roberts earl frederick (31 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 British occupation, 1765-1947 Sources. Great Britain History, Military 19th century. 3 Kg.

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

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

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

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

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

Fourth Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; Description: ix, 54 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Great Britain --Army --Defenses. 3 Kg.

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 plates throughout. Ink name to the front paste down 'H. A. Ramsden' (author), light foxing to the closed text block edges, and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

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 and preparedness.

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 edges, with prize label to front pastedown. Text block remains internally tight, bright, clean and securely bound, with crisp folded map and plans. A very serviceable copy. Physical description; xxii, 601 pages, 44 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, folded map, plans (some folded) ; 20 cm. Notes; Originally published January 4, 1897. "Cheap reissue, one volume, 1905. Reprinted in 1908, 1911". Includes index. Subjects; Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl (1832-1914). India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947. Great Britain. Army -- Biography. Military campaigns -- India. 1 Kg.

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, K.C.B., C.M.G, D.S.O. Commanding Harrismith, O.R.C. [Orange River Colony]." and has been signed by Field Marshal Roberts lower left as 'Roberts, FM'. A handwritten annotation to the front reads "Copy of Lord Roberts' letter to me on his leaving S Africa for England, R [initialled by Rundle]". A further pencil note states this was sent by railway to the staff office. Field Marshal Roberts was a British soldier born in India, he served during the Indian Mutiny, winning the Victoria Cross at Khudagani in 1858. He also served with the Abyssinian Expeditions (1868, 1871-72), the Afghan War of 1878-79, and lead the relief of Kandahar. He assumed the chief command during Second Boer War, relived Kimberley and the advance to Pretoria. He died in France in 1914 whilst visiting the troops in the Great War. Leslie Rundle was a British soldier who served in the Second Boer War and the Great War. He was appointed to the command of the 8th Division of the South African Field Force at about the time of this letter. Condition: An interesting item in good but worn condition, as one would expect an envelope to be (Note, the letter is no longer inside). The top right corner has been snipped off and as mentioned, it has been folded once and stuck down on the left hand side. Roberts' signature is clear, as are Rundle's initials. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 8vo. 1993. 478pp. Minor mark to fore-edges otherwise very good in very good original cloth. D/w faded on spine with light shelf-wear. Very good. Heavy book requiring additional postage overseas. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 256 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

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. / India / 14th. April 1888.' The printed text states that Caroline Constance Williams, aged 8 years, was the daughter of Band-Sergt. John Williams, who 'served 14 years, and 5 months, in India; the last year in Belorchistan, where through hardship under canvas, contracted the disease from which he died. He was in possession of the medal for long service and good conduct.' Details are give of four individuals by whom 'The case is strongly recommended'.

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 mount. Headed 'Private' and addressed to 'Dear Sir Richard'. His telegram of 16 May reached Roberts in Kashmir, and he 'at once communicated its contents to the Foreign Secretary, but with no result, as I was sorry to find when the Gazette with the Queen's Birthday Honors appeared'. He will however have 'another opportunity of bringing your son's name to the notice of government, for in Sir George White's report on giving up the Command in Burma, Captain Temple's good services are specially alluded to'. (See the Oxford DNB: 'The outbreak in 1885 of the Third Anglo-Burmese War brought Temple once more on active service, and led in 1887 to his being placed in charge of King Thibaw's capital on Thibaw's deposition.') Roberts will be pleased to 'endorse the General's favorable opinion'.

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 aid of [same?] Chelsea Hospital. Under these circumstances, I am sure you will excuse me.'.

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 Thames, at least I thought you told me so when last I met you both walking in Regent Street - some 10 years ago'. After a brief comment on Tierney's ill health, he recalls how 'He, Alfred Torrens, and I sat next to each other at Mills School. Torrens died a few weeks ago, and now I am the only one left.' He ends by sending his and his wife's condolences, and in a postscript signed 'R' asks to be informed 'should you come to London'. In his 1914 biography, Walter Jerrold writes that between 1842 and 1845 Roberts was 'pupil of a Mr. Mills at Hampton'.

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: Strategy. Campaigns in Britain. Genre: Text. 3 Kg.

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 cloth (some mild discolouration spots to cloth, extremities slightly frayed, 1 hinge partly cracked, marginal waterstaining to most portrait plates). Roberts had a distinguished military career in India: he joined the Bengal Artillery in 1851, served in the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58, won the Victoria Cross in 1858, became quartermaster-general of the army in India, 1875, commanded the Punjab frontier force, 1878, was created major-general and awarded the K.C.B. for his victory over the Afghans at Peiwar Kotal, 1878, defeated the Afghans at Charasia and occupied Kabul, 1879, conducted the celebrated march from Kabul to Kandahar which resulted in the pacification of Afghanistan, 1880, became commander-in-chief of the Madras army, 1880, and finally, commander-in-chief in India, 1885-93.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Vernon Pearce (illustrator). 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 institutional sources published 1905.Prize competition insert at rear of the work, dated 1906.With six illustrated monochrome plates, including frontispiece, by British artist Vernon Pearce.This collection of short stories was aimed at young boys, and included brief autobiographical tales of heroic deeds from esteemed authors and celebrities. This copy contains writings by popular Victorian author Sir H. Rider Haggard, former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and celebrated British soldier Earl Roberts.A thoroughly entertaining and enlivening collection of short autobiographical works that give an insight into the lives and minds of some of the most renowned literary and political figures in British history. Edited by the prolific Victorian author, editor, anthologist, journalist and composer Alfred H. Miles.Part of The Fifty-Two Library series. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth boards, with gilt details. Externally, very smart. Light shelf wear to boards extremities. Minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Several small areas of damp staining, but cloth remains bright. Toning to spine and extremities due to handling. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Ca. 48 x 114 mm. 1 page. With cabinet photograph (102 x 147 mm) mounted on cardboard (108 x 166 mm). Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company.

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 horizontal letter fold and mild signs of age wear - in fine condition. "Dear Madam, Please accept my best thanks for your letter of the 7th instant, and for so kindly sending me the Xmas number of `Home Chat`. I am very pleased to think that you found my `Fourty-one Years in India` sufficiently interesting to prompt you to write such a pretty little story founded / on my reference to the fair haired drummer boy of the 93rd Highlanders. Highlanders. Believe me yours very truly - Roberts" * `Home Chat` was a popular women's magazine published from 1895 to 1959. It appears that the recipient of the letter had written a story based on Roberts' experiences for the Christmas issue.** `Forty-One Years in India` is the famous autobiography of Lord Roberts, published in January 1897. The book was a huge success and went through dozens of printings in its first year alone. In Victorian literature and military history, the image of the brave drummer boy is a widespread symbol of patriotism and childlike innocence in war. The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Regiment was a famous Scottish infantry unit, particularly known for the Thin Red Line at the Battle of Balaklava.

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 after the meeting in a different hand. "Roberts was perhaps the ablest field commander since Wellington - quick to grasp a situation, bold and decisive in his solutions, and calm and confident in the face of difficulties" (ODNB). His memoir was a best-seller, going through eight editions or impressions within a month of publication. Ladendorf 364; Riddick 401; Taylor 669. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 31 plates (2 folding), 10 maps and plans (6 folding), vignettes in text. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover blocked in blind, top edge gilt. Cloth marked, spine sunned, tip worn, map with stub tear: very good.

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 and mottled; the frame is a little rubbed and scuffed; the photograph is in fine condition. Field-Marshal Lord Roberts has signed the bottom margin of the mount in pencil ('Roberts, F.M.' ). 'Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 - 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904' (Wikipedia). In the decade prior to the outbreak of the First world War Lord Roberts had been a prominent advocate for compulsory military service in the United Kingdom, serving as president and spokesman of the National Service League from 1905. He would not live to see the introduction of compulsory military service in 1916. At the age of 82 he died of pneumonia after visiting Indian troops at St Omer on the Western Front, in his capacity as Colonel-in-Chief of Overseas and Indian Forces.

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 was Major William Price Drury (1861-1949), a Royal Marine officer and the author of novels and plays with a naval theme. Prior to the First World War, Drury toured the country lecturing in support of Roberts's view that Britain was unprepared for war. The field marshal's letter, dated 1 May 1914, states that he is "delighted to possess the complete of your books. As a slight return for your gift I am sending you a copy of my 'Forty-One Years in India.'" A later pre-printed note, completed by Roberts by hand, thanks Drury for birthday wishes. In a final typed letter signed, dated 5 March 1915, Edwina Roberts thanks the Drurys for their congratulations on the birth of her son. The letter, and the facing envelope, are on mourning paper - Roberts had died on 14 November 1914. "Roberts was perhaps the ablest field commander since Wellington - quick to grasp a situation, bold and decisive in his solutions, and calm and confident in the face of difficulties" (ODNB). His memoir was a best-seller, going through eight editions or impressions within a month of publication. Ladendorf 364; Riddick 401; Taylor 669. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 31 plates (2 folding), 10 maps and plans (6 folding), vignettes in text. Original red bead-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover blocked in blind, top edge gilt. A few pencil annotations. Spine and head of boards sunned, light foxing internally, couple of stub tears: very good.

Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. 8° mit geprägter Adresse am Kopf) mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert London, United Service Club, Pall Mall S.W., 21.IV.1890 8vo, to Mr. Oates, declining an invitation because he has to travel to Dublin.