Captain stair gillon (15 resultados)

Facsimile edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xv + 276, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Hardback first edition in near fine condition in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and military badge on top cover, no dust cover, former owner's signature on front free endpaper. (Book ref. 8593).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 14 preliminary pages, 488 pages, black and white plates, 6 folded maps in pocket at rear (some edge and corner creasing), very good condition in cloth binding, no dust-wrapper, top and bottom of spine lightly rubbed, top edge dust marked and spotted, fore-edges of pages spotted, Heavy book-additional shipping may be requested for destinations out-with the United Kingdom. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Impression.xv+276. 3 portrait plates and 12 folding colour maps."The 29th Division, known as the Incomparable Division, was an infantry division of the British Army, formed in early 1915 by combining various Regular Army units that had been acting as garrisons around the British Empire. Under the command of Major-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, the division fought throughout the Gallipoli Campaign, including the original landing at Cape Helles. From 1916 to the end of the war the division fought on the Western Front in Belgium and France. After the Armistice the Division was among those selected to march into Germany to occupy the Rhine bridgehead. All units crossed the Belgian-German border at Malmedy on 4 December 1918 and arrived in Cologne five days later. The Division crossed the Rhine by the Honhenzollern Bridge on 13 December. Gradually, demobilization began and by March 1919 most units were down to cadre strength. (Wiki) During the war the 29th Division suffered some 94,000 causalities. 27 Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the division, which was a record. the book is clean and tight with a neat owners name on the fep.No significant foxing. Boards clean but dusty. See Scans.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated and with six maps as called for in rear board pocket. pages untrimmed , blue cloth with regimental crest in gilt, very good copy of this scarce Scottish Regimental history during the First World War. Bookplate on the front pastedown and a signature on the ffep.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Books measure 27x19cm, 193pp. Illustrated and complete with six maps. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt title lettering and crest on front board. Binding with minor wear, scuffed corners and some light fading. Binding in good clean condition. Internally some foxing on end papers otherwise pages clean. A very good clean copy. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1930. Illustrated throughout and complete with the six maps in the pocket at the end of the book. Some foxing to the pages and page edges. Publishers gilt decorated blue cloth lightly rubbed and marked, else very good clean solid copy. Illustrated throughout. (ilustrador).…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Reprint. This is a reprint of a 1925 original. 8vo. 276 pages including detailed appendices and index. 3 good illustrations and 12 excellent maps. Deals with Gallipoli and the Western Front. In original cream card covers. Fine.

Condición: Wie neu. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 276 pages. 3 portrait plates and 12 colour maps. Hardcover [publisher's original brown cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Red Design (Divisional insignia) to both spine and board also. Deckled fore- and tail edges. In protective Collector's Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Top edge dust-toned with age. Occasional foxing to and otherwise clean and bright interior. Includes, for example, the following: Gallipoli - The Birth of the Division - The 28th June, The Battle of Gully Ravine - Scimitar Hill / The Western Front - The Battle of The Somme - Mochy Le Preux - The Battle of Ypres, 1917 -The Battle of Cambrai -Winter at Passchendale / Appendices - Roll of Victoria Crosses Won - The Song of the 29th Division etc. An official history of the 29th Division. The 29th Division, known as the Incomparable Division, was an infantry division of the British Army, formed in early 1915 by combining various Regular Army units that had been acting as garrisons around the British Empire. Under the command of Major-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, the division fought throughout the Gallipoli Campaign, including the original landing at Cape Helles. From 1916 to the end of the war the division fought on the Western Front in Belgium and France. After the Armistice the Division was among those selected to march into Germany to occupy the Rhine bridgehead. All units crossed the Belgian-German border at Malmedy on 4 December 1918 and arrived in Cologne five days later. The Division crossed the Rhine by the Honhenzollern Bridge on 13 December. Gradually, demobilisation began and by March 1919 most units were down to cadre strength. (Wikipedia) During the war the 29th Division suffered some 94,000 casualities. 27 Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the division, which was a record (p.iv).…

FACSIMILIE REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. A FINE HARDBACK IN A DUSTWRAPPER. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS.

First Edition. War history of the Scottish Border regiment in the first World War. All 6 colour folding maps are present in the docket to the rear. Name neatly to inside front board otherwise VG.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. 1st Edition 1925. Excellent history compiled by one of its Officer's, with much on Gallipoli. 276pp., ills., folding maps, index, roll of VC's. Some modest fading, small point of wear to spine edge and tiny chip at top of spine, red logo to cover partly worn. Overall still a good+ copy.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. 1st Edition 1930. Excellent Regimental history ( King's Own Scottish Borderers) written by one of its Officers. 488pp., ills., 6 folding maps in endpocket. De luxe Edition in half leather with gilt titling as published in 1930. Leather a little faded to spine, else a really handsome copy. Above average weight. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. This book is bound in bright blue boards with bright gilt letters on the spine & a bright gilt crest on the front cover. There is a small tear on the top edge of the spine with light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. 6 of 6 maps in the back pocket. 10 of 10 full-page illustrations + frontispiece & maps in the text. Flat-signed by the author on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has wear & small chips off the spine tips, wear & chips off the cover corners, wear on the flap edges & spine edges with a large closed tear along the top edge of the back cover. All covered in mylar. Signed by Author(s).…

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 2 portraits and 12 maps (many folding) on japon, title lightly spotted, contempoorary signature on front free endpaper; original tan bickram, upper board and backstrip with divisional emblem blocked in red and lettered in black, uncut, one corner bruised, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. 29th Division was the only regular British formation at Gallipoli. Subsequently, however, it served at Somme, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai and the final offensive in Flanders. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.60; Falls, p.110.…