Colvin Captain (9 results)
Language: English
Published by Cecil Roy, London 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: G & S Books, Gillingham, KENT, United KingdomG & S Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fair
US$ 24.53
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. REd and Yellow covers with black lettering and gilt emblem on the front cover. Spine is a little cracked but remains tight. There is some cello tape to pages 77-80.Contains black & white small illustrations. There is a "presented small blue sticker" inside the… front cover as a memento from the Officers. The map is missing from the fold at he back of the book. Seller Ref: M4166.
Published by CECIL ROY 1904
- Hardcover
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, , United KingdomRon Weld Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Poor
US$ 20.44
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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Main interior all intact but please note book is 'reading copy' standard with general wear and tear, marked/toned to e/papers, theres an inscription to rear e/paper which is also torn and marked, webbing revealed to join at rear e/paper; boards shabby and worn but all intact as shown. Pleas…e email if more information required or for more photos.
Published by Cecil Roy, London 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, IrelandTemple Bar Bookshop
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 41.37
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, a good copy in publisher's cloth, complete with the map in the rear pocket. Presentation plate on the front pastedown, the covers are worn and stained, and the binding is slack a couple of leaves are loose at the start, would benefit form a reback, and priced accordingly.
Published by Cecil Roy 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: WORLD WAR BOOKS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, United KingdomWORLD WAR BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Poor
US$ 34.07
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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Important history in the original edition. 304pp., ills., appendices, Spine worn at head and tail as are board covers, also some fading to covers. Lacks title page and map in rear pocket a working copy of a scarce book 0.0.
Published by Cecil Roy, GB 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, , United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Poor
US$ 26.90
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Hardback. Condition: Poor. No DW. 1st Edition. Original cloth. With the lare folding map. 304 pages. Main body of text is tight but some leaves loose particularly at start. Frontispiece is present. Covers VERY WORN. This is a just a very worn (Possibly incomplete) working copy and SOLD AS IS with all faults.
Published by Cecil Roy, London 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, , United KingdomThe Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 68.15
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Inscribed by Author. This copy has been rebacked with the old spine laid back down making for a solid, tight, copy. Captain Colvin has SIGNED and inscribed the endpaper. The large folding map is still present in the pocket at the rear. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Quantity Availab…le: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: 78785.
Published by George Newnes Ltd., London 1961
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 199.95
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages 59-116 plus 16 pages of advertisements. Features: Four Lives for One - a tale from Algeria; Too Much Rope - Canadian Criminal Norman "Red" Ryan - article with photo; Why They Named it Mount Podolsky - how Canadian George Podolsky saved the lives of three men there… after a plane crash - article with photos and illustrations; Death in Sixty-Five Minutes - a snake bite in India; The Greatest Golden Hoard - Incas, El Sangay and Dr. Kurt von Ritter - illustrated article with photo of Dr. von Ritter; Half-Pint Savage - a tale of a wolverine on the Alaska Peninsula; Abo in the Iron Lung - the curing of an Australian Aborigine; Thracian Pays a Dividend - a tale of marine salvage; Girl Pear Divers (Amas) of Japan - brief article with lovely photos; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy. Colvin, Neville; O'Hanlan, Brian; Phillips, Edwin; Gray, Reg; Longaron, Jorge; MacGillivray, Robert; O'Hanlan, Brian; (illustrator).
Published by London: Cecil Roy, 1904. 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, , IrelandOwl Books
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First edition. xv, 304 pp. Frontispiece, & 40 b/w photographic illustrations in text. Large folding map in pocket at rear - Map of Routes Traversed by the 9th Lancers in South Africa 1899-1902. Compiled from the authors' private diaries to provide a short and simple record of the work done by the Regiment during the war in South… Africa. Written in diary form. Eps browned. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. A fewpots of foxing on prelims but text clean. Handsomely bound in red and yellow bevelled cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Crest of Queen's Royal IX Lancers on front board. All edges gilt. Cloth weakened along edges of spine with a little fraying at centre of rear edge. Patches of damp-staining on rear board. Spine somewhat darkened. Front board bright. Map in VG condition. Overall condition VG.
More imagesPublished by Cecil Roy, London 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this illustrated Boer War diary of the 9th Queen"s Royal Lancers, complete with a large folding map, presented by the officers of the regiment to one Captain A. A. East as a memento of the South African campaign. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edi…tion. Illustrated with a photographic monochrome frontispiece, forty in-text illustrations and a large folding map loosely inserted to the rear pocket. Collated, complete. A regimental diary of the 9th Queen"s Royal Lancers during the Second Boer War, covering the regiment"s service in South Africa from 1899 to 1902. The 9th Lancers were heavily engaged in the South African campaign, including the relief of Kimberley and later operations across the Orange River Colony, Transvaal, and Cape Colony. With a presentation label to the front pastedown: "Presented to Capt. A. A. East, 3024, as a Memento of the War by the Officers of the Regiment." An interesting first hand regimental history, based on the private journals of two 9th Queen"s Royal Lancers officers. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to spine. One or two minor marks to perimeters of boards. Browning to endpapers. Slight tide marking to upper fore edge of free endpapers. Front free endpaper slightly disbound at lower gutter, but holding. Rear hinge starting with webbing partially exposed. Three inch closed tear extending from opening of rear pocket. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two light handling marks to fore edge. Age toning to first and last few leaves. Presentation label to Capt. A. A. East to front paste down. Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). book.
