Whateley leslie (8 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 64 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some rubbing on the front cover; price intact. The Contents are: Forewrod by Olave, Lady Baden-Powell; Introduction; Keeping Up to Date by Elizabeth Hartley; As Others See Us by Diana Clegg; Service by Elizabeth Hartley; Education After Schooldays by Brian W. Schneider; The Joy of Being Fit by Hether Kay; Public Speaking by G. M. Place; You and Your Club Committee by Hether Kay; You and Your Town or Village by A. W. Curry; You and Your Country by Warren Taylor; The Nation's Health by The Rt. Hon. Patricia Hornsby Smith; Preparing to Vote by Sir John Wolfenden; The British Commonwealth by Peter Cooke; and World Outlook: Guiding in Other Countries by Dame Leslie Whateley. Size: 12mo. Kathleen Peyton; (illustratore). Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Book is a ex National NZ Library copy. Small amounts of splitting to the spine. Light foxing and the usual trappings of a library book. The author was Director of the ATS from 1943 to 1946. The book is illustrated with b/w photos, and a facsimile letter from the Queen sending goodwill to the Conference of the Auxiliary Territorial Service with gratitude to the author on her forthcoming retirement for her untiring service.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. nice copy in dust jacket; with facsimile letter.

211pp. With b/w illustrations including tipped in facsimile letter from the Queen. Cloth boards, little bumped and scuffed, spine rubbed. 23x16cms.

Cloth Boards. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Dust jacket badly edgeworn with chips and closed tears to edges and corners, some loss to head/foot of spine, chip to spine edge of d-j on rear cover, front and rear boards very clean and in good condition with minimal signs of edgewear, very feint spotting to fep/rep and to closed edges of text block, previous owner's inscription to verso pastedown, letter from HRH Elizabeth, The Queen Mother attached to title page, pp clean and clear to read, binding sprung but pp secure. Size: 8vo.…

Original Cloth. 1st Ed. 23 x 15 cm., 211 pp. nd [1949]. An account of the work of the [Women's] Auxiliary Territorial Service in the Second World War. The author was Director of the ATS from 1943 to 1946. The book is illustrated with b/w photos, and a facsimile letter from the Queen sending goodwill to the Conference of the Auxiliary Territorial Service with gratitude to the author on her forthcoming retirement for her untiring service. It is covered in red cloth with black lettering on the spine. CONDITION. VG-./ no dj. The pages are clean and tight. The spine is faded a shade and the lettering is dulled. The corners and ends of the spine are rubbed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Interesting autobiography of the Director of the ATS, 1943-1946. 211pp., ills., including facimile signed letter from the then Queen, index. Very good in chipped dustwrapper. Signed presentation copy from author to "D.P with affection" 0.0. Signed by Author(s).…

PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LESLIE WHATELEY Director A.T.S. 1943-1946. THIS BOOK INCLUDES AS SEPARATE ITEMS:- 1) A LETTER WRITTEN BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (now the Queen Mother) expressing her message of goodwill to the Conference of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, her appreciation of Dame Leslie's service to the A.T.S. and her good wishes for Dame Leslie's forthcoming retirement. 2) THE PROGRAMME OF THE SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING at the Parish Church of St. John, Hampstead for the life and work of Leslie Whateley, on 24th March 1988. Preface by HRH The Princess Royal, Controller Commandant of the A.T.S. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering and ruling on spine, very slight rubbing to spine edges. Pictorial dj with colour photo of the author in uniform. Dj slightly distressed, mainly nicking and chipping to edges. Publishers book adverts to back cover and flyleaf. Many wartime photographs. Overall VG+/G. 8vo. 211pp.…