Bridges Sir Tom (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. A fair hardcover copy without a dustcover. Some spotting to the covers and page ends along with two inscriptions from a previous owner. The spine is straight and the binding is good. Please see photos.

Condition: Very Good. Cover boards are very slightly darkened in areas, notably down spine, small indent/bump at front bottom edge (see image). Overall a very satisfactory copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Stamp mark of the previous owner on the dedication page. With a foreword by Winston S. Churchill. Unusual in a jacket. Publication of 361 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is worn. The boards are in good condition. There is light foxing on the first and last few blank pages. Internally the remaining pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Foreword by Winston Churchill. First Edition. 8vo. pp.xi + 361 frontispiece. index. The foredges are marked Original maroon cloth in a chipped nicked price clipped dust wrapper.The dust wrapper is scarce. "Lieutenant General Sir George Tom Molesworth Bridges KCB KCMG DSO , was a British Army officer and the 19th Governor of South Australia. Bridges had a distinguished military career, seeing service in Africa, India, South Africa, and most notably Europe during the First World War, where he was involved in the first British battle of the war at Mons, and later commanded the 19th (Western) Division during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and then in the Battle of Passchendaele the following year. After the war, he served in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, and Asia Minor before becoming Governor of South Australia from 1922 to 1927. ".…