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231. |
LEE, LANCE CORPORAL
JOSEPH. BALLADS OF BATTLE. John Murray, 1916.
100 pp. with original illus. by the author. Orig.
quarter cloth, boards.
The author served with the Ist/4th Battalion Black
Watch - his original illustrations provide an interesting
accompanient to his poetry.
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£ 45.00 |
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232. |
PRESENTATION COPY
232. LEFEBURE, VICTOR. THE RIDDLE OF THE RHINE.
CHEMICAL STRATEGY IN PEACE AND WAR. AN ACCOUNT OF THE
CRITICAL STRUGGLE FOR POWER AND FOR THE DECISIVE WAR
INITIATIVE. Collins, Third English edition, 1923.
292 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W..
Presentation copy from the Author to Cecil Hodge.
Examination of the use and effect of gas during the war
- from its first appearance when used by the Germans in
April 1915 at Ypres, to British use on the Somme, to the
development of the gas shell and the invention of the gas
mask. The book goes on to discuss the future use of
chemical weapons after the war. |
£ 85.00.00 |
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233. |
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LEIGH. HOWARD. PLANES OF
THE GREAT WAR. John Hamilton, 1934.
4to. 111 pp. with 50 etched plates by Howard Leigh. Orig.
cloth, gilt.
Includes a foreward by Capt. W.E. Johns. An outstanding
artistic survey of the aircraft of the First World War -
perhaps the best available. Howard Leigh was a successfull
aviation illustrator of the 1930's and was brother to Doris
Leigh, Capt. W.E. John's lifetime companion - his drawings
capture perfectly the symmetry of the aircraft of the war
period.
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£125.00 |
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234. |
LETTS. W.M. HALLOW-E'EN
AND POEMS OF THE WAR. Smith, Elder & Co. 1916.
99 pp. Orig. cloth
Winifred Letts
served as a V.A.D. Nurse during the Great War - many of
the poems are about nursing the soldiers. |
£ 45.00 |
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235. |
LEWIS, CECIL. SAGITTARIUS
RISING. Peter Davies, 1944.
249 pp. Orig. cloth.
Later printing of the classic of the aviation war.
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£ 25.00 |
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236. |
LIDDLE, PETER. MEN OF
GALLIPOLI. THE DARDANELLES AND GALLIPOLI EXPERIENCE,
AUGUST 1914 TO JANUARY 1916. Allen Lane, 1976.
320 pp. with maps and photo illus. Orig. cloth in
D/W.
First edition of this very good account based on
archive material. |
£ 30.00 |
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237. |
LLOYD, ALAN. THE WAR IN THE
TRENCHES. Hart Davis, MacGibbon. 1976
4to. 200 pp. with illus. Orig. cloth in D/W.
First edition of this excellent account.
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£ 25.00 |
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238. |
LONGSTREET, STEPHEN. THE
CANVAS FALCONS. THE MEN AND PLANES OF WORLD WAR I. Leo
Cooper, 1995.
365 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W. |
£ 20.00 |
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239. |
(LOVE, MAJOR STUART).
HISTORY OF THE 520TH (FIELD) COMPANY, R.E. 1914 - 1918.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 2/3RD LONDON (FIELD) COMPANY R.E. (T.F.)
War Narratives Publishing, 1919.
Tall 8vo. 90 pp. with photo frontis. Orig. red cloth,
title in black on upper board.
Scarce Royal Engineer’s company history with detailed
tabulated diary of their moves , Horse Lines, Company
Headquarters, and Sections. Covers Loos, Vimy Ridge, the
Somme, Messines, Cambrai, and the last actions of 1918. |
£ 65.00 |
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240. |
LUCKNER, GRAF FELIX VON.
SEETEUFEL. UBENTEUER AUS MEINEM LEBEN. Leipzig, R.F.
Roehler, 1921.
316 pp. with folding map and photo illus. Orig.
pictorial boards.
The first German edition of this fascinating account of
the "Seeadler" - a captured American three
master formerly named "Pass of Balmaha". The
extraordinary German captain had been trained to command
Raiders and took over in 1916 and equipped the ship to
maskerade as a Norwegian ship named "Maletta".
The raider proceeded to sink ships off the Americas and in
the Pacific. Scarce. |
£125.00 |
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