Agar augustus (22 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (great britain, history, naval, 20th century ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2nd Edition. Fine in a Fine jacket. 255pp short 8vo. Espionage.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1983. 264 pgs. Illustrated. Reprint. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Personal account of a young CMB naval officer and how his flotilla of small torpedo boats ran agents to and from the very heart of Leningrad past the formidable fortress and naval base of Kronstadt. Commodore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar VC, DSO, RN (4 January 1890 30 December 1968) was a Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World Wars. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, for sinking a Soviet cruiser during the Russian Civil War. EB; 255 pages.…

Zustand: Good. 1962. First Edition. 304 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 201pp. 8vo. Boud in the Publisher's blue buckram with faded gilt titles to the spine. Heavy quality paper stock and unmarked and without inscription. Tightly bound with just the slightest of rubbing to the top corners. A lovely clean copy.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Modern States Series, 3. Physical description: x, 134 p : fold. map ; 19 cm. Notes: Map on lining-papers. "Bibliographical note" : p. 129-130. Subjects: Indigenous peoples South Africa; Indigenous peoples South Africa; South Africa Economic conditions 1918-1945; South Africa History. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. New Edition. 1983. 255pp., a map of the Baltic States on the endpapers, 2 other maps and 12 black and white illustrations. Augustus Agar (1890-1968) was a Royal Navy officer in both the First and the Second World Wars. He was asked in late 1918 to volunteer for a mission in the Baltic Sea, where CMBs were to be used to ferry British agents back and forth from Bolshevik Russia. The shallow draught and high speed of the CMB made it ideal for landing on enemy occupied shores and making a quick getaway. Agar set up a small base at Terijoki, just inside Finland and close to the Soviet frontier. From here he undertook a top secret and dangerous mission to retrieve Paul Dukes, a man he knew only by the MI6 codename ST-25, from the coast of the Bay of Petrograd. The last British agent left in Russia, Dukes had been infiltrating the Bolshevik government for some time and had made copies of top secret documents. In order to spirit Dukes away, Agar's boats had to cross Bolshevik minefields and pass by a number of forts and ships guarding the entrance to the Bolshevik naval base at Kronstadt and to Petrograd. The book is bound in the original black boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in excellent condition. Light foxing to edges. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has slight sunning to the spine.…

First Edition. Publisher's title-printed boards, very good. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Overall surprisingly well preserved with the both boards still bright and clean. ; 165 pages; Physical desc. : ix, 165p : map ; 20 cm. Subject: Church of the Province of South Africa -- History. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fair.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 255 p. 21 cm. B&w illustrations. Blue cloth in dustjacket. Rear panel slightly soiled. Front flap price clipped. Light edge wear.

Zustand: Good. 1963. First Edition. 255 pages. Purple pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A very good first edition copy with light foxing in edges and endpapers and owner's name stamp on title page and rear endpaper. The dust jacket is price clipped, otherwise intact and bright.

Hardcover. Zustand: VERY GOOD. 255 pp. Crisp copy with numerous B&W photographic plates. Discreet bookplate to FFEP.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 228 pages; Description: 5 p. L. , ix-xix, 228 p. , 1 l. Fold. Map. 22 cm. Subjects: Indigenous peoples --South Africa. Working class --South Africa. South Africa --History --1836-1909. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. 8vo. Evans Brothers Limited, London, UK. 1959. 336 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ is crease and worn) Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bookplate to half-title page, blind stamp to title page, stamp to reverse of the rear board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The author, Captain Augustus Agar, VC. , RN. , entered the Royal Navy in 1905 and served for almost 40 years seeing action during both World Wars. During WWII he escorted large convoys across the Atlantic and delivered gold bullion to Canada. His last command was the cruiser HMS DORSETSHIRE which was sunk by a powerful force of Japanese dive bombers in 1943. In this book he describes the role of the Navy between the wars and extols Nelson's maxim that a fleet of British warships was the best negotiator in Europe. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …

Zustand: Bueno. 21x14 255 Tela con sobrecubierta y plástico pegado. Inglés Sello Feb/16/11 Tela con sobrecubierta y plástico pegado.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Endpapers slightly tanned with age; front hinge slightly weak. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Folded matter remains crisp, showing minor scuffs at the gutter. Provenance; Bookplate of Cuthbert Rudyard Halsall. Physical description; xiv, 505 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, part folded ; 26 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 483-485. Subjects; Sidi Rezegh, Battle of, 1941. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Libya. 8th Army. Afrika Korps. 1 Kg.…

First Edition, First Printing. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Dust-wrapper slightly edge-nicked. Endbands show a suggestion only of wear. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Copy notes; signed and warmly inscribed by the author. Physical description; 255 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 21 cm. Maps on endpapers. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Agar, Augustus (1890-1968). Soviet Union History Allied intervention, 1918-1920 Personal narratives, British. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Dust-wrapper slightly edge-nicked. Cloth covers show minor wear at the endbands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Copy notes; signed and warmly inscribed by the author. Physical description; 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Agar, Augustus (1890-1968). Great Britain History, Naval 20th century. 1 Kg.…

First edition of this account of Agar's interwar services, inscribed by the author to a fellow recipient of the Victoria Cross, "To Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith V.C. K.C.B. With the best wishes of the author. Augustus Agar. Xmas 1963. See page 137." The page describes Dunbar-Nasmith's heroism in the First World War Loosely inserted is an accompanying autograph letter signed, dated 21 December 1963, in which Agar expresses his hope that the book will bring to mind a time "when Britain sent its ships all over the world on missions of goodwill." Dunbar-Nasmith was the first submariner to reach flag rank and the Second Sea Lord from 1935 to 1938, having been awarded the VC during the war for attacking Turkish naval forces in the Sea of Marmara. He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1928 and vice-admiral in 1932, the same year that he became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies. During the Second World War, he served as Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches and then as flag officer in charge, London. Decorated with the VC in 1919, Agar "epitomized the 'sea dog' of British naval tradition" (ODNB). His autobiography - Footprints in the Sea - was published in 1959. Octavo. Half-tone frontispiece, 14 half-tone plates. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, map endpapers. Boards marked: very good.…

First edition, presentation copy for review by Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham. This is the autobiography of Captain Agar (1890-1968), a man who "epitomized the 'sea dog' of British naval tradition" (ODNB). Cunninghame Graham praises Agar: "He writes with an easy readable style, making his story of the navy, which spans two wars, lively and interesting". Cunninghame Graham's signed typescript review dated 29 December 1959 and his correspondence with the author are loosely inserted. The correspondence evidences their friendship and Agar's gratitude for the kind review of Footprints in the Sea. In one of the letters, Agar asks Cunninghame Graham to propose or second his membership to the United Hunts Club, so that his wife would have somewhere to stay when she went shopping in London. In the other he thanks the admiral for looking after his nephew, future Commander Rodney Agar. The letters also reveal information about the publication history of Footprints in the Sea. Agar writes that it sold very well, such that the Americans bought all of the remaining stock from his English publisher, but that they refused to publish a US edition because the book was "too English". There is also a loosely inserted letter from the literary editor of the Glasgow Herald, Christopher Small, and one from maritime historian Richard Hough, both related to reviews that Cunninghame Graham had written. Octavo. Half-tone photographic frontispiece and 28 plates (3 double-page), map. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver. Pencil notes to final blank verso. Spine heavily sunned, tips a little bumped, contents fresh: a very good copy.…