Brigadier General Young (7 results)

Condition: New. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1936). SB. viii + 243ppPublished Price £14.50 To those who wonder how Britainâs East India Company managed to dominate the vast Indian sub-continent, this book provides at least part of the answer. Written by a former Indian Army officer, it describes the companyâs military organisation in India, especially its ordnance departments, and the factories it set up in Bombay, Bengal, Madras and elsewhere to manufacture the gunpowder and other explosives it used to subdue the recaltricent sub-continent. Of interest both to gunnery specialists and to India buffs, this book gives an insight into a vital but overlooked element in the establishment of the British Raj.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Cream vinyl hardcover with lettering and design in red and gold. 210 x 264 x 17mm. 139pp. Maps and illustrations on every page, many in colour; see our photos for details of contents. A pristine copy, showing no obvious signs of wear inside or out. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

Hardback. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. two vols of illustrated world war II.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Reprint der Ausgabe von 1937, 243 S., Oktn., leichte Lagerspuren. 36 Sprache: Englisch.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Softback. 4to. (2) + (3) + 130 - 194 + (10)pp including eps. Bw photo frontis + 4 section fold out map + numerous bw photos. Publisher's pale green soft card covers, black lettering + smallcrest on front. Covers : slight browning along spine, slight rub bottom of spine, faint small line mark front, line mark rear else clean. Contents : very clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight attractive copy. VG.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce first edition of this study into the arsenals of the East India Company. First edition. Very scarce. A detailed history of the arsenals and manufactories of The East India Company, an English joint-stock company that was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region. With chapters on the military administration of the company, ordnance departments, gunpowder manufacture in England and India, the company's gun foundry, arms stores and more. With reference to the supply and distribution of weaponry. Written by Brigadier-General Hugh Andrew Young, a Canadian military officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars, rising to the rank of Major General and later joining the Canadian Civil Service. He later became a military historian. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the cloth. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers with an ink annotation to page 71. Very Good. book.