Edmonds Brigadier General Sir James E (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. Excellent sngle volume account of World War One by the British Official historian. 1st Edition 1951. 454pp., numerous maps, a number in colour, index. Some foxing and modest bump and rubbing to head and tail of spine. Still close to very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A crisp, clean, tight copy protected in an acid free mylar cover. NO MARKS and only showing light shelf wear to extremities.

Facsimile edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red buckram cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxv + 444, illus with coloured maps (no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Red Hard cover that is bumped to the spine ends and has some fading to the edges. Has a previous owners signature inside ( Colonel Wilkinson). Contains maps. Seller Ref: M11495.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1951, 1st edition. Octavo. xxxiv, 454pp. With many sketch-maps of the different campaigns and fronts of the war. Original cloth, binding generally square and firm. Some light shelf-wear, spine slightly faded. Some spotting to text-block and a little marginal spotting within. Otherwise a 'Very Good' copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red hard cover that is bumped to spine ends. Has minor edge wear, with a bit of discoloration down outer edge of front cover and fading to the bottom of the spine. Contains maps. Seller Ref: M9703.

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 444pp, rear eps illus/map, illus/maps, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps, light wrinkling to ffep/prelims, 1cm closed tear to base of ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & foxing).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third. Official history of the Great War. Vol 1: slightly discoloured scarlet boards, faded spine, rubbed at top and base, lined and lettered in gilt; internally no faults. Vol 2: a box with faded spine lettered in gilt; name to inside of box; no other faults Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Reprint of 1949 edition; octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. with folding map in pocket at rear, nr. FINE (a touch of foxing to edges and occasionally within).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1929 reprint. Octavo, red cloth covers, xxvii [9] 548 + 4 pages of ads for the series. Maps on endpapers, and maps in the text. Corrections tipped in on several pages, some red ink cross-outs (text still readable). A few spots on covers, and minor color bleeding into top margin of front map--does not affect image. Does not include separate map case. Part of the series: History of the Great War, Based on Official Documents, by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defense. 040414A.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardbacks. Original Official histories for 1918 Volume 2, Continuation of German Offensive. Both Text and Map case 1st Editions 1937. Text volume 550pp., maps in text, appendices, index. & Map case with 26 coloured maps. Note both volumes have original dustwrappers, particularly rare for Map volume. Text volume has small area at bottom of spine which is now white with matching mark to dustwrapper (see image) otherwise both volumes have very good bright red cloth and dustwrapper have one repaired tear, otherwise in remarkably good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. Excellent original example of Military Operations France & Belgium 1917 Volume II 7th June-10th November Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele) part of the acclaimed Official History of the Great War. 1st Edition 1948. 489pp., coloured maps in text as called forv and large coloured folding map to rear pocket. Some modest bumps to lower board and a few minor blemishes, also a couple of neat short notes in margin where printed amendments have been neatly stuck in. Bright red cloth, slight hint of age fading to spine. Overall a very nice example, very good condition and rare in original.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Important final volume of the Official history for 1918, Volume V. Advance to Victory 1st Edition 1946 Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. 675pp., sketches, (12) in colour at rear and to endpapers, appendices (VII) also at rear and index. Complete in one volume. Exceptionally rare in this Edition particularly in such really nice condition in bright red cloth, gilt with no discernible fading. Complete with original buff dustwrappper (small loss at head of spine) This is as nice an example as one could find. Overall very good+ condition. Price includes signed and tracked postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref.AAA2 ) Blue cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Rubbing to extremities, board surfaces, corners. Yellowed/darkened spine. Sticker residue to front board. Yellowed endpapers and to page edges throughout. Yellowed/greyed top edge and foredge. Some sticker residue to rear endpapers. Contents otherwise good and complete with all maps. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third edition. Volume one only. Octavo. xxix, 592pp. Maps and sketches compiled by Major A.F. Becke. Red cloth boards with gilt spine titles, map endpapers. Offsetting on front and rear endpapers, two small stains on front board, spine barely cocked, a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Based on Official Documents By Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of the Imperial Defence, Military Operations, France and Belgium 1914.

Hard. Condition: Good Minus. Pages clean and bright. Binding firm. Slightly cocked. Foxing to endpapers. Light pencil markings to endpapers. Spotting to edges. Spine heavily sunned. Moderate-heavy shelf wear including rubbing and light fraying to edges. Size: 8vo.

Third Editiion. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series; History of the great war based on official documents, by direction of the Historical section of the Committee of imperial defence. Physical description: 592 p. ; illustrated ; maps. Notes: Spine title: Official history of the war. Subjects: The Great War. Military operations. History of the war. Genre: Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Third Editiion. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series; History of the great war based on official documents, by direction of the Historical section of the Committee of imperial defence. Physical description: 592 p. ; illustrated ; maps. Notes: Spine title: Official history of the war. Subjects: The Great War. Military operations. History of the war. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo,xxxvi,523pp, advert leaves, maps etc, orig red cloth, spine bit faded, bit of fading to front edges , minor bi to back, binding good clean and sound, contents vg clean and sound a good plus tight volume. Book.

1st Edition. Hb original red cloth , gilt titles to spine, 8vo, xxxii,385pp , 19 sketch maps to end papers and bound in to text + 3 folding maps in rear pocket as called for compiled by Major A.F.Becke. Ex Library copy with bookplate to rear of front sketch map, but no ink stamps noted Cloth Lightly sunned and faded o/w A Vg copy of uncommon original edition.

1st Edition. Hb original red cloth xxviii550pp + 2 pp publishers advertisements , Coloured endpaper maps 31 maps to text + 26 maps in separate red cloth original mapcase . This Volume covers the continuation of The German Offensives in March and April 1918. A Vg copy both text and map case volumes lightly sunned and stained.

FIRST EDITION 2 Volumes (Text and Maps) complete. TEXT: 8vo. red cloth hardback, gilt. No dust jacket. lii, 488pp., Indexed, plus 4pp. Publisher's List at end. With many 2, 3 and 4 colour maps, 4 colour maps to front pastedown and rear endpapers. 2 ink names and dates (1929 and 1949) to ffep. Occasional pencil marks in margins. Occasional light foxing, mainly to foredge. MAPS: 8vo. size red cloth solander box, gilt. Contains 11 large colour folding maps with numbered tracing paper tabs (No.2's tab missing) and a large folding diagram, also with tracing paper tab. All maps and diagram in excellent condition and look unused. Light foxing to list of maps pasted to inside of solander box. A clean set with no markings or inscriptions.Very slight fading to spine of Text volume and slight fraying to top of spine of Map box. A VERY GOOD, CLEAN SET. (Shelf 6) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Set (1.6 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hard Back Red Buckrum. Condition: Very Good. Maps & Sketches Compiled By Major a f Beck (illustrator). First Edition. Two scarce books on the first world war Vol 1 only 591 pages of text and maps with some notations and lining in pencil , Lacking vol two, but does have a boxed set third edition bound matching the book full of folding maps of the battles etc. A very useful set for military historians, all very clean and in very good tight condition. From the library of THE MACDERMOT Prince of Connaught , Coolavin , Co Sligo.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Becke, A.F. Major (illustrator). Maps in presentation box. Maps in very good condition. Light sunning and shelf wear to presentation box. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Incomplete mixture of 3 volumes. Volume I is a 1995 reprint which is sunned to the spine and with the boards slightly curled. Contents fine. Volume II is a 1st edition of 1928 with original boards which have slight soiling. The spine is however sunned and with greater soiling plus slight edgewear. Soiled upper page edges and with the contents fine. The map case is dented and soiled with sunning to the spine which has been marked 'Vol IV' in ink. The cloth at the top of the case is missing and has been replaced with red paper. The inside of the case has some white tape repairs and a small bookseller label. All 12 maps are present and in fine condition. In addition are 6 fine modern black & white double sided maps, possibly copies of those which would be in the first map case. A heavy set for overseas shipping purposes and sent from our bookshop in the UK. ; History of the Great War Based on Official Documents; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.