Capt Holland (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 88 pages. Illustrated. T M Haddow "Clyde Pilots" / J H Isherwood "Royal Holland Lloyd Liner "Frisia" of 1909" / John Leslie "Salving the "Wanganella" / Robert Simper "Square-Riggers and Sailing Barges" / John Young "Fast Japanese Cargo Liners" / T E Hughes "112 Years of the Donaldson Line (1)" / E W Argyle "Portuguese Naval Vessels" / John Mannering "Loss Of The "Kent" / Capt. N A Holmberg "Last Voyage of the "Favell" (1)" (SL#49).…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original photographic portrait of a Rugbeian who died during the Great War. Mounted and ready to frame. Decorative and attractive. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. 7TH QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Five Books. Normandy & Brittany; Paris; Chateaux Country; Provence; & The Riviera. Mixed dates, 1920's/30's. Illustrated. Each in the publisher's blue cloth, gilt. Minor rubbing and soiling. Spotting to text-blocks. Overall a 'Very Good' group.

Hb in orig maroon cloth 169pp plates plans maps This is actually 2 books in 1 The 1st part covers The Regiment up to the Boer War in Campaigns such as the War of Austrian Succession South Africa 1846 & Eygpt 1882 The 2nd part covers The Regiment during the Boer War "On the Heels of De Wet" A Vg copy of uncommon title.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first edition of this fascinating account of the Dragoons, a cavalry regiment in the British Army active from 1688 and renamed in honour of Princess Charlotte in 1788. The first edition. A single publication on the story of the regiment, divided into two sections and published in honour of The Princess Royal. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding. The first work The Story of the Regiment (1688-1882), by Colonel C. W. Thompson. The second, With The Regiment in South Africa (1900-1902), by Major N. D. H. Campbell; Capt. W. S. Whetherly; Capt. J. E. D. Holland. With continuous pagination. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, nineteen leaves of plates and an additional folding map to the first work and a further five plates and maps to the second, with numerous further in-text photographic vignettes. Collated complete against the record for a copy held in The London Library. A detailed account of the creation and deloyment history of this military regiment of the British Army, present at key military engagements from the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 to the Battle of Diamon d Hill during the Second Boer War in June, 1900. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. With minor bumping to cloth at extremities and joints. The occasional mark to boards. Slight offsetting to end paper extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Gentle cockling to pages in places. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. "The original journal, which is now published for the first time, was found by the late Earl Amherst among the papers of his ancestor, Jeffery Amherst, in Montreal House, Kent, three years ago. It consists of four small volumes in William Amherst's handwriting, which is, for the most part, well preserved and easily read. It covers the period from 16th March 1758, the day of Amherst's departure from England for Nova Scotia, to 8th September, 1760, the day Montreal surrendered. The author's close association with his brother Jeffery, Commander-in-Chief in America, gives additional value to his most interesting personal record. His account of the Siege of Louisbourg is one of the most important which has been written by a participant in the campaign." - Foreword. pp. [2 frontis], 82. Five-panel fold-out map illustrates the attack on Louisbourg in 1758. Considerable foxing to first few leaves. Unmarked. Binding intact. 8.5" x 5.5" in grey card covers. A sound copy. ; Map; 8vo. Illustrated by Holland, Capt.-Lieut. Samuel (illustrator).…