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Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. Hand-numbered copy #34 of 1,000. [8], 188 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. "Illustrates the infantry badges of the Canadian Expeditionary Force of 1914-1919, backed by short sketches of the battalions they represented. Not only a unique reference work for the serious badge collector, but will also serve those who would begin a study of the Canadian Units that made the name of Canada second to none on the bloody battlefields of Flanders a half century ago." - John C. Newlands, Librarian/Curator - Royal Canadian Military Institute. "The format is simple, precise and packed with information of the type the reader wants. The photography is excellent and the text complete and easy to digest. Will become a standard reference book from this time on, and deservedly so." - Edward Denby, The "Musket and Doubloon", Antique Arms Dealer, Toronto. Bookplate of prior owner inside front board, otherwise contents clean, bright and unmarked. Light wear to decorated green cloth-covered boards. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this essential reference. COOKE (3E) p.196. Book
362 pages. Fold-out map inside back board indicates operations of the Battalion. Twenty-one black and white photographic plates (including one at page 56 not included in List of Illustrations). Lists of: Service Dates; Engagements of the Battalion; Wastage in France; Casualties; Honours and Awards. Also includes Nominal Roll of Officers, including name, address and record of service, and Nominal Roll Other Ranks, including number, name, address and record of service. "Being a history of the justly famous 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) in the various theatres of the war [WWI], together with a Nominal Roll and synopsis of service of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who served with the Battalion in France." - subtitle. Gilt lettering and decoration upon forest green cloth-covered boards. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important Canadian military history. [Enser p. 88. Cooke p. 130. Dornbusch 426. Amtmann H523] Book
Second, best, and last edition of this comprehensive guide to military strategy. A how-to guide for all ranks of soldier, from private to general. With three folding plates, showing typographical diagrams of military formations. Cockle 588. 4to. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript on spine. Binding lightly soiled but surprisingly unworn. A little minor, faint, old staining in margins of the first few leaves, but otherwise very fresh internally. A very good copy of a rare book.
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
Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Ju-Ju" Justice - a startling West African Ju-Ju incident and its sequel, involving the Elder Dempster branch boat "Lagoon"; Tales of the Service - The Smuggler's Cave (part III) - stirring stories of the Service contributed by a customs-house officer on the West Coast of Scotland and also in Ireland; The Wooing of Abia - a charming yet thrilling love story involving natives of Papua, with great photos; Beyond the Law (part III) - The Dalton Gang terrorized the Western States of America for years while committing train robberies and holding up banks; The Empire's Only Eskimo Soldier - John Shiwak, of Labrador, the only Eskimo soldier to lay down his life for the empire (article with photo); Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram (part III) - the Himalayan exploits of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman (with photos); A Nightmare Voyage - in 1905, the American barque Challenger left Port Townsend for Japan in the command of Captain Pedersen; Photo of a Papuan chief's daughter wearing a necklace of hundreds of dog teeth; Lion-Hunting as a Business - Frank Allen of Rhodesia is the only known lion-hunter - article with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa (part IV) - a 4,000 mile honeymoon trip east to west across the Dark Continent - with photos; The Baboon and the Baby - a baboon steals a baby from a home; My Experiences in German East Africa - James Henry Butcher relates his thrilling experiences as a private in the South African Infantry, with photos; The Shining Town - a fascinating photo-illustrated sketch of life and scenes in Granada; The "White" Chief of Penrhyn Island - the shipwrecked author was adopted by a chief in the South Sea Islands and went on to become the ruler of an island and its people; Only a Half-Breed - in South-West Colorado in 1869 a white man's squaw prevented a war; Fantastic ad "Swear Off Tobacco" by the Newell harmacal Company of St. Louis inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 17 monochrome plates, 9 illustrations and 12 maps and plans (a number full-page) in the text and a large folding map on japon; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published in the 'Country Life Series of Military Histories'. Includes coloured plate of uniform, monochrome plates of colours (1-4 Bns), medals, bibliography, ROH (first two years of WWI), and list of officers serving in August 1916. Sutcliffe, p.327; White, p.109.
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).
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps (a number folding); elegantly bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Sutcliffe, p.365; White, p. 116.
In-16 p. (mm. 153x103), cartoncino rustico antico (risg. rifatti), 26 cc.nn., 282 pp.num., 1 c.nn., incluso il bel frontespizio allegorico inciso; ornato da iniziali xilografate, con 4 (su 5) grandi tavv. f.t., più volte ripieg. e inc. in rame, raffiguranti i vari schieramenti contemplati dalla strategia militare. Al colophon la data "Milano, Bidelli, 1619". Opera, più volte ristampata, dello scrittore napoletano “Frà Lelio Brancaccio (1560-1637), Cavalier Hierosolomitano del Consiglio Collaterale per S.M. Cattolica nel Regno di Napoli e suo Maestro di Campo e Consiglier di Guerra ne gli Stati di Fiandra”. Cfr. Brunet,I,1202 e Fera / Morlicchio,I,408 per la I ediz. di Anversa, 1610 - Choix de Olschki,6201 per una di Venezia, 1620: "Ouvrage assez rare et très important". Rifilato al bordo sup., aloni margin. e lievi uniformi arross. interc. nel t. ma certam. un buon esemplare.
Features: Title page illustration of British despatch-rider delivering Christmas pudding by bicycle in deep snow; G.K. Chesterton makes the case that the English are ignorant; One-page aerial photo of French tanks attacking a German trench-line; Excellent photo of hundreds of "China's Army of Labourers for the Western Front - A Big Muster on Parade"; Two pages of illustrations show the difficulties faced by British patrols in nocturnal search of German North Sea raiders; Three pages provide ten photos of the aftermath of the terrible Halifax explosion on December 7th, 1917; One-page portrait of Admiral Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss; Two photos show the difficulty of transportation after recent French snow; One-page aerial photo of French bombs raining down upon a German munition factory in Lorraine; Two-page illustration of the breaking of the Hindenburg Line near Cambrai with Ulster and Yorkshire troops advancing on Bourlon Wood and crossing the Bapaume-Cambrai Road; Two-page illustration of British troops moving forward to the River-front Line; Two-page illustration of brilliant infantry work by the Italian Army on the Northern Front; Eight photos on two pages illustrate the British victorious advance in Palestine - hoisting the flag at Jaffa, and other scenes;Two half-page photos show the restoration of a water well in Palestine which was blown up by the Turks; Article on the impending shortage of food; and more. 36 pages, including seven pages of charming vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. In particular, the back cover ad for "Harlene Hair-Drill" will fascinate anyone interested in early women's hair treatments. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
28 pages. Features: The Great Battle in the West - Troops, Guns, and Refugees on the British and French Front - 11 photos; Food Conditions in Germany, by Percy Shuttlewood; An Australian Soldier Poet - The Gallipoli Campaign, by E.B. Osborn; Organising the Small Producer, by S.L. Bensusan; The Gallant stand of British infantry at Bucquoy - illustration; Our Notebook, by G.K. Chesterton; Large photo portrait of General Foch, a great French General; Photo of Captain J.B. McCudden V.C.; Photo of women making goldbeater's-skin bags to line non-rigid airships; The Great Battle - French and British Divisions Fighting Shoulder to Shoulder by Regiments and Battalions - Six photos; Two-page illustration of British troops advancing at Bucquoy; Two-page centerfold illustration entitled When it is Instant Death to move a Hair's Breadth - Night Raiders Motionless Beneath a Verey Light; America's Splendid Troops Fighting Side-by-Side with British and French - 11 photos; Article about the shelling of Paris - Germany's long-range gun (approximately 75 miles); Nice ads for the following automakers - Lanchester, Daimler, Napier, Hudson. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
346 pages including glossary, notes, index and black and white photographic plates. The story of a group of Canadian Army officers who volunteered to serve in the British Army in Europe between D-Day, 1944, and V-E Day, 1945, in a scheme called CANLOAN. Author was one of the participants and has based this work upon research supplemented by the recollections of survivors. A vivid account both of the experiences of the CANLOAN officers and of the scheme itself, from the initial concept to its realization. Presents slit-trench views of the battles in Normandy, Arnhem, Italy, the Rhineland and beyond the Rhine. Covers the role of the platoon commander in battle, the experiences of prisoners of war, the wounded, and the 50 Ordnance Corps volunteers who with 623 junior infantry officers made up CANLOAN. This copy appears to have come from a low circulation library, perhaps in a senior's home. Stickers have been removed from dust jacket and their former presence is nearly invisible. Otherwise, dust jacket remains very attractive and shows only light wear. Prior owner's address label and three small library stamps upon decorated front endpaper. No other markings to book which is clean and bears light wear. Blue boards decorated with gilt. A lovely copy. Book
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
72 pages. Intended to 'stir the embers of memory of the men who fought ihn France and Flanders with these famous fighting forces of Manitoba, and to present to the young men of Manitoba who are now in khaki a brief introduction to their regiments." - from Author's Note. Introduces the following regiments: The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The Winnipeg Grenadiers (M.G.), The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, The Winnipeg Light Infantry. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy. Book
Pages 597 through 714 pages. Several additional pages of illustrated advertisements. Contents include: The 'Lost Battalion' of the 77th Division; The Enveloping Attack; Motor Transportation in Military Operations; The Philippines Maneuvers; The Company's Personnel; Trotski and the Conscription of Labor; German Infantry Training; The War Stock Uniform. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Top inch of backstrip open but present. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
First edition, 4to, [10], iv, 255, [1]pp., 11 plates, some occasional light spotting, orig. publishers red cloth, gilt, spine faded, uncut, t.e.g.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 8 plates of portraits, 110 sepia-toned plates on 48, 2 coloured plates of unit insignia, a map as plate, a full-page map in the text and 4 large folding maps coloured in outline, half-title lightly browned; handsomely bound in twentieth century red full morocco, gilt back, divisional insignia in white and red from original cloth binding preserved and mounted on blank preliminary, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold with a small quantity of relevant cuttings and a printed flier on behalf of the Old Members' Association.Published in the 'Country Life' series of military histories. The first territorial division to travel overseas, the 42nd served in Egypt and at Gallipoli (May 1915 to January 1916), the Suez Canal and Sinai. Transferred to the Western Front at a time of crisis (March 1917), it fought at Ypres, Nieuport and La Bassee. It was part of the thrust through the Hindenburg Line, crossed the Selle and ended at Foret de Mormal and Hautmont. Includes ROH, honours and awards, OOB, HQ staff and officers commanding. One of the most detailed territorial divisional histories. Falls decries the maps but recognises the unusually number of excellent photographs. A very attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SCARCE. Enser, p.61; Falls, p.110..
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
Front cover photo of the King and an Australian V.C. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Contents: The Daring Deeds of Captian Ball; The Honourable Artillery Company Crosses for the Fighting Fifth; Succouring the Wounded; A cross won in the bush; more posthumous awards; Gallant officers; Canadian Exploits; Machine Gun Acts; An Airman's Rescue; Presentation by the King; Colonial Heroes; Cruel Treatment of a V.C. POW; Death of Captain Chavasse, V.C. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: it is recommended that the following two issues be read in conjuction with this: Part 118 - Victoria Crosses of the War (I); Part 148 - Victoria Crosses of the War (II). Magazine
16 pages. Features: Great color cover photo of Marine Sergeant Franz E. Silas, Jr. of Jacksonville, Florida; Which Service to Choose?; At Home with Career Soldier Sergeant Vinson N. Rose, of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Recipe for Napoleon's Battlefield Stew; Two-page of information about educational opportunities through the military; "The First Day My Father is Home" - fiction; Fantastic color retro ad on back cover for "Dolls of the World". Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Use Your Rifle - For Strength - 12 exercises using your rifle; Hughes gun ordnance 2-page ad; Small Unit Operations - Counterguerrilla War - Part 7 of 7; Illustrated ad for the new 'winged' LVHX2 LCA by FMC; KKo - Indonesia's Marines; Guerrilla War Factors and Reflections - Its Theory and Practice from Clausewitz to Castro; Syllabus Training for the Infantry Battalion; Hit or Miss - putting on a green suit does not make Marines into expert marksmen; The Life of LtGen Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller, USMC (Ret.) (part 2 of 2); CHICOM - small arms and tactics - photo-illustrated article; The Evolution of Firearms; Photos of helicopter activity in Vietnam; Transfers and Promotions; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
94 pages. "Some of these poems were printed at my request and gained great popularity amongst all ranks in the B.E.F. I feel sure that through these homely verses many a man has come to realise for the first time some deep truth of the Sorrow of God in this world's greatest agony. The author has had experience in all parts of this battle as a chaplain and knows and loves the men for whom he writes." - Llewellyn H. Gwynne, Deputy Chaplain General, France, 1918. Dedicated to the officers and men of the 46th and 24th Infantry Divisions. Proceeds of this volume went to St. Dunstan's Hostel for Blinded Soldiers. Pencil and ink writing atop Table of Contents. Light pencil writing upon back cover. Minimal markings to contents. Covers protected by aged clear plastic laminate. Yellowed tape repairs to backstrip and inside front cover. This copy appears to have been frequently relied upon, thus it bears considerable wear which, we feel, adds to its character. A worthy copy of this important WWI memento. 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
Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 331 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Author presents WWII stories of Hong Kong, Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe related by her father, two uncles, and cousins. "The resulting manuscript tells a story which began on the plains of the Canadian West and went out to the battlefields of WWII." - from dust jacket. Spine leaning. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
