Williams Lieut Col (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some grubby fingerprints and overall time staining to largely pale green jacket and page fore edges, spine slightly browned, some backwards lean, corners rubbed, remains of old sticky label to top back jacket, not price clipped (21s), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy for its age. 262pp, illustrated. A sequel to Williams' earlier books 'Elephant Bill' and 'Bandoola'. This is the story of the Andaman trip referred to in both earlier books, where Colonel Williams (1897-1958), meets the fearless Spotted Deer in a jungle on the North Andaman, and the remarkable decision of the author to choose Tun Gyaw as his personal guide, even though he was serving a life sentence for having tried to murder him. Williams was a British expert on Burma, and was made a Lieutenant Colonel, mentioned in dispatches three times, and was awarded the OBE in 1945. Quite a scarce book. Jacket and illustrations by Stuart Tresilian (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Marginal toning/foxing. Owner's name on verso, else unmarked. v, 3-309 pages : illustrations, tables, diagrams ; 24 cm.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good-fair. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good-fair. First Edition. History. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. rear cover detached, spine damaged, chips, engravings, text fine, 184 pgs.

Condition: Very Good-. First. A very good - copy in red cloth with gilt titles on spine Blind stamped floral design on covers MInor edge wear and 2" stain at top of front cover, but otherwise binding is very good Text is unmarked and clean, with some minor foxing 8 p of ads at front 4 full page plates, 3-double page maps, 24 p introduction, then 168 p 168 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine, 1909, 1st ed, 18 pls. A deluxe edition? In full cream boards, gilt titles & arms to upper cover. Spine, gilt titles & tooling. Internally, frontis, [5], (vi-xii), [1], 2-136 pp, [1], 18 pls (including 1 folding, 7 coloured & 1 pl with 2 images), attractive red endpapers, all edges cut. Uncommon. (Folio, 167*216 mm).…

Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Excellent account of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry to 1908, including the Boer War. Handsome tooled vellum with illustrations and outstanding coloured plates as called for. 1st Edition 1909 and published in Oswestry. 137pp., plates and illustrations, appendices. Tipped-in ephemera including list of Volunteer Officers in the county of Salop, coloured photograph of helmet with plate and plume, photographs of Regimental flags and scroll etc neatly affixed to blank pages at rear. Overall near fine condition. …

First edition, small 4to, xii, 136, [2]pp., 18 plates (7 coloured), orig. full vellum binding, lettered in gilt, some light spotting and small nick to spine.

First edition, small 4to, xii, 136, [2]pp., 18 plates (7 coloured), marbled endpapers, orig. full vellum binding, lettered in gilt.

Red/gilt hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Wear to spine ends. Corners bumped and with a little wear. Occasional light foxing to prelims but contents generally clean and tight. Inner hinges of vols III and V cracked. 290mm x 200mm (11" x 8"). 384pp; 380pp; 337pp, xxxix. Over 50 steel-engraved plates - 7 maps (6 of which are coloured and double page). Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. Published 1854-1859.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. First Edition. Military. Volumes 1- 29 complete, some foxing, a few creased pages with small chips, part 1 cover detached, many full page engravings, full pages colored maps, data, Bound in a marbled stiff jacket with string ties. Nice set. …

2 Bde. (2 vols.). 4°. 184, 191 S. m. 1 Frotisp., 17 Stst. u. 2 Stst.Karten. (184, 191 p., 17 Original-Plates, 2 Original Map-Plates Russia). Original-Leineneinbände. (Rücken bei 1 Bd. Hälfte fehlt, sonst gut). Frotisp. Segelschiff, 10 Portraits, 3 Seeschlachten, 4 Landschlachten, gef. Ostsee- u. gef. Schwarzmeerkarte. …

Condition: Good. Presumed First. 4 maps and 55 steel engraved prints of portraits of celebrated commanders, events of war, battle scenes, views of places (lacks 7 plates and one map), 6 vols. bound in 3, 4to., half green calf, The Bindings are rubbed and worn, and corners bumped,Internally very good. Heavy volumes may incur extra postage Size: Quarto. 3-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Inventory No: 7280. For further info on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying. Half Leather With Marbled Boards.…

Printed on both sides of a piece of paper, roughly 25.5 x 37.5 cm, folded three times to make a packet of 6pp., 25.5 x 12.5 cm. The title advertises 'All the old favourites, and new book by Pte. E. G. S. Staples. New Lyrics and parodies by 2 Lt. C. M. Hale. Additional music by Pte G. M. Rutt. Produced by Pte E. G. S. Staples.' Also 'Full Beauty Chorus of Macedonian Houris from the EASTERN THEATRE (of War) by kind permission of the Balkan News.' Other spoof advertisements include: 'Soap! Soap! Soap! You find it We have the water!' and 'The Balkan News | No Connection With Lord Northcliffe) | The Paper that go the sells! | Unreliable Telegrams Two Days Before | London. | Send your copy to Tommy!' and 'CAN YOU SAY | 99? | OUR CORRESPONDENTS COURSE ON ELOCUTION WILL HELP YOU. | Professor Lypchutz Salonika'. A square among the advertisements is headed 'SUGGESTED BY THE MAJOR.', with 'DELETED BY THE CENSOR.' at the foot. …

No Binding. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Extracted from "The Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London", this is an original disbound paper giving and account of the Trigonometrical Survey carried out by Captain William Mudge and others, their early ordnance mapping of England which went on to become The formation of the Ordnance Survey we know today. This paper runs to 177 pages, and is illustrated with four folding plates, browning and light marking to the text pages, the folding plates are heavily browned and stained, with some edge wear, else in acceptable condition (see pictures) AN ORIGINAL IMPORTANT EARLY PAPER ON THE ORIGINAL MAPPNG SURVEY CARRIED OUT IN THE EARLY DAYS OF WHAT WAS TO BECOME THE ORDNANCE SURVEY.…