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221. |
KEYES, ADMIRAL OF THE
FLEET. THE KEYES PAPERS. VOLUME 1 1914 - 1918. Selections
from the Private and Official Correspondance of Admiral of
the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge. Navy Records Society,
1972.
547 pp. with map and frontis portrait. Oig. gilt
decorated cloth.
Important source material containing the letters from
Keyes to his wife during the Dardanelles campaign.
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£ 45.00 |
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222. |
KIERNAN, CAPT. R.H.
ALBERT BALL. A HISTORICAL RECORD. John Hamilton, 1933.
223 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in the rare
pictorial dust wrapper.(A portrait of Ball in full
uniform).
The rare first edition of this definitive biography -
Ball flew with 57 Squadron on the Western Front. |
£150.00 |
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223. |
KIPLING, RUDYARD. HYMN
BEFORE ACTION. Methuen & Co., (1915).
Sm. 4to. 6 pp. Illuminated in colour by Henrietta
Wright.
The poem was specially issued at the outbreak of war in
1914 and this new edition is illuminated as in a medieval
manuscript in colour with a list of symbols used by the
artist. Reilly 189
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£ 50.00 |
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224. |
KIPLING, RUDYARD. THE
IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR - THE FIRST BATTALION - THE
SECOND BATTALION. Edited and compiled from their diaries
and papers. Spellmount Ltd. 1997.
2 vols. with maps and photo illus. throughout. Orig.
cloth in D/W’s.
Good reprint of the 1923 work - this with photo
illustrations. |
£ 50.00 |
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225. |
"KLAXON" (JOHN
GRAHAM BOWER). ON PATROL.
William Blackwood, 1919.
236 pp. with colour frontis. Orig. decorated cloth,
gilt. £45
Good naval poetry - Reilly 63.
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£ 45.00 |
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226. |
FINE FRENCH ARTISTIC AND
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR
226. L’ALBUM DE LA GUERRE 1914 - 1919. HISTOIRE
PHOTOGRAPHIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE RECONSTITUEE
CHRONOLOGIQUEMENT A L’AIDE DE CLICHES ET DE DESSINS
PUBLIES PAR "L’ILLUSTRATION" DE 1914 A 1921.
Paris, L’Illustration, 1922.
2 vols. large folio. 1311 pp. with 42 colour portraits
and other colour plates and photo illustrations
throughout. Bound in full morocco, with gilt decorations.
Some rubbing around the edges but a very good set of this
wonderfull French publication.
The First World War as seen through the eyes of the top
French artists of the period and as published by the
famous French magazine "L’Illustration".
Without doubt one of the finest pictorial expressions of
the war. |
£350.00 |
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227. |
LAFFIN, JOHN. ON THE
WESTERN FRONT. SOLDIER'S STORIES FROM FRANCE AND FLANDERS.
1914 - 1918. Alan Sutton. 1985.
277 pp. with maps and photo illus. Orig. cloth.
Well illustrated.
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£ 20.00 |
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228. |
LAMBERT, ARTHUR. OVER -
THE - TOP. A "P.B.I." IN THE H.A.C. John Long,
(1930).
224 pp. Orig. red cloth, lettered in black.
Ownership inscription in long hand on the front end
paper -
"Louis Carteret Maule, Pte. 6627 H.A.C. 2nd Batt.
Infantry...
Left for France when the 2nd Batt went out on Ist Oct.
1916 from Tower of London. Returned...in Spring or early
summer 1919.."
First edition of this personal account of a private in
2nd Battalion, H.A.C.
His detailed memoirs cover Passchendaele and the Ypres
Salient of late 1917 and the war in Italy. Scarce. |
£ 85.00 |
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229. |
LEASK, G.A. V.C. HEROES
OF THE WAR. George G. Harrap, 1916.
300 pp.with 8 original illustrations by Matania and S.
Begg. Orig. cloth, gilt - a fine copy.
Published in the middle of the War and aimed at the
younger reader. |
£ 45.00 |
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230. |
LEE, JOHN. A SOLDIER’S
LIFE. GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON. 1853 - 1947. Macmillan,
2000.
292 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W.
Very good coverage of the Gallipoli campaign. |
£ 25.00 |
