Patience Kevin (35 results)

PAPERBACK. 1st edition. 108pp, octavo. signed by K. Patience. tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Poor/Fair. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. Brown cloth, 127 pages. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with photos, some in color. Condition is Very Good in a Poor dustjacket. Book has clean covers and pages along with a tight binding. Jacket clean and bright with a large closed tear on cover but still presentable under mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dustwrapper has some edge wear with some small rips and creases, has a wear to spine edges, a clear protective cover. The brown boards are clean with mild but noticeable wear to corners and spine ends. Small stains to top page edge, mild liquid stain to top spine corner to pages of appendices. Otherwise the binding is firm and the pages are clean with good clear pictures. This book has 128 pages. All in all a nice example of this book.…

Card Covers, Stapled. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. Blank signed by author to title page. As New card covers. Signed by Author(s).

Card. Condition: VG. 2nd (revised). History of this little known narrow gauge railway on the East African Island of Zanzibar. 56pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers, signed by Author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 1st. Pictorial history of the railways in East Africa 1893-1976, covering Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.137pp, largely photographic, plus maps and brief loco rosters. VG clean copy in edge worn dust wrapper.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Revised Edition. 56 pages, quite profusely illustrated, a delightful booklet on this railway which operated on the East African island of Zanzibar in the first three decades of the 20th century. Kevin Patience is a prolific writer on transportation topics, especially those in eastern Africa. (Flat) SIGNED by the author on title page. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New. Many plates of the ships involved PLUS A MAP (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. Well illustrated record of notable shipwrecks along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania. 276pp. VG copy in dust wrapper, signed by Author. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 48 pages inside stiffened and attractive covers, excellently illustrated, Kevin Patience's brilliant story of the loss of HMS Pegasus very early in the Great War when sunk following heavy bombardment by the German cruiser, SMS Konigsberg, about which this author has also written. Background chapters on both these ships, the attack itself, the immediate steps taken by the Admiralty, and much on the legacy and history of the incident and of the Pegasus itself. (Flat) SIGNED by the author on title page. In very good condition, with two very tiny chips at top and bottom of spine. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 28 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 28 pages inside stiffened covers, excellently illustrated, The story of the skirmish between the Royal Navy and The Sultan of Zanzibar's Palace in 1896 which lasted for 45 minutes, reckoned to be the shortest war in history. Book in very good condition - slight edgewear to covers; a previous owner's self-adhesive label at top left of inside front cover; and a previous owner has neatly written some manuscript wording on one page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition . Signed by the author on the title page, there is a gift inscription from the previous owner on the front free end page. Heavy book extra postage may be required. Frontispiece. Both the dust jacket and boards are in very good. Internally there are no other markings or inscriptions. Presented in cellophane. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

2000. Original softcover. A fine copy. Pictures on request.

4°. OLn. 2, OU. 127 S. m. zahlr. tls. farb. Abb., Wegen der PPWR-Bestimmungen (Verpackungsmittelverordungen der EU) liefern wir nicht in Staaten der EU, mit Ausnahme von Österreich. Due to PPWR regulations (EU Packaging Directives), we do not deliver to EU countries, with the exception of Austria. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 501. …

Paperback. Condition: NF. Paperback in Near Fine condition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 64 pages. Signed by author on title page. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by Author. 48pp booklet stapled into card covers. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: 77780.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 128.0 pages. spine faded, text tanned.

Softcover. 25 x 18 cm. Cloth with ill. cover. 118 p. with num. ills. in b/w. Good copy. History of S.M.S. Königsberg, esp. at the East African coast till 1915. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Genießen Sie den goldenen Herbst! Machen Sie es sich gemütlich , bei uns finden Sie sicher die passende Lektüre! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! Widm.…

1st Edition. Original illustrated card covers 108pp maps and illustrations SIGNED By The Author to Title Page. A Vg copy.

1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w illustrations (Bill of sale, 1 painting, 1 cutaway, 4 plans and 33 photos). Fp: Shieldhall in 1955. Stiff covers, pictorial front cover. Fine (as new). 21 x 15. S.S. Shieldhall, a ferry for passengers on the Clyde river between October 1955 and October 1976.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 108 pages. Illustrations. Maps. abbreviations and Glossary of Terms. Bibliography. Signed by the author on the title page. Cover has sticker residue at back. Kevin Patience grew up in Kenya and served in the Royal Air Force, who also taught him to dive. A Malta posting introduced him to many historical aircraft and shipwrecks. On leaving the service he completed a commercial diving course, returned to Mombasa and was involved in salvage operations on the Kenya coast. In 1976 he published his first book on East African railway history and in 1977 became a commercial diver in the Arabian Gulf based in Bahrain and later established a marine salvage company. As part of his interest in military history he was involved in the restoration of British forces graves in Bahrain, and the recovery at sea of a propeller from a crashed Air France airliner as a memorial to those killed and was honored by the French government. In the 1990s he published a number of books on the military and transport history of East Africa and an acclaimed study of the German cruiser 'Königsberg' sunk in East Africa in 1915. Now resident in the UK, writing and research continues, together with presenting talks on a variety of subjects. This work is the fourth in a series of private publications by Kevin Patience, reflecting his interest in Zanzibar and aspects of its history in the late 19th and early 20th century. Kevin Patience's approach to his subject is clearly inspired by both his long association with East Africa and his professional work as a salvage diver. Through this he has developed a real fascination for a very particular period of British naval history in this part of the world. The book touches on the Royal Navy's role in three different areas: the suppression of the slave trade, the bombardment of the Sultan's palace in 1896 and the punitive expeditions mounted on the East African coast in the early years of colonialism. It is richly illustrated by a superb collection of contemporary photographs, attributed to Mr A Gomez "Zanzibar's premier photographer" and only recently unearthed in the Zanzibar archives. Mr Patience deals dispassionately with the Royal Navy's laudable role in the suppression of the slave trade as he does with its role in punitive expeditions on the East African coast. The combination of Mr Patience's easy writing style and the marvelous photos makes Zanzibar - Slavery and the Royal Navy an attractive and enjoyable read.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 64 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm. The author, a resident in Kenya for many years, has a particular interest in the region's military and transport history. Book has chronology of the railways from the construction of the Central African Railway in 1890 to 1996 the time of writing. Although a slim publication it contains photographs, technical details and sketch maps and 'local interest asides'. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A decent hardback first edition without a dust jacket-probably as issued. There is a revised edition of this title (published a few years later) which does have a dust jacket. There is a 5-line previous ownership inscription (signed and dated in Zanzibar) on the front free endpaper, but overall this is a decent hardback copy in the publisher's glazed pictorial boards. 118 numbered pages. Signed by the author on the title page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrated with B&W photos. SIGNED by the Author on title page. Maritime, History, Signed. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.128. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 127 pp; Nice tight clean book with usual age toning of the end pages, all plates and text pages are not toned, clean and white, dust jacket has edge wear at the top with a couple short edge tears and creasing. The book remains a nice tight clean and attractive copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Published by Zanzibar Publications in 2001, here is the super, revised 2nd edition hardback printing of Kevin Patience's KONIGSBERG: A German East African Raider signed, dated and inscribed by Kevin to a previous owner in blue ink to the front free end paper. Glossy blue/ red boards, 216 beautifully illustrated pages the book and dust jacket are both in fine condition. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.276.signed by the author on title page. Signed by Author. book.