Ex Private (33 results)

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. John Fischetti - Ex Sergeant (illustrator).

Condition: New. 2003 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1930). SB. 288pp. Ex-Private X is the pseudonym of Alfred McClelland Burrage , author, who served with 1/28th London Regiment (Artists Rifles), 190th Brigade, 63rd (RN) Division. Since the end of 1914 the battalion had acted as an Officers Training Corps and out of 15000 who served in the battalion 10250 were commissioned. Private X was an unsuccessful candidate. He joined his unit at Hesdin in early 1917 where it formed part of GHQ Troops, but from the summer of 1917 potential officers were trained in the UK and 1/28th became an ordinary infantry battalion. His front line service began in July 1917 when the battalion joined the 63rd Division which was then occupying the Oppy and Gavrelle sectors; in October it moved north to the salient where Third Ypres was in full swing. There are graphic descriptions of the conditions and the fighting during the attack on Passchendaele alongside the Canadians on 30th October which cost the battalion 350 casualties. Two months later there was more fierce fighting at Welch Ridge following the German successful counter-attack at Cambrai battle and again in the early days of the German March offensive But his gift with the pen also resulted in attacks, at times vitriolic, on troops behind the lines, especially the Military Police, the staff and the generals. Nor did he care for the Australians. To quote one example from the book, in which he is referring to the military police, he writes: "The military police were a nice crowd, too. The only good word I have to say for the Australians is that they killed a lot of these swine; but they didn't kill half enough." The New Zealanders on the other hand he really liked and admired. His war ended on 7th April when he was sent back suffering with trench feet and was invalided home. While waiting in hospital he spoke to a Warrant Officer asking him if he could get him marked for England. "I can," the WO replied, "and that will cost you two pounds." Unfortunately Burrage didn't have it, so he had to wait on - till 14th April when he started his journey home. Book.…

Condition: Good. 1930. No Edition Stated. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd impression . From the collection of Ex-High School with several stamp marks throughout the book. Previous owners name. 2nd impression, 1930. There is gilt on the spine of the book. Publication of 288 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. The spine edges are slightly frayed. Internally the text is legible. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Lime green clothbound without a dustjacket. Exterior is lightly rubbed and soiled, corners bumped and spine damaged - entire spine is covered by blue plastic tape. Interior text is clean and unmarked, however, both feps contain marks: prior owners name; adhered cut-out of dustjacket description of book contents; an odd array of penciled numbers; bookstore stamp from Miss Williams Shop in Bronxville, NY. Book is prime candidate for rebinding, also currently very usable. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New hardback copies at a reduced price.; The author, Alfred Burrage, served as a Private in the Artists' Rifles during the First World War. First published in the 1920s under a pseudonyn; this is a reprint of the 1930 edition by Victor Gollancz Ltd.; 288 pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Btitish Paperback. An uncreased spine with light edge rubbings. No store stamp.Contents include :Death Cannot Wither-Judith Merril & Algis Budrys, The Lady's Maid's Bell-Edith Wharton, Keeping His Promise-Algernon Blackwood, The Coat- Amelia B. Edwards, Sally-Patrick Davis, The Song in the House-Ann Bridge, The Sweeper-' Ex-Private X', The Glove-Roger Hicks, The Return of Imray-Rudyard Kipling, The Liberated Tiger- R.Chetwynd-Hayes. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 1st British Paperback. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Arthur Machen, W.B. Seabrook, E.F.Benson, L.P. Hartley, Walter de la Mare,Ex-Private X, William Younger, Dennis Wheatley.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. War. First edition stated. Yellow cloth covers rubbed and worn, color and titles flaked, corners and spine ends bumped. Dust jacket rubbed and soiled, consideralble edge wear, spine panel chipped. Interior clean and tight, endpapers spotted, pages tanned. Scarce. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

octavo, black cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, 288pp, (VG-) tanning to pages with small owners name to fep fading and wear to extermities.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Pages begginging to tan.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Imp. 288pp. Owner stamp, inkront inner joint tender. Cloth creased at spine. Size: Cr.8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover has slight crease to spine. Pages are yellowed due to paper quality. There is a small previous owners name plate on the inside of front cover. Seller Ref: M7259.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Arno Press, NY, 1976, (reprint of 1931 edition), 8vo., purple cloth, 285pp., ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, VG- $.

Paperback. Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A True First (US) Edition, Stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page and dated 1930 on the title page. Bound in Yellow cloth with black titles. Good condition binding but soiled with some pencil marks on the rear cover, a bit of fraying to some of the edges. Contents are very Good - near fine. 288 pp with no rips or dog-ears. Very uncommon. …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex-Private X, pseud. [Alfred McLelland Burrage]. Someone in the Room. NY: Arno Press, 1976, 1st. edition, 1st. printing this publisher, 285 pp., publisher's catalog (iii). *** Originally published in 1931, this volume includes a facsimile of title page from that edition. A collection of fourteen (14) tales of horror and terror by one of the masters of the genre. Included are - The Sweeper; The Waxwork; The Running Tide; The Cottage in the Wood; Smee; Someone in the Room; etc. This book is in my inventory and the images are of this particular item. *** Purple cloth boards and spine with silver lettering on front cover and on spine. Fine condition. *** 8.75 inches tall by 5.75 inches.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Limited to 500 copies. Collects twenty-eight of Burrage's stories. Introduction by Jack Adrian. Originally published as by Ex-Private X in 1931 by Jarrolds, London. Dust jacket illustration by Douglas Walters. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Limited to 500 copies. Collects twenty-eight of Burrage's stories. Introduction by Jack Adrian. Originally published as by Ex-Private X in 1931 by Jarrolds, London. Dust jacket illustration by Douglas Walters. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. War is War by Ex-Private X (Second Impression) A firm copy with mild spine lean. Vertical crease to spine cloth. Offset tanning to endpapers. Minor foxing to bottom edge of text block. Title page dated 1930. First published February 1930. Second Impression February 1930. Black cloth with green lettering; 288 pp. Author's retelling of his recollections of war. BOOK.…

1st ed. thus dust jacket New Book octavo 288pp., A classic of the Infantryman's War in WWI originally published in 1930 by a private in the Artist's Rifles.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. 2nd Impression. 288 pages in very good, clean condition; edges and endpapers yellowed. Bookplate on the fep. Black cloth with yellow titles on the spine. Spine faded and a little worn. Small stain on the upper cover, corners lightly bumped. VG-. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with yellow lettering to spine, no dustjacket. 288pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions, crease to spine, some page foxing. (31/5).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 62 pages, roster. Very good first edition in soft covers. Cover worn with some spotting but tightly bound in fragile soft covers. EXTREMELY RARE MARINE CORPS PIECE.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Thus. HARDBACK NODustJacket, 1920, First Printing THUS. BUT Its Not the Original first edition but a Later Edition published by the author himself in 1920 ,8vo. 277 pages with Crease & Tiny Chips edges Last page .VG/VG- , AS-IS , NOJACKET,Green Cloth Boards with Gold Gilthave faded Extremities Front & Back Cvr & , spine covering is worn at head and foot. Spine Has Darkened , Interior Nice Tight Clean light FOX, WEAR, Rubbed at head and foot of spine. Some discoloration to the cloth. WITH Attached EX-Libris BookPlate Sticker of Felix Mendelsohn his Private Library # 151, This Was Authors 1st Book, ,AUTHOR was Born 1856 in Galway, Ireland & 1869 he immigrated to the United States, In January of 1924 Aleister Crowley came to stay with him for a while. According to one source, they both shared similar 'money troubles" and were 'equal hypochondriacs'. Signed by Author.…