Earl Carnwath (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Wear to covers and spine, corners bumped and worn, boards showing, surface of covers patchy and faded probably due to water damage, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn edges chipped and fraying, wear to sides of spine, fabric starting to rip on cover edge 7cm, gilt edges all round a little dull but still i good condition, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing, no signs of internal water damage. The price includes postage and packing to a UK Mainland address, due to the weight (3.2 kg) there will be an additional charge to everywhere else, please ask for a quote.…

Photogravure frontispieces of King George V and Queen Mary, over 170 black and white photographic portraits (most full-page many by Vandyk, Bassano, W. & D. Downey, F.A. Swaine, and others) xv + 543pp; original publisher's azure cloth-covered boards elaborately gilt, 30.3 x 24 cm, housed in the original slipcase, edges fully gilt, each of the text leaves gilt-ruled, the cloth a little flecked and the spine a trifle sunned, but a very good, bright copy of this handsome publication, scarce on the market. The handsome standard edition of this sumptuous photographic record. With an introduction by Field-Marshal Earl Haig, the work is a photographic snap shot of the British Empire in Asia at the end of WWI. It pays tribute to the contribution of India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Ceylon and Malaya to the British war-effort.…