Language: English
Published by Bodley Head, England, 1982
ISBN 10: 0370302249 ISBN 13: 9780370302249
Seller: Caerwen Books, Forrestfield, WA, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jacket is not price clipped.
Seller: Philip Hopper, Maldon, ESSEX, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp216, illus.
Language: English
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0370302249 ISBN 13: 9780370302249
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 216pp, bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Some light foxing to endpaper and jacket flaps, spine slightly sunned. Reminiscences originally written from 1881. Bodell enlisted in the army at 16, going first to Ireland then to Hong Kong where most of his regiment died of malaria or other tropical diseases. He bought himself out of the army and went to Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) and later to Victoria where the gold rush had begun. He volunteered to serve in New Zealand in the Maori Wars and became a pioneer at Tauranga. The edited reminiscences provide a unique picture of how the British Empire was colonised and what life was like in the British army in the ranks. Size: 8vo.
Language: English
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0370302249 ISBN 13: 9780370302249
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very good reading copy only.Ex Library.
Language: English
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0370302249 ISBN 13: 9780370302249
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A nice clean book with only a tiny hint of foxing and some tape stains to the ep's.
Seller: Paul Meekins Military & History Books, Stratford upon Avon, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardback; light foxing to edge of pages, otherwise good in foxed and lightly faded dustjacket. ; Bodell served in Ireland, China, Hong Kong and Australia, and fought in the New Zealand Waikato Campaign. Illustrated. ; 216 pages.
Seller: solisjbooks, Port Kembla, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.
Hardcover. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. First Edition. 216pp. Plates. Ink greetings inscrip. on fr.fly Size: 8vo.
Language: English
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0370302249 ISBN 13: 9780370302249
Seller: Global Village Books, Bundall, QLD, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 216pp. China, Tasmania, New Zealand. Soldier, miner, settler. Size: 8vo.
Published by The Bodley Head 1982, 1982
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
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Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Language: English
Published by Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0370302249 ISBN 13: 9780370302249
Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Soldier's View of Empire: The Reminiscences of James Bodell, 1831-92 By James Bodell and Keith Sinclair (Volume editor). Hardcover, fine condition, no inscriptions, minor marks, dust jacket, very good condition, price clipped, slight fading to spine, minor shelf/edge wear. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1982. ISBN 9780370302249. "James Bodell was born in 1831 near Nottingham, the son of poor parents. At sixteen he enlisted in the army and was sent first to Ireland, then slowly recovering from the potato famine, and then to Hong Kong, where most of the regiment died of malaria or other tropical diseases.
Published by Published by The Bodley Head Ltd., 9 Bow Street, London First Edition . 1982., 1982
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 215 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0370302249 BRITISH IMPERIAL EMPIRE.