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HOGG (intro.) I.V.
German Order of Battle 1944. The Regiments, Formations and Units of the German Ground Forces. Introduction by I.V. Hogg. Photographic Section by Brian L. Davis [PBS Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., First Edition thus, with 25 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. Indispensable guide to German Army and Waffen-SS ground units. Published simultaneously with the Arms & Armour edition. Not recorded by Enser.
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HORROCKS Lieutenant-General Brian
A Full Life. J.H. OWEN'S COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates on 14 and 10 maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. First edition of the acclaimed autobiography by one of the most outstanding corps commanders of WWII. His renowned 30 Corps was regarded as one of the finest fighting formations throughout North-West Europe (including a central role in GARDEN). This copy was formerly in the library of the eminent naval and military historian J H Owen and bears his signature on front free endpaper. Enser, p.266.
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HUBBARD K.
Operation 'Grapple'. Testing Britain's First H-Bomb.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous plates; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
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JOHNSON R .F.
Regimental Fire! The Honourable Artillery Company in World War II 1939-1945. [Foreword by Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne]. SUBSCRIBER'S COPY NO. 5. SUBSCRIBER'S COPY WITH BOOKPLATE
8vo., First Edition, De Luxe Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome, 2 illustrations and 7 maps in the text, and 5 folding maps; original full black leather, badge in gilt on upper board, back with five flat bands lettered in gilt, black top, silk headband, marbled endpapers, silk marker in regimental colours, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter a trifle spotted and dust-soiled. THIS IS SUBSCRIBER'S COPY NO. 5 WITH THE HAC'S ELEGANT SUBSCRIBERS' NUMBERED BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY GASCOIGNE AND MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. The subscriber is Flt.-Lt. S R J Addison whose name is duly recorded in the list of subscribers. EXTREMELY SCARCE. White, p.198 (recording the trade edition).
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JONES Francis S.
Escape to Nowhere.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 3 plates of maps in red and black, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, rear endpapers lightly spotted; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Striking wrapper artwork by Ley Kenyon (illustrator of Brickhill's 'The Great Escape). Captured in Greece during the evacuation, Driver Francis Jones spent the remainder of the war in a series of escape attempts covering Greece, the Greek Islands, Italy and Germany. A lone escaper with no 'X' or escape committee for support, his experiences against impossible odds makes an 'other ranks' escape story with a difference.
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KENWORTHY A.S.
The Tiger of Malaya. The Story of General Tomoyuki Yamashita and 'Death March' General Masaharu Homma.
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.
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KUHN Volkmar
German Paratroops in World War II. [Translated from the German by H.A. and J.A. Barker].
8vo., First English Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in Germany in 1974, this is probably the best overall summary of the 'Green Devils' to date. After a detailed analysis of Crete, it deals also with the paratroops as infantry - in Africa, Italy (notably Cassino) and elsewhere
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LUCAS James
War in the Desert. The Eighth Army at El Alamein. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 41 plates on 16 and 23 maps and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Lucas has very skilfully set personal experiences by participants against a detailed and closely-reasoned account of the great engagement, its immediate forerunners and the outcome. A fascinating read, a worthy tribute to those involved, and a clear explication of the issues involved. This is an approach that would be well deserved by a host of other actions throughout WWII.
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LYMAN R.
Slim, Master of War. Burma and the Birth of Modern Warfare.
8vo., First Edition, with 9 plates (one double-page) on 8, and endpaper maps; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MALLINSON Allan
Light Dragoons. Origins of a new Regiment.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and 22 maps; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Mallinson gives a concise account of the formation of the regiment from the amalgamation of 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) and 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars. Already elusive in this condition. Sutcliffe, p.82
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MALLINSON Allan
Light Dragoons. Origins of a new Regiment. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and 22 maps; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Mallinson gives a concise account of the formation of the regiment from the amalgamation of 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) and 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars. Already elusive in this condition. Sutcliffe, p.82
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MASLEN-JONES E.W.
Fire by Order. Recollections of Service with 656 Air Observation Post Squadron in Burma. With a Foreword by General Sir Martin Farndale. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 26 plates on 12, and 6 full-page maps and an illustration in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Working as a key component of 14 Army, 656 Squadron's three flights of tiny Auster aircraft provided air observation for the entire Allied force. Graham & Cole, U42.
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MARTEL G. le Q.
Our Armoured Forces.
8vo., First Edition, with 2 large folding maps on japon and 15 maps in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper, some light foxing as usual; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and with one or two chips at edges. One of the few inter-war generals with advanced engineering qualifications, Martel was largely responsible for the development of the Cromwell, Matilda and Churchill tanks. Enser, p.34.
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MASON Tim
The Secret Years. Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945. [Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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MEAD R.
General Boy. The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning. Foreword by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.
8vo., First Edition, with 37 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Astonishingly, the first biography of 'Boy' Browning. Mead throws fresh light on the failure at Arnhem, and details Browning's close post-war relationship with the Royal family. In the light of Buckingham's recent critical assessment Browning comes off here very lightly.
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MEAD R.
General Boy. The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning. Foreword by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Astonishingly, the first biography of 'Boy' Browning. Mead throws fresh light on the failure at Arnhem, and details Browning's close post-war relationship with the Royal family. In the light of Buckingham's recent critical assessment Browning comes off here very lightly.
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MONTGOMERY Field-Marshal Bernard Law
Three Continents. A Study of the Situation and Problems in Asia, Africa, and Central America, and the Relationship of those Areas to Defence Policies in the 1960s and to the British Commonwealth. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and 2 maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Presentation copies are extremely scarce. Baxter, 271.
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MORRIS Eric
Churchill's Private Armies. [British Special Forces in Europe 1939-1942].
8vo., First Edition, with 19 plates on 12 and 4 maps in the text; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The conception and establishment of the first 'commandos'. Good background on the birth-pains caused by a powerful military Establishment which frowned on their very existence
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MURRAY Horatius
A Very Fine Commander. The Memoirs of General Sir Horatius Murray. [Edited by J. Donovan].
8vo., First Edition, with 45 plates on 16 and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed biography of one of Montgomery's protogees from 1940 to post-war service in Korea and with NATO.
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NOBECOURT J.
Hitler's Last Gamble. The Battle of the Ardennes. Translated from the French by R.H. Barry.
8vo., First English Edition, with 21 plates on 8, and 7 maps (one double-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vivid account of the counter-attack that nearly succeeded. First published in Paris in 1962.
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OATTS Lieut.-Col. L.B.
Emperor's Chambermaids. The Story of the 14th/20th King's Hussars. Foreword by M.R.D. Foot. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, coloured plates, numerous monochrome photographs in the text, and photographic endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, covers very lightly faded else a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter creased and frayed with minor loss at edges. Sutcliffe p.85.
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PARLOUR Andy
Phantom at War. The British Army's Secret Intelligence and Communication Regiment of World War Two. Foreword by Sir Robert Mark. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 69 plates on 32; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first history of GHLR (General Headquarters Liaison Regiment), code-named 'Phantom'. The brainchild of Colonel George Frederick Hopkinson, this elite unit was formed in 1940 to provide communications with front-line commanders and served in many different theatres throughout WWII. At Arnhem, for instance, it was the Phantom team that created Urquhart's only link with the outside world. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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PERRETT G.
The Hawks. A Short History of the 14th/20th King's Hussars.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Sutcliffe, p.86.
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PLATT J.R.I.
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own) 1907-1967. WITH THE REGIMENT'S PRESENTATION SLIP
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 53 monochromes plates on 32 and 7 maps (2 double-page) in the text; regimental green cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the regiment's presentation slip loosely inserted. The frontispiece shows the battle honours in colour. The Royal Wiltshire is Britain's oldest yeomanry regiment. Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe, p.240.
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PIGGOTT Juliet
Famous Regiments. Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. [Introduction by Lt. General Sir Brian Horrocks]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks
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RICHARDSON C.
Flashback. A Soldier's Story.
8vo., First UK Edition, with plates; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. A vividly-written memoir of four decades with the British Army
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RODGER Alexander
Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662-1991.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The result of more than twenty years' research, this is now the standard single-volume reference. The work is divided into four main sections: pre-1914; the Great War and Third Afghan War; the Second World War and Korea; other post-WWII conflicts to the first Gulf campaign of 1991. In addition to the extensively tabulated honours themselves, there are very useful extended introductions to each section covering structure and organisation by country.
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ASCOLI David
A Village in Chelsea. An Informal Account of the Royal Hospital. With Illustrations by Andrew Farmer. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
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SAUNDERS Tim
West Country Regiments on the Somme. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first published account of the Devons & Dorsets on the Somme. Four battalions of the Devons and three battalions of the Dorsets fought in virtually all phases of the battle (there were no fewer than five battalions in action on the first day). Includes much valuable vernacular material.
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SCARFE Norman
Assault Division. A History of the 3rd Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 32 plates on 22, 7 maps (one double-page) in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, covers moderately worn and faded else a good, sound copy of an uncommon unit history. The British 3rd Division landed near Caen, linked up with the 6th Airborne and fought right through to the Surrender. Not recorded by Enser.
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SHELDON J.
The German Army at Ypres - 1914.
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
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SUTHERLAND J.
The Holy Boys. A History of the Royal Norfolk Regiment and the Royal East Anglian Regiment 1685-2010.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Contains many rare photographs drawn from the regimental museum.
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TOUT Ken
In the Shadow of Arnhem. The Battle for the Lower Maas, September-November 1944.
8vo., First Edition, with 42 plates on 16 and 4 maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TOUT Ken
The Bloody Battle for Tilly. Normandy 1944.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and a map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A 'sequel' to Tout's 'A Fine Night for Tanks' (1998). Here he focuses on the infantry battles south of Caen during Operation TOTALIZE. Many valuable eye-witness accounts.
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TRUESDALE David
Brotherhood of the Cauldron. Irishmen in the 1st Airborne Division from North Africa to Arnhem.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The culmination of over ten years' research, this fine study tells the story of around 300 men who served in or with 1 Airborne during WWII. Useful detail on the formation of the division, North Africa. Italy and Sicily but naturally the bulk of the work is devoted to Arnhem. 'The Cauldron' is dealt with on a day-by-day basis with helpful maps and many excellent contemporary and modern photographs. An essential addition to all British airborne and Arnhem collections.
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TUCCI Sandro
Gurkhas. [Foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with coloured photographic title-spread and very numerous coloured photographs (several full-page) in the text, free endpapers very lightly browned; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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TYRER Nicola
They Fought in the Fields. The Women's Land Army. The Story of a Forgotten Victory. [Fifth Impression].
8vo., Fifth Impression, with numerous plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a month after the first edition.
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VANDERVEEN (ed.) Bart H.
Olyslager Auto Library. The Jeep. Compiled by the Olyslager Organisation., Edited by Bart. H. Vanderveen. [Second, Revised, Edition].
Oblong 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, small blind-embossed personal book-stamp on front free endpaper; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Revised version of a work first published in 1970 as the first volume in the well-known Olyslager Auto Library.
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WALKER (ed.) G.G.
The Honourable Artillery Company in the Great War. With an Introduction by The Earl of Denbigh & Desmond.
8vo., First Edition, with 2 plates on 1 as frontispiece, 32 plates on 15, and 4 illustrations and 9 maps and plans in the text, some light worming to preliminaries and title margins, and to lower blank corner of last few leaves; neatly rebound in tan buckram, arms blocked in gilt from original binding mounted on upper board, gilt label from original binding mounted on backstrip, a very good, tight copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with some light worming at extremities. The standard history in WWI of the oldest and most famous territorial regiment. 1 Bn served in France from 1914; 2 Bn from October 1916. Two Horse Artillery batteries served with Palestine Expeditionary Force from July 1915. The two second-line batteries and a siege battery served in France. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper. Enser, p.66; White, p.198.
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WEBSTER G.
The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries AD. Second Edition.
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and plans (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Considerably enlarged version of this standard reference, first published in 1969.
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WESTLAKE Ray
British Regiments at Gallipoli. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. This valuable reference details every British infantry and yeomanry unit engaged at Gallipoli.
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WESTLAKE Ray
British Battalions on the Western Front, January-June 1915. Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Aubers Ridge and Festubert. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 31 portraits on 8 plates and 18 maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fourth of the author's invaluable histories of British battalion deployment in WWI.
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WHITAKER Denis
Dieppe. Tragedy to Triumph. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 41 plates on 16 and 5 maps (several full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With two relevant cuttings loosely inserted. The landings at Dieppe (Operation JUBILEE) remain one of the most controversial operations of WWII and a landmark both in Canadian military history and in the development of amphibious warfare. This important modern reassessment incorporates much first-hand material and some recently declassified official records. Whitaker was awarded the DSO as an infantry captain during the action.
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WHITING Charles
The Battle of the Bulge. Britain's untold Story.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WHITE-SPUNNER Barney
Horse Guards.
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and 22 maps; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BOYLE Major Patrick
Jungle, Jungle, Little Chindit. Illustrated by the Authors. With a Foreword by Major-General W.D.A. Lentaigne. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Editioon, with numerous cartoons and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; original beige cloth, upper board blocked in blue, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy. A lovely copy of one of the very few books attempting to see a lighter side of the Burma campaign. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.106; Graham & Cole G5
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GETHYN-JONES Eric
A Territorial Army Chaplain in Peace and War. A Country Cleric in Khaki 1938-1961.
8vo., First Edition, with 52 plates on 16, paper browning slightly; dark green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter heavily sunned at backstrip. A well-illustrated personal account. The author served with The Glosters in France during 1940 and again in 1944, ending the war as Senior Chaplain. In 1947 he was appointed SC to 43rd Wessex Division, and Honorary Chaplain to HM the Queen in 1959.
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WALKER (ed.) G.G.
The Honourable Artillery Company 1537-1947. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal the Viscount Alanbrooke. [Second Edition]. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS
8vo., Second Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 4 coloured plates, 42 plates in monochrome, 29 illustrations in the text and 3 folding maps on japon; original blue cloth, arms blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail of backstrip. A PRESENTATION COMPANY FROM THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF THE HAC TO THE LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF LONDON TERRITORIAL AND AUXILIARY FORCES ASSOCIATION. Second edition of the original history of 1926, updated to include the regiment's service in WWII. White, p.198.
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BAKER Harold
The Territorial Force. A Manual of its Law, Organization and Administration. With an Introduction by the Right. Hon. R.B. Haldane. THE STRUCTURAL BLUEPRINT OF THE TA
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.
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MAY W.E.
Badges and Insignia of the British Armed Forces.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 6 coloured plates, 39 plates and monochrome and over 750 line drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter very lightly creased at extremities. Superbly illustrated standard reference. Elusive in this condition.
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