John garnet (6 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 209 pages, a paperback, a very good copy of the Second Edition, revised and enlarged [0709950721].

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 44 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Steveston - A Splendid Opening for a Capitalist; Murder in the Arctic - Oblate Missionaries Rouviere and LeRoux are killed; Old Fort Macleod - Southern Alberta's first white settlement; Old Man Green's Missing Hoard - Murder on Savory Island, near Lund, B.C.; Nightmare Pass Through the Rocky Mountains. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. …

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Fourth Edition. Octavo [two volumes], xv, [3], 388pp, 66pp; xv, 459pp, [1]. Red cloth, title in gilt on spine, coat of arms on front cover in gilt. Stated "Fourth Edition" on title page. Complete with frontispiece portrait in both volumes, 8 plates, and numerous illustrated plans. Light sunning to spine, decorative endpapers, solid text block. Inscribed in Volume I by the author: "To my friend / Sir Donald Currie / G.C.M.G. / from the author / Wolseley F.M. / To remind him of his quest onboard the "Iolaire" / September 1897." (Shipman, Vol. III, p. 215). Field Marshal Garnet J. Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, was a distinguished British Army officer who rose to prominence during the Victorian era. Born on June 4, 1833, he served in various military campaigns, including the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, and Ashanti War. Wolseley gained renown for his innovative military strategies and organizational reforms, particularly in logistics and training. His successful Nile Expedition in 1884-1885 to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum solidified his reputation as a competent and decisive leader. He later served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army from 1895 to 1900, overseeing significant modernization efforts. Wolseley's military career spanned over four decades. He passed away on March 25, 1913. The Life of John Churchill: Duke of Marlborough by Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, inscribed to Scottish ship owner and philanthropist, Sir Donald Currie. (illustrator). Signed.…

First edition, attractively bound. Wolseley's biography of the great military commander was left incomplete due to his own appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. 2 vols octavo (220 x 142 mm). Portrait frontispieces, vignette title pages, 12 engraved plates, illustrations in text. Contemporary polished calf, red and green spine labels, compartments tooled in gilt, covers with gilt French fillet with floral corners, gilt roll to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers and edges. Couple of marks and scratches to covers, light rubbing to edges, wear to corners, superficial split to inner hinges, occasional spot of foxing. A very good set. …