Crisis of the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 through British Lieutenants' Eyes
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College, 1986. 347, illus., maps, tables, appendices, bibliography, notes, index. More
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College, 1986. 347, illus., maps, tables, appendices, bibliography, notes, index. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. First American Edition. Hardcover. 366, illus., notes, index, library stamps, library pocket ins rear flyleaf, library stamp on fore-edge crossed out in marker, DJ in plastic sleeve. Gordon Brook-Shepherd was a former Intelligence officer appointed The Daily Telegraph's correspondent in Austria after the Second World War. The job gave him time to write some significant books on Soviet espionage, for which he was promised unprecedented access to official files. The Storm Petrels dealt with pre-war defectors, and was based on extensive interviews. It was dedicated to "the Chrysanthemum Man", a reference to a CIA counterintelligence officer who cultivated exotic flowers. He published The Storm Birds, which looked at Soviet post-war defectors. Brook-Shepherd found that there was a ready market for his books. There was Between Two Flags (1973), an account of the Austrian adventurer Rudolph Slatin, who befriended both General Gordon and the "Mad" Mahdi; and November 1918, which contained such details as the Kaiser's delight in "a cup of real, good, hot, strong, English tea". He was appointed CBE in 1987 for services to history and journalism; part of his citation was classified. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. First American Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 366 pages. Maps. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Some soiling to fore-edge. DJ edges worn and small chips missing, DJ in plastic sleeve. Gordon Brook-Shepherd was a former Intelligence officer appointed The Daily Telegraph's correspondent in Austria after the Second World War. The job gave him time to write some significant books on Soviet espionage, for which he was promised unprecedented access to official files. The Storm Petrels dealt with pre-war defectors, and was based on extensive interviews. It was dedicated to "the Chrysanthemum Man", a reference to a CIA counterintelligence officer who cultivated exotic flowers. He published The Storm Birds, which looked at Soviet post-war defectors. Brook-Shepherd found that there was a ready market for his books. There was Between Two Flags (1973), an account of the Austrian adventurer Rudolph Slatin, who befriended both General Gordon and the "Mad" Mahdi; and November 1918, which contained such details as the Kaiser's delight in "a cup of real, good, hot, strong, English tea". He was appointed CBE in 1987 for services to history and journalism; part of his citation was classified. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1923. First Edition. 286, illus., fold-out map, index, some discoloration inside boards & flyleaves, boards & spine somewhat scuffed & some edge wear. More
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India: Kitabistan, c1944. Presumed First Indian Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [8], 330 pages. Some endpaper discoloration. Cover worn and soiled. The name of a previous owner and a note from her to her father are in ink on the front endpaper. She was in the Army Nurse Corps. She tells her father that "This book gives a good account of what went on in the area we are very interested in, a year or so before we got here. Now that we have just about all of Burma back in Allied hands, it makes a very interesting story. Don't laugh at my notes--they are for comparison of today and then." There are numerous ink notes/comments in the margins, and a small amount of underlining/marks to text. This is a rare copy with contemporary knowledgeable commentary. There is a Publishers' Note. Mr. Burchett came out to India to cover the Sino-Japanese war, and drifted into Burma with the Chinese Army. He has much to say about the factors which led to the fall of Burma. He relates first hand incidents which led to the evacuation of the country. The author throws a search-light on the faults of the campaign. The book contains 23 chapters. Wilfred Graham Burchett (16 September 1911 – 27 September 1983) was an Australian journalist known for being the first western journalist to report from Hiroshima after the dropping of the atomic bomb, and for his reporting from "the other side" during the wars in Korea and Vietnam. Burchett began his journalism at the start of the Second World War, during which he reported from China, Burma and Japan and covered the war in the Pacific. After the war he reported on the trials in Hungary, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and on Cambodia. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. First Printing. 216, frontis illus., pages slightly darkened, some discoloration & foxing ins boards, bds & spine soiled, some soiling to fore-edge. More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1951. 383, illus., color frontis illus., maps, appendix, index, ink name & some discoloration inside rear board. More
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, [1973]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 350, DJ slightly soiled, some wear to DJ edges. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Printing. 611, footnotes, index, slight soiling to fore-edge, DJ scuffed and edges worn. More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, n.d. Second Edition. 274, frontis illus., weakness to fr bd, sm rough spot fr flylf, lib bkplate & pocket, bds scuffed, top & bottom sp threadbare & worn library call number on spine. More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1964. 32 cm, 308, wraps, illus. (some color), maps, plans, bookplate, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn, torn, soiled, and chipped. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1972. 350, illus., maps, index, some discoloration to spine and board edges. More
London: J. A. Allen & Co., 1963. First Edition. 244, illus., maps, appendices, index, tears to DJ and small pieces missing. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1918. 295, illus., maps, foxing ins bds & flylves & to fore-edge, some foxing to text, fr bd weak, binding shaken, bd & sp edges worn. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1964. Second Printing. 384, illus., endpaper maps, note on sources, bibliography, ink mark & slight foxing to fore-edge, DJ scuffed & soiled: edges worn. More
New York: Dutton, 1964 [c1963]. First Edition. Second Printing. 22 cm, 383, illus., endpaper maps, usual library markings, boards worn and soiled, some page discoloration, especially edges and back pages The uprising in India of the Meerut 3rd Light Cavalry against the British in May 1857, its spread, and its bloody conclusion. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First Printing. 572, illus., endpaper maps, notes, bibliography, index, small sticker residue/rough spot inside front flyleaf. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. First Printing. 488, illus., maps, appendices, index, bookplate ins fr bd, discolor ins bds & flylves, bds weak, tears ins hinges, fore-edge stained. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. 1348, illus., maps, bibliography, index, boards scuffed. More
New York: Grove Press, 2017. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. x, 355, [1] pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Charmaine Craig studied literature at Harvard College, received her MFA from the University of California at Irvine, and serves as a faculty member in the Department of Creative Writing at UC Riverside, where she particularly enjoys teaching literature, the art of the paragraph, and forms of narration. Her first novel, The Good Men, was a national bestseller translated into six languages. Her second novel, Miss Burma, longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction, is based on the lives of her mother and grandparents, all born in Burma. Formerly she was an actor in film and television. More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company. 1914. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiv, 152, [8] pages. Footnotes. Introduction by Joseph H. Choate. Cover has some wear and soiling. John Adam Cramb (4 May 1862 – October 1913) was a Scottish historian. In 1893 he was appointed Professor of Modern History at Queen's College, London. His last series of lectures was delivered in February and March, 1913, the subject being the relations between England and Germany. He was engaged in preparing these lectures for publication when, in October 1913, he died. Inscribed by E. R. Simonds to Duncan Clinch Phillips (the son of Elias Phillips and Mary Mahon Ormsby) was born in March 1838 at the Ormsby family homestead called “The White House” in what was later the South Side of Pittsburgh. He was educated at St James College in Maryland and Brown University, in RI. During the civil war, Phillips rose to the rank of Major of the Company M, 4th PA cavalry. D C Phillips was associated with Phillips and Company. He was the father of artist and critic Duncan Phillips. More
London: John Murray, 1914. First Printing. 19 cm, 137, ink name fr endpaper, bds somewhat worn and soiled, endpages discolored. Preface by A. C. Bradley; Intro by J. H. Choate. More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [12], 372 pages. Illustrations. Index. Fore-edge of front cover has a noticeable ding. Donald Grant Creighton, CC (July 15, 1902 – December 19, 1979) was a noted Canadian historian whose major works include The Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence: 1760-1850, a detailed study on the growth of the English merchant class in relation to the St. Lawrence River in Canada. His biography of John A. Macdonald, published into two parts between 1952 and 1955, was considered by many Canadian historians as reestablishing biographies as a proper form of historical research in Canada. By the 1960s Creighton began to move towards a more general history of Canada. His peers remember a brilliant writer who was a very difficult colleague. He attended Balliol College at Oxford University, where he received his MA before returning to Canada to teach history, at the University of Toronto for his entire career. More
Place_Pub: London: W. H. Allen & Co., Ltd., 1943. First? Edition. First? Printing. 72, wraps, covers somewhat worn and soiled, some page discoloration, name of previous owner. More
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 522, illus., maps, footnotes, appendices, index, usual library markings, board marred (mildew? ), several pages soiled at bottom. More