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Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London, Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1915 1st. Hardback, 8.5 x 6 inches. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine, white lettering and paneled yellow skyline design to front. Blind embossed vignette on rear. In very good condition. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped, spines slightly darkened with small nicks to ends and corners of boards. Some handling marks to endpapers, previous owners label at front, Times Book Club label at rear. Halftitle page darkened and foxed. Some foxing to title page and dark spots to outer page edges. Plates clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. Scarce. 363pp. Illustrated with 24 colour plates and 100 B&W sketch drawings in text by the Author.

London : Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1915. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". Sir Robert Baden-Powell. A first edition of Sir Robert Baden-Powell's enthralling memoir of his time serving in India, with beautiful colour and monochrome illustrations by the author. A first edition copy of this extraordinary illustrated memoir, published in 1915.With 24 colour plates and 100 monochrome illustrations by the author. To the rear of the book is an extensive index.Written by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, this work is a entertaining and informative collection of 'memories' from his time in India serving in the military. Sir Robert Baden-Powell was a British army officer and the founder and first Chief Scout of the global Scout Movement.  In publisher's original grey cloth binding, with illustrated front board. Externally, smart. The odd water stain to front board. Light rubbing and bumping to extremities, in particular front joint and head of spine. Ink inscription on front free end paper. Scattered spotting… Read More

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1915. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xvii, 363pp. Octavo. Original blue boards with white lettering on font. Pictorial of a dog and Indian cityscape at sunset. White lettered title on spine. Some light soiling to front board, particularly at top right. Bumping to corners. Head of spine cracking and torn, slightly faded. Publishers crest in black embossed on back cover. Light foxing to foredging. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Beeston Scouts "Xmas Social" card tucked in front of front free endpaper. Slight toning to f.f.e.p and half title. 100 illustrations in text, including colour plates (and frontis) very good From the library of Lancelot Allen, who was the District Commissioner of Scouts in Nottinghamshire in the 1930s, as well as a friend of the author. Baden-Powell was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, and the founder of the Scout Movement and the first Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts Association. 1915

London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original illustrated boards. First edition. Title in white on front, in gold gilt on spine. No jacket. Light wear to boards including a small splits at corners and softening of spine ends. Interior is clean, crisp, and unmarked. Some tanning on front and rear endpapers. Includes 24 illustrations in color and 100 in black and white. 8vo. 363 pp. including index. From the estate of Canadian military collector extraordinaire Donald Skinner.

Herbert Jenkins, London., 1915. First edition. Octavo. pp xx, 363. Numerous illustrations by the author, including colour plates. Pictorial cloth. The author had served in the British Army in India and Africa from 1876 to 1910.Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: ''With happy South African memories - Robert Baden Powell Sept. 1916''.Some light foxing to prelims. Very good indeed.

UK: Herbert Jenkins, 1915. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1915. Presentation inscription to front endpaper in the year of publication by Baden Powell. Signed book by the author are rare, Baden-Powell was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, and the founder of the Scout Movement and the first Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts Association. With 24 colour plate illustrations and 100 in black and white. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Light edge rubbing. Light surface rubbing to cover coloured printing. Odd nicks to spine tips. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14941