Purves Tom (7 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dj has light fade to the spine, chipping on the spine ends, small closed tears. Military.

newspaper. Single sheet of newsprint folded into quarters to make an 8x11.25 inch "newspaper," paper toned, otherwise very good. Critiques the university degree system and proposes alternative forms of intellectual development; the editors (in self-conscious irony) list their various degrees going back to elementary school.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in smart Chelsea book cloth with gold blocked Royal Engineer's Crest to front board and bright gilt titles to spine, this 1988 hardback First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper (unclipped). Signed and inscribed by author on FFEP as follows,"To George from George 8th Parachute Battalion. With Best wishes Tom Purves" (V11)/200pp with Foreword by Colonel Davies, 25 Chapters and numerous photographs. Wrapper has minor rubbing and one small closed tear to back panel: otherwise all VG. Mills, Martin (illustrator). Signed and Inscibed By Author.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1988. Very good condition with no wrapper. Special limited edition. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. SIGNED by author (with best wishes) and dated to free front endpaper. Contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. SIGNED - please see description for details.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The history of the British Army's Parachute Engineer Unit. Signed by the author. B/w and some colour illustrations and maps. VG in Vg dw. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Foreword by Colonel C. M. Davies. Pp. [176, comprising 25 chapters, individually paginated], printed in blue & black, numerous text illustrations and maps (some coloured or tinted, a few full page), bibliography; narrow med. 4to; tan cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges lightly creased and split, piece torn from bottom edge of back panel, signs of sticker removal at foot of front flap, a couple of tiny marks to top edges of leaves; the author, Nottingham, 1988. First edition. *The history of the unit now called 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, from its formation in 1787 to 1960.…