Scene von oconnor scott (12 Ergebnisse)

PAP. 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.

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

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

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

Red hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and edgeworn. Bookplate and ownership stamps to prelims. Browning within. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xiii, 424pp + ads.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Original cloth slightly faded at spine, slight spotting to endpapers, otherwise very good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spine slightly faded and worn. Interleaved copy, apparently the author's own, with a pencilled note on the front free endpaper (quotation from "An Italian officer apropos of the British troops in Italy") and pencilled corrections on pp.[xi], 110, 112, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 137 and 211; loosely inserted a printed sheet of press opinions - "An incomparable description of our many theatres of War. Rich with colour and understanding and full of real sympathy with the men of all the Allied Armies who are fighting our battles" (Army and Navy Gazette); "This book, packed from end to end with good writing, belongs to the standard literature of the War" (British Weekly); "An exceptional book of character and atmosphere. Matters are viewed from a standpoint that is essentially that of the best minds. People will turn back to it many years hence to discover the spirit of the great times in which we are now living" (The Daily Graphic) . . . Born in India, in Amritsar, Vincent Clarence Scott O'Connor (1869-1945) exchanged a career in the Indian Civil Service for travel writing, after the success of his book The Silken East: a record of life and travel in Burma (1904). He settled in England just before the war and The Scene of War offers journalistic snapshots of the (mostly) European theatre. "And here we are at the headquarters of General Haig, commander of the greatest army the British race has ever put into the field. You might expect a stir and movement in this neighbourhood . . . There is nothing of the kind. The Chateau in which the General is lodged is half a farmhouse; its most notable feature a vast semicircle of granaries and haylofts and stables for cattle and horses. A single sentry stands at the gates . . .". …