Brigadier smyth (65 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First U.S. Edition. 191 pps. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ b/w portraits & maps (listed). Black cloth bds. Interior leaves are clean and tight. An assessment of the Great War and the experiences of British military leadership on all levels. The author reviews the major campaigns…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Corner unclipped, some wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges a little creased and worn, corners and top and bottom of spine a little chipped and worn, some light wear to covers and spine, corners a little bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally…

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Reprint. Paperback. The Victoria Cross. 1856-1964. Couple of slight creases to cover. Jack Cornwell, Bill Speakman, Guy Gibson.these are names which will be forever remembered in the annals of war as recipients of the highest award for valour. There are many more holders of the V.C., not so well known, b…

Hardcover. Etat : Good ++/Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Dustjacket Good ++. 1st Edition. 240 pages including index.B&W plates. Pictorial dustjacket with a picture of late Vicotiran ladies playing tennis and a greyhound in the foreground being stroked by onlooker. Moderate foxing to the dustjacket and light/moderate wear to sp…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. With 9 pages of half-tone illustrations and 7 maps . No dj, shelf wear and marking on cloth, light wear at extremities, some white marks on corner of front board, name and date top of ffep, foxing on sides, large creases on bottom corners of last four leaves, otherwise good. 600 gr…

Etat : Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xx, 208pp. Frontispiece, plates. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. There is a light mark to the front endpapers, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (edges lightly chipped, price-clipped). The dustwrapper has been covered in adh…

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 248pp/illus. By examining the immensely varied leaders of World War Two and with the knowledge and friendship of most of them, Sir John Smyth has achieved a remarably dispassionate re-assessment of their achievements which illuminates, from a new perspective, the history of war. S…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Dust wrapper with lightly sunned spine, tears and some edge & corner wear. Internally Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding. Unclipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 566g ** All order…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in removable protective clear sleeve. 191pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, name/date in ink to top corner of ffep.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Written by a decorated veteran and Victoria Cross recipient, The Only Enemy examines the concept of war's inexorable adversary "the only enemy" and explores the internal and external battles faced by soldiers. Awarded the VC at twenty-one, Brigadier Sir John Smyth has since fo…

Hardcover. Etat : Good -. 1st Ed. hard cover blue cloth bds, faded at spine and a little onto front bd and along edge of rear bd, otherwise Good, unclipped dust jacket, torn along spine with 3 tears across, taped from inside in places, front and rear complete, contents clean and tight, pp144, pges very lightly tanned. Containing…