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471. |
WESTLAKE, RAY. BRITISH
BATTALIONS ON THE SOMME. 1916. Leo Cooper, 1994.
308 pp. with map and photo illus. Orig. cloth in
D/W.
Details the battles and engagements of the 616
battalions involved in the Battle of the Somme. An
invaluable source record.
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£ 22.00 |
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472. |
WHARTON, EDITH. FIGHTING
FRANCE FROM DUNKERQUE TO BELPORT. Macmillan & Co.,
1915.
238 pp. with photo plates. Orig. red cloth, sl darkened
and sl. worn around edges. First edition.
The author’s first hand account of the beginning of
the war - covers the Argonne, Lorraine and the Vosges, the
Northern front, and Alsace. Very scarce in the first
edition. |
£ 45.00 |
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473. |
WHEELER, MAJOR C. Late 15th
County of London C.S.R.; and M.T., R.A.S.C. PARTY ‘SHUN !
Alston Rivers, 1930.
113 pp. with original illustrations by the author and 1
photo illus. Orig. cloth, in the scarce pictorial dust
wrapper. Wrapper nicked and torn around the edges with small
loss.
Humorous look at the war by an officer in a Motor
Transport Corps.
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£ 45.00 |
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474. |
WHITE, B.T. TANKS AND
OTHER ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES. 1900 - 1918. Blandford
Press, 1970.
199 pp. with colour illus. by John Wood and others.
Orig. cloth in D/W.
Good reference. |
£ 20.00 |
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475. |
WHITEHOUSE, ARCH. EPICS
& LEGENDS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Frederick Muller
Ltd. 1964.
352 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W.
A history of the war highlighting such legends as the
Angel of Mons and noting many of the high and low points
of the conflict on all fronts.
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£ 25.00 |
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476. |
WILE, FREDERIC WILLIAM.
MEN AROUND THE KAISER. THE MAKERS OF MODERN GERMANY.
William Heinemann, 2nd impression. 1914.
279 pp. with 8 portrait illus. illus. Orig. printed
wrappers. Sl. foxed and darkened but a very good
copy.
Thirty one biographies including Von Tirpitz, Prince
Furstenburg, Vin Bulow, Prince Lichnowsky, and Von Jagow.
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£ 25.00 |
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477. |
WILKINSON, ALAN. THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR. S.P.C.K., 1978.
370 pp. with photo illus. Orig. cloth in D/W.
Thorough standard work on the subject with good
biographical notes and a useful bibliography.
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£ 35.00 |
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478. |
WILLIAMS, ARCHIBALD.
CONQUERING THE AIR. Thomas Nelson & Sons, (1933).
338 pp. with photo illus. and diagrams etc. in the
text. Orig. cloth, gilt in the rare pictorial dust
wrapper. (Wrapper nicked around the edges but a good
example).
Very good history of the development of early flight -
includes chapters on aircraft in war, the use of Zeppelins
in war time etc. Very rare in the pictorial wrapper.
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£ 45.00 |
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479. |
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WILLIAMSON, HENRY. A FOX
UNDER MY CLOAK. MacDonald, 1955. Second impression
415 pp. Orig. cloth in the rare dust wrapper designed
by Broome Lynne.
The second of the Williamson novels begins with the
Christmas Truce of 1914 and is based on Williamson’s own
experiences of fraternizing with the Germans on the front
line. After a period of sick leave Phillip Maddison is
commissioned into the Gaultshires (the Bedford Regiment)
and in September 1915, takes part in the Battle of Loos as
a gas officer.
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£120.00 |
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480. |
WILLIAMSON, HENRY. THE
GOLDEN VIRGIN. Macdonald, 1957. First Edition.
448 pp. Orig. cloth in the distinctive and rare dust
wrapper designed by Broome Lynne. (Wrapper sl. nicked
around edges and with small loss at top and bottom of
spine but a good example). £85
In his third novel of the wartime saga Phillip Maddison
transfers to the Middlesex Regiment and after a period of
leave is sent up to the Somme - this is a good description
of the build up to the great push, and he is wounded on
the 1st July, 1916 and sent home to hospital.
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£ 85.00 |
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