Headlam Cuthbert (78 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Condition: New. In.

VG/good+ would be VG but there is a small cut and split to the bottom edge of spine covering to one side. an easy repair. all other corners and edges are without blemish.

Condition: Good. 1939. No edition remarks. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Maps across endpapers. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards with faded spine. Light toning to pages with spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xii, 343pp, illustrations, maps & plans. Original green cloth. Solid binding, with lightly marked covers, slight wear to spine ends, short lower joint split. Internally, page edges spotted, occasional light foxing. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good + in Good DJ. First edition. Previous owner's name on fep. Dj lightly marked and discoloured, with small tear to top of backstrip.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The covers are a touch edge worn and creased. The Guards Division was formed in France in August 1915, the creation of Kitchener (then S of S for War), who, after first obtaining the permission of the King, proceeded to form the division withouTt consulting either the War Office or the C in C of the BEF, Field Marshal French. The first the latter knew about it was in a letter from Kitchener a month before the division came into being. It was formed by concentrating the eight Guards battalions already in France and bringing out from the UK four more, including the recently raised Welsh Guards, plus a pioneer battalion (4th Coldstream). The artillery (less the howitzer brigade), two of the three engineer companies and the signal company came from the 16th (Irish) Division, then still in Ireland; the howitzer brigade came from the 11th (Northern) Division, left behind in England when that division went to Gallipoli. The remaining divisional troops came from the UK or from divisions already in France. The first GOC was the Earl of Cavan, a Grenadier, who was later to command British troops in Italy and, in 1922, become Chief of the Imperial General Staff.A month after its formation the division was in action at Loos, suffering just over 2,100 casualties. Thereafter it was seldom out of the fighting - Somme, Passchendaele, Cambrai, the German March 1918 offensive, Hindenburg Line and the final advance to victory. It lived up to its name, earning the reputation of one of the finest fighting formations of the war, an elite. Fifteen VCs were won, and in addition a further seven recipients were awarded theirs while serving with Guards battalions during the year before the division was formed. In all it suffered 44,333 casualties of whom 13,981 were dead. In August 1914 the strength of the Foot Guards was 276 officers, 7,036 other ranks; in November 1918 it stood at 1,598 officers and 43,928 other ranks.This is a clear, factual and detailed history, an exceptionally good account, described by the author as "a strictly military record, based on the divisional, brigade and battalion War Diaries and supplemented, where necessary, by other official records, private diaries, personal narratives and various published works." Plain facts, "no purple passages." It opens with a brief account of the activities of the Guards with the BEF before the formation of the division: 4th (Guards) Brigade/2nd Division, 1st (Guards) Brigade/1st Division and 20th Brigade/7th Division. It also describes the work of the 4th Guards Brigade after it was reformed in Feb 1918 with the reorganization of the BEF from four to three-battalion brigades, and allotted to 31st Division, winning another VC.Appendices provide order of battle details, succession of officers, staffs and commands, operation orders for major attacks, VC citations, notes on the origin and history of the Guards MG Regiment, on the Entrenching Battalion, on dress and equipment and more besides. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The covers are a touch edge worn and creased. The Guards Division was formed in France in August 1915, the creation of Kitchener (then S of S for War), who, after first obtaining the permission of the King, proceeded to form the division withouTt consulting either the War Office or the C in C of the BEF, Field Marshal French. The first the latter knew about it was in a letter from Kitchener a month before the division came into being. It was formed by concentrating the eight Guards battalions already in France and bringing out from the UK four more, including the recently raised Welsh Guards, plus a pioneer battalion (4th Coldstream). The artillery (less the howitzer brigade), two of the three engineer companies and the signal company came from the 16th (Irish) Division, then still in Ireland; the howitzer brigade came from the 11th (Northern) Division, left behind in England when that division went to Gallipoli. The remaining divisional troops came from the UK or from divisions already in France. The first GOC was the Earl of Cavan, a Grenadier, who was later to command British troops in Italy and, in 1922, become Chief of the Imperial General Staff.A month after its formation the division was in action at Loos, suffering just over 2,100 casualties. Thereafter it was seldom out of the fighting - Somme, Passchendaele, Cambrai, the German March 1918 offensive, Hindenburg Line and the final advance to victory. It lived up to its name, earning the reputation of one of the finest fighting formations of the war, an elite. Fifteen VCs were won, and in addition a further seven recipients were awarded theirs while serving with Guards battalions during the year before the division was formed. In all it suffered 44,333 casualties of whom 13,981 were dead. In August 1914 the strength of the Foot Guards was 276 officers, 7,036 other ranks; in November 1918 it stood at 1,598 officers and 43,928 other ranks.This is a clear, factual and detailed history, an exceptionally good account, described by the author as "a strictly military record, based on the divisional, brigade and battalion War Diaries and supplemented, where necessary, by other official records, private diaries, personal narratives and various published works." Plain facts, "no purple passages." It opens with a brief account of the activities of the Guards with the BEF before the formation of the division: 4th (Guards) Brigade/2nd Division, 1st (Guards) Brigade/1st Division and 20th Brigade/7th Division. It also describes the work of the 4th Guards Brigade after it was reformed in Feb 1918 with the reorganization of the BEF from four to three-battalion brigades, and allotted to 31st Division, winning another VC.Appendices provide order of battle details, succession of officers, staffs and commands, operation orders for major attacks, VC citations, notes on the origin and history of the Guards MG Regiment, on the Entrenching Battalion, on dress and equipment and more besides. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition hardback no dustwrapper good+ navy covers, gilt lettering, small rub to edge of front cover, light fox spotting to closed fore edges, no inscriptions, clean, tight copy, illustrated, heavy book, extra postage applies overseas,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 343 pages - thick paper so book 2 inches thick. B&W plates and B&W illustrations. No dustjacket. Green hardback binding - spine browned. Moderate wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Yellowing to page-edges, with foxing to preliminary pages and last pages o/w clean pages.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. 96/500 copies. Original dark blue bobbled cloth, gilt. Top edge gold., Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. In ?original celophane wrapper. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1400g.

Condition: New. In.

xii, 342[2] pp, endpaper maps, plates, multifolding map. Blue hardback with gilt lettering to spine & front board, top edge gilt. 26 cm x 20 cm. Minor wear to spine tips & corners, contents very lightly age browned.

Hard back binding in publisher's original ivory paper covers, maroon lettering to the spine. Quarto 10½'' x 8¼'' 340 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Light age tanning to the covers, light foxing to the end papers. Very Good condition book in torn and repaired dust wrapper with large piece of paper missing to the top of the front cover, not price clipped 27/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHURCHILL, Winston L. S.

Presumed 1st Edition. Hardback. Good, no d/w. Spine faded and bumped, edges of boards and corners bumped, boards unevenly faded and marked, pages browned, bookplate of General Sir Archibald James Murray inside front board, doodles to fep, some annotations in ink. Please email for quote and information on any available discounts.

Limited edition of 500 copies this being number 119. Blue morocco, gilt type to spine and upper. Maps to eps. 344pp. Sepia frontis., further b/w plates, text ills., maps and plans incl. large fold-out geological map. Some foxing to margins. A handsome, informative and attractive vol. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. B000IZ8GRG No dust jacket present and the cover is worn and has some faded spots/discolored areas. The binding is seperated inside the front of the book, but all pages remain intact. The interior shows some foxing (spotting) scattered throughout. Overall, despite the wear and damage, this is still a very readable copy of the title. Ships, well packaged and very quickly, from MI. A detailed description is coming soon. The condition selected for the item is accurate and consistent with our other listings of the same general condition. If you have any questions or you would like a detailed description of the item prior to our revision of the listing, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will get back to you as quickly as possible. Please buy with confidence from us, as we have several thousand satisfied customers and your satisfaction is the goal we strive to achieve with every transaction.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 342 pages, unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (1 folded) ; 26 cm. Contents: Includes appendices: notes on northern churches; and notes on northern castles, pele towers and bastles. Subjects: Local history. History. Agriculture. Folklore. Geology. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. B/w fold-out maps, b/w advertisements. Not library copy, no inscriptions, top corner clipped to front cover and first 10 pages. (30/4).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Author's bound copy with his (F.R. Phelan) bookplate. Red cloth over boards with leather spine label, gilt lettering. The issue contains an article by F.R. Phelan, entitled "Promotions in the Field." A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Author's bound copy with his (F.R. Phelan) bookplate. Red cloth over boards with leather spine label, gilt lettering. The issue contains an article by F.R. Phelan, entitled "Promotions in the Field." A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in green/blue coloured cloth with black lettering to spine and upper cover in a Good Dust-Jacket with a few small chips and tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,no loose leaves and there is no spine leaning.Tight copy with no previous names or inscriptions present.Illustrated with some 21 black and white full-page plates including a frontispiece and with 8 black and white maps one is also larhge folding map.Maps as endpapers.Uncommon title in dust-wrapper,large 4to 343pp First Edition 1939.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xvi,152pp, portrait frontis., owner's name on endpaper of L.A.Pitt, slight foxing, text clean and sound, blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, Very Good / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Illustrated with twenty-one black and white full-page plates including frontispiece and eight black and white maps [including one folding map] and plans, including front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns (all plates and maps and plans present as called for). ***With an introduction by The Right Hon. Lord Eustace Percy. ***Very good in sea-green cloth-covered boards with black titles to spine. Black and white map illustrated front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns showing 'the major industries of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham' and 'some antiquities of Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham' respectively. Illustrated with full-page black and white frontispiece showing: 'Norham castle, Northumberland'. Small black and white armorial vignette to title-page.Small black and white illustration to end of contents page. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Fore-edge and top edge of text-block and prelims very slightly foxed. Interior pages clean. Spine and front and rear boards bright. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***In a very good green and black printed illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing publisher's price of 6/- net. Edges of dustwrapper creased, nicked and rubbed. Very small loss to corners of dustwrapper. 6cm tear and chip to head of spine adjoining rear panel of dustwrapper. Shallow loss to tail of spine. Tiny chip to middle of rear edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Spine of dustwrapper browned. edges of dustwrapper faded and browned. Two tiny closed tears to bottom edge of front panel of dustwrapper 2cm closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. 252mm x 198mm. 343 pages. ***Contents; I. Racial Settlement in the North of England; II. Some Notes on Place-Nmes of the Three Northern Counties by J. E. Hull, M.A., D.SC.; III. The Folk-lore of Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham by Helena Heslop Harrison, M.S.c.; IV. The Three Northern Counties - Prehistory by W. Percy Hedly, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.R.N.S.; V. Ancient Rome and Northern England by I.A. Richmond, M.A., F.S.A.; VI. Ecclesiastical and Military Architecture by H. L. Honeyman, A.R.I.B.A.; VII. From 1603 to the Present Time: a Brief Historical Summary by Cuthbert Headlam; VIII. Architecture by Donald Scott, of Casitron; IX. History of Coal Mining by A. Wedgwood, M.Sc., M.I.M.E.; X. Shipping and Ship-building in the Northern Counties; XI. Geology by Professor H.G.A. Hickling, D.Sc., F.R.S.; XII. The Birds of the Northern Counties by John Craster, of Crastor, and Stephen Marchant; XIII. The Flora of the Three Northern Counties by Professor Harrison, D.Sc., F.R.S., and G.W. Temperley; Appendix I. Churches; Appendix II. Castles. ***'The Northern Area Conservative women's advisory Committee have made a valuable contribution to the records of Northern England in sponsoring this volume. The articles have all been written by acknowledge authorities. The subjects range from primitive man to modern industry, from folklore to geology. The north-countryman, however well-versed in the story of his native surroundings, will find something new and interesting in this book. The stranger who reads it will gain an understanding of what has gone to form the character of the inhabitants and the landscape. The volume is beautifully illustrated and mapped.' (Quote from inside of front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the true first edition, very hard to find in its original 1939 dustwrapper, in complete condition with all maps (including folding map) and plates present as called for. A first edition title of interest to the local historian. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Glazed Dark Blue Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE EDITOR xv, 152pp, illustrated with black & white frontispiece plate with tissue, top edge gilt, some fore edges of pages uncut, heavy foxing to prelims and end matter, editor's presentation inscription to inner endpaper, dark blue glazed cloth with gilt spine lettering. Harriot was the second daughter of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and his wife Lady Hester Grenville. Her older brother was William Pitt the Younger. Size: 8.75 x 6 Inches. Presentation Copy - Editor. Biographical.

Some light spotting to preliminaries else VG bright copy in full blue levant morocco binding. Limited edition of 500 copies. 1st edition. ISBN B000IZ8GRG.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Dark Navy Blue Morocco Leather with bright gilt titles, applied two colour head and tail bands, gilt top edge. 260 x 195 mm approx. Maps to end papers, xii + 344 pp. Frontis + 21 other monochrome plates + all other text illustrations, maps and plans as called for. No 180 of a Limited Edition of 500 copies on Glastonbury Laid Antique paper. Chapters by various authors on diverse subjects pertaining to the counties including:- Racial Settlement, Place Name, Folk-Lore, Prehistory, Roman Influence, Ecclesiastical and Military Architecture, Agriculture, Coal Mining,Shipping and ship-building,Geology and finally Natural History. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Book- No notable shelf wear to leather, mild foxing to prelims. and to margins of book block. The prelims. are also a little soiled. Remainder of book block clean and bright apart from occasional spotting from dirt/dust ingression. Binding sound with no other notable defects).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Slight foxing on the first few pages, but very light. Some ink stains on the spine. Both have transparent protective covers. Many fold out maps. Some 80 pages in the Appendices covering various other aspects, like VC winners. All my books are scanned or photographed so you can see what you are buying.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUND IN RED CLOTH WITH GILT TITLES TO SPINE THIS DATED 1924 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS GOOD. NOTE, THIS IS VOLUME TWO ONLY OF A TWO VOLUME SET. IT BEGINS AT CHAPTER 11, "THE CAMBRAI OPERATIONS CONTINUED". ( CHAPS 1 TO 10 ARE IN VOLUME ONE, NOT OFFERED HERE). X/358pp WITH 11 CHAPTERS AND 13 APPENDICES. ALSO, NINE FOLDING MAPS OF THE OPERATIONS IN EXCELLENT CIONDITION. SPINE IS SLIGHTLY DISCOLOURED, BACK BOARD IS SLIGHTLY DAMP, FRONT BOARD HAS SLIGHT RUBBING. BUTTHE BOOK IS INTERNALLY VG AND COMPLETE.