Royal Engineers Pocket Book (25 results)

Condition: Good. 1960. No Edition Stated. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Minor sunning to spine, with scuffing and soiling to boards.

Condition: Good. 1964. Third Impression. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fiine. First Edition. Hard cover blue cloth 358pp with many line drawings and diagrams. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. N/A (illustrator). 1960. Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1960. Hard Cover. Book Condition : Very Good, Spine bumped, corners turned some shelf wear, marks on cover. textvery clean, no-notations. browning on cover page. Bookseller Inventory #M001163. N/A.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Stapled Booklet 160 x 100 mm approx. 122 pp 38 figs in text. WO Code 9552. May 1959. Please see our images of the actual military manual offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair (Covers - staining around staples and soiled to rear panel. Liquid stain - tide marking to margin of bottom of book block from p 92 approx to end, no previous owner name. No annotations. Staples rusty with some leaching to paper but binding still sound).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 326 pp. Charts. Diagrams. Fold-outs. Spine, corners bumped and worn. Prev owner's name stamped inside. WO Code No. 9567; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Original buff card covers vi,109pp illustrations A Vg copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 340 pp. Charts. Diagrams. Fold-outs. Spine, corners bumped and worn. Publication number written on front board. WO Code No. 9456. Amendments 4, 5 and 6 laid in. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 358 pp. Charts. Diagrams. Fold-outs. Spine, corners bumped and worn. WO Code No. 9728; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Original buff card covers 108pp illustrations A Vg copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illus., 6.25 x 4", stapled wraps with three punch holes in left margin, covers used with some creasing at upper forecorners, spine sunned, inkstamps "Sold by H.M. Stationery Office" on covers, contents good.

1st ed. Well used - 3 holes punched through for original binding; some rust stains; held together with 3 new staples; a little damp-staining Used - Acceptable. Fair stapled paperback Used - Acceptable. Fair stapled paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue card covers, Stapled booklet with three punch holes.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Card covers, laced binding. Important original RE Reconnaissance Pocket book for 1944. Includes Field Defences, Bridging, Demolitions, Mines, Roads, etc. 149pp., figs etc. tables, Bailey Bridge Launching data on folding sheet tipped-in Published March 1944. Named to a B.R.K.Pain (Lieut R.E.) Minor blemishes and taped strengthening to boards else very good condition. Uncommon.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 108 pages. Illustrated. (SL#126).

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good-. 110 pp. Fold-out diagrams. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Prev owner's name on front cover. Stapled binding. WO Code No. 9639; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 109pp. illus. plus a fold-out. No ownership markings or o/w except that the 'Restricted' textbox on the title page has been blacked out with ink probably by the publisher. Side-stitched with three holes punched in left margin. Nice copy.

Paper. Condition: Very Good-. Reprint. 161 pp. Illus. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Stapled binding. Reprinted with amendments nos. 1 to 12, 1953. WO Code No. 7524? No covers, this number is hand written on the front. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 108p. Line drawings. changes taped in. Very Good Copy. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. RARE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A fascinating series, apparently unused. The 13 booklets in lace up buckram casing. Rear pocket contains the four graphs. Rust from front fastening has holed the title page.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 80pp; errata slip to front; illustrated, tables; blue covers with punched holes and held together with one staple, staple rusty, book good. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Plastic Folder. Condition: VG. Royal Engineers Pocket Book. 14 Chapters (5 from 1936 & remainder from 1941). Includes : General Data; Coastal Defences, Beach Landings, Anti-Aircraft Defences; Bridging; Demolition & Mining; Roads, Accommodation & Installations; Electrical / Mechanical Engineering; Railways; Survey, Water Supply, Concrete. etc. Numerous diagrams, plates, illustrations. A working document which has been used and includes occasional annotation in pencil and a few tipped in ammendments but nevertheless in excellent condition for age. Held together in original green hardback folder with press-stud fastener.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Published: 1944-1946. Not signed by author. "Field-Issued" instruction booklet of the Royal Engineers' WWII campaign carrying the unit stamp of the 204 Works Section, dated just months before the invasion of Europe. PROVENANCE: 204 Works Section, Royal Engineers (Unit Stamp dated 8 Mar 1944). DESCRIPTION: Two Royal Engineers field manuals bound as single volume. The first is the Reconnaissance Pocket Book, War Office 1944, providing operational guidance for field engineers in WWII. The second is Supplementary Pocket Book No. 6: Water Supply, War Office 1946, detailing practical water supply techniques for field operations. The front board bears a clear unit stamp "204 WKS SEC R.E. 8 Mar 1944 File No" suggesting 'issued' provenance, probably linking the book to an active Royal Engineers workshop/unit during WWII Language: English Book Condition: Very Good. Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends'. 15/25' annotated to front board. First page lower hole to page torn. Clean unmarked. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 161, 115. Size: 17 cm by 11 cm. PROVENANCE BACKGROUND: 204 Works Section was a specialized unit of the Royal Engineers. Works Sections were responsible for the technical management of infrastructure, including building, electricity, and water supply. The March 1944 stamp suggests this volume was issued during the final staging for the invasion of Europe.

HMSO, London. 1936. 8vo sized pamplets bound together in green cloth folder. 1-13 complete as called for. Some annotations. Folder is browned and worn. Fastener broken and rusted affecting first page. Rear pocket contains four more graphs and Field Service Pocket Book Ammendments 1926. A rare and SCARCE collection.