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8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 9 plates in monochrome and 8maps in the text, small personal book-label on front paste-down; original faux-vellum, upper board with gilt grame border enclosing regimental badge blocked in gilt, gilt back, gil top, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in the 'Country Life ' series of military histories. Sutcliffe, p.68; White, p.60.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, 6 plates in monochrome, 14 maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; original red buckram, upper board with crest blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The best history of a proud regiment poorly served in this respect; the best section is that covering service in WWII. Although White gives 3 coloured plates of uniform, one of these is more accurately termed a battle scene. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.340; White, p.112.
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.
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
24 pages. Consolidating British Positions in the Balkans; Photos of flame attacks by night and day; Photos of British troops in respirators walking through poison gas from their own bombs; Photo of a French artillery commander's hardened headquarters; Photo of French troops and their gun which fires 220lb shells - such guns helped the French win at Champagne in 1915; Roadside photo of German troops killed and wounded by a French bombardment of howitzers; Photo of a floating bridge being constructed across the Tigris by Indo-British Pioneers; Photo of dozens of British sailors pulling a naval gun across a Mesopotamian desert; Photos of belligerents carrying goods in Cameroon; Photo of Russian machine guns and gunners on the bessarabia front; Good Bye to Gallipoli! - the last scenes - four photos and one two-page illustration (which is loose but present); Records of the Regments in the War - XI - The Dorsets; Photos of mascots; Before, during, and after photos of the German demolition of the church of Lampernisse; Three photos of Damage in Paris after a Zeppelin bombing raid; Photos of 17 brave British sons decorated for Valour. Lacking outer wraps. Last page loose but present. Appears to have been disbound from a hardcover volume. A rough but worthy reference copy. Book
24 pages. Features: God Save the King! (article); The Doom of the Aerial Armada - a day that will live in History - article; French Methods of Meeting the Zeppelin Menace - seven photos; Three photos of war damage; Photo of a stream of refugee carts; Artillery that aided the Australians' Advance - three excellent photos of howitzers which took part in the bombardment which attended the Anzacs' advance in Flanders, including a battery of 18-pounders and 1,400lb shells with an effective shrapnel radius of 800 yards; Photo of native Somali, Swazi, Swahili and other troops fighting under the British flag; Photo of General Sarrall decorating Essad Pasha; Photo of large boatload of milch-goats heading to the Salonika front to provide milk for the allied armies; Photos of German winged bombs and 'coal-scutties; Photos of the officers of U35 and some of the ships she sunk (all photos taken by the commander of U35 and published in German newspapers); The Truth About Jutland - article by Lovat Fraser; Three centrefold illustrations beneath the caption 'Going Forward to the Firing-Line in Flanders'; How Friendly Peoples were Permeated by German Spies - article by Tighe Hopkins; Photo of the Portuguese President, Senhor Machada, reviewing Portuguese troops in England; Photo of the Prince of Siam inspecting a French mortar school; Photo of the King of Italy presenting award to General Petain; Photo of Senegalese troops practicing the use of gas masks in France; How Esprit de Corps is fostered and maintained - article by Neil Munro; Sketches of four distinguished sailors on active service, Rear-Admiral O. De B. Brock, Rear-Admiral A.C. Leveson, Captain Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, and rear-Admiral W.E. Goodenough; Photos of sixteen brave men and women honoured for heroism; Illustration of how Sergeant John Carmichael, V.C. earned his award; Illustration of how Corporal Sidney James Day, V.C. earned his award; Cross-section illustrations of new concrete ships; The Worcesters (I) - one-page record of the Regiment with photo of her officers. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
20 pages. Features: Supports of the King (article); Cover illustration of British infantry rounding up a 'Pill-box" in Flanders; A Soldier of Italy - A Picture of Heroism by Italy's Hero-Poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (article); Photos of modern devices used in the destruction of man - a Canadian telephone exchange, glycerine being boiled from bones to make explosives, a French machine gun, and Mr. Wilfred Stokes with one of his famous guns; Six interesting photos/illustrations of pill-boxes and gun-posts the Germans have lost; Photos of Cardinal Bourne visiting the Irish Brigade; Two photos of British troops in German east Africa; Photos of German POWs taken by Australians at Flanders; Photo of German U-boat Commander Lieut. Steinbrink; Photo of British tank in New York City; Photo of German plane on display in London; Photos of mine-layer UC5 in New York; Photos of infants and babies being taken care of during London air raids; Facing the Problem of Paying the Colossal War Bill - article by Jesse Quail; Sketches of four famous fighting Admirals of the war - Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, and Admiral Sir F.C. Deveton Sturdee; Fun animal photos; Photos of devastation on the French front from Flanders to the Aisne; Photos of twenty brave men placed on the Roll of Honour; The Worcesters (II) - record of the Regiment (one page of text with photo of her officers). Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Contents: Two photo views of Metz, the capital of Lorraine; Photo in a French trench; Donington Hall and Nelson's Last Prayer; Photo of the last victim of the intrepid Garros - photo shows a downed Taube; Photo of General Galopin reviewing the Garrison of Paris; Photo of men of the Royal Naval Division training in the Crystal Palace; The Great Landing Battles of the Dardanelles; Our Allies at Alexandria set out to meet the Turk - five photos; Turkey's Death Struggle with Forces of Progress - five photos; Planting the Union Jack in German Africa - 4 photos; Charge of the Uhlans - Martyrdom of Rheims - two photos; Britain's Pioneer Regiment in the Line of Fire - four photos; Work for Blinded Soldiers - War's Saddest Victims - five photos; Four photos of war prisoners at work for their captors; Photo of dozens of British bluejackets hauling a heavy gun ashore; Photos of women filling in the gaps while men fill the trenches; The war in the Air - article by C.G. Grey; Britain's Roll of Honoured dead - twenty-one photos; Chronology of events May 1st to May 7th; Photo portrait of Lt.-Gen. Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, C.B. inside back cover. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Missing page 297 and 298. Center page loose but present. An informative issue. Book
Features: How Givenchy defied the Hun - article by Hamilton Fyfe; Pushing Back the Austrians across the Piave; The Black Man's Part in the War - why the German must be kept out of Africa - article by Sir Harry H. Johnston; French troops ready for a raid on the Huns; Where 'Old Glory' is winning new glory in France; Camera Glimpses of war areas west and east; Where the Hun was held and then driven back - Bethune; Interesting items from the Imperial War Museum; Soldiers seek health and relaxation by the sea; Broken wings made whole - warplane repair; Wartime work in French woods and villages; Watering the Regiment - mules haul pakhals full of water; The Empire's Roll of Honour; Homesteads that will rise in France Renewed. Staples disintegrated. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reading copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and maps on japon (many folding and coloured in outline); ivory boards, upper board blocked with regimental crest in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers heavily age-marked and faded else a very good, bright, crisp working copy. Sutcliffe, p.101; White, p.67. SCARCE.
Pages 97-192 plus 32 pages of vintage ads. Features: A Battle With a Bear - a young sportsman drops into a lively rough-and-tumble fight with a big black bear; Real-Life Romances of the War (part I) - Malcolm Savage Treacher, a sergeant in a famous regiment who has been invalided to England after an exciting time in the Near East sets down stories - cameos of the Great War - told to him by soldiers during his seven months' sojourn in various hospitals (part I); From Job To Job Around the World (part IV) - the continuing remarkable adventures of two young Americans who set out from San Francisco with ten dollars between them to work their way around the world - this instalment featuring their adventures in the Philippines, with photos; The Darkest Hour (part I) - Our experiences in the Great Serbian Retreat; A Year in Arctic Siberia (part II) - a well-known Polish lady describes her experiences in the little-known regions of far-northern Siberia; The Strategy of Sister Madeleine - the story of a French Captain's Escape from the Germans; The River That Won't Behave - the mighty Mississippi regularly floods enormous areas - article with many dramatic photos; Fallen Among Thieves - the author finds himself in a very nasty hole after taking a job offered him by strangers; A Holiday in Mongolia - Juliet Bredon offers a chatty description, illustrated with photos - of a trip into Mongolia on donkey-back; A Prisoner of the Rocks - F. Hopkins Graves was caught in a British Columbia avalanche and only escaped death by a miracle, only to find himself caught in a veritable rat trap among the rocks which he only escaped after two days; Photo of terrible street-car accident in Spokane, Washington; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 503-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Eight Days On a Capsized Ship - three seamen tough it out upon the overturned hull of the 'Anna Rebecca' in 1906 off Memel (with photos); My Adventures in Sarawak (part I) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her experiences getting to know 'the loveable little people and their language' (with photos); The Girl Who Came to Copperfield, Oregon - Miss Fern Hobbs was sent at the head of a regiment of soldiers to restore order in the lawless town of Copperfield - article with photo of Miss Hobbs; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part II) - Photo-illustrated account of the second half of Mr. Wilby's arduous journey, ending in British Columbia; My Escape from Kelantan - a veteran pioneer of Malaya, W.E. Nash, relates how he took a frail stern-wheel river steamer across the China Sea in the teeth of a monsoon; The Case of "Jack Thompson" - an Englishman in a Bolivian prison; The Haunted Trees - The Malays believe evil spirits take up residence in certain 'hantu' trees; Pieter Erberfeld, Traitor - the story behind this man and a memorial tablet, bearing his skull, in Batavia, Dutch West Indies (Indonesia); The Hermit of Smith's Mountain - a strange character in San Diego County; Man-Eaters - the menace wild animals constitute to dwellers in less-favoured parts of the world; Sport in the Ukraine - with photos; Freshwater Pearl-Fishing - clam-fishing as carried out on the rivers of Illinois - with great photos; Wanted, A Wife - the amusing adventures of Dominick Forese of Butte, Montana; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Features: My Life in the French Foreign Legion, by Trevor S.H. Jones, late 1st Regiment Legion Etrangere Infanterie; The Snow Surveyors - men who keep track of the snowfall in the wild mountain ranges of Canada and the United States; My Pistol - a bride not experienced with firearms receives an automatic as a wedding present; A Sailor Adrift - a sailor ends up working at a Rocky Mountain lumber-camp where he has memorable experiences; Through the "Big Bend" of the Rio Grande by Canoe; The Ordeal of Juan Rosas - an Ecuadoran enters the wilds to cut balsa wood; Hair of the Dog - a story of African superstitions; The Will to Live - An Australian example of human endurance along the coast south of Cairns; A Fool Afoot in France - reprint of a 1929 story of an English Walker in France; One Day's Work - New Zealand Volcano; Military Mystery at Benghazi; and more. Two-inch opening at base of front cover fold. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 194-284 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Romance of the French Foreign Legion; Adrift in a Mine-Field - two men drift through a mine-field in a crippled seaplane, fending off mines with their bare hands!; That Night - a rice-planter's cyclone ordeal on Bordelieu Island off the Florida coast; An Englishwoman in South America - Mrs. Mayer-Nixson describes the ways of Chilean (Chilian) policemen, the curious manners and customs of the people, and the odd habits of Chilean servants; The End of the Rainbow - an adventure of Etienne, a half-breed trapper in Northern Canada who had not heard of WWI; Rua the Prophet - the curious history of a Maori fanatic, Rua Kenana, who established a native "New Jerusalem" in the heart of the wild and inaccessible Urewera Mountains of New Zealand - article with great photos; Canada's Last Frontier - part II of a photo-illustrated narrative of a trip to Canada's Eskimo country - including a photo of Fort McMurray which was but a tiny clearing in the woods, plus a photo of an early oil well, and the Pelican gas 'gusher' which had been buring for 18 years!; Our Zambezi Lion-Hunt - adventure involving a black-faced lion; The Tale of the "Tara" - the adventures of the crew of the auxilliary cruiser "Tara," torpedoed off the North African coast - photo-illustrated article; Exploring the Black Canyon - A.L. Fellows and W.W. Torrence help tap a river by a tunnel which irrigates a previously barren valley in Colorado. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 11 plates on 4, 6 full-page maps in the text and 2 folding maps coloured in outline, small tape-marks on paste-downs; regimental green cloth with badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a a very good, bright, clean copy. Records the immediate pre-war and wartime service of all twelve battalions, together with an account of Norton Barracks. Includes colonels, battalion commanders, honours, awards and ROH. Sutcliffe, p.183; White, p.83.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Service [Pals] Battalions served in France with 92nd Brigade, 31st Division. Sutcliffe, p.106.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. The 29th Brigade and the capture of Seoul.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers lightly creased else a very good, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board with regimental crest blocked in silver, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY WITH SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION BY THE CURATOR OF THE REGIMENTAL MUSEUM. Sutcliffe, p.212.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 20, 8 maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Near fine copy of the standard life. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
170 pages. Index. Footnotes. Nominal Roll, Irnzir, 8 May 1964. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This valuable monograph is above all a tribute to the traditional qualities of the Kiwi soldier at all levels - responsible, resourceful, compassionate and professionally competent. New Zealanders can be proud of what is recorded here, as well as grateful for the way it is presented." - Foreword. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada October, 1942. Contents: Life in the R.A.C. - tank crews in training; The Tanks at Dieppe - actual dialogue of R.T. wireless conversation between members of the tank crews of B and C Squadrons of the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment (The Calgarys); Finding New Officers; Index for numbers 1-26 of this publication. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
12 pages. "Not to be Published - the information given in this publication is not to be communicated, either directly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Forces." - from front cover. Reprinted in Canada March, 1943. Contents: Little Men, What Now? - Survey of the Japanese Army including two-page map of Japan's Asiatic Empire - where they were and where they are; The Role of the R.A.F. Regiment - They Guard the Airfields; Boot Quiz. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book