.

8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. viii + 140 pp. Inset: Review of the Royal Green Jackets.1967, 8 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt with regimental badge on front board. All edges gilt. Inset in green card covers with silver regimental badge. A very fine copy. Illustrated by 15 photographs, including portrait frontispiece and by two maps of the Battle of Waterloo. Contents include short articles on regimental activities, reminiscences and sports and pastimes, a roll of members of the Rifle Brigade Club and accounts of the career of Field-Marshall Lord Wilson of Libya, former Colonel-Commandant and of the riflemen at Waterloo. The history of the journal is described in a useful article on The 'Chronicle' and its Editors 1890-1965. MILITARY REGIMENTAL HISTORY MILITARY HISTORY 20TH CENTURY PERIODICALS MILITARY.…

Hb Original brown cloth binding 243pp frontisplate,7 Illustrations and a Map of Port Arthur. A diary of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 A Vg bright copy and uncommon.

8vo. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. viii+ 305 pp. + [3]. Bound in original green cloth, gilt with regimental badge on front board. All edges gilt. Extremities worn and spine sunned but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by key-map. Title page decorated with vignette.regimental badge. Contents include the war record of the regular and service battalions, 1916-18, battalion letters to the editor 1919, regimental record, 1919, regimental notes and index to Vols. XXI to XXX, 1910-19, etc. WW1 REGIMENTAL HISTORY MILITARY WW1 HISTORY 20TH CENTURY PERIODICALS WW1.…

Texts of all items clear and complete. The collection on aged paper, with occasional wear and creasing. Includes Kirwan-Taylor's 'Range Barrier Pass Certificate', his 'Combined Leave Pass and Railway Ticket'; an 'Application for a Game Licence in the British Zone of Germany' by him; his 'Final Clearance Certificate. Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School'; his 'British Army of the Rhine, Sleeper/Seat/Cabin Application Form'; three mess bills; three three bills to the President, Officers' Mess; an 'Issue and Receipt Voucher'; two 'Last Ration' certificates; a dinner plan featuring officers and Indian guests; a mimeographed copy of a typescript relating to the Hopton Cup. Some matter relating to Kirwan-Taylor's involvement in a film 'to be made on Tank/Inf tactics'. With a chatty, gossippy Typed Letter Signed (16mo, 3 pp) from 'Sandy', on letthead of the Office of the GOC-inC, British Troops in Austria, Bta 2; and a Typed Letter Signed from the Colonels Commandant's Office, The Green Jackets, relating to a visit. Also a manuscript (4to, 1 p) titled 'Qualities of a Good Rifleman'. Passport-style photograph of Kirwan-Taylor, attached to green card form.…