Publicado por Dodd Mead Co Pub 1956 tp, NY, 1956
Librería: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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HARDCOVER. Condición: Very Good. FIRST EDITION"stated. VERY GOOD Condition . clean, solid,bright.name ep "Ronald Sturm"; RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION; CIVIL WAR; RESTORATION; MAPS & GENEALOGICAL TABLE. ; 433pg pages; Panoramic History.part of series.Gold spine titles on RED title box Black spine strip. GREY CLOTH HARD COVERS .
Publicado por G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1941
Librería: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hard cover, With Preface & Notes by Randolph S. Churchill, M.P.
Publicado por Cassell & Company Ltd, London, UK, 1957
Librería: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good ++. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dustjacket. Third Edition. xxi + 416 pages incl index. No dustjacket. Burgandy-red coloured boards, light/ moderate wear at spine-ends and boards' corners - some flecking to back board. Light yellowing and foxing to page-edges, light foxing to preliminaries and index page, ink name o/w pages clean and tidy.
Publicado por Cassell & Company Ltd, London, UK, 1964
Librería: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, Reino Unido
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Hard Back/Hard Covers. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 12 1/4 inches tall and 9 1/2 inches wide. xi + 312 pages. No dustjacket. Clean green/dark-green binding. Some wear to spine-ends and corners of boards. Pages very clean. Profusely illustrated in colour. Size: 12 1/4" tall by 9 1/2" Wide.
Publicado por Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1942
Librería: Redruth Book Shop, Cornwall, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Nonth Edition. Good condition hardback greenish boards stained by damp looking marks. No DJ. 313 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names, no inscriptions.
Publicado por McCelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1946
Librería: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Red cloth hard covers with titling to front and spine, in dust jacket. Chipping (not affecting titles) and rubbing to jacket (still bright in new archival mylar sleeve). Otherwise, clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and quite handsome copy. 108pp.
Publicado por The Pool of London Press / Casemate Publishers, Oxford, 2015
ISBN 10: 1910860034 ISBN 13: 9781910860038
Librería: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First published in 1932, this is a first edition, first impression of the new edition, published 2015. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of decorated covers and spine, no jacket as issued, slight lean, no inscriptions, price on back cover (£12.99), internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy. 192pp. With her medical studies cut short by the 1914 German invasion, her house burned down and her father arrested as a suspected 'sharpshooter', it was perhaps unsurprising that the multi lingual Marthe Mckenna (nee Cnockaert, codename 'Laura') was recruited by British Intelligence. At the time she worked as a nurse tending the wounds of occupying soldiers, and as a waitress in her parents' café in the Belgian border town of Roulers. 'I Was a Spy!' is McKenna's vivid narrative of these breath taking adventures as she, aided by a gallant band of loyal locals, goes undercover to sabotage enemy phone lines, report suspicious activity or train movements, and even instigate an aerial attack on a planned visit by the Kaiser. This account goes on to explain how, in 1916, the young nurse was caught by the Germans placing dynamite in a disused sewer tunnel underneath an ammunition dump. She was sentenced to the firing squad and only survived due to the Iron Cross honour received as a result of her earlier medical service . Marthe Mckenna (1892-1966), was later mentioned by Douglas Haig in British Despatches and was awarded the French and Belgian Orders of the Legion of Honour for her espionage work. Marthe and her husband Jock McKenna moved to Manchester during World War II and, despite her retirement, she was listed in 'The Black Book' of prominent subjects to be arrested by the Nazis in the case of a successful invasion of Britain. The McKennas later returned to Marthe's family home in Westrozebeke, and no further books were forthcoming after the McKennas' marriage ended around 1951. Marthe was portrayed by Madeleine Carroll in Victor Saville's 1933 film 'I Was a Spy' based on her memoirs.
Publicado por Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942
Librería: Star 'N Space Books, Prescott, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Edgewear/shelfwear, covers sl. worn and sl. spotted. Hinges intact, strong and tight. Maps, index. 866 pp. Faint soiling to page edges. This is a very bulky and heavy book, may require extra postage.
Publicado por Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, 1942
Librería: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, Reino Unido
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Cloth Bound Boards. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1942 first edition, second printing. Size octavo, 8.5" tall, 456 pages. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on the spine, no dust jacket. Condition good, hinges loose, corners and spine ends rubbed and bumped, both covers have mottled fading to the lower outer edge, previous owner's name to the front paste-down, a few faint spots to first and last few pages otherwise the contents are clean.
Publicado por G.P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1941
Librería: The Calder Bookshop & Theatre, London, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Putnam, 1941. Hardcover. Book Condition:Good.Dust jacket condition: No dust Jacket. 1st Edition.Dark blue cloth boards with maroon boxes with silver lettering. Some rubbing, Pages clean. Very minimal owner markings. Great copy.
Publicado por Thomas Butterworth Ltd., London, January 1949,, 1949
Librería: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: V.g. 1st edition, fourth impression. 366pp, folding map bound in after epilogue at rear; 1map p295, orig. green cloth, gilt lettering,pub. blind stamp lower front board, a little foxing especially preliminaries. A very tight attractive copy in same binding as first impression.
Publicado por Roma, Societa' anonima Poligrafica italiana, Roma, 1929
Librería: librisaggi, SAN VITO ROMANO, Italia
brossura. Condición: Mediocre (Poor). Copertina uso tela rigida, con titolo dorato al dorso. Tagli e pagine ingialliti.Volume 1. 472 Mediocre (Poor) . Book.
Publicado por Roma, Societa' anonima poligrafica italiana, Roma, 1930
Librería: librisaggi, SAN VITO ROMANO, Italia
brossura. Condición: Mediocre (Poor). Copertina uso tela rigida, con titolo dorato al dorso. Tagli e pagine ingialliti. Volume secondo. 510 Mediocre (Poor) . Book.
Publicado por Charles Scribner's Sons NONE, New York
Librería: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
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[NONE] 1929. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xiv, [2], 502pp. 8vo. Presumed first edition. Maroon cloth, gilt titles stamped to front and spine. There are some markings to the front fixed endpaper and there is an index number penned to the title page. Light wear at the upper edge of the cover. Pages lightly age-toned as may be anticipated. Else is clean, bright, and solid.This is the fourth volume of Churchill's World Crisis. All maps present. The World Crisis - 1918 - !928.
Publicado por G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1941
Librería: Vintage Book Shoppe, Colorado Springs, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. This is a 1941 edition of Winston S. Churchill's collection of speeches delivered during the early years of World War II. "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" is a historic compilation that encapsulates Churchill's leadership and oratory skills that inspired the Allied forces and the British public during one of the darkest times in modern history.The book includes some of Churchill's most iconic speeches, such as his first speech as Prime Minister, in which he famously declared: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." These speeches collectively portray the resolve and spirit of a nation standing against the Axis powers.Genre and Sub-genre:Genre: Non-fictionSub-genre: History, Military History, World War II, Political SpeechesCondition:Binding: The book is hardcover with the original red cloth cover featuring the embossed coat of arms. The cover shows some wear, including scuff marks and discoloration, which is typical for a book of this age.Spine: The spine is intact with minor wear at the top and bottom edges. The gilt lettering on the spine is slightly faded but still legible.Pages: The pages are clean and free of markings or foxing, which is quite remarkable given the book's age.Corners: The corners of the book are slightly bumped and worn.Edges: The edges of the pages are toned with age but are otherwise in good condition.Interior: The interior pages are well-preserved, and the text is clear and legible. The binding remains strong.
Publicado por Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941
Librería: B and A books, Banff, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. Green cloth boards; gilt lettering to spine; pages good and clean with clear print ; owner's name to ffep; foxing mainly to page ends; half-tone frontispiece.
Publicado por George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1934
Librería: BOOKMARK, Auckland, Nueva Zelanda
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Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. First Edition. Clean purple cloth on boards with gilt titles and gilt Marlborough Crest on front of cover; very light rubbings. Thin light bumping to foot of spine. Edges: gilt top-edge mildly rubbed; moderate foxings to fore and bottom edges. Eps: penciled signature to head ffep; small booksellers sticker to fep foot; light sprinkles of foxings. Frontis: Painting of Marlborough by Sir Godfrey Kueller. Few only pages with few only foxings to the margins. All maps, facsimile copies of letters, et al are clean and present. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 651p.
Publicado por George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1933
Librería: BOOKMARK, Auckland, Nueva Zelanda
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Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. First Edition. Purple cloth on boards with gilt titles and gilt Marlborough crest on front. Faint dusting of a little soiling. Shelf-sunned. Spine: foot with thin bumping and cracks. Tiny bumping to boards bottom fore corners. Edges: gilt top-edge slightly rubbed & scratched; mild foxing and soiling to fore and bottom edge. Eps: signaturre to head ffep; faint sprinkles of foxings. Frontis: illustration of John, Duke of Marlborough. Just a few pages with few only foxings to the margins mostly. B/w illustrations. Binding is VG+. 612p.
Publicado por Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1932
Librería: BOOKMARK, Auckland, Nueva Zelanda
Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. Second Impression. Green cloth on boards with gilt titles and small circular embossed stamp to front bottom fore area. Mild dusting of marks and rubbings. Spine: head & foot with thin wear. Tiny bumping to top boards fore corner tips.edges: light age browning and foxing. Eps: light foxings; Signature to ffep. Frontis: b/w photograph of Winston Churchill sitting beside his painting. Mild foxings to many pages. Binding is VG+. 320p.
Publicado por Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1937
Librería: BOOKMARK, Auckland, Nueva Zelanda
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Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. First Edition. Blue cloth on boards with gilt titles. Cover: light dusting of rubbed wear and faint few only smudges. Spine: faintly old sunned, spine light green. Edges: Edges: top-edge once dark blue now somewhat faded to grey; mild foxings. Eps: head ffep with signature. Half-length of splittng at guttering between eps. Just a couple of pages with a small light smudge to fore-edge otherwise clean contents. B/w glossy illustrations. Binding is VG+.335p.
Publicado por George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, Bombay and Sydney., 1933
Librería: Amnesty Bookshop - Brighton, Brighton, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Publication date (Vol. I): 'first published 1933' plus in the Preface: August 13, 1933, Chartwell, Westerham. Publication date (Vol. II): 'first published 1934' plus in the Preface: August 13, 1934, Chartwell, Westerham. The latter preface also references the 'task of a final volume.' Impressively curated books filled with illustrations (mainly b/w) including plates, facsimiles of letters, plans and maps (including a fold-out map with colouring in vol. II - see image). Condition - comments apply to both volumes unless stated otherwise. External: cerulean blue cloth of boards with slightly darker hue along the spine. Some fading/marking in places, curling at corners, some crushing at head and tail of spine. Internal: the pages are moderately tanned with occasional spotting; more evident on the preliminary and final ones. Slightly more tanning on the first volume. In addition, while the front pastedowns of both books feature some pencil annotations (about versions/editions), those in vol. I are much longer. pp. vol. I: 611/8vo, vol. II: 649/8vo. More information/photos available on request. Please note that, due to the weight of the two volumes, we may well request a payment to cover any extra shipping/postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2409.
Publicado por Eyre & Spottiswoode, 6 Great New Street, London E.C.4, 1940
Librería: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Cheap Edition. Third cheap edition, published during the second World War in 1940. The book was first published in 1899, with a second revised edition in 1902. The first cheap edition appeared in 1933, with a second edition also in 1933, followed by this edition in 1940. Illustrated with twenty-two maps and plans, including fold-out maps, all of which are present as called for. ***Very good in buff-coloured cloth-covered boards with black titles to spine. Edges and corners of boards slightly rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Head and tail of spine rubbed. Contemporaneous gift inscription to front free endpaper: 'To Dad Xmas 1943 from Alastair and Hanna' in blue fountain pen ink. Pages clean. Spine tight. No dustwrapper. All folding maps clean and in very good condition. xii prelim pages including contents and a three-page introduction by Winston Churchill - plus a two-page extract from the preface of the first edition to the fore, also by Winston Churchill - plus 381 pages including Appendix A & B and Index to rear. 222mm x 142mm. ***'Contents: The Rebellion of the Mahdi; The Fate of the Envoy; The Dervish Empire; The Years of Preparation; The Beginning of the War; Firket; The Recovery of the Dongola Province; The Desert Railway; Abu Hamed; Berber; Reconnaissance; The Battle of the Atbara; The Grand Advance; The Operations of the First of September; The Battle of Omburman; The Fall of the City; 'The Fashoda Incident'; On the Blue Nile; The End of the Khalifa; Appendix A: Composition of the Staff during the River War; Appendix B: Text of the Soudan Agreement of the 19th of January, 1899, and of the Declaration of the 21st of March, 1899. ***Third cheap edition published during the Second World War, with all twenty-two folding maps and text maps present, as called for. Of interest to collectors of books by Winston Churchill and military historians. Originally published in 1899, "The River War" recounts Churchill's experiences and reflections concerning British involvement in the Sudan, including Churchill's participation in "the last great British cavalry charge". In 1933, a so-called 'Second Cheap Edition' was made from plates of the 1902 edition, with a bibliographically significant new introduction by the author, in which he explained that "A generation has grown up which knows little of why we are in Egypt and the Sudan." There were ultimately five printings of this edition published, the last appearing in 1951. The 1940 wartime published edition is now uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Publicado por The Home Library Book Company, London, 1933
Librería: Bookcase, Carlisle, Reino Unido
Hard. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Front and rear boards show minimal signs of wear; slightly rubbed at corners/head and foot of spine, binding secure, pages clean and bright, gilt closed edges at head of text block, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, fully illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Size: 4to.
Publicado por Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1927
Librería: BOOKMARK, Auckland, Nueva Zelanda
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Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. First Edition. Clean navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles and blindstamped title to front of cover. Spine: thin bumping to head & foot. Edges: light age browning and few only foxings. Eps of Vol. I & II ffep wih tidy olde style script inscribed 4.3.27. Eps with age shadowing; dusting of foxing to following eps; some heavier foxing to Index pages. Light foxing to many pages albeit miostly to the very margins edges. All fdlg maps/ charts are clean & present. Part:I & II: 589p 1.5 kgs.
Publicado por London, Delgardo Ltd, 1945, 1945
Librería: WHITE EAGLE BOOKS, PBFA,IOBA,West London, London, Reino Unido
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1st Edition. 26 pages. Original paper covers, photo and red and black lettering to title. Ribbon tie. 1946 calendar in red and black at foot of each page. Includes "Into Battle" "The End of the Beginning", etc . Scarce.
Publicado por Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1923
Librería: BOOKMARK, Auckland, Nueva Zelanda
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Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. First Edition. Navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles; moderate rubbed wear. Spine: light vertical convex bulges down spine; head & foot with light rubbings & cracks. Edges: moderate foxings and soiling .Eps: age shadowings & few only sprinkles of foxings. Faint foxings to a few pages margins. Binding is As New. 536p.
Publicado por Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1929
Librería: BOOKMARK, Auckland, Nueva Zelanda
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Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG. Third Impression. Clean navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles to spine and blindstamped title to front of cover. Spine: five gilt stars; head & foot with thin bumping and soft rubbings. Edges: light few only foxings, light age tanned colour. Eps: narrow vertical dj shadowing and few only foxings. Clean contents. All fldg maps clean and present. Four pages with a 4cm closed tear to fore-edge. Binding is As New. 474p Dj: moderate browning to spine and to flaps spines. Top and bottom edges with small open tears (sections missing,) tears and chips. Three iny holes to spine. On spine states Maps and Plans.
Publicado por George G. Harrap & Co Ltd., Great Britain, 1939
Librería: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. The memoirs of Churchill's close colleague, the Royal Navy's Admiral of the Fleet, published just as Churchill was about to return as First Lord of the Admiralty. This is a very good copy, in an unclipped dust jacket; virtually mint, save for some edge-chipping and closed tears on the front face. The contents are fine. Rare thus. 8vo (373 pages, illustrated with photo frontis, 7 plans & maps, 23 leaves of plates.) (Cohen B65.1).
Publicado por Thornton Butterworth, London, 1929
Librería: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. A neat and attractive early printing set of the six volumes in this series. Original matching dark blue cloth hard covers, with gilt titles to spines, and in blind to fronts. Covers are very clean and bright, with moderate handling and shelf-wear, and a little bubbling to cloth at edges, more so on Vol. V. There is some toning to edges and endpapers, with some moderate scattered foxing to text, and an old owner's blind-stamp to bottom of each title-page except in the last volume. Otherwise all clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a really sound and handsome set. Illustrated -- all maps, folding and otherwise, and plates present as listed. [printing rundown: Vol. I - 3rd ed. 4th imp.; Vol. II - 2nd ed. 3rd imp.; Vol. III - 4th imp.; Vol. IV - 4th imp.; Vol. V - 1st imp.; Vol. VI - 1st imp.].
Publicado por Thornton Butterworth, London, 1932
Librería: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. The second impression of the first edition, also dated November 1932 [ICS A39a. Langworth p. 156]. Original dark green ribbed cloth hard covers, with gilt titles to front and spine, in dust jacket. The publisher had to scramble to meet an immediate demand, Langworth notes: the first impression was 4000 copies, and this second impression numbered 1000 -- the jacket was identical to that of the original issue. The jacket here is toned with only moderate rubbing and edge-wear. Covers are very clean and bright. There is some toning to edges and endpapers, some slight foxing to front and rear leaves, and an old owner's blind-stamp to bottom of title-page. Old Glasgow bookseller's label (Jackson, Wylie & Co.) inside front cover. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a really sound and handsome copy. Portrait frontispiece. Publisher's bookmark laid in. 320pp.