Colonel George C (27 results)

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) A view of the battles in the Crimea from the pen of Lt. Col. Somerset J. Gough Calthorpe who witnessed the war, and with the watercolours of Cadogan who, as a Colonel, served at the battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman and the siege of Sevastopol. The text is an abridged version of Calthorpe's "Letters From Headquarters" first published in 1856. (Published: 1979) (Publisher: Hamish Hamilton) (ISBN: 0241102324) (Pagination: 288pp, 42 colour paintings, 23 b/w illustrations & maps.) (Condition: vg in vg dw) UL-XXXXXX. …

Condition: very_good. Used - Very Good: Item may have minor cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Red cloth with gilt titles and black & gilt decorations. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Shelfwear. Foxing to edges of text block. 24 cm. 800 pages. Contemporary comprehensive history of the First World War published in 1919, with particular attention to Canada's military contribution to the Allied cause. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. The book is clean and tight. The DJ has removable mylar protection and has no tears, chips or creases. The spine is showing some sunfade. The previous owner did clear tape the MYLAR to the boards (NOT the actual DJ). This could easily be removed.…

Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 1938. Third Edition. xxvi,1198p. 329 illustrations. 9x6'', cloth. Housing, sanitation, water, swimming pools, food, meat, dairy, mess sanitation, waste disposal, sewage treatment, temporary camps, kitchen waste, rats, insect-borne diseases, venereal disease, physical exams. Spine tip nicked, else VG.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 52 pages. Illustrated. Lieut.-Colonel R M Grazebrook "The Campaign In Flanders Of 1793-1795 - journal Of Lieutenant Charles Stewart, 28th Foot" / Henry George Farmer "The Earliest British Trumpet And Bugle Sounds2 / C T Atkinson Edited "Gleanings From The Cathcart Mss. - Part I-Marlborough's War (General)" (SL#36).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Canadian First. Bound in medium red cloth with a gold Victoria Cross on the cover and gold lettering on the spine; some edge wear to boards and fading to lettering on spine; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; black and white drawings accompany each brief biographical sketch and citation for the award holders. Drawings by M.L. Barthropp (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover in mustard cloth covered boards with gilt Lonsdale crown insignia are grubby. Matching mustard buckram cloth spine with gilt titles bumped, board tips rubbed with a bit of cardboard showing. 255 pp heavy stock text clean and tight with 45 b/w photographs. Tidy name on fep of Joseph B. Wiley Jr. dated Dec. 1966. Mr. Wiley: Former Joint Master of Tewksbury Foot Bassets, Oldwick, NU, and involved with the Basset Club as well as The National Beagle Club for 50+ years. Section 1 on Beagling written by C.B. Shepherd, Master of the South Herts Beagles and includes: The Hound/ Kennel Management/ Hunting/ Hares. Section 2: Basset Hounds written by Miss Ena Adams. Section 3 on Harriers written by The Earl of Stradbroke. Section 4 on Drag Hunting written by Major-General Geoffrey Brooke, D.S.O., M.C. Section 5 on Otter Hunting begins with a chapter on The Otter, written by The Earl of Coventry. The remainder of this section is entirely by Captain L. C. R. Cameron and includes: Otter Hunting, Its History and Antiquity, 1175 To The Present Day/ The Science of Hunting The Otter/ An Otter Hunting Establishment/ A Survey of Otter Hunting Countries/ A Glossary of Otter Hunting Terms/ An Otter Hunting Bibliography. Section 6: Deer Hunting In The New Forest by Sir George Thursby. Section 7: Stag Hunting on Exmoor by Colonel W. W. Wiggin. Section 8: Hunting the Carted Stag by Major E. W. Shackle. Section 9 on Stoat Hunting With Beagles is another contribution by Captain L. C. R. Cameron.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 96 pages. Lynn Dacre "Off The Map" / George Maracco "Fur Coat, Fat Lady" / D Compton-James "Dear Mother." /V C Sayers "The Bogwick Vendetta" / Tallow "The Colonel Whose Feet Were Cold" / Walter Foster "The Mugg's Ruby" / C A Bromley "Another Secret Weapon?" / Geoffrey Palmer "Four Men And A Dictator" / Ivor Waters "The Whitewash King" / S John Peskett "The Strange D Evans "Reunion In Bombay" / Drama Of Cyrus A Clamm" / Aubrey Evans "Reunion In Bombay" / Dan McCourt "Hawkshaw's Night Out" / Denis Dunn "Strained Relation" / John Green well "'On Second Thoughts'" (SL#48).…

Cloth. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: , NO DJ. Ist Edition. 208 pages, about 150 b&w portraits of the various winners, appendices. A very interesting and informative reference book ( all the usual stamps and pockets). This book is an uncirculated , retired library book. The boards show very minor shelf wear ; the text block is as new, possibly never read.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mustard cloth boards with gilt Lonsdale crown insignia show a light dust mard on cover ends. Matching mustard buckram cloth spine with gilt titles straight as are board tips. 255 pp heavy stock text clean and tight with 45 b/w photographs. Prize dedication handwritten on fep states: Baker Memorial Prize presented by the Buckram Beagles to Barbara Bush April 1953. Unclipped dj in new mylar has two chips at head of backstrip but title still clearly legible. Former owner has made some small ink notes on dj flaps and one on rear cover. Section 1 on Beagling written by C.B. Shepherd, Master of the South Herts Beagles and includes: The Hound/ Kennel Management/ Hunting/ Hares. Section 2: Basset Hounds written by Miss Ena Adams. Section 3 on Harriers written by The Earl of Stradbroke. Section 4 on Drag Hunting written by Major-General Geoffrey Brooke, D.S.O., M.C. Section 5 on Otter Hunting begins with a chapter on The Otter, written by The Earl of Coventry. The remainder of this section is entirely by Captain L. C. R. Cameron and includes: Otter Hunting, Its History and Antiquity, 1175 To The Present Day/ The Science of Hunting The Otter/ An Otter Hunting Establishment/ A Survey of Otter Hunting Countries/ A Glossary of Otter Hunting Terms/ An Otter Hunting Bibliography. Section 6: Deer Hunting In The New Forest by Sir George Thursby. Section 7: Stag Hunting on Exmoor by Colonel W. W. Wiggin. Section 8: Hunting the Carted Stag by Major E. W. Shackle. Lastly, Section 9 on Stoat Hunting With Beagles is another contribution by Captain L. C. R. Cameron.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 168 pages, former USMA Library copy with usual markings. Not abused. Tightly bound and very good condition. Stiff covers. SCARCE!!!!.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book measures 22x15cm, 478pp. Bound in original publishers blue, red and white cloth, with title lettering and design on boards. Cloth with wear, Cloth rubbed on head and tail of spine, scuffed corners, light dust/dirt marking. Binding in good firm condition. Slight foxing to free front end pages, Internally pages clean. A very good clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, in price-clipped dust jacket. Signed by author "Spike Sprung" on title-page. A little superficial mottled staining to front board; jacket rubbed. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 395pp, xxiv + plates. 28 plates (13 colour, 5 fold-out, 3 double-page). Brown half-leather cover with marbled boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Editions Published 1993, with plans and illustrations in Two Volumes. Vol I 260pp. & Vol II 478pp. Books condition: VG, bright, tight copies. Previous owner's signature and date on top front end paper on both books - please see photos. Dust Jackets: VG, slight shelf wear - please see photos. **Postage will be calculated at time of purchase due to weight of books.**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Original publishers maroon cloth lettered gilt on spine. No date- early edition, circa 1870. pp 436. Illustrated throughout. Sound near VG with spine slightly faded, very slight wear at spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback; boards a little dented, otherwise very good in faded, chipped and creased original dustjacket. First edition.; Being an account of the Journey and Battles of a Reserve Division in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Illustrations, and fold-out maps; +xipp.; 268 pages.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original azure blue cloth covers, black lettering to spine, black lettering and Invicta motif to upper panel, top edge gilt. Quarto 10" x 8" xvi, 510 [pp]. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. Lord Harris was an English amateur cricketer, mainly active from 1870 to 1889, who played for Kent and England as captain of both teams. He had a political career from 1885 to 1900 and was for much of his life a highly influential figure in cricket administration through the offices he held with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). From the private library of Lord Harris with his single Lord Harris 'H' and crown motif bookplate to upper paste down. Sporadic small surface marks to covers, slight spine slant, light foxing to end papers, 10 mm chip to foot of spine and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Cricket].…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. String-tied black cloth covered photo album with stamped illustrations measuring 7" x 10". Contains 67 mounted sepia toned or black and white photographs in various sizes ranging from 1.5" x 1.5" to 6" x 4.5" with some captions. The album is very good or better with some missing photos, age toning, and rubbing on the boards. A photo album from a soldier identified only as "George" from his tour of Japan in 1945 while stationed there with the 305th Infantry 77 Division. Included are landscape views of Japan including the former military stronghold of Asahikawa and Sappora, as well as mountains, soldiers skiing, and a postcard of "pre-war" Heiwa Street. A man referred to as Colonel C. Hildebrand appears in a few pictures. One is taken outside of the 305 RCT Headquarters building, December 9, 1945 and says, "note the flag pole and 'Old Glory.' The Sedan was taken over from the Japs. It's a Ford with the steering wheel on the right side. My Officer in this building. -G.L." The troop is seen celebrating Christmas, posing with locals, including some girls in kimonos, and some of George's family back in the States. Also included are various pieces of ephemera including menus, gift shops, and Japanese prints. An interesting vernacular photo album that captures the immediate aftermath of the war.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 1-84, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java, Gomez the Killer, The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things - What the Palmist Foretold; Our Japanese Burglar; The Pickle-Bottle; A Papuan Interlude; Seven Days' Bad Luck; Man and His Needs; Stamps of the World. Bits of clear tape at each end of spine. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, April 1935, No. 445, Vol. 75 Through the Shan States - part 2; The King's Ju-Ju; Phases of Life - Fire-Walking in Java, Gomez the Killer, The Queensland "Mounted"; A "Side-Show" in Borneo; The Queer Side of Things -. Illustrated by Stott, W.R.S.; Nicolle; Golden, Grace; Soper, George;Cuneo, T.; Osmond, Edward; Holloway, Cyril; Nicolson, W.C.; Wigfull, W.E.;Tresilian, S. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. xii, 357 p. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. Six appendices list Commanding Officers, Honours and Awards, WWI fatal casualties, WWII fatal casualties and WWII non-fatal casualties. No dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear to original blue cloth. A sound example of this proud and informative history. Perkins p. 165, Dornbusch 93, Cooke (3rd Edn) p. 271. ; Maps; 8vo. Illustrated by Bond, Major C.C. J. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. Pp. vi, (ii), 420. Plus wood-engraved frontispiece with facing tissue-guard; 2 full page wood-engraved plates; one full-page plan, and 6 wood-engraved vignette illustrations. Plus 3 folding engraved maps, bound at end. HARDCOVER, beautifully bound in recent three-quarter smooth black calf extra, attractive marbled paper over boards, sides decorated with blind rolls, spine in compartments between gilt-ruled raised bands, large gilt fleuron in five of six compartments, red morocco lettering-piece gilt in remainder, all edges polished smooth and dyed red. In exceptionally fine condition. An immaculate copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Authorship attributed by some to Arthur A'Court Fisher; by others to George Battye Fisher. For that matter, see British Union Catalog and OCLC 9004104. A-3. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched card wrap covers (soft back). 4to. 11'' x 8½''. Contains 80 pp with archive photographs throughout with fine local views and events of 1931, Lord Harris' portrait with early recollections of Canterbury Cricket Week from his manuscript. Portraits of Kent Cricketers, Mr Clifford Wheeler's 5th Annual. The 12 calendar months are produced on pink sugar blotting paper and dispersed equally throughout the book. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Canterbury]. …

Comprising approximately 390 letters, many handwritten, others typed & signed (henceforth noted as TLS), these arranged in 7 files relating to each correspondent, bound together with treasury tags in largely reverse chronological order. Roughly 115,000 words. With approximately 104 additional letters, telegrams and documents, bound in as they relate to the matters under discussion. The correspondence shows the then Major Scovell (1881-1948), a veteran of the Second Boer War, post-WW1 Liberal politician, and great-nephew of notable British Army Officer and Waterloo veteran, George Scovell (1774-1861), during an 18 month period at Northern Command Headquarters in York, from mid-1915 until the end of 1916, co-ordinating training efforts, acting as the bridge between The War Office and Horse Guards in London, and his regional colleagues, establishing and improving Schools of Military Instruction, with a particular focus on Commanding Officers and NCOs. This during a crucial period of the First World War, a time of dynamic change in military tactics and battlefield threats, when lessons were being learned from the Battles of Verdun and the Somme, casualties were enormous, and new young officers & troops had to be trained at an unprecedented speed and scale to cope with novel forms of warfare. Of particular note is the correspondence with Arthur Smithells, covering his rise in less than a year from civilian Professor in Chemistry at Leeds University with no military background, to Chief Advisor for Anti-Gas Training for the Home Forces, based at Horse Guards in London and with an honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Also, that with Major Burton, which provides considerable detail regarding the establishment and development of Grenade and Anti-Gas Instruction at Farnley Park, Otley. Some correspondence is noted as private, i.e. off the official record, much is casual, critical and surprisingly indiscreet. Below are details of the individual files. Acheson, Archibald Charles Montague Brabazon (1877-1954), then Viscount Acheson, working at the Staff Duties Branch of the War Office in London, with the rank of Captain. Acheson was a veteran of the Second Boer War, seems to have seen some active service at the beginning of WW1, and had an interesting private life, marrying two American heiresses and dying in New York. This file contains 80 letters, 53 from Scovell, of which 48 are TLS, one is handwritten and 4 are typed and unsigned, and 27 from Acheson, 13 handwritten, 12 TLS and 2 typed and unsigned. These date from June 24th 1915 November 29th 1916. Plus 25 related telegrams, notes and documents. These letters are couched in often familiar terms, with much slang, and suggests that they were friends. Unsurprisingly, given Acheson's role, the focus is on men and Officers, their movements, accommodation, quality, discipline, training and general conduct, as well as dealing with supplies. Some quotes below: Feb. 11th 1916: "Why have you insulted me with that beastly "black dog" CVO yourself for your cocktails!" (Acheson) Feb. 1916: "I am hoping to be allowed to send some more young officers to their battalions in France to finish their training with the battalions, though they would not be allowed to go into the trenches." (Acheson) Apr. 4th 1916: "If you can do anything to get a closer co-ordination of effort between the Army Schools in France and those at home you will be doing us a real good turn. An exchange of ideas can do no harm." (Scovell) Apr. 22nd 1916: "Cannot the War Office give increased powers to Commandants of Young Officers Groups to "boot out" incompetent Young Officers" (Scovell) Sept. 27th 1916: "Map-reading and Musketry Knowledge at Gailes [Scottish military training school] are low in standard [] it would save a tremendous amount of worry if all officers coming from Cadet Battalions could fire their Muskets and Revolver Courses before joining their Battalions on first commission" (Scovell) Oct. 3rd 1916: "God knows.…

[WWI][National Guard][WWII] Primary-source archive documenting U.S. Army transportation command operations supporting Allied logistics following the Normandy landings, centered on the development of Cherbourg as a critical supply hub. Assembled from the career of Lieutenant Colonel George C. Sullivan, the collection spans World War I mobilization through World War II and into postwar reserve service, with particular emphasis on mid-twentieth-century military infrastructure and coordination. The archive comprises hundreds of pages of official documents, correspondence, and service records alongside a substantial photographic component, including large-format panoramic rolls depicting assembled training formations and unit organization at scale. Together, the materials provide detailed evidence of the administrative and logistical systems that sustained Allied operations in Europe, situating individual service within broader frameworks of wartime transportation, supply distribution, and postwar military restructuring. Archive comprises hundreds of pages of military documents dated primarily from the 1940s through the 1950s; three panoramic photographic rolls from World War I service; one photograph album containing 83 photographs from 1917-1918; four loose photographs; and three letters dated 1945-1948. The World War I album depicts training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, mounted artillery drills including a three-inch field gun, mounted cavalry movement across desert terrain, doughboy uniformed infantry, and a Peace Parade in Lawton, Oklahoma in November 1918. Sullivan's own written service summary records his federal call-up, transfers, promotion to corporal, commissioning, and discharge in December 1918. The panoramic rolls, measuring approximately 44 to 56 inches in length, show large assembled formations at Camp Cody, New Mexico, and officer training at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, including the 25th Battery Central Officers Training School. World War II and postwar materials include commendations, transfer requests, rosters, promotion records, certificates, and administrative correspondence. A 1949 silver gelatin photograph of Headquarters Company, 371st Support Group summer training personnel includes a roster naming forty-eight officers, among them First Lieutenant Catherine M. Henry, documenting the integration of women officers in postwar reserve structures. Sullivan's World War II documentation centers on transportation command responsibilities essential to sustaining Allied operations in Normandy and the rapid development of Cherbourg as a logistical hub following D-Day. The archive traces the evolution of the United States Army from early twentieth-century National Guard mobilization to logistics work in World War II. Postwar papers reflect Sullivan's continued reserve duty into the mid-1950s and his civilian engagement in the sale of military surplus goods in Seattle, Washington, illustrating the reintegration of career officers into postwar commercial life. Documents generally clean and legible with occasional edge wear; panoramic photographs show some cracking but remain intact; photograph album well preserved; loose photographs with light handling wear. Overall very good condition. Extensive archive chronicling four decades of a United States Army officer's career. …