Frederic Whyte Translator (6 results)
Published by Harper and Brothers, 1907
- Hardcover
Seller: Melanie Nelson Books, Livingston, NY, NY, U.S.A.Melanie Nelson Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. -----------Original dark cloth covers, thick book, 9 1/2" tall. 716 pages, most profusely illustrated with more than 300 photos, direct from the author's negatives and other illustrations----------GOOD CONDITION, exlibrary book with little old spine label and bookplate inside cover only, NOTE wear cov…ers and a general loose feel to teh book, this book is heavy for its size. no dust jacket.
More imagesPublished by Hutchinson & Co., London, 1924
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Good
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of this memoir from German Field Marshal, Alfred Heinrich Karl Ludwig Graf von Waldersee, translated into English. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. The memoirs of Alfred Heinrich Karl Ludwig Graf von Waldersee, a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) who…served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff and Commander of the International Relief Force during the Boxer Rebellion, recorded from his personal diaries, correspondence, and reminiscences. Born into a military family, von Waldersee saw decorated service as an artillery officer, and became Prussian military attache at the Paris embassy in 1870. Which gave him insight into the French defences that would prove crucial in the upcoming Franco-Prussian War, in which he played a significant role. Condensed and translated by Frederic Whyte, a British writer and journalist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with small splits in the cloth to the head of the spine. Front hinge starting with the front free endpaper lacking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the endpapers with library ink stamps to the half-title. Residue of a library bookplate to the front pastedown with the previous owner's bookplate and bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Good. None (illustrator). book.
Published by London: Methuen and Co., 1933, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketFirst Edition. [Far Eastern Travel] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 246 [2]. With 24 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and a map to front endpapers. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Blue ink ownership stamp to half-title. Light spotting to edges. Light wear t…o cloth; spine sunned. Very good. An account of the Swedish traveller's time on the Kurile Islands, disputed by Japan and Russia in modern times.
The Life of Benito Mussolini
Sarfatti, Margherita G. (1880-1961); Frederic Whyte (1867-1941) (translator); Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) (Preface)
Published by Thornton Butterworth (1925), London, 1925
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New ZealandRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Boards have some heavy rubbing and old dampstains. Internally very good. Circular sticker with ink number "219" on spine and both endpapers, this appears to be a private owner's numbering system for their books. There are no other library-type markings.; First edition in… English, presumably predating the US edition (The translator Frederic Whyte's papers are held at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne). 352 pages + frontispiece + 10 illustrations on 7 plate leaves + Errata leaf between pages 8 and 9. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 220 x 143mm. Text in English, translated from Italian by Frederic Whyte. With a 2 page Preface by Benito Mussolini. "First of all, a confession! I detest those who take me as a subject for their writings and their discourses! No matter whether they speak well or ill of me - I detest them all equally." - from the Preface by Mussolini, page 9.
More imagesPublished by Hutchinson & Co., 1909
- Hardcover
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United KingdomKerr & Sons Booksellers ABA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition. Quarto. 24×17cm; xvi,716,[2]pp. Decorative green buckram boards with gilt title to spine and centrepiece on upper board. Light general wear and fading. Binding square but a little loose. Top edge foxed. Clean within. Lavishly illustrated with many monochrome plates an…d figures. A 'Very Good' copy.
The Life of Benito Mussolini (Dux, Dvx)
Sarfatti, Margherita G.; Mussolini, Benito (preface), Whyte, Frederic, translator
Published by Stokes, New York, 1925
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.Rose's Books IOBA
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition in English. New York: Stokes, 1925. 8vo. First edition in English. Translated from the Italian by Frederic Whyte who "condensed the work somewhat freely". Cloth binding, gilt titles. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. 347 pp. Illustrated with photographs (fr…ontispiece plus 10 additional). Preface by Mussolini. Contemporary biography, obviously written with Mussolini's approval and involvement. Original published in Italian as "DUX". Sarfatti was born Jewish, converted to Catholicism and was noted as the close companion/lover of Mussolini. Library mark on spine, stamps on corners of plates, some internal foxing, light wear to top of spine. Otherwise a solid copy in good condition. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated (illustrator). Antique ex-library.
