NEWMAN Robert P.MareMagnum
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19928vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip creased else a very good, clean copy.
19588vo., First Edition, with 12 plates on 6, 2 folding map and a full-page map in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in chipped and creased dustwrapper. A major contribution to the history. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
19918vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
20008vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
20048vo., Second Imprerssion, with plates and maps; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition.
19742 vols. in 1, 8vo., Facsimile Reissue, with 2 frontispieces; tan half calf, red cloth boards, back with four raised bands, second and fourth compartments with red leather labels lettered in gilt, a fine copy. Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. High quality facsimile reissue of Bentley's original two-volume edition of 1885.
19598vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and 2 folding maps; original pictorial green boards, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front free endpaper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
19618vo., First Edition, with title vignette, 12 plates on 8, and numerous decorations and 2 full-page maps in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, boards with very light fade marks else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip, and at lower left-hand corner of front panel. With dustwrapper artwork by Michael Harvey. Effectively a sequel to his splendid 'Bugles and a Tiger' (1956). Masters served as a middle-ranking officer in Burma throughout the war. This striking personal record of service with Gurkhas and Chindits (including his participation in Operation BLACKPOOL) therefore stands between the more usual views of generals and private soldiers, and includes illuminating portraits of Slim, Wingate and Stilwell among others. UNCOMMON. Enser, p.90; not recorded by Graham & Cole, which lists only the US (Harper) edition as M55.
19688vo., First Edition, some very faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned and dust-soiled dustwrapper.
19928vo., First Edition, with full-page map in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the best close-quarters accounts of the war in Burma, by the author of the Flashman novels. Fraser served with 9 Bn The Border Regiment in 17th Indian Division. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Graham & Cole M28.
19868vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.76.
19898vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19448vo., First Edition; oatmeal cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges and with one closed tear. An AP correspondent alone in the jungle. SCARCE.
19078vo., Second Edition, title very lightly spotted; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frames, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy of the second edition of this classic work, first published in 1900. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
19598vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 33 plates on 20, 5 maps in the text and 2 coloured maps; cloth, a good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter a little browned at backstrip. Standard account of the Legations in Peking under attack from both the Boxers and the Imperial Chinese Army in 1900.
19588vo., Second Impression, with double-page map in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top lightly spotted, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter neatly repaired on inner surface. First-hand account of the building of the Burma-Siam railway. Published in the same year as the first edition. ALL PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE. Enser, p.423; Graham and Cole M25.
19898vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19458vo., Second Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy. Revised and enlarged version of the first UK edition of 1944. SCARCE. Graham & Cole, G29 (recording Harrap's later 1946 edition).
19438vo., 127th Thousand, with plates; olive cloth, boards and backstrip blocked and lettered in green, uncut, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with loss at extremities and browned at backstrip. Enser, p.91; Graham & Cole N15.
19528vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece plates and endpaper maps; orange cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded at head and tail else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with loss at head and tail of backstrip. Published a year after the US edition. Enser, 92; Graham & Col, G38.
19508vo., First Edition, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back,, red top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Reminiscences by the former Far East correspondent of The Observer newspaper.
19868vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 12th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment during the Second Chindit Operation 1944. Enser, p.52; Graham & Cole G33.
19848vo., First Edition, with 18 plates; brown cloth, gilt back, beige endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Author's biography set in Tientsin, China, during the 1920s and 1930s.
19548vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 16 plates on 14 and a full-page plan in the text, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little dulled else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. The harrowing story of the author's experiences from capture at Sittang Bridge to his service as SMO at Rangoon from 1942 to the liberation. SCRACE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.90; Graham & Cole M49.
19804to., First Edition, with very numerous fine plates, illustrations, makers' marks and tables in the text, and endpaper maps; sky blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE
