London: Oxford University Press 1914. Paperback. Very Good . 88 pages. 4 3/4 x 7 in. 1 fold out map. Red paper binding on medium boards black lettering on cover. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers spine and cover edges faded spotty fading to covers end papers heavily foxed pages clean binding very tight. Oxford University Press paperback
Methuen & Co. Ltd 1914. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1914. Second Edition. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and book is shaky. Boards have visible water marks and minor bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and visible sunning to spine. Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover
United Kingdom: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 127 pages. Small size 17 cm x 11 cm hardback. The cover is very sound but with a few very old coffee splash type marks and a few fading marks all faint and old. Strings are stretched on a few section and the end papers are browning. Hardback. No dust jacket. First Lessons in War by Spenser Wilkinson. This is the Methuen 1914 edition . Read description . Hardcover. 1914. Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover
William Heinemann 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1900. Reprinted. 508 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. End papers are more notably foxed. Text block edge is moderately foxed. 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 with fraying cloth and small splits. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering has become dull. Book has a slight forward lean. William Heinemann hardcover
Lawrence and Bullen 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. No Edition Remarks. 508 pages. No dust jacket. red cloth covered boards with gilt. From the personal library of Herbert Robin Cayzer former shipping magnate and conservative party politician see bookplate at front. Black and white plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout heavier at end-papers paste-downs and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Old price label and previous owner's inscription to front free end paper. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Binding shaky. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Gilt lettering is darkened. Sunning to spine. Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
William Heinemann 1907. Hardcover. Good. 1907. Popular Edition. 508 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Front hinge cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine board edges and corners with tanning to spine. Minor scuffing and marking to boards. William Heinemann hardcover
Philadelphia: Lippincott 1899. First American edition. 508p; plates. Red cloth. Spine faded. Ex-libris from private historical society library; only ex-libris marks are a library bookplate and a shadow on spine where shelf label removed. Text clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition. Biographies of 12 of Britain's leading military commanders of the 17th-18th centuries. Lippincott unknown
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company 1900. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of these historical notes on the Boer War by Spenser Wilkinson who was an influential figure in military matters. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Henry Spenser Wilkinson 1853-1937 was an English writer. From 1882 to 1892 he wrote occasional pieces on military subjects for the Manchester Guardian. Convinced as early as 1874 that Britain was inadequately armed he increasingly devoted his attention to the subject of the national defence. He became a key figure in the founding of the Navy League of Great Britain in 1894. Wilkinson's views on military affairs remained widely influential until his death. During the early months of the Boer War 1899-1900 he made remarkably accurate forecasts of military movements. Here he comments on lessons learned from the Boer War from week to week until the relief of Ladysmith. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart with some bumping to the boards and to the head of the spine and some fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot throughout more so to the first and last few pages. Very Good Archibald Constable & Company hardcover
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