Hobday major e a p (5 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. B/w frontispiece and b/w illustrations throughout. 158 pages. Large 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering and cover vignette;l all edges gilt (front hinge re-enforced; extremities lightly worn with owner signature on half-title page). London: James Bowden, (1898). A near fine copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Minor foxing to endpapers. Moderate staining to cloth covers. Edges of spine and boards rubbed.; 159, [1] pages. Illustrated brown cloth covers. Dimensions: 9 3/4" by 6 7/8". All page edges gilt. Mostly sketches of landscapes and military personnel and encampments, with descriptions on facing pages. Some photographic portraits. Contents: Introduction; The Siege of the Malakand and the Relief of Chakdarra; The Expedition to Upper Swat; The March through Bajour; With the Mohmand Field Force; Bajour Once More. Among the Mamunds and Salarzais. "This book does not in any way profess to be an historical account of the war. I carried a sketch book with me throughout the operations with which I was fortunate enough to be connected, and made constant use of it, finishing up my rough drawings daily during odd leisure moments in camp, while details were fresh in my mind. In this way I gradually compiled what might be termed a pictorial diary of my wanderings." - from the author's preface.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. "I carried a sketch book with me throughout the operations with which I was fortunate enough to be connected, and made constant use of it, finishing up my rough drawings daily during odd leisure moments in camp, while details were fresh in my mind. In this way I gradually compiled what might be termed a pictorial diary of my wanderings." - Preface. "Containing fifty-seven full-page engravings from original drawings, and fourteen photographic portraits of the commanding officers and their staffs." - title page. [6], 159 semi-glossy pages. Tissue-protected frontis photo-portrait of author. All edges gilt. Prior owner's armorial bookplate inside front board. Binding tight. Average wear and above-average soiling to original illustrated goldenrod cloth over beveled boards. A quality vintage example. ; 176 pages.…

Tall 8vo. Portrait frontispiece and thirteen other portraits, fifty-seven full-page illustrations. A very good copy in the original buff pictorial cloth, a.e.g., a little rubbed. 160pp. James Bowden, Riddick 360. "The diary-like text with each illustration describes Hobday's impressions and involvement." The author was D.A.A.G. with the 1st Brigade Malakand Field Force.…

Zustand: Green cloth, a.e.g. Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Illustrated with a Portrait frontispiece and thirteen other portraits, fifty-seven full-page illustrations. 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This is the North West Frontier of Imperial India at the time when Churchill was there with 31st Punjab Regiment. Riddick 360 Illustrated with a Portrait frontispiece and thirteen other portraits, fifty-seven full-page illustrations. 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.…