Ernest d swinton (22 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Good. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 282 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear and water marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Price sticker mark to panel. Moderate tanning, water and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.…

Olwd. 306 S. mit 11 Bildern und 1 Kartenskizze. -St.a.T., leicht gebräunt, im Schnitt gering stockfl. 578 gr.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 282p. ; 22cm. Subjects; Swinton, E. D. Sir (Ernest Dunlop) 1868-1951. Generals Great Britain ; Biography. Generals ; Biography. Generals ; Correspondence. Generals Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (military history, tactics, boer war, military science) 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.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 282, [7] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Swinton, E. D. Sir (Ernest Dunlop) 1868-1951. Generals Great Britain ; Biography. Generals Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, xiii, 332 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is black with red print. Boards in black cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, blemishes on front and rear panels. Text block has red tinted top edge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs), maps on endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1404916. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Defence of Duffer's Drift' by Ernest Dunlop Swinton is a timeless exploration of military strategy and guerrilla warfare. This enduring work, categorized as military fiction and a staple in the study of military tactics, offers a compelling look at battlefield problem-solving through a series of war simulation exercises. Delve into the challenges of defending a crucial location against a cunning enemy. Swinton's insightful approach provides valuable lessons applicable to various military contexts. This meticulously prepared print edition allows readers to examine the core principles of defense and adaptation under pressure, making it essential reading for anyone interested in military history and the art of strategy. Discover the enduring relevance of 'The Defence of Duffer's Drift' and its continuing impact on military thinking.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good tight copy, some age spotting to preliminary pages, wrapper has a small tear & fold to top edge of rear panel & light wear at top of spine.

Leinen. Zustand: Gut. EA. 306 S. Mit 11 Bildern und 1 Karte. Altersübliche Gebrauchs- und Lagerspuren. Gut erhalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

Leinen. Zustand: Gut. EA. 306 S. Mit 11 Bildern und 1 Karte. Einband nachgedunkelt und schwach fleckig. Altersübliche Gebrauchs- und Lagerspuren. Gut erhalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Popular edition. In a later, bespoke binding: bound in green half-leather over pale green cloth boards, with a six compartment spine with gilt decorations and lettering. Marbled endpapers. (Boards are clean and sharp-edged, with a very mild marks and a heavily sunned spine, where the leather is faded to brown). There is a little spotting on the first and last few leaves, and a previous owner's gift inscription dated 1928, on the front free endpaper. Tall 16mo. A small bookseller's ticket on the front paste down indicates that the volume was one in the stock of Henry Rees, a bookseller on London's Regent Street [bookseller active 1905-1949]. A collection of stories written by Major General Ernest D Swinton - the man credited with the introduction of the tank during the first world war, and for coining the term tank, as a code-name for tracked, armoured vehicles - as an entertainment for soldiers in the trenches and on the front line during the first world war. The majority of the stories, which all have a military theme - were originally published in periodical magazines, such as Blackwell's and Macmillan's. A nice vintage volume - a small slice of military history is a pleasing and unique binding. short stories, Vintage Books, military fiction, fiction.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. A collection of short stories including The Great Tab Dope: A Study in Staff Rides, The Sense of Touch, Sergeant Snodgrass, and The Culvert on the Summit. Ernest Swinton was a British Army Officer who was active in the adoption of the tank during World War I. He wrote several allegorical works of fiction on military themes. Full calf leather binding with gilt lettering to spine, gilt fore edge and marbled end papers. There is little wear to the extremities apart from some sunning to the spine. The binding is tight and firm and both covers are firmly attached. Internally the book is clean and bright apart from some isolated spots affecting the front and rear end papers in particular. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: fair. Shilling Edition. 318, pages darkened, boards weak, pencil name ins fr flylf, foxing ins bds, spine discolored, tears at spine, front board bent. Boards worn, binding cracked. Lt. -Col. Ernest D. Swinton wrote these stories for the entertainment of soldiers. They were originally published in Blackwood's and Macmillan's Magazines.…

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth ruled in green, red and brown to the upper and lower edges, titles in gilt to the spine. Portrait frontispiece, map endpapers, a folding diagram and nine photographs in black and white. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping to the corners and fading to the spine. The contents, spotted to the prelims and closed text block edges, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Major-General Ernest Swinton had already had a long and illustrious career in the British Army before the advent of the First World War in 1914. Appointed as the official war correspondent by the war Minister Lord Kitchener in 1914, his reporting home was the only way for the British people to follow the war as journalists were at that time banned at the front. In these dispatches from the front Swinton told the public of the bloody fighting in Flanders and the heroic efforts of the Allies to stop the German Juggernaut. The miserable conditions and bloody siege warfare of the trenches left a lasting impression on him and he looked to a scientific solution to the muddy stalemate of the Western Front. He would gain lasting fame as the architect of the 'tank' project that was to revolutionise warfare in the First World War and for many years thereafter. In this volume of reminiscences he traces his involvement in the early years of the war and his later years as the driving force in the development and adoption of the tank. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 282, [8] pages, Illustrations. Index. Frontis Illustration. DJ is price clipped with wear, tears, and some soiling. Taped over boards. Contents include: Early Recollections, India Revisited, South Africa, Home Again, Tanks, American Interlude: A. The Awakening of a Giant; and 2. "Spell-Binding", Betwixt and Between, Bowler Hat, A Revelation, From Dugout to Don; and Index. Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE, CB, DSO (21 October 1868 - 15 January 1951) was a British Army officer who played a part in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War. He was a war correspondent and author of several short stories on military themes. He is credited, along with fellow officer Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Dally Jones, with having initiated the use of the word "tank" as a code-name for the first tracked, armoured fighting vehicles. Swinton recounts in his book Eyewitness how he first got the sudden idea to build a tank on 19 October 1914, while driving a car in France. In July 1914 he received a letter from a friend, a mining engineer named Hugh F. Marriott whom he had met while in South Africa. Marriott described a machine he had seen in Antwerp, an American-made Holt Caterpillar Tractor. He suggested that the machine might be useful for transport, and Swinton passed the information on to several military and political figures who he thought might be interested. Swinton did not leave to see his autobiography published. This brilliant soldier--one of the most imaginative of all time--is widely known as the originator of the Tank: but those with longer memories will recall the publication before the Great War, under the pseudonym of Ole Luk-Oie, of the series of startlingly prophetic military stories, which were best sellers of the day. The Green curve has become a classic, and The Defence of Duffer's Drift which has been translated into many languages, is generally recognized by the Army as an official textbook. Over My Should covers a life of many facets. Starting with early days in India, it gives a vivid description of a period that has passed away, and brings out involuntarily the bond which existed between British and Indian--too often forgotten in political rivalries. An account of the South African War seen from the angle of an Irregular Regiment provides fascinating reading. the story of the diplomatic Mission in the United States, during the Great War, of a good mixer and keen observer will interest readers on both sides of the Atlantic, who will be able to compare their own experiences in the World War. General Swinton's first-hand description of the great French industrialist, Andre Citroen,and his connection with the gallant members of the Central Asian Expedition is absorbing. The chapter on the visit to Nuremberg at Hitler's personal invitation to the Reichsparteitag, and the meeting with the Fuhrer himself, loses in the telling by Ole Luk-Oie. Finally, there is the chapter on All souls College. the account of the impact on 'a simple soldier' of this exclusive and brilliant circle, and his gradual absorption into it, under the mellowing influence of Oxford, is delightful and original. Here he found his spiritual home.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark green cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, gold gilt crest to front board. Unclipped dustjacket (18s net) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 282pp. B/w photographic portrait frontispiece, b/w photographic plates throughout. Signed by author to piece of paper pasted to title page. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light foxing to endpapers and dustjacket. (10/3). Signed by Author(s). …

First Edition. Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 3 volumes : illustrations (including portraits, maps) ; 28 cm. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918 ; Pictorial works. World War, 1914-1918 Battlefields. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy inscribed by way of a sheet of his Woodstock Road headed notepaper pasted to the front free endpaper bearing the following inked inscription: "To Edward Michael, with the author's regards. April 1933". Tall 8vo. 321pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with red and green rules to the backstrip ends and upper and lower margins of the front board. With map-illustrated pastedowns, a photographic portrait frontispiece, nine plates of captioned photographs and facsimiles, and one folding multi-panel plan. Top edge dust soiled, and with a trace of spotting to the fore edge. Corner tips and backstrip ends very gently rubbed. Some quite light fox spotting to a number of preliminary and concluding leaves, and a single tiny tape-repaired tear to the base of the front free endpaper. A very good copy of the author's Great War memoirs (Swinton played a vital role in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War, and is co-credited with initiating the use of the word 'tank'). Uncommon, and much, much more so with the author's contemporary presentation inscription. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Zustand: fair to good, fair to good. 289, illus., index, some foxing to fore-edge, sm rough spots ins fr flylf, DJ soiled & scuffed: sm tears & sm pcs missing at spine. Autobiography of a brilliant and imaginative soldier, widely known as the originator of the tank. His recollections include his early days in India, the Boer War, diplomatic missions during World War I, and a meeting with Adolf Hitler.…

Zustand: Gut. 8°, 306 Seiten mit einigen Bildtafeln, illustr. Originalleinen - guter Zustand - 1938. c120040 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 700.