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Softcover. Zustand: Good+. First Edition. Flat SIGNED by author to title page, 'L - shaped' faded block to upper margin and top edge, with very sl tanning to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 179 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Confusingly, it states 1959 on title page but 1958 on spine board and on p.7. No dust jacket. Fading on spine. Tanning on inside covers but good. Sections on show jumping (remember Pat Smythe?), show classes, horse trials, dressage. Full of plates. Also Equestrian Who's Who. 135 pages plus glossy adverts. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £6.60.

Zustand: New. On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese torpedoes, leaving over 900 men stranded in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific for five agonizing days and nights. This is one man s story of courage, ingenuity, and faith in God s providence.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnJames S. Oliver grew up on the southern Philippine Island of Mindanao-hiding from World War II aggressors with his Filipino mother and three siblings.nnnHe did not know it then, but war would become a constant in his life, even af.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - James S. Oliver grew up on the southern Philippine Island of Mindanao-hiding from World War II aggressors with his Filipino mother and three siblings.He did not know it then, but war would become a constant in his life, even after he moved to the United States. He'd graduate from college and become an officer in the US Air Force, where he'd spend the next twenty-four years.During the Cold War with Soviet Russia, he specialized in intercontinental ballistic missile operations and maintenance, and was selected for Special Forces training at Fort Bragg.Then he joined a controversial, top secret Provincial Advisory Group Team for one year, operating out of Bao Trai, Hau Nghia, a former province in South Vietnam, where an all-new war was underway. He'd retire in 1984 as commander of the Ninetieth Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron (90 OMMS), an ICBM maintenance squadron of the Strategic Air Command.Despite numerous challenges, the author maintained his faith in humanity, and you'll be inspired by the years of devoted service he highlights in My Wars and In Between.

Zustand: Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 179 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Frederick R. Oliver', + Burma post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0863033423 BURMA, BURMESE (Myanmar).

Zustand: Good. Original letterpress text in 4 columns pasted to a suppport sheet.Edmond Quincy (1808-1877), author and reformer was the second son of Josiah Quincy III and Eliza Susan Morton Quincy. He was an abolitionist editor and also the author of a biography of his father, a romance, Wensley (1854), and The Haunted Adjutant and Other Stories (1885). .John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 - May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter of the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).