Macrory patrick a (22 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Clean Tight And Square. No Markings. With Little Shelf Wear.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Dust Jacket Included. This is an ex-library book with the usual markings. Apart from the library markings, the book is in very good condition, with a slight amount of shelf wear. The Fierce Pawns by Patrick A. Macrory. Published in Britain as Signal Catastrophe, and later reissued as Kabul Catastrophe and Retreat from Kabul. Macrory tells the story of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842), when the British and the East India Company invaded Afghanistan to install Shah Shuja on the throne and counter Russian influence in the "Great Game." The occupation of Kabul ended in uprising, the killing of William Macnaghten and Alexander Burnes, and the disastrous winter retreat of General Elphinstone's army and thousands of camp followers through the mountain passes, from which Dr. William Brydon famously reached Jalalabad as the lone survivor. A vivid narrative for research on British India, the Great Game, Afghan history, Dost Mohammad and Akbar Khan, and nineteenth-century colonial warfare.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : DJ Good (price clipped).

hardcover. Etat : near fine. Etat de la jaquette : near fine. 352 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. (minor wear to head of spine, price penned to front flap). Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1966). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.

Etat : Good. Lippincott 1966 Binding: Hardcover.

Etat : Good. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 352 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over paper covered boards with cloth to spine. Black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates are bright and clear with light foxing and tanning to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.…

Etat : Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some tears and marks.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. 352 Pp. Black Cloth, Spine Gilt On Red, Tan Boards. First American Printing, 1966. Near Fine In Lightly Used Dust Jacket Priced $7.95. No Explanation Of What The Hell Western Europeans Are Doing Trying To Take Over A Portion Of Central Asia; No Great Minds Consulted, No Lessons Learned; The Self-Interest Is To Solidify Their Conquest Of India; The Only Self-Evident And Proclaimed Purpose Was To Limit Russian Influence. The History Of That Failure Is A History Of Utter Incompetence, Setting A Model For Their Emulators.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. None. First Edition. A fascinating, authentic record of the British war on Afghanistan and the terrifying retreat from Kabul in 1842. Minor light foxing spots only on middle foreedge, else a clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, published by Lippincott, 1966. An account of the First Afgan War of 1839, with a focus on the individual soldiers and leaders on both sides. Patrick Macrory served with the British Army during World War II, first in France, then in North Africa, and then in the Middle East. His great-great-uncle was Major Eldred Pottinger, served in the Afgan War, and his story is memorably told here. 352 pages, 6" x 9". Dust jacket is price clipped, chip at the top left front corner, two tears on the back panel with creases adjacent to the tears. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Binding is tight and square. Mild edge wear at the heel of the spine. Corners are straight and not bumped. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. This is not a former library copy. The edges of the text block have some light tanning from age. Attached is a photo of the copy we have in our inventory.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st American. VERY GOOD/G, used, mottled tan boards with black cloth along spine, gilt text in red text box on spine, rust colored end papers, 352 pages. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to dust jacket, tiny chip at tail of spine, small chip at top edge of the lower fold-over, small tear to bottom edge of the lower at the fold-over. Dust jacket is not price-clipped.…

Etat : Good. 1966. No Edition Stated. 352 pages. Pictorial dust jacket with white lettering over brown boards. B&W illustrations. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Moderate sunning to spine, with staining and soiling to DJ. …

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Phila. A surprisingly crisp copy of this book on an unusual topic. There is a small sticker at the front, but no markings or signs of use in the text. The paper has held up very well. The jacket is intact but worn in appearance. A mylar Brodart cover now protects it. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Cloth and paper boards some illustrations, light foxing, 352 pages. The dust jacket is not price clipped and has light surface wear.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Tight clean unmarked book in dj with light shelfwear. 352 pp illustrated. History of the British retreat from Kabul in 1842.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Near Fine. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition, Possible First Printing. $7.95 Price And 666 Intact On The Dust Jacket. Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Light Bit Of Shelf Wear. Tiny Corner Bump. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Condition. Heavy Wear Front And Back. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Book.…

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First US Edition. 351pp, index, bw ills. Or boards in jacket. Slight edge wear and very slight rubbing to jacket. Account of the First Afghan War which began in 1839 with the British Army of the Indus marching into the heart of Afghanistan, storming the reputedly impregnable fortress of Ghazni, entering Kabul in triumph where they stayed for two years before the Afghans struck, leaving a sole survivor to escape to a British garrison 90 miles away. Size: 8vo.…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First USA edition hardback, 1966, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed and a touch faded to spine (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Book in great condition. SOLID & CLEAN, NO MARKINGS, WOULD RATE NEARFINE BUT HAS A SMALL STAIN AT BOTTOM OF PAGE EDGES. D/J HAS SOME CHIPS AT SPINE EXTREMETIES. TRY STORY OF THE REVENGE OF THE AFGHANS ON THE BRITISH OFFICIALS, THEIR WIVES AND RETAINERS IN THE RETREAT FROM KABUL IN 1842. NOW YOU WILL KNOW WHY, AFGHANISTAN CANNOT BE DEFEATED.SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.…

First Edition. 1st US edition, 1966, with B&W illustrations in beige boards and black cloth spine with gilt lettering on red background to spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped; wear and tear to edges and corners, especially top; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Minor tears on dust jacket.