French Lt Col (12 results)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. HUtchinson & Co. A collection based on the works of ROBERT SURTEES. Color Illustrations by Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ypres. VG/VG-. Childrens AMS12/98.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st ed. 352p. Photos. Red cloth Heavy. Spine lettering faint. Front cover rubbed. Very Good Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 283p. Photos. Green cloth. Very Good Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. 352p. Photos. Red cloth Heavy. Fine Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 255 pages; 21 chapters with 8 b/w glossy photos throughout book. Fold out key map at rear of book that includes the French West Africa; Europe; Mediteranean Sea; Black Sea; Caspian Sea, Red Sea; Arabian Sea; Northern Africa; Baltic countires; Turkey, Arabia; Persia; Afghanistan; Turkestan, India, etc. Pages tight; yellowed with some foxing expecially on end papers; Page edges darkened; no markings; moderate page wear. Inner front and back spine creases weakened but pages intact. Faded red hard covers with gild lettering on spine. Covers have areas of discoloration and minor wear along edges and corners; Synopsis of chapters include: London to the Canal; Canal to the Persian Gulf; The Caspian; Russian Debacle; Caucasus in July, 1918; British Caspian Naval Expedition; Interview with Bicherakoff; British Reoccupation of Baku; Armenian Frontier-Transcaspia; Disbandment of Russian Flotilla; Bolshevik swing to the East; Mandate from Paris; The Betrayal; Caucasian Republics;-Turkestan; Homeward through the Bosphorus, etc. Journey of author to the Caspian through seven war areas to reveal the obscure corners of the world where British sailor and soldiers fought and died- the circumstances which necessitated the Caspian Naval Expedition in an effort to save the Caucasus. A RARE VINTAGE COPY!

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ypres (illustrator). This illustrated anthology of characters developed by the Victorian novelist Robert Smith Surtees, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Undated, but published circa 1947.With twelve colour plate illustrations of the various characters by the Right Honourable Earl of Ypres including a frontispiece portrait of John Jorrocks with his celebrated hunter, Arterxerxes. Collated complete.With the original unclipped dust wrapper.Uncommonly found with the dust wrapper thus.Robert Smith Surtees was a Victorian author and editor who remains best remembered as a creator of humorous fictional characters. The most famous of these is his John Jorrocks, a ribald cockney grocer who leads a sporting life. John Jorrocks and Other Characters is an anthology of Surtees' most beloved characters featuring extended quotations from the original author, and includes descriptions of Soapey Sponge, Miserrimus Doleful, and James Pigg. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart with a touch of fading and discolouration, heaviest to the spine and fore edge, and fractional rubbing. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Wrapper is sound with minor handling marks, some edgewear including marginal chips, and a few chips to the spine. Internally, binding is generally firm. Pages are bright and clean barring a touch of age toning, the odd spot, and light offsetting to the outer leaves. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Important account by a British Officer 1918-1919. 255pp., 8 ils., 2 folding maps at rear, one coloured. Hint of foxing, slight fading to spine, otherwise very nice copy in original red cloth, gilt. Rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. FRENCH, Lt.-Col. The Hon. Gerald, D.S.O. [124] pp. w/ 2 letters laid-in from WM. John Logan of Middleburg, VA Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd 10" x 7 3/4".

1st Edition. 255 pages. Near fine red cloth covers in a rare and near fine dust jacket. Internally fine with black and white ills and maps. Rare in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 64. In later quarter maroon leather and dark marbled boards, rebacked with gilt lettered spine laid down. 250 pp., 72 plates (numbered through 75, plates 2, 21, and 39 never issued), with about half in full or partial color and 3 folding, and 2 folding maps. Lithography by P. S. Duval, Philadelphia. *** Condition: Complete with all plates and maps. Ex-library (John Crerar) with some exterior exterior wear but good overall. Bookplate on front pastedown, perforated stamp on title page, a few other minor library markings and ink stamps on the back of all plates. Text is lightly foxed, as are some of the plates. The long folding "Inscription Rock" plate has separated along several vertical folds and is complete except for some chipping to the top edge. The maps are fragile and have also split along the vertical folds leaving each map in several large pieces, plus some smaller edge pieces. There appears to be little or no loss of paper along the fold lines although some chipping into the top neatline occurs in one of the maps. Both should be backed for display or use. The maps are presently stored loose in a plastic pouch. *** The plates depict topographic views of New Mexico scenery, full page portraits of important Indian tribal members, ancient ruins, pottery shards, pueblo ground plans, petrified wood, and markings on Inscription Rock. Taft notes that "these colored plates must be among the earliest in government reports reproduced from multiple impressions".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 64. In original brown cloth with gilt lettered spine. Octavo, 250 pp., 72 plates (numbered through 75, plates 2, 21, and 39 never issued), with about half in full or partial color and 3 folding, and 2 folding maps. Lithography by P. S. Duval, Philadelphia. *** Condition: Complete with all plates and maps. Light exterior shelf wear but backstrip is being held on by thin, clear tape which gives the spine a glossy look. Binding intact but rear hinge is weak with the rear endpaper almost completely detached. Text and plates show varying amounts browning and foxing. The right and left edges of both maps (including neatlines) have been strengthened with thin strips of masking tape which has yellowed with age. Each map also has a short tear or two that enters the map area which have been repaired with the same tape. Map condition is otherwise very good. Good reference copy. *** The plates depict topographic views of New Mexico scenery, full page portraits of important Indian tribal members, ancient ruins, pottery shards, pueblo ground plans, petrified wood, and markings on Inscription Rock. Taft notes that "these colored plates must be among the earliest in government reports reproduced from multiple impressions".

Hardback. Condition: As New. 2 vols.: 420p. + 727p. Folding Maps. Very Oversize. Black cloth in similarly covered slip case. As New Set. Book.