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Features: Cover portrait of Colonel Freyberg, V.C., D.S.O., the Hero of Beaumont-Hamel, Royal West Surrey Regiment and Royal Navy Division. Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "The Great British Battles of the Somme - V. - Check near Bapaume and Victory on the Ancre". Includes complete chapter CLV - "The Effect of the Somme Offensive on the German 'Will to Victory'". Many excellent photos, including one of captured German flame-throwers 'which the enemy, in defiance of civilised useage, introduced into warfare.' Graphic centerfold of a shell-shattered avenue of elms along the borders of the Yser Canal between Boesinghe and Lizerne. Also includes first portion of Chapter CLVI - Belgium Under Two Flags - The Homeland Under the German Heel and the Renaissance of the Army on the Yser. Many excellent black and white photos. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A sound reference copy. Book
Pages 65-134. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: History of the sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers (part 2); The town of Canaan - feature article with many interesting photos; To a Chickadee; After Many Years; Two Quatrains; Representative Agriculturists - Alfred J. Gould of Newport, Philip C. Clough of Canterbury; The Winter tenants of an old well; On the stair; Polly Tucker (continued); Point of View; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy. Magazine
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
72 pages. Several pages of black and white reproductions of photos, archival and recent. Features: 'The Victoria Cross', by Edgar L. Boyd; Dave Barbour's WWI War Diary; The Battle of 'Captain Ridge', by Ernie White; 'The Great Moustache Caper' by W.D. Smith; 'A Ramble Through Sicily' by Charlie Swan; Part of War Diary by Captain Les Herman; 'My Father's Speech' by Peggy McEwen; 'Recollections of Portslade' by Ralph C.B. Paulsen; 'Eastburne - 1942' by Shierlaw Burry; Several pages of Association news; Nine-page list of members, complete with their mailing addresses; Three-page list of members who have passed since the last issue. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this informative item. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; regimental red cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip mounted on page ix. The sole dedicated account of the 1st London Regiment, from formation in 1859 to redesignation post-WWII. Sutcliffe, p.451.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and endpaper maps, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The epic stand of 1 Glosters on Hill 235 at the eastern crossing of the Imjin River.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and endpaper maps, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The epic stand of 1 Glosters on Hill 235 at the eastern crossing of the Imjin River. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
3 parts in 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps and plans (a number folding); original green cloth gilt, upper boards with regimental badge blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine copy. Spklendid copy of the standard pre-WWII history. The set comprises: Vol. I. Part I: The Thirty-Ninth; Vol. 2. Part 2. The Fifty-Fourth; Vol. 2. Part 3. The Dorsetshire Regiment 1881-1939. Sutcliffe, p.235; White p.92.
8vo., First Edition, with 4 maps (one double-page); green cloth, upper board lettered and blocked with regimental badge in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. The recipient is Drum-Major Nosworthy. An important post-war history covering as it does both the Malayan Emergency and Mau-Mau in Kenya before service with BAOR. Includes honours & awards, casualties and officers. Sutcliffe, p.82.
8vo., First Edition, with 4 maps (one double-page); green cloth, upper board lettered and blocked with regimental badge in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. An important post-war history covering as it does both the Malayan Emergency and Mau-Mau in Kenya before service with BAOR. Includes honours & awards, casualties and officers. Sutcliffe, p.82.
170 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Reproductions of many black and white photos. Average wear to light blue boards. Unmarked. Some sunning to spine. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
[11], 252, [2] pages. Maps. Several black and white reprodutions of photos. "In this honest and often very moving book, James Roberts looks back over a business, military, civil service and diplimatic career, recalling the ups and downs and above all the people he has known and loved in a long and active life. Roberts served for Canada with distinction in WWII and rapidly rose to the rank of Brigadier at the height of the battle for the opening of the strategic Scheldt estuary. The next year, from within the German lines, he negotiated details of the unconditional German surrender on the Canadian front." - dust jacket. Few tiny markings to military map printed upon front endpaper otherwise book quite clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor lean to spine. Quarter-inch opening in publisher's olive cloth at lower tip of back board. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating life story featuring significant WWII involvement. Book
8vo., Second Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in in 1977. VERY SCARCE.
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
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
141 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Binding sound. Some library markings. A sound copy. Book
First edition, small 4to, [8], 36pp., orig. red publishers cloth, some light staining.
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.
70 pages. Attractive silver and maroon regimental decoration upon front cover. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos of members and war scenes. Includes: Photos and biographical information of Commanding Officers; Roll of Honor; Paintings; Honors and Awards; The R.A.P. (Regimental Aid Post], with photos of Captain G.M. Jamieson being decorated by Montgomery; The Story of the Regiment (considerable text supplemented with photos); Two-page map of Northern Europe and the English Channel showing movements of the Regiment. Moderate wear. First page partially free of binding. Minor bits of peeling from front cover. Faint evidence of label removal inside front cover which bears armorial bookplate. 3" x 1" blacked out portion atop page two, contents unaffected. A well-preserved copy of this handsome and proud history. Dornbusch 157, Cooke (2) p.178. Book
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text, small neat service signature on front free endpaper and half-title, faint label scar on front paste-down; original regimental black cloth, upper board blocked in yellow enclosing regimental badge in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes list of colonels, war service (to the Great War), and summary record of battalions in WWI. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.114; White, p. 69.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Wardrops's diary was first published privately by RAC in 1968 to mark the disbandment of 5RTR. This first trade edition contains extra photographs, introduction and a valuable editorial narrative. Smith, p.90.
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 9 RTR was heavily involved from its landing shortly after D-Day to the end in Germany. Includes EPSOM, the Canadians at Falaise, 49 Div at Seine and Le Havre, the Arnhem salient, the Ardennes and the Reichswald Forest. Includes ROH, awards. Smith, p.96; Sutcliffe, p.128.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith, p.85; Sutcliffe, p.127.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Smith, p.85; Sutcliffe, p.127.
PARIS/LIMOGES, H. Charles-Lavauzelle - 1895 - In-16 - Cartonnage éditeur (Dos fragile)- 59 gravures en texte - 192 pages PARIS/NANCY (T.II & III) - 1899 - In-16 - Cartonnage éditeur - Nombreuses illustrations en texte, Musique avec partitions - 175 & 138 pages - légères mouillures, Sinon beaux exemplaires - Bel ensemble en cartonnage editeur - envoi rapide et soigné
