Nicholson Captain (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 160 pages. The revealing autobiography of one of the world's top horsemenAndrew Nicholso n is one of the world's leading event riders. At only 23, he rode in his first O lympics in Los Angeles in 1984, and has represented his native New Zealand in si.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, Not Price Clipped. Maps drawin by Captain C.C.J. Bond (illustrator). Third Printing. Volume 2 of the Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War; a solid, clean copy in a decent dust jacket; collectible condition; impressively illustrated with black and white photographs, 25 colour fold-out maps, 2 double page colour maps as front and back end papers, and numerous black and white maps throughout; 807 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 95 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece and double-page map. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped 4s, unopened new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Printed stitched foolscap wraps, (2), 8, (1)pp. Very good, tanned, with small institutional ink stamp and internal reinforcement to the fore-edge of the upper wrap. This includes the "Slave Report for the Half-year ending 30th June, 1891" by Captain and Senior Naval Officer WH Henderson, detailing by month the dhow chasing, blockades and related activities undertaken by HMS Marathon, Mariner, Conquest and Cossack; Consul-General Gerald Portal's explanatory note to Lord Salibsury explaining his Notice on behalf of the Sultan prohibiting recruitment of soldiers, coolies and porters for service beyond borders; correspondence relating to Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society Charles Allen's letter on the hiring of slave labour for the Congo River Station; the strong rebuttal by Indian merchants resident on Zanzibar of their alleged involvement in the trade, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is two books:- Volume One The Campaigns in The North-West Europe, White DJ is covered in a clear protective wrapper, although is grubby. Blue hard cover with gilt lettering, bumped to spine ends. On the fep is a memo written " To Major General Pat Bradshaw with best wishes from all ranks Grenadier Guards and then a signature with a stamp below stating Colonel Lt. Col Commanding Grenadier Guards. contains 256 pages plus index with black & white & colour illustrations and maps , some of which are fold out pages. Also enclosed is a letter written to the Major on Regimental Headquarters headed paper from the Colonel E H Goulburn. Volume Two : The Mediterranean Campaigns, White DJ is covered in a clear protective wrapper, although grubby. 582 pages, plus index. Contains black & white and colour illustrations and maps , some of which are fold out maps. Together these volumes are over a kilo so additional shipping would be required for sales abroad. Seller Ref:M16715.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Bond, Captain C.C.J. (illustrator). Second Printing. pp. xv, 807. Extensive index and footnotes. Numerous fold-out colour maps and black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Second printing of the 1956 first edition. "Describes in detail Canada's part in the Italian campaign - the operations which began with the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and, developing into an arduous advance up the Italian peninsula, ended with the German capitulation in May 1945. Directed primarily to the general reader, and particularly to the Canadian reader who wishes to know what the Canadian Army accomplished and why its operations took the course they did." - Foreword. Gilt emblem and lettering upon publisher's red cloth. Prior owner's name and date discretely upon first blank leaf. Dust jacket not included. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important and highly informative history. Enser p.96, Cooke [3rd Edn] p. 259.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945 - Volume II (2): Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War , Canadian Army - Italy, Canadian Army - World War 1939-1945.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Skelton, J.R.; Robinson, T.H.; Nicholson, W.C.; Cleaver, Reginald; Hiley, G.E.; Hall, Tom; Woodville, R. Caton; Carruthers, G.P. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Story of John Jewitt - A young Englishman is taken as a slave by Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island; The Children of the Wilderness - Part I - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated journey in little-known Mongolia; Winning a Wife - An incident involving an Englishman in Tirah; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-Out - Part I - The conclusion of Frederick C. Glass's adventures on a little-known Brazilian river; The Sea Devil - An extraordinary six-hour battle with a huge West Indian manta, or ray; Where the gold went - Charles Siringo describes the pursuit of two men who had robbed the famous Treadwell mine in Alaska; The Cannibal Islands - Part I - Clifford W. Collinson has spent several years in the Solomon Islands - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees (conclusion) - a couple with a donkey cart set out to explore the area without any modern luxuries; My Motor-Boat - what happend when a man tried to run a second-hand boat he purchased; How We Killed the "Rat" - a scheme to kill an intruding rat goes sadly wrong; A Woman in Unknown Albania (conclusion) - Rose Wilder Lane explores the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish; A Lonely Job - a young ship's officer acts as caretaker of a vessel wrecked off the Australian coast; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

First and limited deluxe edition of the monumental Legion Book; one of only one hundred numbered copies printed for private distribution by the Prince of Wales and signed by a remarkable array of British writers and artists, as well as four prime ministers. Quarto, original publisher's full deluxe pigskin over boards elaborately decorated in blind and gilt, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded color frontispiece, engraved title-page vignette, illustrated with 16 captioned tissued-guarded plates in various techniques (some signed by the artist) and 32 collotypes. One of one hundred numbered copies printed for private distribution by the Prince of Wales and with five pages signed by each of the 89 contributing writers and illustrators as well as four prime ministers (three British Prime Ministers: David Lloyd George, Stanley Baldwin, and Ramsay MacDonald, and French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau) including: Winston Churchill (who was not yet a Prime Minister), Rudyard Kipling, P.G. Wodehouse, Eric Gill, Stanley Spencer, Charles Ricketts, W. Heath Robinson, Laura Knight, William Nicholson, Paul Nash, David Low, Rebecca West, John Lavery, Max Beerbohm, Vita Sackville-West, Hilaire Belloc, Mark Gertler, Edith Sitwell, Jacob Epstein, W.H. Davies, and Aldous Huxley among others. This is number 84. The Legion Book was created at the request of H.R.H. The Prince of Walesâ"who would later become King Edward VIII and, following his abdication, the Duke of Windsorâ"as a fundraising initiative for the British Legion. All profits from its sales were intended to support the organization. The book features contributions from 85 distinguished British writers and artists including Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, P.G. Wodehouse, Aldous Huxley, Vita Sackville-West, G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Augustus John, Eric Kennington, and John Nash. It was compiled and edited by James Humphrey Cotton Minchin (1894â"1966), a veteran who served with the Cameronians and the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. While the trade version saw several reprints, a special edition of 600 numbered copies was also produced. Of these, 500 bore the editorâs signature, but âthe first 100 were reserved for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, sponsor of the volume, in his gift.â According to the note at the conclusion of the Table of Contents, âFive pages of contributorsâ signatures appear after the Dedication, with additional signed pages opposite Collotype No. 3 and Collotype No. 20.â Every contributor signed the book, with the sole exception of John Singer Sargent, who died in 1925, before the project was completed. In near fine condition with toning to the extremities of the front panel and front hinge. Housed in the original publisher's custom folding cloth clamshell box. An exceptional example of this rare signed limited edition. Formed in the aftermath of a war that had shattered a generation, the Royal British Legion emerged in May 1921 as a unified voice for the countless veterans left woundedâ"physically, mentally, and economicallyâ"by the First World War. The staggering cost of the conflict, with nearly 3.2 million British Empire casualties, exposed the inadequacy of postwar support. A fully disabled veteran received just 30 shillings a week, and any claim had to be made within seven years of discharge. In response to such injustice, several ex-servicemenâs groups came together to create the Legion, not merely as a charity, but as an advocate for those who had borne the brunt of industrialized warfare. From its inception, the Legion fought for fair pensions, better employment opportunities, and meaningful support for both former service members and their familiesâ"laying the groundwork for a broader movement of remembrance, welfare, and national responsibility that continues to this day.

8vo, pp. 8; self-wrappers; previous folds in thirds, else very good. Consists of reports to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, by the commanding officer, Capt. J. W. A. Nicholson, and the Board of Engineers. Cornell, Rochester, LC, Navy Dept., Western Reserve, and Huntington in OCLC. A seventh copy, at Minnesota Historical, is this copy.