Sergeant Pw (39 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Edited and modernized by Fred Reinfeld. Cover edges are slightly bumped. Price in top right corner has been blacked out.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Original DJ. DJ shows minor rubbing. DJ is protected by a mylar cover. Binding is fine. Dj is price-clipped.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SOFT COVER IN VERY GOOD TO NEAR FINE CONDITION.

Condition: New. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1938). SB. 379pp with 25 illus including portrait of the author a frontispiece.Published Price £18 The portrait of the author shows a Flight Sergeant in the RAF, decorated with the Military Medal, but he says nothing about his service background nor his unit nor how he came to be in Kut when it was captured by the Turks after a five month siege. There is one clue when he refers to "a man of my own batteryâ which would indicate he was in the Royal Artillery at the time. It might have been RHA, RFA or RGA since all three branches were in Kut. His account starts on 30th April 1916, the day after the surrender, while he was lying on the floor of a mud hut that was graced by the name of No 4 Field Ambulance of the 6th (Poona) Division. After several weeks of suffering from acute stomach trouble he had collapsed. But his suffering then was nothing to what it would be in captivity. In The Secrets of A Kuttite (described elsewhere in this list) we learned how the officers fared, now we read of the dreadful treatment handed out to the other ranks by the Turks. There are many memoirs of NCOs and men who served on the Western Front, but published accounts of other ranks who survived Kut and captivity must be few and far between. In the preface, Sir Arnold Wilson, MP notes that the Official History of the Mesopotamian Campaign devotes just six of its two thousand pages to the Turkish ill-treatment of the British other rank prisoners. He goes further and points out that the General Staff in Mesopotamia discredited and, where possible, suppressed, almost every report of cruelty and brutality till "the bitter truth could no longer be hidden.â Even the Government spokesman in the House of Lords made an official statement paying tribute to the Turks in respect of their treatment of prisoners of war. The sufferings of those who experienced the "trail of deathâ from Kut into captivity can be likened to the sufferings of the prisoners of the Japanese on the Burma railway. Turkish soldiers were often brutally treated by their officers - as Long testifies - so they in turn saw nothing unusual in brutalising their prisoners. At the end of his introduction the author writes: âTo the many who have asked, and to those who would ask, "What happened to you after the surrender of Kut?â and "How did the Turks treat you?â this book is the answer. Read it!

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Light edgewear and slight rubbing to cover gloss. Minor crease on bottom corner of rear cover. Bookplate on inside of front cover acknowledges this as an award copy from The British Correspondence Chess Association, signed in pen by the honorary treasurer. The book remains tightly bound with unmarked contents.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Medium green cloth 8vo with decorative black border, design and lettering on boards. Decorative black borders and black lettering on sunned backstrip. Bumped corners. Frontispiece. Interior is secure, clean and clear. Trimmed. Contains several plates. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 230 pages. with a new introduction and afterword by Irving Chernev. unabridged, unaltered, republication of the 1922 edition. tiny nick on spine; 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ".

Softcover. Condition: Good. Later printing. Good only. First few pages of book are bent, cover is fading and plastic cover is torn.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. (1922), Fair to Good Only/no dj, octavo, 226pp., navy blue cloth hardcover, exlibrary with numerous markings: remains of sticker lower spine, large perforated stamp center of title page, bookplate in front, part of paste-down on rear endpaper; interior hinge papers starting to crack, couple pages loosening, slight chipping in a few margins, decent reading copy (but not much more) of uncommon original edition.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Octavo. Green cloth covers with black lettering on backstrip and front cover. Black decorative stamping on covers. Bumped corners and scuffed edges. Foxing. Normal binding. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Librería Aves Del Paraíso. Descripción del libro. Título: Championship Chess. Great Games By World Champions. Lasker, Capablanca, Steinitz, Zukertort, Marshall, Alekhine, Schlechter, Euwe, Bogoljuboff, Botvinnik, Keres Autor: P.W. Sergeant Editorial: Dover Publications Lugar: New York Año: 1963 Encuadernación: Rustica Páginas: 257 Estado General: Muy Bueno Traducción: Ninguna Medidas: 21,5x13,5cm Peso: 290grs Idioma: Inglés Detalles: Sellos en anteportada y portada. Leve fatiga en tapas y lomo ( ver fotos ). Todos nuestros artículos son revisados antes de ser publicados. LAS IMÁGENES DE NUESTRAS PUBLICACIONES SON ORIGINALES DE NUESTROS ARTÍCULOS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The boards are rubbed and edgeworn.no inscriptions,mild tanning.well bound.seventh edition.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Bell's Cathedral.

Dover Publications, Inc. New York. 1963. Printed wrappers. 257 (1) pp. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, complete in two volumes, a very good set in publisher's cloth. Old Christian Brothers stamps to the prelims and title pages. The contents is clean and unmarked and the bindings are solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Ver Good in blue cloth with gilt titles. 236pp 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - (minus). Second Edition. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 224pp 16 (errata), (2). Bound in blue boards. Originally published in 1922 this second edition has an additional errata. Evidence of sticker removal from the front fixed endpaper. Corners are bumped. There are some "air bubbles" to the front cover. One line on the last page is underlined in pen.

13080 SERGEANT P. W. 1957 MURPHY'S GAMES OF CHESS. 351PP. ILLUSTRATED. DOVER SOFT EDITION VERY GOOD CONDITION. (BS-468).

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 126 (i.e. 226) p. illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Pillsbury, Harry Nelson 1872-1906; Chess. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 126 (i.e. 226) p. illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Pillsbury, Harry Nelson 1872-1906; Chess. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 5th Edition. Blue publisher's cloth, lettered in gold. Stamped "Edinburgh Chess Club" and "WITHDRAWN FROM STOCK" inside front cover but no other library marks. Fairly clean tight text in sound but worn covers. Just a good working copy.

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Condition: Wie neu. Seventh Edition. 390 Seiten mit zahlreichen graphischen Darstellungen. 22 x 15 cm. Mit einer eigenhändigen Widmung von Walter Korn, datiert 15. March 1947 auf dem Vorsatz. Guter Zustand. Seiten papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. - Walter Korn (Schachautor) (19081997), tschechisch-US-amerikanischer Schachautor. -- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Walter Korn (May 22, 1908 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) July 9, 1997 in San Mateo, California, United States) was an Austro-Hungarian writer of books and magazine articles about chess. Despite his status as a writer, there is no known record of him playing tournament chess, and few chess players ever met him. One of his few known games is a draw against a 13-year-old Gordon Crown, published in the April 1943 issue of Chess. Korn was a FIDE International Judge for chess compositions and contributed the entire topic of chess for the Encyclopædia Britannica (1972). Korn was the writer of Modern Chess Openings (MCO) (revised editions 7 through 12, 13th revised by Nick de Firmian), which was considered an authoritative work on the openings of chess. A new edition of MCO would come out every five years or so, and it was essential reading for tournament chess players. In later years, Korn enlisted the help of top players, such as Grandmaster Larry Evans and Grandmaster Nick de Firmian, while continuing as a co-author. Korn fled his homeland for London in 1939. Several years later, in Germany, he directed the U.N. Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, helping to relocate concentration camp survivors. In 1948, he served as national director of World ORT in Geneva. He immigrated to the United States in 1950, and lived in Detroit, where he worked as business manager of the Jewish Community Center. From 1960 to 1964, he lived in Israel, working for both the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Jewish Appeal. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 420 Rotes Leinen mit blindgeprägten Deckeltiteln und goldgeprägten Rückentiteln.