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Cover portrait of Lieut.-General Sir W.R. Birdwood, K.C.S.I., D.S.O., etc., Commanding the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on Gallipoli. This issue begins with the conclusion of the chapter entitled "The Heroic Struggle on Gallipoli Peninsula." Dozens of interesting photos including full-page shot of British Submarine E15 in the Hands of the Turks. Centerfold features photos of: Camels enroute to Gallipoli via Boat; Wounded soldiers being conveyed via ship at the Dardanelles; Britain's great battleship, the Queen Elizabeth; 'L' Beach, Gallipoli, the landing place of the 2nd Royal Fusiliers. Please note: Photogravure of the Landing at Seddul Bahr not included. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
Front cover portrait of General Sir Standish Monteith Hamilton, G.C.B., D.S.O. The Fight for the Dardanelles. Centerfold photos of the great attack on the Turkish defences of the Dardanelles/ Kum Kale Fort on fire. Photos and Illustrations include: Channel Islanders in wartime; Photo of shrapnel bursting over the Belgian trenches in Flanders; Australians on the Gallipoli Peninsula and ready to advance in the Dardanelles operations; The sinking of the H.M.S. Irrisistible; The last of the French Battleship Bouvet; Turkish torpedo attack on the British transport Manitou; and more. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Book
Front cover portrait of Colonel H.H. The Maharaja of Bikaner. The fight for the Dardanelles. The Great Wave of Loyalty and Imperial enthusiasm in India. Centerfold devoted to photos of Indian leaders and soldiers at work. Photos and illustrations: French soldiers in camp at Seddul Bahr; British encampment near the western entrance of the Dardanelles; Landing operations in the Dardanelles; Indian troops disembark; Many Asian dignitaries; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of General Sir Archibald Hunter, G.C.B., D.S.O.. German Life in the first year of the war. The work of the Red Cross. Photos and Illustrations: 5 photo one-page montage of 'how officer-prisoners fared at Friedberg; 4 photos of everyday life of British POWs in Germany; One-page portrait of General Sir Ian Hamilton, commanding the Expeditionary Forces in the Dardanelles; Centerfold presents two photos of French engineers convoying war horses across a French river; Germans hand over their valuable gold, etc.; collection of domestic copper; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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 XCVIII - The Dardanelles Campaign (III) - Two Months' Land Fighting in Gallipoli. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Magazine
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 CXIII - Dardanelles Campaign (V) Evacuation of Gallipoli; Chapter CXIV - The Dardanelles and the Balkans... Intervention of Bulgaria. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
Pages 161-200. Includes the chapter "The Dardanelles Campaign (IV) - Sari Bair and Suvla Bay. Photos and illustrations include: Transporting French shells, Major-Gen. W. Douglas, Lieut.-Col W.J. Millar, Suvla Bay gun position, British cavalry and artillery horses, amazing one-page photo of hillside at Suvla Bay with hundreds of British troops preparing a bivouac - with many ships visible in the distance, Brig.-Gen. A.H. Baldwin, Indian troops at the Dardanelles, a 'great bomb' used by the Allies at Gallipoli, map of the Anzac area, One-page photo compilation of V.C. recipients Captain R.R. Willis, Sergt. Richards, Corporal W. Cosgrave, Capt. Percy H. HAnsen, Lieut. Forshaw and Alfred Potts, General Sir Ian Hamilton and staff at the Dardanelles, British dugouts, Hon. Sir F. Stopford, Frederick Hammersley, Sir Bryan T. Mahon, P.A. Kenna. Nice back cover ad for the Ingersoll Radiolite watch. Average external wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. Covers free of staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
388 pages. Index. Short bibliography. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Maps. Diagrams. "During WWI the Germans laid 43,636 mines in all parts of the world, though principally in the North Sea round about the British Isles. The bulk of the minesweeping fell upon Britain. At one period one minesweeper was lost for every two mines swept up, while each time a sweeper was sunk half her crew were killed or drowned. In all, we lost 214 Minesweepers during the four years and three months that the war lasted." - Introduction. Above-average wear. Backstrip loose but present. Hinges intact. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reading copy. Bibliographic reference: Enser p.223. Book
Fiirst edition copies of Volumes I and I printed in 1929 and 1932 respectively. xvii, [3], 380; xv, [1], 517 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Fold-out colour maps. Indexes. "Deals with the political events which led to the initiation of the Dardanelles campaign, the naval attacks in February and March, the landings of the Expeditionary Force in April and the fighting at Helles and Anzac during the first fortnight ashore. Vol II completes the story of the campaign, up to and including the final evacuation. Please note: we are not offering the other two volumes which contain appendices and maps. No dust jackets. First signature of Vol I loose but present. Back hinge of Vol I starting. Narrow opening in binding at title page of Vol I. Above-average wear to publisher's red cloth. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copies. Book
8vo., Second Impression, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 20 full-page line illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. First published in the previous year. A lovely copy of one of the relatively few contemporary accounts of submarine actions during the Great War. Includes the Baltic, Dardanelles, P-boats, Q-boats, Zeebrugge and Ostend. Enser, p.343.
116 pages plus advertisements. Fold-out map of Gallipoli Peninsula. Frontis portrait of author. Additional maps and portraits interspersed throughout. Thrilling World War I history. Above-average wear. Prior owner's name and date upon half-title page, which is the first leaf. A worthy copy. Book
