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8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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 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, endpapers faintly spotted; original red cloth, gilt backs, backstrip moderately sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. 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.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with 8 maps in the text; regimental green cloth, badge blocked in silver on upper board, a very good, clean copy. Covers the wartime operations of 1-9 Bns, 70 Bn, 18 Infantry Holding Bn and the Home Guard. Includes ROH, awards, MIDs and the regimental association. The Borders had a distinguished war; notably the 1st fought at Arnhem and the 4th at Kohima. Sutcliffe, p.212; White, p.88
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 2 portraits and 12 maps (many folding) on japon, title lightly spotted, contempoorary signature on front free endpaper; original tan bickram, upper board and backstrip with divisional emblem blocked in red and lettered in black, uncut, one corner bruised, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. 29th Division was the only regular British formation at Gallipoli. Subsequently, however, it served at Somme, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai and the final offensive in Flanders. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.60; Falls, p.110.
pp. viii, 439 + Plus photographs. Top edge red. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, torn with small loss. WWII 3
240 pages. Four appendices. Black and white illustrations. "Author was interned in Changi POW camp throughout the second world war. He kept a diary which recorded the fortunes of POW captured by the Imperial Japanese Army and their problems. This book, compiled from the diary, is a record of events in and around Changi camp. Woven into the story is the work of the Bureau of Record and Enquiry, of with the author was in charge. It is believed to have been the only record and information centre operating behind the lines in the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.'" - from dust jacket. Front free endpaper removed. Spine leaning. Above-average wear. Front hinge taped. Worthy reading copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece,8 full-page maps, 13 large folding maps and pictorial endpapers; original regimental cloth, badges blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small nick at front panel and unevenly faded at rear panel. A presentation copy from the author with his long signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper verso. The 98th served in France, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Holland; the 144th served in Africa, Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea, Egypt, Libya, Cyrenaica, Persia, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Notable actions include Alamein, the Sangro, Cassino, Gothic Line, Keren, Tobruk, CRUSADER and Gazala. Includes ROH, honours and awards, glossary and bibliography. Scarce, especially in this condition. Not recorded by Enser.
4to., De Luxe Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; red cloth gilt, red morocco back gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
First edition, 8vo (203 x 125 mm), [4], vii, [1 errata], 152p., with half-title, engraved frontispiece, some light spotting, cont. calf, re-backed, corners re-newed, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, ruled in gilt. George Montagu (1753?1815), English army officer and naturalist. In 1770 he joined the army as an Ensign in the 15th Regiment of Foot and In December 1775 George was promoted to the rank of Captain on the same day that the regiment was ordered to America. He resigned his commission as a Captain in 1777, but eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Wiltshire Militia. This, his first publication, is little known and is rare, he is better known for his pioneering two-volume Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds of 1802, which for the first time accurately defined the status of Britain's birds. He is remembered today for species such as the Montagu's harrier, named for him. ESTC locating 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge and St. Andrews), with just 1 copy located in North America (Smithsonian).
Pages 81-102 plus 18 outer pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Cover photo of scene at Cairo's Kasr-en-Nil Bridge; B.S.A. Motor Bicycles ad shows mechanic and sidecar model; First page illustration of great flying display by Australian airmen over London; Photo of Italians protesting outside the Italian Embassy in London; Three photos of stray and abandoned dogs at the Battersea Dogs' Home; Excellent photo and map-illustrated article "With Our Forces in Northern Russia - The Difficulties of Life in a Frozen Zone; Shakespeare at the Peace Conference of 1604 (article); Photos of men in the news include: R.A. Gregory, J.E. H. Williams, Sir John D. Rees, Reginald Blomfield, Sir R.T. Hermon-Hodge, Dr. Adolf Muller, Dr. Eduard David, M. Warburg, Prof. W. Schucking, Count Rantzau, Frank Brangwyn, Ernest Newton, George Harcourt, Adrian Stokes, and W.R. Colton; One-page illustration of Italian peasants praying at wayside shrine; After Caporetto - fascinating photo-illustrated article about who fought and who won on the Piave; Two-page illustration "The Dread Days of the Lenin Experiment in Russia" depicts a most depressing scene in front of Petrograd's winter palace, under the Bolshevik regime; Interesting article about smoking by A.A. Milne; The Unrest in Egypt - two photos including one of celebration over General Allenby's Proclamation in Cairo, and another of a large crowd in Opera Square, Cairo; One-page illustration of Aerial aviator; Centerfold reproduction of Montague Dawson painting "Alone", an impression of Transatlantic Flight (free of staples but present); Page of illustrated text about lady's fashion; Nice back cover color-illustrated ad for Army Club cigarettes shows fashionable young couple fishing. Bit of writing on advertorial front cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Features: Photos from the American stand in Bastogne; first pictures from the American Army which bore teh brunt of von Rundstedt's onslaught in Belgium; Photos from Athens, including Churchill with Archbishop Damaskinos; impressive photos of allied supplies flowing into le Havre; Winter scenes among the floods of Holland; Behind the lines with the British Army in Holland; British and Indians in action in Burma; Developments in the air war over Germany; and more. Sound, unmarked copy with moderate wear. Book
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and coloured and monochrome plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.
Twelfth edition, 12mo, 52pp., disbound.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Horrocks called 50 Div 'the most experienced battle-fighting division in the British Army'; its 'Tyne Tees' badge became a watchword from France to Sicily and onward through North-West Europe. This detailed account covers Sicily and NW Europe with numerous appendices listing OOB, ROH, awards and much other useful data. A valuable complement to Clay's standard history of 1950. VERY SCARCE.
Very light foxing else fine. ; English Translations of accounts by Tedaldi, Leonard of Chios, Chalcocondylas, Ducas, Riccherio, Dolfin, Lomellino & an appendix: Mehmet's treaty with the Genoese. ; 137 pages
270 pages. Through James Davis's eyes we see the real face of Canada's army: efficient, technologically advanced - sometimes brutal. The uncompromising opinions Davis has about the strengths and weaknesses of our present-day military are backed up by his own first-hand experience at "the sharp end" as a front-line soldier. Will interest not just military buffs but also those who want to understand the life-and-death pressures facing Canada's soldiers at home and abroad. "If Canadians really want to know what our soldiers faced in Bosnia, Rwanda and right here in Caada, Jim Davis delivers. Read him and think." - Desmond Morton. Book and dust jacket clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
264 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Arras has seen much of war, and this account of the city and her defence reflects the story of the British army at three crucial moments in its development." - from dust jacket. Above-average but not excessive wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A sound reading copy. Book
408 pages; The past 20 years have witnessed a revival of interest in the study of Sparta. The early 20th-century images of Spartans as hearty good fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata, have been superceded by more complex scholarly interpretations of this obscure civilization. The mystery surrounding Sparta has been instrumental in shaping scholarship on the subject. Historians have taken as much interest in the myths and disinformation attached to Sparta as they have in the truth about their city-state. The studies in this volume provide insights into the traditional question of what actually happened at Sparta. Yet the implications of this work go far beyond Laconia to focus on some of the most studied of Greek writers, showing how Athenians defined the achievement, or the failure, of their own city.
Inscribed in pen to Mark Golden by Stephen Hodkinson on ffep. Light shelfwear. ; 408 pages; The past 20 years have witnessed a revival of interest in the study of Sparta. The early 20th-century images of Spartans as hearty good fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata, have been superceded by more complex scholarly interpretations of this obscure civilization. The mystery surrounding Sparta has been instrumental in shaping scholarship on the subject. Historians have taken as much interest in the myths and disinformation attached to Sparta as they have in the truth about their city-state. The studies in this volume provide insights into the traditional question of what actually happened at Sparta. Yet the implications of this work go far beyond Laconia to focus on some of the most studied of Greek writers, showing how Athenians defined the achievement, or the failure, of their own city. ; Signed by One Author
Original Wraps. 4to. 5 pages. 28 cm. Volume 2, Number 7, Rosh Hashono 5712, October, 1951. Single sided mimeographed typed newsletter for Orthodox Jewish soldiers in the American Armed Forces. Front page 'Dear Moish' letter. Contains brief discussion of major aspects of the high holidays; portions titled: Praying to Pray, Selichoth, Rosh Hashanah, Ten Days of Penitence, Yom Kippur; further sections detail what is necessary for a proper observance (Minyan, fasting, if one has to eat what the restrictions are) . Last page includes letters from two soliders, on being relocated, being able to obtain kosher food without difficulty, about Jewish boys fighting in Kora. Includes a form to buy a Kosher food package for ten dollars, address of Jewish Servicemen's Religious Bureau, 5 Beekman Street, New York. Subjects: Jewish soldiers - United States - Religious life - Periodicals. Jewish soldiers - Religious life. Periodicals. United States. OCLC lists 2 copies (Harvard, Natl Libr Israel) . Pages aged, edges worn, bumped and slight tears; otherwise fresh. Good condition. (HOLO2-121-17)
Orignal Wraps. 4to. 4 pages. 28 cm. Volume 2, Number 6, Sivan 5711, June, 1951. Shevuoth Issue. Front Page 'Dear Moish' letter; signed Chiel (Rabbi Samuel Chiel? ; army chaplain in these years) ; discusses the rights of religious Jewry in Eretz Israel, the oppressive measures taken againt religious Jewry in Medinath Israel; relates the discipline needed on the battlefield as akin to the discipline needed for certain Mitzvot. Articles include 'The Meaning of Shevuoth', 'Those who Fight...Write' (letters from servicemen, thanking the Bureau for Kosher Pesach food, being able to stay an an orthodox home near the army base, a special seder service in Japan) , and 'Dinim about Yom Tov', concerning work not permitted on Yom Tov and exceptions specifically of use to servicemen. Subjects: Jewish soldiers - United States - Religious life - Periodicals. Jewish soldiers - Religious life. Periodicals. United States. OCLC lists 2 copies (Harvard, Natl Libr Israel) . Pages aged, very brittle at edges. Fair condition. (HOLO2-121-18)
256p. illus. Hardcover good
Sm. folio, First Edition, with photographic title, 16 fine full-page coloured plates of aircraft profiles, and many hundreds of monochrome photographs in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
