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431. |
THOMPSON, CAPTAIN P.A.
LIONS LED BY DONKEYS. SHOWING HOW VICTORY IN THE GREAT WAR
WAS ACHIEVED BY THOSE WHO MADE THE FEWEST MISTAKES. T.
Werner Laurie, 1927.
317 pp. with maps and photo illus. Orig. cloth,
gilt.
The title words were keyed by the German General Staff
at the beginning of the war - the author uses them in this
history of the conflict, written for his two sons, to
outline the mistakes made over the four years of war on
the Western Front and at Gallipoli and Jutland.
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£ 45.00 |
|
432. |
THOMPSON, EDWARD. IN
ARABY ORION. Ernest Benn, 1930.
83 pp. Orig. cloth in the rare decorated dust
wrapper.
Scarce "novel" of the Palestine campaign. |
£ 65.00 |
|
433. |
THORNE, GUY. THE SECRET
SEAPLANE. Hodder & Stoughton, 1915.
159 pp. Orig. printed cloth in scarce pictorial dust
wrapper.
Scarce novel which ends with an air battle over the North
Sea.
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£ 35.00 |
|
434. |
TOLAND, JOHN. NO MAN'S
LAND. THE STORY OF 1918. Eyre Methuen/Book Club Assoc.
1980.
651 pp. with maps and photo illus. Orig. cloth in
D/W.
A fine copy. |
£ 22.00 |
|
435. |
TOMLINSON. H.M. ALL OUR
YESTERDAYS. William Heinemann, 1930.
539 pp. with frontis portrait. Orig. bead grained
cloth, gilt.
Limited Edition of 1030 copies on large paper and
signed by the Author. Tomlinson's well written personal
account of his part in the war.
|
£100.00 |
|
436. |
TOMLINSON, H.M. ALL OUR
YESTERDAYS. Heinemann, 1930. First Edition.
539 pp. Orig. cloth, gilt, in the scarce pictorial dust
wrapper.
Tomlinson's 'novel' - really a personal memoir of the
war. Falls notes - "It is a very fine book...Certain
of its scenes, as that when the principal character drives
from G.h.Q. to revisit his old comrades in the trenches,
are perfection itself "
|
£ 45.00 |
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437. |
TRAVERS, TIM. THE KILLING
GROUND. THE BRITISH ARMY, THE WESTERN FRONT AND THE
EMERGENCE OF MODERN WARFARE. 1900 - 1918. Allen &
Unwin, soft cover edition. 1990.
309 pp. with maps and photo illus. Orig. pictorial card
covers.
Publisher’s Library copy.
Important and very detailed study of the British army
in the Great War with a case study on the Somme.
|
£ 35.00 |
|
438. |
TRENCH
MAP. 57D N.E. GOMMECOURT. Trenches Corrected to 8.3.16.
22 x 33 ins. Laid on linen. Scale : 1/20,000.
A fine example - with the pencilled name of Capt.
Stoneham on the upper cover.
Detailed map centered on Gommecourt just over two
months before the Battle of the Somme had begun. The mass
of German trecnhes run down the centre of the map.
|
£145.00 |
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439. |
TRENCH MAP. FRANCE SHEET
36 N.E. QUESNOY - LILLE - ROUBAIX
Trenches corrected to 1-5-16.
Ordnance Survey, 1916.
22 x 35 ins. Dissected and laid on linen. A fine
example.
Interesting and rare trench map showing the German
trenches and wire running across the map to the north -
east of the city, which had fallen to the Germans early in
the war.
|
£120.00 |
|
430. |
TRENCH MAP. FRANCE SHEET
36 N.E. QUESNOY - LILLE - ROUBAIX
Trenches corrected to 1-5-16.
Ordnance Survey, 1916.
22 x 35 ins. Dissected and laid on linen. A fine
example.
Interesting and rare trench map showing the German
trenches and wire running across the map to the north -
east of the city, which had fallen to the Germans early in
the war.
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£120.00 |
