Roberts Frederick, First Edition (12 results)

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [5], 48 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Children's stories. Fiction for children. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 96 pages; Issue # 22. In lushly illustrated glossy covers. Fresh neat copy of this lavishly illustrated and superbly produced magazine; this copy features an extensive 30 page piece on the pulp, avaiation and magazine art of Frederick Blakeslee along with lushly illustrated pieces on the magazine art of Morton Roberts and the children's book art of the Merrill Company Publishers. Superficial hint of a wave to the lower front corner from vertical storage in a magazine storage box. About as new. NF.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped, sun-toned, and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; [9], 205 p : port ; 23 cm. Subjects; Michael Roberts 1902-1948. English poetry 20th century. Mountains in literature. English prose literature 20th century. Poetry in English 1900-1945 Texts. Prose in English 1900-1945 Texts. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [5], 48 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Children's stories. Fiction for children. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped, sun-toned, and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; [9], 205 p : port ; 23 cm. Subjects; Michael Roberts 1902-1948. English poetry 20th century. Mountains in literature. English prose literature 20th century. Poetry in English 1900-1945 Texts. Prose in English 1900-1945 Texts. 1 Kg.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. S/ Begg (illustrator). 1st. 1 1/4 pages w/story & two photos. Story about Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts commander of the Imperial Forces in South Africa (Second Boer War) 9only 1st page of item is shown) Size: 11'' x 16''.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. oblong 8vo,paperback,illustrated throughout,230 pages,fine.We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from United Kingdom. Shelf B85.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Bound in immaculate grey cloth with gitl titles to spine, this dated 2018 hardcover First Edition is Fine in Fine dustjacket(unclipped). XXX/328pp with Preface, 16 Chapters, 12 Maps, 15 Plates and Index. Condition as new!

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter Headed Snowdon, Simla Paper Written and Signed by Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts. Autograph letter Snowden, Simla, India (the summer residence of Roberts) signed by Roberts, 21 October 1888, to Keir, concerning plated tumblers received and saying what he need is '10 tumblers, 10 wine glasses, 10 finger bowls, 4 peg tumblers to put one inside the other?', Include information about the tumblers. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832-1914, was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. A man of small stature, Roberts was affectionately known to his troops and the wider British public as "Bobs" and revered as one of Britain's leading military figures at a time when the British Empire reached the height of its power. He became a symbol for the British Army and in later life became an influential proponent of stronger defence in response to the increasing threat that the German Empire posed to Britain in the lead up to the First World War. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 178m x 115mm. Condition is good. Folding crease. Light repair to fold edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17164. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter Base Signed by Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Robert. Undated. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832-1914, was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. A man of small stature, Roberts was affectionately known to his troops and the wider British public as "Bobs" and revered as one of Britain's leading military figures at a time when the British Empire reached the height of its power. He became a symbol for the British Army and in later life became an influential proponent of stronger defence in response to the increasing threat that the German Empire posed to Britain in the lead up to the First World War. From a autograph book kept by A. P. Watt (1834-1914), founder of A. P. Watt & Son in 1875, the world's first literary agents. Size is 1108m x 70mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18423. Signed by Author(s).

8°. VIII, [1] Bl., 346 S. mit Portrait-Frontispiz und 5 Portrait-Tafeln. Weinroter Maroquin-Lederband mit goldgepr. Rückenschild, reicher Rückenvergoldung, Deckel-Filetten, Wappen-Supralibros, Kanten- und Innenkantenvergoldung und Goldschnitt. Erste Ausgabe der ersten umfassenden Biographie des bedeutenden britischen Feldmarschalls Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1. Earl Roberts (1832-1914), "einer der erfolgreichsten Heerführer des Viktorianischen Zeitalters. . Nach seiner Kindheit in Indien wurde er in Eton, in der Royal Military Academy Sandhurst und Addiscombe erzogen. Am 20. Februar 1852 reiste er von Southampton über Ägypten nach Indien. Im April begann er seinen Dienst bei der bengalischen Artillerie der Britischen Ostindien-Kompanie in Calcutta und diente dort als Second Lieutenant. Im November 1852 erreichte er Peschawar, an der North West Frontier, wo die Division seines Vaters stationiert war. Roberts diente dort in einer Gebirgsbatterie. Im April 1854 erhielt Roberts wegen häufiger Fieberanfälle einen sechsmonatigen Urlaub, den er in Kaschmir verbrachte. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Peschawar wurde er als Lieutenant zur berittenen Artillerie versetzt. Im Frühjahr 1855 wurde er, wieder wegen des Fiebers, beurlaubt und ging für acht Monate erneut nach Kaschmir. Ab Sommer 1856 erfolgte seine Verwendung als Quartiermeister. Im Mai 1857 wurde Roberts in den Stab der neu aufgestellten fliegenden Kolonne versetzt. Mit dieser kämpfte er 1857/58 im Sepoy-Aufstand bei Delhi und Lakhnau. Für seinen Einsatz bei Khudaganj erhielt er 1858 das Victoria-Kreuz. . 1878 führte er im Zweiten Anglo-Afghanischen Krieg die durch das Tal des Kurum über den Paiwarpass vorrückenden Truppen. Daraufhin wurde er 1879 zum Major-General befördert und als Knight Commander des Bathordens in den Ritterstand ("Sir") erhoben. Nach Wiederausbruch des Krieges im September 1879 erhielt er den Oberbefehl über die ca. 10.000 Mann umfassenden Kabul- und Kandahar-Truppen. Am 9. Oktober 1879 besetzte er Kabul, setzte am 22. Juli 1880 Abdur Rahman Khan als Emir von Afghanistan ein und eilte dem nach der Schlacht von Maiwand von Ayub Khan in Kandahar eingeschlossenen General Primrose zu Hilfe, mit dem zusammen er Ayub Khan am 3. September eine entscheidende Niederlage beibrachte. Für seine Leistungen wurde Roberts am 11. Juni 1881 der erbliche Adelstitel Baronet, of the Army, verliehen. . Aufgrund der Neuordnung der Heeresverwaltung legte er 1904 sein Amt als Oberbefehlshaber nieder, das nun nicht mehr besetzt wurde. Er starb am 14. November 1914, während des Ersten Weltkriegs, in Saint-Omer an einer Lungenentzündung, als er einen Inspektionsbesuch bei den an der Westfront kämpfenden indischen Truppen unternahm" (Wikipedia). - Außergewöhnlich schönes Exemplar in einem prachtvollen Schulpreis-Einband (Worcester Royal Grammar School), Rückendeckel leicht fleckig, sonst sehr gut erhalten. - First edition of the first comprehensive biography of the distinguished British Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), 'one of the most successful military leaders of the Victorian era. . After his childhood in India, he was educated at Eton, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Addiscombe. On 20 February 1852 he travelled from Southampton via Egypt to India. In April he began his service with the Bengal Artillery of the British East India Company in Calcutta and served there as a second lieutenant. In November 1852 he reached Peshawar, on the North West Frontier, where his father's division was stationed. Roberts served there in a mountain battery. In April 1854, Roberts was granted a six-month furlough, which he spent in Kashmir, due to frequent bouts of fever. After his return to Peshawar, he was transferred to the mounted artillery as a lieutenant. In the spring of 1855, he was again granted leave due to fever and went back to Kashmir for eight months. From the summer of 1856 he was posted as quartermaster. In May 1857, Roberts was transferred to the staff of the newly formed flying column. With this he fought in the Sepoy Uprising near Delhi and Lakhnau in 1857/58. He was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1858 for his service at Khudaganj. . In 1878, he led the troops advancing through the Kurum Valley over the Paiwar Pass in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. As a result, he was promoted to Major General in 1879 and knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ('Sir'). After the war broke out again in September 1879, he was given supreme command of the Kabul and Kandahar troops, which numbered around 10,000 men. He occupied Kabul on 9 October 1879, installed Abdur Rahman Khan as Emir of Afghanistan on 22 July 1880 and rushed to the aid of General Primrose, who had been trapped in Kandahar by Ayub Khan after the Battle of Maiwand and with whom he inflicted a decisive defeat on Ayub Khan on 3 September. For his achievements, Roberts was awarded the hereditary title of Baronet, of the Army, on 11 June 1881. . Due to the reorganisation of the army administration, he resigned his post as commander-in-chief in 1904, which was no longer filled. He died of pneumonia in Saint-Omer on 14 November 1914, during the First World War, while on an inspection visit to the Indian troops fighting on the Western Front' (Wikipedia). - An exceptionally fine copy in a splendid school prize binding (Worcester Royal Grammar School), spine cover slightly stained, otherwise in very good condition. Sprache: englisch.

First edition of this surprisingly scarce and important early biography, which covers Roberts's career up to and including the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), where he earned the soubriquet "the Hero of Kandahar". Following the war, Charles Rathbone Low, already Garnet Wolseley's biographer, "saw potential for good sales in Roberts's life. His memoir contains a wealth of useful material, although criticism is not part of it, although Low opposed the 'forward school' of which Roberts was a spokesman. He wrote: [My book] has been compiled from the Blue Books and official despatches, and from personal reminiscences supplied in conversation and by correspondence with Sir Frederick Roberts, who himself revised the entire work, chapter by chapter'" (Atwood, p. 7). Not in Bruce. Rodney Atwood, The Life of Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 2015 Octavo. Mounted Woodburytype frontispiece portrait of Roberts; publisher's 2-page ads and 48-page catalogue at end (dated April 1883). Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, two broad gilt rules to spine ends and front cover. Signatures on front free endpaper verso and head of title page of George Sydney Waterlow (1852-1925), a member of the famous family of engravers of currency and postage stamps, with his armorial bookplate; crest bookplate of Thomas Harrison Greene (d. 1963), Foreign Office. Binding refurbished, spine ends and corners consolidated, repairs to inner hinges, internally clean: very good.