Bostock Henry P (12 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. F-. First Edition. F-/F-. 8vo. original red boards gilt (top edge a trifle speckled) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed); pp. 232, [4 (pubs. list)], with illustrations + maps. A near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. From the back cover: " No unit of the Australian Army in World War I achieved such an aura of glamour and gallantry as the Light Horse. From Gallipoli to Gaza; from Sinai to Syria, they rode and roistered and fought like demons.The pick of the Light Horse was the Light Horse Brigade Scout Unit. This is their story, recreated vivivdly in word and pictures by H.P. Bostock, who carried his faithful Vest Pocket Kodak camera and his diary in his saddle wallet.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, 232pp plus adverts b&w photos. light wear on dw/board edges;a very good copy. The author was with the 3rd Light Horse Brigade Scout Troop from 1916-1919. He kept a diary of his experiences and here he tells of scouting at the battles of Magdhaba, Rafa and Gaza; of the rest camps; holding the line in Philistia; Beersheba and Jerusalem; The Auja Ford Crossing, the Egyptian Rising, and much more. Well illustrated with photos taken by the author.…

HARDCOVER. 1982. First edition. A very good copy with some light rubbing to the spine ends and light spotting on the top edge. The d/w is near fine with only light edge rubbing. Scans available if required.

8vo; pp. 236; 2 full-page colour plates, 51 pages of plates (29 full-page plates, 75 illust. in all), 2 maps, 3 pages of book advertisements; dustjacket, a fine copy. First edition.

Artlook Books Perth 1982. First edition. Red cloth, plates, appendices, 232pp. A good copy in like jacket.

Boards. 1st edition. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, colour frontis, colour plate, maps, pp 232. Previous owner's bookplate front endpaper. Fine condition in very slightly edgeworn d.j. West Australian author's account from his diary and a Kodak pocket camera of his adventures from 1915 to 1919 as a scout with the 10th and the 3rd Light Horse Brigades through the Desert Campaigns of WWI in Jordan and Palestine.…

Boards. 1st edition. 8vo, cloth boards, dustwrapper, colour and b&w plates, maps, pp. 232 plus publisher's ads. Small bookshop label ffep, no other marks, near-fine condn.

Boards. 1st edition. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, colour frontis, colour plate, maps, pp 232. Previous owner's bookplate front endpaper. A pencilled inscription shows that it was presented to the owner by Rosemary Foulkes-Taylor, and makes reference to the photograph in the book of Lieutenant Charles Foulkes-Taylor (preseumed to be a relative), who led the scout troop on the "Great Ride". Near-fine condition in like d.j. West Australian author's account from his diary and a Kodak pocket camera of his adventures from 1915 to 1919 as a scout with the 10th and the 3rd Light Horse Brigades through the Desert Campaigns of WWI in Jordan and Palestine.…

1st edition dust jacket Very Good 8vo. 232pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, Author fought with the 10th Light-Horse in Egypt, North Africa, Sinai, Palestine, Lebanon & the Egyptian Rising in 1919. Author's account from his diary and a Kodak pocket camera of his adventures. Neat ownership stamp o/w a nice copy. …

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy 8vo. 232pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, Author fought with the 10th Light-Horse in Egypt, North Africa, Sinai, Palestine, Lebanon & the Egyptian Rising in 1919. Author's account from his diary and a Kodak pocket camera of his adventures. Neat ownership signature o/w a nice copy. …

1st edition dust jacket As New 8vo. 232pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, Author fought with the 10th Light-Horse in Egypt, North Africa, Sinai, Palestine, Lebanon & the Egyptian Rising in 1919. Author's account from his diary and a Kodak pocket camera of his adventures.