Master Belhaven (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright with no markings, 212pp with B&W illustrations, irregularly cut. Fair unclipped DJ with some edge wear and loss.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Photo & Map Illustrated. (illustrator). First Edition. Tan cloth binding with gold colored print on spine. Ex-library with stamps and block-outs. Dried glue stain at upper portion of rear hinge area. Rough-cut bottom and foredge. Tips have been crushed. Text block is sound and unmarked. 212 pages including index and a page of tribal chants. Pre-WW II expedition to South Arabian area.

Condition: New. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1924). SB. vii + 470pp and 29 mapsPublished Price £18 The author of this diary is an artillery officer who served on the Western Front from 1 September 1915 till his death in action on 31st March 1918, and it is one of the best, ranking alongside Old Soldiers Never Die and The Journal of Private Fraser. Following two brief spells in 1914/1915 with the BEF during the first of which he was injured when his horse fell on him, he arrived in France on 1st September 1915 as OC âCâ Battery, 108 Brigade RFA, 24th Division and before the end of the month he was in the thick of it at Loos. His description of the scene is graphic. He writes about trying to get his guns forward on roads jammed with traffic, trying to find the infantry brigade he was supposed to support, floundering about in the dark under heavy shellfire in an enormous plain of clay having the consistency of vaseline, devoid of any landmark or feature, covered in shell holes. His own artillery brigade commander had been killed before the offensive began which left him in command of all four batteries in what was virtually his first action, and a major offensive at that. Later he gives a vivd account of the German gas attack at Wulverghem on 30 April 1916, when a mixture of chlorine and phosgene was used causing 338 casualties in the division. During August and September 1916 his division took part in the bitter fighting for Delville Wood and Guillemont, and the diary entries for this period provide some of the most powerfully descriptive writing recorded in any memoirs. There are excellent maps showing battery positions. He was in action at Messines in June 1917 and a month later at Third Ypres. In August 1917 he was finally given command of a brigade, 108th Brigade RFA still in the 24th Division. When the Germans struck on 21st March 1918 Hamilton was on leave in the UK, but he quickly managed to get back to his brigade, which was in action near Rosieres, a few miles east of Amiens. On 31st March he was killed when a shell burst under his horse just as had happened in October 1914; on that occasion he got away with an injury, this time there was no reprieve. He is buried in the communal cemetery at Rouvrel about three miles west of Moreuil, the only Commonwealth war grave in that cemetery. If your battlefield tour takes you near Amiens, make a point of visiting the grave of a brave soldier; it is fifteen years since I was there. This book is a wonderful and fitting memorial to him.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 212pp. Illustrated - full page plates plus map. First edition. Interesting travel reference literature. The book is in good condition - overall clean and bright. It presents nicely on the shelf. PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 20 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service.

Condition: New. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1924). HB. vii + 470pp and 29 maps The author of this diary is an artillery officer who served on the Western Front from 1 September 1915 till his death in action on 31st March 1918, and it is one of the best, ranking alongside Old Soldiers Never Die and The Journal of Private Fraser. Following two brief spells in 1914/1915 with the BEF during the first of which he was injured when his horse fell on him, he arrived in France on 1st September 1915 as OC âCâ Battery, 108 Brigade RFA, 24th Division and before the end of the month he was in the thick of it at Loos. His description of the scene is graphic. He writes about trying to get his guns forward on roads jammed with traffic, trying to find the infantry brigade he was supposed to support, floundering about in the dark under heavy shellfire in an enormous plain of clay having the consistency of vaseline, devoid of any landmark or feature, covered in shell holes. His own artillery brigade commander had been killed before the offensive began which left him in command of all four batteries in what was virtually his first action, and a major offensive at that. Later he gives a vivd account of the German gas attack at Wulverghem on 30 April 1916, when a mixture of chlorine and phosgene was used causing 338 casualties in the division. During August and September 1916 his division took part in the bitter fighting for Delville Wood and Guillemont, and the diary entries for this period provide some of the most powerfully descriptive writing recorded in any memoirs. There are excellent maps showing battery positions. He was in action at Messines in June 1917 and a month later at Third Ypres. In August 1917 he was finally given command of a brigade, 108th Brigade RFA still in the 24th Division. When the Germans struck on 21st March 1918 Hamilton was on leave in the UK, but he quickly managed to get back to his brigade, which was in action near Rosieres, a few miles east of Amiens. On 31st March he was killed when a shell burst under his horse just as had happened in October 1914; on that occasion he got away with an injury, this time there was no reprieve. He is buried in the communal cemetery at Rouvrel about three miles west of Moreuil, the only Commonwealth war grave in that cemetery. If your battlefield tour takes you near Amiens, make a point of visiting the grave of a brave soldier; it is fifteen years since I was there. This book is a wonderful and fitting memorial to him.

Orig.-Leinenbände. X, 212 Seiten mit einigen s/w Abbildungen auf Tafeln. Einband leicht berieben und an Ecken und Kanten geringfügig bestoßen, sonst handelt es sich um ein gutes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Exlibris auf den ersten Seiten, ansonsten textsauber und aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt. Dieses Exemplar stammt aus der Bibliothek von Walter W. Müller, Professor für Semitistik an der Philipps-Universität Marburg. // Original hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed and slightly bumped on corners and edges, otherwise a good copy with only slight signs of wear. Bookplate on the first few pages, otherwise text clean and from a non smoking environment. Sprache: Englisch.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Illustrated in black and white. 212 pages. 8vo, tan cloth (spine sunned, page edges spotted, lightly foxed throughout). London: John Murray, (1949). Very good.

1st Edition. Hb in original pictorial dustwrapper priced at 16 shillings x,212pp illustrations and 2 maps. Authors account of service in Aden colony as a political officer and his interaction with local Tribesmen Dw lightly spotted o/w A Vg/Vg copy and Uncommon.

Hardback, 9 x 5.75 inches. Cream cloth with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (DW Spine darkened. Tanning to rear cover. Rubbed along edges with nicks from corners and ends of spine. Price clipped. In protective cellophane wrapper.). Corners bumped. Small mark to top outer page edges. Pages rough cut. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 212pp. Illustrated with b&w photographs and 2 maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Kingdom Of Melchior: Adventure in South West Arabia, The Master Of Belhaven (Lt.-Col. The Hon. A Hamilton), John Murray, 1949, Proof First Edition, First Impression Belhaven was an administrator in the Colonial Service in the Aden Protectorate between 1934 and 1946. This book recounts his experiences during this time. There is a neat owner's name to the front end paper. The book is in near fine condition The binding is straight and tight and the lettering on the spine bright. There is a mark to the front board, minor shelf wear to the top edge of the spine and a small crease mark to the bottom corner of the back board. The end papers and pages are free from tears. There is foxing to the top edge. The dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover is in fine condition with no issues apart from slight nibbling to the top edge of the spine. It is uncommon to see this book in excellent condition making it an impressive addition to a library or a wonderful gift. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and a cardboard box.