Dorling Captain Taprell (136 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…

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: 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 Ed…

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…

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"…

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 - o…

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: 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…

(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…

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…

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 th…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Red faux leather quarter re-bind with brown cloth covered boards. Front cover is slightly marked. Faded gilt lettering on spine. Contains 16 colour plates and many black and white illustrations. Pages and end-papers are clean. No dust jacket, as published. Quantit…

Condition: Good. 1947. 461 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription and stamps to front endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped.…