Blacker Sir Cecil (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. 232pp B/W illustrations SIGNED BY AUTHOR. P/C - D/W. CLASSIC TEXT. excellent reference/review. NEAR FINE COPY in like D/W. . PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 15 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Mint. 1st Edition. Burgundy covers with gilt titles to spine in vg unclipped dj. As new.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition, bright, white, tight and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is innear fine condition. General Sir Cecil Hugh Blacker GCB, OBE, MC (4 June 1916 - 18 October 2002) was a senior British Army officer and a former Adjutant-General to the Forces. Educated at Wellington College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Cecil Blacker was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1936. He was adjutant of the Regiment during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. He later transferred to the 23rd Hussars which then formed part of 11th Armoured Division. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1944 following Operation Goodwood and went on to become Commanding Officer of the 23rd Hussars in 1945. Blacker was an Amateur Steeplechaser and International Showjumper. He rode in the 1948 Grand National. He rode Pointsman to win the Grand Military Gold Cup at Cheltenham in 1954. He represented Great Britain in Showjumping from 1959 to 1961. He was President both of the British Showjumping Association from 1976 to 1980 and of the British Equestrian Federation from 1980 to 1984. He was a member of the Horse Race Betting Levy Board from 1980 to 1983. Ref TT6.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Vg-plus clean crisp interior, no marks or inscriptions, a little dulled to top closed-edge of pages, contains maps, illustrations and a section of b&w photos, excellent clean firm boards; d/j has only very light sun fade to spine area, but lettering here still clear and bold, vg-plus bright appearance overall no nicks or tears, not price-clipped./.

1st. Ed. 8vo. viii + 232pp. B/w ills. and maps. Original boards with d/w, slight shelf wear. ISBN 1870948876 US$10.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover. Not ex. library. 210 pages, illustrated with colour frontispiece and b/w photographs. The Story of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 1928-1978, Together with a short account of their parent regiments, The 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards Crease on cover, light shelf wear. Contents clean, tight and bright. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing in lovely condition. Green cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spine and regimental badge in silver on front. Corners sharp and minimal edge wear. Internally clean bright and tight. Contains black and white photos and colour frontispiece. Unclipped dust jacket is of very light glossy paper rather than laminate. It has edge wear especially along the top and patchy white marks especially on the rear. Please examine all seller photos.

1st edition stiff wrappers Very Good small octavo xxix + 210pp., b/w pls., maps, Includes BEF in WW2 and Korean War. Some damp-staining o/w VG.

8vo, 22cm,xxix,210p., colour frontis, 18 illustrations, maps, appendices, greencloth, silver spine titles & Regimental crest on front, fine in very goodjacket. (Ids) The history of a British Army armoured regiment. Servicein the Fall of France, North-West Europe, Korea, and Cyprus.

Joan Wanklyn (illustrator). Softcover (spiral bound). Condition: Near Fine. 52pp. Privately published [1991], First Edition/First printing. Original spiral binding, printed card covers. Small pencil mark to front and back cover. 52 pages, wonderfully illustrated with colour and black and white illustrations from sketches by Joan Wanklyn - including 8 full-page colour plates. Oblong folio (35cm by 48cm). All pages bright and clear - no spotting or inscriptions. **This is a heavy book and may attract additional postage** Additional photographs are available upon request.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Very Good. Joan Wanklyn (illustrator). First Edition. 52 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. Minor wear, unmarked. [637] Size: 365mm. x 485mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Change and Challenge: the Story of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 1928-1978 Together With a Short Account of Their Parent Regiments the 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales Dragoon Guards and the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. Publisher: Clowes, London, 1978. Very good hardback with jacket. Minor marks to board edges, no owner inscriptions. Jacket has rubbing and shelf wear. 210 pages with photos.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition (softcover). Oblong folio (35cm by 48cm), 52pp. Illustrated throughout from sketches by Joan Wanklyn, including 8 full-page colour plates. Original spiral binding, printed card covers. There is some minor spotting to the edges of the covers, else this book is in very good condition. ISBN 0951787403.

lang2057 Together with a short Account of their parent regiments The 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales Dragoon Guards and the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. Foreword by General Sir John Anderson. Pp. xxx+210, coloured frontispiece, 4 plates, 6 full page maps, appendices; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in silver, silver insignia to upper board; dust wrapper, browned on reverse, edges lightly worn and creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned; [The Regiment], William Clowes and Sons, London, 1978. First edition. Sutcliffe 2/p. 30. *With inscription on upper free endpaper by co-author, Major-General H. G. Woods, and with his autographed letter, signed, on Regimental letterhead dated 8 August 1979, to 'Harper', sending the book and requesting that payment be made to HQ, and querying if he knows Peter Upton who is the Royal Hussars Secretary.