Verlag: Collins, 1959
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1959. 573 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over pink cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Verlag: Collins, 1959
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1959. 575 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over pink cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.
Verlag: Collins, 1959
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1959. 575 pages. No dust jacket. Pink cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
Verlag: Collins, 1959
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 573 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End papers are more notably foxed. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Plates are bright and clear. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.
Verlag: Collins, 1959
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1959. No edition remarks. 575 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Boards are assumed in good condition as are covered with taped on jacket. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. one of the strangest british officers to ever don short pants, but a great warrior nevertheless. dj: none. book: near fine minus faint soiling to white boards. owner's name neatly inked top of title page. otto lehman Language: eng.
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. London 1959/, pp. 575, illust. Wingate and the 1942-44 war in Burma etc. [vfine--no markings].
Verlag: Collins, GB, 1959
Anbieter: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardback. Zustand: nrVG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DW. 1st Edition. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
Verlag: The World Publishing Company, U.S.A., 1959
Anbieter: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. embossed decorated cloth boards have light wear and some foxing along upper edges. fore-edge, head and foot of book have very light wear. mylar-covered dust jacket has light wear.
Verlag: London. Collins. 1st Edition 1959, 1959
Anbieter: WORLD WAR BOOKS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Hardcover. Well written and important biography of Wingate of Chindit fame. 575pp., ills., maps, appendices. Ex-RAF Station Cardington. Original red cloth rubbed on lower edge and a few blemishes, otherwise good condition hardback.
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. the jacket is bit torn and worn. small chips on the spine. tanning. the front end page is missing. minor insect damage. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1959
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; G+/G-; sunned beige spine with black text; first edition; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows noticeable wear with heavy foxing to spine; other slight foxing toward edges; few chips to edges; price clipped front flap; yellow front and rear; cloth exterior shows slight age toning to edges; faint toning to spine; otherwise fairly light wear; good binding; text block exterior edges have modestly age toned; deckled fore edge; previous owner's information to ffep; interior good; illustrated; pp 575. 1366131. FP New Rockville Stock.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. 1959, 1st, hb, dw, 8vo, dw chipped and torn, rear board badly dampstained, else a sound copy.
Verlag: Collins, London. 1959., 1959
Anbieter: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, Vereinigtes Königreich
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1st. Ed. 8vo. 575pp. B/w ills. and maps. Original boards with d/w, price-clipped, slightly chipped, blue-green spine with green and white text. US$10.
Verlag: London: Collins, 1959, London, 1959
Anbieter: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, Neuseeland
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 23cm. VG h/c in like DJ with minor wear, chips and tears. 575 pages, 26 b/w photos, 12 maps Orde Wingate was one of the most remarkable, unconventional Allied commanders of WWII, who died in Burma in 1944. His behind-the-lines Chindit forces there were controversial but effective when the Japanese ruled the jungle. A notable biography.
Verlag: Collins, UK, 1959
Anbieter: Maynard & Bradley, Leicester, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1959. A generally well-presented copy, clean and unmarked throughout, some minor browning at the outer edges seemingly barely read with no notable creases or signs of wear. Dust jacket has been patched and repaired at the corners, and fitted with a protective plastic sleeve. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre Size: 135 x 210 mm. 575. Text is in Black, Offwhite Title. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Britain/UK; 1950s; Black, Offwhite Title Language; Inventory No: 38902.
Verlag: Collins, St. James Place, London, 1959
Anbieter: By The Lake Books, Burlington, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. No Edition or printing history stated. A clean unmarked copy. Binding is tight and square. Jacket is clipped and has some chipping, creasing and staining. Looks great protected in a paper backed mylar cover.
Verlag: Collins, London, 1959
Anbieter: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. plates & maps (illustrator). First Edition. dust jacket is rubbed and torn across the top edge, page edges darkened with age, offset tanning of front and rear endpapers, internally clean, no annotations. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white plates, and 12 maps. A biography of a military commander, and individualist through and through. He fought in Palestine, Ethiopian, and Burma . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 576 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: plates & maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; WW II; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 0274715.
Verlag: Collins, London, 1959
Anbieter: Frabjoy Books, Todmorden, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Memoir of war hero and champion of the state of Israel. Maps b.w photos. 560pp. Index. Book interior in Vg condition. DJ (pictured) is intact but worn with nicks to front and rear and piece missing from front.
Verlag: Collins, London, 1959
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Owner's name on the front fly, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a tear on the front panel.
Verlag: Collins, London, 1959
Anbieter: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australien
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Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Very Good. First Edition. 575pp, index, appendices, bw ills, maps. Or red cloth in jacket. Front board somewhat marked, endpapers and preliminary pages foxed, page edges toned, bokplate removed from front free endpaper. Jacket spine faded, small chip at head of spine. Biography of Orde Wingate, most famous as leader of the Chindits in Burma. He was also involved in organising patrols agains Arab terrorists in Palestine and a supporter of the Zionist cause. He also played a notable part in the defeat of the Italians in Ethipia when he was commander of the troops under Haile Salassie bringing about the emporor's return to the throne. Size: 8vo.
Verlag: Collins,, London:, 1959
Anbieter: Llibrum Llibram, Andratx - Mallorca-I Baleares, IB, Spanien
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575 p. Ilustrado con láminas fotográficas. Cuerpo e interior del libro en buen estado de conservación. Plena tela editorial deslucida. Wingate first showed his military genius in Palestine, where he organized special patrols against Arab terrorists. He was passionate in his devotion to Zionism. B/W Photografs. 1st Edition.
Verlag: Collins
Anbieter: The Military History Bookshop, Folkestone, Vereinigtes Königreich
(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) The life of Major-General Orde Wingate, the inspiration to the modern Israeli Army. The author Looks at his operations in Palestine and the forming of the counter guerilla "Night Squads", the liberation of Ethiopia in 1941, and his role in Chindit operations in Burma. (Published: 1959) (Publisher: Collins) (Pagination: 575pp, 26 ills, 12 maps, appendices, index) (Condition: Good in worn dw. Slight foxing on endpapers) UL-XXXXXX.
Verlag: Collins, London, 1959., 1959
Anbieter: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, Australien
Hard cover, price-clipped dust wrapper in loose clear plastic cover, 575pp, b&w plates, maps. Edges of dw chipped and worn with some small tears, thus the protection, board edges worn, page edges a bit browned; a good copy. Biography of one of Great Britain's leading military figures in WWII. He distinguished himself as a soldier in the Sudan among the British forces in the 1920s. Wingate then went to the Palestine Mandate where he developed a strong affinity for the Jews and Zionism, after witnessing the terror of the pogroms of the so called Arab Revolt in the 1930s, sponsored by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy where Arab mobs swept the Holy Land murdering Jews and British soldiers. In many places the bands of Arab peasants set out by night to destroy the crops and orange groves of the Jewish pioneers. The British army did little to help the Jews, fearing greater Arab wrath. but Wingate made acquaintances with many Jewish pioneers and he and his wife spent time on the Jewish kibbutzim. He urged the Jews of pre-state Israel to greater activism and militancy even exhorting them to defy the British colonial authorities. His key role in command, earned him distinction in leading nascent Jewish forces in battle such as The Battle of Dabburiya where amongst other places he rooted out Arab bands intent on slaughter and plunder. At Tiberius in 1938 the forces of the German ally, the Syrian Fawzi al Kaukji, carried out a massacre where they murdered nineteen Jews, mainly young children, the victims being burned alive after having been stabbed. Histories of Palestine at the time often give short shrift to the massacres of Jews in Palestine during the Arab Revolt. It was Wingate's enthusiasm for the Zionist cause, much to the chagrin of the British colonial authorities, that led him to being exiled from Israel. He was dubbed as the Lawrence of Judea (he actually was related to T.E.Lawrence). When serving in Abyssinia in 1941-1942 he distinguished himself as a great commander against the occupying Italians. He showed a passion for Ethiopian independence and was instrumental in driving the Italians out of Ethiopia. He is best known for his organisation of bands of Chindit fighters to in Burma resisting the Japanese attacks on that country, where he met his death in 1944 in an airplane accident.
Hard Cover, No Dustjacket. Zustand: Fine. Covers and spine scuffed. Name on flyleaf. Size: 6" X 9".
Verlag: Collins, London, 1959
Anbieter: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australien
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 575 pages includes index. B/w pictures and illustrations. Cover is marked, edges dusty, but text is bright and clean. A tight straight copy.
Verlag: London, Collins 1959, 1959
Anbieter: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First Edition. 8vo., red clothbound hardback gilt, in unclipped dust jacket; 575pp, indexed, with 26 b/w plates and 12 maps. A clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Edges slightly browned, boards a little faded, some edge wear to dust jacket with corner chips and creasing to top. Good/Good overall. (Shelf 200) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Verlag: The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1959
Anbieter: The History Place, Palestine, TX, USA
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Wingate was one of the most exciting figures of World War II. He captured the attention of both Churchill and Roosevelt. However, it was probably Marshall who arranged this Englishman's burial in Arlington Cemetary .
Verlag: The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, 1959
Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Zustand: fair, ex-lib. First Edition. 575, illus., maps, footnotes, appendices, index, rough spots & glue stains ins bds (DJ was once glued there but is not present now) Binding somewhat shaken, large piece of rear flyleaf has been torn off (probably where library pocket once was), library stamps on title page, boards and spine soiled.
Verlag: The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1959
Anbieter: Buybyebooks, Honiton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Fabric & Board. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Author (illustrator). 1st Edition. Beige fabric covers with black titles and brown sketches to front & spine, a bit grubby looking particularly the spine which is sun tanned. 575 numbered rough cut pages including index, occasional b/w sketch illustrations, unmarked. Binding tight. Size 15 x 22.2 cm.