Dawson captain a j (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. enerally clean and unmarked pages, but some foxing minor stains noted in text, thumb print at page 111. All 14 plates present. Binding is loose at pages 19 to 30. Previous owner's name penciled on front endpaper. Bookworm damage on inside of front and rear boards. Staining on front board, rear board has a bookworm hole. Spine slightly bumped at head and tail. One of a series of wartime publications written by Captain A. J. Dawson and the popular cartoonist Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. Here the pair offer a tribute to the principal British ally on the Wester Front, providing reportage and sketches from the trenches of Verdun to wartime Paris. A propagandistic tribute from one ally to another with some vivid scenes from the trenches of Verdun as well as descriptions of Paris in war time and the training of French war dogs for sentry duty in the front lines, liaison work, carrying messages or guiding stretcher bearers. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair to Good --. No Jacket. Assumed First Edition. Fairly tight binding, clean interior. Assumed first edition since date on copyright and title page both 1918. Red boards worn on edges and corners, shelf wear and stains to both boards.Picture on front board has been compromised. Hinge cracks by front and back board. Red pen markings on inner front board and ffep, interior otherwise unmarked. Anonymous letters from an officer in France during WWI. 263 pp. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. From the collection of Ex-libris, with their stamp mark. No edition or date stated, C1946. Frontispiece in color. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. The text within the book is bright and clear. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Undated first edition from hodder illustrated by Bairnsfather on brown cloth with some intermittent spotting.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Owner's signature. Frontipiece partly detached. Spine faded. 1/4" knock at head of rear board.; vii, [1], 239, [1] pages + 6 b&w plates. Red cloth covers with black titles on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 180mm x 115mm. Military history, World War One. Contents: "What It's Like" in the Push; The Spirit of the British Soldier; The Moral of the Boche; An Irish Office Describes the Indescribable; Close Quarters; The Devil's Wood; The Cockney Fighter; "We Don't Count Wounds in My Regiment"; A Reverend Corporal; Brothers of the Parsonage; The Australian as a Fighter; News for the O.C. Company at Home; "Stickfast" and His Officer; A Cool Canadian; The Hospital Mail-Bags; The Difference; What Every M.O. Knows; The South Africa; "It's A Great Do"; On the Way to London.; 12mo. Illustrated by Bairnsfather, Bruce (Captain) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. The boards are marked, worn and stained. Edge tears. Reinforced hinges. Some foxing and spill marks. Internally clean and tightly bound. Fair copy. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: New. 2006. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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: Good. Blue cloth (the spine has faded to brown) with black titles to front and spine. Black & white plates by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather.

Disbound. Zustand: Poor. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 188 pages of 190. Final text leaf missing. Original wrappers missing. Rough homemade card wrappers. Fairly heavy foxing to first couple and last couple of leafs. Some browning to pages throughout. NB: Final text leaf missing. A rough copy, lacking the final leaf of the conclusion. Contents: The First Letter; The First March; The Tale of a Tub; The Trenches at Last; A Dissertation on Mud; Taking Over on a Quiet Night; "What It's Like"; The Dug-Out; A Bombing Show; Over the Parapet; The Night Patrol; In Billets; Bombardment; The Day's Work; Tommy Dodd and Trench Routine; Stalking Snipers; An Artful Stunt; The Spirit of the Men; An Unhealthy Bit of Line; They Say-; The New Front Line; A Great Night's Work; The Coming Push; Front Line to Hospital; The Push and After; Blighty; In Conclusion.; 12mo. …