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Front cover portrait of Commander Charles R. Samson, of the Royal Flying Corps. The linked battles of Eastern France. The Course of events from the Marne to the Aisne. Centerfold artwork entitled "Contrasts in the Great War - The Awful Thunder of the Guns and the Beneficent work of the Army Medical Corps". Photos and Illustrations: The Aga Khan; Extensive plans for the comfort of the travelling Kaiser; British Armoured Car; The French '75' and its inventor Colonel Dupont; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Front cover illustration of General Gallieni, the Military Governor of Paris. The march of events from Austria's debacle at Lemberg to the turn of the tide in the west. Photos and illustrations include: The Belgian Mission in London; Eager young recruits for Lord Kitchener's new army; The Defences of Paris; Glimpses of Paris under the threat of another siege by the Prussians; Entry of the Huns into Picardy; centerfold illustration of French infantry hurrying forward to meet the hereditary foe on the battleground of Northern France; The horse in the war; Canada's aid in the war - superb rally of 108,000 men for active service; infantry of the First Canadian Contingent passing Stonehenge on their way from Salisbury Plain to London; Italian demonstration at the Queen's Hall, London; The Battle of the Marne; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
"Brilliant narrative of Mons in this enlarged issue." - from front cover which features photos of Brigadier-General Sir David Henderson, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commander of the Royal Flying Corps. Excellent portrait of Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, Chief of the General Staff of the French Army. General progress of the war to the eve of Mons. The French Frontier Battle and the British Stand at Mons. Centerfold illustration of 'Wounded helping the Wounded - Pathetic episode between Le Cateau and Landrecies during the Retreat from Mons. Photos and illustrations include: Destruction near Mulhausen; Barricades near Mons; German column mowed down by British machine guns at Landrecies; French Cavalry on the way; French's indomitable little army on the eve of the Battle of Mons; Scene of the retreat from Mons; Map of Western Europe; With the British Forces fighting along the Franco-Belgian Frontier; German troops trapped near Cambrai; and more. Covers still weakly attached. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Cover portrait of General Sir Henry Sinclair Horne, Commanding First Army. National psychology and social changes (continued). The Epic Battles of Bullecourt. Full-page portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir A.W. Currie, commanding Canadian Forces in France, June, 1917. Unmarked. Average wear. Covers still attached. Book
Front cover photo of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, Commanding Second British Army Corps. How Serbia made ready to meet her giant antagonist. Shabatz - the first decisive battle of the war. Photos and illustrations include: Air-raid on the Dusseldorf Zeppelin Shed; Aeroplane with machine gun; Iron Cross Zeppelin crew and a zeppelin stable; Centerfold montage of some of the British officers recognised by Sir John French in his despatches of September 17th and October 8th, 1914; Surrendering Austrian soldiers; Serbia's leading commanders; The Serbian military; a boy Serb in the battle-line; Reservists at Nish, Serbia's temporary capital; and more. Well-worn but binding remains intact. Unmarked. Book
Cover photo portrait of Lieut.-General George Francis Milne - Commanding the British Salonika Army. Germany During the Year 1916 (conclusion). The Balkans - the Allied Offensive of 1916 - The Capture of Monastir, and the Greek Imbroglio. Full-page photo portrait of Lieutenant-General George Milne - commanding the British Salonika Army. Full-page photo portrait of M. Eleutherios Venizelos, head of the Greek Provisional Government established in 1916. Cover-fold fragile. Above-average wear. Book
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
Cover portrait of General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson - commanding the Fourth Army on the Somme. Feature: The Great British Battles of the Somme III - Battle of the Woods and the Bazentin Ridges. Photo of New Zealanders in trench. Centerfold photos of British Tank/Land Cruiser. Three photos of the German exodus from Guillemont and La Boisselle. Interesting photos of British shelters and some shattered German dug-outs. Photos of multitudes of prisoners from the Somme on their way to internment in Great Britain. Front cover secured by tape. Back cover missing. Above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of General Alexei Burssiloff - the brilliant army leader on Russia's South-western front. Feature: Newfoundland's Heroic Part in the War. Photos of four members of one Newfoundland family who died in battle July 1st, 1916. Photos of the 'high-explosive express' rail mounted British gun. Russia Resurgent - The Summer Offensive of 1916 to the Fall of Stanislau. Centerfold photos of King George. Photos of German prisoners. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Cover portrait of The Duke of Aosta - he commanded the Third Italian Army, which captured Gorizia, August 9th, 1916. Feature: Austria's colossal failure in the Trentino - Austrian advance and Italian counter-offensive. Photos of troops in the Alps. Campaign in Mesopotamia to the fall of Kut (conclusion). Photos from the Tigris. Many other photos. Covers fragile but intact. Book
Portrait of Mrs. R.M. Harley, Croix de Guerre, on front cover. Features: Conquest of the Wytschaete-Messines Ridge (conclusion); The Serbian Operations on the Balkan Front, June, 1916 - July 1917; Centerfold photos of Canadians loading a 15" gun, Australians feeding a large gun, and Australians studying a detailed model of the terrain of Messines Ridge; Wartime Work of Britain's Special Constabulary. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Book
Pages 311-366. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: A Trip to Jamaica - part III; Barca and the Philippines; Love's Dream (poem); Our Largest Standing Army - The Birds; The Vaughans - A California Idyl - continued; Life on the Magalloway - Part III; Inaugural Address by E.D. Hadley, President S.A.R., Des Moines, Iowa; Jonathan's Preparations; George Bancroft Griffith; Index for Volume XXV; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 4 full-page coloured illustrations in the text and numerous photographs and detailed drawings in monochrome; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip neatly reinforced with clear tape else a very good, clean copy. Good technical overview with many useful photographs covering construction, production, training and combat.
x, 222 pages. Index. Black and white maps and photographic plates. First published in German in 1950 as 'Heer in Fesseln'. Author was sometime Chief of Staff to Rommel in North Africa, Kesselring in Italy, and Rundstedt in France. "Shows the English reader the western campaigns of WWII through German eyes - eyes that were as well placed to observe the manoeuvring behind the scenes as to watch the deployment of troops in the field. The author's qualifications for such a task cannot be challenged, and are unmatched by any contemporary German military writer." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date inside front board. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Moisture exposure to lower corner of back board and dust jacket. Not pretty but a sound reading copy of this informative work. Book
Sm. 8vo., with 34 plates on 32; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkably bright, crisp, well-preserved copy. M.I. 14. January 1941. First issued in July 1940. 'The Information given in this document is not to be communicated, either directly or indirectly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Service.' The purpose of this pamphlet is to give all ranks an idea of the appearance of the German soldier and his armament. It is being issued down to Platoon, etc. commanders'. The first edition is extremely scarce. COPAC gives only two entries (BL and NLS) for the 1941 reissue.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates; original cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Published in the author's well-known 'German Army' series
8vo., First Edition, endpapers faintly browned; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed analytical study from the Reichsheer to the formidable organisation of WWII.
Minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Historia. Einzelschriften 78; 84 pages; Focuses on Demosthenes' campaigns, the factors that led to their different results, and the general's use of military surprise toward a reevaluation of this important commander who is executed after the Athenian disaster in Sicily in 413 BC.
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Originally published in shorter form in Mainz 1971. Gehlen commanded all intelligence operations in Russia and the Balkans before delivering himself and his service to the Americans at the end of WWII. From this sprang the Gehlen Organisation whose knowledge of Russian affairs and influence on Western policy became a byword. In 1956 the Organisation was transferred to the German Federal Government and until his retirement in 1968 Gehlen remained in supreme command of the German secret service. Enser, p.398
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, 9 maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, boards lightly faded at backstrip as usual, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sutcliffe, p.43; White, p.16.
Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Oblong 4to. (22 x 32 cm) .In English and Turkish. 87, [6] p., b/w ills. and maps. The Gallipoli Campaign in the Great War.= Büyük Harpte Çanakkale Seferi. Prep. by Murat Karatas. Translated by Elif Berfin. The Gallipoli Campaign took place in 1915 and 1916, between Ottoman empire and the Allies; and witnessed the toughest naval and land battles of World War I. The Allied Forces were aiming to capture the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits, and then push Ottoman Empire out of the war. Whereas Turkish Army was there to defend the straits, and to stay in the war, by any means. Bursali Mehmed Nihad (participated in these battles as captain in the first year and continued as major in the next) presents an important first hand study that recites the Gallipoli Campaign, which caused hundreds thousands of casualties for both sides.
pp. xv, 304. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn with loss. Hardbound. Fremantle was an English officer who visited the South during the Civil War. His travels were extensive, and took him from Texas to Gettysburg. SHELF W28
Staples are starting to rust a little. Faint foxing to front wrap. Part of front wrap is sunned and a bit discolored. Mild corner creasing to some pages. Wraps have minor creasing to 2 corners. Minor writing in pen to last 2 pages. ; Caerleon Lecture; 47 pages
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
