Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart (51 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [From the library of noted scholar Richard A. Macksey.] Limited Edition #327 of 550. Bound in vellum over green boards. Gilt lettered and decorated. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Bumped corners. Contemporary signature of Macksey on verso. 75 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. "Richard A. Macksey was a celebrated Johns Hopkins University professor whose affiliation with the university spanned six and a half decades. A legendary figure not only in his own fields of critical theory, comparative literature, and film studies but across all the humanities, Macksey possessed enormous intellectual capacity and a deeply insightful human nature. He was a man who read and wrote in six languages, was instrumental in launching a new era in structuralist thought in America, maintained a personal library containing a staggering collection of books and manuscripts, inspired generations of students to follow him to the thorniest heights of the human intellect, and penned or edited dozens of volumes of scholarly works, fiction, poetry, and translation." - Johns Hopkins University.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Fair. : Las memorias de Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart ofrecen una visión fascinante de su vida y su misión oficial en Moscú en 1918. El libro relata sus experiencias en el Servicio Exterior británico, su tiempo como vicecónsul en Moscú y sus interacciones con figuras clave durante la Revolución Rusa. Lockhart describe la cultura y la política rusas durante los últimos años del régimen zarista, así como los errores en las políticas británicas y aliadas durante este período crítico. Un relato de primera mano de un período turbulento en la historia rusa, contado con perspicacia y simpatía. EAN: 9780333386026 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: Memoirs of a British Agent Autor: Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart Idioma: en Páginas: 376 Formato: tapa blanda.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Foxing is present on one or more pages. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Moderate shelf wear. Noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung; Verformung des Buches; Einriss bis 1 cm.

hardcover. Condition: Good. volume I Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; Second Printing. London: Putnam, (1936). First Edition, Second Printing. 8vo. 426pp, Index. Blue cloth, very good, corner bumped, spine letters dulled, bookseller's circular stamp on title page, owner's name on map endpaper and repeated on half-title with location Penang Malaya, March 22, 1937. In 1932 the author joined his two uncles in Malaya who were rubber planters. About three years later he became ill with malaria and returned to England. Previously, he was Vice-Consul in Russia in 1912, later acting British Consul-General in Moscow during WW I, leaving before the Bolshevik Revolution started. He returned to Moscow in 1918 as United Kingdom's first envoy to Bolshevik Russia, but was also working for the Secret Intelligence Service. He was accused of leading a plot against the Bolshevik regime, leading to his imprisonment, but he escaped trial through a trade with the British government, returning to England. His 1932 Memoirs of a British Agent recounts his experiences. Return To Malaya includes some of events in Russia as well as his initial visit to Malaya in 1932. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 426 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart had a distinguished career as a diplomat, writer and director-general of Churchill's Political Warfare Executive during the Second World War. But as a young diplomat and Acting Consul-General in Moscow, he was caught up in a chain of events that included being head of Britain's first mission to the Bolshevik Government, subsequent involvement in a plot to overthrow them, and imprisonment in the Kremlin.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Putnam's, 1938 hardcover No dust jacket Text and cover clean Cover shows minor wear on spine ends Tight binding Pages beginning to tan.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Dramaticke obdobi evropskych dejin od mnichovske krize v roce 1938 az po konec 2. svetove valky v pohledu britskeho diplomata a novinare. Bruce Lockhart byl v letech 1940-41 predstavitelem britske vlady u ceskoslovenske exilove vlady v Londyne. Prostrednictvim jeho vypraveni muzeme sledovat usili Edvarda Benese o oficialni uznani ceskoslovenske reprezentace ze strany Velke Britanie. Mezi lety 1941 a 1945 pracoval Lockhart ve Vyboru pro valecnou politiku a propagandu. Ve svych vzpominkach nam dava nahlednout do zakulisi obtizne prace prapagandistu, jejichz hlavni zbrani ve valce s nacistickym Nemeckem bylo rozhlasove vysilani. Kniha vystizne charakterizuje atmosferu v britske spolecnosti v tezkem obdobi 2. svetove valky.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Xviii, 280 Pp. Hardcover In Slipcase. First Printing, 2003. Blue Cloth, Illustrated Boards, Dark Blue Endpapers. Fine (Slight Foxing To Edges Of Page Block) In Fine Slipcase. First Published 1732, The Text Here Follows That Of The 1974 Edition With The Omission Of The First Books And The Inclusion Of A New Introduction, Epilogue And Notes By The Author's Son, Robin Bruce Lockhart, Who Was Officially Advised That His Father's Covert Work Would Remain Secret For 100 Years. Illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Being An Account Of The Author's Early Life In Many Lands And Of His Official Mission To Moscow In 1918. DJ; Ex Library; Heavy. DJ in mylar cover; stamped 'Library Ministry of Defence, Wellington, NZ'. 355 pages.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 229 p. : maps (part col.) ; 23 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Royal Marines History World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories Great Britain. Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart 1887-1970. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 229 p. : maps (part col.) ; 23 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Royal Marines History World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories Great Britain. Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart 1887-1970. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. With a foreword & post-script "The achievements of the Russian revolution", by John Keep. DJ. Ex Ministry of Defence library with usual stamps and markings. DJ in mylar cover. 144 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Anmerkungen / Beschriftungen. Podnazev: osobni vzpominky Vzpominky britskeho diplomata na pratelstvi s ceskoslovenskym ministrem zahranici. Lockhart rekapituluje vyvoj pratelskeho vztahu od jeho vzniku v obdobi pusobeni na britskem vyslanectvi v Praze pres Masarykuv diplomaticky pobyt ve Velke Britanii a londynsky exil az po povalecne kontakty. Britsky diplomat velice nenarocnym zpusobem priblizuje hluboke osobni pratelstvi, jez ho spojovalo se synem prvniho ceskoslovenskeho prezidenta.…

First edition. Free end papers yellowed; page fore-edge foxed; binding tight; spine slightly bumped at head & foot; dust jacket worn, with browned & faded spine Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 350 p 18 cm. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Biography - 20th century. Lockhart, R. H. Bruce Sir (Robert Hamilton Bruce) 1887- 1970. 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 Soviet Union. Communism Soviet Union. Great Britain Foreign relations Soviet Union. Soviet Union Foreign relations Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 350 p 18 cm. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Biography - 20th century. Lockhart, R. H. Bruce Sir (Robert Hamilton Bruce) 1887- 1970. 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 Soviet Union. Communism Soviet Union. Great Britain Foreign relations Soviet Union. Soviet Union Foreign relations Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; Physical desc.: 144 p. ; 19 cm. Subject: Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921 - Participation, British. Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921 - Personal narratives, British. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (malaya, asia, travel, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; Physical desc.: 144 p. ; 19 cm. Subject: Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921 - Participation, British. Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921 - Personal narratives, British. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. 1 Kg. …

4th edition. Fine cloth copy in very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 1 Kg.

Or.pic.boards. Qtr.cloth. 280pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st Folio Society ed. In the slip-case. Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart was a British diplomat, journalist, author, secret agent, & footballer. In his memoirs he writes of his failure to sabotage the Bolshevik Revolution of 1918.

4th edition. Fine cloth copy in very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Previous owner's inscription. Physical description: 12, 355 pages; 24 cm. Subjects: Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce Sir 1887-1970. Diplomats Great Britain; Biography. World War, 1914-1918 Russia.Great Britain Foreign relations Soviet Union. Soviet Union Foreign relations Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

Reprint. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Previous owner's inscription. Physical description: 12, 355 pages; 24 cm. Subjects: Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce Sir 1887-1970. Diplomats Great Britain; Biography. World War, 1914-1918 Russia.Great Britain Foreign relations Soviet Union. Soviet Union Foreign relations Great Britain. 1 Kg. …

First Folio Society Edition. Near fine copy in the original sepia-printed boards, backed with gilt-blocked blue cloth, showing faint shelfwear only. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Accompanying original slip-case very good, if slightly dust-dulled and edgeworn. Physical description; xviii, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes index. Originally published: London : Putnam, 1932. Subjects; Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce, 1887-1970. Russia, foreign relations, Great Britain, 1917-1921. Russian Revolution, 1917-1921, personal narratives. British diplomats, memoirs. Consular service, British. 1 Kg.…