Brigadier a E Bredin (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing broad octavo paperback 16 pages Illustrated in colour and black and white Fine condition No inscriptions. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1st Edition. Spine and binding are fine though spine and covers are faded and covers have a little swelling (see photos). Contents are clean with no inscription - inside cover is water stained. 356 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Heavy volume - additional postage will be requested at processing stage. Details the history of the Irish soldier at home and abroad from the time of the Norse Invasion and the Norman Conquest to the disbandment of Irish regiments in the British Army in 1922.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Some minor creasing to top edge of front DJ and brief inscription to front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A detailed study with numerous black & white photos & illustrations, detailed index & maps. Printed on good quality glossy paper making a heavy volume. Dustwrapper has minor closed tears / wear to top corners / edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 566p. Photos. Heavy. Bookplate. Fine/Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 356 pgs, glossary, decorated endpapers, illustrations and maps. Green cloth, gilt title spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine with only minor shelf soiling. Title page has previous owner's blind stamp (I hate those things and curse the inventor, while appreciating an owner's pride of ownership). Else interior is clean and tight. Clipped DJ is lightly rubbed with minor chipping and tearing to top edge; now in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Well done telling of the story of the famous Gurkha soldiers from Nepal who fought for the British in WWII and Malaya. There is a reason the Gurkha are famed as war fighters; here the author presents their story of their devotion and service.

Hb in Dw ,8vo, 365pp frontisplate, mono illustrations , 5 maps + loose errata slip The story of the Gurkha Soldier in Malaya 1948-60 Former owners bookplate to front pastedown o/w A Vg/Vg copy.

rilegato con sovraccoperta. Condition: ottimo. in 8 pp. 566.

Hardback. 17 illustrations 5 maps pp356. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. This copy has a hand written letter from the author tipped in. The jacket is complete but heavily rubbed and chipped and covered in old tape or its residue. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 77734.

25 cm, 566 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Signed by the author and with a dedication from the author to a friend of him. Cond.: zeer goed / very good ISBN: 0903152185.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo xxvi + 566pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, index, Comprehensive history which follows the history of the Irish soldier in the service of the British Crown, the armies of France (The Wild Geese) & the Spanish throne. Also in the American civil war & as commanders in the Imperial Russian & Austrian armies. Lacks front end paper o/w nice copy.

1st edition. 8vo. pp. 356; illustrations. Very Good in slightly chipped dust wrapper. Presentation copy inscribed by the author "With best wishes from the author Oct 1961 Ted Bredin." The Gurkhas in Malaya during the "Emergency," or the Anti-British National Liberation War.