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3392N/A. Hardcover. Very Good. Am Rande Der Vormarschstrasse At the Edge of the Road Ahead F.N.R. 40 Signals Regiment Large portfolio of 58 watercolour prints housed in original illustrated card folder. Bound in Collectors Hard Covers maroon with gold lettering size 35 x 45 cms. Complete and in very good condition. A22.2501 <br/> <br/> N/A hardcover
20204Hamilton Lanarkshire Scotland. Declaration dated 13 July 1813. On both sides of a piece of vellum roughly 21 x 15.5 cm. An unusual survival aged and discoloured in the fashion customary with vellum. On the front is a design of an armorial shield encircled in draperies in ink and colours blue red yellow beneath which are the words 'Burgess Ticket for Captain Kennedy 1 Regt Royal Lanarkshire Local Militia 1813'. On the reverse all in the hand of the signatory: 'At Hamilton the thirteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirteen The which day in presence of William Hamilton and John Torrance Esqrs Baillies of the Burgh of Hamilton with Consent of the remaining Members of the Town Councill thereof Captain James Kennedy 1st Regt Royal Lanarkshire Local Militia was duly admitted Burgess of said Burgh with Liberty to him to Enjoy the whole Priviledges and Immunities thereto belonging as amply in all respoects as any Burgess does or can Enjoy who accepted thereof and Gave his Oath de fideli Extracted by A Hamilton Clk'. See Image. Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Declaration dated 13 July 1813. hardcover
8933Letter One: 'Camp Sebastopol. January 24th. 1856.' Letter Two: 'Camp 49 Regt Sebastopol. March 31st.'. Letter One: 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. 75 lines of text. Clear and complete. Good on lightly-aged paper. Expresses regret at 'Morten Edens melancholy death so young & so clever as he was'. 'There is great talk of Peace. We hardly know if to believe it - few will be sorry should the news prove to be true as I think most of us have had enough fighting. Apparently refers to his sweetheart under a cypher. She has not written to him but 'London gaieties have little time for correspondence'. 'The weather here is something awful - cold & wet fogs & sleet. The place is a sea of mud up to your knees without exaggeration.' His father has sent him food and clothing. The officers are 'getting up a school for the men as the weather is too bad for drill' but 'there is no scarcity of work' with the roads requiring constant repair and 'the Minie Rifle Instruction' going on daily. 'There was a good deal of firing on Sunday night down by the Tchernaya - and we rather expected an attack however it all ended in Smoke.' The docks which he considers 'the most splendidly finished' he has ever seen 'built up of that beautiful red & blue granite' have 'all been blown up'. Letter Two: 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. 67 lines of text. Clear and complete. Fair on aged paper with 6 cm vertical closed tear through both leaves. Containing an interesting description of 'Spring horse races' which took place 'in the Valley of the Tchernaya' as a result of an armistice. The allied armies crowded the banks on one side of the river and on the other 'the Russians let loose for the occasion'. There was much bartering - 'Knifes sic Pipes Tobacco Money and various other articles . thrown across the river attached to a stone or enveloped in mud. The river is not more than 2 or 3 yards wide at some places so that we could have plenty of conversation with our Enemies without breaking the "General order". The French were allowed by their Chiefs to cross and they appeared to get on capitally with the Russian Officers'. The French fired 101 guns in a general salute to the heir to their emperor and the British returned the salute with the same number. Regarding the outcome of 'the conferences' hears that 'you people in England are very pugilistic and are determined to have war if you can'. Considers that the British Army 'was never in better condition for a campaign' and thinks it 'a pitty to stop just now'. Gibson was still alive in 1864 when he married Georgina Eliza daughter of William Clarke. Note: "The 49th was at the battles of Alma Inkerman and Sevastopol during which three Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the Regiment." Letter One: 'Camp Sebastopol. January 24th. 1856.' Letter Two: 'Camp 49 Regt Sebastopol. March 31st.' hardcover
16670'Blooming Press Mooltan'. 1882. March lasting from 3 January to 18 March 1883. Printed on one side of piece of 50 x 32 cm wove paper. In good condition lightly aged and worn with strip of blue paper from stub adhering to blank reverse. A total of 75 entries in two tables 66 in the first and 9 in the second both arranged in eight columns as follows: 'Probable Date of arrival. 1883.' the only entry in this column is 'January' beside the first march 'No. of March' 'Stations' 'Distance Miles' 'No. of Route' 'Rivers' 'Villages' 'Remarks'. Beneath the table: 'Abbreviations - D. B. dak-bungalow; P. O. Post-Office R. S. railway-station; T. S. telegraph-station.' In large letters at bottom right: 'J. D. P. T. M.' Slug centred at foot: 'Blooming Press Mooltan sic'. The tables are filled with information. For example the first entry in the second table: 'No. of Marches 1 Stations. Gunesh Ghat Distance Miles 13 No of Route. 103 Rivers. Ramgunga bridge of boats Villages. Moradabad 2 1/2 Ramgunga 2 3/4 Remarks. en-camping ground right bank of Kosila road heavy water procurable'. And the last entry in the second column: 'No. of Marches 9 Stations. Shahjahanpur Distance Miles 13 3/8 No. of Route. 107 Rivers. Gurra bridged Villages. Buntara 6 Gurra 9. Remarks. Small cantomnent & civil Station water abundant.' Among the remarks for the fifty-second march in the first column to Koomrala is 'snipe shooting good'. From the papers of Colonel Edmund Alexander Grubbe 1857-c.1923 who describes the march in his journal. No item printed by the Blooming Press of Mooltan traced on either COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. The name of the press may be a joke 'blooming' being slang for 'bloody' as in Kipling's 'When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre'. 'Blooming Press Mooltan'. [1882.] March lasting from 3 January to 18 March 1883. unknown
189997079UK: Devonport 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth boards with gilt device to front board and titles to spine. Number 83 of a limited edition of 83. This copy belonged to Capt. H. Schofield The Welch Regiment. The volume has contemporay newspaer clippings attached to the prelims of the obituary of the author Captain Lomax killed at the battle of Osfontein in 1898. <br/> <br/> Devonport hardcover
1928028311New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited 1928. Cover: moderately sunned spine front and rear head margin; faint dusting of a little soiling. Thin bumping to head & foot of spine. Soft rubbing to corner tips with tiny bumping to bottom corner tips. Light age greying to head edge and just a few tiny spots to head & fore-edge. Quite clean content b&w illustrations all coloured maps clean and intact with the rear map having a thin fold crease to its whitespace margin edge. Binding tight. 267p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited Hardcover
186717356Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. Good. 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt title on spine. xi 333pp . Pictorial frontispiece. Violet endpapers. Interior of text is tight clean and intact. Binder's ticket on lower rear pastedown: "Bound by Burn - 37 & 38 Kirby St". Scattered light foxing & edges are lightly rubbed. Inscription by the original owner dated 1867. India Asia ; 8vo; 333 pages . Edmonston and Douglas hardcover
1920151344London: R.A. War Commemoration Fund 1920. Pp. xxiv408 title page printed in red & black collotype frontispiece portrait of H.M. King George V with 1 cm. closed tear into margin from centre of fore-edge 12 hand-tipped and 13 coloured plates plus 9 sepia and 16 black & white plates text illustrations decorative bordered endpapers The Victoria Cross section printed in red & black roll of Honour 1914-1919 a poem by Anita Dudley some representative artillerymen biographies and collotype portrait with guard and 6 black & white plates of portraits; roy. 4to; navy cloth lettered and decorated in gilt the boards heavily faded more so on upper board spine browned edges worn fore-corners lightly frayed; t.e.g. others uncut; book label of David Levine Sydney on upper pastedown endpapers offset scattered foxing throughout occasionally heavy unidentified former owner's armorial bookplate on upper pastedown; R.A. War Commemoration Fund/G. Bell and Sons Ltd. London 1920. First edition. White p. 29. R.A. War Commemoration Fund unknown
6a5681958-1974. leichte Gebrauchsspuren. - Die Aufnahmen zeigen: Manöver Grundausbildung / Funkwagen / Panzer / an Ehrenmal der Marine Laboe Flugabwehrkanone / Flugabwehr mit dem MG / Flußüberquerung im Großmanöver / Einsatz und Ausbildung in den USA / Boden-Luft-FK. SAM HAWK mit Ladefahrzeug / Raketenschule / Big-Air-Force Base Texas / einige wenige private Aufnahmen / Interessante umfangreiche Fotodokumentation - unknown
194053679N. P.: Privately printed n. d. ca 1940. 1940. TEXAS WORLD WAR II. First edition. Stapled 6" x 9" brown printed wrappers with titles and unit insignia printed in black on the front and rear cover n. p. 39 pp. numerous illustrations from photographs. Camp Hulen was a military training camp near Palacios Texas operating from 1925 until 1946. At one time it supported the largest concentration of troops for field training in the U. S. military. In 1940 the War Department leased Camp Hulen from the Texas National Guard for antiaircraft training of National Guard units. At its peak the camp had facilities for 12000 military personnel. It continued as a training facility until 1944. The 197th Coast Artillery was one of these units. The oldest antiaircraft National Guard unit in the U.S. it was part of the New Hampshire National Guard. During World War II it was stationed in Australia as part of the defense against a feared Japanese invasion. This souvenir brochure shows group images of the various batteries making up the unit and its commanding officer. There are photographs of training exercises camp scenes recreation and social events including scenes from nearby Cuero and Palacious. Among the numerous images is a double page panoramic view of Camp Hulen in 1940. Also included is a history of the regiment and its unit. Very scarce with WorldCat locating only the copies at the United States War College and Yale. Faint evidence of a vertical crease to the front cover and minor wear to the top corner else a near fine copy of a scarce item. Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1940). unknown
19501864Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1950. Octavo original blue cloth xviii 268 pp. frontispiece 16 double-sided photo plates endpaper maps and a further 12 maps throughout the text. Cloth a little dulled and flecked internally in very good order. First edition of a scarce and desirable Second World War regimental history.</p> <p>The 2/5th Australian Field Regiment were gunners stationed in the Middle East New Guinea and Kalimantan. This book contains valuable information and images on the Syrian campaign; specifically the battles at Merdjayoun Qouneitra Ibeles Saki Jerme Damour and Baalbek.</p> <p>This hard fighting was followed by a period of rest and recreation back in Australia followed by deployment to New Guinea where they provided artillery support at Milne Bay and Buna. This was followed by engagements in Kalimantan at Balikpapan Sepinggang and Manggar in present day Banga Belitung Island Indonesia. </p> <p>The frontispiece of the book depicts award of the Victoria Cross to Lieutenant A. R. Cutler. Trigellis-Smith 546; Dornbusch Australian Military Bibliography 474. Angus & Robertson unknown
P12332Lower Bullingham Hereford: Special Air Service Regiment n.d. Pp. 94; demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers perforated with plastic binder upper wrapper protected by plastic cover sheet; an in-house photocopied manual; privately published by the Special Air Service Regiment Lower Bullingham Hereford n.d. Marked Private and Confidential. This SAS Bodyguard Training Manual from 22 SAS Stirling Lines is only available to those who undertake the course. This is usually people like The Royal Protection Squad and bodyguards of visiting Foreign Governments or VIP's. The course costs 'a33500vat as at March 2010. In 2009 a member of the regiment died on active service abroad. The MOD in their infinite wisdom refused to pay his army pension to his dependants on the grounds they were never married. This despite the fact they had two young kids and lived together as man and wife in Army married quarters for 12 years! The Families Officer of the Regiment is fighting the case. As you can imagine some of the lads still serving didn't take this too well and decided to take matters into their own hands. Some copies of The Bodyguard Training Manual were "acquired" and are being sold off with the money going direct to the dependants! Special Air Service Regiment unknown
1916152495London: Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co. Ltd 1916. In four volumes. Volume I: 1702-1914. Pp. xviii468 18 plates 2 coloured frontispiece tissue guard browned and creased text maps title page printed in fs24 red & blackfs26 ; Volumes II & III: 1914-1919. Introduction by Major-General Sir John R. Longley. Pp. xvi262x302 4 plates 2 folding 35 maps 10 folding; Volume IV: 1920-1952. Pp. 284last colophon frontispiece 8 plates text plus endpaper maps; top edge of free endpapers marked appendix Honours and awards index; Volumes I-III: cr. 4to; half black leather spines lettered in gilt gilt insignia to upper boards the leather worn and beginning to perish joints worn and with splits and chips particularly to head of spines the cloth soiled; t.e.g; endpapers browned and hinges cracked plus some water staining to top edge of several leaves towards end and lower endpapers of Volume I; Volume IV: demy 8vo; maize cloth spine lettered in gilt title on red ground; dust wrapper worn and with several splits and chips to edges; book label of David Levine Sydney on upper pastedown volumes 1-III and verso of upper free endpaper volume IV some foxing and browning to each of the four volumes occasionally heavy; Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co. Ltd./Medici Society London 1916-1957 First editions. White p. 84; Sutcliffe 1/pp. 193/4. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd unknown
01110085Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley Press This unit was part of the 14th Army Corps and fought extensively with Shermans army. It fought in the Army of the Cumberland from Perryville on they were with Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign on his famous march in Georgia and through the Carolina Campaign. Gilt and red titles on blindstamped deep blue cloth. 166pp. Owner's handstamp name on rear free end paper otherwise unmarked. An especially nice example of this scarce history. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo. The Ohio Valley Press Hardcover
186434331n.p.: n/a 1864. Ledger. Fair. Folio. Manuscript. Approx. 16" x 10.25". 192 hand numbered pages. Orangish marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and spine. A paper label with the hand written title is pasted down center on the front cover. Damp stains to the title label. Blue front and rear end sheets. Pages 106-192 blank. Dried water stains persist from the rear end sheets and back pages gradually diminishing by page 160. The rear cover is slightly warped. Front joint is split upper edge. <br /> <br /> The majority of the first 105 pages contain hand written names with rank date of commission discharge cause of vacancy for the Field Staff non commissioned staff; Captains First Lieutenants Second Lieutenants and non commissioned officers of Companies A-K. Page 6 has the written name at the top of Colonel Edward F. Jones first commander of the 26th Regiment. He was Commissioned August 1861 and discharged July 28 1862 on account of disability. Dates of records range from August of 1861 to June 1st 1864 with the majority of recorded dates in 1862 and 1863. The 26th Regiment saw action in the Gulf operations and New Orleans up until 1863. The unit later moved to Virginia and participated in Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign. The unit mustered out in Savannah Georgia 1865. n/a unknown
12219Without place and date 1960s. The account describes events in April and May 1945. 13pp. foolscap 8vo. Paginated 1 to 13 and signed at the end 'Ernie Wilmott'. On seven leaves stapled into grey covers with the title 'The Last Month' typed on the front cover. In good condition in worn wraps. The account commences: 'There had been gun fire from the west and the south for the last three days. Friday the 13th April 1945 the usual officials did not come to fetch the men but a little later than usual the Gaschwyz sic column was called so we assembled and left for work about 20 of us. There was a lot of activity in the station yard German military vehicles were coming and going and a contingent of unarmed Russian fatigue men were on parade.' A typically vivid passage reads: 'In the morning of the 24th April I heard chaps reporting prisoners passing through and our guards not interfering a lot of Indians were going through without any guards. Chaps with kit got up early because of being cold. I got up after seven and went outside and saw the Indians going through. A column of Russian prisoners appeared with guards and were halted just outside. The German guards were standing about in groups talking to each other and taking no notice of the prisoners some of whom were already making off. A man got up on a cart and addressed us he said he couldn't advise us to go he couldn't advise us to stay the German commandant had said that if we stayed he would do his best to obtain food for us there was a horse dying in the next village and he had the first refusal of it if it expired and we should have it.' The account ends on Wilmott's return: 'At London I bid my comrades of the last 2 years goodbye and got on a train at Paddington. It was a noisy journey ex P.O.W.'s one side of the compartment civilians the other we all talked at once. At Bristol I had to catch a bus home and suddenly realised I had to pay the fare it was more than 3 years since I had paid a fare anywhere.' The covering Autograph Letter Signed by Batt is signed 'Jack' on letterhead of 1 Churstonville Court 1 Overbury Avenue Beckenham Kent. 1p. 4to. Undated and with recipient's name not given. 'The writer Ernie Willmott sic spoke 4 Languages and was learning Russian whilst POW in Germany. As he spoke German he was chosen as Camp Leader of our working Camp at Gaschwitz-Leipzig. Our Common path of experience starts at Campo 53 Page 69 - from there we were together unitl the war ended or shared similar experiences.' In a postscript he adds that Wilmott 'was not in Campo 66 at Capua but in hospital at Caserta'. Also present is a Typed Letter Signed to Batt from 'Charles'. On letterhead of 99 South Eden Park Road Beckenham Kent. 21 June 1974. 1p. 8vo. The 'article on Sidi Nsir' brings back 'many memories' and he is enclosing 'The Story of 46 Division'. Without place and date (1960s?). The account describes events in April and May 1945. paperback
1854266London: Richard Bentley 1854. First. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth boards were rebacked at some point but retained gilt stamped illustrated spine. Cloth is sunned to brown though and there is some dampstaining along the top edges. Front board illustrated with gilt stamped image of an ibex. Interior is clean save for previous owner's name on the the title page and a book plate on the inside front board. all 8 lithographs and folding map present and well preserved. All woodcut illustrations are intact as well. Richard Bentley hardcover
1884MSC10349Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill. Fair with no dust jacket. 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by William H. Hodgkins and inscribed by him to Rev. Joseph F. Lovering on second page. First edition. Hard cover published by Press of Rockwell and Churchill in 1884. No dust jacket. Dark green covers with gilt seal on front and gilt lettering on spine. Front and back covers have blindstamped designs. Covers have edge wear stains along top edges and some scuffing. Corners of covers are bumped and worn with splitting of the fabric. Ends of spine are worn and frayed with some fabric missing at top. Front endpaper has an erasure mark and some writing in pencil in upper corner. Inner front hinge is split for about an inch at each end. Third page is partially loose. Rear endpaper is missing a small piece along top edge. Pages are tanned around the edges. William H. Hodgkins was in the 36th became a brevet major and served on both Major General Edward Ferreros and Brevet Major General John Hartranfts staffs. He became a state senator in Massachusetts later on. Rev. Lovering was the chaplain for the 36th and the inscription acknowedges him as the past chaplain-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Hodgkins wrote most of the History of the 36th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Book is in fair condition. Large 8vo 405 pages 2.2 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 405 pages; Signed by Associated . Press of Rockwell and Churchill hardcover
1929152983Frome Somerset: Butler & Turner 1929. Foreword by General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien. In two volumes. Pp. xxxii764 frontispiece 1 folding and 43 full page plates 2 folding plus 35 full page text maps indices; cr. 4to; qr. purple cloth green cloth boards lettered ruled and decorated in gilt spines lightly faded boards lightly flecked and marked; upper hinges very slightly starting some light foxing surface damage to lower portion of lower free endpaper and lower pastedown in Volume II; Butler & Turner Frome Somerset 1929. White p. 101; Sutcliffe 1/p. 278. From the library of Lieut. Colonel H. F. N. Jourdain C.M.G. late The Connaught Rangers with his armorial bookplate on upper pastedowns and with presentation inscription to him 'by the Sherwood Foresters as some slight acknowledgement of his assistance in the compilation of this History.' Loosely inserted are two small autograph letters signed on embossed 'Upton Lodge Upper Hale Farnham Surrey' letterhead dated 15.3.33 3pp. and 21.3.33 2pp. addressed to 'Dear Jourdain' from Brigadier-General J. W. G. Roy concerning their contribution to the book and about the sending of this copy. Both men are acknowledged in the author's preface. Butler & Turner unknown
1885152433London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1885. to which is prefixed a general account of the Volunteer Forces of the United Kingdom. Compiled from official and private sources from 1794 to 1884. Pp. xvi352 frontispiece tissue guard browned and torn offset onto title page 16 coloured plates appendices index; demy 8vo; brown cloth lightly marked and chipped rebacked with new brown calf spine gilt lettered & ruled skiver label upper board lettered in gilt banded in silver lightly worn and with silver insignia at centre the lower edge of cloth on upper board frayed and missing from dentelle cloth on lower board with some loss due to chipping; a.e.g.; original endpapers upper free endpapers with some slight marginal splits and chips hinge tender at frontispiece leaves browned edges a little brittle top fore-corner of one plate and two leaves lightly chipped Simpkin Marshall & Co. London 1885. First edition. White p. 208; Sutcliffe 1/p. 327. From the library of John Lloyd with his bookplate on upper free endpaper and annotations by two family members on upper endpapers 'L. H. Barclay Lloyd 17 Shaft Crown Mines Johannesburg' and 'F. Gisslen Lloyd Capt. 14 Middlesex R.V. from June 1868 to August 1871. Enrolled June 16 1859' and two newspaper cuttings offset regarding the will of Colonel Sir Joseph Henry Warner The Standard 15 Nov 1897 and the consent of the Duke of Cambridge to formally open the new centenary headquarters of the 3rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers at Hornsey The World 8 Dec. 1897. Later from the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co unknown
18620MV868ESSEX CONNECTICUT CT. Good. 1862. Manuscript. ALS with one name only Hough letter dated 8/9/62 Essex Ct. 4 pages 4to. Writes to his brother Will William C. Ives Washington DC Co. K 10th Reg. R.I.V. "Should I enlist for 3 years wait to be drafted for 9 months or buy a substitute etc." Comes with postmarked stamped pink 3 cent cover ink notes on cover. Overall in very good shape save for some tears at the folds amd the odd rust spot.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; CIVIL WAR AMERICANA CONFEDERATE UNION CONNECTICUT HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES ; Signed by Autograph . unknown
12775Six of the seven dating from March and April 1918; the seventh from August 1918. The seven items are from the papers of Brig.-Gen. H. C. Potter who served in the 3rd Division whose conduct during the Spring Offensive of 1918 is the main subject. Of particular interest is Item Two concerning a visit by King George V. The collection is in good condition on lightly-aged paper Item Five having a few closed tears to one edge. ONE. Manuscript copy or original dispatch headed '1/North L. Fus. 4/Royal Fus. 13/ Kings. R./S.H.B. The following messages have been received from 3rd Division for communication to all ranks'. Dated 31 March 1918 and with the following signature at foot: 'G. <J. Gartree> Major Brigade Major 9th Infantry Bde.' 1p. 4to. 'The C. in C. has desired me to express to General DEVERELL and all ranks of the 3rd division his sincerest appreciation for their splendid conduct during the recent battle.' TWO. Copy of dispatch by 'R. W. sic Collins. Lieut. Col. A.A. and Q.M.G. 3rd Division'. Headed 'A/144 9th. Bde.' and dated 30 March 1918. 1p. 4to. 'The Army Commander informed the Corps Commander last night that his Majesty the King had visited his headquarters during the day 29th March General Byng had told him what a splendid defence the 3rd. Division had made and his Majesty was profoundly gratified to hear how unflinchingly they had held their ground.' THREE. Copy of despatch by 'R. H. Collins Lieut-Colonel A.A. & Q.M.G. 3rd. Division'. 1p. 4to. Headed '3rd. Division. No A/ G.O.C. 3rd. Division' and dated 2 April 1918. 1p. 4to. 'I cannot allow the 3rd. Division to leave my army without endeavouring to express my admiration of their conduct during the past fortnight. By this conduct they have established a standard of endurance & determination that will be a model for all times.' FOUR. Two items on 1p. 4to. Copy of dispatch from 'G. V. Horden Brigadier General General Staff Corps'; with covering note 'for Lieut Colonel blank General Staff. 3rd. Division'. Headed 'I. Corps. 947 G.O. 3rd. Division'. Both dated 19 April 1918. Horden begins by stating that 'The Corps Commander wished to place on record his appreciation of the valuable work done by the 9th Brigade whilst attached to the 55th. Division during the battle in the "Givenchy" sector from the 9th. to the 15th. of April 1918.' FIVE. Manuscript copy of 'Special Order by Lieut.-General Sir T. L. N. Morland KCB KCMG DSO Commanding XIII Corps'. Dated from 'H.Q. XIII Corps. 13th Augt. 1918.' 1p. 4to. Of the 3rd. Division he writes: 'In offensive operations the fighting spirit of the division has been splendid; work on defences has been thoroughly organised and carried out.' SIX. Manuscript copy of 'Press Communique. Troopers. London Supplementary Press Communique. O.A. 561/579 11.45am April 15 1918. The 55th. Division at Givenchy. 9th.-14th April 1918.' At end: 'Chief. <Sut'd.> J. H. D.' 3pp. 4to. Begins: 'On the morning of the German attack on the 9th. April 1918 the 55th West Lancashire Division Territorial was holding a point of about 6000 yards extending from La Bassie Canal to just south of Richbourg l'Avoué where its line jointed that held by the Portuguese'. SEVEN. Manuscript copy of 'Extract from the "TIMES" of April 2nd. 1918. "THE THIRD DIVISION"'. 3pp. 4to. Six of the seven dating from March and April 1918; the seventh from August 1918. unknown
18337Arras. 6 December 1840. Headed with the first line in gold: 'Corps Royal du Genie. 2e. Regiment. Academie d'Escrime. Brévet de Maitre d'Armes.' The commission reads: 'Nous soussigné Maîtres d'Armes Composant la garrison d'Arras après avoir reconnu les capacités du Sieur Chaix Marius Maître Ouvrier à la Ce. Compagnie du 2e. Bataillon du dit Regiment. On one side of a 28 x 36 cm piece of cream paper. In fair condition aged creased and worn with central vertical fold. An attractive production within a black border with an illustration of a helmet breastplate axe sword and laurel leaf at head painted in red grey green and gold. Elève du Sieur Poncet Maître d'Armes reconnaissons l'avoir reçu en qualité de Maître en foi de quoi nous lui avons délivré le présent Brevet pour lui servir et valoir ce que de raison. En consequence nous invitons nos Freres d'Armes à lui préter aide et assistance en cas de besoins partout ou il aura merité leur Amitié et leur Estimé.' The signatures include: 'Faindienier 1er. Mtre.'; Reniéville; Bouvier; Grégoire; Champ; Bernard; Maray; Altier and Baldwin. See photo. Arras. 6 December 1840. unknown
191947912Vladivostok Siberia: 31st Infantry Regiment 1919. Very Good -. Vladivostok Siberia: 31st Infantry Regiment 1919. First Edition. Oversized tabloid 59.5cm; 6pp. Folds chips and a few splits along edges; paper toned and a bit brittle; Good to Very Good. <br /> <br /> Quite scarce publication from the 31st Infantry Regiment published "Every Once In A While" "Wherever We Happen To Be." This issue was published during the Russian Civil War and the United States' failed Siberian Intervention. The paper itself is full of local and international news and leads with an article "What Siberians Are Taught: One Paper Says America Treats the Russians in the Same Way as Negroes."<br /> <br /> We find three holdings in OCLC at the Hoover Institution Montana State and U.S. Army War College. . 31st Infantry Regiment unknown
1836113830London: John Macrone 1836. Hardcover. Good. viii 273 xxx p. 20 cm. Cloth hardcover with blank impressing. Gilt print on spine. Corners bumped small dents in fore-edges spine faded. Darkened endpapers. Presentation copy signed by author in year of publication on front free endpaper. Also signed by author at top of title page in 1839. Stains to inner margins pp. 142-143 195-198 and mark on lower corner of p. 193. A few other small spots. In general paper clean and bright. Page torn out after xxx. <br/><br/>General George De Lacy Evans raised a force of British half-pay officers and mainly Irish volunteers to fight on behalf of Queen Christina against the usurper Don Carlos in what has become known as the Carlist Wars. Author Charles William Thompson often wrote home to his parents while serving as an ensign in the 9th Regiment British Legion. As stated in the preface he wrote of "anything new and striking that fell under his observation in the course of his wanderings." These included Andalusian horses soaking rain billets with Spanish families Cathedral bas-reliefs prisoners executed by garrote fever dysentery and digging boots out of the mud while wearing white gloves. The author was wounded in the hip at San Sebastian on May 5 1836 an event graphically described on pages 238-241. Appendix lists officers who died of typhus or in action as well as general orders and copies of letters. John Macrone hardcover
