Captain H Taprell (53 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition, 2nd impression enlarged and with supplement. good with light wer and no markings in a fair used jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket with fading on spine and circular coloured sticker. One of the standard reference works on military ribbons and medals. Over 600 ribbons in full colour and 350 illustrations of decorations. Supplement includes more material. 301 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £10.25.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, revised and enlarged edition, blue cloth lettered black, a very good tightly bound copy, bookplate of a previous owner, illustrated, 208pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 12mo. Enlarged and revised edition from 1944 (originally published in 1916) . Very good condition--some light spotting but on dust jacket and endpages; inside pages are clean and fresh. A guide to British orders and medals. Illustrated throughout including 16 pages in color. 197 pp. In protective Mylar.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 1963. No dust jacket. Light foxing to the page edges and end papers. Contents remain clear, bright and firm within. A very good copy overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Cover is faded in appearance but no there are issues around contents, which are clean and unmarked, or the binding, which is robust. This book includes ribbons of five First World War medals. Inscribed by previous owner, 1941. 177 pages Naval Military Air Force and Civil Enlarged and Revised Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Impression. Faint foxing to text block edge, and to edges of free end papers, dw has sl scarring to head of spine, parts of spine side and some corners, a few small chips/tears, small scar/hole adjacent to top outer corner of upper cover, minor faint surface marks.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages.

(Subject: Medals, Decorations (incl. Recipients) & Rolls of Honour) Enlarged and revised edition. Splitting in spine, marked boards, text unmarked. Originally published in 1916 this accepted authority has had many editions. Its original aim was to provide a means whereby the ordinary person could recognise most of the ribbons or medals he saw worn by any member of the services, whether British or Foreign. It includes information on the Victoria and George Crosses, British Orders, Decorations and War Medals and also foreign medals worn by British subjects. (Published: 1940) (Publisher: George Philip & Son) (Pagination: 177pp b/w illustrations, colour plates) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. New revised edition. Enlarged and revised edition first printing hardback viii + 183 pages plus 16 colour plates Many black and white illustrations Very good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket, now in transparent protective sleeve. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Red faux leather quarter re-bind with brown cloth covered boards. Front cover is slightly marked. Faded gilt lettering on spine. Contains 16 colour plates and many black and white illustrations. Pages and end-papers are clean. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 66320074044. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover in Mylar dust jacket. 12mo. New edition from 1940 (originally published in 1916) . As New condition. A guide to British orders and medals. Illustrated throughout including 16 pages in color. 197 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Revised Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Blue with red text boards, near pristine. Protected, price clipped, dustjacket sharp and bright, mild shelf wear. Book firm in binding, 183 pages include Index, b&w and color photographs. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 183 pages.

Original smart light tan cloth boards (hardback) , black lettering to front and spine, very good condition, in a well used poor dust jacket, soiled to background with edge faults a loss to the rear, 7.5 x 5.0 inches approx. , not price clipped, no inscriptions, foxed to closed page edges, fully illustrated in black & white with colour plates, 183 pages including index. Looks better without the dust jacket!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A near fine copy of this early printing; enlarged and revised edition. Couple of bumps to top and bottom of spine, and some shelf wear to note. Otherwise a great, tight and bright copy; no DW.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Baldwin & Sons: 1956. New Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. No dj, blue boards slightly shelfworn, spine sunned, generally vg condition. Internal text and illustrations clean and bright. Binding sound. 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: Good. No Jacket. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Copy in beige cloth on boards with blue title on cover and spine. Spine is lightly sunned with a few liquid splash marks. Small split alomg side of lower spine. Light foxing and tanning to FFE. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with colour and b/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Copy in brown cloth on boards with blue title on cover and spine. Slight sunning to top corner of upper board cover. Light foxingmto front and rear end papers. Two newspaper cuttings attached to note papers at rear.Free of inscriptions. Clean text with colour plates and b/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New Edition. Copy in brown cloth on boards with black title on cover and spine. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Dustwrapper, pp.359. Illustrated ( plates depicting ribbons in colour ). New, enlarged edition Numismatistical reference book. Wrapper clean and sound but lightly creased along top edge. Binding bright. Handwritten owners name and address, date to front endpaper. VG in VG wrapper.

Sml. 4to. 359, [1] pp. Frntsp., numerous colour plates, 100s of photos. Brown cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (clsd tear at ft of spine, mnr ink stain), VG/G- copy. Revised edition.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Pencil checkmarks besides some of the illustrations/descriptions. Dust jacket is not clipped and has light edgewear. Jacket is sun-faded on spine. Illustrations show over 600 ribbons in colour and 350 illustrations of decorations within the text. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 300 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. In tidy, used condition with a chipped dust jacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

8vo. viii, 183pp, 239 text figures, title-page device, 8 double-sided colour plates at rear. Original orange cloth lettered in blue. Front board lightly soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Near fine book in clean fresh light blue cloth covers with titles in black to front and spine. Internally near fine and free of inscriptions; copiously illustrated in b/w and with ribbons in colour to rear; binding tight; no foxing. The dust jacket is very good and not price clipped; light spotting to front; tiny rub to spine top.

8 pp plus 16 pages of coloured illustrations. Origial printed paper wraps, stapled. 18.5 cm x 12.5 cm. Wraps lightly soiled, stapled rusted, contents slightly age browned.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised and Expanded Edition. RIBBONS AND MEDALS Naval, Military, Air force and Civil Captain H. Taprell Dorling ("Taffrail") George Philip & Son Ltd., London. 1957 New Edition Revised and Enlarged 286pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in fine unmarked condition The unclipped dust wrapper has some edge wear but has now been covered in clear removable protective film. This book will be of interest to students and historians of medals and decorations. This revised edition now includes medals from not only the Commonwealth but also those of USA, Belgium, Brazil, Burma Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Eire, France, Germany, Greece, India, Jordan, Luxembourg and many others. Ref EE2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. New enlarged edition 1974. By the late Captain H. Taprell Dorling. In association with the late L. F. Guill. This Edition revised under the Editorship of Francis K. Mason. First edition published in 1916. Hardcover in full brown cloth with bright gold lettering on the spine with DJ. Condition very good, square and tight book, foxing on endpapers and several first and last pages, also foxing on edges, no names, no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ near fine, bright, with very slight edgewear, price not clipped. Small 4to, 359 pages, around 700 items described, some numbered and some not, includes appendix- "Bars to the British Naval General Service Medal (1793-1840) and index, 643 ribbons in color.