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Features: Title page photo of large column of British and French infantry on the march; Seven excellent photos document the Austrian offensive on the Italian Front; Photo of Italian naval regiment being reviewed on St. Mark's Piazza; G.K. Chesterton writes about the pacifist/patriot groups; One-page illustration of pilot guiding burning plane while standing on its wing; The Japanese Fleet in the War (article); The"New" Star - of 1895!; The Woman, The Boy, and the Land; Page of illustrations present "Sons of Sister Republics - Franco-American Brothers -in-Arms; The Acrobatics of Aviation (article) One page illustration with inset sketch describes the "Immelmann Turn" performed by aircraft; Two pages of photos and illustrations of personalities of the Supreme War Council meeting at Versailles; Muscles, Nerves, and Brains - article describes how to take care of our health; Photo of artillery horses wearing gas-masks; Photo of American ambulance men evacuating wounded soldiers down a ladder from a French hospital under German shell-fire; Six photos illustrate the West in the East - British methods in Mesopotamia; Glorious centrefold illustration shows French, American, and British fighting shoulder to shoulder; One-page illustration shows the salvage of scrap metal in the Midlands; One-page illustration shows copper driving-bands for shells being thrown into annealing furnace at Birmingham in the National Shell Factory; Roll of Honour - 18 photos of officers including Lieut.-Col. Arthur L. Wrenford; Photo of Japanese General being received at a French headquarters; Photo of Canadian nurses picking through a downed Gotha aircraft; Charming two-colour back cover ad for Cavanders "Army Club" cigarettes features well-dressed young lady with umbrella chatting with man in uniform; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
Pages 385-420. Please note: pages 399-406 missing. Features: Cover illustration of Lieutenant Miller of the King's (Liverpool Regiment) driving back Germans at Givenchy; Przemysl - Fallen to the Russians after a Long Seige; Illustration of how the enemy's mines float downstream resulting in the loss of battle-ships in the Dardanelles; Photos of Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester Parades; Two-page illustration by Richard Caton Woodville depicts an heroic attack by the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on German trenches; Photos of City (London) Volunteers as the National Guard marches to the Palace; Large photo of an unexploded german 42 cm. Howitzer shell; Two-page spread with photos, names and ranks of dozens of British officers killed in action; Two-page illustration by John de G. Bryan depicting the gallant attack on the Givenchy Ridge which contributed to the Neuve Chapelle Victory; Interesting photo-illustrated article on the disinfection of wounds; Fight for the Narrows - three photos including one of the French battle-ship "Bouvet" before it was lost to a mine; Photos of five ships prior to their being lost or damaged - H.M.S. Inflexible, the French battleship Gaulois, H.M.S. Irresistable, H.M.S. Ocean and the German cruiser Karlshruhe; Wonderful full-page illustrated at for Buchanan's Scotch Whiskies shows food ship coming up the Thames at night; Touching full-page Oxo ad shows commrades at the bedside of a wounded friend in Northern France; Beecham's Pills ad inside back cover; Wana-Ranee (Ceylon Perfume) ad on back cover; Many other magnificent vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Book
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with a lithographed frontispiece finely coloured by hand (original tissue guard present) and 2 lithographed plates finely coloured by hand (original tissue guards present), some mild age-staining to title and last few leaves, contemporary inscription on frontispiece recto; original red cloth, upper board with blind frame border enclosing title in gilt, gilt edges, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, new yellow endpapers to style, boards mildly age-stained else a very good, firm copy. With a small quanitity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. The second dedicated history of the regiment, following the anonymous account of 1828. The plates comprise one of colours and two of uniform (1713 and 1866). Carter was Cannon's assistant in the compilation of the latter's well-known 'Historical Records' series. At Cannon's retirement Carter was considered as editor but the Treasury elected to discontinue the series and Carter therefore published this work independently. Unsold copies were reissued in 1883 with an additional eight pages titled 'Conclusion of the Historical Record' and 24 coloured plates of uniform by Simkin. In this Second Issue the plate of 1713 is often missing. Very scarce. Sutcliffe, p.167; White, p.79.
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Editions, with 2 frontispieces, 166 illustrations and facsimiles (a number in colour and a number full-page) in the text and 154 maps (a number folding); regimental cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol. I: (Robinson): 1685-1815 (1988); Vol. II (Aggett): 1815-1914 (1994); Vol. III (Aggett): 1914-1969 (1995). The definitive history, compiled and published for The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. The Devonshire Regiment [formerly 11th Foot] amalgamated with The Dorset Regiment in 1958. Individual volumes, especially in this condition, are already scarce. Complete sets are seldom offered for sale
Pages 465-504. Features: Artistic color ad for the De Havilland Comet features painting of evening scene by Cuneo (?); Numerous photos of lovely new Princess Anne; Photos with the British Troops in Korea - operations in the central sector; Photos of the United Nations counter-stroke in the Korean War and some asppects of the struggle on other fronts - a pictorial record; The "Briggs Plan" - Scenes in Negri Sembilan; Malaya in Arms - R.A.F. Regiment Recruits; London home of the Primate - Lambeth Palace; Once page photo of Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury; Wonderful samples of photography from the R.P.S. Annual Exhibition; Centrefold cutaway illustration of a composite tank which incorporates the best features of American and Russian designs; amazing photo of window washers on the U.N. building; One-page photo of Parliament's Victoria Tower entirely enclosed in scaffolding; Seen for the first time in 1,000 years - Hellenistic frescoes of Castelseprio; Interesting photos of auto testing and quality control; Photos and personalities of the week include newlyweds Viscountess Anson, the Queen's Niece, and Prince Georg of Denmark; Photos of South Africans paying last respects to General Smuts in Johannesburg and Pretoria; Tenth anniversary of the Battle of Britain; Prize horses at Harringay Arena - Brandy of White Cloud, Pretty Polly, Mighty Atom, Nutmeg, Sheila, Liberty Light and Foxhunter; Photos of the quadruplets born to Mrs. Mary Coles in Westminster Hospital Sept. 12-13; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
A PARIS, de l'Imprimerie Nationale - 1791 - complet des 2 tomes en 1 volume (Texte & planches) Edition Originale - Reliure plein veau parphyre de l'époque (1 mors fragilisé) - dos à nerfs à caissons fleuronnés - pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, titre doré - Tranches jaspées - signet - 176 pages & XVII planches dépliantes & LII pages - Bel exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
431 pages. Includes WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, Honours & Awards, Index, fold-out maps, black and white photos. Gilt lettering and decoration upon publisher's handsome red cloth. "It was my great honour and privilege to have the Loyal Edmonton Regiment as one of the infantry battalions under my command in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns in World War II. The achievements of this great Canadian infantry regiment were built by the blood, sweat and tears of its officers and men in battle. Those who survived must ensure that these achievements endure, particularly for the people of the part of Canada to which the regiment belongs, and for succeeding generations of officers and men of the Regiment." - C. Vokes, Major-General. Small label removal blemish atop front free endpaper otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Binding tight. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy of this proud record. DORNBUSCH 106A, COOKE [3E] p.210, STRATHERN 2757. Book
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous portraits, plates and maps (a number folding); black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A splendid copy of the standard reference. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.123; White, p.26.
First edition, 4to, xii, 224pp., frontis., 42 plates, some light spotting throughout, orig. publishers white buckram-backed red boards.
8vo., First Edition, half-title and title very lightly spotted, contemporary inscription on half-title; strongly bound in twentieth century dark green buckram, backstrip with leather label lettered in gilt, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy. Crisp, clean copy of the 'NCO/Other Ranks' edition, issued without the maps present in the 'Officers' cloth edition. This copy was presented to Malcolm Otter-Barry (1885-1922) 'by 'one of the Royal Haddocks'. INEVITABLY THIS VERSION IS BY FAR THE SCARCEST AND IN THIS CONDITION RARE. Hackett, p.143; Sutcliffe, p.219; White p.89.
Lille, Danel, 1905. In-4 relié demi chagrin rouge , dos à nerfs, fleurons sur les entre-nerfs, 620 pp.- XII gravures, dont une en couleurs.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations in the text, and 30 folding maps; original red cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, clean copy. Not recorded by Enser; Sutcliffe p.140; White p.74.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 26 plates on 17 and 62 folding maps (2 large) on japon, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled; original regimental blue cloth, upper board blocked with regimental badge in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. Complete with errata leaf. The standard record of the regiment's service in the Great War in which eleven battalions were involved. Includes ROH, honours and decorations, MIDs, units and their COs, depots and POW funds 'Well above the average of regimental histories in interest. He has done his best to procure information from officers who served with the regiment to supplement the generally scant and laconic accounts of the war diaries' (Falls). Accordingly this history is particularly well supplied with maps (albeit some of them sketches in outline). SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.70; Falls p.97; Sutcliffe p.306; White p.105.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, Large Paper, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 32 plates and numerous photographs in the text; ivory half buckram, red cloth boards, upper board ruled and blocked in gilt with regimental crest, gilt back, uncut, marbled endpapers, backstrip very lightly browned (but all gilt entirely legible), a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO [MAJOR-]GENERAL SIR GEORGE JEFFREYS WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Major-General Sir George Jeffreys (1878-1960) was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in 1897. He served at the Nile, in the Second Boer War and extensively throughout WWI. Mentioned in despatches several times, he commanded 2Bn in 1915, subsequently 58th Brigade, 57th Brigade, and finally 1st (Guards) Brigade in 1916. In 1917 he was appointed GOC 19th Division. Post-war he served as GOC Light Division British Army of the Rhine and as GOCiC of Southern Command in India before his retirement in 1938. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Jeffreys in 1952. His association with the present work stems from his position as Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Hampshire, Chairman of the Hampshire Territorial Army Association and a decade or so as MP for Petersfield. A NOTABLE ASSOCIATION COPY. LARGE PAPER COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.225; White, p.189.
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text, fore-edge lightly spotted, endpapers browned; original regimental blue buckram, upper board with badge blocked in gilt, backstrip with red leather label (faded) lettered in gilt, red top, covers lightly faded and age-soiled else a good, firm copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.218; White, p.89.
8vo., First Edition, with 12 full-page coloured maps and monochrome photographs in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO FELLOW OFFICER DONALD EALES-WHITE WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Published from a typescript compiled for the Northamptonshire Regimental Association in 1999. Includes citations, burials in Imphal, and list of contributors. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.294.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispieces, plates, maps and plans in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper boards with regimental crest blocked in gilt, gilt backs, blue tops, uncut, joints very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.35; White, p.53.
206 pages. Includes list of references. Several tables and illustrations. Topics include: Infantry Corps History; RHC Historical Background; History of Customs, Traditions, Ranks and Dress; The History of RHC Customs and Traditions; Parades and Guards; Flag Etiquette; Colours, Battle Honours and Military Music; Saluting and Funerals; Miscellaneous Historical Customs; Scottish Music, Dancing, Dress and Weapons; General Military Knowledge and Customs; Mess Etiquette; Conduct of a Mess Dinner. Undated but would seem to be circa 1967 according to a reference to the new Canadian Forces uniform. Clean, unmarked, tight and square with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Six audio cassette tapes. Circa 1994. We have not listened to these tapes but they appear to be a compilation of oral memories of World War 2 from members of the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Speakers include: Lt.-Col. Cec Merritt, VC; Maj. "Lefty" White, C.S.M; Ed Dunkerly; Murray Osten, M.C.; Pte. Paul Delorme; Pte. A. "Schelley" Schellenberg; C.S.M. Elmer "Gunga" Dean, M.M.; Pte. Fred James; Cpl. Art Charnell; Herman Keys; Maj. Peter Watkinson (adjutant); and Les Moore. Each tape is rated at 90 minutes but we do not know how many minutes of conversation are actually recorded. Each tape comes with a labelled insert. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Book
Pages 65-134. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: History of the sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers (continued); A Naval officer's trip to Jerusalem; The old church on the hill; New Boston- An historical and business sketch; Springtim; Clisbe; Polly Tucker (continued); The Spring; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CLI - The Battle of the Somme (I). Includes map entitled "The German Positions and Trenches from Thiepval to Combles." Laid in is table of contents for Vol. IX. Includes index to volume IX plus list of illustrations, places, and maps and plans. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
xi, [1], 166, [1] pages. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. "This book stands in the main a personal account of the actions of the 1st Brigade, Canadian Infantry." - Preface. Heavily-worn with usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Bibliographic references: Cooke (2nd Edn) pg 120, Enser pg 87, Dornbusch 308. Book
Signed by author upon title page. 215 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "In this book I have told some of the stories of life in Northern Ontario, of its people, and their struggles to change a wilderness into a happy land." - page 3. Gift greetings atop title page, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative local history. [Bishop p.1095] Book
309 pages. Index of names. Facsimile reprint of the 1908 first edition. "...Compiled from the records of the grants of land made in Upper Canada to officers, non-commissioned officers and men who had served in 'the first flank Companies, the Provincial Artillery, the Incorporated Regiment, the Corps of Artillery Drivers, the Provincial Dragoons, the Marine and General Staff of the Army,' and in Lower Canada, to 'the officers and men of the Embodied Militia, discharaged troops and others." - from Introduction. Bright red cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Appears unread. Binding tight. Clean, bright and unmarked with virtually no wear. A superb copy of this highly-informative reference. Book
102 pages. Features: Regimental Notes; Andrew Hamilton Gualt - A Memoir; Colonel of the Regiment; Obituary - Miss Jennie MacGregor Morris; Presentation of New Colours 1 PPCLI; Laying up of Old Colours 1 PPCLI; Honours and Awards; First Battalion Report; Second Battalion Report; The Depot; Regimental Museum; PPCLI Band; The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3 PPCLI); PPCLI Cadet Corps; PPCLI Association; The Rifle Brigade; United Nations Military Observer Group in Palestine; United Nations Military Observer Group in Pakistan; The Crossing of the Moro and the Capture of the V. Roatti; Customs of Service; Confidential Comments; Location Lists; Captured Operation Order. Light to moderate wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Brilliant gilt lettering and emblem upon flexible forest green cloth covered boards. Very nice copy. Book