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8vo., First Edition, with plates; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
4to., First Edition, with 8 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This detailed and important study remains the only substantial account of the German viewpoint. Variously reissued, this is the original edition. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
4to., with 8 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome illustrations in the text, pages very faintly browned at extremities; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The only substantial account from the German viewpoint was first published in 1990. The original edition is now scarce; this is the first reissue.
Features: Jumpers; Big Day - Canadian Airborne Regiment receives Colors; Warrant Officer Bill Hay Retires; Operation Overlord II - Naval Reservists Walk on Water; Terra Nova Returns from Asian Waters; Charm School for potential WOs; Viet Nam - they came back proud; Lamp of Learning project ends; Military Police Fund for blind children; Hussars Big Day - 125th anniversary for 8 Hussars. Photo of Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky with members of HMCS Terra Nova. Quality copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Dramatic one-page colour photo of America's Sputnik blowing up on launch pad at Cape Canaveral; Nice one-page colour-photo Campbell's Vegetable Soup ad; Wonderful four-page feature on the Community Farm of the Brethren at Bright, Ontario includes fourteen photos; Photos (one in colour) of "Bran", the Irish wolfhound and regimental mascot of the Irish Regiment of Canada; Photo and brief write-ups of Sylvia Murphy, Joan Fairfax and Joyce Hahn; Behind the Scenes at the CBC - costume-making for CBC productions - includes nice colour photo of Bill Yule and June Sampson - please note that 1/3 of the second page of this article has been removed and is not included; Wow! One-page colour team photo of the Stanley Cup Champion 1957-8 Montreal Canadiens, featuring captain Maurice (Rocket) Richard; Four amazing photos of the Xavantes tribe of Brazil - taken as part of Rolf Blomberg's trip; Photo of Canada's top horseshoe pitching team, W. Faint, G. Miles, E. Crawford and L. Cruise; Wow! - one-page colour pin-up photo of Frank Sinatra!; The MacKay family of Toronto's Forest Hills Village bands birds - ten photos with write-up - son Barry MacKay went on to become a well-known naturalist and artist; Back cover 1958 calendar features large charming colour photo of baby girl in pink bonnet Average wear. Unmarked. Centerpage and covers holding by one staple. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.. Book
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue tweed cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Loosely inserted is a compliments slip from 12 Anti-Tank Regiment RA (the unit's later designation). Then stationed in Tripolitania, 12 ATR comprised R, S, T (Shah Sujah's Troop) and U Batteries. Includes ROH, honours & awards. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Oblong roy. 4to., First Edition, with title in red and black, text and captions in red, blue and black, 34 splendid large plates in photo-collotype and full-page musical score in blue; original red cloth, upper board ruled and blocked with regimental badge in gilt, expertly recased, BUT WITH SOME AGE- OR DAMP-DAMAGE TO 22 OF THE LATER PLATES (mercifully restricted mainly to upper blank margins and only materially affecting around ten plates); nevertheless a valuable record and a very scarce work. An unusually lavish production for a single battalion, this work is distinguished by the quality of the plates, which (damage apart) varies from very good to magnificent. The photographs are superbly executed by F. Bremner, photographer, variously of Lahore, Simla & Quetta, and their rendering as collotypes preserves the quite extraordinary detail of faces, uniforms and equipment. The plates include fine portraits of Major-General Frederick Walter Kitchener (Commanding 3rd (Lahore) Division) and Colonel J.C. Yale (commanding 1st Battalion), together with close-ups of the Colours and mess plate. The main body of plates is devoted, of course, to group studies. These include the officers (individually captioned), the battalion on parade, the Colour and colour sergeants (individually captioned), the NCOs (individually captioned), corporals, companies A-H (each company photographed separately), and a fine series of the battalion's various support units, trades and sports teams. An unusual composition is the plate 'Regimental Types' and depicting eight members of the battalion in a variety of uniforms including officer's full dress and OR's marching order. In addition to the plates, there is a detailed account of the battalion's service from Tournay (1794) to its arrival at Lahore Cantonment in 1906, together with pages devoted to regimental marchess. Not the least importance of this work must be as a superbly detailed record of the appearance of a regular battalion of line infantry of the period - crucially, the last phase of Edwardian opulence and before the irreversible changes brought about by the Great War. EXTREMELY SCARCE. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MANY OF THESE REMARKABLE PORTFOLIOS WERE PRODUCED; CERTAINLY NOT MANY, AND EVEN FEWER CAN HAVE SURVIVED. Sutcliife p.103; not recorded by White (1965).
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of 1 Bn Bedfordshire Regiment collating both official and personal sources. The set comprises Vol. I: Mons to the Somme; Vol. II: Arras to the Armistice.
8vo., First Edition; original dark green cloth, upper board blocked with regimental crest in silver and red, boards lightly age-marked, backstrip faded and lightly pulled at head else a very good, bright, clean copy. Extremely scarce. Sutcliffe, p.464; White, p.205.
Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 42, [2] one-sided pages. Black and white reproductions of photos, maps, and many fascinating wartime documents. Undated but appears to be circa 1989. "I compliment you on your vivid account of your capture and escape at Verrieres Ridge. It is fascinating and very well expressed. I wouldn't suggest you change a word." - Col. C.C.I. Merritt V.C. Author's address ink stamped inside back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. A sound copy of this important and dramatic personal WWII account. Book
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates; original cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. This fine territorial unit went to Egypt in September 1914 and saw action at Gallipoli from May until the evacuation. It returned to Egypt in the spring of 1917 before transferring to France where it remained until the Armistice.
8vo., single-fold menu, printed and illustrated in blue, with Musical Programme leaf loosely inserted, a very good, bright, clean copy. The front cover features Bairnsfather's 'Better Ole'; the rear cover lists Great War battle honours of the Birmingham battalions. Music was provided by the Band of 7th Bn The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers. The Birmingham City battalions fought with 5th Division variously in France, Flanders and Italy from 1915 to the Armistice. A RARE SURVIVAL.
8vo., First Edition, with 71 plates on 32, 10 maps (6 double-page) in the text, and endpaper maps, small inscription on front free endpaper verso; red cloth, Pegasus blocked in blue on upper board, gilt back, case a little shaken else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with short closed tear at headband. The best modern account of the epic action, and the basis of Richard Attenborough's immensely successful film (1977) starring Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, James Caan and a host of others. Enser, pp.13, 87.
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
8vo., Second Edition, with 30 plates on 8 and 11 maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1980, Frost's story is in effect the story of 2 Para which he commanded with such distinction at the Bridge. Also includes Iraq Levies, Bruneval, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. Enser, p.3 (recording the first edition).
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original card wrappers, a fine copy. Alan Green served with 1 Border from 1942-1946, taking part in Operation Market as part of 1 Airlanding Brigade. In 1991 he wrote the story of 1 Border at Arnhem.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates and maps; black cloth gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. ALREADY VERY SCARCE
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., Second Impression, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition.
Second edition, large 8vo, xxvii, [1], 336, [2]pp., frontis., 36 plates, new buckram with partial orig. cloth laid-down.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. One of the most recent studies. Includes veterans accounts, on-site walks and numerous appendices
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs, illustrations and maps throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent pictorial history from the beginnings. First published by Spellmount in the previous year. Smith, p.75; Sutcliffe, p.123 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; printed wrappers, sewed as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. Commemorates the bestowal on the Regiment of the privilege of marching through the streets of the city [York] with bayonets fixed, colours flying and band playing. With the privately printed Regimental Privilege slip loosely inserted. A RARE SURVIVAL. Not recorded by Sutcliffe or White.
Signed, without inscription, by author upon first blank leaf. 238 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. First published in 1946 as "55 Axis." The thirteen chapters include: Defence of Britain; Conquest of Sicily; Fighting Pursuit from Reggio; The Moro River and Ortona Road; The Adriatic Barricade; The Liri Valley Campaign; The Battles of the Gothic Line; The Po Valley Denial; Victory in the Netherlands; The Kiska Connection; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Armorial bookplate upon first blank page. Front cover partially sunned. Binding intact. A sound copy. Cooke p.170 Book
8vo., First Edition, with 2 mounted frontispieces in photogravure and 9 chromolithographed coloured plates (8 of uniform, 1 of colours); original green regimental cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, red edges, green endpapers, covers lightly rubbed and age-marked, hinges reinforced with green tape (binding wholly sound), a very good, bright copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM CAPT. MITCHELL-INNES OF THE REGIMENT WITH HIS HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.337; White, p.111.
