Meinertzhagen, Richard (70 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. As photographed; creases to front cover; slight shelf-marking to lower edge; private ownership; owner's tiny label to cover verso; bookseller's label to rear cover; otherwise unmarked; clean throughout; xiv + 347 + 41pls. "It would be useless to pretend that this is a pleasing book or that its author emerges from it as a sympathetic character. Richard Meinertzhagen was a killer. He killed abundantly and killed for pleasure.these extracts from his diaries were not published until fifty years after their composition. Meinertzhagen himself admits to feeling shocked when, in his old age, he reread the record." (Elspeth Huxley - Preface).

Condition: Good. 1947. First Edition. 181 pages. Plain dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.

Condition: New. Meinertzhagen, Kay; Ward, Richard (illustrator). 1998. 2nd Edition. Spiral-bound. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Gut. Reprint. IV, 347 pp. Front cover slightly bumped, otherwise a very well preserved copy 523 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 730.

Rustica. Condition: Nuevo.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Tight paperback binding with light sunning to spine, minor crease to cover and faint spotting to top of text block. Otherwise internally in near fine condition with pages free from marks or inscriptions. Please see images for further details. Synopsis: "Those who have only read the tranquil descriptions of Kenya between the two wars may be surprised by Meinertzhagen's often bellicose diaries. They do not always make pleasant reading but they offer an unrivalled and startlingly vivid account of life during the early days of the colony.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition and printing. In very good navy cloth boards, gilt titles to spine. The boards are flat, quite firm and with one small mark to front. Lightly tanned and foxed rear free end paper; the front free end paper has brief dedication with date. The text pages are illustrated with black and white photos and in very good condition. The pages are tightly bound, straight and not marked. In good brown jacket with black titles, The jacket is fairly clean; the edges and sides of spine are worn, with small open and closed tears, Price clipped. In removable protective sleeve. Scrce.

Paper Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Pb Edition. with a new preface by Elspeth Huxley. 347pp with b&w illustrations.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1902-1906; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; The book shows average wear. Foxing present to the edges of the pages.; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

8° , Softcover/Paperback. 416 Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen, Einband mit geringen Lagerspuren, innen sehr guter und sauberer Zustand 9780907871101 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 518.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy in dust jacket; Memorial account for Daniel Meinertzhagen, killed on a recon patrol in October 1944 in Germany.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Nicoll's Birds of Egypt by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, 1930 Vol 1 of 2. A large green covered hardback with gold pattern and lettering on the cover and spine. The cover is bumped, rubbed, torn in paces and not entirely secure, cracked gutters. The pages are secure and intact, including the colour plates and fold out map. There are some small rips. It appears to be a much appreciated volume, with previous names and dedication and annotations on some pages. Nicoll's Birds of Egypt was a landmark ornithological work, originally conceived by Michael Nicoll, an English naturalist at the Giza Zoo, and completed and published in 1930 by his.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 347 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 182. Frontis and plates. Some uniform wear. A little shaken.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Kenya Diary, 1902-1906 (1957) ? A True First Edition Masterpiece of Military History and African Colonial Lore The Definitive, Uncensored Journal of the Legendary and Controversial Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen Secure an exceptional, investment-grade cornerstone of military history and East African colonial life. Published in Edinburgh by Oliver and Boyd, this 1957 First Edition is the raw, fascinating, and deeply candid personal diary of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen. Written during his service as a young intelligence officer in British East Africa, this volume remains one of the most vividly detailed primary source accounts of the early colonial frontier. Collector & Historical Highlights: An Extraordinary Historical Figure: Meinertzhagen was a towering, enigmatic figure of the 20th century?a legendary British soldier who helped draft the Treaty of Versailles, a world-famous lion hunter, an elite ornithologist, a brilliant spy, and a passionate advocate of Zionism. The Raw Reality of Frontier Warfare: This diary provides an invaluable, uncensored look into early 20th-century military campaigns, intelligence gathering, and wildlife expeditions, making it highly prized by historians of the British Empire. Richly Illustrated: Heavily enhanced with historic photographs and illustrations that bring his extraordinary African expeditions to life. Condition & Material Details: Binding: Original publisher's premium maroon Cloth / Hardcover. State: Very Good / No Jacket. Collation is complete with 347 pages. The binding remains firm, square, and structurally tight. Wear Notes: The volume is slightly cocked with standard, honest vintage shelf wear to the head and tail of the cloth spine. Minor, light period foxing is localized to the endpapers, leaving the internal text block wonderfully clean, crisp, and robust. Format: 8vo (Octavo) ? over 7" - 9" tall. A premium acquisition for serious private libraries, military archives, or premier institutional collections focusing on British colonial history, East African exploration, or elite military biographies.

Rústica, Paperback. Condition: Muy buen estado. 405 p., fotos blanco y negro, 24 cm Prólogos de Javier Reverte y Eslpeth Huxley Español.

Hardcover. Octavo, xi, 376 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket has edge wear, light rubbing. Price unclipped: "$7.50". Boards in red cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w map. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1410682. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 301 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is orange with white print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, light smudging to rear panel. Price unclipped: "35s. net". Boards in orange cloth with gold print. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w plates, color maps. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A (ND-A). 1381202. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. First edition. VIII, 301 pp. Dust jacket sun-bleached at the spine, otherwise only with slight signs of wear. The book itself is in very good condition 427 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1020.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper is a photocopy, in two parts and joined loosely on the lower panel. Ex-FCO Library: Library stamp to the title page; Lending card to the first blank; The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 9" x 5¾" (1.2 kg); pp (viii) 301; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps (some colour); Appendices (3); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #201273 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Book has faint mildew smell. Boards have shelf rubbing along with scuffing and staining; interior of front board has previous owners stamping. Binding is sound. Page edges have additional staining and minor foxing. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, [ix],181pp, illust. Owner name, edges and endpapers slightly spotted, d/j a little rubbed, short tear to head of spine. A good copy . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1959). 1959 1st edition. Large 4to (193 x 276mm). Ppx,230. Colour paintings by G.E.Lodge, b/w photographs, illustrations. Brick-red cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt, gilt vignettes to upper board. Cloth stained but a good copy in frayed dust-wrapper. The author's account of a lifetime's observations of bird behaviour, particularly instances of predation, theft, parasitism and symbiosis in a wide variety of locations from India and Africa to Europe and the British Isles. Many good plates from paintings by G.E. Lodge and others. .

Hb in Dw 181pp illustrations frontisplate The Story of Daniel Meinertzhagen 1925-1944 Vg/Vg copy ex-lib Imperial War Museum Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Memorial account for Daniel Meinertzhagen, killed on a recon patrol in October 1944 in Germany. 181pp., ills., modest Imperial war museum stamp to blank pages, no external markings, else vgc in very good dustwrapper 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1959, 4to, i-x, 230pp. 18 colour and 26 black and white plates by Lodge, Millais, Tunnicliffe and others, original cloth in lightly worn dust wrapper, light speckling to cloth, a very good copy. Ownership label neatly placed on front pastedown. A large part of the book is devoted to birds of prey, and a little to falconry.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1957). 8vo. 1st edition. Slight toning and faint marking to textblock edges with uneven discoloration to textblock top edge. Slight bumping, wear, and light scraping to edges, forecorners, and creased spine ends of barely rubbed boards. Extensive, darkened tape repairs to fore edges, joints, and panels of toned dust jacket verso. Light discoloration along spine and edges of rubbed, toned, soiled, and slightly marked d.j. with chipping to forecorners and spine ends. Larger chips with wear and creasing to d.j. spine tail end. Approx. 1in. tall triangular chip to d.j. front panel bottom edge resulted in faint creasing and tears with patches of dark offsetting from tape repairs on verso. Approx. 1in. long tear to d.j. front panel top edge. Tiny tears with scraping and wear along d.j. fore edges. D.j. covered in removeable plastic covering by previous owner. VG/VG.

First Edition. [Military biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.181; [1], blank. Illustrated with photographic plates. Bound in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt. Neat ink ownership, mild spotting. Very good, without jacket. Memorial account of Guards officer Daniel Meinertzhagen, killed on reconnaissance at the German-Dutch border near Nijmagen in October 1944. Son of the author, Colonel Richard Henry Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (1878-1967) whose writing was greatly admired by the thriller writer Ian Fleming. From the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.631-2.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Nuevo. Sin Sobrecubierta. 1ª Edición. RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN, INGLÉS DE APELLIDO ALEMÁN, PERSONAJE MUY CONTROVERTIDO ENTRE LOS AVENTUREROS QUE AYUDARON A COLONIZAR EL ÁFRICA BRITÁNICA. EN ESTE DIARIO NARRA SUS DÍAS DE SERVICIO COMO OFICIAL DE LOS KING`S AFRICAN RIFLES EN KENIA. SON DÍAS DE PASIÓN CAZADORA Y FÉRREA DISCIPLINA DE UN HOMBRE QUE, POR SU PORTENTOSO FÍSICO, SU VALENTÍA Y SU AGRESIVIDAD, SE VIO IMPLICADO TAMBIÉN EN ACCIONES DE GUERRA MÁS ALLÁ DE LO MORALMENTE PERMITIDO. Autor: MEINERTZHAGEN, RICHARD, Edición: PRIMERA, Editorial: DEL VIENTO, Encuadernación: RUSTICA CON FOTO, Páginas: 403, Prólogo: JAVIER REVERTE, ELSPETH HUXLEY Y AUTOR.