African Assignment by Guingand (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket present. First printed 1953. The book is in good condition with a blue cloth cover showing some wear, particularly at the spine edges and corners. The binding remains firm, and the pages are clean with no inscriptions or library markings. There is no dust jacket present.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 291 Pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. The back of board is slightly faded. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, minor foxing. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*19/07/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine. Light mottled fading to the cloth, a tightly bound copy, name of a previous owner, the text otherwise unmarked. The pictorial dust wrapper is worn with loss and now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, map to endpapers, b&w plates, 291pp.…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 291 p. illus. 23 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. King's African Rifles ; Biography. Soldiers Africa, Southern ; Biography. Africa, Southern Description and travel. De Guingand, Francis Sir 1900-1979; works. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 291 p. illus. 23 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. King's African Rifles ; Biography. Soldiers Africa, Southern ; Biography. Africa, Southern Description and travel. De Guingand, Francis Sir 1900-1979; works. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed, London (1953) . 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in, 291 p, plates. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 291 pp bw plates, maps to endpapers, blue cloth gilt title to spine. Spine and cover edges a little sunned, pages a little tanned, dust wrapper edge rubbed with tears generally tanned - sound copy.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1953. First edition. 291pp., a map on the endpapers, 13 other maps and diagrams, and 26 black and white illustrations. Major-General Sir Francis Wilfred de Guingand (1900-1979) was a British Army officer who served as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's chief of staff from the Second Battle of El Alamein until the end of the Second World War. He retired from the army In February 1947 and emigrated to Southern Rhodesia to pursue a career in business, achieving considerable success. This book of memoirs of Africa is divided into five parts: Service with the K.A.R., 1926-7; Loangwa Journey; Some Hunting Adventures; To Finish My Story; and Southern Africa Revisited. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with very slight fading to the spine and a small stain around the bottom front spine corner. The bottom of the spine is lightly bumped. The contents are tight and clean with some light foxing on the half-title page. There is no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some soiling and light bumping to the spine ends. A 1" triangular piece is missing from near the corner of the bottom rear edge and there is a 1" tear at the top of the triangle. The wrapper is in an easily removed clear protective cover.…

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,550grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed with scuffing and creasing around the edges. The boards are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. No inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*21/12/2023. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Blue cloth gilt, map endpages. First printed 1953 stated. Spine ends gently softened, one small edge bump. Tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, mildly toned/edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First Edition. Very good indeed with foxed top edge. Africana. Hardback. No dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with only a little light rubbing to the head and tail of spine.Not Price clipped.There are no previous names or inscriptions present.Lovely clean tight copy with a firm binding.Illustrated with over 30 black and white plates and with maps as endpapers.The book has laid in at the front a publisher's original publicity card (see pictures) 8vo 291pp First Edition 1st Impression [1953].…

First edition. Plates, map. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches), 291-pages. Original cloth, fine in the fine now protected un-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. General Sir Francis de Guingand has written a very personal book about Africa - past, present and future. After WW2 he returned to Africa, having served in East Africa, where he took up a business appointment, and finally he made his home in the Union of South Africa. Worn dustjacket. 291 pages, b/w plates. ------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…