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ABRAHAM, J. JOHNSTON.
SURGEON'S JOURNEY. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Heinemann,
1957.
441 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth, gilt in the
rare dust wrapper - closed tear to top of spine of wrapper
but a fine copy.
Presentation copy from the Author.The author served as
a surgeon in the Serbian army in 1914, and then with the
R.A.M.C. in Egypt and Palestine - a scarce medical account
in fine condition.
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£ 85.00
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2. |
AGATE, CAPT. JAMES E.L.
L. OF C. (LINES OF COMMUNICATION) BEING THE LETTERS OF A
TEMPORARY OFFICER IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS. Constable,
1917.
288 pp. Orig. cloth.
Many of the letters were published in the
"Manchester Guardian" at the time. |
£ 65.00 |
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3. |
AITKEN, ALEXANDER.
GALLIPOLI TO THE SOMME. RECOLLECTIONS OF A NEW ZEALAND
INFANTRYMAN. O.U.P., 1963.
177 pp. with folding map. Orig. cloth in D/W.
Detailed account of a New Zealander's war at Gallipoli
and on the Western Front during 1915 and 1916. |
£ 35.00 |
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4. |
ALLINSON, SIDNEY. THE
BANTAMS. THE UNTOLD STORY OF WORLD WAR I. Howard Baker.
1981
287 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W.
Extraordinary story behind this unusual fighting unit
in Festubert, Loos, and then the Somme and Schwaben
Redoubt. |
£ 35.00 |
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5. |
ANONYMOUS. HELL
TRIUMPHANT ! BY WAAC. T. Werner Laurie, 1935.
256 pp. Orig. orange cloth lettered in black.
The third title in the WAAC series - this "centres
round a group of unscrupulous and avaricious arms and
munitions manufacturers bent on amassing colossal fortunes
by encouraging as many nations to make war on one
another".
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£ 25.00 |
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6. |
ANTHOLOGY. A MARTIAL
MEDLEY. FACT AND FICTION. Eric Partridge, Scholartis
Press,1931.
361 pp. Orig. cloth, gilt. Limited edition of 1000
copies.
Interesting anthology of war literature - other
contributors include Charles Edmunds, John Brophy, and
Eric Partridge. |
£ 65.00 |
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7. |
ARCHIBALD, NORMAN. HEAVEN
HIGH. HELL DEEP. 1917 - 1918. William Heinemann, 1935.
352 pp. Orig. blue cloth, title lettering in silver,
within the very rare dust wrapper designed by Paul Nash.
Wrapper torn at top of spine with some loss (1 inch) but a
good example.
A good copy of this account of an American serving with
the French air force over the Western Front.
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£ 65.00 |
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8. |
DIRECTOR OF MILITARY
OPERATIONS PERSONAL COPY
ARMY ESTIMATES 1914 - 15.
MEMORANDOM OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR RELATING TO
THE ARMY ESTIMATES FOR 1914-15. ARMY ESTIMATES OF
EFFECTIVE AND NON-EFFECTIVE SERVICES FOR THE YEAR 1914-15.
ARMY (ORDNANCE FACTORIES). ESTIMATES OF CHARGE FOR THE
YEAR 1914-15. HMSO, 1914.
Small folio. 13 x 8 ins. 7pp. + 228 pp. + 8 pp + 124
pp. pink leaves -
Officially bound
in red cloth, gilt. The Army Estimates and the Ordnance
Factories Estimates of charge are interleaved with
specially prepared table and notes printed on pink paper.
Upper cover marked D.M.O. in ink - Director of Military
Operations who at that time was Major General Henry
Wilson, later Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson.
One of very few copies prepared for use by senior
officers and civil servants within the War Office and a
key source on the precise state of the British Army at
home and overseas on the threshold of war.
The basic documents were freely available from the HMSO
but this special copy with interleaved notes on pink paper
of this limited circulation version provides a mass of
additional information that was not for public consumtion
but was of vital concern within the War Office and
Treasury.
These confidential additions provide detailed
explanatory notes and background data on all increases,
decreases and distribution of troops by numbers, units and
formations, analysis of financial implications by breaking
down the aggregate sums entered in the public documents
into their constituent parts, and by giving the history
and precedents for changes and developments in all arms of
the service. For example they include details of the
intended size and structure of the B.E.F. the development
of the R.F.C. subvention funds for mechanical transport,
remount subsidy, decrease in expenditure on artillery and
small arm ammunition, detailed pay structire from the
Infantry private upwards, expansion of the Central Flying
School, providing Hospitals and Hospital Ships. Each
section of the Army is listed with a complete breakdown of
the exact number of men and their duties and pay.
Exceptionally scarce - I can find no copies in the main
UK libraries. |
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9. |
ASCOLI, DAVID. THE MONS
STAR. THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. 5TH AUGUST - 22ND
NOVEMBER 1914. Harrap. 1982.
250 pp. with maps and photo illus. Orig. cloth in
D/W.
First edition of this fine account of the part played
by the "Old Contemptibles". |
£ 30.00 |
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10. |
ASHMEAD-BARTLETT, E. THE
UNCENSORED DARDANELLES. Hutchinson, fifth impression.
(1928)
284 pp. with 2 maps and 25 photo illus. Orig. blue
cloth, gilt. Small repair to top of spine but a very good
copy.
The author, an experienced war correspondant , provides
a clear account of the ill fated campaign. |
£ 45.00 |
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