Taprell Dorling Commander (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: good. no jacket. 5th print. NOT an ex library book. Book with dark blue cloth binding has rubbing on edges, scratch on cover. Names inside frront cover. Clean pages with color illustrations.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Noticeable marking to some pages throughout, and textblock edges; text is not obscured. Slight loss to paper to pastedown, with paper stuck to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Spine and edges are slightly tanned, with visible crushing and noticeable splitting to ends. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, Visible marks overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover in good condition. Faux leather red boards. Gilt titles and ship etching Prize certificate to flyleaf Some tanning. 317 pages.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustration plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some mild sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Book has forward lean.

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

8vo(19x12.4) HB xv+317pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering-some marks & bumping but still good+++. Some age discolouring of endpapers & half title else internally near fine. (450g).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 87 + iv + 62pp. (including 12 + 8 colour plates). Still well bound. Interior in nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions.

December 1918 reprint of the 1918 original. (VI), 338 PP with 2 tail pieces and 13 text illustrations, plus 10 b/w plates illustrated by H. R. J. Fp: If one is married. Cloth cover, decorated front cover and spine. Covers have some shelf wear and a few small marks<; Prize plate on front endpaper. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 19.3 x 14.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair. 1925, 1st edition. Cover wear and marking. Page foxing. No inscriptions. 316pp.

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. William Rainey, R.I. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Not dated, c.1915? Size 12mo, 7.25" tall, 356 pages. Sand coloured cloth covered boards with green titles and border to the front cover and spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition good, cloth rubbed along the bottom edge and a tine piece chipped from the bottom edge of the front board, end-papers browned, spots to page edges, school prize inscription on front end-paper, otherwise contents are clean. Dust jacket condition good, creasing and rubbing along the edges, folds rubbed, slightly darkened shelf wear, now protected, not price clipped, price 2/6 net. A Boys' Adventure Story. Black and white frontispiece illustration by William Rainey. Map of the Island opposite first text page. Dust Jacket illustration has a name of "Fred Leist" on it.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. First Edition. Small blue hardback originally lettered in gold. 175 x 110 mm. No 5. List 1-9 opposite title page. Clean tight text but spine lettering dulled and hard to read, some edge spotting and cloth a little dulled and spotted.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. C. M. Padday (illustrator). First Edition. Pictorial front board. Pictorial spine. 352 pages. All 6 listed full-page illustrations are in place as are the 2 neatly folded maps. Clean & tight book. Front paste down has a neatly written name. No other inscriptions. SOME FOXING. Flat pages. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 1.3. The Secret Submarine. A Story of Fighting by Sea and Land by Lieutenant-Commander Henry Taprell Dorling.Illustrated by C. M. Padday. Published in 1916 by Blackie and Sons, London.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Second Edition. Small blue hardback originally lettered in gold. 175 x 110 mm. No 10. List 1-12 opposite title page. Clean tight text but spine lettering dulled and hard to read, some edge spotting and cloth a little dulled and spotted. Corners a bit bumped.

Condition: Good. 3 uniform volumes with original stiff wrappers, illustrations in b/w, foldable maps in colour, continuous pagination, 8vo. Part I) In Queen Elizabeth's Reign; Part II) At the Empire's Birth; Part III) The Heroes of Polar Expedition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 356 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Although the preface states that foreign orders and decorations have been kept to a minimum, there is still a good many represented. Ribbons are shown as colour plates, medals as black and white line renditions. Ownership stamp to first three pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Blind stamped red cloth with title to spine in black. List of other works by Taffrail opposite title page. Slightly cocked. Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket series. Unclipped dustwrapper. Some age toning to pages as usual.Minor foxing. Rare in dustwrapper. Small octavo, 311 pages,250g.

Two pages, 12mo. Very good on lightly-foxed blue paper. He has sent his correspondent's letter to the naval correspondent of The Times, and hopes 'that some good may come of it.' Would like to receive 'any more snippets you have from time to time. I didn't know, for instance, that the racing whaler had Sussex until the other day, otherwise I should have tried to make a song about it!' Sends seasons greetings, and wishes him the 'Best of luck'.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. green pictorial cloth hardback. 352pp., illustrated with 6 colour-tinted plates and 2 folding Maps. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Light foxing to foredge. Light wear and rubbing to spine and boards, with a couple of small splits to cloth at top and base of spine. Overall a GOOD+ COPY. (Shelf 42) Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

In-12, cartonnage toilé illustré, 337 pages, illustrations in et hors-texte en noir. En anglais. Etat d'usage. (Hardback, small 8vo, blue book with white illustration on cover, no jacket, 337 pp., illustrations to text. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition). Expédition : tarifs de La Poste en vigueur.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A Very Good First Edition hardback (no date on title page but 1929) in the rare dustwrapper which also, unusually, is in Good+ condition. Blind-stamped red cloth with titles to spine in black. Plain end-papers; other Works by Taffrail (with dates) opposite title page. End of text is signed-off: Woking, Surrey. 1928-29. 8pp. publisher's Catalogue to rear including listings for Charles Alden Seltzer, Zane Grey and Clarence E. Mulford (Hopalong Cassidy). H&S Yellow Jacket Series. 2/-. Binding is clean and firm and square with dusty top edge. Soft white paper throughout with no damage or foxing seen. Small neat name to front free end-paper. Jacket is more or less complete with very modest wear to some edges and 2.5 closed tear to front lower edge adjacent to spine hinge area - not normally visible. Light vertical line markings and darkened areas to folds. The wrapper has done its job. 20% price reduction now applied.

Bound copy of 4 different issues. Ribbons & Medals - Part I (6th edition of 1916 original): (8), 13-(over) 86 PP with over 125 b/w illustrations, plus 12 plates in colour for 123 ribbons and a Military Medal with ribbon and clasps. Part II (1st edition of 1918): IV, 56 PP with over 80 b/w illustrations, plus 6 plates in colour for 77 ribbons. Part III "War Supplement", Ribbons and Medals of the Great War. 1st edition of 1920): IV, 5-35 PP with 21 b/w illustrations, plus 1 plate in colour with 14 ribbons. Regiments at a Glance, A Handbook of Regimental Badges and Traditions. (1st edition of 1917): 128 PP with , plus 4 colour plates for 2 King's Colours and 2 Regimental Colours. 4 issues retaining their original front covers bound together with 26 blank pages for notes. Royal blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine reads: "At A Glance - Vol.I". Cloth covers a little rubbed at corners, slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. A scarce item. 18.5 x 13.