Captain Taprell Dorling (131 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition, 2nd impression enlarged and with supplement. good with light wer and no markings in a fair used jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. blue cloth 3cm piece missing lower dj. 197pp with 16pp colour illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket with fading on spine and circular coloured sticker. One of the standard reference works on military ribbons and medals. Over 600 ribbons in full colour and 350 illustrations of decorations. Supplement includes more material. 301 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £10.25.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Cover is faded in appearance but no there are issues around contents, which are clean and unmarked, or the binding, which is robust. This book includes ribbons of five First World War medals. Inscribed by previous owner, 1941. 177 pages Naval Military Air Force and Civil Enlarged and Revised Edition.

Printed Wraps. Condition: Good VG. First [presumed]. Small booklet published during the Second World War, showing color illustrations of the medal ribbons of a considerable number of Allied Countries. 8pp, XVI color plates. Bright copy with a sound binding. Minor wear only to edges of wraps. Size: 7 1/4" by 4 7/8'. Book.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, revised and enlarged edition, blue cloth lettered black, a very good tightly bound copy, bookplate of a previous owner, illustrated, 208pp.

Condition: Good. 1934. Reprinted. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Book has slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages age toned, large ink name to front free endpaper. A slim book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Yellow Jacket Jacket is not price clipped has edge chipping and wear. Jacket is adhering to boards.Name in ink to front free endpaper.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, soiling. Cracking to hinge. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Sunned spine. Content has toning. Webbing showing. Weak hinges. No DJ.

Condition: Good. 1950. Reprinted. 191 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Yellow Jacket edition. Jacket is not price clipped, large chip to heel of spine, is quite soiled and is in a new protective sleeve.Name in ink to half title. Book quite foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 12mo. Enlarged and revised edition from 1944 (originally published in 1916) . Very good condition--some light spotting but on dust jacket and endpages; inside pages are clean and fresh. A guide to British orders and medals. Illustrated throughout including 16 pages in color. 197 pp. In protective Mylar.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Hardcover without dust jacket, third (August, 1940) printing (same month as first printing), 224 pages; spine slanted, moderate cover edge wear, cracks in binding between several pages although still tight and intact, ink signature dated "XII 1940" inside front cover, light foxing to endpapers, text pages very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for "Taffrail's" contribution to the earlier All Clear Aft: Episodes at Sea, and for similar, our listings for Naval Occasions and Some Traits of the Sailor-man, and for All Clear Aft: Episodes at Sea, both by Bartimeus.

Illustrated Paperback. Condition: Good Contents Very Good. No Jacket. Cover Design By Not Credited (illustrator). This is a First Edition of This Edition. Spots on the cover.some foxing on first few pages.please e-mail for further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Hardcover without dust jacket, later (1930) Unicorn Library Edition printing, 286 pages including maps, plus black-and-white illustrations; moderate cover edge wear, still tight in binding, elegantly written ink signature dated "Toronto 1933" and ugly duplication of that name's initials dated "1937" (by a child?) on free front endpaper, light foxing to page edges, to all four endpapers and adjacent pages and scattered on some text pages (mostly those facing illustrations), but all text pages otherwise clean and unmarked. See also our listings for Taffrail's The Navy in Action, for his contribution to the earlier All Clear Aft: Episodes at Sea, and for similar, Naval Occasions and Some Traits of the Sailor-man, and for All Clear Aft: Episodes at Sea, both by Bartimeus.

Black Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Sigend or Inscribed.

Pictorial Paper Boards. Condition: Very Good Contents Near Fine. No Jacket. S.C. Rowles (illustrator). First Printing Abridged Edition. Minor Foxing to Endpapers.NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Not Inscribed or Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good (Book condition). PO signature on ffep. [Our rating system: 1.Fine; 2. Near fine; 3. Very good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Impression. Faint foxing to text block edge, and to edges of free end papers, dw has sl scarring to head of spine, parts of spine side and some corners, a few small chips/tears, small scar/hole adjacent to top outer corner of upper cover, minor faint surface marks.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. P/B pages numbered in sections, an owners name to the front card covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. H/B 183 pages condition is very good, no DJ. An owners name and date to the flyleaf.

Condition: Fair. 1936. Reprinted. 310 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Fraying to cloth to top edge of front board. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. S/B Copy in Very Good Condition. The Book is Clean & Tightly Bound Throughout. Title & Date on the front cover & Spine. There is a small chip at the top of the spine but overall a genuinely good copy with the spine slightly sun faded but No foxing visible. There is also some paper cuttings at the rear of the book. Fold out map at the back of the book is also intact. There is also a personal letter from Blue Star Line (Original Letter dated 2nd March 1949 on official Blue Star Line paper.) to the Original owner of the book. No Inscriptions. Free Postage within the UK.

(Subject: Medals, Decorations (incl. Recipients) & Rolls of Honour) Enlarged and revised edition. Splitting in spine, marked boards, text unmarked. Originally published in 1916 this accepted authority has had many editions. Its original aim was to provide a means whereby the ordinary person could recognise most of the ribbons or medals he saw worn by any member of the services, whether British or Foreign. It includes information on the Victoria and George Crosses, British Orders, Decorations and War Medals and also foreign medals worn by British subjects. (Published: 1940) (Publisher: George Philip & Son) (Pagination: 177pp b/w illustrations, colour plates) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 1963. No dust jacket. Light foxing to the page edges and end papers. Contents remain clear, bright and firm within. A very good copy overall.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. New revised edition. Enlarged and revised edition first printing hardback viii + 183 pages plus 16 colour plates Many black and white illustrations Very good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket, now in transparent protective sleeve. No inscriptions.