Macmunn George Gen (75 results)

Condition: New. pp. 359.

Condition: New. pp. 359.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. DJ in archival cover price clipped. Alfred Crowdy Lovett (illustrator).

Condition: New. pp. 359.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 1st Crecy edition, 1984. A very respectable copy with usual age-browning to text block edges else interior in excellent condition with all wonderfully illustrated colour sections clean and fully intact. Previous owner name present to front endpaper. The blue cloth boards remain in excellent shape and the price-clipped dust wrapper in very pleasing condition with no nicks or tears and barely any rubbing. Please see five pictures attached for a closer look. Alfred Crowdy Lovett (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. The author was an officer in the Royal Artillery and fought in a variety of wars in the Indian Sub-continent in the latter nineteenth century and going on to serve in the First World War and write numerous books. Includes 19*b/w and colour illustrations and 1*map. x+214pp. Yellow cloth boards with turned corners, some soiling to lower front, indentations to upper front edge and some rippling of the cloth on the rear board. Text-block in good order. Frontispiece is detached but present.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. C.1930. Boards are clean. Content has even toning and writing on the ffep. Good DJ with some tears, toning and marks.

Condition: New. 2021 N & M Press reprint (of original 1911 edition) xiv+224pp with 72 colour plates of Indian Army uniform +19 line drawings.Published Price £28.99 The impressive water colour plates by Major Lovett depict the many full dress and field service dress uniforms of the British Indian Army during the years leading up to the Great War. Never again would the pressures of economy allow uniforms of such variety, colour, and distinctiveness. Book.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint of 1911. 224p. color plates of uniforms Illustrations by Maj. A.C. Lovett. Paper toned. Fine/Fine Copy. Major A. C. Lovett. (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint of 1911. 224p. color plates of uniforms Illustrations by Maj. A.C. Lovett. Fine/Fine Copy. Alfred Crowdy Lovett (illustrator). Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 354pp. Tiny puncture to shoulder of spine. Sl. foxing. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Near Fine. 1st ed. 192p. A contemporary view of the British Army. Green cloth. Front flyleaf cut out. Near Fine Copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st ed. 192p. Wraps. Very Good Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Undated (but 1936) hardcover in very good condition. NOT ex library. Heavy foxing to page edges and a few spots to prelims. none to page faces. no other marks to book. Binding is tight and even. In its original, price-clipped dust wrapper which has a small piece missing from the top of spine, rubbing to edges and a few minor marks to faces. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.…

Condition: New.

Hb original light brown cloth boards , gilt titles to spine and front board , 8vo, 319pp, mono frontis plate and map to text A Vg copy.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 214p. Photos. Color frontispiece. Red cloth. Spine a bit rubbed. Front hinge cracked. Shaken. Good Copy. Book.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Grey Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. Good Minus. 319pp. Comes with dust wrapper. No date - circa 1930. Illustrated with a b/w frontispiece and a couple of maps. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Significantly sunned spine of the wrapper and lightly sunned front and rear of the wrapper. Significant chipping to the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine with some loss of 0.5 cm to the wrapper at the tail of the spine. Several short tears to the edges of the wrapper, with no loss. Light soiling to the top edges of the front and rear boards. Slight foxing to the fore edges and the pre lims of the book. Otherwise internally clean and tight. A very good copy.…

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, title mildly browned, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, backstrip faded else a good, sound copy. Turan 362.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Red leatherette boards, with gilt text, pristine. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket sharp and bright, with mild shelf wear. Book firm in binding, 368 pages include Index, b&w photographs. Stamp from Library of Congress on free front endpaper. Else -- Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages.…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. the Northern Hurricane. Frontis. 1st ed. London (Hodder & Stoughton) nd. A very good copy.

Condition: New. The impressive water colour plates by Major Lovett depict the many full dress and field service dress uniforms of the British Indian Army during the years leading up to the Great War. Never again would the pressures of economy allow uniforms of such variety, colour, and distinctiveness. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 214p. Photos. Black cloth. Some foxing to end papers. Very Good copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. The concept of "martial races" emerged during British colonial rule in India after the Revolt of 1857. The British classified certain communities as naturally brave, physically strong, and better suited for military service, while labeling others as non-martial. This classification was based more on colonial perceptions and political strategy than on scientific or historical evidence. Communities such as the Sikhs, Gurkhas, Rajputs, Jats, Dogras, Marathas, Garhwalis, Kumaonis, and several tribal groups from the North-West Frontier and Himalayan regions were considered martial races. The British believed that these groups possessed qualities such as courage, endurance, loyalty, and martial traditions. Consequently, they were heavily recruited into the colonial army, while recruitment from Bengal and parts of South India was comparatively reduced. The theory served important administrative and political purposes. By favouring selected communities, the British sought to create a dependable army and reduce the possibility of unified resistance against colonial rule. Over time, this policy influenced regional military traditions, economic opportunities, and social identities. Modern historians regard the martial race theory as a colonial construct rather than a reflection of inherent racial or ethnic characteristics. Independent India has rejected this concept, recognizing that courage, discipline, and patriotism are not confined to any particular community. Today, the armed forces of India recruit personnel from all regions, religions, and social backgrounds, emphasizing merit, training, and national service. The legacy of the martial race theory remains significant for understanding colonial military policy and its long-term impact on Indian society and the evolution of the Indian armed forces.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.