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ROGERS H.C.B.
Tanks in Battle.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 48 plates and 8 full-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at joints. The Imperial Services Library, vol. VIII.
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ROSKILL Stephen
Churchill and the Admirals.
8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 12 and 4 maps (3 double-page) in the text, some very light spotting to text and fold-ins, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. An excellent piece of research and scholarship. Although covering well-worn ground, Roskill brings a fresh view to the argument as to how far Churchill ignored the advice of his professional advisers both as politician and amateur naval strategist. Enser, p.53; Law, 0660.
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ROSS Stewart
Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman. The Life and Times of an Officer and a Gentleman. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first dedicated biography of the creator and first commander of the Home Fleet in WWI. Bridgeman was later dismissed by Churchill.
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WILLIAMSON Henry
A Solitary War [A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight, 13]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Thirteenth novel in the sequence 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight'. Gretton, 52; Matthews A54.
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THORPE Michael
Siegfried Sassoon. A Critical Study.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 4 plates on 3; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly yellowed and sunned at backstrip. With neat personal bookplate on front free endpaper. The first serious study of Sassoon to be separately published, this very scarce work is widely acknowledged for its seminal influence upon later scholars.
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SASSOON Siegfried
The Road to Ruin. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; original boards, darkened at edges as often, upper board and backstrip lettered in blue, uncut, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges and with small loss at upper edge of rear panel. Keynes, A38.
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SASSOON Siegfried
Sherston's Progress. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back with raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Lovely copy of the third volume of Sassoon's first autobiographical trilogy. Keynes, A40a.
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SASSOON Siegfried
Siegfried Sassoon Diaries 1920-1922. Edited and introduced by Rupert Hart-Davis. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; brown cloth, gilt back, case inverted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip Please note that this copy has been cased upside-down.
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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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SCOTT Ian
My War at Sea. [Foreword by Admiral Sir William James].
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 8 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, backstrip faded (but all lettering entirely legible), a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter worn and frayed at edges, and wanting backstrip. The trials and travels of the captain of HMS Foxglove plus some morale boosting tales. After Dunkirk he took part in the Perim patrol. Scarce. Enser, p.383; Law, 0742.
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SCHNABEL Ernst
The Footsteps of Anne Frank. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston.
8vo., First English Edition, with 4 plates and a full-page facsimile in the text, wanting front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. With the trade ticket of Gieves of Portsmouth on front paste-down. The work was first published in Germany in the preceding year. Enser, p.213.
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SELBY John
The Road to Yorktown.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Objective review of the American War of Independence published to mark the Bicentenary.
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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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SHRUBB Lieutenant-Commander R. E. A.
The Royal Navy Day by Day. [Foreword by Admiral Sir Terence Lewin. First Trade Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWREAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text, and endpaper maps, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First public edition of a standard reference first published for distribution only within the service.
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SHOWELL Jak Mallmann
The German Navy in World War Two. A Reference Guide to the Kriegsmarine, 1935-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition with illustrated title and very numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. The best single-volume guide to date, with over 300 photographs. Enser, p110; Law 1663.
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SWINTON E.D.
Over my Shoulder. The Autobiography of Major-General Sir Ernest D Swinton. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 13 plates and illustrations in the text; decorative green cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Perhaps most widely known as the originator of the tank, Swinton was not only a remarkable soldier but a successful author and diplomat. His autobiography (completed and published just after his death) provides a vivid description of a period long since passed away, including his service as an Irregular in the South Africa War and his diplomatic missions to the US after WWI. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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THETFORD O.
British Naval Aircraft 1912-1958.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs and drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Arranged by manufacturer, this standard reference covers every type, including background, evolution, design, manufacture, units allocated and technical data.
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THOMAS Edward
Cloud Castle and other Papers. With a Foreword by W.H. Hudson.
8vo., First Edition, First Issue; original dark blue cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Increasingly hard to find in this condition. Front panel and front fold-in of dustwrapper preserved.
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THOMAS Edward
A Literary Pilgrim. An Illustrated Guide to Britain's Literary Heritage. Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Justin Davis. With Photographs by Simon McBride. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title and numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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THOMAS Edward
The Trumpet and other Poems. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN
8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper; original wrappers printed in red, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1940.
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THOMAS Edward
Letters from Edward Thomas to Gordon Bottomley. Edited and introduced by R. George Thomas. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 8 plates; brown cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at extremities.
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THOMPSON Julian
The Imperial War Museum Book of The War at Sea 1914-1918.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; original blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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THOMPSON Julian
The Imperial War Museum Book of The War at Sea. The Royal Navy in the Second World War.
4to., First Edition, with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; original white cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a contemporary review loosely inserted.
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VOORHEES Melvin B.
Korean Tales. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece map; maroon cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip.
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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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WALLINGTON Neil
Firemen at War. The Work of London's Fire-Fighters in the Second World War.
8vo., First Edition, with 27 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers both London Fire Brigade and Auxiliary Fire Service. Enser, p.88.
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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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WHITING Charles
Paths of Death and Glory: The War in Europe January - May 1945. The Last Days of the Third Reich.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WILLIAMSON Henry
A Fox under my Cloak. ['A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', 5.]. BRIGHT, CLEAN WORKING COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, moderate cuttings residue on front free endpaper, half-title and rear paste-down, top and fore-edges mildly mottled; original beige cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a good, firm, internally clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter complete but browned at fold-ins, repaired at inner surfaces, with one medium closed tear, lightly spotted on rear panel, slightly sunned at backstrip but bright and vivid on front panel. Fifth novel in the sequence 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', with striking dustwrapper artwork by Broom Lynne. A good working copy of the scarcest novel of the Chronicle. NOW VERY SCARCE WITH THE DUSTWRAPPER IN ANY CONDITION. Gretton 41; Matthews A42.
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WILLIAMSON Henry
A Fox under my Cloak. ['A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', 5.]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, some very faint spotting on half-title and title; original beige cloth, backstrip lettered in red, fore-edge very slightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter a little creased without loss at head of backstrip and lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. Fifth novel in the sequence 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', with striking dustwrapper artwork by Broom Lynne. A well above average copy of the scarcest novel of the Chronicle. NOW VERY SCARCE WITH THE DUSTWRAPPER IN THIS CONDITION. Gretton 41; Matthews A42.
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WOLFF Leon
In Flanders Fields. The 1917 Campaign. [Introduction by Major-General J.F.C. Fuller. Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with 21 plates on 12 and 7 maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Classic account of the calamitous campaign that concluded with Passchendaele, where fighting was brought to a halt not by the enemy but by floods and slaughter. 'An outstanding book, the most fascinating I have read on the period reviewed' (Fuller: Introduction). Increasingly uncommon in this condition. Enser, p.130.
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YOUNG John M.
Britain's Sea War. A Diary of Ship Losses 1939-1945.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original black, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The result of over fifteen year's research, this is the most comprehensive single-volume day-by-day account. Includes merchant losses as well as warships.
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REED Henry
A Map of Verona. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO DAVID LOW, CREATOR OF 'COLONEL BLIMP'
8vo., First US Edition; cloth, covers very slightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in a calf solander case with gilt back and marbled edges. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO DAVID LOW, WITH THE AUTHOR'S HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION DATED 1947 ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. This scarce collection (the author's first book and sole collection of verse) contains the structured poem 'Lessons of War', Part I of which, 'Naming of Parts', is arguably the most famous poem to emerge from WWII. It also contains the famous T S Eliot parody 'Chard Whitlow'. PRESENTATION COPIES ARE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE. THIS ONE IS TO DAVID LOW, LEADING BRITISH POLITICAL CARTOONIST AND CREATOR OF 'COLONEL BLIMP'. A New Zealander by birth, Sir David Low (1919-1963) arrived in Britain in 1919 to progress his fledgling career as a political illustrator. In his early years in Britain he worked with a variety of publications including the 'Star', 'New Statesmen', 'Punch' and 'The Graphic'. In 1927 he was invited by Lord Beaverbrook to join London's 'Evening Standard' and the rest is history. A staunch anti-fascist, Low used the scaithing and incisive poweer of his cartoons to attack the complacency of the British establishment in the 30s; in 1934 he created in Colonel Blimp' one of the most famous figures in newspaper cartoon history. His work was swiftly banned in both Germany and Italy and after the outbreak of war several of his cartoons were used to inspire the British people during the darker days at the beginning of the conlfict. Low was appointed an official War Artist and as such attended the Nuremberg War Trials. He was knighted in 1962. Many of Low's cartoons were published in book form, the most famous collections being 'Low's Political Parade with Colonel Blimp (1936) and 'Europe at War' (1941). His most famous character was the basis of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (Powell & Pressburger, 1936), one of the most important feature films in the history of British cinema. A UNIQUE AND PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE ASSOCIATION COPY IN THE CONTEXT OF WWII.
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TARRANT V.E.
The U-Boat Offensive 1914-1945.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Good overview of operations in both wars; some useful photographs and valuable statistical appendices on deployments, loses, etc.
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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY
Japanese Naval Vessels of World War Two as seen by US Naval Intelligence. Introduction by A. . Baker III.
Oblong 4to., with many hundreds of illustrations and drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Composite re-issue of US Division of Naval Intelligence Publications ONI 41-421 'Index to all Japanese Naval Vessels', ONI 41-42 'Japanese Naval Vessels', ONI 220J 'Japanese Submarines' and ONI 225J 'Japanese Landing Operations and Equipment' (1942-44). Uncommon.
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SMITH, ed. Peter C.
Destroyer Action. An Anthology. With a Foreword by Admiral Sir Gresham Nicholson. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, short neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Tales of destroyer actions in both world wars. Law, 1074; not recorded by Enser.
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MORPURGO J.E.
Treason at West Point. The Arnold: Andre Conspiracy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and illustrations in the text, some moderate offsetting from cutting to front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted.
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HAIG-BROWN A.R.
The O.T.C. and the Great War. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and plates, title in red and black, neat pencil sketch on front free endpaper verso; original red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip moderately faded (but all lettering entirely legible), lower hinger cracked (but binding wholly sound), a clean, firm copy. Includes full list of members and ex-members gazetted from August 1914 to March 1915, and ROH. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Enser, p.77.
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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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SASSOON] [Siegfried
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. By the Author of Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, boards with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Keynes, A33a.
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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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FORTY George
A Pictorial History of the Royal Tank Regiment. [Guild edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs, illustrations and maps throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent pictorial history from the beginnings. First published by Spellmount in the previous year. Smith, p.75; Sutcliffe, p.123 (recording the first edition).
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WARNER Oliver
Admiral of the Fleet. The Life of Sir Charles Lambe. With an Introduction by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a Foreword by Sir Steven Runciman.
8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Lambe (1900-1960) began his career as a midshipman in 1917 and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. His WWII service included command of Dunedin, several staff appointments (lastly as Director of Planning) and finally a year is command of Illustrious, principally in the Pacific. Law, 0709; see Heathcote, pp.149-150.
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MILNE John
Footprints of the 1/4th Leicestershire Regiment, August 1914 to November 1918. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Lord Milne. Published for Past and Present Members of the 4th Leicestershire Regiment. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece in sepia, 12 sepia-toned plates on 7, 2 full-page maps in the text and a folding map on brown stock; original plum regimental diced cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. The 1/4th served throughout France and Flanders, from Kemmel Hill to Bellenglise, from Lens to Dickebushe. Includes roll of officers embarking. SCARCE. Enser, p.67; Sutcliffe, p.119; White, p.195.
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BISHOP D.
Railways and War before 1918.
8vo., First Edition, with 156 coloured illustrations on 96 plates; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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MAURICE Frederick
The History of the London Rifle Brigade [5th London Regiment] 1859-1919. With Introduction by Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 5 plates (original captioned tissue guard present where called for), 4 folding maps on japon, 8 full-page maps and 5 smaller maps in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original regimental green cloth, regimental crest blocked in silver on upper board, backstrip lettered in silver, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the errata slip mounted at Introduction. Covers 1 Bn (France, Flanders), 2 Bn (Home service, France, Flanders), and 3 Bn (Home service) during WWI. Includes roll of officers, awards & decorations, commissions from ranks. The separate map case is not present with this copy. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.460; White, p.201.
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VERDIN Lt.-Col. Sir Richard
The Cheshire (Earl of Chester's) Yeomanry 1898-1967. The Last Regiment to Fight on Horses. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous monochrome plates and 10 maps in the text; blue cloth, regimental crest blocked in gilt on upper board, white buckram back lettered in silver, a near fine copy. Sutcliffe, p.151.
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PIPER F.
Auschwitz Death Camp. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oswiecim. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs, facsimiles and plans in the text; original pictorial boards, blue silk marker, a fine copy.
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BALLIOL COLLEGE OXFORD
Balliol College War Memorial Book 1914-1919.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 2 sepia-toned frontispieces, 6 sepia-toned plates, 188 fine full-page sepia-toned portraits and a double-page musical score in the text, endpapers lightly spotted; original blue buckram, gilt backs, uncut, backstrips lightly browned (but all gilt fresh and wholly legible), a very good, firm, clean copy. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Cordeaux & Merry 6700.
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