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Contents

To go straight to the subject of your choice simply click on the page number of the relevant relevant section below.

India 4

Indian Army Regimental History 6

Africa 8

Other Campaigns & Wars 9

Training Manuals & Works of Instruction (Including 1914-1918) 10

The First World War: General History & Memoirs 13

Official History 1914-1918 23

Manuscript Material & Ephemera 26

1914-1918 Maps, Including Trench Maps 27

The Second World War 30

Regimental History 33

Rolls of Honour 1914-1918 43

Miscellaneous 44

Terms and Conditions 45

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India

1. The India List, Civil & Military, July 1883.

Issued by Permission of the Secretary of State for India in Council. lxxvii+629pp. (+ adverts.). Allen & Co. 1883 Contains roll of covenanted Indian Civil Service & branches inc. medical, forests, public works, judiciary, marine &c., also Gradation List & regimental listings for the Indian Army, indexed for Active & Retired officers. Modern red cloth, gilt, VG throughout. [Ref: 56712] £125

2. CARMAN (W.Y.) Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th Century to 1947: Artillery, Engineers & Infantry.

1st Ed., xii+258pp., 4to, 16 col. & 38 b/w plates. VG in chipped dw. Morgan Grampian. 1969 Acclaimed illustrated standard work. Orig. cloth, VG in remains of torn dw. [Ref: 61477] £45

3. DODWELL (Edward) & MILES (James Samuel) Comp. & Eds. Alphabetical List of Officers of the Indian Army; With The Dates of their Respective Promotion, Retirement, Resignation, or Death, whether in India or in Europe; from the Year 1760, to the Year 1834 Inclusive. Corrected to September 30, 1837.

1st Ed., approx. 600pp. in all. Longman, Orme, Brown & Co. 1839 Valuable alphabetical listings of the military officers of the three Presidencies (Bengal, Bombay & Madras) with their dates of appointment, promotion &c. Most noting their date place of death. Later maroon binder's cloth, gilt, VG throughout. [Ref: 61478] £145

4. EDWARDS (William, BCS) Personal Adventures during the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, & Oude.

2nd Ed, revised, iv+206pp. Smith, Elder. 1858 Atmospheric account of flight from mutineers (& reliance on loyal Indians) by magistrate of the Budaon district of Rohilcund. Orig. brown cloth, blindstamped & gilt, neatly rebacked with orig. sp. laid down, VG thus. [Ref: 58009] £145

5. GRIMWOOD (Ethel St. Clair) My Three Years in Manipur & Escape from the Recent Mutiny.

1st. Ed., xiv+321pp., portrait frontis., 8 plates. Bentley. 1891 Author's husband was Political Agent at Manipur, north-east India near the Burmese border (state capital Imphal), where he was murdered in a little-known local uprising in 1891. Interesting account of life in the region. Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, VG but for trace of old label to front. [Ref: 61472] £35

6. HENSMAN (Howard) The Afghan War of 1879-80, Being a Complete Narrative of the Capture of Cabul, The Siege of Sherpur, The Battle of Ahmed Khel, The Brilliant March to Candahar, & The Defeat of Ayub Khan, With the Operations on the Helmund, & The Settlement with Abdur Rhaman Khan.

2nd Ed., xv+567pp., 10 fldg. maps. W.H. Allen. 1882 Rare standard work, being an authoritative contemp. account by the Special Correspondent of the Allahabad 'Pioneer' & 'Daily News' accompanying the force. Excellent orig. maroon cloth, gilt, little rubbed at extremities o/w very nice copy. See illustration on our website [Ref: 60142] £225

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7. HOBDAY (Major E.A.P., RA) Sketches on Service During the Indian Frontier Campaigns of 1897.

1st Ed., 159pp., 57 full page engravings & 14 photo. portraits of the commanding officers & their staffs. Bowden. 1898 Staff officer with Malakand & Mohmand Field Forces. Each of his drawings accompanied by a lengthy letterpress description. Orig. dec. red cloth, VG apart from sl. chipping to head of sp. & uncommon in this condition. Contemp. ink ownership inscrip. of R.J.T. Stewart, 22 P.I. [Ref: 60146] £120

8. LANDON (Perceval) 1857: In Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Indian Mutiny. With an Appendix Containing the Names of the Survivors of the Officers, Non-comissioned Officers & Men who Fought in India in 1857.

1st Ed., 140pp., 13 plates, map. W.H. Smith. 1907 Historical account with a useful Appendix listing surviving veterans ("by far the most complete & trustworthy that has ever been issued") at time of publication. These survivors are usefully listed by regiments. Recent brown binder's cloth, titled in darker brown to sp., panel from orig. front board nicely

inset to front, inernal edge staining to first & last few leaves, sound & VG thus, & scarce. [Ref: 59913] £125

9. PEARN (B.R.) Ed. Military Operations in Burma, 1890-1892. Letters from Lieutenant J.K. Watson, K.R.R.C.

1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., xvi+72pp, dup. typescript. Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. 1967 The lengthy & informative letters of Lt. Watson, 4th Bn. 60th Rifles (later KRRC) during the Burma campaign 1890-92. Little chipped at head of sp. o/w VG & scarce. [Ref: 61386] £50

10. SEN (Surendra Nath) Eighteen Fifty-Seven.

1st Ed., xxviii+468pp., 8 illus., 3 fldg. maps. VG in sl. chipped dw. Calcutta: Govt. of India Publications Division. 1957 Substantial officially sponsored history of the Indian Mutiny. Scarcere & more durable hardback edition, VG in dw. [Ref: 61450] £30

11. SHADWELL (Capt. L.J., psc, Suffolk Regt.) Lockhart's Advance Through Tirah.

1st Ed., 319pp., 7 plates, 2 fldg. maps. Thacker & Co. 1898 The Tirah Field Force 1897 (Order of Battle appended). Author was Provost Marshal of the 3rd Brigade during the campaign & Special Correspondent for the 'Pioneer.' Orig. dark red cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. [Ref: 60143] £125

12. SHEPHERD (J.W.) A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak & Massacre at Cawnpore During the Sepoy Revolt of 1857.

3rd Ed., revised & enlarged, [vii]+vi+201+xlviipp., engraved frontis., & 6 plates, 4 sketch maps (2 fldg.). Lucknow: Methodist Publishing House. 1886 By "One of the Survivors of the Garrison Under Major-General Sir Hugh Massy Wheeler, KCB." The author was a Eurasian clerk of the Cawnpore commissariat who left the cantonment as a spy on 24th May 1857 & was later asked to

prepare a report for the Commissary General. While he was not present at events towards the end of the siege, he was evidently able to question witnesses. His account was first published in 1857 in several newspapers & then in several editions, of which this is the most complete, illustrated, text, with, at the end, a roll of all the Europeans & loyal Indians killed at Cawnpore. All versions are rarely seen. Ladendorf 375. Raugh #2567 at p.246. Orig. brown cloth, gilt, little rubbed but very nice example in the orig. cloth with gilt title to sp. & the 'Marachetti Angel' Memorial Well to front board. [Ref: 61385] £245

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Indian Army Regimental History

13. 61st Cavalry Golden Jubilee, 1953-2003.

1st Ed., laminated card wraps., A4 format, [xvii] & 94pp., illus. through inc. many col. photos. The Regiment. 2003 Post-partition the 61st Cavalry of the Indian Army was raised from the former State Forces units Gwalior Lancers, Jodhpur Lancers, Mysore Lancers et al. Lavishly illustrated souvenir, including many col. plates, produced to

commemorate the Regiment's 50th Anniversary, inc. details of regimental history (the forebear units, the Jodhpur Lancers famous action at Haifa in 1918, post-1947 activities, &c.), alongside rolls & portraits of current officers & much else of interest. Little dampstain to a few leaves o/w VG. [Ref: 61449] £45

14. History of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Vol. II 1929 to 1947.

1st Ed., xvii+522pp., 4to, 39 plates, 22 maps (many fldg.). Aldershot: G&P (For the Regt.). 1956 Magnificent history, almost wholly devoted to WW2: three bns. in Burma, one in Italy. Roll of Hon., awards, nominal rolls of officers (with biographical notes). "classic unit history, written & produced to the highest standards" - Perkins 503. Orig. green & black cloth, sp.

a little worn o/w VG & very scarce. [Ref: 61335] £225

15. HAILES (Lt.-Col. W.L., MC) & ROSS (Major J.) War Services of the 9th Jat Regiment. A History of The Regiment 1803-1947.

New Ed., xxi+401pp., 4to, several col. & around 20 b/w photos. VG in worn dw. Bombay: For the Jat Regiment. 1967 Essentially a reprint of the two earlier Jat histories covering 1803-1937 & 1937-48, excluding some material (such as the roll of British officers in the original Vol. II) but adding other text matter & some good illustrations not included in the original

volumes. From Mahratta Wars onwards inc. Burmese wars, Indian Mutiny, WW1 Western Front 1914-15 &

Mesopotamia, with much on the four regts. which in 1922 were brought together to form the new 9th Jat Regt. WW2 in Burma, Malaya & Western Desert. Awards for WW1 & WW2. Perkins 463. Valuable enlarged edition: the original edition of the 1937-48 history is exceptionally rare, having been printed in an edition of 100 copies. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little rubbed, generally VG in torn dw & rare with light pencil inscrip. "For Lieutenant Colonel Walter L. Hailes Military Cross" plus loosely inserted regimental Christmas Card. [Ref: 58755] £325

16. JACKSON (Capt. F.H.) A History of H.H. The Gaekwar's Contingent of Horse From the Year 1817-1877.

Facsimile of original 1882 Ed., [ii]+157pp. Calcutta: SGP. 1882 Rare facsimile (just a handful made-up for close friends by a colleague of ours in Delhi) of exceptionally rare original edition. Not in Perkins. The forces of Baroda, a Princely State served the British in Afghanistan 1841, remained loyal during the Mutiny inc. pursuit if Tantia Tope &c. Modern Indian qtr. calf, gilt, VG

thus. [Ref: 61458] £45

17. MURLAND (Lt.-Col. H.F.) Baillie-ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Bn. Madras Pioneers (formerly IV Madras Pioneers) 1759-1930.

1st Ed., viii+602pp., 4to, 17 fldg. maps, var. other maps & sketches in text. Madras: Published for the Regiment by Higginbothams. 1932 Substantial, scarce history from early Anglo-India, Seringapatam, Ava &c. to Indian Mutiny (in Central India), Afghanistan, Burma, China &c. East Africa & Mesopotamia in WW1.

Appendices include detailed services of the British officers, also services of VCOs with dates of their appointments & some notes of their war services. "A major history, comprehensive & detailed..." - Perkins 443. Orig. pale blue cloth, sp. chipped, cloth rather unevenly sunned & worn but sound throughout, VG thus. [Ref: 61475] £145

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18. NORMAN (Capt. Laurie & Cecilia) Eds. The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939 to 1947.

1st Ed., 640pp., 2 illus., 65 maps. Royal Bombay S&M Officers' Association. 1999 Fine account of the Bombay Sappers in WW2, East Africa, North Africa & Italy, PAIFORCE, Malaya, Singapore, Burma & post-war ops. in SE Asia. Roll of Hon., awards, roll of field units & their locations. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG & rare (just 150 copies were printed). Ink ownership inscrip. of Marjorie J.M. Pipe, evidently the widow of Major F.J.

Pipe, Secretary of the Regimental Association until his death in 1998 & contributor to the chapters relating to the campaigns in Malaya & Singapore - campaigns of which he had personal experience. Several minor ink annotations. [Ref: 61362] £225

19. PHYTHIAN-ADAMS (Lt.-Col. E.G., OBE, late Madras Regt. &c.) The Madras Regiment 1758-1958.

1st Ed., viii+338pp., 5 col. & 8 b/w plates, 6 fldg. maps (several coloured). dw. Wellington [India]: Printed by C.D. Dhody & Sons at The Defence Services Staff College Press. 1958 Excellent & rare: "The most comprehensive history of the regt... It is fluently written, with good supporting maps. The author provides short accounts of services in WW1 [East Africa, NWF, Kurdistan] & WW2 [Burma

& South-East Asia], but the narrative is particularly detailed in its coverage of the 18th & 19th Century conflicts - the French Wars (1746-1748, & 1757-1762), the four Mysore Wars, the two Mahratta Wars, the three Burma campaigns, the First & Second China Wars, the second Afghan War, & the NWF campaigns between 1895 & 1898. Honours & awards are covered by a chapter within the main body of the narrative." - Perkins. He might also have mentioned the Malabar Rebellion 1921-22. Orig. green cloth, gilt, little worn, VG, with tipped-in letter from Madras Regimental Centre to Hon. Sec. Madras Regt. Assoc. in UK. REtains original worn/creased dw, noe laiminatedee illustration on our website. [Ref: 61474] £260

20. THATCHER ([Lt.] W.S. [MC]) The Fourth Battalion Duke of Connaught's Own Tenth Baluch Regiment in the Great War, 129th D.C.O. Baluchis.

1st Ed., xx+290pp., 3 plates, 9 maps (some fldg.). Cambridge Univ. Press. 1932 129th Baluchis landed in France with Lahore Div., Sept. 1914, made the first Indian Attack on the Western Front a month later & saw much action at 1st & 2nd Ypres, &c. To East Africa in Jan. 1916. Interesting Appendices include lists of British & Indian officers, notes on composition of the regiment, detailed analysis of casualties, all recommendations made for gallantry awards,

including those that resulted in no award being made. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, very nice copy, near fine. [Ref: 61344] £145

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Africa

21. CHEVENIX TRENCH (Charles, MC) Men Who Ruled Kenya: The Kenya Administration 1892-1963.

1st Ed., xi+316pp., 2 maps. VG in dw. Radcliffe Press. 1993 Most absorbing & now scarce study based on personal experiences of the author (a District Officer & Commissioner from 1947-63, when Independence came), & some of his contemporaries & forebears. VG in dw. See illustration on our wesbite. [Ref: 61446] £50

22. WALLACE (Edgar) Unofficial Despatches.

1st Ed., 327pp. Hutchinson. nd [1901]. Special Correspondent of the "Daily Mail" in South Africa 1900-01. Orig. light brown cloth, VG. [Ref: 60234] £25

23. WILLIAMS (B.) & CHILDERS (Erskine) The H.A.C. in South Africa: A Record of the Services Rendered in the South African War by Members of the Honourable Artillery Company.

1st Ed., [ix]+234pp., fldg. map. Smith, Elder. 1903 Artillery, infantry & MI detachments in South Africa, with a detailed roll of service. Orig. black cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 57656] £75

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Other Campaigns & Wars

24. ADYE (Maj.-Gen. Sir John, KCMG, CB) Soldiers & Others I Have Known.

1st Ed., 318pp., portrait frontis., 11 plates. Jenkins. 1925 Memoirs of Artillery officer in Afghanistan 1878-79, Egypt 1882, Sudan 1884-5, Boer War & WW1 Salonika & Palestine. Orig. cloth, titled in black, VG. [Ref: 61471] £35

25. SHAND (A. Innes) The Life of General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley KCB, KCMG.

1st Ed., xi+292 & ix+328pp., portrait frontis. to each Vol., 2 illus., 3 maps (2 fldg.). Blackwood. 1895 Staff in the Crimea; professor then Commandant of the Staff College; Egypt 1882 (his command of 2nd Div. at Tel-el-Kebir, relationship with Wolseley & lack of recognition for the campaign fueled the fire for a public row with Maurice & others over respective reputations). Orig. red cloth, gilt, somewhat soiled & chipped ex-NY Mercantile Lib., sp.

labels &c., but sound & complete. [Ref: 61473] £35

26. SPIERS (Edward M.) The Scottish Soldier & Empire, 1854-1902.

1st Ed., xii+244pp., 9 illus., 9 maps. VG in dw. Edinburgh Univ. Press. 2006 Scotch regiments & battles post-Crimea down to the Boer War, notably campaigns in Egypt & Afghanistan, the Dargai Heights, Magersfontein &c., utilising many personal accounts & comparing them with other contemp. sources. VG in dw. [Ref: 61448] £25

27. TRETYAKOV (Lt.-Gen. N.A.) My Experiences at Nan Shan & Port Arthur with the Fifth East Siberian Rifles.

Translated by Lt. A.C. Alford RA & Edited by Capt. F. Nolan Baker RA. 1st Eng. Ed., xvi+312pp., portrait frontis., 31 photographic plates, 5 fldg. maps & 2 sketch maps. Hugh Rees. 1911 Personal account of the Russo-Japanese War. Orig. rust cloth, little rubbed, small dampstain at head of sp., generally VG. [Ref: 61390] £50

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Training Manuals & Works of Instruction (Including 1914-1918)

28. Regulations for the Territorial Army (Including the Territorial Army Reserve) & for County Associations. 1936.

623pp. + adverts &c. HMSO. 1936 Orig. printed card wraps., somewhat serviceworn but sound with ink stamps of 361st Battery RA TA. [Ref: 61393] £30

29. 4.5-Inch Q.F. Howitzer. Gun Drill. Issued by the General Staff. June, 1918. 1916.

Orig. printed wraps., 24pp., small diagram. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1918 Instructions for use of the gun in action inc. "To remove a jammed shell" & much more inc. Positions of the 'Gun Numbers' in action, loading, laying, &c. VG with a number of loose insertions, several stated Confidential, such as "Provisional Range Table for 4.5-Inch Howitzer Incendiary Shell"

&c. [Ref: 61403] £95

30. Amendments to "Notes on German Fuzes." (C.D.S. 306.) (No. 3, July, 1917.) [Together with:] Table Showing Fuzes Used With Various Guns & Howitzers [And:] two further official leaflets re German Fuzes.

Four pieces, approx. 40pp. in all., num. diagrams of shell-heads/fuzes. 1917 Various addenda to an official manual on German Fuzes. The manual itself is not present but these four pieces, in & of themselves contain much interesting detail on German artillery ammunition, inc. patterns of shell, painted nose-colourings &c., with a

number of detailed drawings. VG. [Ref: 61415] £90

31. Field Almanac 1916.

Orig. buff printed wraps., 46pp. HMSO. 1916 Handy pocket reference on uniforms & badges of French & Belgian army, various conversion tables, calendar, medical notes &c. VG. [Ref: 61410] £25

32. Garrison Artillery Training. Vol. II. (Siege.) 1911. (Reprinted, with amendments, 1914). General Staff, War Office.

Orig. buff printed wraps., vii+229pp., sketches (some fldg.). Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. Reprinted 1917 Scarce issue inc. Training & Organization of the Siege Artillery; Laying; Obtaining the Line of Fire; Battery Drill; Observation of Fire; Ranging; Transport of Ordnance &

Construction of Batteries; Siege Artillery in War; Destruction of Guns &c. VG. [Ref: 61405] £45

33. Instructions Regarding Layers & Laying Tests for Horse, Field, Heavy & Mountain Artillery.

4pp., foolscap. Printed by Harrison & Sons, doubtless for the War Office. 1916 Notes for the training of gun layers: "There should be at least three qualified layers per sub-section, exclusive of sergeants & corporals... Nos. 1 must be thoroughly conversant with: (a) The tests for sighting gear & sights; (b) The method of obtaining a lines of fire..." &c. [Ref: 61413] £30

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34. Notes on Gunnery.

Issued by the General Staff. May 1918. Orig. buff printed wraps., 51pp., 3 plates (inc. barrage plan & barrage map), several sketches. 1918 For Official Use Only. Contents include Terms used in Gunnery; Orders; Sorting of Ammunition; Map Shooting; Preparation of the Fighting Map; Barrages; Ranging on the Line of Observation; Ranging by Aeroplane &c. VG. [Ref: 61402] £60

35. Notes on the Ammunition for Q.F. 13-PR. Q.F. 18-PR. Q.F. 4.5-Inch Howitzer. Ordnance College. 1915.

Orig. buff printed card wraps., 44pp., diagrams. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1915 Including num. interesting diagrams of shells & fuzes, tools & ammunition boxes. VG & scarce. [Ref: 61409] £65

36. Notes on the Technical Reconnaissance of an Artillery Position & the Training of the Headquarters of a Battery.

Orig. printed wraps., 24pp., several small but interesting sketches, 2 fldg., inc. Plan of a Battery in Action. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1917 Slight but rare & interesting booklet with several diagrams. Somewhat serviceworn, VG, with ink stamp to front of Fifth Army Artillery School. [Ref: 61407] £60

37. Range Table. 2-Inch Trench Howitzer.

Oiled cloth single leaf. 1917 Pocket Range Table, printed on one side only, marked CONFIDENTIAL: a table of range/elevation/time of flight for 62lb. trench mortar projectile. Somewhat serviceworn, generally VG & rare trench mortar range table. [Ref: 61411] £45

38. Ranging with Observation by the Field Survey Company.

Issued by the General Staff, May 1918. 11pp. Printed in France by AP&SS. 1918 Includes Ranging with an Observation Group, Ranging with a Sound Ranging Section inc. techniques such as air burst ranging, sound ranging &c. VG. [Ref: 61408] £60

39. Schaubild No. 3 fur den Morter mit 21 cm Grenaten 96

Fldg. chart, 1:25,000, 40x30cm approx. Nur fur den dienstgebrauch [Only for service use]. c.1917 Being a

diagram of the fall of shot &c. of the 21 cm grenade mortar, for use in conjunction with range tables. With usage note in printed in margin. Scarce. [Ref: 61460] £45

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40. Schaubilde fur die s. 12 cm-Kanone mit 12 cm Grenaten 88 a/A (angenabert gultig auch fur 12 cm Schrapnels 80/92). Mit Dectblatt 1. [Chart for the s. 12 cm cannon with 12 cm Grenades 88 a / A (also valid for 12 cm shrapnel 80/92). With Dectblatt 1.]

Fldg. card. Berlin. 1917. Folding card with range table printed on rear & two paste-in instructions within. Scarce. [Ref: 61461] £45

41. Schaubilder fur dem Morter mit 21 cm Grenaten 14.

Fldg. card, 4pp. Berlin. February 1918. Brief notes + range table for this Granatenwerfer (grenade throwing) trench mortar. Scarce. [Ref: 61427] £45

42. Schaubilder fur die 10 cm-Kanone 14. Austgestelt nach der Schusztafel No. 6a (Berlin 1917). [Diagrams for the 10 cm cannon 14. Based on the firing board no. 6a (Berlin 1917)]

Orig. paper wraps., 12pp., Berlin. April 1918. Manual for the German K14 field gun manufactured by Krupps & used extensively on the Western Front. Scarce. [Ref: 61426] £50

43. [S.S. 183/3.] Effects on Enemy of Our Gas Attacks. Third Report, for the period April-July, 1917.

Orig. printed wraps., 20pp. Printed by AP&SS [Press] A. Sept. 1917 Incl. selections from captured German documents, prisoner statements &c., with much close detail on specific locations & events where gas had been employed. Much interesting detail & appears to be a rare survival, certainly never seen by me before. [Ref: 61404] £125

44. [S.S. 186] Anti-Aircraft Gunnery (Provisional). Issued by the General Staff. September, 1917.

Orig. buff printed wraps., 55pp., several small sketches, fldg. Deflection Chart. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1917 Rare manual with loosely inserted amendment slip. VG. [Ref: 61406] £75

45. [S.S. 580.] CONFIDENTIAL. Notes on What Can Be Done by Our Batteries to Avoid Detection by Enemy Sound Ranging.

Single foolscap leaf. Printed by AP&SS Press A. Sept. 1917 Issued by the General Staff at GHQ 14/9/17. Advice includes "Whenever possible, it is advisable to fire from two or more positions simultaneously... it seems probable that this procedure does interfere with the German Sound Ranging system..." Also: "Gun batteries... by firing salvoes whenever possible, may spoil the record by confusing the

shell-wave of one gun with the gun-wave of another." And more. [Ref: 61412] £50

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The First World War: General History & Memoirs

46. Southern Railway. The Battlefields & War Graves of France & Flanders & How To Visit Them.

1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 20pp., sketches, map. Printed by McCorquodale Ltd. fro the Southern Railway. July 1923 Booklet prepared by the Southern Railway offering guidance to visitors on what to expect, what to see, where to stay & how to get there (including intercontinental & local train services, with timetables & fares). Appealing sketches, adverts for hotels in Ypres &c. An attractive

& early guide for battlefield visitors. [Ref: 61437] £45

47. ADAMS (H.M.) 1916-1918: A War Diary.

1st Ed., [vi]+145pp. Worcester: Printed by Ebenezer Baylis & Son for the Author. 1922 Very rare privately published memoirs of Capt. Herbert Mayow Adams, MC, who was Ed. at Marlborough & Oxford, embarked for France with 2/8th Worcesters (TF) 24th May 1916. They were part of the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division, & served with this formation on the Western Front until the end of the war, including operations at Fromelles in 1916, the Ancre &

Ypres in 1917, the German counter-attack after Cambrai & Somme 1918. By January 1918 Adams was commanding "B" Coy. & was awarded the MC; he afterwards commanded No. 4 Section, "B'"Coy., 48th Bn. MGC in France & Italy during 1918. He did not paly a part in any major offensives, but his very detailed, matter-of-fact, account of several years of trench warfare, much of it spent in quiet but rarely uneventful sectors, provides a valuable account of war on the Western Front. He frequently mentions officers & men in his unit, & at the edn are rolls of "B" Coy., 2/8th Worcesters & his machine-gunners in 48th MG Battalion, as well as a detailed index. Orig. pale mottled paper covd. boards with wheat cloth backstrip, titled in black to sp., VG & rare privately printed memoirs. [Ref: 58626] £275

48. AGATE (Capt. James E.) L. of C. (Lines of Communication): Being the Letters of a Temporary Officer in the Army Service Corps.

1st Ed., xii+288pp. Constable. 1917 Impressions during training & service in France with the Army Service Corps, with some interesting descriptions of the author's work. Orig. green cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG & a comparatively good copy. [Ref: 61391] £35

49. "An O.E." [Pseud. of FILDES (Lt. G.P.A., Coldstream Guards)] Iron Times with the Guards.

By an "O.E." 1st Ed., xv+358pp. Murray. 1918 Anonymous personal account. The 'Old Etonian' was commissioned in a territorial regiment in 1914, shortly afterwards transferred to the Coldstream & served with 2nd Bn. in France from April 1915: fought in battle of Festubert, later at Ypres & on the Somme. Orig. purple cloth, sp. a little sunned o/w VG & scarce. [Ref: 59705] £45

50. ANDREWS ([Sir] William Linton) Haunting Years: The Commentaries of a War Territorial.

1st Ed., 288pp. Hutchinson. 1930 1/4th (later 4/5th) Black Watch 1914-18; Pte., NCO, Orderly Room Clerk & CQMS. Commissioned in 1918. Outstanding narrative of Loos, Somme, Ypres &c. by noted provincial journalist & editor (of the Yorkshire Evening Post &c.) knighted in 1954. Orig. cloth, titled in black, VG. [Ref: 58700] £65

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51. BEATSON (A.M., Temp. Lt, ASC) The Motor Bus in War: Being the Impressions of an A.S.C. Officer during Two & a Half Years at the Front.

1st Ed., 224pp. T. Fisher Unwin. 1918 Service with the Mechanical Transport Supply Column of an Indian Cavalry Division on the Western Front from end of 1914 inc. Bethune Sector, Battle of the Somme &c. Scarce & much of interest on L-of-C work. Orig. green cloth, gilt, lacking ffep, little spotted o/w VG & very scarce. [Ref: 52872] £90

52. BECKE (Major A.F., late RFA) The Royal Regiment of Artillery at Le Cateau, Wednesday, 26th August 1914.

1st Ed., viii+87pp., 5 fldg. maps & 4 fldg. sketches in end-pocket. Woolwich: RA Institution. Jan. 1919 Invaluable, detailed stage-by-stage account of the battle. Becke was attached to the Historical Section (Military Branch) of the Committee of Imperial Defence, so had - for a regimental historian writing in 1918 - privileged access to the relevant War Diaries. In addition,

he interviewed every available artillery officer who was present, & as a respected military historian & gunner officer his analysis & thoroughness are beyond question. Orig. paper covd. printed boards, red cloth backstrip, nice clean copy, VG. [Ref: 59334] £50

53. BLACK TAB [Pseud.] On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign.

1st Ed., viii+304pp., 56 illus., map. Hutchinson. 1917 Scarce, well-illustrated & informative account by a regular officer of the Indian Army Supply & Transport Corps with the original 1914 expeditionary force (6th Indian Div.), including original orders issued by Gen. Townshend during the Siege of Kut. Well illustrated & scarce. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61380] £75

54. CROZIER (Brig. F.P., CMG, DSO) The Men I Killed.

1st Ed., 288pp. VG in little chipped dw. Joseph. 1937 Observations on the war, ethics & morality by a Western Front bn. & brigade commander (9th Royal Irish Rifles & 119 Inf. Bde), including the question of shooting men for cowardice. Orig. cloth, VG in chipped dw & scarce thus. [Ref: 54716] £125

55. CRUM (Major F.M., KRRC) Memoirs of a Rifleman Scout.

1st Ed., 359pp., num. photos., several sketch maps. Stirling: A. Learmonth & Son., Journal Office. 1950 Part I, 96pp., concerns Boer War: 1st Bn. KRRC at Talana, wounded & PoW, escaped & joined 25th Mounted Infantry. WW1 8th KRRC (K1) Western Front 1915-16 inc. Fire Attack at Hooge. In May 1916 Crum founded the Sniping School at Acq. Interesting photos. of

sniping schools in Aldershot & France. Sl marked o/w VG & scarce privately printed memoirs. [Ref: 59286] £125

56. CRUTCHLEY (C.E.) Shilling A Day Soldier.

1st Ed., [viii]+128pp., 7 photos., map. VG in dw. Bognor Regis: New Horizon. 1980 Crutchley's scarce WW1 memoirs: served with 1/4th Northants as a machine gunner & landed with the bn. at Suvla Bay on 15th August 1915. Includes a short but interesting account of this period until invalided with dysentery: returned to England & transferred to MGC in Jan. 1916. Served with 135th Coy. MGC in Mesopotamia

& Palestine 1917-18, including various battles & operations which are interestingly described VG in dw. . [Ref: 59040] £65

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57. [DAWSON (Eric P., Lieut. RNVR)] Pushing Water.

By R.N.V. 1st Ed., [v]+143pp. John Lane/Bodley Head (On Active Service series) 1919 Entertaining memoirs of RNVR sailor serving with Auxiliary Motor Boat Patrol, fast launches known as Movys, in the English Channel &c. Unusual title published in the appealing On Active Service series. [Ref: 61379] £125

58. DAY (Henry C., MC) Macedonian Memories.

1st Ed., 196pp., 18 illus., ep map. VG in chipped dw. Heath Cranton. 1930 Chaplain in Salonika 1916-18 with 7th Mtd. Bde. attached to Derby Yeomanry & senior RC Padre to 1st Div. in France from May 1918. Orig. purple cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw (& scarce in dw). [Ref: 57677] £65

59. DE PREE (Maj.-Gen. H.D., CB, CMG, DSO) The Battle of Cambrai, November 20th to 30th, 1917.

1st Ed. thus., 50pp., 8 photos., fldg. map. Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution (offprint from Jnl. of the RA, Vol. LV, No. 2, July 1928). nd (Contemp.). Detailed mongraph on the battle from preparation & planning to execution of the plan & the final outcome, including conclusions & lessons of the operation. Much reference of course to the tanks' role, also

artillery involvement &c. Originally published in the Journal of the Royal Artillery, 1928, this version issued in grey printed paper wraps., minor wear, bookplate of RA Institution, generally VG, valuable & scarce account. [Ref: 61334] £75

60. DISBROWE (E.J.W., MA) History of the Volunteer Movement in Cheshire 1914-1920.

1st Ed., iii+108pp., num. portraits & other photos., fldg. map. Stockport: Swain & Co., Printers. 1920 Much of value on the raising, adoption by the War Office, organisation & training of the force, with rolls of officers & officials, var. notes on members &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG with ownership inscrip. of "Charles E. Yate Christmas 1920" & loosely

inserted letter from him, on House of Commons notepaper, forwarding the book on Christmas day 1920 to "My Dear Dalgleish, I send you this little book of the History of the Volunteer Movement in Cheshire which has just been sent to me as possibly you may think something of the same sort might be compiled for Leicestershire. Why should we not have a similar record with your portrait in it & the portraits of the other C.O.s...Cheshire has double the population of Leicestershire but... the latter can show just as good a record..." (Note: Col. Sir Charles Edward Yate, 1849-1940, distinguished Indian Army officer & 'political' with extensive service in Afghanistan, Persia, Baluchistan &c., possessed of numerous honours & author of several Gazetteers & other works, was Conservative MP for the Melton Division of Leicestershire, 1910-24.) [Ref: 61465] £85

61. DURNFORD (H.G., MC, MA) The Tunnellers of Holzminden (With a Side-Issue).

1st Ed., x+199pp., 21 plates & diagrams, map. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1920 Gunner officer's account of capture with B/112th Battery at Passchendaele, PoW life at Holzminden & successful escape. Orig. red cloth sp. (little frayed at head), paper covd. boards with paper onlay to front, minor wear, about VG. [Ref: 61438] £35

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62. FALKENHAYN (Gen. Erich von) General Headquarters 1914-1916 & its Critical Decisions.

1st Eng. Ed., 299pp., 6 plates, 5 sketch maps. VG in dw. Hutchinson. 1919 German Chief of Staff responsible for inter alia Verdun & the early Somme battles. "Falkenhayn was solely responsible for the conduct of the war on Germany's side in that period [September 1915-August 1916], & what he has to say of the Battles of Ypres & the Masurian lakes, the great drive against Russia in

1915, the Battles of Verdun & the Somme is of the highest interest & importance..." - sleeve notes. Highly regarded by Falls who awarded two stars ("There are perhaps half a dozen German histories important to the British reader in search of information regarding the policy & conduct of the War from the enemy's pint of view. Of these the late General von Falkenhayn's apologia is certainly one..." Orig. blue cloth, titled in black (second issue binding), VG & rare original edition in neatly renovated & VG dw. [Ref: 60394] £225

63. FRYER (E.R.M.) Reminiscences of a Grenadier 1914-1919.

1st Ed., [iv]+241pp. Digby, Long & Co. 1921 Fine, classic Western Front memoir of an Etonian, who joined the HAC in 1914 & went overseas as servant to the MG officer; Ypres Salient then Cadet School, joining 2nd Bn. Grenadiers in May 1915. During Loos he was transferred to 3rd Bn. Grenadiers & remained with them, latterly as a company commander, almost continuously until the armistice, inc. battles of the Somme,

Pilckem Ridge 1917, Final Advance, &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG & rare original edition. [Ref: 60406] £145

64. GOUGH (Gen. Sir Hubert) The March Retreat.

1st Ed., viii+261pp., 5 sketch maps. VG in dw. Cassell. 1935 German offensive & defense of 5th Army. Order of Battle. Orig. cloth, VG in dw & scarce thus. [Ref: 61343] £65

65. GOUGH (Gen. Sir Hubert, GCMG, KCB, KCVO) The Fifth Army.

1st Ed., xiv+355pp., portrait frontis., 20 maps. VG in dw. H&S. 1931 5th Army & Gough's commands prior to its formation, from Mons 1914-St. Quentin 1918. Order of Battle. Orig. blue cloth, red & gilt, near fine in VG dw with armorial bookplate of "E.J.P.B." Includes loosely inserted 1954 letter (2pp. + envelope) from one C.Q.T. Greenhow (who served in the Leicestershire Regiment during

WW1) to Mr E.G. Boughton noting, inter al, "I did not get wounded at Bray, went through that till the offensive quietened down then we were sent down to the Rheims front where the Germans started again, I was wounded on the 29 May & that was the finish of soldiering for me..." Boughton wrote to the Editor of the Times on Nov. 19th 1958 in response to a piece by Cyril Falls published in that organ entitled 'Reflections on Armistice Day' (clipping present) in which he (Boughton) states: "The memory of one's dead comrades & contemporaries suggested that argument should not too soon crowd upon the thoughts of the fortieth Armistice Day but, in justice to their memory, something should be said in reply to Captain Cyril Falls' article..." The writer goes on to opine on the role of Haig & Foch during the Spring Offensive; he was evidently a participant in events & states that "On the fourth day of the battle G.H.Q. washed its hands of the Fifth Army troops south of the Somme, placing them under the French. The conference at Doullens was never even notified to Gen. Gough, let alone was he asked to attend it, as was his right, & when Foch visited him it was to bawl at him & to abuse him - abuse him when the attacks on his sorely-tried troops were already weaker & it was becoming apparent that, despite their gigantic effort, the Germans were being contained... Haig's immortal role was to leave in the lurch those same men who fought on & died uncomplainingly, despite the evidence continually before their weary eyes, that they had been deserted & written off both by their own High Command & their Allies - even having their beloved Army Commander reft from them in the most deplorable manner." The letter was not published although a brief acknowledgement is present: "The Editor thanks you for your letter... & asked me to say that your comments have been noted carefully & with interest." Whether or not the writer was correct in his historical assessment, his viewpoint is a neat & concise epitome of the feeling of the fighting men of the Fifth Army regarding their treatment - and the removal of Hubert Gough - consequent to the events of March 1918. [Ref: 61382] £90

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66. GRIEVES (K.) The Politics of Manpower, 1914-1918.

1st Ed., vii+241pp. VG in dw. Manchester Univ. Press. 1988 Army recruitment in WW1: the raising of the New Armies, the National Service campaign &c., set alongside industrial & other requirements. Scarce vol. in the acclaimed "War, Armed Forces & Society" series. Original hardback edition, VG in dw. [Ref: 58720] £25

67. "GRIFF" [Pseud. of GRIFFITH (Cdr. Arthur Steuart, RN)] Surrendered: Some Naval War Secrets.

1st Ed., [x]+246pp., 4to, frontis. & portrait frontis. (opp. Author's Foreword), 69 photos. Twickenham, published privately by the Author. nd (c.1926) A most ambitious work undertaken & published privately by the author, detailing the experiences of the 10th Cruiser Squadron (in which he served aboard the flagship HMS 'Alsation' & as First Lt. at HMS 'Mars',

the Invergordon Naval Base) their role being to enforce the Atlantic blockade. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, dec. with German naval flag to front, a little light staining to cloth, generally VG. [Ref: 61462] £25

68. GRIFFITH (Paddy) Battle Tactics of the Western Front: The British Army's Art of Attack 1916-18.

1st Ed., xvi+286pp., map, figures & tables. VG in dw. New Haven & London: Yale UP. 1994 A seminal work & essential reading for all those who wish to understand all the tactical & technological processes that led to a British-led victory for the Allies on the Western Front. Highly recommended. Scarcer original hardback, VG in dw. [Ref: 61361] £20

69. [GRIMM (Hans Herbert)] Schlump: The Story of an Unknown Soldier.

1st Eng. Ed., [vii]+309pp. VG in dw. Martin Secker. 1929 Anonymous, but known to have been written by Hans Herbert Grimm, semi-autobiographical German novelof the war on the Western Front: "Here is the thing as it really was, behind the lines & in the trenches, eating, sleeping, marching, love-making, fighting, suffering..." - sleeve notes. The work was burnt by the Nazis in 1933 because of its satirical and anti-war tone, but

only later was the author identified. Orig. cloth, green cloth, titled in red, VG. in attractive & scarce dw. [Ref: 61339] £125

70. HAIGH (Capt. Richard, MC, Tank Corps) Life in a Tank.

1st Ed., [vii]+141pp., 8 plates. VG in dw. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1918 Author, a regular officer of the Berkshire Regt., was attached to Heavy Banch MGC towards the end of 1916, trained on tanks in France & participated in several assaults on the Hindenburg Line in 1917 (Bullecourt &c.): these experiences are described in novelised form here. Haigh later toured the US, demonstrating the tank's

capabilities, in a publicity/fundraising exercise of which this book was doubtless a spin-off. Attractive orig. dec. grey cloth, VG in very attractive & rare pictorial dw; this of particular interest as, at the foot of the front panel is printed "Commander of the Tank Britannia" - which indicates that Haigh belonged to "B" Battalion. [Ref: 59246] £245

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71. HITCHCOCK (Capt. F.C., MC, late 2nd Bn. The Leinster Regt.) "Stand To": A Diary of the Trenches 1915-18.

Preface by Maj.-Gen. Sir John Capper. 1st Ed., 358pp., 25 photos., 24 sketches in text, 3 fldg. maps. Hurst & Blackett. 1937 Fine account, one of the foremost Western Front memoirs. Hitchcock took to active service as a duck to water & spent three years on the Western Front with his beloved 2nd Leinsters. Orig. green cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG & rare. [Ref: 61322] £125

72. LESLIE (Shane) Mark Sykes: His Life & Letters.

1st Ed., xi+308pp., portrait frontis., 30 cartoons (by Sykes). Cassell. 1923 Col. Sir Mark Sykes was a Yorkshire landowner, Conservative politician & traveller: with a Militia commission he served in the Boer War & was commanding 5th Green Howards by 1914 but was employed during the war as an adviser to the intelligence department at the War Office on Middle Eastern affairs & helped

draw up the post-war political landscape in that region (including the Sykes-Picot agreement. His travels in the Middle East & Arabia during the War are of great interest. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 60099] £35

73. LUCAS (Sir Charles) The Empire At War. Volume I.

1st Ed., xi+324pp., 26 illus., map. OUP. 1921 First volume in a valuable series of semi-official histories written & published under the auspices of the Royal Colonial Institute with the active co-operation of the Colonial Office, the Dominions & Colonies. This volume outlines Imperial military history up to the outbreak of war including the history of the Indian Army & other Colonial & Dominion defence forces & their state in 1914, together with details of several

pre-1914 Imperial Conferences relating to these forces, their organisation & employment. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. [Ref: 57913] £75

74. MASSEY (W.T.) Allenby's Final Triumph.

1st Ed., x+347pp., 30 plates, 3 maps. Constable. 1920 Palestine campaign 1918, well-illustrated readable account by the official correspondent. "...the story of Lord Allenby's great final victory, ending with a great pursuit which resulted in the capture of Damascus, Homs, & Alepp, with almost the whole of the Turkish forces opposed to him. Mr Massey was a war correspondent & one of the most attractive writers of the whole band. War correspondents' books are records of impressions

rather than history, but they are in part the stuff of which history is made, especially when the writer is, as here, a keen & Intelligent observer." - Falls. Orig. blue cloth, little wear o/w VG with contemp. ownership inscriptions of (i) "Captain A.E. Tawney RA. 21st (Kohat) Pack Battery F.F. Sarwakai. Wana Column. 21/8/21" & (ii) "John F. Cooper 107557 61st Motor Air Line Section R.E. Signals G.H.Q., E.E.F. 10/5/30." [Ref: 61374] £50

75. MASSEY (W.T.) How Jerusalem Was Won: Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine.

1st Ed., x+295pp., 39 photos., 4 maps. Constable. 1919 Good standard account by official correspondent. "...describes the Third Battle of Gaza, the capture of Jerusalem, & the raids into Trans-Jordan which followed it... Mr Massey was a war correspondent & one of the most attractive writers of the whole band. War correspondents' books are records of impressions rather than history, but they are in part the stuff of which history is made,

especially when the writer is, as here, a keen & Intelligent observer." - Falls. Orig. blue cloth, sp. marked o/w VG with contemp. presnetation inscrip. "To John With Love from Mother Father & Olive Christmas 1928" beneath which the recipient has added: "107557 61st Motor Air Line Section R.E. Signals G.H.Q., E.E.F." (Note he was John F. Cooper). [Ref: 61373] £45

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76. MAXWELL (Mrs C.) Frank Maxwell, Brig.-General, VC, CSI, DSO: A Memoir & Some Letters.

Edited by His Wife. 1st Ed., xi+228pp., 5 plates, 2 sketches. dw. Murray. 1921 Francis Aylmer Maxwell was born in 1871, Ed. at the United Service College at Westward Ho! & Sandhurst. In 1891 he joined the Royal Sussex Regiment in India for a year before his appointment to the Indian Army, initially to the 24th Punjab Inf. His first active service was in the Tochi Valley

in 1895, then in the Chitral Relief Expedition when he was attached to the Guides Cavalry. During this campaign he was recommended for the VC. The following year, 1896, he transferred to the 18th Lancers, saw further active service on the North-West Frontier including A.D.C. to his uncle, Gen. Sir William Lockhart, in the Tirah Expedition, after which he was awarded the DSO. He was attached to Roberts' Horse in South Africa during the Boer War, when he was awarded the V.C. for gallantry at Sannah's Post. He was A.D.C. to Lord Kitchener (who bestowed on him the nickname "The Brat") & Military Secretary to Lord Hardinge. In 1916 he was posted to France & given command of the 12th (S) Bn., Middlesex Regiment – a New Army unit that had failed to perform & required firm leadership to bring it up to standard. Under Maxwell's command the battalion was transformed, doing well on the Somme including the capture of Trônes Wood & Thiepval. Maxwell received a bar to the DSO & command of the 27th Infantry Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division. He was killed in action on 21st Sept. 1917 while personally undertaking a reconnaissance in No-Man's-Land. He is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. Excellent memorial to a fine soldier, based on his letters from various campaigns, including the Western Front 1916-17. Orig. red cloth, gilt, 18th Lancers (IA) crest to front, near fine in rare dw (but this lacking top part of rear panel). [Ref: 59975] £165

77. MONTGOMERY (D.H.) Down the Flare Path.

1st Ed., 144pp., num. drawings & sketch maps by Stanley Orton Bradshaw. VG in dw. Hamilton. 1937 Pilot training & fighting with No. 101 (night-bombing) Sqdrn., Western Front 1917-18. VG in sl. chipped, attractive & rare dw. [Ref: 58765] £145

78. OSBORN (E.B.) The New Elizabethans: A First Selection of the Lives of Young Men who have Fallen in the Great War.

1st Ed., xiii+311pp., 30 plates. Near fine in chipped dw. Lane. 1919 Memoirs of 25 notable officers who fell, with portraits &c. Incluides Brian Brooke, Harry Butters, Ivar Campbell, Charles Lister, Charltyon brothers, Grenfell brothers, Hodgson, Tom Kettle et al. Orig. blue cloth, titled in black (second issue binding), cloth a little stained o/w VG in chipped dw. Rare in dw. [Ref: 61342] £85

79. PLATT (Capt. Ernest) Leave to Speak, by a Claims Officer.

1st Ed., 79pp., portrait frontis., 4 plates. Stockwell. nd (c.1920s). 3rd Bn. Coldstream in France from Jan. 1915 & on formation of the Guards Div. was appointed Divisional Claims Officer, dealing with civilian compensation claims, based at Poperinghe, Merville &c. Quirkily interesting & the only account of such work that I am aware of. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare. [Ref: 55834] £105

80. PRATT (Col. J.H.) Diary of Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt, Commanding 105th Engineers, A.E.F.

1st Ed. thus, [vii]+318pp., 2 lge. fldg. maps (Canal Sector, Ypres Front, July-Sept. 1918 & Somme Offensive, September-October 1918). Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton. 1926 Colonel Pratt's exceptionally detailed daily diary "is published just as it was written, in France & Belgium, when I was with the 30th Division, A.E.F. It has not been edited in any way & gives the impressions & thoughts of the writer at the time the incidents occurred." It was first published in

The North Carolina Historical Review, then in this single edition, "With Additions." It covers, inter al, the final advances in Flanders & on the Somme in 1918 in great detail (depicted in the most interesting & detailed fldg. maps including a great deal of detail on engineer operations), supplemented with extracts from various official communications &c. A very fine diary, publisher's maroon cloth gilt, VG but last few leaves rather insect ravaged (not affecting text) & inscribed by the diarist: "To Theodore Sulye In appreciation of his... splendid comradeship. Joseph Hyde Pratt..." [Ref: 61369] £90

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81. PRATT (Edwin A.) British Railways and the Great War: Organisation, Efforts, Difficulties & Achievements.

1st Ed., 2 vols., xvi+1194pp. in all, 72 photos., 23 maps & diagrams. Selwyn & Blount. 1921 Fine & detailed, absolutely comprehensive history of all aspects of the various railway companies (GWR, L&SWR, GER, LNER &c.), in wartime: higher organisation & co-ordination, military ambulance trains, troop traffic arrangements, enlistment of railwaymen, carriage of explosives,

The Euston-Thurso Naval Special, railways & the air-raids, the work of railway companies' steamers, ports (Harwich, Richborough &c.), railways overseas, travel restrictions, employment of women. Falls thought "Mr Pratt's history is somewhat too verbose & technical for the general reader, but that abstract individual will find much to interest himself therein, while the professional is well catered for." Orig. green cloth, gilt, near fine & scarce. [Ref: 61325] £125

82. [RICHARDSON (James C.)] The Living, And the Living Dead, By An Old Soldier: Ruminations, Whims, Fancies, Jokes & Philosophies with A Batch of War Experiences Thrown in After 1914-1918.

1st Ed., 206pp. Arthur H. Stockwell. [1923]. Several curious chapters of philosophising preface the author's main war memoirs. He had apparently served in the Boer War, rushed to enlist at the Whitehall Recruiting Office on 4th August 1914, where he was kept as a clerk in the recruiting of others. In November he left Whitehall for Aldershot then for

France in December where he was attached (with the Military Mounted Police - MiC refers) to 5th Cav. Bde. HQ, invalided by a kick from a horse in May 1915, he went out to Egypt in Jan. 1916, was i/c XV Corps HQ (MP details presumably - he mentions that one of his duties at Port Said was looking out for spies) then with 22 Div. HQ in Salonika & Macedonia. He observed some interesting events in Flanders & the Middle East & makes interesting comments on the local inhabitants of the countries in which he served, the relationship between the French/Flemish peasants & the British soldiery, &c. Orig. blue/green cloth, gilt to front & sp., minor wear, generally VG & rare. This copy with bookplate E.A.R. Ewen plus presentation bookplate from Ewen to The Library at Christ's Hospital [School], Horsham, in 1926.

Ewen was an accountant & evidently a friend of the author: tipped-onto ffep is an envelope containing a letter from the author to Ewen: "Dear Ewen / At a time of stress, I stressed a book! And I have asked the publisher to send you on a copy. If you read it, you will have had a 'bewildering diversion.' Yours ever, James C. Richardson." Plus loosely inserted letter from the publisher forwarding the said book. [Ref: 60443] £125

83. RITCHIE ([Eric] Moore) With Botha in the Field.

1st Ed., xii+68pp., 80 photos, 5 maps/diagrams. Longmans. 1915 Early & very well illustrated account of the GSWA campaign. Author was a member of the South African Police & of Botha's Bodyguard on the campaign. Orig. printed boards with photo. onlay, cloth backstrip (one plate was censored [Group of Rebel Leaders/Rebels Rounded up] & this illustration listing is frequently missing, the list of

photos. being annotated in ink 'cancelled', but this copy retains the censored plate so is complete in all respects). VG. [Ref: 61321] £75

84. STROUD: The Stroud District & its Part in the Great War 1914-1919: Records from the Parishes of Bisley-with-Lypiatt, Cainscross, Chalford, Cranham, Horsley, King Stanley &c. &c.

1st Ed., 240pp., 15 photos. The "Stroud News" Pubg. Co. nd (c.1919) Based on local newspaper files, with a chronology containing mainly details on local casualties, military promotions &c. as they were reported. This is followed by a complete roll of those on service up to end of 1915 & Rolls of Honour for each of the parishes. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. [Ref: 61435] £60

85. THOMASON (John W., Jr., Capt., US Marine Corps) Red Pants & Other Stories.

1st Ed., xii+246pp., 59 illus. VG in chipped dw. NY: Scribner's. 1927 The author of 'Fix Bayonets' - his personal & very fine account of his Western Front experiences with the USMC - here turns to fiction, but mainly stories of the Marines so no doubt factually based. Nice copy in chipped dw. [Ref: 59293] £50

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86. THOMPSON (Rev. G.) War Memories & Sketches by A Scottish Chaplain.

1st Ed., 182pp., 4 plates. Paisley: Alexander Gardner. 1916 Very rare memoirs of a Chaplain in France & Flanders from Sept. 1914 onwards, initially at a base hospital, then with an (unidentified) Scottish bn. in Flanders, describing work at the front, in billets, collecting wounded, &c. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, sp. a little worn & eps renewed, VG. [Ref: 52885] £85

87. TRAFFORD (Peter) Comp. Love & War: A London Terrier's Tale of 1915-16.

3rd Imp., orig. laminated card wraps., 160pp., photos. & maps. The Compiler. 1998 Letters of Edward H. Trafford MM, 20th Londons (Blackheath & Woolwich), Western Front 1915-16 inc. Loos, Vimy Ridge & the Somme, until wounded. VG & signed by the Compiler. [Ref: 61387] £12

88. UNRUH (Fritz von) The Way of Sacrifice.

3rd Imp., 174pp. VG in dw. Knopf. 1928 Von Unruh was a Prussian officer but also a writer & by the time the high command ordered him to write a propaganda novel to spur on the army before Verdun he was becoming disillusioned & "Way of Sacrifice" underscores the "soul-shattering futility of modern war." Falls disliked the "futurist prose" but acceded that "those who like this sort of thing will like it very much." Near fine, orig. black

cloth in scarce dw. [Ref: 60011] £125

89. WALMSLEY (Leo) Flying & Sport in East Africa.

1st Ed., xviii+306pp., col. frontis., 14 plates, 4 maps. Blackwood. 1920 Observer with RFC in East Africa from Feb. 1916-1918. Scarce & interesting personal memoir of a campaign in which the value of the air arm was dismissed by the General Staff & their intelligence largely ignored, in addition to which they suffered from internal squabbles. Orig. blue cloth, titled in black, sp. little worn o/w VG & rare. [Ref: 59350] £225

90. WARD (Col. John, CB, CMG) With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia.

1st Ed., [xvi]+278pp., portrait frontis., 10 plates. Cassell. 1920 Fascinating account by CO of 25th Bn. Middlesex Regt. in Siberia from Aug. 1918-Sept. 1919 in support of anti-Bolshevik forces: "...his story is one of gallantry & endurance in frightful conditions..." - Falls. Orig. green cloth, gilt titling to sp. & in black to front, VG with inscription to front paste-down: With the Compliments of the Author. John Ward. [Ref: 59338] £85

91. WHEATLEY (Capt. & Qmr. E.P.) Confessions of a Quartermaster.

1st Ed., [ix]+68pp., 16 plates. Thomas Murby & Co. 1918 Amusing anecdotes of a civilian-soldier, quartermaster of 2/3rd Wessex Field Ambulance, RAMC TF 1914-18, experiences from joining unit to departure for the Front written "to amuse a V.A.D. Nurse on night duty" in Flanders in 1917. Illustrated with humourous sketches by

Pte. Arthur V. Wing. Orig. blue cloth, titled in white to front & sp., lacks ffep o/w VG & rare (another edition, equally rare, was bound in grey printed paper covd. boards). [Ref: 55914] £100

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92. WILLIAM (Crown Prince of Germany) My War Experiences.

1st Eng. Ed., viii+364pp., frontis., 4 fldg. & 13 sketch maps in text. VG in dw. Hurst & Blackett. nd (c.1924). War memoirs of Crown Prince Wilhelm, German army commander, with much on the 1914 campaign, Verdun 1916 &c. The jacket blurb (front) explains that: "throughout the War [he], held very important commands on the Western Front. In the battle of the Marne his 5th Army formed the hinge of the

great German enveloping movement. The Battle of Verdun was fought exclusively by the Crown Prince's Army; the author states his objections to von Falkenhayn's persistence in attempting to capture the town. It was on the Crown Prince's Army Group that the weight of Nivelle's onslaught fell in 1917. He was also the victim of Marshal Foch's masterly counterstroke in July, 1918..." Orig. green cloth, titled in black (second issue binding), VG in sl. chipped but rare dw: very nice copy. [Ref: 60393] £225

93. WYNN (Wynn E.) [Pseud. of Alfred Hearst Wynn Elias] Ambush.

1st Ed., 256pp., 18 photos., sketch map. Hutchinson. 1937 Advertised as "A frank & outspoken book on the War by a Staff Officer who 'saw the fighting at the front' in German East Africa." Wynn/Elias describes the disaster of Tanga & subsequent events of the campaign, & knew Meinertzhagen (whom he calls "Rudolph"): "He was of foreign stock & utterly un-English... Tall, slender, dark, with dreamy blue eyes... clever, too, with a brilliance much above the average of British officers; witty & a good talker. At the

same time he almost seemed withdrawn; never quite serenely certain of himself..." Author belonged to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, was a psc & served on the Staff in East Africa. Meinertzhagen noted that he was one of "Malleson's Subordinates" & says that "he seems to have been fed up with Malleson's incompetence." Very rare memoirs of the campaign in German East. Orig. sand cloth, lacks ffep o/w VG. [Ref: 57927] £125

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Official History 1914-1918

94. Osterreich-Ungarns Letzter Krieg 1914-1918. Herausgegeben vom Osterreichischen Bundeministerium f�r Heereswesen und vom Kriegsarchiv.

1st Eds., 7 text volumes & 7 mapcases: around 6000pp. in all with in excess of 400 maps & sketch maps, many fldg. & all contained in the mapcases. Wien: Verlag der Militarwissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen. 1930-1938 Complete set of the Austro-Hungarian official history of the First World War on land: seven text volumes + seven accompanying map volumes +

the rare Registerband (or index volume), 15 volumes in all. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG or better throughout (but for Vol. V text, covers little stained) & all but Vol. I text/maps complete with dustwrappers. Rare complete set, especially in dws. Neil Wells ('Official Histories of the Great War 1914-1918') informs us that: "The Austrian Federal Ministry for Army Affairs & of the War Archives employed mainly ex-members of the Austrian General Staff... under the general editorship of Genereale de Infanterie Doktor Edmund von Glaise-Horstenau... Each volume was written by a team of historians, each specialising in various aspects of the individual history... With so many ex-members of the General Staff writing the histories there was to some degree a corruption... to show the Austrian General Staff, or individuals (in some cases the author himself) in a more favourable light. Certainly the former Chief of the General Staff... FM Franz Graf Conrad von Hotzendorf's reputation was defended to the utmost by the official historians." In an interesting note about the general editor, Wells adds: "Glaise-Horstenau became one of the first Austrian Nazis... second in command of the Austrian Nazi Party... After the Anschluss he joined the Wehrmacht and... took a leading military-administrative role in the occupation of Yugoslavia... in 1946 whilst being being held at Langwasser Military Camp, Nurnberg he committed suicide." [Ref: 61440] £2250

95. A Short History of the Royal Air Force.

For Official Use. Air Publication 125. New Ed. (revised from 1920 1st Ed), iv+489pp. Air Ministry. 1929 Prepared by the Air Historical Branch as a shorter official history & intended as an introduction to 'The War in the Air,' the official history of the RAF in the Great War. Orig. printed paper covd. boards with red cloth sp. strip (this with title in ink), somewhat loose,

generally VG. [Ref: 61345] £60

96. BEAN (C.E.W.) The Australian Imperial Force in France 1916.

1st Ed., xvi+1036pp., 475 illus. & maps. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1929 Vol. III of the Australian Official History. Battle of Pozieres &c. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, sl. speckled o/w VG. [Ref: 61417] £45

97. BEAN (C.E.W.) The Australian Imperial Force in France 1917.

13th Ed., xi+1030pp., 423 illus. & maps. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1943 Vol. IV of the Australian Official History, covering the battles of Bullecourt, Messines & Passchendaele. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61418] £45

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98. BEAN (C.E.W.) The Australian Imperial Force in France May 1918 to the Armistice.

1st Ed., lxxvi+1099pp., 430 illus. & maps. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1942 Vol. VI of the Australian Official History. The Allied Offensive of 1918 &c. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61419] £50

99. EDMONDS (Brig. J.E.) Military Operations France & Belgium 1916 [Part I]: Sir Douglas Haig's Command to the 1st July: Battle of the Somme.

Text only: 1st Ed., xxvi+523pp., 27 sketch maps. Macmillan. 1932 Up to & including 1/7/16 with Order of Battle of the opposing armies. Orig. red cloth, gilt, some wear to sp., VG. [Ref: 61421] £45

100. EDMONDS (Brig. J.E.) Military Operations France & Belgium 1915 [Part I]: Winter 1915-15, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Battles of Ypres.

Text only. 1st Ed., xliii+433pp., 21 sketch maps in text. Macmillan. 1927 Text. Orig. red cloth, gilt, rather stained & worn but sound copy. [Ref: 61424] £30

101. EDMONDS (Brig. J.E.) Military Operations France & Belgium 1915 [Part II]: Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert & Loos.

Text only: 1st Ed., lii+488pp., 43 sketch maps. Macmillan. 1928 Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG, nice clean copy. [Ref: 61425] £45

102. EDMONDS (Brig. Sir J.E., CB, CMG) Military Operations France & Belgium 1918 Part III: May-July: The German Diversion Offensives & the First Allied Counter-Offensive.

1st Ed., xxxii+385pp., 3 fldg. maps in end-pocket + 19 sketch maps. VG in dw. Macmillan. 1939 Issued without separate mapcase. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG in dw & scarce volume, especially in dw. [Ref: 61469] £165

103. EDMONDS (Sir James) Military Operations France & Belgium 1918 Part I: The German March Offensive & its Preliminaries.

Text only: 1st Ed., xxx+569pp., 22 sketch maps. Macmillan. 1935 The Spring Offensive up to 26th March. Orig. red cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. [Ref: 61423] £45

104. EDMONDS (Sir James) Military Operations France & Belgium 1917 Part I: The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line & The Battles of Arras.

1st Ed., mapcase only: containing 12 fldg. maps. VG in dw. Macmillan. 1940 One of the scarcest columes of the OH, covering the first five months of 1917 inc. ops. on the Ancre & the advance in the 'devastated area,' battles of Arras & Bullecourt. Orig. red cloth mapcase, near fine in dw & rare thus. [Ref: 61467] £145

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105. EDMONDS (Sir James) Military Operations France & Belgium 1917 Part I: The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line & The Battles of Arras.

Appendices, 1st Ed., xi+158pp. VG in dw. Macmillan. 1940 Contains various GHQ &c. documents, orders & plans re ops. at Arras & Bullecourt in 1917. Orig. red cloth, gilt, near fine in dw & scarce thus. [Ref: 61468] £120

106. EDMONDS (Sir James) Military Operations France & Belgium 1918 Part IV: 8th August-26th September, The Franco-British Offensive.

Text (this volume not issued with mapcase), xxv+623pp., 4 fldg. maps in end-pocket, 31 sketch maps. HMSO. 1947 Battles of Amiens & Albert, advance to the Hindenburg Line &c. Orig. red cloth, gilt, near fine & among the rarest of the France & Belgium series. [Ref: 61470] £265

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Manuscript Material & Ephemera

107. The Camp Magazine. Groningen, Holland. Being the Periodical of the 1st Royal Naval Brigade, Interned in Holland.

No. 1, April-1915-No. 44, November 1918, approx. 750pp. in all, var. photos. & sketches. Printed by H.M. Werkman & published at the Interneeringsdepot, Groningen. Contemp. A complete run of the journal of the members of the RND rounded up at Antwerp in 1914, containing editorial, camp news, activities of various clubs, humorous items, obits. &c. relating to the interned sailors. Bound in two volumes, contemp. half

straight grain morocco, gilt to sps., VG but for a little rubbing to joints, esp. the first volume, each issue retaining the appealing variant orig. wraps. (cartoons/sketches of camp scenes, prisoners &c.). Appealing & rare. [Ref: 61436] £265

108. STEWART (J.C.) Ed. Selections from The Inchkeith Lyre, The Non-Official Organ of the 6th Battalion The Royal Scots.

1st Ed., 43pp., portrait frontis., 2 photos., num. sketches/cartoons. Edinburgh: Andrew Brown, Printers. nd (c.1920). Largely humorous matter extracted from the weekly magazine produced by this Service bn. 1914-15 before going overseas. Various caricatures & sketches, sporting notes, poetry &c. The editor was an officer of the bn. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61324] £65

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1914-1918 Maps, Including Trench Maps

109. France. Sheet 36B Edition 6. 1:40,000.

Linen-backed fldg. British Army GSGS road map dated 1917. St. Pol. eastwards to Bully-Grenay & north to Bethune &c. VG. [Ref: 61454] £20

110. France Sheet 51B 1st Ed. 1:40,000.

Linen-backed standard military fldg. road map, GSGS 1916. Useful sheet including the entire Arras battlefield of 1917 from Farbus in the north down to Bullecourt & east to Douai &c. Somewhat worn, overall VG. [Ref: 61451] £15

111. France Sheet 51B Edition 2. 1:40,000.

Linen-backed standard military fldg. road map, GSGS 1917. Useful sheet including the entire Arras battlefield of 1917 from Farbus in the north down to Bullecourt & east to Douai &c. Nice clean copy of 1917 printing. [Ref: 61452] £20

112. France Sheet 57B 1:40,000, Enemy Rear Organisation. Ed. 1A.

Fldg. linen backed map with German reserve lines south of Cambrai at Masnieres &c. (Masnieres-Beaurevoir Line, Le Catelet-Nauroy Line, Hindenburg Support &c.), also railways, supply & ammunition dumps, HQs of various types, hospitals, aerodromes &c. "Trenches & corrections to detail revised to 24/9/1918. Reference of Enemy Organisation 25/9/18." VG. [Ref: 61400] £75

113. France. Sheet 57C Ed. 2 1:40,000.

Linen-backed fldg. British Army GSGS road map dated 1917. Part of Somme front inc. Montauban, Flers, Bapaume, Gouzeaucourt &c. VG. [Ref: 61453] £20

114. France Sheet 62B 1st Ed. 1:40,000.

Linen-backed standard military fldg. road map, GSGS 1915. Showing St. Quentin & canal northwards to Bellicourt & Le Catelet, & eastwards to Guise &c. VG. [Ref: 61455] £20

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115. France Sheet 62C Edition 1. 1:40,000.

Linen-backed standard military fldg. road map, GSGS 1916. Showing Peronne & environs eastwards to Epehy, Hargicourt &c. VG with ink stamp of No. 2 Section 50th Divisional Ammn. Column. [Ref: 61456] £20

116. France Sheet 62D Edition 1. 1:40,000.

Linen-backed standard military fldg. road map, GSGS 1916. Showing Amiens on the LHY edge & easrwards to Villers-Brentonneux, Marcelcave &c., north to Meaulte & Fricourt. VG with ink stamp of No. 2 Section 50th Divisional Ammn. Column. [Ref: 61457] £20

117. TRENCH MAP: Belgium. Sheet 28 SW & SE (parts of) Ed. 1A. 1:20,000.

Approximate British front in outline & detailed named German trench systems east of Messines (subsequent to Battle of Messines & prior to 3rd Ypres Offensive) from Zandvoorde & Hollebeke then south via Houthem to Warneton &c., Trenches Corrected to 18/7/1917. Nice clean copy. [Ref: 61428] £85

118. TRENCH MAP: Broodseinde. Enemy Pill Boxes. 1:20,000.

Rare sheet showing Approximate British Front Line, detailed & named German trench systems, tracks, &c., also hundred of locations of pill boxes, tunnels & mined dugouts, &c., Corrected from Information Received up to 19/9/1918. Ypres is on the left-hand side of the sheet, extending eastwards to Edeghem, & from Passchendaele in the north southwards to Battle Wood. Fldg. paper sheet, VG & interesting. [Ref: 61432] £125

119. TRENCH MAP: Bullecourt. 51bSW4. Ed. 2A. 1:10,000. Trenches corrected to 2/2/1917.

Rare sheet depicting the partially completed Hindenburg Line before Fontaine-lez-Croisilles & south-east through & around Bullecourt. Linen-backed map in excellent state. [Ref: 61396] £125

120. TRENCH MAP: Chemin des Dames S.E. 1:10,000.

Large scale & large sized French paper map of the region around Maizy & Muscourt, along the river Aisne & south of it, with much interesting detail & a certain amount of defensive positions &c. No date but. c.1917/1918 including Bearegarde Ferme &c. [Ref: 61401] £75

121. TRENCH MAP: France Sheet 28SW Ed. 3D. 1:20,000.

Outline British front line & detailed German trench systems on Messines Ridge from St. Eloi south via Wytschaete to Messines & south to Ploegsteert. Trenches corrected to 22/6/1916. Much interesting detail. Rather worn overall but detail clear on face of map. [Ref: 61431] £85

122. TRENCH MAP: France. Sheet 36aNE, 1:20,000. Ed. 7a (Local).

Fldg. canvas backed map, standard size, British & German trench systems at Merville, Foret de Nieppe, la Mott au Bois, &c., &c., Trenches Ccorrected from Information up to 22/5/1918. VG. [Ref: 61429] £65

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123. TRENCH MAP: France Sheet 57cNE Ed. 7A. 1:20,000.

German (Hindenburg Line) trench systems from Havrincourt north to Moeuvres & west towards Queant, also Bourlon Wood, Flesquieres &c., corrected to 20/9/17 (i.e. as things stood prior to the Cambrai offensive). VG. [Ref: 61433] £75

124. TRENCH MAP: France Sheet 57cNW Ed. 6A. 1:20,000.

German systems before Bapaume & around Achiet-le-Grand, Achiet-le-Petit &c., corrected to 7/2/17. Linen backed map in excellent state throughout. [Ref: 61398] £85

125. TRENCH MAP: France. Sheet 62cSW Ed. 3A. 1:20,000.

Outline British Front Line & detailed named German trench systems before Marchelpot & north-eastwards via Mazancourt & Hergny to Barleux &c. Trenches corrected to 14/1/1917. Scarce sheet in excellent state throughout. [Ref: 61397] £85

126. TRENCH MAP: Hendecourt. Special Sheet. Parts of 51b SW, SE, & 57c NW & NE. 1:20,000. Ed. 4D. Detail & Trenches Corrected to 28/8/1917.

Rare sheet showing detailed named German trench systems from Guemappe in the north down through Cherisy, Fontaine les Croisilles, Bullecourt & eastwards to Moeuvres corrected to 26/8/1917. Also shows "Approximate British Front Line 30-8-17" which

actually runs though the German forward positions, no doubt as a result of recent offensive operations. Nice detailed sheet, linen-backed, in excellent condition depicting parts of the Hindenburg Line, Drocourt-Queant Line &c. [Ref: 61394] £125

127. TRENCH MAP: Hendecourt. Special Sheet. Parts of 51b SW, SE, & 57c NW & NE. 1:20,000. Ed. 4D. Detail & Trenches Corrected to 28/8/1917. Overprinted with Enemy Organisation 1/9/1917.

Rare sheet showing detailed named German trench systems from Guemappe in the north down through Cherisy, Fontaine les Croisilles, Bullecourt & eastwards to Moeuvres corrected to 26/8/1917. Also shows

"Approximate British Front Line 1/9/17." Nice detailed sheet in excellent condition depicting parts of the Hindenburg Line, Drocourt-Queant Line &c. This edition printed on paper, also showing Enemy Organisation at 1/9/17 including Overhead Cables, Supply Dumps, Ammunition Dumps, Balloons, Tracks, Telegraph Centres, HQs &c. [Ref: 61395] £145

128. TRENCH MAP: Sheet 51SW Ed. 2a (Local). 1:20,000.

The Forest of Mormal & its condition: Undergrowth; Trees Felled; Areas where trees still stand &c., + Enemy Organisation at 15/10/18 & trenches revised from info. received to 14/10/1918. VG. [Ref: 61399] £75

129. TRENCH MAP: St. Julien. Sheet 28NW2 Ed. 5A. 1:10,000.

Outline British trenches & detailed German named trench systems at Boesinghe, Pilckem, south-east via Canadian Farm to Wieltje &c. Trenches corrected to 30/6/17, i.e. the position at the beginning of the 3rd Battle of Ypres. One joint split o/w VG & scarce. [Ref: 61430] £125

130. TRENCH MAP: Vieille Chapelle. 3rd Ed. Portions of 36aSE & 36NW. Have Been Redrawn from Recent Surveys. The Detail Differs from the Regular 1:20,000 Sheets in These Areas. 1:20,000.

Rare sheet bearing detailed British trench systems at St. Floris, Hinges, &c., & detailed named German trench systems at Lacoutre, Richebourg, Vieille Chapelle &c. Shows "Positions occupied” &

"Positions unoccupied between 14-6-18 & 3-7-18." Trenches corrected to 16/6/1918. Fldg. paper map, 28x24 inches approx., VG. [Ref: 61434] £125

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The Second World War

131. The Allies in Norway.

1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., [52]pp., photos throughout, map. Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum. 1946 Fully illustrated record of the liberation of Norway by British & US forces in 1945. Attractive orig. wraps., little wear, generally VG, with IWM withdrawn stamp inside rear cover. [Ref: 61337] £20

132. The Diary of 85 (Essex) Medium Battery Royal Artillery 1943-1945.

1st Ed., [viii]+144pp., 15 photos., 8 maps. Margate: Parrett (printers). 1947 Normandy (landed on Juno beach 14/7/44), Falaise Gap, through France, the Scheldt, Walcheren & the Houthulst Forest, Rhine Crossing &c. Record kept in the battery officer's mess with various appendices inc. Roll of Honour, rolls of officers &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, VG & very scarce. [Ref: 60364] £65

133. BLAKE (George) Mountain & Flood: The History of the 52nd (Lowland) Division 1939-1946.

1st Ed., xx+265pp., 50 photos. + 4 fldg. panoramas, 19 maps. VG in dw. Glasgow: Jackson. 1950 NW Europe 1944-45, from the Scheldt to the capture of Bremen. Detailed & well-illus. Order of Battle, complete roll of honours & awards earned by members of the division. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in dw together with loosely inserted attractive, coloured & fldg. illustrated map of the division's progress though Europe in 1944-45. [Ref: 61482] £75

134. CHAPLIN (Lt.-Col. H.D.) The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1920-1950.

1st Ed., 510pp., numerous illus., 29 maps, inc. eps. Joseph. 1954 Comprehensive history including Palestine 1938-39, BEF 1940, Middle East & Burma campaigns. Roll of Hon., awards, &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 57771] £35

135. CORR (G.H.) The War of the Springing Tigers.

1st Ed., viii+200p., portrait frontis. VG in dw. Osprey. 1975 Subhas Chandra Bhose & the largely ineffective Indian National Army of IA deserters (or JIFs) in WW2. See eiilustration on our website. [Ref: 61480] £15

136. GRAHAM (Lt.-Col. F.C.C.) History of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders: 1st Bn. 1939-1945.

1st Ed., x+261pp., 42 photos., 14 maps. VG in heavily chipped/torn dw. Nelson. 1948 Palestine, Abyssinia, Western Desert (incl. El Alamein), Crete & Italy. Roll of Hon, awards & of officers. Orig. green cloth, VG in hravily chipped & torn dw. [Ref: 59976] £45

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137. GUNNING (Capt. H.) Borderers in Battle: The War Story of the King's Own Scottish Borderers 1939-1945.

1st Ed., 287pp., 19 plates, 4 maps. Berwick: The Regt. 1948 MEF, Europe, SE Asia, Burma, Paiforce. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. cream cloth, titled in blue, sp. little sunned ow/ about VG. [Ref: 61357] £45

138. HODGKINSON (Lt.-Cdr. Hugh, DSC, RN) Before the Tide Turned: The Mediterranean Experiences of A British Destroyer Officer in 1941.

With illustrations by Lt.-Cdr. Peter Thornhill RN. 1st Ed., 242pp., approx. 20 sketches. VG in chipped dw. Harrap. 1944 On board HMS Hotspur inc. Malta convoys, supplying Tobruk garrison, Battle of Matapan, &c. VG in chipped dw. [Ref: 61481] £25

139. JOHNSON (Brig. R.F.) Regimental Fire: The Honourable Artillery Company in World War II 1939-1945.

1st Ed., xx+440pp., 59 photos., 12 maps (some fldg). VG in dw. The Regt. 1958 North Africa 1941-43, Sicily & Italy 1943-45, NW Europe 1944-45. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in dw. [Ref: 61476] £50

140. KEMSLEY (Capt. W.) & RIESCO (Capt. M.R.) The Scottish Lion on Patrol: Being the Story of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment 1943-1946.

1st Ed., 232pp., 12 plates, 20 maps, ep maps. Bristol: White Swan Press. 1950 Recce Bn., 15th (Scottish) Division, Normandy to the Baltic inc. Rhine Crossing &c. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. [Ref: 59854] £125

141. PAKENHAM-WALSH (Maj.-Gen. R.P., CB, MC) History of the Corps of Royal Engineers. Vol. VIII: 1938-1948: Campaigns in France & Belgium, 1939-40, Norway, Middle East, East Africa, Western Desert, North-West Africa, & Activities in the U.K.

1st Ed., xv+488pp., 2 plates, 19 maps (most fldg.). VG in dw. Chatham: Inst. of REs. 1958 Detailed history of all aspects of Sapper operations. Orig. red cloth, gilt, near fine ex-lib. in unmarked cloth & dw, & scarce. [Ref: 61483] £45

142. ROSSE (Capt. The Earl of. MBE) HILL (Col. E.R.) The Story of the Guards Armoured Division.

2nd Imp., 320pp., 12 illus, 5 maps. VG in dw. Bles. 1956 Normandy to the Rhine. Orders of Battle, &c. VG in dw. [Ref: 54718] £45

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143. SMALLEY (Edward) The British Expeditionary Force, 1939-40.

1st Ed., xiv+272pp. Palgrave Macmillan. 2015 Assessment of the BEF & the reasons for its defeat in 1940 based on "Extensive archival research within the essential areas of training, communications, discipline, headquarters & staff reveals how military performance was undermined by a confused mind-set, an uncertain skills-set & a lack of competitiveness." Orig. printed boards, as issued (scarcer

hardback edition), VG. [Ref: 61447] £30

144. WHEATLEY (R.) Operation Sea Lion: German Plans for the Invasion of England 1939-1942.

1st Ed., xiv+201pp., 7 plates, 5 fldg. maps. VG in chipped dw. Oxford Univ. Press. 1958 Standard account based on documentary material captured in the rapid Allied advance 1944-45. [Ref: 59616] £15

145. WILSON (Cat) Churchill on the Far East in the Second World War: Hiding the History of the 'Special Relationship.'

1st Ed., xi+265pp. Palgrave Macmillan. 2014 How WSC's portrayal of the war against Japan shaped the historical narrative & "how he mythologised wartime Anglo-American relations in his memoirs in order to foster a united post-war 'special relationship'."Orig. printed boards, as issued (scarcer hardback edition), VG. [Ref: 61484] £30

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Regimental History

146. The 11th Battalion Gordon Highlanders 1914-1916.

1st Ed., orig. printed card wraps., 115pp., 31 photos. Published for the Battalion by Maclure, Macdonald & Co., Glasgow. 1916 Story of this training bn. in the UK with valuable rolls of the services of around 240 Gordons officers & many more NCOs who passed through it; also various named group

photos. of officers, NCOs &c., also a nominal roll with group photo. of every draft provided for the front, recording many hundreds of names & faces. VG & very scarce. [Ref: 60155] £145

147. 14th Heavy Battery R.G.A. War Diary, List of Honours & Awards to Officers, N.C.O.'s & Men Whilst Serving with the Battery, List of Officers who have Served with the Battery & Battery Roll of Honour.

1st Ed., 108pp., 7 photos., fldg. map (showing positions & dates where the Battery was in action, 1915-1918). Robert Scott. 1919 Contains Battery history, War Diary & various rolls as stated in the title. Roll os casualties includes the wounded, inc. place & nature of wounds; roll of awards includes citations inc. MMs; officers' service roll

includes dates of service with unit & other details. Served at the Somme 1916, Arras 1917 &c. Orig. paper covd. boards with title & coloured cloth onlay to front (formation sign), nice copy & scarce, with comp. slip from the OC & Officers loosely inserted. [Ref: 58852] £120

148. 5th London Field Ambulance, 47th (London) Division T.F. 1914-1919.

1st Ed., 22pp., photo. (of memorial tablet), map. Printed by Lake & Bell Ltd. 1935 War Diary + Roll of Hon., awards, roll of officers, warrant officers & NCOs. Orig. green cloth, gilt.

VG. [Ref: 61317] £85

149. Historical Records of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Volume III.

1st Ed., xxiii+468pp., 4to, 31 plates, 20 of 22 fldg. maps. Blackwood. 1931 Fine record of the regular Cameron battalions 1914-1918, 1st Bn. on Western Front & 2nd Bn. in Salonika. Roll of Hon., awards, &c. Orig. dark green cloth, gilt, VG & rare, clean ex-MHS copy, lacking 2 of the 5 end-pocket maps. [Ref: 61336] £100

150. History of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles.

1st Ed., xvi+489pp., col. frontis., 26 photos., 14 maps. Printed for the Regt. 1921 Detailed history: 1st Bn. Western Front 1915-18; 2nd Bn. F&F briefly then Palestine & back to France in 1918. Nominal roll, awards &c. Orig. grey cloth, titled in blue, VG, nice clean copy. [Ref: 61445] £35

151. The History of the Tyne Electrical Engineers, Royal Engineers. From the formation of the Submarine Mining Company of the 1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Durham Volunteers Royal Engineers in 1884 to 1933.

1st Ed., xvii+271pp., 4to, 49 plates, 7 maps & plans ( 6 fldg.). Newcastle: Ward. 1935 Excellent history largely devoted to anti-aircraft searchlight operations at home & overseas in France & Flanders 1915-1918. Officers' services. Orig. blue cloth, gilt. VG. [Ref: 61381] £65

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152. The London Cyclist Battalion: A Chronicle of Events Connected with the 26th (Middx.) V.R.C., & the 25th (C. of L.) Cyclist Bn., The London Regiment, & Military Cycling in General.

1st Ed., xi+292pp., 24 plates, 3 maps. Forster Groom, for the Regt. 1932 Valuable coverage of the early days of these "cads on castors" followed by active service in Waziristan 1917, Amritsar Rising & 3rd Afghan War (drafts also served in Mespot. in WW1). Officers rolls. Orig. pale blue cloth, sp. a little marked o/w very nice copy with loosely inserted OCA membership slip for H.

Garside, & compliments slip & printed envelope from the sce. of the OCA. [Ref: 61319] £95

153. Record of the 5th (Service) Battalion The Connaught Rangers from 19th August, 1914, to 17th January, 1916.

1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 231pp., 4 fldg. maps + 1 in text. Printed for Private Circulation by Frederick Hall at The Oxford Univ. Press. nd [1916]. Very detailed history of the raising of this Service Battalion & its campaign in Gallipoli with the 10th (Irish) Division, with several excellent maps (with coloured detail), several lists of officers (& many mentioned in the text). Orig.

printed wraps., VG ex-IWM (with small Withdrawn stamp inside rear cover, o/w VG & rare. [Ref: 61318] £225

154. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service 1914-1918.

1st Ed., 136pp., 30 plates, map. Glasgow: Clark. 1920 A 'Pals' battalion; F&F 1915-18 (Somme 1/7/16 at Mouquet Farm where Sgt. Turnbull won a VC; Beaumont Hamel; Messines; Passchendaele &c.). Nominal roll, awards. Orig. grey & red cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. [Ref: 61444] £45

155. Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Geological Work on the Western Front.

1st Ed., 71pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution. 1922 Another typically detailed & well-illustrated volume in this series with much on tunnelling & mining in Flanders & other geological work in relation to operations &c., with an impressive range of photos. & sectional drawings, coloured maps & diagrams. Orig. blue cloth, VG &

rare. [Ref: 61364] £165

156. Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. The Signal Service (France).

1st Ed., xvi+359pp., frontis., 20 drawings/diagrams (some fldg.). Chatham: RE Institution. 1921 Excellent, detailed survey & history of signals throughout the war on the Western Front. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. sunned & little chipped o/w VG with ownership inscrip. of "Joseph Doust. 'Worlston,' Overcliffe, Gravesend, January 1922" & loosely inserted orig. typescript foolscap leaf "Report on Working of

Wireless Communication, 56th Division During the Advance Between November 3rd. and 11th. 1918" dated 19/11/1918 & signed by J. Doust, Lieut. R.E., O.C. Signals Wireless Section 56th Division. Also a later ownership inscription. [Ref: 61365] £165

157. Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Work Under the Director of Works (France).

1st Ed., viii+279pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution. 1924 Another typically detailed & well-illustrated volume in this series with a history of L-of-C organisation & work followed by a thematic approach e.g., Ammunition Depots, Bakeries; Forestry; Hospitals; Hutting; Labour, Military Prisons, Remount Depots &c., with

impressive range of photos. & sectional drawings, maps & diagrams: a goldmine of information on L-of-C arrangements. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61366] £145

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158. Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Bridging.

1st Ed., 87pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution. 1921 Typically detailed & well-illustrated volume in this series with a history of bridging during operations (as canals, rivers & other obstacles needed to be overcome), also types of bridges, loads &c., with impressive range of photos. & drawings, maps & diagrams. Orig.

blue cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61367] £145

159. Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-19. Military Mining.

1st Ed., x+148pp., 29 photos., 61 plates/diagrams/sketches (many fldg.). Chatham: Mackay & Co. for the Insitution of Royal Engineers. 1922 Superb & now very rare reference on Western Front mining: outline history of operations, technical aspects & mine rescue, with splendid illustrations inc. fldg. maps of trench & tunnel systems, aerial photos., photos. & sketches of

methods & equipment. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61368] £225

160. Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Miscellaneous.

1st Ed., [v]+372pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution. 1927 Superb volume contains The Organisation & Expansion of the Corps, 1914-18; Engineer Intelligence & Information; Camouflage Service; Concrete Defence Works & Factories; Forward Communications; AA Searchlights &c. Typically detailed &

well-illustrated with many interesting subjects inc. photos. & sectional drawings of observation post trees & other forms of OP, pillbox designs (the Moir & others). Just 600 copies printed of this valuable volume. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG with ownership inscrip. of the writer Alan Sillitoe. [Ref: 61384] £165

161. ADDISON (James Thayer, Regimental Chaplain) The Story of the First Gas Regiment.

1st Ed., x+326pp., 37 photos., 6 maps. VG in chipped/worn dw. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1919 History of an American"offensive gas unit" initially designated 30th Engineers, then after Aug. 1918 the 1st Gas Regiment. In action at Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne &c. With descriptions of weapons, nominal roll, citations &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG in chipped & worn dw. Rare. [Ref: 61347] £85

162. ANDERSON (Col. A.T., CMG) War Services of the 62nd West Riding Divisional Artillery.

1st Ed., xii+142pp. Cambridge: No imprint (For the Author). 1920 Western Front from Jan. 1917: including the spring advance on the Somme during that year; the attack at Bullecourt; trench warfare during that summer then the Battle of Cambrai; German offensive of spring 1918, with the 5th French Army around Reims & the Final Advance. Rolls of officers (noting those wounded or killed) & awards.

Orig. dec. cloth, VG with loosely inserted slip "This book is only obtainable from:- Col. A.T. Anderson..." [Ref: 61459] £95

163. ATKINSON (C.T.) The Devonshire Regiment 1914-1918.

1st Ed., xxv+742pp., 2 plates, 56 maps & plans (some fldg.). VG in dw. Exeter: Eland Bros. 1926 Excellent history. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in in little chipped/torn but complete dw & very scarce thus. [Ref: 61359] £120

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164. BORASTON (Lt.-Col. J.H.) & BAX (Capt. C.E.) The Eighth Division in War 1914-1918.

1st Ed., xv+359pp., 18 illus., 21 maps. VG in dw. Medici. 1926 Regular Div. F&F 1914-18 inc. Festubert; Aubers Ridge; Loos; Somme; Arras; 3rd Ypres; March Retreat; Final Advance. Order of Battle, awards roll, col. plates of unit patches. Orig. cloth, gilt, VG in sl. chipped dw. [Ref: 59297] £85

165. BOYLE (Col. W., OBE, TD) History of the 2nd West Yorkshire Royal Engineers Volunteers, The Northern Telegraph Companies RE (Army Troops), The 49th (West Riding) Divisional Signals 1861-1936.

1st Ed., 93pp. No imprint, printed by the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Co., Leeds. 1936 Detailed pre-1914 history of these Engineer Volunteers, some detail on WW1. Includes service details of the officers. Orig. green cloth, gilt, front past-down dampstained o/w VG. [Ref: 61464] £35

166. BURTON (Lt.-Col. F.N.) & COMYNS (Lt. A.P., MC) The War Diary (1914-1918) of 10th (Service) Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers.

1st Ed., 100pp. Plymouth: Wm. Brendon & Son. 1926 Raising, training & services in France from Sept. 1915: served Ypres Salient, Somme, Arras &c. Casualties of all ranks noted throughout, awards &c. Paper wraps. with label to front. Rare. [Ref: 61312] £145

167. CARY (A.D.L., OBE) & McCANCE (Capt. S.) Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Vols. I & II. 1689-1815 & 1816-1914.

1st Ed., 2 Vols., 4to, xxi+324pp., 8 col. & 7 b/w plates, 1 map & xviii+425pp., 7 col. & 15 b/w plates, 1 map. Published for the RUSI by Forster Groom & Co. Ltd. 1921/1923 These vols. contain Napoleonic Wars, inc. Peninsula & Waterloo, Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Ashanti, Burma 1885, Black Mountain Expedition, Boer War &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt titles to sp. & red "R.W.F." lettering & dragon symbol to front of each vol., very nice pair of the excellent quality original edition. [Ref: 61375] £90

168. CLIFFORD (Sir Hugh) The Gold Coast Regiment in the East African Campaign.

1st Ed., ix+306pp., portrait frontis., 7 plates, fldg. map + 4 in text. Murray. 1920 Good history & scarce, "Very readable, & a good 'human interest' view of the operations" - Perkins 247. Includes rolls of European Officers, British NCOs & Native troops awarded decorations. Orig. toffee cloth, gilt, nice copy, VG & scarce. Signature & bookplate of John William Oldfield (Major, CMG,

OBE, MC, member of the State Council of Ceylon &c.) [Ref: 61442] £145

169. [COBHAM (Lord)] The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914-1922.

By "C." 1st Ed., [xiv]+251pp., 4to, 18 plates, 14 maps (some fldg.). Stourbridge: Mark & Moody. 1926 Served Gallipoli (Suvla Bay landing) followed by Egypt & Palestine inc. Qatia 1916 when they were surprised & had heavy casualties, with many being captured. The rebuilt regiment fought with the Desert Mounted Corps at Huj, Gaza,

capture of Jerusalem &c. Embarkation roll & rolls of subsequent drafts received, noting casualties, awards &c. for all ranks. "well written & handsomely produced" - Falls. Little rubbed & worn externally but VG in orig. publisher's cloth. Very scarce. [Ref: 61332] £145

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170. COOKE (Capt. C.H.) Historical Records of the 16th (S) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers.

1st Ed., xx+235pp., 16 plates, 4 maps. For private distribution. 1923 Western Front inc. Thiepval 1/7/16 &c. Nominal roll, Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61356] £65

171. COOKE (Capt. C.H.) Historical Records of the 19th (Service) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers (Pioneers).

1st Ed., [xi]+306pp., 20 plates, 6 maps (2 fldg.). For private distribution. 1923 2nd Tyneside Pioneers, Western Front with 35th Division from Jan. 1916; author was Adjutant. Nominal roll, Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. cloth, VG & scarce. [Ref: 61355] £65

172. DANIELS (Driver S., RE) With the NTF: A History of the 95th Field Company of the Corps of Royal Engineers.

1st Ed., viii+102pp. Printed for Private Circulation by Adlard & Son & West Newman, Ltd. 1919 Rare privately circulated history of this Field Company's raising in 1914 & subsequent services with the 7th Division in France & Flanders 1915-18 inc. battles of Loos 1915, Somme & Ancre 1916, Ypres 1917 then in Italy during 1918. Orig. green cloth, titled in red to front board, little rubbed/marked

but VG & rare with loosely inserted letter from the author: "My Dear Friend... Am forwarding a book which you request... This little stunt has been a heavy job, & I've bags of correspondence... so please excuse more just now, as I'm so busy... I remain Yours Very Sincerely, Sam Daniels." At the foot on the letter is an ink no. "84" which might indicate the number of the copy now being sent: in any case the letter demonstrates that this was a private venture by Driver Daniels & that he was personally sending copies out to old comrades. [Ref: 61420] £125

173. FORTESCUE (John) & BEADON (Col. R.H., CBE) The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport & Supply in the British Army.

1st Ed., 2 Vols., ix+278pp., 2 portraits, 14 fldg. maps & xlix+534pp., 15 fldg. maps & 2 diagrams. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1931 Vol. I contains campaigns from 18th Century to Boer War, inc. Peninsula & Waterloo, Afghan, Sikh & Kaffir Wars, Crimea, Ashanti, Egypt & the Sudan &c. Vol. II entirely devoted to WW1 in France, Gallipoli, Balkans & Black

Sea, Egypt & Palestine, Mespot., East Africa, Italy, North Russia & the war period in the UK. Copy No. 25 of the attractive large paper subscriber's edition of 227 copies, with superior paper stock & binding. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61439] £95

174. FOX (Major C.L., MC, RE) Narrative of the 502 (Wessex) Field Company Royal Engineers 1915-1919.

1st Ed., viii+192pp., 2 plates, 2 fldg. maps. Rees. 1920 57th Div., Western Front from Feb. 1917: Armentieres Sector, Ypres, &c. A very readable book containing much interesting detail of the formation & active service experience of the unit. Nominal rolls of members of the unit on embarkation &, by Sections on 11/11/1918. Roll of Hon.(both killed & wounded), awards. Orig. blue

cloth, unevenly faded, o/w VG with loosely inserted 1921 letter from the author to a Major Kennedy: "I am much obliged by your letter... & your offer to put a notice of my little book in the local press. I am sending a copy to very member who served overseas in the Coy. on them sending me 6d. to cover postage... Other copies are selling at 5/- post free..." Scarce. [Ref: 61328] £95

175. AS ABOVE:

1st Ed., viii+192pp., 2 plates, 2 fldg. maps. Rees. 1920 57th Div., Western Front from Feb. 1917: Armentieres Sector, Ypres, &c. A very readable book containing much interesting detail of the formation & active service experience of the unit. Nominal rolls of members of the unit on embarkation &, by Sections on 11/11/1918. Roll of Hon. (both killed & wounded), awards. Orig. blue cloth, unevenly faded, o/w VG & scarce. [Ref: 61422] £85

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176. GEE (Sgt. A.E., MM) & SHAW (Cpl. A.E.) A Record of D245 Battery 1914-1919.

lllustrations by Bdr. Norman Tennant, DCM, ARCA. 1st Ed., viii+182pp., 9 plates, num. text sketches, lge. fldg. map, several sketch maps of battery positions. Renwick of Otley. nd (c.1931) 11th West Riding Howitzer Battery, from Ilkley. Western Front from April 1915 & for most of the year the battery position was between Boesinghe & Brielen near the Yser canal; Somme 1916 (around

Authuille Wood), Passchendaele 1917 &c. Nominal roll, casualties & awards rolls. Orig. blue cloth, VG & scarce. [Ref: 61372] £75

177. GIBBS (W.C.) A Record of the 203rd Field Company (Cambs.) Royal Engineers 1915-1919.

1st Ed., viii+117pp. Cambridge: Heffer. 1921 Raised in 1914, the unit served in France/Flanders from Jan. 1916 to the armistice with the 33rd Division, including Somme 1916, Arras, Ypres 1917 & German offensives of 1918. A most interesting regimental history-cum-personal memoir, with awards roll at end. Orig. grey paper covd. boards, titled in black to front & sp., top half-inch of sp. panel

missing, o/w VG with small label pasted onto ffep recording presentation to Mr. J. Peck of the 203rd Coy. With the Compliments of Col. Harding. Note: The first leaf of the main text (pp.1/2) has been replaced, pasted on to the stubb of the original: presumably necessitated by a text error. Not previously seen by me so evidently rare. [Ref: 61333] £145

178. GRAHAM (Capt. H.W., MC, RE) The Life of a Tunnelling Company, Being an Intimate Story of the Life of the 185th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, in France during the Great War, 1914-1918.

Intro. by Lt.-Col. R.G. Stokes, DSO, OBE, MC, late Controller of Mines, 1st Army, BEF. 1st Ed., xv+180pp., 19 sketch portraits of officers, one of dog, map. Hexham: J. Catherall & Co. (Printers). 1927 Personal narrative & unit history of 185 T.C. from the author's arrival in Feb. 1916 onwards, mainly ops. on the Arras-Vimy front. Roll of officers. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG & very scarce account. [Ref: 61323] £165

179. GRIMWADE (Capt. F. Clive) The War History of the 4th Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1914-1919.

1st Ed., xii+532pp., 12 photos., 21 maps. The Regiment. 1922 1/4th Bn. briefly in Malta then Western Front from Neuve Chapelle to armistice inc. 2nd Ypres, 1/7/16 at Gommecourt, Arras, 3rd Ypres, Cambrai &c., 2/4th Bn. in France from Jan. 1917 inc. Bullecourt, 3rd Ypres, Final Advance &c. Detailed history with various rolls of officers &c., awards roll. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, nearly closed

tear at head of sp., VG & rare. [Ref: 61463] £120

180. [HOLT (Capt. H.P.)] The History of the 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 1914-1918.

1st Ed., xi+112pp., 4 portraits, 15 maps. Privately printed. 1937 France & Flanders 1915-18. It is known that just 250 copies were printed. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG, nice copy & rare. [Ref: 61330] £125

181. HUNT (Henry G., TD, Capt. IA, Retd.) The Battery Book.

1st Ed., limp wraps., [vii]+137pp., portrait frontis., 7 photos. Dorchester: Friary Press. 1971 1/6th Hants. Battery RFA TF, 1914-17 by then-No. 833 Bombardier Hunt who joined the battery in 1912, served with it in India from 1914-17 & then received a commission in the IA. An amusing & enlightening account of service in India during WW1, including a leave trip to the

Himalayas in 1915. VG. [Ref: 61441] £30

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182. JAMIE (Lt.-Col. J.P.W., MC) The 177th Brigade 1914-1918.

1st Ed., 73pp., 19 photos., 3 maps (2 fldg.). Leicester: Thornley. 1931 2/4th & 2/5th Bns., Lincolnshire & Leicestershire Regiments, Ireland 1915-16 (incl. the Easter Rising) then Western Front with 59th Div. from Feb. 1917 inc. 3rd Ypres & Cambrai, German counter-attack at Bullecourt, 1918 &c. Notes on the careers & services of senior officers in the Brigade. Orig. green cloth, VG & very scarce.

[Ref: 61326] £125

183. KEESON (Major C.A.C.) The History & Records of Queen Victoria's Rifles 1792-1922.

1st Ed., xxii+670pp., 21 plates, 20 fldg. maps. Constable. 1923 9th Londons Western Front. Excellent narrative inc. Hill 60, Gommecourt, 3rd Ypres, Cambrai &c. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG, large folding map present. [Ref: 61331] £50

184. LIDDELL HART (Capt. B.H.) The Tanks: The History of the Royal Tank Regiment & its predecessors, Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, Tank Corps & Royal Tank Corps 1914-1945.

1st Ed., 2 Vols., xix+462pp. & xiv+555pp., 101 photos., 5 maps. VG in chipped dws. Cassell. 1959 Excellent & detailed standard history. Vol. I covers WW1 & the inter-war years of development; Vol. II covers WW2. Orig. black cloth, silver gilt, VG in chipped dws. [Ref: 59301] £65

185. MATTHEWS (Lt. E.C., DCLI) With the Cornwall Territorials on the Western Front: Being the History of the 5th Bn. D.C.L.I. in the Great War.

1st Ed., xlv+191pp., 11 plates, 4 maps. VG in chipped dw. Cambridge: Spalding. 1921 Appealing history F&F May 1916 onwards with 61st Div. inc. Laventie & Somme, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai, Somme 1918 & Final Advance. Officers Roll of Hon., awards, biog. notes. Plate 'Badge of the Cornwalls' invariably absent: was never placed in any copy. The author was Ernest Channing Matthews (as he appears in the

Army Lists of the period), later known as Ernest Matthews Channing-Renton & was an interesting character: sometime a British vice-consul & an artist in oils, water-colour, Indian ink & charcoal, as recorded in contemp. works of reference. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, dec. with DCLI badge to front, VG indeed in chipped but neatly repaired & scarce dw. [Ref: 59666] £145

186. MAURICE-JONES (Col. K.W., DSO) The History of the Coast Artillery in the British Army.

1st Ed., xvi+237pp., frontis., 6 fldg. maps in end-pocket, 11 in text. VG ex-AMOT in chipped dw. RA Inst. 1959 Coast Artillery worldwide from earliest days to disbanding in 1956. Orig. cloth, VG ex-AMOT in chipped dw. [Ref: 58718] £30

187. OATTS (Lt.-Col. L.B., DSO) I Serve: Regimental History of the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards).

1st Ed., [xii]+333pp., 4to, 5 col. plates, 36 photos., 11 fldg. maps. The Regt. 1966 Inc. Peninsular war, Crimea, Indian Mutiny, Boer War, Western Front 1914-18 & Sherman tanks in Burma 1943-45. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61370] £30

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188. PRIESTLEY (Major R.E., MC) Breaking the Hindenburg Line: The Story of the 46th (North Midland) Division.

2nd Imp., 200pp., 16 plates, 2 fldg. maps. VG in dw. Fisher Unwin. 1919 Principally the Final Advance in 1918 with Orders of Battle, 1915 & 1918, roll of officers in the division at 29/9/18. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in worn & neatly repaired but scarce & attractive dw. [Ref: 60430] £65

189. SAWYER (Bt. Lt.-Col. J.E.H., MD, RAMC [T]) Ed. The Birmingham Territorial Units of the R.A.M.C. 1914-1919.

1st Ed., 203pp., fldg. table. B'ham: Allday. nd (1921) Good & very scarce history of the activities of these local T.F. units (1st & 2nd South Midland Field Ambulances &c.), also staff of Birmingham Hospital & Birmingham medical men. Much interesting detail. Orig. maroon qtr. cloth, paper covd. boards, VG. [Ref: 61314] £95

190. SHEPHERD (Major W.S., MC) The 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment (99th) A Record of their Fighting in the Great War, 1914-18.

1st Ed., [viii]+182pp., 12 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1927 Western Front from Oct. 1914 with 7th Div., Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Somme, Arras, 3rd Ypres, March offensive, Champage 1918 (with 19th Div.) &c. Rolls of awards & of officers killed. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, old adhesive stains on eps o/w VG throughout & rare. [Ref: 61327] £125

191. SMITH (James) History of the 206th Field Company (1st Glasgow) Royal Engineers, 14th Infantry Brigade, 32nd Division, British Expeditionary Force, France, Belgium, Germany: 1915-1919.

1st Ed., 110pp., 47 photos., 3 maps (2 fldg.). Paisley: Printed for Private Circulation. 1932 Very rare history based on unit war diary, recounting origin & training of this New Army field coy., ops. on the Somme (inc. 1/7/16 at Blighty Valley) with great immediacy, followed by a section of reminiscences of members, Roll of Hon., awards, roll of unit on embarkation in Nov. 1915.

Beautifully printed & VG but for a little staining to foot of last few leaves, orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, this copy inscribed by Capt. F.J. Williams RE, who is listed in the roll of officers, with two original photos. affixed to ffep: these both appear in the book but in small scale, while the originals here present are larger & proper photos. One depicts three officers outside a hut in France called Sauchiehall Street; the other a Section group after the armistice - one officer - presumably Williams appears in both. [Ref: 61371] £145

192. SMITH (Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick) A History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps 1796-1919.

1st Ed., xii+268pp., 10 col. uniform plates (numbered A-J), 13 b/w plates. Published for the "R.A.V.C. Officers' Fund" by Bailliere, Tindall & Cox. 1927 History + notes on uniform & rolls of officers present in Peninsula, Waterloo & numerous other campaigns in India, Africa &c. 1799-1908. WW1 officers Roll of Hon. (plate). Handsomely produced work. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61479] £95

193. STRUTT (Lt.-Col. G.A., TD) Ed. The Derbyshire Yeomanry War History 1914-1919.

1st Ed., xvi+211pp., 13 illus. Derby: Bemrose. 1929 Gallipoli from Aug. 1915 then in Egypt against the Senussi & later Salonika. Officers' roll, Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, VG & scarce. [Ref: 61320] £85

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194. SUTHERLAND (Capt. D., MC, TD) War Diary of the Fifth Seaforth Highlanders, 51st (Highland) Division.

1st Ed., xi+180pp., 9 portraits, map. John Lane (On Active Service series). 1920 Western Front 1915-18 with 51st (Highland) Div. & this account is based on the unit's war diary as well as the author's private diary as Signal Officer of the 152nd Infantry Brigade &c., awarded MC & bar. "Captain Sutherland's book is... more than a mere Regimental or even Divisional

Record, for he has added a really human interest to his narrative by the introduction of just the right amount of incident, & by his own keen & intelligent interest in the fortunes of his Battalion." Awards roll. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG with presentation inscription from the author: To Colonel H.J. Kinghorn C.B. with compliments from the Author. D. Sutherland, Capt., Wick, 7.11.35. [Ref: 61313] £95

195. SWANN (Maj.-Gen. J.C., CB) The 2nd Bucks Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-1918.

1st Ed., 50pp., fldg. map. No imprint/date. (c.1922). Somewhat slight history but very rare. Rolls of Honours & Awards, officers &c. Casebound edition, orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, VG. [Ref: 61311] £125

196. THODAY ([Lt.] Francis) & ANSTEY (Tom) The 4th Devons: A History of the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, 1852-1952.

1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., [viii]+144pp., 2 illus., map. Exeter: Printed by Wm. Pollard & Co. 1952 Raising & training, 1/4th WW1 in Mespot 1916-1919: Relief of Kut &c., WW2 at Gibraltar &c., with much interesting detail throughout, a roll of the original volunteers of 1852-53, volunteers who served in Boer War with 2nd Devons, several WW1/WW2 era rolls of officers & senior NCOs. VG & scarce. [Ref: 61358] £45

197. THOMPSON (Maj.-Gen. C.W., CB, DSO) The Records of the Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) 1914-1919.

1st Ed., xi+155pp., frontis., 7 portraits, 5 maps. Sherborne: Bennett & Co. 1921 Served Gallipoli (Suvla Bay landing), Egypt & Palestine. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. red & blue cloth, silver gilt, VG & scarce. [Ref: 61360] £75

198. WARD (Major C.H. Dudley, DSO, MC) Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Regt.). Vol. III: 1914-18 France & Flanders.

1st Ed., xv+498pp. + [18]pp. index, 4to, 21 illus., 50 maps, sketches of divl. signs &c. Forster Groom. 1928 The Western Front volume of the detailed substantial history of the 'literary regiment of WW1' in which soldiered Sassoon, Graves, Dunn, Adams, de Sola Pinto & Frank Richards. Roll of Hon. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, to sp. & red "R.W.F." lettering & dragon symbol to front, very nice copy of the excellent quality original edition. [Ref:

61376] £65

199. WARD (Major C.H. Dudley, DSO, MC) Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Regt.). Vol. IV: 1915-18 Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria.

1st Ed., xv+406pp. + [17]pp. index, 4to, 22 illus., 29 maps, sketches of divl. signs &c. Forster Groom. 1929 5th, 6th & 7th RWF at Gallipoli inc. Helles Landing & Suvla Bay, also Mesopotamia, Palestine & Salonika campaigns. Roll of Hon. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, to sp. & red "R.W.F." lettering & dragon symbol to front, very nice copy of the excellent quality original edition. [Ref: 61377] £65

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200. WEETMAN (Capt. W.C.C., MC)) The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1/8th Battalion.

1st Ed., 323pp., portrait frontis., 14 plates, 11 maps/plans (2 fldg.). Nottingham: Forman & Sons. 1920 46th North Midland Div., F&F March 1915 onwards inc. Ypres Salient (at Kemmel &c.), Battle of Loos, Somme 1916 (Gommecourt &c.) &c. to June 1919. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61466] £75

201. WYRALL (Everard) The 17th (S) Bn. Royal Fusiliers 1914-1919.

1st Ed., viii+312pp., map. Methuen. 1930 Western Front 1915-18: Battles of the Somme & Ancre, Arras, Bourlon Wood, German Offensive & Final Advance. Nominal roll, Roll of Hon. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. This copy with interesting letter from 75140 Pte. F.H. Capewell, No. 2 Coy., 17th Royal Fusiliers, dated 22nd Feb. 1917, loosely inserted, describing his arrival in France &c.,

together with a letter from his sister, dated 5th April 1918, giving the news of his death "my brother Fred died of wounds received in the last big battle, on Monday April 1st. He was wounded on the Sunday 24th March & brought home on the Thursday following. A bullet hit him in the middle of the back.." Having been repatriated prior to his death from wounds, Pte. Frederick Harold Capewell, son of Brian Charles & Lily Rosina Capewell, of Clapham. London, is buried in South Norwood Cemetery, London. [Ref: 61341] £75

202. WYRALL (Everard) History of the Somerset Light Infantry 1914-1919.

1st Ed., xvi+419pp., 4to, 29 portraits, 7 illus., 21 maps. Methuen. 1927 All bns. on all main fronts. Awards roll. Orig. three qtr. black morocco, green cloth covd. boards, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61443] £65

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203. The National Roll of the Great War. Section XII: Bedford & Northampton.

1st Ed., [vi]+425pp., 4to. National Pubg. Co. nd (c.1920). Service details of some thousands from the Bedford & Northampton region. VG. [Ref: 60054] £35

204. ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY: ALLARDYCE (M.D.) Ed. University of Aberdeen Roll of Service in the Great War 1914-1919.

1st Ed., x+441pp., 4to, approx. 335 portraits. Aberdeen Univ. Press. 1921 Contains detailed obits. (with portraits) of 335 who fell & service details of many hundreds more. Orig. cloth, stained, overall sound & internally VG. [Ref: 60271] £75

205. GEORGE WATSON'S COLLEGE: A Memorial Record of Watsonians who served in the Great War 1914-1918.

1st Ed., xvi+356pp., 4to, num. portraits. Edinburgh: The School. 1920 Detailed records of 3102 who served, portraits of 590 killed. Orig. maroon & white cloth, gilt, VG. [Ref: 61354] £45

206. LEEDS: SCOTT (W.H.) Leeds in the Great War 1914-1918 A Book of Remembrance.

1st Ed., xiv+324+[206]pp., 73 photos. Leeds: Libs. & Arts Committee. 1923 War work on the Home Front, the Leeds Rifles & other local territorials overseas, Roll of Hon. of 9640 local men (noting rank, no., regt., awards, & how died [i.e., KiA, DoW, &c.]). Orig. blue cloth, gilt (hardback edition, it was also published in a cheaper version in printed wraps.), VG. [Ref: 61329] £50

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Miscellaneous

207. Naval & Military Magazine. Four monthly issues bound together, January to April 1899.

1st Ed., 342pp. in all, num. photos., sketches & drawings. London. Contemp. This series appears to be quite rare among the military periodicals of the era. This volume includes illustrated articles on the Royal Military Academy Woolwich, the Volunteer units of Ipswich, Norwich & Norfolk, Surrey, Kent & Sussex, Hampshire, &c. Also articles about the Garrison

Towns of East Anglia, Canterbury &c., the Cadet Corps of Felsted School, the Port of Dover, &c. Orig. red publisher's cloth, gilt to sp., dec. in black to front, VG, attractive copy. [Ref: 61389] £35

208. Naval & Military Magazine. Vol. III. Six monthly issues bound together, July to December, 1898.

1st Ed., [iv] (contents list) +498pp. in all, num. photos., sketches & drawings. London. Contemp. This series appears to be quite rare among the military periodicals of the era, even though it includes contributions by a number of well-known writers including Major Field RMLI, H.C. Wylly, Archibald Forbes, Col. W.W. Knollys &c. This volume includes illustrated

articles on the Royal Irish Constabulary; The Truth About the Crimea; The Light Brigade in the Crimea; Fighting in Omdurman; Tel-el-Kebir (by 'An Officer Present'); Volunteers a Century Ago; By Way of the Khyber (an illustrated account by Wylly, with sketch map & table of distances), &c. Orig. red publisher's cloth, gilt to sp., dec. in black to front, VG, attractive copy. [Ref: 61388] £35

209. PARROTT (David) Richelieu's Army: War, Government & Society in France, 1624-1642.

1st Ed., xxiv+599pp., 6 maps. VG in dw. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2001 Scholarly study of the French Army of the period. VG in dw. [Ref: 61340] £30

210. PHILPOTT (William J.) Anglo-French Relations & Strategy on the Western Front 1914-18.

1st Ed., x+227pp., 3 maps. VG in dw. Macmillan Press in association with King's College, London. 1996 Acclaimed scholarly study focusing on joint military operations on the Western Front in the context of Anglo-French political & military relationship. Published in the KCL series of Studies in Military & Strageic History. Rare original hardback edition, VG in dw. [Ref: 58603]

£60

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