Bertram ratcliffe (21 résultats)

(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) An account of Napoleon's life from 1793 to 1796. Ratcliffe charts Bonaparte's rise from a junior and obscure Captain of Artillery to the Command of the Army of Italy. (Published: 1981) (Publisher: Leo Cooper) (ISBN: 0723226822) (Pagination: vii + 112pp, 8 illustrations) (Condition: Good in dw. Prev. owner inscr.) UL-XXXXXX.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 112pp., illustrated. Blue cloth in photo-illustrated dw. A fine copy in fine dw.

Blue Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Very Good Plus. First Edition. 112pp. Dustwrapper has not been price clipped. Several black and white photographs support the text. Shelfwear to edges of wrapper. Internally clean and tight. A near fine copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Maroon cloth with cover label, 8vo., viii, 103, (1) pages. Features a story by H. E. Bates and seven-page catalogue of Scolartis Press publications. A very good copy with toned endpapers, minute name, moderate wear and soiling.

Hardcover. 95p. + backlist, foxing else very good first edition in original green buckram cloth boards withpaper title label affixed front cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. G. Good copy of this Volume 1, No.4 - October, 1930 Location: P8.

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. Features H.E. Bates' story "Sheep" a satire by John Brophy, and a story by E.V. De Fontmell. Also includes Eric Partridge's "The War Comes Into its Own. A near fine copy in boards. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair to Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good +. 1st Edition. Main interior in good clean firm condition, no marks or inscriptions, a few faint age spots to e/papers (minimal).boards have two tiny chips to surface at front otherwise all tight and clean; d/jacket good-plus bright appearance, showing only very slight shelfwear, no nicks or tears, not price-clipped.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Blue Cloth Boards with black blocked titles to spine, 190 x 130 mm approx. Map to front paste down, 48 pp. Portrait Frontis. First Edition 1942. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- Damp stain blotches to both boards. Ink gift insc. to free front end paper. No other defects). A sound reading/ reference copy.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. 1st Edition. Blue cloth boards with black titles to spine, 190 x 130 mm approx. 48 pp. Portrait frontis of subject. Map of Waterloo and Dyle Valley to front paste down. Intro by B H Liddell Hart. First Edition 1942 . Signed and dated in blue ink by the author to the front free end paper. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Very Good/ Poor (Book no notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth, author signature as above. a few mild foxing spots to end papers and war economy paper of book block evenly tanned. Dust Jacket- Repaired by a previous owner with old style cellotape with usual disastrous results. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Some wear/damage to wrappers, front wrapper slightly detaching.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Another Edition. Stories, poetry and satire by various authors. 95 paginated pages. Bookplate of Joyce Scudamore on front pastedown. Wear to top/tail of spine and cover corners. Some soiling on title label on front cover. Size: 220mm Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 112pp, hardcover, unclipped d/j with title in blue/red to white spine. Black & white illustrated plates. Some chips, marks, scuffs and discoloration to d/j. Creases to d/j edges and small tear to top of d/j at spine. Toned/tanned pages and some marks to page edges. Price sticker on inside front of d/j. Inscription and signature of author on front ep Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Trade Paperback. First Edition. Vol. I, No. 1 with stories by H. E. Bates and E. V. De Fontmell, a satire by John Brophy and 'A Note on Some War Books' by Eric Partridge. Vol. I, No. 2, with stories by T. F. Powys and Rhys Davies, poems by John Drinkwater, Peggy Harwell and Nigel Morland, a satire by Richard B. Ince, and a further 'Note on War Books' by Eric Partridge. 2 volumes of a sort-lived (4 issues) British literary magazine. First editions (first printings). Near fine copies in cloth covers with pasted label on front cover. Mild edge wear. Spine faded on Vol. I, No. 2.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. Published by Frederick Muller Ltd in 1942, here is the first hardback printing of Bertram Ratcliffe's Marshal de Grouchy AND THE GUNS OF WATERLOO. Blue cloth binding, 49 pages plus index this rare little book is in fair condition with some general staining to the cloth covered boards the end papers and at instances throughout. There is also the pencil signature of a previous owner to the front free end paper. The very rare dust jacket is fair with some moderate chipping and 3 or 4 closed tears plus some general staining to the insides and outside. A scarce book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp xi, 250, [19] illustrations. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered silver on spine. Biography of the Belgian musician. Very good indeed.

4 volumes. 8.5 x 5.5, cloth with paper label on covers, approx 100pp each + ads, covers worn, soiled and darkened, hinges loose, contents toned. The first four issues of this English literary magazine. Each volume was once owned by Rev Charles C. Bubb, founder of Cleveland's "The Clerk's Press," with his handwritten name, "Fremont, Ohio" and date in each of the volumes. Nice association pieces. Sold as a lot only. …

Etat : Very Good. One of six hundred copies, this example inscribed by the translator who was the first British soldier to escape a German POW camp during the First World War and return to Britain. The translator has inscribed the first blank: 'Bertram Ratcliffe Linton Wetherby Yorkshire'. Near fine book, otherwise unmarked, in near very good jacket, a little rubbing at the head and tail of the spine, not price-clipped. Ratcliffe's remarkable war service earned him tea with the king and a Military Cross - his epitaph on his death in 1991 was 'Soldier, Writer, Poet, Lover'. He had been captured early in the war and sent to Ingolstadt in Bavaria after being wounded at the Battle of the Marne. After several attempts his mother managed to smuggle a compass to him in a tin of Harrogate toffee, and when the chance came in 1917 he escaped all the way back to England. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.…

Soft cover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Covers and spine well worn, edges and corners creased and worn, some small rips and nicks, top and bottom of spine chipped and worn, surface of spine chipped and worn, cover ripped entire length of join with spine, cover appears to have been reattached, internally in reasonable / good condition, pages crisp and clear but wear to edges and corners, a few creased corners and a few small nicks on edges.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good+. No Jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with indent of violinist to front and silver lettering to spine. xii+250pp. b/w photo plates. Slight shelf wear to boards with spine and corners a little bumped and rubbed. Ink inscription to ffep and small ink stamp to front pastedown. Endpapers slightly tanned and text block edges lightly foxed. Some spots on 7 pages but o'wise this is a lovely clean copy. …

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. xi, 250 pp., frontispiece, 26 illustrations, front covers sprung, dust jacket a bit worn and taped.