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121. |
DE STEIN, E. (SIR
EDWARD). THE POETS IN PICARDY AND OTHER POEMS. John
Murray. 1919
4to. 91 pp. Orig. cloth.
The author served with the K.R.R.C. in France, 1916 -
1918. Reilly 110.
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£ 35.00 |
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122. |
DEARMER, MABEL. LETTERS
FROM A FIELD HOSPITAL. WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR BY
STEPHEN GWYNN. Macmillan, 1916.
182 pp. Orig. boards, gilt.
A series of letters written from a Field Hospital in
Serbia. Mabel Dearmer, writer and artist, finally
succombed to typhoid in July 1915. Her second son died
some three months later at Suvla Bay on Gallipoli. |
£ 65.00 |
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123. |
DEEDS THAT THRILL THE
EMPIRE. TRUE STORIES OF THE MOST GLORIOUS ACTS OF HEROISM OF
THE EMPIRE'S SOLDIERS AND SAILORS DURING THE GREAT WAR.
Hutchison, (1917 - 1919).
2 Vols. 4to. with 26 coloured and many other original
illus. throughout. Orig. decorated cloth, gilt.
The two volume version of this scarce pictorial and
historical record of the deeds of heroism that resulted in
the awards of medals during the war. Much sought after by
medal collectors this remains the only record of its kind of
many of the important and some of the neglected deeds of the
war.
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£ 225.00 |
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124. |
DEVONALD-LEWIS,
RICHARD.(EDITOR). FROM THE SOMME TO THE ARMISTICE. THE
MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN STORMONT GIBBS, MC. William Kimber,
1986.
206 pp. with maps and photo illus. Orig. cloth in
D/W.
Very well compiled account from the diaries and
reminiscences of Captain Gibbs who served with the 4th
Suffolk's on the Somme, at Arras and Passchendaele, and
the final retreat of 1918. |
£ 30.00 |
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125. |
DEWAR, G.A.B. SIR DOUGLAS
HAIG'S COMMAND. DECEMBER 19, 1915 - NOVEMBER 11TH, 1918.
Constable, Second impression. 1922.
2 vols. 375 pp. with maps. Orig. cloth, gilt. A fine
copy.
Highly detailed standard text - the author’s had
access to Haig’s diaries.
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£ 90.00 |
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126. |
DIARY FOR AUGUST 1916.
LONDON & LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY DIARY.
London & Lancs. Fire insurance Co. 1916.
92 pp. Orig. coloured wrappers. Blank diary for the
month of August 1916 with accounts and usual useful notes
and tables - one of which is a table of life
expectancy! |
£ 15.00 |
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127. |
DICKSEE, LAWRENCE R..
BUSINESS METHODS AND THE WAR. Cambridge University Press,
1915.
71 pp. Orig. printed wrappers.
The text of four lectures given by the author
contrasting business and military methods, the
organisation of labour, unions etc. |
£ 35.00 |
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128. |
DOLDEN, A. STUART. CANNON
FODDER. AN INFANTRYMAN'S LIFE ON THE WESTERN FRONT. 1914 -
18. Dorset, Blandford Press, 1980.
185 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W.
Signed by the Author.
Private diary of service with Ist Battalion London
Scottish. |
£ 45.00 |
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129. |
DUNN, CAPT. J.C. THE
WAR THE INFANTRY KNEW, 1914 - 1919. A CHRONICLE OF SERVICE
IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM WITH THE SECOND BATTALION HIS
MAJESTY'S TWENTY THIRD FOOT, THE ROYAL WELCH
FUSILIERS:FOUNDED ON PERSONAL RECORDS, RECOLLECTIONS AND
REFLECTIONS, ASSEMBLED, EDITED AND PARTLY WRITTEN BY ONE
OF THEIR MEDICAL OFFICERS. Janes, 1987.
613 pp. with 27 sketch maps and photo illus. Orig.
cloth in D/W.
Reprint of the very rare 1938 edition, now itself
scarce. Probably the best personal account of the war on
the Western Front - both Siegfried Sassoon and Robert
Graves served with Dunn. |
£ 45.00 |
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130. |
DYSON, WILL. CARTOONS.
"Daily Herald", April, 1915.
Folio. (2) pp. and 41 plates. Orig. pictorial
wrappers.
Social and political cartoons in the early build up to
the war. |
£ 85.00 |
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