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151. |
FRENCH, MAJOR THE HON.
GERALD THE LIFE OF FIELD-MARSHALL SIR JOHN FRENCH. FIRST
EARL OF YPRES. WITH FOREWORDS BY MARSHALL JOFFRE AND
FIELD-MARSHALL VISCOUNT ALLENBY. Cassell & Co., 1931.
431 pp. with 8 plates. Orig. blue cloth, gilt. A fine
copy.
Detailed biography of French by his son which covers in
full his part on the Western Front - the early battles of
1914 and 1915 ending with Loos and the shell scandal.
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£ 50.00 |
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152. |
FRENCH, SIR JOHN. SIR
JOHN FRENCH'S DESPATCHES. FIRST SERIES - OFFICIAL STORY OF
MONS, THE MARNE & THE AISNE;SECOND SERIES - OFFICIAL
STORY OF THE BATTLE AROUND YPRES, ARMENTIERES &c. AND
THE DEFENCE OF ANTWERP. THE GRAPHIC SPECIAL. London, The
Graphic, 1914.
2 vols. oblong 4to. 48 pp. & 40 pp. with panoramic
maps. Orig. wrappers.
A fine example of the two "Graphic" special
editions of French's Despatches covering the first
campaigns of the war.
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£ 65.00 |
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153. |
GARDNER, BRIAN. THE BIG
PUSH. A PORTRAIT OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Quality Book
Club, 3rd Edition. 1961.
176 pp.with 3 maps. Orig. cloth in the original pictorial
dust wrapper.
Readable account of the battle.
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£ 25.00 |
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154. |
GARDNER, BRIAN (EDITOR).
UP THE LINE TO DEATH. THE WAR POETS 1914 - 1918. AN
ANTHOLOGY WITH A FOREWORD BY EDMUND BLUNDEN. Methuen. 1966
188 pp. Orig. cloth in D/W. £35
One of the best anthologies with very useful
biographies of the poets. |
£ 35.00 |
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155. |
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GEE, SERGEANT A.E. &
CORPORAL A.E. SHAW. A RECORD OF D245 BATTERY 1914 - 1919.
Renwick of Otley, 1931.
182 pp. with folding map and original illustrations by
Bomardier Norman Tennant. Orig. decorated cloth, gilt in
the rare D/W.
An exceptional copy of this history of the 11th West
Riding Howitzer Battery who saw action on the Ypres
Salient and the Somme. Rare in the dramatic pictorial dust
wrappper designed by Norman Tennant.
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£ 135.00 |
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156. |
GERMAN HISTORY OF THE
WAR..SCHLACHTEN DE WELTKRIEGES. SOMME - NORD. Berlin,
Oldenburg, 1927.
2 vols. 280 pp & 260 pp. both with folding maps at
rear, and original illustrations as chapter headings.
Quarter black cloth, green marbled boards, gilt.
Fine copies.
Vols. 20 & 21 of the German history of the war
covering in great detail the first battle of the Somme -
including highly detailed maps of postitions and trenches. |
£ 150.00 |
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157. |
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IN THE RARE DUST WRAPPER
157. GIBBS, PHILIP. THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME. William
Kimber, 1917.
336 pp. with 2 folding maps. Orig. cloth in the very
rare dust wrapper designed by Helen McKie. Wrapper sl.
nicked around the edges but a very good example.
Thorough and accurate account by the great British war
journalist. a classic of Somme literature. |
£ 175.00 |
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158. |
GIBBS, PHILIP. THE SOUL
OF THE WAR. William Heinemann, 1915.
364 pp. Orig. cloth, gilt. |
£ 25.00 |
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159. |
GIBBS, PHILIP. THE WAR
DESPATCHES. Isle of Man, Anthony Gibbs and Phillips, 1964.
409 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W.
Compilation of Gibb's history of the war with added
material - published by his son two years after his
father's death. |
£ 45.00 |
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160. |
GIBSON, CHARLES R. WAR
INVENTIONS AND HOW THEY WERE INVENTED.
SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN. An interestingly written
description of the many appliances and weapons used in
war, and how they work, told in simple language. Seeley,
Service, 1918.
256 pp. with plates and diagrams. Orig. pictorial
cloth. Fine copy.
The science of warfare expained and illustrated for
childern between nine and fourteen. |
£ 45.00 |
