Cyril Capt (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Reprint. Nashville: The Battery Press and The Imperial War Museum, 1991. Quality reprint. 8vo. xvi,399pp, Index. Red cloth, very good, one corner bumped, rear cover soiled; no dj as issued. Volume III, History of the Great War, based on official documents. 23 Maps & Sketches including rear pocket. ISBN 0898391628; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Includes 23*b/w photographs and 20*maps. 360pp. Black cloth boards with emblem to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Heavy wear to surface and edges of boards. Corners heavily rubbed and turned. Hinges split leaving boards tender.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the 1925 first edition. Includes b/w portrait and several b/w plates. xv, 189pp.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 168pp. Frontis. Illus. Signed by Capt. Cyril F. Bird to titlepage. 1st edition 1955. Tears and creasing to d/w, with some losses. Spine a little skewed, with slight grubby mark to top edge. Private ownership. (p14). Signed by Author. …

Condition: New. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 664. . 2009. New ed of 1925 ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 360 pp. Whilst the book jacket is very poor, it has done it's job by protecting ghe book covers. No sign of fading. Light foxing the the pages at the front and end of the book. Top and bottom of the spine show little sign of wear. All my books are scanned or photographed so you can see what you are buying. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Facsimile reprint of 1948. 489p. Photos. Maps. Folding map in pocket. British Official history. Red cloth. Heavy. As New Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Facsimile reprint of 1948. 399p. Photos. Maps. Folding map in pocket. British Official history. Red cloth. As New Copy.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 664. . 2009. New ed of 1925 ed. paperback. . . . .

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Octavo, string bound grey light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover, 64pp, VG+ (light creasing & bruising to edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. very nice set; map volume not included.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 676 pages. 8.82x5.79x1.73 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. very nice five-volume set; complete.

Condition: New. 2021 N & M Press reprint (original pub 1925). SB. xxvii + 548pp with with two endpapers and 16 sketch maps. in full colourPublished Price £35 We have taken the opportunity with our 2021 editions of the OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR - FRANCE AND BELGIUM series to redesign the covers and print on 140g silk paper. This official history was the grandest ever produced in Britain, and its purpose was to provide "within reasonable compass an authoritative account, suitable for general readers and for students at military schools". Due to the number of full-colour maps bound in each volume, previous attempts to reprint this valuable reference either floundered, or were produced with the maps in monochrome. At last, the acclaimed work of the official cartographers who had 90,000 maps at their command can be examined as they intended - in full colour. Book.…

Octavo, green buckram boards, black & red lettering to spine & front board, black & red military illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 330pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy scuffing & moderate bruising to board corners, moderate chafing to spine & boards with sl surface loss, heavy discolouration to spine, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters throughout).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Facsimile reprint of 1930. British Official history. Two Volumes/Parts. Total of 748p Folding Maps in pocket. ISBNs 089839239X + 0898392403 . Red cloth. Heavy. As New Set (see 63-920 for Vol I).

paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Deluxe ed. Ltd ed. Copy 47 of 82 copies. 2 vols. 540p. + 189p. Engravings. Colored Illustrations. Photos. Folding Maps. Vol. I. Covers 83rd & 86th Regiments from 1793 through 1912 including service in the Peninsular War, Indian Mutiny & Boer War. Black leather With gilt crest on front & gilt tiles. Cloth (silk?) endpapers in Vol. I. Vol. II. has Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Vol. II. Covers the Great war. Silk front endpaper damaged in Vol. I and Rear loosely attached. Very Oversize. Spines slightly sunned. In mylar sleeves. Near Fine Set.…

Ninth edition, 8vo., pp.330,(vi)adverts, pictorial green cloth blocked in red and black, b/w frontispiece and plates; foxing to endpapers and title, foxing and finger-marking intermittently throughout, paper-cracking to inner hinges (joints remain firm), frontispiece lacks tissue-guard, rubbing and small areas of wear to extremities, pictorial spine partially rubbed/faded, a good copy. No dust-jacket.…

Condition: New. 2021 N & M Press reprint (original pub 1925). SB. xxvii + 548pp with with two endpapers and 16 sketch maps. in full colour We have taken the opportunity with our 2021 editions of the OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR - FRANCE AND BELGIUM series to redesign the covers and print on 140g silk paper. This official history was the grandest ever produced in Britain, and its purpose was to provide "within reasonable compass an authoritative account, suitable for general readers and for students at military schools". Due to the number of full-colour maps bound in each volume, previous attempts to reprint this valuable reference either floundered, or were produced with the maps in monochrome. At last, the acclaimed work of the official cartographers who had 90,000 maps at their command can be examined as they intended - in full colour. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Facsimile reprint of 1933 & 1935. British Official history. 409p. + 365p. Photos. Maps in text. Folding Maps in pockets. Subtitles: From the Outbreak of War To the Spring of 1917 + From the Spring of 1917 to the end of the War" ISBNs: 089839242X & 0898392438. Red cloth. Heavy. As New Set. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 287-352, 14 ads. Features: My Adventures in "German South-West" (I) - a bicycle trip through south-west Africa; The Blue Powder - a story of bewitching from Nigeria; Among the Yahgans - a sailor's story from the waters of Tierra del Fuego; The Queen Side of Things - My Chinese Crystal - the events which came with a curio believed to have been stolen from a Chinese temple; The Devil-Panther - two British sportsmen seek to kill this beast; An Errand of Mercy - the difficulties of travel in rural Paraguay; "Hoodlum" - Roger Berry was a fireman aboard a Lake Erie tug; The Talking Crow - a tale from autumn 1922; Outlaws at Bay - a tale from North-west India; Rescuing the Doctor - a tale from the Peruvian jungle; Malayan Gang-Robbers; The Yacca-Gummers; Anstruther Gets a Job; Man and His Needs. Heavily worn. Covers nearly detached. Bit of writing atop first page of advertising and page 339. A worthy reading copy. Brock, H.M.; Holloway, Cyril; Nicolson, W.C. (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 117-176 plus several pages of vintage ads. Features: Forty-Eight Days Adrift! - after being torpedoed, nine Norwegian seamen spent weeks adrift; Three Mean Killers; Revenge! - in 1916 North Bay, Ontario Pole Leo Leopold vows to get Detective Fred Fefbyre when he gets out of prison; The Fatal Watch; Lost Mines; Cowboys Adrift - two youngsters from a Cariboo, British Columbia ranch make their first trip to Vancouver; Deck Passage; The Ming Jar - what happened after the author purchased a choice piece of porcelain; "Prickly Pete"; The Relapinawa Buffalo - an outlaw buffalo terrorizes an entire Ceylonese district; The Yellow Box; The Amateurs; The Finger of Fate; The Interlopers - an Australian cattle drover story; Adventures with Polar Bears; and more. Above-average wear to front cover and back strip so front cover holding loosely. Small bit of sticker remnant on front cover. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Cuneo, T.T.; Holloway, Cyril; Osmond, Edward; Brock, H.M.; Treslian, S. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Car No. 13 - A routine train trip enmeshes F. A. Malcomson aboard Car No. 13 of the "Californian Limited" at Los Angeles; My Mad Mate - The reason why young Harry Neild's hair was white; Among the Amazons - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of the Wai-woi, a little-known tribe of Indians; My Buffalo - How a hunter's first shoot was nearly his last in the Himalayan foothills northeast of Ghaggar; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - Part I - Jottings from a recently emigrated young farmer who took the plunge and began farming ; The Mozampur Dacoity - A curious robbery in India; Behind the Himalayas - Part II of II - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of an exploration to the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Cannon Idol of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies; A Duck-Shooting Adventure - Using ice-scooters to hunt ducks on the Great South Bay of Long Island; The Black Hand - A recent adventure in Kuling, China, which is currently experiencing a wave of serious brazen crime; Two Girls in a Typhoon - The trying experience of two young ladies aboard a tramp steamer from Hong Kong to British North Borneo; A Matter of Promotion - The story of a long, hard chase , in the depths of winter, of two half-breed outlaws by a constable of the Royal North-West Mounted Police at Saddle Lake, Saskatchewan; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - Part I - The exciting adventures of the Countess Malmignati, the first European woman to penetrate the little-known Inner Deserts of Arabia - this part describing her time in Damascus before the journey - with photos; Letters; The Phantom Tiger - Jean M.F. Dubois, a former planter in Lokop Province, Sumatra, explains what happened when he pursued a tiger which had caused a local reign of terror - with photo. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Average wear and soiling to back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Abbey, S.; Bird, L. Pern; Prater, Ernest; Gillett, F.; Sindall, A.; Carruthers, G.P.; Holloway, Cyril; Potts, Leonard; Soper, G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, Ernest (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt - The Chinese servant of a Chief of Police in a Malay state settles a score with an enemy who killed his brother; My Sea-Trip - Peter Carden's amusing experience as a 'horseman' aboard a cargo-steamer; Photo of a Mariamma goddess in India, used to ward off epidemics; Photo and brief write-up of a marine fruit market in Bangkok, the "Venice of the East"; Passages With Pachyderms - exciting encounters with these great beasts, as told by Captain C. Lestock Reid; Dead Man's Treasure - A consulting engineer for the Cyclops M. and M. Company of Montida USA makes strange discoveries on a prospecting trip; Through Spain in Disguise - Part III - A continuation of the adventures and misadventures of Count and Countess Malmignati who travelled through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Zaki and Zomo - The Dog and Pony who both lost their lives while serving Captain J.F.J. Fitzpatrick in battle against the Germans; On Foot Through South America - G.C. Thompson and his two young sons travlled all over South America in search of work for four years; The Tale of the Toheroa - The curious shellfish found only in New Zealand - with photos; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part I - Colonel Deneys Reitz describes his exploration of mysterious terra incognita in what was formerly known as German South-West Africa - with many interesting photos; Timothy Murphy's "Donkey" - Great story about a logging donkey-engine at Calfton's logging outfit on Myrtle Island on the British Columbia Coast; The Mine Under the Creek - A brush with death when a mine floods in the Gulf country of Australia; The Chrissie C. Thomey's" Last Voyage - A gallant old Arctic schooner is lost through a most unlikely mischance - with photo; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part V - The amazing voyage of several young men from Shanghai to Copenhagen - article with nice photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Holloway, Cyril; Illingworth, L.G.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Cleaver, Reginald; Prater, Ernest; Potts, Leonard; Vedder, S.H.; Soper, G.; York, W.G. (illustrator).…