Skilbeck Smith (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition 1930. All plates and maps present. Some light foxing to page edges and in places throughout. Paper very slightly age toned, else very good bright copy in publishers blue cloth. Dustwrapper has no spine and is slightly chipped around the edges of front and back panel. Still the majority is present. Scarce. With plates and maps throughout. (illustrator).…

1st Edition. Hb original dark blue cloth gilt titles to spine lage 12mo, 183pp frontis plate sketch maps , mono plates etc + 5 page publishers advertisements Memoir of service with the 10th Irish Division at Salonika and Palestine including the 3rd Battle of Gaza A Vg bright copy and Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Hard cover. Top edge dust darkened. Side edges tanned. Slight foxing to edges. Pages sound with the exception of the occasional mark/crease. Tanning to front flyleaf. No jacket. Cover good with only very slight bumping to corners and spine ends. 183 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Red leather binding with gold debossed shield on the front, gold gilt lettering on the spine, decorative borders and raised bands on the spine. Minor wear to the edges, corners and raised bands, and some minor marks and scratches on the front and back. The end pages and page edges are marbled. The certificate of when the book was gifted as a school prize in 1930 is pasted inside the front cover. There is foxing throughout, otherwise all the pages are unmarked, and all the text and images are present. 186mm x 132mm. Please note that shipping costs may vary due to the size and weight of the book.…

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. 8vo. 183 pp. Blue covered boards with gold lettering on spine with original dj depicting b/w facsimile photograph of a woman praying at the Wailing Wall, (western Wall) in Jerusalem. Illustrated with 9 b/w facsimile photographs and 3 maps, the first of Salonika and Struma Front, 1917, the second of South Judæ and the final of North Judæ. Books is the personal account of a young officer from the 1st Leinsters, (Irish Military,) stationed in the Mediterranean during the First World War. Yellowing and age wear to dj. Bottom inch of dj missing, chipping to top of dj. Bumping to head and foot of spine, minor yellowing to pages due to age, dj is in good, book is in very good condition. "This book is not intended to be a chronicle of military exactitudes; it was written in moments of leisure in 1922, when I was stationed in the Perisan Gulf, at Muscat, and is primarily a narrative of impressions and reminiscences from the point of view of a regimental officer." (statement by author on page before table of contents.) "As the author frankly states in his prefatory note, this book . . . is a record of the personal experiences of a young officer in Macedonia and Judæ in the anxious years of 1916-17." (from foreword).…

The Mitre Press, London. 1930. First edition. Hardback, no DW. Blue cloth, gilt. Frontis. + 4pp. of illustrations + 3 maps. Boards are lightly and partially faded a little soiled and worn at extremities. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages a little browned, but overall a nice copy of a very scarce book.…