willcocks sir james (10 Ergebnisse)

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1st edition. 8vo. xiv + [342pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustratons. Occasional light foxing. Rubbed original gilt lettered red cloth, spine faded, remains of label to upper board, lower board marked by damp. US$22.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Heavy spotting to front pages. With 22 illustrations. Ex library. No dust jacket. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

1st Ed. xvi + 440pp. Port. frontis., numerous ills., 6 maps including 5 folding. From the Library of Professor Malcolm Yapp, some light browning, original gilt lettered green cloth with green device to upper board, spine sl rubbed wih sm. nick to head of spine and upper joint, minor wear. Willcocks entered the army in 1878, served in the Afghan War, the Sudan, Burma, and on the Indian Frontier, and became commandant of the West African Frontier Force in 1898. For his exploits in leading the expedition to the relief of Kumasi, he was knighted, and in 1914 he was chosen to command the Indian Corps on the Western Front, 1914-15. Governor of Bermuda, 1917-22, he was made a General in 1915. US$37.

1st edition. 8vo. xvi + 440pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece, b/w. illustrations, 6 maps, including 5 folding. Some occasional foxing. Ownership inkstamp to front pastedown. Rubbed and frayed original gilt lettered green cloth with gilt device to upper board, upper board dampstained. T.e.g. US$45.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. 1st Edition 1904. Important account of colonial campaigns and experiences. 440pp., numerous ills.,(all present) maps, index.Green cloth binding, may have been non standard, also two blemishes to front cover and chips to spine, bookplate to Queen Victoria Rifles Officer. Overall good condition, realistically priced. Above average weight.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition without jacket on red cloth faded spine cover rubbed at top and bottom with twenty-two illustrations will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated collection of memoirs by General Sir James Willcocks. The memoirs of General Sir James Willcocks of the British Army concerning his experiences as a soldier and his time in India, the Sudan, the expeditions to the North-West frontier, Nigeria, and Ashanti, and concluding with chapters on France and Bermuda. A chapter is dedicated to the high command he held during the First World War.The first edition of 1925. Collated, complete with seventeen full page plates, including the frontispiece.From the library of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Courtney Brocklehurst. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with minor sunning to the spine and boards. With Henry Brocklehurst's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Collated, complete with seventeen full page plates, including the frontispiece. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 440 pages (complete). Willcocks exemplified the Victorian officer class. This memoir records his soldiering before his posting to the South African War, the Great War and his eventual time as Governor of Bermuda. He saw much action and was amply decorated. This copy has been given a new leather spine by a previous owner (this is neat and clubbable). The boards are much worn all about. They are scuffed and marked. Within, the contents are most agreeable - especially given the book's age. The pages are tight, clean, clear, thick, healthy and hale. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First and limited edition, number 102 of 150 copies signed on behalf of the publishers. This edition printed on large, thick paper contains eight photogravure portraits of Indian officers who served during the conflict and one of Willcocks. These are not present in the trade edition. "Willcocks reached the zenith of his career when, in 1914, he was ordered to France in command of the Indian army corps. Everything pointed to his ultimate appointment as commander-in-chief in India. But it did not happen. Although Willcocks was awarded the GCMG in 1915, friction developed between him and Sir Douglas Haig, formerly junior to him, who had been promoted general in November 1914 and became commander of the newly formed First Army at the beginning of 1915" (ODNB). The Indian Expeditionary Force under Willcocks faced particular difficulties on the Western Front, exacerbated by a lack of familiarity with the weaponry, limited artillery, language barriers, and lack of preparation for the climate. Morale was low and many soldiers fled the battles, leading to a poor reputation for Indians in the war overall. Willcocks wrote this volume to provide a counter-perspective: "So erroneous are many of the opinions and so ill-natured have been some of the criticisms of the part taken by the Indian Corps in Flanders, that it has been impracticable to avoid writing strongly when I considered it necessary, and hence I have not hesitated to do so" (p. xix). Trade edition mentioned in Perkins, p. 374. Quarto. Photogravure portrait frontispiece and 8 plates, all with tissue guards, 4 folding maps, folding facsimile, maps in text. Original red cloth over bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board gilt-stamped with central design and single fillet, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Binding sunned and slightly marked, spine ends a little bumped, endpapers foxed, plates bright: a very good copy.