Colonel Blake (5 results)

Hardcover. Unpaginated preliminaries, 274p., illustrated with a folded map in two colors & good condition bound in at back, an ex library copy per a relevant source, namely "U.S. Army Japanese Area & Language Course" (stamped twice, on titlepage and opposite check-out pocket, no names no check-outs). Professionally printed, largely English-language with non-E materials entered without translation. Crude library binding, edgeworn from packing more than referrals, bump to a corner-tip, typed spine label disintegrating - but a useful handleable exemplar with no textual obstructions (i.e., no damage, no readership markings). Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific area. Volume 2. NB, "volume two" like the other three volumes in the 4-volume series, is complete in itself.

411 pp. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's cloth lettered in white, with applied photographic illustration on the front panel. First edition. Pencil notation on front free endpaper; white title lettering on the spine partially effaced; a few marks to the cloth; tight and sound.

Green Clo. Condition: Light edge and Corner Wear. No Jacket. First Edition. Small area of cloth rubbing near top of rear joint with discoloration top edge rear cover. A very clean copy throughout. Chapters on mechanism and varieties of gun-shot fractures, repair of fractures, transport and operative techniques, joint injuries. Illustrated with 40 drawings, xray reproductions. 150pp. Size: Thin Octavo.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Blake"s Boer War memoir, written by the West Point-trained American commander of the Irish Brigade, illustrated with fifty-two plates. In the publisher's original green cloth binding with an illustration of the author on horseback to the front board. First edition. Illustrated with fifty-two monochrome plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. A personal narrative by Colonel John Y. F. Blake, a West Point graduate and former U.S. cavalry officer who fought for the Boer side during the Second Boer War. The work follows Blake"s route from the American West to South Africa, his command of the Irish Brigade, and his experiences during the campaign. John Young Fillmore Blake (1856-1907) was an Irish-American soldier and writer who served in the U.S. Army before resigning his commission in 1889. In South Africa he became one of the best-known foreign volunteers on the Boer side, commanding Blake"s Irish Brigade against British forces. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight rubbing to boards with minor surface loss to laid down image. Previous owner's ink inscription to front paste down. Institutional stamp of Woody Nel to rear paste down. Rear hinge starting, with webbing partially exposed. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but firm. Institutional stamp of Woody Nel and blind stamp to title page; blind stamp also to pp. 87-88. Small chip to margins of plates facing 171 and 232, not affecting the image. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot, heavier to first and last few leaves; one or two pencil annotations. Very Good. book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Evison, G. Henry; Robinson, Wyndham P.; Wigfull, W.E.;Somerfield, Thomas; Peddie, Tom; Holmes, Fred; Burton, H.M. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 303-396 plus 28 pages of ads, many wonderfully illustrated. Numerous black and white illustrations and photos in text. Features: Saved by Two Inches - How a big-horn sheep brought a veteran hunter to the verge of destruction in Montana; Gun-Running with Mexican Outlaw Emiliano Zapata - article with great photos; A Terrible Trip - Gold Searching in German New Guinea; Twenty Years in Newfoundland (Part II) - article with nice photos; Fishermen's Luck - a story from New Zealand involving T. Colthart, H. Hewlett and D.G. FitzGibbon; Across the Andes and Down the Amazon - the story of an adventurous journey (part II); The Well of Skulls - a story from Hyderabad; The Lake of Life - the Idiong secret society in Africa; The King Who Met His Match - a story from Sierra Leone; Trapped in a Tank (cover illustration); Captured by the Monkey-Men - an explorer's tale from the Orinoco River; The Smugglers of Gibraltar; Pete the Pup - an adventurous dog in New Mexico. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Minor chipping to back strip. Three inch opening between front cover and base of spine. Overall a pleasing copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Barr, William; Dunn, H.H.; Nicholls, G. HeatonGrenfell, Wilfred T.; Fagan, D.W.O.; Pratt, A.E.; Burton, Colonel R.G.; Talbot, P. Amaury; Blake, Harry M.; Guinand, W.B.; Villepion, Guy De; Barracliffe, Captain James The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine f.