Bush Captain Eric (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Teal hardcover book with silver titliing to spine. 350 clean pages. Bumps to spine ends and corners. DJ Good with bumps to spine ends and some rubs to edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with Good DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear. Presented with protective clear book jacket cover. Previous owner's name/inscription on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with spotting. Good DJ with some tears and toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. h/b 282 pages, condition is very good, no DJ navy boardsil qilt silver lettering to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Spine slant, else very good in a very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Author's large pen inscription on the front end paper. Hardback with price clipped dust jacket, size 8vo, 282 pages + adverts. Illustrated with b/w plates. Dust jacket is edge worn & tatty with nicks & tears + rubbing & marking + browning, also loss to the top of the spine. Boards are cocked & show light edge wear & bumping. Some light browning through out otherwise contents good & complete. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. (1958), First Printing, Very Good/no dj, octavo, 282pp plus 6pp ads in rear of other A&U recent publications, blue boards hardcover, light cover soil, b&w photo ill's., binding tight, private bookplate & owner's inked name on front endpapers o/w text unmarked, Presented & Signed on front free endpaper: "To dear Lady Bennett from Mollie and Eric Bush, Hunters, Langham Green, Kent, 17.4.58.". Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxxviii, 435 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army Anthologies. Soldiers Quotations. Soldiers Poetry. Soldiers Prose literature. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1962, first edition. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes a dust jacket, price unclipped, in very good condition. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1962 first edition hardback in very good condition. A little foxing to page edges and prelims. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The blue cloth boards have just light shelf wear. In its original, price-clipped dust jacket with a tear to spine and some foxing to rear, otherwise very good. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1958 first edition hardback in very good condition. A little foxing to prelims. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The blue cloth boards have a few small marks, otherwise fine. Alas no dust jacket. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Condition: Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. . . . .

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxxviii, 435 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army Anthologies. Soldiers Quotations. Soldiers Poetry. Soldiers Prose literature. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. SALUTE THE SOLDIER. Captain Eric Bush. George Allen & Unwin, London 1966 First Edition 438pp Hardback. This copy is bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and the upper board. The unclipped dust wrapper has one or two small closed tears but has now been covered in clear removable protective film. This copy is ex-libris (Guards Depot, Pirbright) with usual stamps and labels. This anthology of great competence and outstanding interest, in which riches known and unknown are collected together. From Cromwell to Churchill through the battles of Marlborough, Wolfe, Abercromby and Wellington through the Afghan and Crimean wars, the Indian Mutiny, the China, Zulu and Boer Wars and the two World Wars, the feats of the British army, its leaders and its men, are celebrated in hundreds of passages of verse and prose. Ref I6.

Black Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 435pp. A lovely copy with wrapper. Gilt embossed lettering to the front board and spine. Slight bump to the head of the spine and front edge of the rear board and a very slight indentation mark to the head and tail of the front board. A little slight soiling to the front fore edges. Otherwise fresh and clean. Dust wrapper not price clipped with light fading to the spine of the wrapper and a small rub mark about 1/4 of the way up the spine of the wrapper. There is a small hole and assocaited sratch mark to the head of the front of the wrapper. Light shelf wear to the head of the wrapper. The wrapper is otherwise clean and tight. A very good copy.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Spine slightly askew; edges slightly yellowed, with some minor marking and foxing; some minor foxing to endpapers; small inscription from a previous owner on front free endpaper. D/w spine slightly sunned; lightly rubbed at extremities, with a small repaired tear at front top edge; slightly yellowed, with some minor foxing. Additional postage might be required; please e-mail for quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 8vo, first edition, second impression, pp,282, illustrated, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which has some wear and tape repairs, silver titled navy cloth, wear and loss to the rear board corners.

(Subject: Other Topics - Diverse Subjects) An anthology of quotations, poems and prose edited by Captain Eric Wheler Bush, DSO, DSC. Literary riches, known and unknown, are marshalled as never before, from Cromwell to Churchill through the battles of Marlborough, Wolfe, Abercromby and Wellington, to the Afghan and Crimean Wars, the Indian Mutiny, the Xhina, Zulu and Boer Wars and the two World Wars. The feats of the British Army, its leaders and its men are celebrated in verse and prose. This copy is inscribed by the author with a dedication to Lt. general Sir Reginald Savory, Brigade Commander at Sidi Barrani and Keren, 23rd Indian Division 1942-1947. In addition there is a tipped in letter dated 21st July, 1967 to General Savory, also in the author's hand. A collectible copy in good condition (with some browning to the page edges). The dust wrapper is protected in a plastic sleeve. (Published: 1966) (Publisher: George Mann Books) (Pagination: 435pp, index) (Condition: vg in plastic sleeved d/w) UL-XXXXXX.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. VG/Good. First edition, first printing in d/w price clipped. SIGNED BY EDITOR, CAPTAIN ERIC BUSH, without dedication or inscription on title-page. An anthology of great competence and outstanding interest, in which riches known and unknown are marshalled as never before. From Cromwell to Churchill, through the battles of Marlborough, Wolfe, Abercromby and Wellington through the Afghan and Crimean Wars, the Indian Mutiny, the China, Zulu and Boer Wars, and the two World Wars, the feats of the British Army, its leaders and its men, are celebrated in hundreds of passages of verse and prose. With 'British Regiments Mentioned', Bibliography, Index of Authors. Minor spotting to fore-edge and bottom-edge; d/w is edge worn with chipping; d/w has long tears along folds and spotting to rear panel; d/w has small losses to head and tail of spine, and corners of the d/w; d/w has two telephone numbers written on front panel; else a very good copy, in a good only d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY CAPTAIN ERIC BUSH. D/w now protected in a detachable. non-adhesive, clear sheaf. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to front and spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 435pp. Not library copy, name/date in ink to ffep, some rubbing to dustjacket and board edges. (46/6).

2nd imp. dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 282pp., b/w plates, Author spent his fifteenth birthday at sea in the 1914-18 War, later serving in the Baltic, East Indies, China Station & mediterranean & even commanding a gunboat a thousand miles up the Yangtse. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in light blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to front and spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 350pp. Not library copy, name/date in ink to ffep, small tears and rubbing to dustjacket edges, clear tape repair to reverse. (48/5).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed to title page by author and to FEP by previous owner, Stanley W P Martin (Euryalus 1941-3). Also includes a signed copy of the author's photograph to Stanley Martin, three photographs of H M S Euryalus, Stanley Martin's 'Reunioin' inviation and a copy of a bookley called 'Crossing the Line' dated Saturday 11th October 1941. A very good, unique copy in a very good, protected DJ which is non-price clipped with light chips to spine. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition dust jacket Very Nice Copy octavo 282pp., b/w plates, Author spent his fifteenth birthday at sea in the 1914-18 War, later serving in the Baltic, East Indies, China Station & Mediterranean & even commanding a gunboat a thousand miles up the Yangtse.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographic Throughout (illustrator). Second Impression. 282pp with 4pp of publishers' adverts. Navy cloth lettered in silver to the spine. Top edge blue. The dust-wrapper slightly chipped and marked to the back cover. Unclipped. On the front free endpaper "To: NATIONAL SEA TRAINING SCHOOL, SHARPNESS with every good wish from the Author Eric Bush. Langham Green, Kent 3.12.58" An excellent presentation copy Internally a vey clean tight copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

8vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO A MEMBER OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF HMS EURYALUS, WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Bush's autobiography, of which about one third covers his service in WWII. He was with minesweepers at Dunkirk, took command of the new cruiser EURYALUS in the Mediterranean, assisted in staff work for D-Day, and recommissioned HMS MALAYA for bombardment duties. With 6pp publisher's catalogue at end. Law 0669.

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A smartly bound first edition of this anthology of poetry and prose on the sea and marine life. First edition. An anthology on the sea, storms and shipwrecks, sweethearts and wives, home from sea, sea chanties, the old navy, English admirals, battles and wars, and much more. With collections of quotations, poems, and prose extracts. Edited by Captain Eric Wheler Bush, a British member of the Royal Navy. Bound by R. W. & H. B. Bound in full blue crushed morocco with gilt. Externally, very smart with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the fore edge. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Bound by R. W. & H. B. Near Fine. book.