Aitken sir max (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (History, canadian History, Canada military) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Generals Die In Bed & Canada In Flanders, Charles Yale Harrison, Sir Max Aitken. Monti Publishing & More, Canada, 2014. First Printing. Grey cloth boards with red poppy and black titles front and spine; grey endpapers; frontis map of the Western Front Generals Die in Bed; pages 9-110. Canada In Flanders: pages 113-287 including preface, introduction, author¿s note; 4 maps and 6 appendices. In pristine condition. One volume hardcover edition of these two works on WW I. Generals Die in Bed was written by Canadian writer and journalist, Charles Yale Harrison (1898-1954). Canada in Flanders was written by Sir William Maxwell Aitken (1879-1964). These two books, together for the first time in this beautiful edition, document Canada's involvement in World War I. Generals Die in Bed, was published in 1930, in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and was compared to such classic war literature as All Quiet on the Western Front and A Farewell to Arms August 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, Aitken became honorary Lieutenant-Colonel and was appointed to help the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. He was instrumental in creating the Canadian War Records Office in London and arranged for stories about Canadian forces appearing in newspapers. In January 1916, Aitken published the first volume of ¿Canada in Flanders¿. …

[978 1 927840 02 3] 2014. (hardcover) Fine. 287pp. 8vo. Grey cloth boards with red poppy and black title stamped to front endpapers. Two works on Canada's involvement in World War I in one volume. Maps. Fine copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 16mo. With a preface by The Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law, and an introduction by the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Borden. Full red cloth. xx, 243 pp. Cloth is faded, worse at spine, some wear to rear joint, rubbing to extremities. Foxed throughout, damp staining to tail edge. The official story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 287 pages. Maps. A reprint of works first published in 1930 and 1916 respectively. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. An excellent copy.

hardback, 8vo, xx,247pp, illustrated, maps, owner's name on endpaper, edges browning, text clean and sound, blue leatherette, torn at top of spine with a crease on front board, Fair condition in browned and frayed dustwrapper, torn at rear spine edge.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60069039: 1916. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Mors fendus, Quelques rousseurs. 243 pages. Illustré de nombreux plans en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Annotations en page de garde. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60069870: 1916. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 243 pages. Illustré de nombreux plans en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Vignette encollée en page de garde (In Flanders Fields, Poem). . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.…

12mo, 2 pp. Twenty-eight lines of text. Good, on lightly-creased paper. Lockhart's signature has been docketed in ink (by Aitken?) 'Sir Robert'. A letter of condolence on the death of Aitken's father. Reminisces about the 'moment I came into his life', a 'luncheon at Charkley' soon after the First World War: 'The only other guest was Augustus John. [.] as you know, I learnt much from him. Indeed, it was he who taught me how to write, and in his house I met numerous people whom, but for him, I should never have known.' He considers that Beaverbrook treated him 'nobly'. He will keep the last letter he received from Beaverbrook: 'It was an original letter and, as you know, he always wanted originality in every writer and newspaper correspondent'. Beaverbrook was 'a very great and generous man' and Lockhart feels sure that his son 'will follow in his steps'. He hopes to see him, but is 'too old now to come often to London. I wish you a great future.'.…

Pas de couverture. Zustand: Bon. Rare painfully signed large photo. + Touching secretary signed letter. London, November 4, 1980. Size : 22x16 cm. Provenance : Claude Chauveau collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.