Captain Taprell Dorling (137 results)

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…

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 bu…

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.…

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…

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…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 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…

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"…

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…

(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…

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 fr…