Verlag: Africana Book Society, 1977
ISBN 10: 0949973246 ISBN 13: 9780949973245
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Jacket is rubbed and edgeworn.light marks,well bound.reprint.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: Africana Book Society, 1977
ISBN 10: 0949973246 ISBN 13: 9780949973245
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The jacket is shelf rubbed.Internally clean.Tightly bound.Very good copy.Facsimile reproduction of the 1901 edition.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: Africana Book Society, 1977
ISBN 10: 0949973246 ISBN 13: 9780949973245
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The jacket is shelf rubbed.Previous ownership inscription.Well bound.Very good copy.Facsimile reprint of 1901.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1922
Anbieter: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, Neuseeland
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Spine faded and rubbed. Moderate rubbing and fading to boards. Narrow split to gutter between half-title leaf and frontispiece, and at rear hinge. Moderate foxing. Folding map in very good condition. Contemporary owner's signature on front endpaper "R? W M MacLeod". Contemporary newspaper clipping pinned to page 157, the clipping headed "Baqubah Re-Taken - Attack by Sikhs - Little Opposition Encountered - Insurgent Ammunition Expended." Some pencil marginalia and underlining on a few pages, including the addition of "40th Pack B[attery]" on page 168, and on page 169 "45th" is crossed out and "40th" is added. ; Uncommon. xi, [1], 352 pages + photogravure portrait frontispiece + 59 illustrations on 30 plate leaves + 10 small in-text maps + 1 large folding map at rear. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Military history, Iraq. Selected chapter titles: From Cologne to Basrah; First Impressions; After the Armistice; Baghdad to Teheran; The Disaster to the Manchester Column; The Retreat from Diwaniyah; The Operations North-East of Baghdad; The Relief of Kufah; Events in the River Area; The Operations in North Persia; The Disarming of the Tribes; A March across the Shatt-Al-Hai; Conclusion; Appendices. "From April or May 1919, propaganda directed from Syria was poisoning the minds of the inhabitants of Iraq, but more especially those of the Lower Euphrates tribes. As the end of the year approached the time seemed opportune for furthering the cause by come overt, and, if possible, dramatic stroke. Should success attend some action of this nature, the cause in Iraq proper would be materially helped, and in any case the intentions of the British Government as regards that country would be disclosed." - page 32. ; 8vo.
Verlag: Autograph Letter to Potter: 'Head. Quarters. VIth. Corp. | 11th. August. '. Copy of address to 3rd Division: Head Quarters 30 March 1918. Special Order of the Day: Head Quarters 14 November 1918, 1916
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität Signiert
The three items are in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. ONE. Autograph Letter Signed from Haldane to Potter. Head Quarters, VI Corp; 11 August 1916. 1p., 4to. In a difficult hand. He apologises for having to 'depart so hurriedly'. 'I want to thank you for the very loyal way you helped me when I was in command of the 3 Division and express my thanks through you to Buchanan and Prideaux and of your staff. You all spared no pains to bring about success and I am very grateful to you.' He hopes that 'Buchanan will get a brevet and Prideaux a suitable when you send in their names.' He is sending his recommendation 'to Collins'. TWO. Manuscript copy of address from the 'A. Haldane | Lieutenant General Commanding VI Corps', expressing 'his intence [sic] admiration for the unconquerable spirit and Spartan like valour which the 3rd. Division has displayed during the fierce fighting of the past nine days. [i.e. the start of the Spring Offensive]'. 30 March 1918. 3pp., 4to. THREE: 'SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY | by | Lieut-Colonel [last word amended in pencil to 'General'] Sir Aylmer-Haldane, KCB, DSO. | Commanding VI Corps'. 14 November 1918. 2pp., 8vo. Mimeographed in blue ink. At end: '(ed.) A. Haldane. | Lieutenant-General, | Commanding VI CORPS.' Begins: 'The acceptance by the enemy of the terms of the Armistice laid down by the Allies is a suitable moment at which to summarise the work of the VI Corps since the 21st of August 1918. | On that date the Guards, 2nd and 3rd Divisions assaulted the position where the enemy had been finally checked after his March offensive, and broke through it, the brunt of this attack falling on the 3rd and Guards Divsions. Two days later the 62nd Division joined the Corps. The enemy stubbornly opposed every year of our further advance eastward, but was forced back to the ST. QUENTIN CANAL, and the HINDENBURG Defence System.' Concludes: 'To all Ranks of the VI Corps I tender my sincere thanks. The work which they and their comrades have accomplished will live in the memory of the British Emp[i]re for all time.' From the Potter papers. An excessively scarce item, with no copy on COPAC or at the Imperial War Museum.