Bruce Brigadier General (24 results)

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 8 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21.5 cms. Category: Army Quarterly; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 10 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21.5 cms. Category: Army Quarterly; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21.5 cms. Category: Army Quarterly; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardback. Condition: Good. NO JACKET. Hardback. Undated: circa 1937. All the plates & the map are present. Front end paper is stuck neatly onto the front paste-down. SOME FOXING. Clean & tight. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref H208. The Land of the Gurkhas or the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal by Major W. Brook Northey; With a Chapter by Brigadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce, C.B., M.V.O, late 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles and 6th Gurkha Rifles.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo in gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. B&W gravure plates and 3 maps. Condition: mild wear to binding; bookplate inside front cover; embossed ex-libris on first free endpaper; small amount of light, scattered foxing; else very good. Pages: xv, 203.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. Useful reference primarily WWI of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. 1st Edition 1926. 263pp., all illustrations and maps as called for, Roll of honour, index. Spine worn and corners rubbed, blemishes to cover, lacks endpaper, some foxing and hint of staining to a few blank top margins. Signature of Captain F.H.Hill M.C. Overall a working copy with all illustrations and maps. Priced accordingly and UK post recommended. Signed by Veterans.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inscribed, "To Bill my very dear friend and also Cora" and signed by B/G Bruce Johnson. Presumed first edition. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. A clean, sound copy, with a couple of freckles on front endpages. Unmarked but for author's inscription/signature. Jacket with chipping and short tears along edges. Some tears tape-repaired on reverse side of DJ. 186 pages. Signed by Author(s).

1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [xvi] + 263pp. + [i]. Port. frontis., 32 b/w. plates from photos., 18 maps including a couple folding. E.ps. and frontis lightly spotted, p.114-115 118-119 122-123 and 126-127 misprinted and supplied in sl. crude tipped in photocopy, original black lettered red cloth with black armorial device to upper board, cloth soiled and sl. rubbed, corners and joints rubbed, spine faded rubbed and sl. stained with crude repair at head, with handmade red paper d/w. Mostly concerned with the Regiment's services in the Great War. Additional postage may be necessary US$37.

Condition: Good. First Edition, first impression. No dust jacket, Cream coloured cloth spine and red cover with gold regimental crest. 263 pp including index. Rough cut pages. Illustrated with fold-out map and blak-and-white photographs. in very good condition. spine sound, no inscriptions, ex libris sticker. Water stain on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A straightforward secondhand copy. Spine somewhat faded. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 78843.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 263pp, illus, maps, roll of honour, original red and buff cloth with gilt badge and titles, nice example of the first edition, just a little sunning to the front board otherwise all in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second Impression. xi, 339p, ills, 2 folding maps. Couple of small minor discolorations along top of spine, and two minor markings on edge of rear cover, but book in excellent condition. Has book plate with signature of Julian W. Feiss, a mining engineer and a graduate of Princeton and the Arizona School of Mines. After graduation he worked as a practical miner in Idaho. From 1929 to 1931 he was a field geologist in southern Africa. He then joined the consulting firm of Crowell & Murray and worked in Ontario, South Dakota, and Chile, among other places. In 1937 he went to work at the Climax Molybdenum Mine in Colorado. During World War II, he returned to Africa with the military intelligence services.

Condition: Fine. 1922. Fine.

Broché. Condition: Bon. Librairie Dardel, Chambéry 1923. Fort volume 302 pages grand in-8°, photos hors-texte en noir, 2 cartes dépliantes. sans jaquette, petites rousseurs.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. 255x180, 302 pages + 2 cartes dépliantes + table.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small quarto.199pp, map & illus.VG copy in original blue cloth and dustwrapper. First German edition of The Assault on Mt Everest", one of the great Everest mountaineering trilogy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small quarto.199pp, map & illus.VG copy in original blue cloth and dustwrapper. First German edition of The Assault on Mt Everest", one of the great Everest mountaineering trilogy.

Cloth. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ex-Library. Library stamps and markings. Binding repaired poorly. Large tears to one of the maps. ; Xi, (1) , 339 pages + frontispiece + 33 of 35 plates + 2 folding maps + (1) page advertisements. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering. Second printing. Tissue guard to frontis present. Page dimensions: 250mm x 162mm. Contents: INTRODUCTION by Sir Francis Younghusband, K. C. S. I. , K. C. I. E. - THE NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION by Brigadier-General Hon. C. G. Bruce, C. B. , M. V. O. - To the Base Camp; The Assault on the Mountain; The Return by Kharta - THE FIRT ATTEMPT by George H. Leigh-Mallory - The Problem; The Highest Camp; The Highest Point - THE ATTEMPT WITH OXYGEN by Captain George Finch - The Second Attempt; Conclusions; Notes on Equipment - THE THIRD ATTEMPT by George H. Leigh-Mallory - The Third Attempt; Conclusions - NOTES by T. Howard Somervell - Acclimatisation at High Altitudes; Colour in Tibet; Tibetan Culture - NATURAL HISTORY by Dr. T. G. Longstaff, M. D. - Natural History - INDEX. [References: Marshall 2623.]; 4to.

Hardback. No Dustjacket. Fair. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Boards rubbed to edges and spine. Some internal cracking, re-enforced with tape. Still holding. Ex schol library copy 'Mill Hill School' Scattered light foxing throughout. Not inscribed. 339 Pages. There are thirty five (35) photographs and a frontispiece showing the Second Climbing Party descending from their Record Climb. All photographs in Good condition, some rubbed to page edges but not affecting the print. There are two folding Maps to the end, both in Very Good condition. 1) Sketch Map of Mount Everest and the Rongbuk Glaciers. and 2) The Route of the Mount Everest Expedition 1922.

Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with 32 Plates, One Folding and 18 Maps, Two Folding All are Present as Listed. (illustrator). All books outside UK sent airmail. PayPal accepted. Slight spotting to end papers and one marginal nick not affecting text. Original red cloth faded slightly at spine with a small nick at head and marked on covers but overall very acceptable of a very scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Second impression. Text by Brigadier-General Hon. C.G. Bruce, George H. Leigh-Mallory, Captain George Finch, T. Howard Somervell, and Dr. T.G. Longstaff. Introduction by Sir Francis Younghusband. Small quarto. 339pp. Profusely illustrated with 35 black-and-white plates. Blue cloth titled in gilt. Contemporary owner's name on front fly, a fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, COMPLETE COPY WITH FRONTIS + NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS & TWO FOLDING MAPS TO REAR. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES WITH 11 + 339 PAGES. SPINE EVENLY FADED WITH MINOR RUBBING TO COVER EDGES, FEW LIGHT MARKS TO CLOTH BOARDS WITH A COUPLE OF SCRATCHES TO CLOTH ON REAR BOARD, CORNERS BUMPED, ENDPAPERS BROWNED WITH PENCIL NAMES, THE USUAL FOXING TO PAGES WHICH IS MOSTLY TO FIRST & LAST COUPLE OF PAGES, ONE ILLUSTRATION WITH SOME CHIPS & TEARS TO MARGINS, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR SEPARATION AT INNER MARGINS BUT WITH ALL PAGES ATTACHED. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

grand in-8, broché, 304p, nbses photos, nbses cartes, bon étatTraduction française par A de Gruchy et le Commandant E Gaillard MC.

grand in-8, broché, jaquette illustrée (scotché sur dos), 304p, nbses photos, nbses cartes, bon étatTraduction française par A de Gruchy et le Commandant E Gaillard MC.