Bruce Brigadier (24 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. NO JACKET. Hardback. Undated: circa 1937. All the plates & the map are present. Front end paper is stuck neatly onto the front paste-down. SOME FOXING. Clean & tight. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref H208. The Land of the Gurkhas or the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal by Major W. Brook Northey; With a Chapter by Brigadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce, C.B., M.V.O, late 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles and 6th Gurkha Rifles.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. Useful reference primarily WWI of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. 1st Edition 1926. 263pp., all illustrations and maps as called for, Roll of honour, index. Spine worn and corners rubbed, blemishes to cover, lacks endpaper, some foxing and hint of staining to a few blank top margins. Signature of Captain F.H.Hill M.C. Overall a working copy with all illustrations and maps. Priced accordingly and UK post recommended. Signed by Veterans.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo in gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. B&W gravure plates and 3 maps. Condition: mild wear to binding; bookplate inside front cover; embossed ex-libris on first free endpaper; small amount of light, scattered foxing; else very good. Pages: xv, 203.…

Condition: Good. First Edition, first impression. No dust jacket, Cream coloured cloth spine and red cover with gold regimental crest. 263 pp including index. Rough cut pages. Illustrated with fold-out map and blak-and-white photographs. in very good condition. spine sound, no inscriptions, ex libris sticker. Water stain on cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inscribed, "To Bill my very dear friend and also Cora" and signed by B/G Bruce Johnson. Presumed first edition. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. A clean, sound copy, with a couple of freckles on front endpages. Unmarked but for author's inscription/signature. Jacket with chipping and short tears along edges. Some tears tape-repaired on reverse side of DJ. 186 pages. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Proof copy. Photographic portrait of the author, plus 6 maps and memories by his daughter. Tall 8vo. Fine navy cloth, gilt lettered, clean and tidy throughout, dust wrapper in a protective plastic sleeve, this copy being described as a 'proof' owing to the fact that it lacks the 18 photographic illustrations called for, otherwise fine; Brig. Ian Bruce, DSO MBE, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders & 1st Battalion Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force. This being a rare account of the 1940-41 campaign against the Italians between West and East Africa. Edited by Keith Steward, General Secretary RWAFF. [xxiv], 225pp. [appendix]. …

1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [xvi] + 263pp. + [i]. Port. frontis., 32 b/w. plates from photos., 18 maps including a couple folding. E.ps. and frontis lightly spotted, p.114-115 118-119 122-123 and 126-127 misprinted and supplied in sl. crude tipped in photocopy, original black lettered red cloth with black armorial device to upper board, cloth soiled and sl. rubbed, corners and joints rubbed, spine faded rubbed and sl. stained with crude repair at head, with handmade red paper d/w. Mostly concerned with the Regiment's services in the Great War. Additional postage may be necessary US$37.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 23x15.5cm. First edition. No date (1937). ppX,248,(2) with tissue-guarded & -titled photogravure frontispiece portrait, numerous monochrome photo illustrations, folding map, bibliography, and index. Original green cloth gilt; lower extremities a little faded, lower outer corner of rear cover lightly bumped. Two owner signatures on front pastedown, one dated Aug 1946. Map with single minor misfold. Top edge of text-block lightly toned, a little dust-marked, and lightly & sparsely spotted; fore-edge faintly toned, and with tan streak of length 2cm and width up to 0.3cm. Generally clean and tight. VERY GOOD copy in FAIR unclipped dust jacket toned at backstrip panel and lightly so over front and rear panels, rubbed & holed at backstrip panel, lightly rubbed over rear panel and slightly so over front panel, and nicked at head & tail of backstrip panel and at tops & bottoms of folds. …

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. First Swiss. Large 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (spine slightly sunned, minor rubbing & fraying, upper hinge starting, tiny perforation between p.III & IV, light creasing to boards); pp. x, 198, with 34 plates (frontispiece spotted) + 2 folding maps. A very good copy. [German Language version of Neate B196].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A straightforward secondhand copy. Spine somewhat faded. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 78843.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 263pp, illus, maps, roll of honour, original red and buff cloth with gilt badge and titles, nice example of the first edition, just a little sunning to the front board otherwise all in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second Impression. xi, 339p, ills, 2 folding maps. Couple of small minor discolorations along top of spine, and two minor markings on edge of rear cover, but book in excellent condition. Has book plate with signature of Julian W. Feiss, a mining engineer and a graduate of Princeton and the Arizona School of Mines. After graduation he worked as a practical miner in Idaho. From 1929 to 1931 he was a field geologist in southern Africa. He then joined the consulting firm of Crowell & Murray and worked in Ontario, South Dakota, and Chile, among other places. In 1937 he went to work at the Climax Molybdenum Mine in Colorado. During World War II, he returned to Africa with the military intelligence services.…

Condition: Fine. 1922. Fine.

Broché. Condition: Bon. Librairie Dardel, Chambéry 1923. Fort volume 302 pages grand in-8°, photos hors-texte en noir, 2 cartes dépliantes. sans jaquette, petites rousseurs.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. 255x180, 302 pages + 2 cartes dépliantes + table.

Cloth. Condition: Poor. No Dust Jacket. Ex-Library. Library stamps and markings. Binding repaired poorly. Large tears to one of the maps.; Xi, (1) , 339 pages + frontispiece + 33 of 35 plates + 2 folding maps + (1) page advertisements. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering. Second printing. Tissue guard to frontis present. Page dimensions: 250mm x 162mm. Contents: INTRODUCTION by Sir Francis Younghusband, K. C. S. I. , K. C. I. E. - THE NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION by Brigadier-General Hon. C. G. Bruce, C. B. , M. V. O. - To the Base Camp; The Assault on the Mountain; The Return by Kharta - THE FIRT ATTEMPT by George H. Leigh-Mallory - The Problem; The Highest Camp; The Highest Point - THE ATTEMPT WITH OXYGEN by Captain George Finch - The Second Attempt; Conclusions; Notes on Equipment - THE THIRD ATTEMPT by George H. Leigh-Mallory - The Third Attempt; Conclusions - NOTES by T. Howard Somervell - Acclimatisation at High Altitudes; Colour in Tibet; Tibetan Culture - NATURAL HISTORY by Dr. T. G. Longstaff, M. D. - Natural History - INDEX. [References: Marshall 2623.]; 4to.…

Hardback. No Dustjacket. Fair. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Boards rubbed to edges and spine. Some internal cracking, re-enforced with tape. Still holding. Ex schol library copy 'Mill Hill School' Scattered light foxing throughout. Not inscribed. 339 Pages. There are thirty five (35) photographs and a frontispiece showing the Second Climbing Party descending from their Record Climb. All photographs in Good condition, some rubbed to page edges but not affecting the print. There are two folding Maps to the end, both in Very Good condition. 1) Sketch Map of Mount Everest and the Rongbuk Glaciers. and 2) The Route of the Mount Everest Expedition 1922.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Second impression. Text by Brigadier-General Hon. C.G. Bruce, George H. Leigh-Mallory, Captain George Finch, T. Howard Somervell, and Dr. T.G. Longstaff. Introduction by Sir Francis Younghusband. Small quarto. 339pp. Profusely illustrated with 35 black-and-white plates. Blue cloth titled in gilt. Contemporary owner's name on front fly, a fine copy. …

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original red cloth gilt, uncut (attractive bookplate to FFE (William J. Hentschel), spine & top edge dust affected, extremities a little worn, a few spots, endpapers a little offset, else clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii (last blank), 340 (last pubs. advt.), with 36 plates + 2 folding maps. Heavy item (1.65 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate B196].…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, COMPLETE COPY WITH FRONTIS + NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS & TWO FOLDING MAPS TO REAR. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES WITH 11 + 339 PAGES. SPINE EVENLY FADED WITH MINOR RUBBING TO COVER EDGES, FEW LIGHT MARKS TO CLOTH BOARDS WITH A COUPLE OF SCRATCHES TO CLOTH ON REAR BOARD, CORNERS BUMPED, ENDPAPERS BROWNED WITH PENCIL NAMES, THE USUAL FOXING TO PAGES WHICH IS MOSTLY TO FIRST & LAST COUPLE OF PAGES, ONE ILLUSTRATION WITH SOME CHIPS & TEARS TO MARGINS, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR SEPARATION AT INNER MARGINS BUT WITH ALL PAGES ATTACHED. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First. The Second British Expedition to Everest! 1923 Edward Arnold, London, 1st, royal 8vo, pp.xi, 339, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 35 bw photos, 2 fldg maps back (1 color), uncut, red cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed top spine, nice corners, inscription dated 1923, some foxing to prelim/end pages, maps w/ orig folds & no tears, tight, near fine. The second British expedition, from the north, building upon the reconnaissance of the previous year. Even then the use of oxygen was debated so attempts were made with and without, both going over 8000 meters. An important work in early Everest history. Anyone with a true interest in Everest should read the early books to understand what it took to first explore and come to grips with this mountain. This is a very nice looking copy. Neate B196, Salkeld/Boyle B44, Yakushi B279. …

Condition: Very Good. All books outside UK sent airmail. PayPal accepted. Slight spotting to end papers and one marginal nick not affecting text. Original red cloth faded slightly at spine with a small nick at head and marked on covers but overall very acceptable of a very scarce book. Illustrated with 32 Plates, One Folding and 18 Maps, Two Folding All are Present as Listed. (illustrator).…

grand in-8, broché, 304p, nbses photos, nbses cartes, bon étatTraduction française par A de Gruchy et le Commandant E Gaillard MC.

grand in-8, broché, jaquette illustrée (scotché sur dos), 304p, nbses photos, nbses cartes, bon étatTraduction française par A de Gruchy et le Commandant E Gaillard MC.