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192952788Lancaster UK. 1929-1931. Green cloth gilt to upper board. Vols. 17 to 19 four issues per year complete. Slight foxing to outer edges. Boards lightly marked with sl. lean internally a very clean copy. VG hardcover
192352790Lancaster UK. 1923. Green cloth printed paper label to upper board. Vol. 11 1923 Nos. 1-4 complete. Slight foxing to outer edges. Boards lightly marked internally a very clean copy. VG hardcover
195052785Lancaster UK. 1950-52. Green cloth gilt type to spine. Vols. 38-40 inclusive all issues four per year included. Slight foxing to outer edges. Boards lightly marked internally a very clean copy. VG. hardcover
194152783Lancaster UK. 1941-43. Green cloth gilt type to spine. Vols. 29-31 inclusive all issues four per year included. Slight foxing to outer edges. Boards lightly marked internally a very clean copy. VG hardcover
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispieces, title-vignettes, 6 fine coloured plates (mainly of uniform), 23 plates in monochrome, a folding panorama, 9 folding maps and 7 full-page maps (coloured or coloured in outline), and 32 illustrations (many full-page) and numerous tables and pedigrees in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original regimental cloth, badge blocked in silver on upper boards, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. One of the great regimental histories. The set comprises Vol. I: 1794-1816; Vol. II: 1816-1898. Including the 75th Regiment 1787-1881. The first editions of these two volumes were published in 1901 and 1903 respectively. The first two volumes constitute a set in themselves. A third volume by Gardyne followed in 1939, and fourth, fifth and sixth volumes by Falls (1958), Miles (1961) and A.D. Gardyne (1972). White, p.120.
Roy., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and facsimiles throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
Lots of information on the activities of the Household Brigade in 1865. Page edges gilt. 324 pages. Six engravings. Wear to top/base of spine and cover corners.
Features: On the British front in Flanders; The Italian advance on the Julian front; On the Belgian front along the Yser; German Prisoners' Parcels - at an internment camp; 2-page photo of some of Russia's 37,000 prisoners in Galicia; The Guards Regiment (one page story with 2 photos); German prisoners at work in England (4 photos); The August 'Gotha' day-time raid on the Kent coast; Centerfold photo of the Italian pontoon bridge across the Isonzo on the Julian front; 2-page photo of wounded British prisoners returning to London from Switzerland; The training of British naval cadets (4 photos); A funeral with naval honours in Tokyo (Tokio); Indian soldiers where the Prussian Guard was beaten; 2 photos of the Messenger-pigeon service; Great 2-page photo of a captured German Gun-Emplacement at Lens. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrating. Book
Features: 2 page photo of British ships helping in the defence of the line of the Piave; Photo portrait of Lieut.-General Sir William Raine Marshall, K.C.B.; 2-page photo of reserves on the move in the Cambrai Battle; Cambrai photos; The 1st Foot Regiment - one page article with photo; Clear two-page photo of Germans surrendered from their trenches; 4 tank photos at Cambrai. Staples disintegrating. Above-average wear. Book
Features: One page photo of two Canadian-built submarines at dockside; Anzac gunners at work; The Black Watch on the march; The 27th Bengal Infantry Regiment; Washing day aboard a French prison ship; Her Majesty the Queen inspects East-End street rolls of honour; With the British troops at Salonika; Two-page photo of a massive British gun at the moment of firing; Italy's Victorious Advance; Crippled Austrians practising walking with artificial limbs; Air-torpedo in a gun; Short range pieces effective for trench bombards; Sir Charles Wakefield entertains wounded soldiers - and General Mackintosh - at The Karsino, Hampton Court. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
Features: Canadians in France; A Royal visit to the west of England; The King inspects Japanese Sailors at a British Port; Liberty Loan Day parade in New York; With the Gaza Wing of Sir Edmund Allenby's Army; Some of the Captors of Beersheba; Romance of the Regiment - The 61st; A smashed German Windmill Blockhouse; The Bal Masque of War; A Zeppelin Raider is brought down at St. Clement; The heroic storming of Passchendaele; With the victorious French 6th Army on the Aisne front; a Portuguese Training Camp in England; Photo of Lieut. Syed Abdul Alajeed. Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Bivouac of the 3rd King's Rifles, De Beers Diamond Mines at Kimberley during the seige, Lord Roberts's reception at the Modder River Camp (laid in), the remains of the suffolk regiment after Moedder Farm, Chieveley Camp (laid in), Major-General T. Kelly-Kenny, Photos with General French's Command near Colesberg, Canadian Mounted Police Leaving Halifax for South Africa, The Attack on Spion Kop (Centerfold), Photos with the South African Railway Pioneer Regiment, Photo of H.M.S. Viper running at record speed of 35.5 knots. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos include: The Late Duke of Teck, The "A.M.R." Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, Several Photos with Lord Methuen's Force, General Gatacre's Base Camp at Queenstown, The Company of the Bloomsbury Rifles, Farewell Dinner for the C.I.V., Passing of John Ruskin, The Cheshire Regiment. Illustrations include: General Lord Methuen Directing the Battle of Magersfontein, A Boer Trench at Magersfontein, Spearman's Farm, Christening "Joe Chamberlain" (a 4.7" gun), the British Retirement on Molteno, General White congratulates the Natal Volunteers, Night-Signalling from an armoured train outside Ladysmith, The Siege of Ladysmith, Melton Prior's Sketch of the Bombardment of Ladysmith(Centerfold). Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
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 843- 890. Features: Front cover photo portrait of Mussolini with King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, proclaimed Emperor of Abyssinia; Nice photo of Mrs. Amy Mollison, who made a record flight from Gravesend to the Cape of Good Hope; Photos of King Faruk returning to Cairo from England;M. Drouillet is arrested after gallant escapade in the impounded airplane of the Emperor of Abyssinia; Photo of first funeral service in an RAF plane, for aircraftman William Watkin; Photo of the car in which King Alexander and M. Barthou were assassinated being presented to Yugoslavia by France; Photo-illustrated article entitled The Doom of the Mountain Zebra; Photo of Dr. Herms' insect killing lamp; Interesting one-page photo of an unusual French military ceremony - the presentation of the standard of the 505th Regiment of tanks, at the Vannes; One-page photo of the stratosphere, "dust sphere", and the Earth's curvature - from the highest point ever reached (72,395') - taken over South Dakota during a record-breaking balloon ascent; One page photo of the highest vertical photograph ever made - South Dakota from over 13 miles above it; Two pages of photos illustrate the ongoing discovery of unexploded World War I munitions (these shells are salvaged by a French Desobusage company); Photo illustrated article on a "Mystery" tomb found intact beside the second pyramid; Large photo of huge crowd assembled to hear Mussolini announce Italy's sovereignty over Abyssinia; Photo of Mussolini presiding over the fascist Grand Council; Two pages of photos show the defeated Emperor of Abyssinia in exile - Haile Selassie and his Empress take refuge in Palestine; Photos of personalities of the week include Prince Mohamed Aly, H. G. G. Payne, Miss Beatrice Harraden, Sir Firoz Khan Noon, Edward Laurillard, Miss Jean Batten, Mr. Charles Laughton, M. Serge Lifar, Sir Alfred Watson, S. J. Camp, Louis Silken, Dr. Oswald Spengler, and the Duke of York; Page of photos of prominent figures in the inquiry into the alleged leakage of budget information; Recommended site for statue to memorialize King George; Photo inside the Moose River disaster - where the entombed man spent most of their 242 hours below ground; Photo of funeral for Mr. Magill who died in the Moose River mine disaster; Photo of the Princess of Nagode after her marriage to the Maharajah of Sirmur; Two pages of photos of birds of Galapagos; one-page Guinness ad features Alice in Wonderland motif; One-page Harrods ad features bedroom suite; Photos of the wind tunnel at Chiswick which are used to test transit buses; One-page Austin Reed men's fashion ad; Halfpage photo ad for the Alvis limousine; Back cover ad for Douglas Stuart (Stuart House of London). Faint store stamp to advertising front cover. Please note: pages 867-868 not included. One page loose but present. Moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. 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
Features: Princess Margaret and her own regiment - in Glasgow and Ayr; Water Speed Record; British Arms for Iraq; Polo in Japan; Amazing 2-page photo of a large pile of Thunderjet aircraft shells in the Arizona desert; Framlingham College; Two newly-found masterworks of 2500 years ago - Ibexes in stone; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features/Photos: British expedition conquers Nuptse, the last great undefeated peak in the Himilayan group; The Duke of Gloucester reviews his regiment; Royal Wedding in Amman, Jordan - King Hussein and his English bride; The Church of Scotland; South Korean military coup d'etat; Nazis arrested in New Orleans; Freedom Riders arrested in Alabama; Princess Margaret Expecting a baby; Centrefold colour cutaway illustration of the 'ship of the century', the great P&O liner Canberra; The Archaeological exploration of the Negev; The Vanden Plas Princess 3 litre; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Contains many rare photographs drawn from the regimental museum.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; elegantly bound in dark red full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, upper board latter in gilt, ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED), a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The unit became the regiment's 1st Volunteer Battalion in 1885 and its 4th Battalion (the conversion) in 1908. Includes many valuable photographs. RARE. Not recorded by Sutcliffe or White.
4to., First Edition, with portraits, plates (2 in colour) and illustrations; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes the 3rd London and 32nd Searchlight Regiment RA (7th City of London). THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.460; White p.202.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 7 plates, 22 full-page maps and large folding coloured map at end; original navy cloth, gilt back, lower joint rubbed, backstrip chafed (not affecting lettering) at headband else a very good, bright, clean copy. Compiled by a Committee of Officers of the Battalion. VERY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.220; White, p.89.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 26 monochrome photographs and 14 maps, endpapers mildly browned; original grey regimental cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, backstrip lettered in green, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Includes a history of the Civil Service Rifle Volunteers; then 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions Civil Service Rifles during WWI. In 1921 the 1/15th was reconstituted as 15th Battalion London Regiment (POW Own Civil Service Rifles); in 1923 15th Battalion was amalgamated with 16th Battalion. Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe, p. 454; White, p.204.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, 41 plates on 16 and 3 folding maps, some light soiling throughout; original regimental cloth, battalion badge in gilt on upper board, gilt back, covers moderately age-marked else a good, sound copy. Includes register of officers and personnel. This territorial battalion served in Malta, Alexandria, Mudros, Gallipoli (October 1915-January 1916) and Rouen. It was disbanded in June 1916 and replaced by 3/4th battalion which then took its name. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.62; White, p.201
