Nicolson Captain Nigel (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volume set.

Soft. Condition: Fine. Modern reprint. Vol 1: the campaigns in north-western europe. vol 2: the mediterranean campaigns. The very lightest of shelf/storage wear, else excellent - unread. Size: 8vo.

(9608) Hardback. 256 pages plus 19 pages of combined index (Vols. I and II). V.g. in navy cloth with gilt regimental motif on front board and gilt lettering to spine. No d.w. Complete with all maps, some fold-out, and illustrations. No markings or inscriptions. A tight sound very clean copy.

1st Ed. 2 vols. Large 8vo. xvi + 256pp. xix index + [i] + [xii] + ([257]-582)pp. + xix index + [i]. Colour port. frontis., b/w. port. frontis., 41 ills. from photos. on 24 plates, 55 maps mainly folding. Contemporary ownership signature, e.ps. sl. spotted, vol. 2 sl. shaken, original gilt lettered cloth with some minor marking, in crude white homemade d/ws. with facsimile spines. Volume one recounting the story of the campaigns in north-west Europe, (four Battalions of the Regiment took part), starting with the battles fought during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940, and ending with the advance into the heart of Germany in 1945. Volume two tells the story of the Grenadiers' campaigns in the Mediterranean from the Mareth Line to the Austrian frontier, between 1942 and 1945. Additional postage may be necessary US$66.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Navy blue cloth on boards, gilt title and gilt insignia 'SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' Spines: light bumping to head & foot. Edges: very faint dusting of just few faint foxings or smudge. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. All fldg maps are clean & present. Bindings are As New. Set 582p. Djs:moderate -plus soiling and rubbings. Spines: head & foot with some small open wear, splits and chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with small open wear and chips. Front flaps top and bottom corners have been angled trimmed. Vol. II: rear top-edge with chips and small splits. Set: just under 2 kgs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Royal8vo, first edition, two volume set, pp,xvi,582,xix,ix,xix, coloured portrait frontispiece to volume one, illustrations and maps of which some are folding, gilt titled navy cloth, light age-toning. As this is a heavy item extra postage may be necessary for an international order.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xvi, 256, xix + xi, 582, xixppphotos, maps, appends inc. H&A, RoH. Light wear, gilt titling to Vol:1 faded. 1.8kg.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart two volume set of the first edition of this military history from the Second World War. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen images across eleven plates, and twenty-three maps, six of which are folding. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-two images across thirteen plates, and twenty-two maps, eight of which are folding. Collated complete. A detailed military history of The Grenadier Guards, the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, during the Second World War in which the regiment was expanded to six service battalions. Volume one focuses on the campaigns in North-West Europe, with chapters on the British Expeditionary Force, Normandy, the Pursuit to Brussels, the Battle of Nijmegen, Holland, through the Siegfried Line, and the crossing of the Rhine into Germany. Volume two contains information on the Mediterranean Campaigns, with chapters on the early struggles in Tunisia, the Anzio beach-head, Cassino to Florence, the Northern Apennines, and the last phases in Italy. Written by Captain Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes of the Grenadier Guards. Int he original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. book.

First Edition. In two volumes. lang2057 1: The Campaigns in North West Europe (Forbes). 2: The Mediterranean Campaigns (Nicholson). Pp. xvi+xiv+582+xx(cumulative index, last blank, in both volumes), 26 plates (1 coloured), 45 maps (18 folding, some coloured, 8 text), appendices; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spines lettered in gilt, gilt insignia to upper boards, cloth lightly marked, edges slightly worn, fore-corners slightly bruised or worn; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedowns, endpapers lightly offset and foxed; Gale and Polden Limited, Aldershot, Hants, 1949. First edition. White p. 42; Sutcliffe 1/p. 2.