Dust Jacket Collector Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 12 minutes ago, Resurgam13 said: I bought the one with the dust-jacket offered by Turner Donovan in October 2003. I'll try to locate it and add a scan of the cover (according to my notes the spine panel had been replaced with brown paper tape). Brilliant, I look forward to seeing it. I spoke to Tom and he couldn’t recall having sold it. (In my case I often can’t recall having bought things!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurgam13 Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 After all that, the jacket is fairly boring (probably to be expected with Stockwell). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 Well that blurb wasn't very inspiring, but i suppose by 1934 people were growing weary of books about the war . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 I must have been reading the wrong memoirs as I’m yet to come across the ‘lurid sexual images’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 48 minutes ago, Dust Jacket Collector said: I must have been reading the wrong memoirs as I’m yet to come across the ‘lurid sexual images’. Can't think of any either , mind you it didn't take a lot to offend people back then ( a bit like nowadays ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 2 hours ago, Black Maria said: Can't think of any either , mind you it didn't take a lot to offend people back then ( a bit like nowadays ! ) That said I’ve just remembered ‘The German Prisoner’ by James Hanley, probably the most revolting book I’ve ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 1 hour ago, Dust Jacket Collector said: That said I’ve just remembered ‘The German Prisoner’ by James Hanley, probably the most revolting book I’ve ever read. Oh yes , i remember you mentioning that one before . So such books did exist , even if they were the exception rather than the rule . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 29 November , 2019 Share Posted 29 November , 2019 This is one you won't easily find a copy of , ' Plain Impressions ' by A.S.G Butler , published by The Aeroplane & General Publishing Co in 1919 . A pre-war horse-artillery driver in the H.A.C he was commissioned in the R.F.A in January 1915 , wounded in December 1915 and buried by a shell at Arras in April 1917 . During that period he was in charge of a battery for two months and Brigade Adjutant for five months . It's a small book measuring 17cm x 11cm and only 95 pages . Very flimsy in construction with very thin paper , it's no wonder that not many copies have survived . My copy is rather worn and marked with splitting joints, but as they say 'find me another one' . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 29 November , 2019 Share Posted 29 November , 2019 Very nice and new to me. Did you know of this one before or did you just stumble across it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 29 November , 2019 Share Posted 29 November , 2019 No Alan , it was in a TD catalogue in 2003 . You've heard of it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 29 November , 2019 Share Posted 29 November , 2019 I have ordered and am awaiting a rare book, Vol. I Naval Operations revised, 1938. Text and map Volume. Now I have the text, but this appears to be the revised Map volume with 4 maps redrawn. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 29 November , 2019 Share Posted 29 November , 2019 1 hour ago, Black Maria said: No Alan , it was in a TD catalogue in 2003 . You've heard of it too Memory not what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 29 November , 2019 Share Posted 29 November , 2019 28 minutes ago, Dust Jacket Collector said: Memory not what it was. Join the club . Rare books are a bit like buses , i got this one today as well . ' The First Battle of the Tanks ' by J.H Everest , printed by Stockwell in 1942 . I've seen one other copy on ABE in the past but it was a bit too pricey at about £200 . This thread gives a bit more detail about it . The image is a bit indistinct but it shows the title and author , a tank and price of 3 bob net and the name and address of the publisher . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 29 November , 2019 Share Posted 29 November , 2019 Brilliant John. I must try harder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurgam13 Posted 30 November , 2019 Share Posted 30 November , 2019 I clearly had a bit of luck with Turner Donovan in 2003 as I bought "Plain Impressions" as well as "Never Again". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 30 November , 2019 Share Posted 30 November , 2019 1 hour ago, Resurgam13 said: I clearly had a bit of luck with Turner Donovan in 2003 as I bought "Plain Impressions" as well as "Never Again". I had only been collecting for a couple of years then so neither books were really on my radar . Maybe if i'd known how long it would take to find other copies they would have been ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 It has arrived from Australia, The rare Naval Operation Revised edition, with the extremely rare map volume volume and at least 4 redrawn maps. May even post in reasons to be cheerful too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 1 hour ago, MartH said: It has arrived from Australia, The rare Naval Operation Revised edition, with the extremely rare map volume volume and at least 4 redrawn maps. May even post in reasons to be cheerful too! Not bad, Martin, but you really need the jackets, as here ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 Nice Alan But it does not have the Important revisions bit as per the Volume III revised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 12 December , 2019 Share Posted 12 December , 2019 I have the revised Vol.3 but no jacket. Do you know which maps are revised in the volume you show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 14 December , 2019 Share Posted 14 December , 2019 I had not realised there were revised editions of Naval Operations. Interesting that the volume 3 cover says "Important revisions". The revision dates of publication appear to be 1938 (Volume 1) and 1940 (Volume 3), is that correct? Were Volumes 1 and 3, as posted above the only revised editions? Did the revised Volume 3 have a separate volume of maps? Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 14 December , 2019 Share Posted 14 December , 2019 Maureen, Vol III second edition was printed in 1940, my copy has a note inserted regarding the maps. My maps have notes affixed with corrections. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 14 December , 2019 Share Posted 14 December , 2019 I have posted before in this thread about the revised Naval Ops. Earlier Post about Naval Ops I now believe four of the maps in Volume I were redrawn, 5 & 6 and 9 & 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 15 December , 2019 Share Posted 15 December , 2019 (edited) Thanks charlie2 and MartH for the information. I see there were facsimile reprints of Vols 1 and 3 revised editions, by Imperial War Museums/ Battery Press in the 1990s. Does anyone know whether the current reprints from Naval & Military Press, which are available online on fold3 (pay website) contain the revised editions? https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19n_VjuTiC (Naval & Military Press don't provide details and I don't have a fold3 subscription) Cheers Maureen Edited 15 December , 2019 by Maureene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 15 December , 2019 Share Posted 15 December , 2019 13 hours ago, MartH said: I now believe four of the maps in Volume I were redrawn, 5 & 6 and 9 & 10. Thanks Martin. I’ll check them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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