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8vo., First English Edition, with numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first detailed account of the eighteen chaplains serving with 1 Airborne at Arnhem and their subsequent careers. First published in Dutch in 1998 as a tribute to Kate ter Horst. A pioneer study and a valuable addition to the growing recent literature of Arnhem.
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 LXXII - The Feeding of the Army and Navy. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
40 pages. Part 3 of a series "...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. Contains Chapters 5 and 6 - The French Army, and The Army and the Fortresses of Belgium. Dozens of excellent black and white photographs. Centerfold "Map of France Showing the Territorial Distributions of the French Army". Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
Numerous black and white photographs. Part 28 of a series "...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 XLIX The Intervention of Turkey; Chapter L The Turkish Army; Chapter LI The Outbreak of War and the Campaign in the Caucasus. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
36 pages. Part 13 of a series "...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 XXVIII - The History of the Russian Army; Chapter XXIX - The Russian Army at the Outbreak of War; Dozens of excellent black and white archival photographs. Somewhat above-average wear. Some peeling from lower right corner of front cover. Centerfold map of "Territorial Distribution of the Russian Military Districts". Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
40 pages. First part of this famed series which meticulously detailed the history of WWI. "...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. Contains Chapters 1 and 2 - 'Political Antecedents to the War', and 'The German Army and German Strategy'. Reproductions of dozens of excellent black and white photos of key political and military figures. Center-fold "Map of the Area of The European War". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
Great black and white photos. Topics include: Mr. Lloyd George as War Premier; Caporetto and the Rapallo Conference; The German Offensive of March 21; The Campaign for the Channel Ports; Unity of Command; The Strategy of Marshal Foch; The Allied Counter-Offensive; The Achievements of the British Army; THe Contributions to Victory of the Canadian and Australian Armies; The Armistice; Sir Douglas Haig's Review of the War. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine
Great black and white photos. Topics include: America's Contribution; Military Unpreparedness; Conscription of the Nation; The American Divisions; Transport of the Army; The First Troops in France; Reorganization of the French Ports; Vast Work of Transport and Supply; Horses, Staffs, Artillery, Aeroplanes; Training; First Operations; Cantigny; Chateau-Thierry; The Allied Offensive; The Marne; July 18, 1918; St. Mihiel; Advance in the Argonne; March on Sedan; The Armistice; America's Achievement. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine
Abundantly illustrated with contemporary black and white photographs. Contents: Switzerland's position among the nations; the army; mobilization and its effects; declarations of neutrality; frontier incidents; German-Swiss and French-Swiss opinion; Herr Spitteler's Speech; Gradual change in public opinion; Swiss dislike of militarism; Methods of the General Staff; The Arrest of 'Times' correspondents; The Affair of the Two Colonels; British Ministers in Switzerland; Federal Council and President Wilson; Swiss Protest against intensified blockade; M. Ritter's action in Washington; The Hoffmann-Grimm Affair; Colonel Stegemann; The economic situation; Establishment of the S.S.S.; The 'Fiduciary Bureau; Coal and Cotton; Swiss-German Agreement; Smuggling - The Financial Situation; Various Loans - Swiss good works; Refugees; Rapatries; Evacues; The Missing; Visits to Prison Camps; Medical aid to belligerents; Grands Blesses; Internes; Protests by the Federal Council and International Committee of the Red Cross Against German Inhumanity. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. It is recommended that this issue be read in conjuction with: Issue 89 - Sea Power and Neutrality. Magazine
Topics: preparedness of the Boy Scouts; Sir R. Baden-Powell as a Prophet; Holiday and War; The Boy Scout Organization; Work of a Wartime Camp; Lord Kitchener's View; The Public and the Scout; A Non-Military Movement; Opinions of the Press; The American Ambassador; Scout Law; Scout Badges; Gallantry in the Navy; Sea Scouts as Coast Guards; Gallantry in the Army; Influence of the Scout Spirit; War Emergency Work; Work for the Government; Agricultural Help; Boy Scout Tests of Citizenship; Recreation Huts and Collections; Helping the Police; In Air Raids and Bombardments; Work for Hospitals; Boy Scouts of the Empire; The Movement in Foreign Countries; Scouts of the Allies. Dozens of wonderful black and white photos. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition with plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. This scarce study was not published in the UK. Enser, p.466.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 33 plates on 26 and endpapers maps in red and blue; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at edges. The first published record of the ten thousand men and women working in more than seventy countries and on the high seas who maintained the life-lines of British and Commonwealth communications throughout WWII. The 355,000-mile global system was based on the Cable & Wireless network; Wilshaw was Chairman during six years of conflict. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; green cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. From modest beginnings in 1937, the Northern Ireland Territorials were reformed in 1947 from the many volunteers who had served in either the TA or the Supplementary reserve. The new and thriving force of volunteers were raised into an Anti-Aircraft Brigade and Infantry Brigade group totalling more than 6000 personnel by 1950. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; original brown cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, gilt back, corners lightly bruised, lower joint rubbed (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the inked accession stamp of Surrey Infantry Brigade on front free endpaper. Arguably the most important, and certainly one of the scarcest, works relating to the creation of the Territorial Army, founded in the year of publication by Richard Haldane, Secretary of State for War, following the principles promulgated here by Harold Baker (then Financial Secretary to the War Office). A SOUND, COMPLETE ASSOCIATION COPY OF WHAT MIGHT BE TERMED THE STRUCTURAL BLUEPRINT OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Roy. 8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. RHS 'Studies in History', 51. The standard account of the creation and development of the TA, from its record during the Great War to its fundamental role in the reshaping of Britain's army during the anxious years immediately prior to WWII. SCARCE.
Straining to inner hinges. 1 corner rounded. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 201 pages
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. Enser, p.339
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 35 plates on 22, and 16 maps and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top and fore-edges spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. 'The story of the IXth British Corps and of the whole Suvla landing would be incredible if it were not true' wrote Churchill in 'The World Crisis'. A veteran of Gallipoli, the author re-creates this tragic campaign with all the clarity of personal memory. Scarce, especially in this condition. Enser, p.343.
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.
4to., First and Sole Edition, with several illustrations (one full-page) in the text and a folding map, free endpapers lightly spotted; original boards, printed coloured label incorporating battalion, divisional and army crests mounted on upper board; cloth back, boards mildly scuffed and age-marked, backstrip lightly frayed at head and tail else a very good, clean copy of a scarce unit history. With the printed exclusion slip ('This book is for the Somerset Light Infantry, for the men of the Seventh Battalion and for their next-of-kin. It is not for public sale') bound in facing half-title. Includes ROH, commanders and commanding officers, officers and warrant officers, and decoration and awards (with extracts from citations). The battalion formed part of 214 Infantry Brigade in Thomas's renowned 43rd Wessex Division. As part of Horrocks' 30 Corps the division captured Mount Picon, the key to Normandy, forced the crossing of the Seine, took part in Operation GARDEN, were the first British troops to fight in Germany, and turned the tide in the Reichswald enabling the Allies to close with the Rhine. IN THIS CONDITION, A SCARCE SURVIVAL. Sutcliffe, p.96; White, p.66.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; original wrappers printed in violet and black, wire-stitched as issued, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Coverage includes the Rye Volunteer Movement 1794 to 1803, Volunteer Movement of 1859 (resulting in the formation of the Cinque Ports Rifles, ), Rye Marine Cinque Ports Volunteer Artillery 1861, "E" Coy. 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers (Brookfield Greys), Sussex Imperial Yeomanry, Veteran Reserve (renamed National Reserve) and Rye LDV (later Home Guard) 1940 to 1945. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.220; White, p.216.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, a coloured plate, 9 plates in monochrome and numerous illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Scarce. Sutcliffe, p.149; White, p.75
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs and maps in the text; regimental blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The standard reference. Includes ROH, honours and awards. SCARCE.
