Wavell by Kiernan (15 results)

Condition: Fair. 1945. First Edition. 220 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering to spine. Contains black and white plates. Pages are visibly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Ex-libris plate stuck to front free endpaper and ex-libris stamp to front pastedwon. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and edges, and rubbing to surface. Small scratches and stains to boards and spine. Moderate sunning to spine with minor crushing to spine ends.

Condition: Good. Little wear to boards. Light toning to pages with some spotting. DJ has tears and loss to edges,

Condition: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 220 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

hard cover with dustjacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. VG/G. Very good book in good price-clipped dust jacket with shelf wear and edge wear and tears, light soiling to page edges, name on front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 222pp, seven black and white photographic plates, six maps. Orange cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. 12mo. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to fox, previous owner's name on front free endpaper otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Unclipped dust jacket has mild shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/G- dj. 221.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by George G. Harrap & Co, London, UK. 1945. 220 pgs. Frontispiece of a b/w photograph Wavell & Illustrated with 6 other b/w photographic plates. 6 b/w maps. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC (5 May 1883 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. In the Second World War, he served initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italians in western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by the German Army in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 (apart from a brief tour as Commander of ABDACOM) and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947. EB; 7.4 X 5.3 X 0.8 inches.

By author of "General Smuts", "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Unveiling of Arabia" etc. With seven half-tone illustrations and six maps. 221 pp. Frontispiece - b/w photograph Wavell & 6 other b/w photographic plates. 6 b/w maps. A biography of the Wavell family. Contents: Wavells, Spain to Mexico, A Wavell in Arabia, Subaltern, Ypres and russia, palestine, Between the Wars, Middle East, The Outer Bastions, India, Appendix: Main events, June 1940-June 1941. Previous owner's inscription on fep. Rust cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Overall condition VG+. No dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Ex-library. The jacket is bit torn, worn and marked. small chips on the edges and creased. few rubber stamps and small plate on the front end page. some foxing. internally clean and tightly bound. fair copy. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back original publisher's brick red cloth covers, black stamping. 8vo. 4¾" x 7¼" 220 pp + appendix. Seven halftone illustrations, six maps, produced on war economy paper. To a sergeant of the black watch, small, active, tireless, and courageous, recalling for a young soldier the figure of Alan Breck Stewart, on the black night of a German raid in the trenches at Ypres. In Very Good clean and tidy condition, spine not faded, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).

Hb with Dj. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Reprint. Very scarce. First published 1945. First biography of Field Marshall Viscount Wavell. 7 half-tone illustrations and 6 maps. Tan cloth with a hint of wear. Top page edges speckled. Clean internally with no markings, foxing or inscription. All our UK orders are posted First Class. All profits to Amnesty International. Size: 13cm - 19cm with 220pp.

Condition: BUONO USATO. INGLESE Legatura leggermente usurata agli angoli, stanca alle estremità del dorso, che risulta essere sbiadito, probabilmente per l'esposizione al sole, come il margine superiore del piatto posteriore. Controguardie con leggera fioritura, così come i tagli. Pagine ben salde alla cerniera, con ampio margine, ingiallite, così come i tagli, presenti illustrazioni nel testo e tavole fuori testo su carta patinata, in bianco e nero, con didascalia. Numero pagine 221.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO30009138: 1946. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 220 pages illustrées de photographies noir et blanc hors texte, dont portrait frontispice de Wavell, et de 6 cartes; couverture cartonnée plein toile orange. . . . Classification Dewey : 920-Biographie générale et généalogie.

First. 7 half tone illustrations and a map. Portrait frontispiece. 221pp. Orange cloth with no dj. Spine a little darkened and corners bumped. Previous price in pen on free fep. Otherwise VG.