Hennell Colonel Sir Reginald (5 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. No DW. 1st Edition. Clean tight text with some sporadic spotting. COVERS QUITE HEAVILY DAMP MARKED but text not affected. Spine not affected by damp so presents well. But just a working copy. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £10. Packed weight 2600g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A rather special copy, from the library of Captain John Glas Sandeman whose ex libris late is inside cover. This copy contains a two page handwritten letter dated 1910 to SAndeman , written by the author from Friary Court/St James Palace , with the embossed stamp of the Yeoman of the Guard. Interior otherwise clean with all pages tight in binding. Seams cracked (but not split) and hinges robust. Red cloth covers with gilt titles generally clean, a smidge sunfaded to spine and front cover. Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. Book measures 29x24.cm. xvi,343pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor abrasion wear, lightly bumped. Binding in good clean condition. Internally, endpaper joints split, but contentes holding. Pages and plates in good condition. A good copy. Size: Quarto.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. *STUDY COPY ONLY IN NEED OF REBINDING*An Ex-Library Hardback without dust jacket, officially withdrawn, usual library stamps and markings. Front and rear boards detached of text block, spine covering missing. Text block binding intact and uncut. Published 1904 by Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., London. 50+ full page tissue guarded illustrations(all free from library stamps). If more information or pictures required please contact us. Weighing 2.5kg will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 16A*.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A detailed illustrated history of the Yeomen of the Guard, detailing over four centuries of royal service, ceremony, and tradition from Henry VII to Edward VII. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition.Illustrated with 64 plates, including portraits, facsimiles, and plans, several in colour, including a colour frontispiece. Collated and complete.This is a detailed official history of the Yeomen of the Guard, the oldest continuous military bodyguard in the world, tracing their service from the founding by Henry VII after Bosworth Field through to the reign of Edward VII.Written by Reginald Hennell (18441925), a Colonel in the Indian Army and Lieutenant of H.M. Body-Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1901 to 1925. He also saw active service in the Abyssinian Expedition (186768), the Afghan War (187980), and the Burma Campaign (188687). In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, generally smart. Bookplate from the "United Service Club" to front paste down. Hinges cracked, with binding materials partially exposed, slightly loose but holding. Front joint cracked, with tearing and fraying to cloth at head of spine. The odd small closed tear to extremities of spine with fraying to cloth. Slight fading to extremities and spine. Slight rubbing and boards and spine. The odd slight handling mark and scratch to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges strained in places, but firm. Pages generally bright and clean with typical age toning to fore edge with one or two handling marks. Good. Various (illustrator). book.…