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Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, UK, 1924
- Softcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: All Lost Books, Wollaston, Vereinigtes KönigreichAll Lost Books
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EUR 144,94
EUR 23,69 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
Card Boards. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. Lob (Blacker) was a British military officer, aviator and explorer, the book is a fictionalised account of, then, current events and focus primarily on military operations and travel across Persia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Sinkiang. It heavily reflects the context of the Fi…rst World War and subsequent interwar campaigns and in particular the newly created Soviet Union. Baker notes in the preface 'that nearly all stories are true or based on actual episodes. Includes a map as an endpaper and two further b/w photographs. x, 308pp. Original card wraps, this is an advance printing in card, produced prior to the better known blue cloth hard boards issued as the 'First Edition'. General shelf-wear to wraps. Title and author hand-written to spine. Sunning to and alongside the spine. Text-block remains tight, though it is bulging with use and age. Pages are in good condition, if a little toned with occasional foxing. Page edges have dust staining.
Verlag: William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1924
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustralienArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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EUR 157,23
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Hard Cover. Zustand: VG-. No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo. original blue cloth gilt (rubbed & bumped, ex-Victorian Railways Institute Library with RSMs & bookplate, some spotting & marking, faint number to spine; lacks dustwrapper); pp. x (last blank), 308 (last colophon), with 2 illustrations & endpaper map. A good copy of an un…common work. The Imperial War Museum identifies the author as L.V. Stewart Blacker, who was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1907, serving on the Western Front in WWI, as well as Afghanistan, Russia, Persia and Turkistan.
Verlag: William Blackwood,, 1924
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
- Signiert
Anbieter: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, Vereinigtes KönigreichIsland Books
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EUR 169,10
EUR 27,21 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
8vo., First Edition, with 2 plates and front endpaper map, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, backstrip dulled, top moderately dust-soiled, a bright, crisp copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE A…ND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE ON TITLE.
