General H E Blumberg (30 results)

Condition: New. 2007 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1927). SB. xxii + 492pp with 7 maps ,22 plans. 27 portrait & platePublished Price £32 Excellent, detailed history of the Royal Marines in the Great War. Championed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, WInston Churchill, the Marines were in action almost from the first day - at Antwerp, Gallipoli, on the Western Front, in the Cameroons, and in East Africa, In 1918 they took part in the famous raid on the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, and were deployed in North Russia, with both Naval and Land Forces. This massive and impressive history contains Roll of Awards for all ranks. Book.…

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FIRST THUS Large 8vo. black buckram hardback, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 542pp., Indexed. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 57) ISBN: 9781908123206 PLEASE NOTE: Heavy Book (1.3 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. …

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First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 492 pages, 29 cm, maps, photographs. Subjects; British Historical Military. Biographies. Winston Churchill. Antwerp, Gallipoli. East Africa history. North Russia. Naval and Land Forces. Army. English royal forces. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 492 pages, 29 cm, maps, photographs. Subjects; British Historical Military. Biographies. Winston Churchill. Antwerp, Gallipoli. East Africa history. North Russia. Naval and Land Forces. Army. English royal forces. 1 Kg. …

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 588 pages. 11.73x9.29x1.42 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. 2007 N&MPress reprint. xxii + 492pp with b/w plates and maps, HB Excellent, detailed history, Antwerp, Gallipoli, Western Front, Cameroons, East Africa, Zeebrugge, North Russia and other places, with both Naval and Land Forces. Roll of Awards all ranks. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Handsome Half leather De luxe blue binding, with gilt edged pages etc. 1st Edition 1927. xxii, 492pp., awards, batteries in East Africa, war service details. Covers Antwerp, Gallipoli, Western Front, Cameroons, East Africa, North Russia etc. Maps and illustrations, one in colour and separate blue map folder. Very attractive set. Above average weight, so additional postage outside UK. …

FIRST EDITION 4to., (approx. 27 x 22cm) hardback with beige cloth spine, gilt, and blue cloth boards with gilt insignia to upper board. 492pp., with colour portrait frontispiece,m 27 b/w plates, 22 plans and 7 large colour foldout maps in pocket at rear. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Some discolouring/tanning to cloth of spine and some rubbing to boards including small tear to cloth on lower board (please see photos). Overall a Good+ Copy. (Shelf 7) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Book (2.5 kg+). Postage outside the UK WILL/COULD incur a surcharge, BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE CONTACT US VIA E-MAIL FOR AN ACCURATE QUOTE. 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. …

Buckram Spine Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good. Single Volume Edition. "With the commencement of the War the Corps took up at once the traditional role, which it has performed in every war for the last three hundred years, and for which indeed it had been originally raised in 1664, that is to say the reinforcement of the personnel of the Royal Navy." A highly detailed account and a 'mine' of information. 492pp with halftone plates and plans in black and white line. Seven folding maps in colour enclosed in a pocket to lower paste down. Covers slightly soiled and corners lightly rubbed otherwise very good throughout. Size: 280x220mm.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of Colonel Herbert Blumberg's detailed history of the Royal Navy during the First World War, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.An in-depth look into the activities of the Royal Navy during the First World War, their battles and victories.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-seven monochrome plates, and in-text plans. Collated, bound without the seven maps to the pocket. Otherwise, the work is complete.Compiled by Colonel Sir H. E. Blumberg, a Royal Marines officer, who was the Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Rebound in a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, with some loss of leather to the tail of the front board. Light marks to the boards and spine. A small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Classic First Edition set. Thick Quarto. Vols 1 & 2 bound in original (edge worn) leather-backed navy boards (x + 324pps. & (x) + (358)pps. A.E.Gilt. , and Vol. 3 (A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919) original (edge-worn) tan cloth-backed navy boards. (xxiii) + 492pps. Well illustrated in colour and Black & white. A Good Set.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three volume set [2 + 1]. 1924-1927. Volumes I & II being Field's - 'A history of the Royal Marines and their predecessors and of their services in action, ashore and afloat, and upon sundry other occasions of moment'. The third volume being Blumberg's - 'A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'. All Quarto's. Vols. I & II: x, 324pp & x, 358pp. 2 frontispieces, 22 coloured plates, 54 half-tone plates, & other text illustrations. Vol III: xxiv, 492pp. Colour frontispiece, 27 plates, 22 text plans, & 7 folding maps in pocket at rear. Uniform bindings of quarter buckram over blue cloth, gilt titles and regimental badge decoration, gilt ship vignette to tail of spines. Extremities rubbed. Spine of Volume III faded. Former owner's name and addresses to blanks and half-titles. Text-blocks spotted, sporadic marginal foxing. Otherwise contents in good order. Overall a 'Very Good' set. Uncommon to find all three volumes together. Very Heavy - shipping to be advised. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Handsome and important account of the Royal Marines and their predecessors. Two volumes by Colonel Cyril Field from earliest times,includes taking of Gibraltar 1704, Trafalgar 1805, Algiers, China war, War with Russia 1954, Ashantee war, Egypt, Ireland, Sudan, China 1900, Defence of Peking legations etc. c.650pp., ills., coloured plates, maps, appendices, index, corrigenda, Third volume dealing with the Great war and immediately after, 492pp., coloured frontispiece, ills., sketches, appendices, index. Separate Map case with 7 folding maps. Note all four volumes, three text and one map are in matching contemporary full morocco with gilt tooling and raised bands to spine. There is foxing in all volumes and volume one has three uniform cards added to a blank page with dates in ink below, Neat bookplates to Colonel Keeson who purchased the volumes in 1924 (sales details, receipts and interesting handwritten letters/notes from members of the publication committee to Keeson included). All the bindings are in exceptionally nice condition. The most sumptuous and expensive bindings produced for the history and to find all four in matching bindings in at least very good+ condition is very rare. Obviously a very heavy set. …

Thick Quarto. Half-title, color frontispiece, xxii, (1) pp. 492pp., with an index and a chronological index, illustrations and plans, 7 folding maps in rear pocket. The introduction explains why the text was set up in 9 parts and appendices which includes the casualties, services of Royal Marines, with units other than Royal Marines. Honours and awards. When possible, an account had been obtained from an officer or man who took part in each incident and thus, the compiler hoped to present a more intimate picture than would be possible from the official account alone. Each action is described in detail, where and when each incident took place nearly daily. A very nice copy bound in a modern 3/4 blue polished calf over original pictorial gilt cloth, raised bands with compartments and bands stamped in gilt, double black leather spine labels gilt, boards bowed just a tad bit, half-title has one corner showing some foxing and a few minute holes. …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Excellent, detailed history of the Royal Marines in the Great War. Championed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, WInston Churchill, the Marines were in action almost from the first day - at Antwerp, Gallipoli, on the Western Front, in the Cameroons, and in East Africa, In 1918 they took part in the famous raid on the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, and were deployed in North Russia, with both Naval and Land Forces. This massive and impressive history contains Roll of Awards for all ranks. …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. BRITAIN'S SEA SOLDIERS | A RECORD OF THE ROYAL MARINES DURING THE WAR 1914-1919 | General H. E. Blumberg | Taschenbuch | No Series Linked | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2015 | Naval & Military Press | EAN 9781847346858 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…