maurois andre miles translator hamish (12 résultats)

Trade Paperback. Etat : Used - Very Good. Minor yellowing to book block, label of former owner on inside cover, binding tight with no spine creases.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good+. Color Frontis & b/w Plates. (illustrateur). First Thus. VG/Good+ [light edgewear, browning, tears and chips to DJ] 8vo 597pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are yellowed. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is edgeworn, with chips missing at the corners and at the head and base of the spine. Dust jacket spine is lightly faded. 379pp.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. New York: Appleton, 1928. First edition, stated first printing. 8vo. Unusual purple moire binding. Soft, rough-cut pages, translated by Hamish Miles. Name inside, boards skewed, spine faded. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Octavo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green cloth with gold print, mild wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, light peripheral toning, faint blemishes on front; Text block has tinted top edge, deckled edges, name in pencil on front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers, spine break at p. 208, uncut pages, slight age-toning to paper; vii, 291 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). 1352330. FP New Rockville Stock.

Full-Leather. Etat : Fine. The Library of Great Lives. Collector's Edition. Full blue-gray leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. Illustrated. Color frontispiece portrait of Disraeli. BB.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Very good condition purple cloth boards with gold front cover and spine lettering. Includes List of Other Books by Andre Maurois; List of Illustrations; Note; Bibliography; Publisher's Note; Index; and a rear section of Books by Andre Maurois. Illustrated with seven black-and-white plates, including photographic plates plus a black-and-white frontispiece plate drawing of Benjamin Disraeli. Translated by Hamish MilesPages 185 - 194 contains a two inch darkening spot which is most conspicuous on pages 188 to 190; the other 8 pages much less so. All other pages are in fine condition and the spine/binding is tight and square with some light to moderate rubbing and the upper and lower spine edges. "I was curious to read about this man I'd heard of, but knew nothing. The book traces the turbulent rise of Benjamin Disraeli to become Prime Minister of England and confidant of Queen Victoria. It gives an excellent view of politics in all its hurly-burly but focuses more on the man Disraeli rather than on the politics in which the man was such an accomplished participant. This is a very sympathetic biography, well-written and insightful." -- from C.H. at Goodreads dot com. "This book is a true testament of what can be accomplished in spite of extraordinary odds." -- from Gregory at Goodreads dot com. "When a biography moves you emotionally, equal credit goes to the biographer and the subject. Especially when it moves a person who does not habitually enjoy biographies, it just proves that it is one book worth reading. This book paints a picture of a misunderstood statesman, who succeeded against all odds, to achieve his dreams; grasping the meaning of life on the way. An inspiring tale." -- review from Richa at Goodreads dot com.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Hamish Miles(Translator) (illustrateur). First Edition. The Weigher of Souls by Andre Maurois (First Edition) A firm square copy with some light soiling, rubbing to corners and spine ends. Owner's small bookplate to ffe. No jacket present. First U.S. edition. Gilt lettered Japan vellum spine and light blue paper-covered boards. First printing code (1) on last page, plus one page of ads. Lacking the dust jacket. BOOK.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Good hardcover. Some bowing; name to flyleaf. Some age tanning. No dustjacket. 464 pages.

Hardcover. 4 p.l., 369, [1] p. front. (port. ) illus. (maps) 23 cm. Footnotes. Index. From Wikipedia: Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854-21 July 1934) was a French Army general, the first Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925 and from 1921 Marshal of France. Lyautey was born at Nancy (Lorraine) into an upper-middle class family with aristocratic connections, royalist sympathies and a military past. In 1873 he entered the French military academy of Saint-Cyr, attended the army training school beginning in 1876, and in December 1877 was made a lieutenant. He made his career serving in the colonies and not in metropolitan France, a more prestigious assignment. The first years after graduating, Lyautey served as a cavalry officer in Algeria and from 1894 to 1897 in Indochina, under Joseph Gallieni. Lyautey adopted and emulated Gallieni's policy of methodical expansion of pacified areas followed by social and economical development to bring about the end of resistance and the cooperation of former insurgents. This method became known as tache d'huile (literally, "oil stain"), as it resembles oil spots spreading to cover the whole surface. Lyautey's writings have had a significant influence on contemporary counterinsurgency theory through its adoption by David Galula. From 1897 to 1902 Lyautey served on Madagascar, again under Galliéni. He played a key role in the invasion of the island (1896 1898), in which he commanded the French forces. His military skill and success in this campaign greatly contributed to his promotion to general de brigade in 1902. The murder of French citizens in Casablanca was used as a pretext for Lyautey to occupy Oujda in eastern Morocco at the Algerian border in 1907. Having been promoted to général de division, Lyautey was Military Governor of French Morocco from 4 August 1907 to 28 April 1912. After the Convention of Fez established a protectorate over Morocco, Lyautey served as Resident-General of French Morocco from 28 April 1912 to 25 August 1925. Lyautey is considered to have been an apt colonial administrator. During the First World War, he continued the occupation of the country, regardless of the fact that France needed most of her resources in the struggle against the Central Powers. Lyautey served as France's Minister of War for three months in 1917. In 1925, Lyautey lost the military command of the French forces engaged against Abd-el-Krim to Philippe Pétain and resigned to return to France. On 27 July 1914 Gen. Lyautey was telephoned by Paris to evacuate Protectorate except the coast and to send all troops. He was quoted as saying: "A war among Europeans is a civil war. It is the most monumental folly the world has ever committed." Marshal Lyautey served as Honorary President of the three French Scouting associations. [citation needed] His château in the east of France at Thorey hosts the museum of French Scouting. Lyautey became associated with France's growing fascist movement. He admired Italian leader Benito Mussolini, and was associated with the far right Croix de Feu. In 1934, he threatened to lead the Jeunesses Patriotes to overthrow the government. Lyautey died in Thorey and was buried in Morocco, but the body was reinterred in Les Invalides in 1961. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling.

Paperback. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!.