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21. BALDWIN, HANSON W. WORLD WAR 1. AN OUTLINE HISTORY. Hutchinson. 1963.

181 pp. Orig. cloth in D/W. £20

£ 20.00
22. BALES, CAPT. P.G. THE HISTORY OF THE 1/4TH BATTALION DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S (WEST RIDING) REGIMENT, 1914 - 1919. Halifax, Edward Mortimer, 1920.

4to. 314 pp. with 16 maps and 20 photo plates. Decorated cloth boards, gilt. 

Scarce regimental history covering the Ypres salient through 1915, the Somme in 1916, Passchendaele in 1917, and the last battles of 1918.

£ 85.00
23. BANKS, ARTHUR. A MILITARY ATLAS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. COMMENTARY BY ALAN PALMER. Leo Cooper, 1998

338 pp of diagramatic maps throughout. Orig. cloth in D/W. £20

Pictorial atlas of the war.

£ 20.00
24. BANKS, LT. COL. AND CAPT. R.A. CHELL. WITH THE 10TH ESSEX IN FRANCE. Printed and Published by 10th Essex Old Comrades Assoc., 1924. Second edition.

302 pp. with original illustrations by Norman Howard, and other photo illus. Orig. cloth, boards, paper label to spine. Small tear to spine repaired. 

A good copy of this scarce history which concentrates on the Essex regiments part in the Somme and Passchendaele.

£ 65.00
25. BARCLAY, BRIGADIER C.N. ARMISTICE 1918. J.M. Dent, 1968.

155 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W. 

Good study of the final campaign of August 1918 and the armistice.

£ 24.00
26. BARCLAY, FLORENCE L. MY HEART’S RIGHT THERE. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1914.

62 pp. Orig. decorated cloth, gilt. £30

Patriotic family story - the title is from the song "Tipperary".

£ 30.00
27. BELGIAN REFUGEES. IN THE TRAIL OF THE GERMAN ARMY. The Profits from the sale of this publication will be sent to the funds in aid of the Belgian Refugees. The Daily Chronicle, 1914.

Large 4to.48 pp. with 58 photo illus. throughout. Orig. pictorial wrappers. £85

Dramatic photographs showing the destruction and "violation" by the Germans of Rheims Cathedral, Louvain, Malines, Senlis, Termonde &c. through Belgium in September 1914. The equally dramatic front cover depicts the German vulture clutching a Belgian woman and child.

£ 85.00
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BELLOC, HILAIRE. A GENERAL SKETCH OF THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE FIRST PHASE. Nelson's Continental Library, 1915.

284 pp. with maps. Orig. printed wrappers in the rare dust jacket. 

The cover design by Septimus Scott is of two British officers examining a map behind the protection of their guns.

£ 45.00
29. BENNETT, GEOFFREY. CORONEL AND THE FALKLANDS. Macmillan, 1962.

192 pp. with maps and photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W. (Wrapper torn with some loss). 

£ 20.00
30.
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BENSTEAD, C.R. RETREAT. A STORY OF 1918. Methuen, 1930.

317 pp. with front end paper map. Orig. cloth, gilt in the rare dust wrapper. £85

Powerful account of the final German offensive documented by a Padre serving with an artillery unit. Rare in the dust wrapper.

£ 85.00

 


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