Roberts earl frederick (32 Ergebnisse)

Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxviii, 476 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Earl Roberts. Marshals Great Britain ; Biography. India History Britis…

Zustand: Good. Second edition (same year as the first edition | September 1914) hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xvi), 380 pp with 8 (as called for with 2 plates having 2 photographs) tissue-guarded single-sided photogravure…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Lord Roberts' Message to the Nation' offers a vital perspective on the British Army and national defense at a crucial point in history. Written by the esteemed Earl Roberts, a celebrated figure in British military history, this work directly addresses the critical need for military reform an…

First Cheap Edition, Third Printing. Good copy only in the original full leather with gilt-tooling to spine, raised bands, and an armorial motif to front panel. Both joints cracked, with front hinge broken, and covers now attached by stitching at the rear joint. Panel edges somewhat rubbed with age. Vividly marbled endpapers and…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. This is an original official envelope sent and signed by Field Marshal Roberts to Lt-Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle, c1902. The envelope measures 9.5 x22.5cm, and is folded vertically and is laid on a piece of card that measures 11.5 × 15.5cm. The envelope has a typed address "Lieut. General Sir Leslie Rundle,…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Written lengthwise on back of 11.5 x 7.5 printed card. The side of the card with Roberts's autograph is discoloured but in fair condition, but there is slight loss along the inner margin of the printed side, resulting in some loss of text. Roberts' autograph reads: 'I give my vote / Fred. Roberts…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On his letterhead of coronet and letter R. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. He is sorry to refuse the Duke, 'but I could not really take the chair at a dinner in aid of the Westminster Hospital Funds', as he has 'promised Lord Cadogan to to [sic] act in that capacity in ai…

See the entries for the two men in the Oxford DNB, as well as that of the subject of the letter, Sir Richard Temple's eldest son Captain Richard Carnac Temple (1850-1931), the future second baronet. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Aged, with the gutter repaired with archival tape, and the reverse of the second leaf adhering to part of its…

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium, folded once. In good condition. 29 lines of text. He thanks her for her kindness, 'in the midst of your great sorrow', in writing to inform the Robertses of her husband's death. 'We have often talked of you both, and wondered where you were living.' He had thought it was 'somewhere in the valley of the Thame…

First Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of John Toogood. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 252 pages ; (8º). Notes: Includes introduction by Earl Roberts. Subjects: Strateg…

Hardcover. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xx, 511; xii, [1 leaf]plate list, 522 + 64-page publisher's catalogue. 1 folding map of Central Asia, 9 plans (5 folding, some colour). & 30 mostly steel and wood-engraved plates (1 folding). 2 wood-engraved title vignettes. titles in red & black; half-titles in red. original blind & gilt-stamped c…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A very scarce copy of this work containing autobiographical short stories of heroic deeds from well-known authors and celebrities, such as Earl Roberts, H. Rider Haggard and Winston Churchill. A very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.Undated, but according to ins…

Autograph letter signed, 1 1/2 pages (both sides - with blank integral leaf), 4,5 x 7 inch, `The Royal Hospital, Dublin` stationery, (Dublin), 10.12.1897, reply letter to "Madam" - concerning the Xmas number of `Home Chat`* and his work `Fourty-one Years in India`**, written and signed in black ink "Grover Cleveland", with a hor…

Inscribed copy of a later edition, inscribed by Roberts on the front free endpaper, "Presented to. for skill in rifle shooting at the Fourth Annual Allcomers Meeting of the Ulster Association of Miniature Rifle Clubs. By the Author, F.M. Lord Roberts. August 1914." The name of the recipient, one Joseph Boyce, has been added afte…

Zustand: Fine. London, [later 1900s]. A gelatin silver photograph (image size 225 × 144 mm) of the 1906 portrait of Lord Roberts by John Singer Sargent, laid down on the printed card mount of 'Emery Walker Ph. Sc.', behind glass in a contemporary painted wooden frame (external dimensions 370 × 261 mm). The mount is lightly foxed…

Presentation copy of a later edition, inscribed by Field Marshal Roberts on the half-title, "Major Drury, with the Author's best thanks and kind regards, 1 May 1914." Laid in is an accompanying autograph letter signed from the author, presenting the copy, and two other letters from him and his youngest daughter. The recipient wa…