Brigadier Smyth (65 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First U.S. Edition. 191 pps. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ b/w portraits & maps (listed). Black cloth bds. Interior leaves are clean and tight. An assessment of the Great War and the experiences of British military leadership on all levels. The author reviews the major campaigns of the conflict. Includes bibliography & index. A clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 196 pages. Illustrated. (SL#200).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: good-. First. 8vo. Small mark to front board. Wear to extremities. Some underlining. Dw has wear and tears to extremities. Tear to rear joint and across to front joint. Mark to covers. Book.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition, no dust jacket. Sight discolouration in places to covers. Name in front. Well kept for age.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 240pp, illustrations. British Sports: Past & Present Series. DW is price clipped, with some edge wear & a short split. Blue cloth is slightly marked. Internally, an owner's inscription, else unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Corner unclipped, some wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges a little creased and worn, corners and top and bottom of spine a little chipped and worn, some light wear to covers and spine, corners a little bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing.…

(Subject: World War II - General) A contemporary look at the lessons of WWII, and the author's thoughts on the future. (Published: 1945) (Publisher: Hutchinson) (Pagination: 93pp.) (Condition: red cloth, gilt titles, war-time paper) UL-XXXXXX.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Blue Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. First Edition. Signed By a Previous Owner.FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE!POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Black & White & Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small octavo. B&W illustrations, maps, map endpapers, bibliography, index. Condition: DJ price-clipped; slight wear; else VG/VG. 223 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Paperback. The Victoria Cross. 1856-1964. Couple of slight creases to cover. Jack Cornwell, Bill Speakman, Guy Gibson.these are names which will be forever remembered in the annals of war as recipients of the highest award for valour. There are many more holders of the V.C., not so well known, but no less brave, who have risked their lives in the name of their country. In this shorter version of his standard history of the Victoria Cross, Sir John Smyth omits the statistical information but records all V.C.s awarded from the Crimean War to the present day; he also paints a graphic picture of many of the circumstances under which the award has been gained. Illustrated. 221 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, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

hardcover. Condition: fine. first edition. In-8 relié, 239 pages. Figures hors texte.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book neat and clean and firmly bound, with just a few marks and some darkening and spotting to page edges. It has an ink gift inscription to FFEP. Neat DJ has been clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good ++. 1st Edition. 240 pages including index.B&W plates. Pictorial dustjacket with a picture of late Vicotiran ladies playing tennis and a greyhound in the foreground being stroked by onlooker. Moderate foxing to the dustjacket and light/moderate wear to spine-ends and edges, NOT price-clipped. Clean blue hardback binding has light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Light foxing to top page edges and moderate browning of page-edges o/w pages clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. With 9 pages of half-tone illustrations and 7 maps . No dj, shelf wear and marking on cloth, light wear at extremities, some white marks on corner of front board, name and date top of ffep, foxing on sides, large creases on bottom corners of last four leaves, otherwise good. 600 grams.…

Condition: Very Good. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo . Good clean copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo . Good clean copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. British Sports past and present. A series dedicated by permission to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-Library Copy in black cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Boards have rubbed along lower edges. Brown paper cover attached to boards with sticky tape under D/J. Outer jacket lightly chipped around edges. Usual library stamps. Clean text and b/w plates. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Corner bump & abraison, else Good, unmarked HB; no DJ. Illius., maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. First Edition. 170 pages, old name on front endpaper, dust wrapper is slightly soiled.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xx, 208pp. Frontispiece, plates. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. There is a light mark to the front endpapers, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (edges lightly chipped, price-clipped). The dustwrapper has been covered in adhesive laminate to protect it. ISBN 0213763079.…

(British Sports - Past & Present). Mit vielen Abbildungen auf Tafeln. 240 S. Geschichte des Tennissports u. v.a. von Wimbledon. Gut illustriert Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 540 Ln+SchU. Schnitt min. fleckig, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 248pp/illus. By examining the immensely varied leaders of World War Two and with the knowledge and friendship of most of them, Sir John Smyth has achieved a remarably dispassionate re-assessment of their achievements which illuminates, from a new perspective, the history of war. Sir John writes with the experience of a distinguished professional soldier. Clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust wrapper with lightly sunned spine, tears and some edge & corner wear. Internally Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding. Unclipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 566g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. AANBE20334.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in removable protective clear sleeve. 191pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, name/date in ink to top corner of ffep. (45/6). …

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.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Written by a decorated veteran and Victoria Cross recipient, The Only Enemy examines the concept of war's inexorable adversary "the only enemy" and explores the internal and external battles faced by soldiers. Awarded the VC at twenty-one, Brigadier Sir John Smyth has since followed on the flood tide of England's history for close on half a century, and he here recounts his life with no hint of vainglory in the direct simplicity of the telling. Whether he writes of that first fine exploit in France in 1915, at the head of his small band of great-hearted Sikhs, or of Dunkirk, where he was the only Indian Army officer to command a fighting formation, or of the disastrous battle of the River Sittang in the tragic Burma campaign, his steadfast courage burns through the words of the narrative. In victory and in defeat, in his premature retirement from the Service after his advice was ignored and the Burmese defeat made inevitable for himself and his men, he remains unchangingly loyal, only the cold lucidity of his analysis of the situation in military terms revealing with steely logic where blame should be apportioned. In later years he has made a name for himself as a journalist and Member of Parliament. With first-hand reflections on campaign service, leadership, strategy and the enduring face of conflict, Smyth's memoir invites both historian and collector into the mind of a warrior whose era bridged imperial and modern warfare. No writing or marks on the cover or in the text, nice tight copy with some shelf wear, bumps, etc. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 239 p. : illus. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Tennis History; History. 1 Kg.