Swordbearers Studies Supreme Command First by Barnett Correlli (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Swordbearers: Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Condition: Good. Cover is worn and creased from use and appears to have cellotape across the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A study of the great commanders of the First World War and the effect their personalities and experiences had on the fighting and their troops. Includes 32*b/w plates and 44*maps. 388pp. Edges of DJ are stained where surface has peeled at the edges and has several nicks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Copy in navy cloth on boards in clipped D/J. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket chipped around edges. Maps as endpapers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w plates.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed. H/B blue bds, VG, tape marks to front and rear bds, no d/w, map to endpapers, tape line running down centre of pastedowns, contents fine, filled with maps, diagrams and b/w photographs. A good reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The Swordbearers: Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War. By Correlli Barnett. Hard covers with dust jacket and both are in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 'The Swordbearers' is a study of the great commanders on both sides in the First World War. First edition. Two dark vertical lines on the rear board (probably caused by tape). Otherwise a fine large, heavy 8vo hbk in fine dj. B/w plates and figures. Endpapers are maps. 386pp.

1st edn., 386pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 42 in text maps, maps at endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in silver and lined in red at spine, upper edge coloured, laminated lettered dustwrapper, a study of four of the major military commanders of World War One and the effect of their characters on the handling of their commands, of Colonel-General Hellmuth von Moltke who implemented the German Schlieffen Plan at the beginning of the war, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, General Philippe Pétain who modernised the French Army and saved it fromn collapse; and General Erich Ludendorff , the last German supreme commander who led Germany to final defeat, very slightly cocked, light bump upper tip upper board, lightly rubbed at extrems., sl. tanning to fore and lower edges, dustwrapper: rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., several nicks to edges, some shrinkage to laminate at upper hinge, lightly soiled, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

First edition. 387 pp. With 42 b/w illustrations and 42 maps. Also maps on eps. The swordbearers is a study of the great commanders on both sides in the First World War. It gives vigorous portraits of man under stress of supreme command. Part I deals with the German invasion of France under the command of Colonel General von Moltke. Part II concerns Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland. Also accounts of the French General Philippe Pétain and German General Erich Ludendorff. Brown stain at front edge of last few pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Overall condition VG. In Good- chipped dust wrapper.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. HB. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Maps on eps 386 pages, incl. index, biblio., appendix + 32 plates & 42 in-text maps. DJ clipped with wear around edges, corners and joints; has various tears, mainly at top and bottom of dj spine, repaired with suitable tape on the obverse. Book tight and clean.

388pp. Lge 8vo. Original boards , endpaper maps, map illustrations, b/w plates. Previous owner's name, but a very good copy. First edition.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:

8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. Enser, p.339.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 386 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, diagrams ; 25cm. Notes: Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-367). Subjects: Jellicoe, John Rushworth, Earl (1859-1935). Ludendorff, Erich (1865-1937). Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von, Count (1848-1916). Military campaigns. World War, (1914-1918) ; Biography. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 386 pages; 386 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 25 cm. Contents: Colonel-General Hellmuth von Moltke. -- Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. -- General Philippe PÃ tain. -- General Erich Ludendorff. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns. World War, 1914-1918 - Biography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 387pp including index. Blue cloth boards with silver titles and red stripe to spine in unclipped dustwrapper. Author's inscription and signature to title page. Newspaper article 'What Makes Men Fight' by Michael Carver tipped in at title. Dustwrapper sunned and lightly foxed with small chips to extremities. Textblock clean tight and bright.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 386 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, diagrams ; 25cm. Notes: Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-367). Subjects: Jellicoe, John Rushworth, Earl (1859-1935). Ludendorff, Erich (1865-1937). Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von, Count (1848-1916). Military campaigns. World War, (1914-1918) ; Biography. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 386 pages; 386 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 25 cm. Contents: Colonel-General Hellmuth von Moltke. -- Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. -- General Philippe PÃ tain. -- General Erich Ludendorff. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns. World War, 1914-1918 - Biography. 1 Kg.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60069124: 1963. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 386 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos et cartes en noir et blanc, dans et hors texte. Tranche de tête rouge. Couverture se détachant. Eléments de la jaquette d'origine encollés en pages de garde. Annotations en pages de garde et de titre et quelques-unes dans le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Gr.8°, Frontii., 386 S., zahlr. Abb. u. Karten., Kart. m. OU., OU min. lädiert, sonst gutes Ex. Text engl. 1100 gr. Schlagworte: Militaria-WKI.

Condition: Very Good. First ed.; 387 p., clean and unmarked; immaculate map end papers; many b&w period photos and maps; binding firm; unfaded slate-blue boards with bright silver-gilt lettering are in pristine condition and show no shelf wear; the glossy, blue, red, black and white d.j. is also very good but the white back-ground is age-toned--slight rubbing along top.

VG, clean HB; VG HB. 386 pp. Illustrated by [Illus.].

1st edition dust jacket Very Good octavo 387pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, Hellmuth von Molke, Sir John Jellicoe, General Petain, Erich Ludendorff. Signs of use, but a very good copy.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo 387pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, von Molke, Sir John Jellicoe, General Petain, Erich Ludendorff. Ownership inscription & some minor chips o/w Vg copy.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 387pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, von Molke, Sir John Jellicoe, General Petain, Erich Ludendorff. Small chips to dust jacket o/w nice copy.

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine octavo 387pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, von Molke, Sir John Jellicoe, General Petain, Erich Ludendorff. Ownership inscription & some minor chips o/w nice copy.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 387pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, von Molke, Sir John Jellicoe, General Petain, Erich Ludendorff.

1st edition dust jacket Near Fine octavo 387pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, bibliog., index, von Molke, Sir John Jellicoe, General Petain, Erich Ludendorff.

First edition. 386pp, [2]. With numerous photographic illustrations. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed. Later gilt supralibros of Windsor Grammar School to upper board. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP beneath the inked calligraphic inscription: 'FIELD-MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT SLIM, K.G. / WINDSOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS / 22 APRIL 1964'. The first edition of military historian Correlli Barnett's (b. 1927) study of the British supreme commanders of the First World War. Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim, first Viscount Slim (1891-1970), British Army officer. Slim joined the army at the outbreak of the First World War and fought in the Dardanelles, France, and Iraq. In 1920 he received a regular commission and joined the Indian army, in which he served throughout the interwar period. At the beginning of the Second World War, he participated in the British conquest of Italian East Africa (1940). In 1942 he was appointed to command the 1st Burma Corps, conducting the retreat from superior Japanese forces that had overrun Burma. In 1943 he was given command of the 14th Army, with which he stabilised the front of the first Arakan campaign (February 1944), arguably up to then the worst-managed British offensive operation of the war. In consequence Slim devised new tactics adapted to jungle warfare, using aerial resupply and guerrilla warfare to assist his efforts in pushing the Japanese out of Burma. Rangoon (Yangon) fell on May 3, 1945, and in June Slim was made supreme Allied commander of ground forces in Southeast Asia. Following the war, in 1946, Slim was appointed commandant of the Imperial Defence College, and in 1948 became chief of the Imperial General Staff with a promotion to field marshal. He served as governor-general of Australia from 1953 to 1960. His memoirs, a personal narrative of the Burma campaign entitled Defeat into Victory (London, 1956) are a classic of the genre and amongst the best thought of campaign histories of the Second World War. Size: 8vo.