Major Dun (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. E. & R. Schindler Cairo 1934 Second Edition illus (bw and col prints, inc fold-out map in col and 2 tipped in plates) VG- (illus card covers sl worn, cloth spine bumped at both ends, spine detaching at lower end, extrems sl scuffed, edges sl foxed, owners name on fep and front pastedown, one of tipped in plates damaged).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Second edition. Fair. No dust jacket. Illustrated boards are bumped and worn along edges. Cloth spine has tears at head and foot, but remains intact. Large bookplate on front pastedown (as issued?) bears a brief non-authorial gift inscription. A few pages with a touch of foxing, chips and/or short tears. Hinges are decidedly weak, but nothing is loose. Fold-out map present near the back. A fascinating account, graphically interesting presentation.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second edition. 34 x 25.5 cm. Folio. vi 111pp followed by 16pp of black and white photographs. Foreword by Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood. This is the "Standard Edition" of the second edition, bound in colored cloth with outer cover designs, limited to 750 copies. Fold-out map in rear. Two tipped-in photographs. Most pages illuminated by N. Strekalowsky. The artists M. Fisher, H. Bindhart, and E. Kassessinoff also contributed. Large book plate on front fixed endpaper, as issued. Spine is worn and has a small hole, chipping to spine label. Several pages have impressions and residue from paper clips. Rear gutter starting opposite the map.

HARDCOVER. nd (c1933). Second edition. A very good copy in rubbed illustrated boards with a red leather spine. The uncut edges are age tanned and there is a previous owners bookplate on the front pastedown. The front free endpaper has become partially detached but is still securely attached. The contents are very bright and clean with only a very occasional spot of foxing. Scans available if required.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. A reasonable only copy of the standard edition, which is limited to 750 copies. No dust jacket. The title label on the spine is chipped and rubbed, and there is some foxing to all 3 edges. There is some fraying to the head and tail of the spine, with some tears to the hessian (the worst of these is in the bottom right-hand corner of the lower cover, which I have pictured in close-up). There is some foxing to the opening leaves, scattered foxing throughout. The binding is sound. Overall, a reasonable copy of the standard edition, but with some rubbing to the spine and spine label, some tears to the hessian at the head and tail of the spine, foxing throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. 110pp + 20p comprising photographs-1, folding map andstreet plan, publishers editorial and advertisement. The full title is: From Cairo to Siwa across the Libyan Desert with Armoured Cars. Boards are clean, very light wear, internally odd pale foxing, foils are very light corrosion, one has adhered to facing page, been unattached with light damage to a blank area of that facing page but generally good. Loose inserted; typed letter from Smiths (Glasgow) to George Blake (author/journalist) requesting he review, signed JM Knox, and a scrap of Arabic calendar. 1.3kg.

Holandesa, tela-cartoné. Condition: Bueno. 110pp/Ilustrado/A-153 Size: 16x34. Libro.

Schindler/John Smith & S FROM CAIRO TO SIWA. ACROSS THE LYBIAN DESERT WITH ARMOURED CARS. A Narrative. Followed by Illuminated Pages of the History and Customs of the Inhabitants of That Country. Forward by Field Marsahl Sir William Birdwood. Second edition. Cairo/Glasgo, 1933. 34x26, frontis xil. (puntos de óx), VIIIp , 110p impresas a dos tintas, nums xilografías b/n y a dos tintas en texto y a plena pág, nums. ils. a una tinta en texto, 8h con fots. b/n, 1 mapa. despl, 1 plano color. Tela-cartoné con ils. Ex-libris. - En octubre de 1932 hizo una expedición de reconocimiento al mando de una columna de blindados Rolls Royce del 12º Regimiento de Lancero. Una Odisea en el desierto. Un libro muy bellamente editado, con ils. y xil. de N. Strealowsky, M. Fischer y otros.

One of 750 copies of a limited edition (overall 1,000 volumes printed). 26 cm x 34 cm. Frontispiece, IV, 110 pages. Black and white photographs at rear. Fold-map of the route described in book at rear. Map of Cairo at rear also. Text in black and red. Hardcover [publisher's original brown cloth]. Label on spine. Elaborately illustrated boards. Bookplate on front pastedown with inscription reading "The Old order changeth, yielding place to New." Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine with stronger abrasion but the binding overall firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean. Two images with issues: Ugly residue of paper of the preceding page on the tipped-in colour-plate depicting Queen Nefertari and the photograph of the Dunes of Cairo ! An account of the reconnaissance expedition carried out by a squadron of the XIIth Royal Lancers in Rolls-Royce armoured cars from Cairo through the desert to Siwa in 1932. Includes, for example, the following: Introductory Pages - This Land of the Nile / Narrative - Cairo to Burg el Arab through the Wadi Natrun Desert / Burg el Arab to Sollum, via Mersa Matruh / Sollum to Siwa, across the "Sea of Stones Desert" / Return from Siwa to Cairo, via Mersa Matruh, Burg el Arab and Wadi Natrun Desert / Envoy / Histor, Customs, Superstitutions touching the Libyan Oasis of iwa and the Libyan Desert - The Adoration of the God Ammon by Queen Nefertari, Spouse of Rameses II / Intriguing - Mr. George Bernard Shaw's dictum on civilised and uncivilised peoples - Introduction and Acknowledgment - Pages on the History, Manners, Customs and Superstitions, each adorned with designs and wood engravings / A Photographic Brochure of Sixteen Pages by Artists of the Camera, showing Cairo, Mersa Matruh, Siwa, and the Libyan Desert etc This elaborately produced standard edition is one of only one thousand volumes - comprising of 750 Standard copies, 175 De Luxe Vellum bound volumes and 75 De Luxe Morocco bounde volumes. Numerous fine woodcuts and wood engravings by N. Strelalowsky and the students of the School of Applied Art in Cairo throughout the work. Artists who contributed include M. Fisher, H. Bindhart, E. Kassessinoff, Bernard Rice, Elsa Masters, P.S. Searight, M. Rice and J.H. Rowntree. Sprache: english.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 2 vol. in-8° ; portrait frontispice-XLVI-1 carte h.-t. repliée-420 pp./(2)-419 pp.-1 tableau h.-t. replié [Tarif], pleine basane marbrée, dos long très joliment orné, filets or, fleurons or, p. de titre et de tomaison en maroquin vert, palette or en pied, tranches jaunes, rel. de l époque, bel exemplaire. Chadenat, 5467. Hage Chahine, 4732. Monglond, t. VI, 227. The Hon. East-India Compagny, Catalogue, t. I, p. 41 (pour l édition originale anglaise : London, 1799). Troisième édition de la traduction française augmentée d un portrait frontispice. Départ de l île de Zante, relâche à Chypre, arrivée à Alexandrette. Séjour à Antioche, description de la ville, arrivée à Alep. Départ d Alep pour le désert, arrivée à Bassora. Séjour à Bassora, description de la ville. L auteur s embarque sur un navire anglais, relâche à Bushehr pour avarie, arrivée à Bombay. Détails sur la presqu île. Affaires relatives à Tipou-Sultan. Déclaration de guerre entre ce prince et la Compagnie anglaise des Indes Orientales. Réflexions sur la guerre de 1768, entre la France et l Angleterre. Précis des événements qui ont précédé et suivi la prise de Pondichéry. [Tome second] Voyage dans l Inde (nombreux détails pratiques pour accomplir ce voyage). Ces voyages dispendieux, longs, fatigants et dangereux avaient pour motivation principale, outre le retour dans la Mère patrie des colons anglais, de faire découvrir une nouvelle route plus rapide entre l Angleterre et ses possessions aux Indes orientales. VERY GOOD COPY.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Bernard Rice; Selah Chiaty; Rameses Younan; Professor R. St. A. Heathcote; C. C. Keddie; et al. (illustrator). A signed presentation copy of the second edition of Major Dun's account of his travels across the Libyan desert, illustrated throughout with beautiful prints and photographs. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.Inscribed to a bookplate supplied by the publisher to the front pastedown, reading 'To General and Mrs Noswallis [sic] from the author, T. I. Dun, July 1939'.This bookplate features hieroglyphs, with text to the front pastedown detailing how they should be read.Major Dun's account of his travels through the Libyan Desert from Cairo to Siwa, in armoured cars, illustrated by many beautiful woodcut and linocut prints.There is also a chapter on the history, customs and superstitions of the Libyan Desert and the people who live there.Illustrated with two tipped in plates, vignette woodcuts surrounding the text throughout, sixteen pages of monochrome photographs, a folding map of the Libyan Desert, a folding photographic plate, and a colour plan of Cairo to the rear.Collated, complete.Among the many artists who have contributed to this work are: N. Strekalowsky, M. Fisher, Bernard Rice, Elsa Masters, P. S. Searight, Selah Chiaty, Rameses Younan, and Namhia Saad. In the publisher's original cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards. Light rubbing to back strip tail, and a touch of rubbing to back strip head and joints. Small area of loss of paper towards head of front board, with further losses of paper to centre of rear board. Hinges a touch strained to tails, but firmly held. Signed to bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. signed by author. book.