horatio herbert kitchener (17 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good Jacket. This book does include a jacket. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published in 2006'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Bildgröße 15x10 cm.

Mass market paperback. 12mo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains 391 pp with monochrome archive photographs grouped together to the centre pages and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITISH IMPERIAL EMPIRE.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original striking red scarlet cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 410 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very near fine condition book in Very Good condition Osbert Lancaster illustrated dust wrapper with light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, spine slightly faded, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Sudan].

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 410 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition Osbert Lancaster illustrated dust wrapper with crease lines to corners and edges, spine slightly faded, not price clipped 30s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRITISH IMPERIAL EMPIRE.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Delve into the life and thoughts of one of Britain's most iconic military figures with 'Kitchener in his Own Words.' This compelling collection offers a unique glimpse into the world of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the 1st Earl Kitchener, through his personal letters and correspondence. Edited by James Bacon Rye and Horace G. Groser, this book provides invaluable insights into Kitchener's strategic mind and his role in shaping British military history.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Delve into the life and thoughts of one of Britain's most iconic military figures with 'Kitchener in his Own Words.' This compelling collection offers a unique glimpse into the world of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the 1st Earl Kitchener, through his personal letters and correspondence. Edited by James Bacon Rye and Horace G. Groser, this book provides invaluable insights into Kitchener's strategic mind and his role in shaping British military history.

573 pp. + 10 plate-pages + 12 maps. Publisher's black cloth, no jacket. Corners with slight ding. A Very Good copy.

First Edition. Signed by the author. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance : bookplate from Norwich County Library. Physical description: 588, [4] p. : front. (port.) ; 21 cm. Subjects: Rye, James Bacon. Groser, Horace G. Genre: History. Language: English. 3 Kg.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black and red decorated olive green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains (xv)-blank, 252 pp. Pencil name to the front free end paper 'Mrs Burbridge', spotting to the text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

Paperback. Zustand: Good. One sheet, approximately 11 x 8" folded vertically into four pages, heavily spotted and toned, lower corners with some paper loss (and text loss), matted showing inner pages only, and framed to 14 x 14" with typed explanation matted below. In part: ".I hope the consulate are satisfied with the progress of the work considerably more attention has been paid to the following ____ Villages their inhabitants position and descriptions and the water supply of the country in all its branches." Not examined out of frame, but a photocopy of the first page is affixed to back of frame; letter is dated 4th May 1877 and addressed to a Mr. Dison. The wooden frame is coming apart at corners and needs to be replaced. Because of condition, SWAF.

First edition, printing the speeches of the three men in parliament on 26 and 27 November 1914, addressing the nation's ability to fight a longer war of attrition, as it became increasingly evident there would be no quick victory by Christmas. Churchill's speech, as First Lord of the Admiralty, assessed the nation's naval capabilities and its ability to protect merchant shipping. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Magazine, and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. Tape reinforcement at foot of spine, some creasing and tiny chips at extremities, a little browned. A very good copy.

Manuscript in ink. 4pp. 8vo. In excellent condition. Cairo, 1 May, [ Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) acted as an ?intelligence officer for the relief expedition to the Sudan to rescue Charles George Gordon; he continually pressed Wolseley, the commander of the expedition, to push forward more rapidly. Despite the expedition?s failure to save Gordon, Kitchener emerged with credit and some fame? (ODNB).   Sir Samuel Baker had preceded General Gordon as Governor- general of Sudan. He firmly believed that England should resume its involvement in the future of that country and, after the death of Gordon and the capture of Khartoum by the forces of the Mahdi, ?with considerable foresight regarded Colonel Kitchener as the instrument most likely to bring this about? (ODNB).   Kitchener was determined that Gordon would be avenged. The charismatic Mahdi, whose mystical and implacable view of pure Islam led him to attack Westerners and, in his view, corrupt Ottoman and Egyptian rule, survived Gordon by only five months. At the time of writing, Kitchener was Sirdar, or Commander in Chief, of the Egyptian army. Six years later, on 2 September 1898, Kitchener finally defeated the last forces of Mahdism, led by the Khalifa Abdullah, at the Battle of Omdurman.   Here he writes: "I am immensely obliged to you for your notes which no doubt give the key to the whole question of the reoccupation of the Soudan. I only hope that it may fall to my lot to use your notes and recover the country ? I wish something could be done to clear up the slavery question which I believe now that the religious mania of Mahdism is dying out is the main cause that prevents the Soudanese from kicking out their present oppressors they dread the general freedom of slaves which they believe would be bound to follow a reoccupation of the country ."    .

8vo. 1 p. Double sheet. To Sir Archibald Hunter reading The King has alas stopped my going to Buchanan . [though I will] look you up and have a chat before I am off to India". Signed Kitchener". Some traces of previous mounting otherwise fine and scarce.

10 ink and watercolor drawings of elevations and plans of fortifications, signed in a lettering hand; with 9 lithographs of classical fortifications &c. (some signed or initialled by Kitchener, with additions). 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Highly competent album of drawings of fortifications, mines, and elevations by the young Kitchener while a student at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Kitchener (1850-1916), born in Ireland to English parents and raised in Switzerland, spent "an undistinguished two years" at the Royal Military Academy. When he progressed to the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, he began to distinguish himself. He worked with the Palestine Exploration Fund and on the survey of Cyprus, and gained a reputation as a man who knew the Near East. "In 1884 he acted as an intelligence officer for the relief expedition sent to the Sudan to rescue Charles George Gordon; he continually pressed Wolseley, the commander of the expedition, to push forward more rapidly. Despite the expedition's failure to save Gordon, Kitchener emerged with credit and some fame." He was named sirdar or commander of the Egyptian army in 1892, and instituted needed reforms. Under his leadership, Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated the Mahdist armies in the Sudan in 1898, avenging Gordon's death and reconquering the country. Kitchener's administrative talents came to the fore in the South African War, where superior transportation and the policy of destroying farms and interning Boer civilians in concentration camps prevailed against the guerrilla tactics of the Boer forces. In his role as secretary of state for war in 1914, his advocacy of preparations for a long and global conflict defined British policy. A choice item from early in the career of this larger than life and still controversial figure. Leather and cloth over boards, upper cover stamped in gilt. Upper corners perished. Internally clean and fresh 10 ink and watercolor drawings of elevations and plans of fortifications, signed in a lettering hand; with 9 lithographs of classical fortifications &c. (some signed or initialled by Kitchener, with additions). 1 vols. Oblong 8vo.

Signed (?Kitchener of Khartoum?), a striking image of the victorious general in uniform and medals. c.145 by 100mm, signed on a light portion at the foot, laid down on the original mount, measuring in all c. 185 by 140mm. Dated on the verso, 7 December,  Kitchener stares unblinkingly at the camera in familiar heroic pose. This photo- graph is dated only three months after Kitchener?s great victory at Omdurman of 2 September 1898, when his Anglo-Egyptian army avenged Gordon by crushing the forces of the Khalifa Abdulla, the Mahdi?s successor, and recon- quering the Sudan. Two days after the battle, on 4 September, he was able to fulfil his goal of raising the British flag over the ruins of Gordon?s palace in Khartoum. Shortly afterwards he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, so this must be one of the first photographs he signed using his title. He remained in the Sudan for a year as Governor General, and then was posted to South Africa on the outbreak of the Boer War as chief-of-staff to Lord Roberts.