Allingham Henry with Goodwin Dennis (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

1st. Ed. 8vo. 240pp. Cold. and b/w ills. and maps. Original boards with d/w, pale grey spine with small pic and blue and black text. ISBN 9781845964160 US$10.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Kitchener's Last Volunteer. The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War. Introduction by HRH Prince Charles. Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War and is one of very few people who can directly call the horror of that conflict. In this book, he vividly recaptures how life was lived in the Edwardian era and how it was altered irrevocably by the slaughter of millions of young men in the Great War and by the subsequent arrival of the modern age. This book is the touching story of an ordinary man's extraordinary life - one who has outlived six monarch and twenty-one prime Ministers, and who represents a last link to a vital point in our nation's history. Illustrated. 240 pp.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Kitchener's Last Volunteer. Introdcution by HRH Prince Charles. Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War and is one of the very few people who can directly recall the horror of that confilict. In this book, he vividly recaptures how life was lived in the Edwardian era and how it was altered irrevocably by the slaughter of millions of young men in the Great War and by the subsequent arrival of the modern age. Henry is unique in that he saw action on land, sea and in the air with the Royal Naval Air Service - which would later be amalgamated into what we know today as the RAF. He was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 with the British Grand Fleet and went on to serve on the Western Front, where he encountered the many horrors of air warfare. He befriended several of the young pilots who would lose their lives, and he himself suffered the privations of the front line under fire. Widowed and living alone, in the twenty-first century Henry was befriend by Dennis Goodwin, who enabled him to tell his remarkable story to a wider audience through a BBC documentary. Driven to teach today's generation about the tratgedy of war, in recent years, Henry has become a hero to many, meeting royalty and receiving numerous honours such as the Legion d'honneur - France's highest military accolade. This book is the touching story of an ordinary man's extraordinary life - one who outlived six monarchs and twenty-one prime minister, and who represents a last link to a vital point in our nation's history. Illustrated. 240 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Kitchener's Last Volunteer. Introdcution by HRH Prince Charles. Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War and is one of the very few people who can directly recall the horror of that confilict. In this book, he vividly recaptures how life was lived in the Edwardian era and how it was altered irrevocably by the slaughter of millions of young men in the Great War and by the subsequent arrival of the modern age. Henry is unique in that he saw action on land, sea and in the air with the Royal Naval Air Service - which would later be amalgamated into what we know today as the RAF. He was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 with the British Grand Fleet and went on to serve on the Western Front, where he encountered the many horrors of air warfare. He befriended several of the young pilots who would lose their lives, and he himself suffered the privations of the front line under fire. Widowed and living alone, in the twenty-first century Henry was befriend by Dennis Goodwin, who enabled him to tell his remarkable story to a wider audience through a BBC documentary. Driven to teach today's generation about the tratgedy of war, in recent years, Henry has become a hero to many, meeting royalty and receiving numerous honours such as the Legion d'honneur - France's highest military accolade. This book is the touching story of an ordinary man's extraordinary life - one who outlived six monarchs and twenty-one prime minister, and who represents a last link to a vital point in our nation's history. Illustrated. 240 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Kitchener's Last Volunteer. Introdcution by HRH Prince Charles. Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War and is one of the very few people who can directly recall the horror of that confilict. In this book, he vividly recaptures how life was lived in the Edwardian era and how it was altered irrevocably by the slaughter of millions of young men in the Great War and by the subsequent arrival of the modern age. Henry is unique in that he saw action on land, sea and in the air with the Royal Naval Air Service - which would later be amalgamated into what we know today as the RAF. He was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 with the British Grand Fleet and went on to serve on the Western Front, where he encountered the many horrors of air warfare. He befriended several of the young pilots who would lose their lives, and he himself suffered the privations of the front line under fire. Widowed and living alone, in the twenty-first century Henry was befriend by Dennis Goodwin, who enabled him to tell his remarkable story to a wider audience through a BBC documentary. Driven to teach today's generation about the tratgedy of war, in recent years, Henry has become a hero to many, meeting royalty and receiving numerous honours such as the Legion d'honneur - France's highest military accolade. This book is the touching story of an ordinary man's extraordinary life - one who outlived six monarchs and twenty-one prime minister, and who represents a last link to a vital point in our nation's history. Illustrated. 240 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 240 pages. 63 illustrations. 2 maps. Henry Allingham (1896-2009) was the last British serviceman alive in 2008 to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War and vividly recaptures his experiences. His story is unique in that he saw action on land, sea and in the air with the Royal Naval Air Service; he was present at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 with the British Grand Fleet and went on to serve on the Western Front. In his very long and extraordinary life he outlived 6 monarchs and 21 prime ministers. **** NOT EX LIB **** 15 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

1st edition. Brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, 240pp plus 24pp photographic plates. VG / VG.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light brown paper covered boards, black title and author lettering to the spine, blue end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 240 pp with monochrome and colour photographs throughout. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with issue plate neatly removed from the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £17.99. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781845964160 FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR.…

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light brown paper covered boards, black title and author lettering to the spine, blue end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 240 pp with monochrome and colour photographs throughout. Fine clean condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with light rubs and creases to the top edge, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781845964160 FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR.…