‎Buccaneers‎

‎BUCCANEERS CRICKET CLUB Cricket Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord TEDDER‎

‎A.L.s on the stationery of his residence at 26 Cadogan Gardens London SW3 and dated 1 December 1954. A.L.s FROM MARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE LORD TEDDER‎

‎1954. Single sheet 8vo. a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Tedder' in the writer's usual manner the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club and demonstrates the airman's keen and continuing interest in the sport. Tedder was President of Surrey County Cricket Club from 1953 to 1958. The letter regretfully declines Moore's invitation to attend the Buccaneer's annual dinner held at Lords: 'I've already got a date I can't budge!'. Marshal of the RAF Arthur William Tedder 1st Baron Tedder 1890-1967 was one of Britain's most distinguished air commanders. Educated at Whitgift School and Magdalene College Cambridge he transferred from the Dorsetshire Regiment to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 serving in France from 1915- to 1917 and in Egypt from 1918 to 1919. He was then commissioned in to the new Royal Air Force where was appointed Director of Training from 1934 to 1936 after which he became Commander RAF Far Eastern Forces. During WWII he was head of RAF Middle East Command controlling Allied air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa including the evacuation of Crete and the defeat of Rommel; his air power was a vital component of Montgomery's victory at El Alamein. Having been promoted to Air Marshal Tedder then took part in the early planning for D-Day and was subsequently appointed Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe the most senior such British position immediately beneath General Eisenhower on whose behalf he signed at the German Surrender in 1945. In 1947 he delivered the Lees Knowles lecture afterwards published as 'Air Power in War'. Following his retirement he served as Chancellor of Cambridge University and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC. Founded in 1930 The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays consistently as an 'away' team relying on the hospitality of the 'home' clubs against which it competes. The Club's history has been written twice by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY TEDDER ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 41696

‎BUCCANEERS CRICKET CLUB Cricket Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord TEDDER‎

‎T.L.s on the stationery of his residence at 26 Cadogan Gardens London SW3 and dated 12 December 1951. T.L.s FROM MARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE LORD TEDDER‎

‎1951. Single sheet 8vo. a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Tedder' in the writer's usual manner the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club and demonstrates the airman's keen and continuing interest in the sport. Tedder was President of Surrey County Cricket Club from 1953 to 1958. The letter confirms Tedder's intention to attend the Buccaneers' annual dinner held at Lords. Marshal of the RAF Arthur William Tedder 1st Baron Tedder 1890-1967 was one of Britain's most distinguished air commanders. Educated at Whitgift School and Magdalene College Cambridge he transferred from the Dorsetshire Regiment to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 serving in France from 1915- to 1917 and in Egypt from 1918 to 1919. He was then commissioned in to the new Royal Air Force where was appointed Director of Training from 1934 to 1936 after which he became Commander RAF Far Eastern Forces. During WWII he was head of RAF Middle East Command controlling Allied air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa including the evacuation of Crete and the defeat of Rommel; his air power was a vital component of Montgomery's victory at El Alamein. Having been promoted to Air Marshal Tedder then took part in the early planning for D-Day and was subsequently appointed Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe the most senior such British position immediately beneath General Eisenhower on whose behalf he signed at the German Surrender in 1945. In 1947 he delivered the Lees Knowles lecture afterwards published as 'Air Power in War'. Following his retirement he served as Chancellor of Cambridge University and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC. Founded in 1930 The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays consistently as an away team relying on the hospitality of the home clubs against which it competes. The Club's history has been written twice by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY TEDDER ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 9855

‎Dwight, Eleanor‎

‎Edith Wharton: An Extraordinary Life‎

‎A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slightly bumped front corner of book and dust jacket. 8 5/8"w x10 1/4"h. 296 pages. Full purple cloth boards. More than 300 illustrations. Previous owner's stamp inside.‎

‎Geoffrey MOORE founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club. Cricket. Field Marshal EARL WAVELL‎

‎A.L.s witten on the stationery of The Athenaeum Club London and dated 20 November 1947. A.L.s. FROM FIELD MARSHAL EARL WAVELL‎

‎1947. Single sheet a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Wavell' in the writer's usual manner the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club and demonstrates the soldier's keen and continuing interest in the sport. It is noteworthy that Wavell was particularly proud of his membership of the MCC at Lords. The letter confirms that Wavell will propose the toast at the Buccaneers' annual dinner held at Lords. Field-Marshal Earl Wavell 1883-1950 was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished British soldiers. Following considerable success against the Italians in North Africa his career reached its peak with his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific ABDA American British Dutch and Australian Command in 1942 and subsequently as an outstanding Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1943-1947. He was recognised also as a scholar compiling the well-known anthology of poetry 'Other Mens's Flowers' 1944. The bulk of Wavell's papers are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College London. Founded in 1930 The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays as an away team relying on the hospitality of the home clubs against which it competes. The Club's history has been written twice by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY WAVELL ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 9854

‎Gerhard, Peter‎

‎Pirates on the West Coast of New Spain 1575-1742, Spain in the West VIII‎

‎[11], 12-274 pages. Glossary, bibliography, index. Fourteen monotone maps and illustrations. "This study is confined to piratical and other foreign incursions on the Pacific coast from Panama north, beginning in 1575 or 1576 and continuing for the next 167 years." - Preface. Above-average external wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Contents clean. A worthy reading copy. Book‎

‎Gilles LAPOUGE‎

‎Les pirates. Forbans, flibustiers, boucaniers et autresgueux de mer‎

‎Payot Paris, Payot 1992. In-12 broché de 234 pages. Bon état‎

‎Toutes les expéditions sont faites en suivi au-dessus de 25 euros. Expédition quotidienne pour les envois simples, suivis, recommandés ou Colissimo.‎

Bookseller reference : 126000 ISBN : 222888363

‎GOSSE Philip‎

‎HISTOIRE DE LA PIRATERIE. Traduit de l'anglais par P Teillac, Capitaine de frégate de réserve.‎

‎Paris Payot 1933. In-8 broché couverture illustrée 396pp. Illustré de 4 cartes dont 2 à pleine page et 1 sur double page. Légère usure de la couverture, intérieur frais et complet.‎

‎Les corsaires barbaresques, les Vikings, les boucaniers, les pirates de Malabr, du Japon et autres contrées.‎

Bookseller reference : GITh947

‎OEXMELIN Alexandre Olivier‎

‎Histoire des aventuriers flibustiers et boucaniers qui se sont signalés dans les Indes, contenant ce qu'ils ont fait de remarquable... Tome 1‎

‎Librairie Commerciale Et Artistique, 1967, in-8 rel. basane marron (14 x 21), 257 p., nouvelle édition corrigée et enrichie de fines reproductions de figures en taille-douce, illustrations et cartes en noir et blanc in-t. et hors-texte dont certaines dépliantes, lettrines, bandeaux et culs-de-lampe, frontispice en noir et b., sous rhodoïd, ex-libris du baron Hubert de Turckeim, signet, minimes traces d'usure en coiffes, bon état.‎

‎Voir le sommaire sur photos jointes.‎

Bookseller reference : QWA-13312

‎OEXMELIN ou EXQUEMELIN (Alexandre Olivier),‎

‎Histoire des aventuriers, flibustiers et boucaniers ,qui se sont signalés dans les Indes, contenant ce qu'ils y ont fait de remarquable, avec la vie, les moeurs et les coutumes des boucaniers et des habitants de S. Domingue et de la Tortue, une description exacte de ces lieux, ….‎

‎Paris , chez Jacques Lefebvre , 1699 , 2 volumes in-12 sous emboîtage , 9ff.-484pp.-2ff. , 2ff.-537pp.-5ff., illustré d’un titre gravé à la date de 1686 par N. Guerard , d’une figure in texte et de 6 gravures dont 3 cartes , relié plein veau époque , dos à nerfs avec tomaison et pièce de titre rouge , filets sur les coupes , réparations aux coiffes tome 1, gardes refaites , réparations aux cartes et planches dépliantes.‎

‎Rare troisième édition française de ce grand classique des livres de pirates, fournissant d'inégalables renseignements sur les coutumes et hauts faits des flibustiers de Saint-Domingue et de l'île de la Tortue.P1-6E‎

Bookseller reference : PHO-1447

‎Tampa Bay Buccaneers‎

‎1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Information Guide‎

‎Tampa Bay: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Very Good. 1987. softcover. Tampa Bay Buccaneers paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 313008

‎Tampa Bay Buccaneers‎

‎Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1993 Official Team Yearbook‎

‎Tampa Bay: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. Softcover. Tampa Bay Buccaneers paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 289533

‎TEDDER Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord‎

‎A.L.s on the stationery of his residence at 26 Cadogan Gardens, London SW3, and dated 1 December 1954. A.L.s FROM MARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE LORD TEDDER‎

‎Single sheet, 8vo., a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Tedder' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the airman's keen and continuing interest in the sport. Tedder was President of Surrey County Cricket Club from 1953 to 1958. The letter regretfully declines Moore's invitation to attend the Buccaneer's annual dinner (held at Lords): 'I've already got a date I can't budge!'. Marshal of the RAF Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890-1967) was one of Britain's most distinguished air commanders. Educated at Whitgift School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he transferred from the Dorsetshire Regiment to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, serving in France from 1915- to 1917 and in Egypt from 1918 to 1919. He was then commissioned in to the (new) Royal Air Force where was appointed Director of Training from 1934 to 1936, after which he became Commander RAF Far Eastern Forces. During WWII he was head of RAF Middle East Command, controlling Allied air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including the evacuation of Crete and the defeat of Rommel; his air power was a vital component of Montgomery's victory at El Alamein. Having been promoted to Air Marshal, Tedder then took part in the early planning for D-Day, and was subsequently appointed Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe (the most senior such British position) immediately beneath General Eisenhower, on whose behalf he signed at the German Surrender in 1945. In 1947 he delivered the Lees Knowles lecture, afterwards published as 'Air Power in War'. Following his retirement he served as Chancellor of Cambridge University and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays consistently as an 'away' team relying on the hospitality of the 'home' clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY TEDDER ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.‎

‎WAVELL Field-Marshal EARL‎

‎A.L.s witten on the stationery of The Athenaeum Club, London, and dated 20 November 1947.. A.L.s. FROM FIELD MARSHAL EARL WAVELL‎

‎Single sheet, a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Wavell' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the soldier's keen and continuing interest in the sport. It is noteworthy that Wavell was particularly proud of his membership of the MCC at Lords. The letter confirms that Wavell will propose the toast at the Buccaneers' annual dinner (held at Lords). Field-Marshal Earl Wavell (1883-1950) was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished British soldiers. Following considerable success against the Italians in North Africa, his career reached its peak with his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, South West Pacific, ABDA (American, British, Dutch and Australian) Command in 1942 and subsequently as an outstanding Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1943-1947. He was recognised also as a scholar, compiling the well-known anthology of poetry 'Other Mens's Flowers' (1944). The bulk of Wavell's papers are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, London. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays as an away team relying on the hospitality of the home clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY WAVELL ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.‎