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19168Without place or date but the quoted documents dating from 1914 and 1915. . Three documents all in fair condition lightly aged and worn each of the total of six leaves with three later punch holes to the inner margins of the leaves. On the same browned thin wove paper. The source of these items is uncertain but they appear to date from the first decades of the twentieth century. ONE: 'Disposition of Troops in the Canal Defences 15th January 1915.' 4pp. folio. Beginning with: 'G.O.C. Canal Defences. - Major-General A. Wilson. Chief Staff Officer Canal Defences. - Br.-General A. H. Bingley.' Followed by the 'Troops' and 'Posts in Sector' for three sections as well as the 'Advanced Ordnance Depot' and 'Defence of Railway and Sweet Water Canal' 'General Reserve Camp Moascar'. TWO: 'British Force in Egypt in August 1914.' 1p. 8vo. A nine-line list. THREE: Transcription headed 'Letter - General Maxwell to Lord Kitchener. 16th October 1914.' An abridged portion of a letter quoted in full in Sir George Arthur's 'Life of Lord Kitchener'. Text begins 'There is rather more nervousness in Egypt' and ends 'the Canal ought to be safe'. Without place or date, but the quoted documents dating from 1914 and 1915. ] unknown
43500showing them head and shoulders in uniform with medals 6¼ inches high with their names underneath On 23rd December 1899 Roberts left England to return to South Africa with his chief of staff Lord Kitchener on the RMS Dunottar Castle to take overall command of British forces in the Second Boer War subordinating the previous commander General Redvers Buller. Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff 19001902 in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer and African civilians in concentration camps. unknown
43577titled underneath "Lord Kitchener of Khartoum" showing him head and shoulders looking slightly to one side wearing his uniform and medals 6½" x 4¼" no place no date circa Kitchener drowned on 5 June 1916 when HMS Hampshire sank west of the Orkney Islands Scotland. He was making his way to Russia in order to attend negotiations when the ship struck a German mine. He was one of more than 600 killed on board the ship. He was created Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk on 31 October 1898. unknown
62360450Cornell University Press pp. 280 . Papeback. New. Cornell University Press unknown
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19141808411914. First edition printing the speeches of the three men in parliament on 26 and 27 November 1914 addressing the nation's ability to fight a longer war of attrition as it became increasingly evident there would be no quick victory by Christmas. Churchill's speech as First Lord of the Admiralty assessed the nation's naval capabilities and its ability to protect merchant shipping. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes chairman of Forbes Magazine and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. Tape reinforcement at foot of spine some creasing and tiny chips at extremities a little browned. A very good copy. unknown
197042926Jerusalem Israel: Kedem Publishing 1970. Hardcover. x420 pp.; ills.; 24x17.5 cm. Text in English. Reprint of 1881 edition. - ex-libris stamp small signs of use Very good see picture. Kedem Publishing hardcover
197042928Jerusalem Israel: Kedem Publishing 1970. Hardcover. viii450 pp.; ills.; 24x17.5 cm. Text in English. Reprint of 1883 edition. - ex-libris stamp small signs of use Very good see picture. Kedem Publishing hardcover
197042927Jerusalem Israel: Kedem Publishing 1970. Hardcover. viii446 pp.; ills.; 24x17.5 cm. Text in English. Reprint of 1882 edition. - ex-libris stamp small signs of use Very good see picture. Kedem Publishing hardcover
19703792Jerusalem: Kedem Publishing 1970 VII 450 pp.; Reprint of the 1883 edition; Gilt on spine and cover; some pages around 30 has small brown stains on the margins not touching the text; else in very good condition. Size: 24 cm Tall Kedem Publishing hardcover
2c11076Kedem Publishing Jerusalem 1970. Zusammen ca. 2500 S. mit Abb. Leineneinbände etwas fleckig/ 1 Rücken eingerissen. - Enthalten: The Survey of Western Palestine Jerusalem. Memoirs ot the Topography Orography Hydrography and Archaeology. Jerusalem/ Judaea/Samaria// Galilee/ Index I/ Index II/ Reprint der Ersten Ausgabe "The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund 1882-1888/ gute Exemplare/ good conditions -" unknown
188454399London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Large Quarto. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and Exploration Fund emblems on cover and spine blind-stamped ruling on covers gilt on spine. Black endpapers. Frontispiece engravings with tissue guards in color in vol. three and seven. No frontispieces in vols. 4 and 6. Elaborate historiated initials. Decorative endpieces. Profusely illustrated with full page scenic gravures and woodcuts maps and numerous plans and an abundance of in-text drawings. Without General Index and Geological Memoir published later.<br /> <br /> The main contributors to this important survey were Conder and Kitchener. For his work Lieut. Conder received the thanks of the committee and the commendation of the Secretary of State for war. "It may fairly be claimed" wrote Sir Walter Besant "That nothing has ever been done for the illustration and right understanding of the historical portions of the Old and New Testaments since the translation into the vulgar tongue which can be compare with this great work." Kitchener later Field Marshal joined the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1874 beginning his involvement with the East which was to last almost for the remainder of his life.<br /> <br /> "These 'Memoirs' were drawn up from notes in the field by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener. They are divided into 'Sheets' corresponding with the divisions of the Great Map of Western Palestine in twenty-six sheets on the scale of one inch a mile. The method pursued in the division and sub-division of the Memoirs was adopted in accordance with the recommendations of a sub-committee appointed for the purpose of considering the best mode of presenting the information in their hands." Preface<br /> <br /> Vol. I: Sheets I-VI. Galilee 1881. x 420pp. frontispiece 1 folding map Method of Survey 8 plans 20 plates. <br /> Vol. II: Sheets VII-XVI. Samaria 1882. vii 445pp. frontispiece 10 plans plan Kurn Surtubeh facing 397 not 387 as indicated 10 plates. <br /> Vol. III: Sheets XVII-XXVI. Judea 1883. vii 450pp. color frontispiece 5 plans 15 plates. <br /> Vol. IV: Arabic and English Name Lists Transl. and explained by E. H. Palmer 1881. v 438pp. <br /> Vol. V: Special Papers on Topography Archaeology Manners and Customs etc. by Sir Charles Wilson et al. 1881. Frontispiece map. viii 1 362pp. <br /> Vol. VI: Jerusalem by Sir Charles Warren and Claude Reignier Conder 1884. ix with pages v and vi paginated twice 6 plans 1 chart 1 Sloam Inscription 2 plates. <br /> Vol. VII: The Fauna and Flora of Palestine by H. B. Tristram 1884. xxii 455pp. Color frontispiece 20 plates 13 in color with plates 16 and 17 present but bound in at different pages compared to list of plates at front.<br /> <br /> Bindings with some light wear along edges more pronounced at heads and tails of spine. Library plates on inside front covers. Lightly starting at inside covers of vols. 1 2 4 5 starting in vol. 6. Light foxing of endpapers and blocks lightly and sporadic in blocks at times more pronounced. Frontispiece loose but present in vol. 1. Small bookbinder's plates A. W. Bain on inside back covers of three vols. Frontispiece loose but present in vols. 1 and 5. The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund hardcover
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