spencer capt robert (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The Paper Is Yellow From The Age And Have Surface Soil Spots. The Text Is Clean, The Pages Are Yellow But Not Brittle. The Front And Rear Board Gutters Has Been Repaired (Re-Glued ) No Additional Printings Stated. Illustrated With Plates Including Maps & Plans, 2 Color Folding Maps At Front And Back End Papers. 303 Pages With Appendices : Honor Roll, Honors And Awards,.We will state signed at the description section. we confirm they are signed via email or stated in the description box. - Specializing in academic, collectiblle and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st. Association copy, with signature, service number and WWII duty dates of a member of the regiment. The member is mentioned in the book twice (once in the wounded list) and is in one of the photos. This is the first printing of the book. 303 pp., folding maps with colour in front and rear, photo plates, illustrations, maps, appendices, etc., oversized format (about 10.5" X 7.5") in green cloth, gilt titles/decorations. A fragile production, the front and rear inner hinges are cracking but holding, paper is brittle, browning and soiled in places, with some minor edge-chips. The cloth is worn through at the tips and faded, with the gilt titles faint but still legible. The original owner, a bombardier, has made a few marks in the text related to members with whom he fought. An interesting first-hand copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. "This was intended to be a gunners' book, written about the gunners for the gunners. Although it is primarily the names of the officers and NCOs which are mentioned, the reader must remember that there were 800 men who were serving the guns, driving tanks and vehicles, maintaining communications under fire, sitting long hours at telephones, radios or exchanges, cooking in field kitchens, carrying ammunition, or working in offices, command posts, and stores - these are the men who made history." - Foreword. Contents include: Mobilization and Training in Canada; Mobilization and Training in England; Active Service in Caen, Falaise, The Seine, The Somme, The Schelde, The Hochwald, The Rhine; Honour Roll; Battle Casualties; Commanding Officers and Battery Commanders; Honours and Awards; and more. [13]-302, [1] pp. Fold-out maps. Black and white photographic plates. Professionally cloth rebacked. Binding tight. Contents toned with age. Prior owner made small marks beside the lists of names at back, otherwise unmarked. Above-average external soiling and wear. No dust jacket as issued. A sound example of this proud and important Canadian military history. 10.6" x 7.9". Dornbusch 479, Cooke (3rd Edn) p.270.; Sm 4to.