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TAYLOR Gordon
Sopwith Scout 7309. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition., with plates and a full-page map in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip and lightly rubbed at edges. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.124, 306.
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FALLS Cyril
The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece , 6 illustrations and 7 maps (6 folding); original red cloth, backstrip moderately sunned else a very good, clean copy. SCARCE
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GRAVES Robert
Lawrence and the Arabs. Illustrations edited by Eric Kennington. Maps by Henry Perry. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 26 plates on 23 and 4 maps in red and black, free endpapers mildly browned; original terracotta cloth, gilt back, coves mildly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Higginson A26a; O'Brien E030.
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LOW David
Europe at War. A History in Sixty Cartoons with a Narrative Text.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with many full-page illustrations; original pictorial wrappers, covers just a little browned else a remarkably bright, clean copy.
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GOUDGE Elizabeth
The White Witch. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
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COLLIER Basil
The Defence of the United Kingdom. [Official History of the Second World War].
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and 32 maps (a number folding); original series binding of green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and frayed at extremities. Published in the UK Government series 'History of the Second World War'. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.69.
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LUMMIS Canon William Murrell
Honour the Light Brigade. A Record of the Services of Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the five Light Cavalry Regiments which made up the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Edited, arranged and additional material supplied by Kenneth G. Wynn. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, free endpapers very lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Turan 355.
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MARSH H.
The History of the Politicks of Great Britain and France, from the Time of the Conference at Pillintz to the Declaration of War against Great Britain. [Second and Best Edition]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN CONTEMPORARY TREE CALF
2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, small neat pencilled signature on front free endpapers; nineteenth century full tree calf, backs with five flat bands in gilt, second compartments with red leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, fourth compartments numbered in gilt, gilt dentelles, small and innoffensive worming at upper joint of second volume else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With the fine nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, of Wrest Park, on front paste-downs. With the contemporary binder's ticket of Smith on front paste-downs. An unusually well-preserved copy in fine period binding of the best edition, revised and extended a year after the first. Marsh's most influential work brought him both public acclaim and a pension from William Pitt. VERY SCARCE.
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PEIS G.
The Man who started the War. [Foreword by Alfred Helmut Naujocks].
8vo., First Edition, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Naujocks was the SD officer who masterminded the 'Polish' attack at Gleiwitz - the plot that enabled Hitler to declare war. He knew too much, however, and narrowly avoided assassination by his own organisation before surrendering to the Allies. At Nuremberg he was questioned by the author, the youngest report present, and unfolded his extraordinary story. After two years' cross-checking, this book is the result. Uncommon in this condition. Enser, p.205.
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BERNHARDI F. von.
How Germany makes War. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, tiny age-mark on title; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Condensed version, published at the outbreak of the Great War, of the author's larger 'On War of Today' translated from the German by Hugh Rees.
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BEADON R.
Robert Blake. Sometime Commanding all the Fleets and Naval Forces of England. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 7 plates and 2 maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean crisp copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at edges. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Albion AX-5 (238); NMM II/1, 306.Albion AX-5 (238); NMM II/1, 306.
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GILBERT Martin
Never Again. A History of the Holocaust. FINE SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece map and very numerous photographs, facsimiles and maps throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
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HEZLET Arthur
HMS Trenchant at War. From Chatham to the Banka Strait.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 18 plates on 8, several maps and charts, and a full-page diagram in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Albeit fifty years on, a well-written and dramatic account of Hezlet's command of Trenchant, including the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Ashigara (the largest enemy warship sunk by a British submarine in WWII). Includes a roster of the ships' company 1943-45.
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SASSOON] [Siegfried
Siegfried Sassoon's Long Journey. Selections from the Sherston Memoirs. Edited by Paul Fussell. [First US Edition.] NEAR FINE REVIEW COPY OF THE FIRST US EDITION
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; blue boards, upper board blocked in darker blue, navy cloth back lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, covers lightly faded at upper edge else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. PUBLISHER'S REVIEW COPY WITH TYPED SYNOPSIS AND REVIEW REQUEST LOOSELY INSERTED.
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CHAMBERLAIN P.
British and American Tanks of World War II. The Completed Illustrated History of British, American and Commonwealth Tanks, Gun Motor Carriages and Special Purpose Vehicles, 1939-1945. [Third Impression].
Roy. 4to., Third Impression, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs and drawings in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. This standard reference provides a comprehensive guide to the history and development of the tanks and related vehicles of all Allied nations bar Russia. First published in 1969. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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SEVIGNE Marquise
Memoires touchant la Vie et les Ecrits de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Dame de Bourbilly Marquise de Sevigne, Durant la Guerre de Louis XIV contre la Hollande, suivis de Notes et d'eclairoissements par C-A Walckenaer. [Edited by C-A. WALCKENAER]. IN PERIOD BINDING
8vo.,, title lightly spotted; strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, backstrip with black leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, green endpapers, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a remarkably bright, fresh copy in sympathetically strengthened period binding. With the fine nineteenth-century pictorial bookplate of St. Johns Seminary, Wonersh on front pastedown, and small personal book-label on front free endpaper verso. VERY SCARCE.
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PAGE C.
Command in the Royal Naval Division. A Military Biography of Brigadier General A M Asquith. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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FUSSELL Paul
The Great War and Modern Memory. Introduced by Lyn Macdonald. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 32 pages of coloured and monochrome plates; pictorial cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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LAUGHTON L.G.C.
The British Navy in War. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, endpapers very lightly browned; blue cloth, boards blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE
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THOMAS Hugh
The Spanish Civil War. Introduced by Michael Alpert. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 2 frontispieces and 64 pages of photographs; pictorial cloth (red/yellow respectively), a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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FORD Ford Madox
Parade's End. Introduced by Philip Hensher. Illustrations by James Albon. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 22 colour plates; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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DIRECTOR OF WAR
The Road to Tokyo and Beyond. Third Report to the President, the Senate, and the House of Representatives by the Director War, Mobilization and Reconversion. July 1, 1945.
8vo., First UK Edition, with tables and charts in the text; original printed wrappers, covers a little dusty, stitches rusting slightly else a very good, clean copy. First published in the US by the Government Printing Office.
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CORBETT Julian
The Seven Years War. A Study in British Combined Strategy. Introduction by Jeremy Black.
8vo., First Edition thus, with a coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates, 13 maps in the text and endpaper maps on blue; blue pictorial cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, clean copy.
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FOREMAN John
Fighter Command War Diaries. The Operational History of Fighter Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group and Air Defence of Great Britain 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: September 1939 to September 1940 (1996); Vol. 2: September 1940 to December 1941 (1998); Vol. 3: January 1942 to June 1943 (2001); Vol. 4: July 1943 to June 1944 (2002); Vol. 5: June 1944 to May 1945 (2004). Complete sets of the first edition of this standard reference are very scarce.
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OSBORNE, R.
Armed Merchant Cruisers 1878-1945. [Passenger Liners as Auxiliary Warships in the Royal Navy]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition with a frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; original laminated boards, a fine copy. Invaluable standard reference.
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PHILBIN Tobias R.G.
Warship Profile 37: SMS Konig. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series.
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WARD C.H.D.
The 74th (Yeomanry) Division in Syria and France. With a Foreword by Field-Marshall Viscount Allenby. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with plates and 4 maps on 3 folders at end, some relevant annotation in red pencil; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides ruled in gilt, back with raised bands lettered and ruled in gilt, divisional insignia from upper board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. This copy was formerly in the library of a member of 16th Devon (Yeomanry) Battn, attached 74th Division, and bears his signature on front free endpaper. 'The division was formed in the course of the Palestine Campaign from dismounted Yeomanry regiments. It undoubtedly contained some of the finest material that Britain ever put into the field. Having taken a leading part in the Third Battle of Gaza and the capture of Jerusalem, it was sent to France in the Spring of 1918 where it again distinguished itself. A clear and well-informed record of its career.' (Falls). VERY SCARCE. Enser, p62; Falls. p.132 (star for quality)
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ROCK Phillip
The Passing Bells. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Acclaimed novel of WWI by the screenwriter of 'Dirty Harry' and other feature films.
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FALLA F.W.
The Silent War.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a very good, bright copy in dustwrapper. A Guernseyman's account of resistance to the Nazi Occupation of the island. Enser p.100
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MASTERS Anthony
The Summer that Bled. The Biography of Hannah Senesh. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 15 plates on 12; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The biography of Hannah Senesh and the destruction of Hungarian Jewry. Enser, p.216.
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WIESENTHAL Simon
Justice not Vengeance. Translated from the German by Ewald Osers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, orange endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The autobiography of the world's most persistent Nazi-hunter.
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MAHAN Alfred T.
Lessons of the War with Spain and other Articles. FIRST UK EDITION
8vo., First UK Edition, on laid paper, with 2 folding maps on japon, small neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt with the battleship 'Iowa', gilt back, gilt top, uncut, bottle green endpapers, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), small pull at head band else a very good, bright copy. Collects nine major articles including five on the war of the title. Published simultaneously with the US edition. A SCARCE MAHAN TITLE. Hattendorf A7b.
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CLARK Alan
The Donkeys. [Second Impression]. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, 12 plates and 5 maps in the text; handsomely bound in red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, red top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published a month after the first edition. Classic study of the notorious gulf between High Command and the Front Line on the Western Front in 1915, particularly the disastrous generalship of Second Ypres, Neuve Chapelle and Loos. Compiled with free access to the private files of Liddell Hart, it takes its title from the well-known quotation: Ludendorff: 'The English fight like lions.' Hoffman: 'But don't we know that they are lions led by donkeys'. This work is the inspiration for Joan Littlewood's acclaimed stage musical 'Oh, What a Lovely War!'. Enser, p.23.
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HAUGLAND Vern
Letter from New Guinea.
8vo., First Edition; oatmeal cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges and with one closed tear. An AP correspondent alone in the jungle. SCARCE.
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FULLER Thomas
The History of the Holy War. [Historie of the Holy Warre]. THE PICKERING FULLER IN CONTEMPORARY CALF
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with half-title and title in red and black, small neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in contemporary full brown calf, sides with multiple frame borders in gilt and blind stopped at corners by rosettes, back elaborately tooled in gilt, old label missing (but all lettering entirely legible in blind), marbled edges, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy of this most attractive edition. A CRISP COPY OF THE FIRST MODERN ACCOUNT OF THE CRUSADES IN ENGLISH. Based on the third edition of 1647 and printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, this is a beautiful edition from Pickering at the height of his powers. Morison: Four Centuries of Fine Printing, 297; NCBEL I, p.2233.
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FULLER Steven
1st Bedfordshires. Part One: Mons to the Somme [with] Part Two: Arras to the Armistice. FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of 1 Bn Bedfordshire Regiment collating both official and personal sources. The set comprises Vol. I: Mons to the Somme; Vol. II: Arras to the Armistice.
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HANDLEY R.E.
The First Londons. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; regimental red cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip mounted on page ix. The sole dedicated account of the 1st London Regiment, from formation in 1859 to redesignation post-WWII. Sutcliffe, p.451.
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MAY Ralph
Glory is No Compensation. The Border Regiment at Gallipoli, 1915. With Stuart Eastwood and Clive Elderton. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent account, incorporating much first-hand vernacular material, of the 1st and 6th (Service) Bns. Covers service from 1907-1914 in Gibraltar, India and Burma, followed by their fateful involvement in the Gallipoli campaign. Includes meticulous list of over 3,000 officers and OR's, together with casualty and biographical information, awards and ROH. Sutcliffe, p.214.
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WHITTON F.E.
A Short History of The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire). NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 10 coloured plates (including 4 of uniforms and 1 of colours) and 2 plates in monochrome; regimental blue cloth, upper board blocked with regimental crest in gilt, marbled endpapers, backstrip and upper board unevenly sunned, a near fine copy. Sutcliffe, p.244; White, p 94.
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WILLIAMS B.
The H.A.C. in South Africa. A Record of the Services Rendered in the South African War by Members of the Honourable Artillery Company. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a folding map; original black buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes a list of all HAC members in South Africa showing rank and branch of service. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Hackett, p.12; White, p.197.
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NAVAL STAFF INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT
ID. 1211. A Manual of Alsace-Lorraine. June 1919.
8vo., First Edition; dark blue cloth, crudely but strongly rebacked in passé-partout; covers lightly bruised else a very good, crisp, clean copy. 'Sold from an institution with its library markings on front free endpaper. 'This book is the property of HM Government. Its contents are not to be communicated either directly or indirectly to the Press, or to any person not holding an official position in HM Service. Attention is drawn to the Penalties attaching to any Infraction of the Official Secrets Act'. This copy was formerly in the library of T.K. Mortimer Booth, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and bears his signature on front paste-down. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Not recorded by Enser.
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SPENDER Stephen
Citizens in War - and After. Foreword by Herbert Morrison. Colour Photographs by John Hinde. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 48 fine coloured plates; olive cloth, gilt back, near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly dust-soiled and just a little rubbed at extremities. A pioneer account of the work of the Civil Defence authorities, with splendid (if occasionally posed) photographs by Hinde. In addition to his office as Home Secretary, Morrison was also appointed Minister of Home Security. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.73.
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PACKER Charles
Return to Salonika. IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 20 plates on 12, a double-page map in the text and a large folding panorama photograph; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at edges. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper. Enser, p.320.
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AIRCRAFT PROFILES
Aircraft Profiles [Volume 2]. Nos. 25-60. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; buff buckram boards lettered in gilt, red buckram back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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TOMLINSON H.M.
All our Yesterdays. With a Portrait Frontispiece from a Drawing by Percy Smith. EDITION LIMITED TO 1025 SIGNED COPIES
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, title in blue and black; original decorative oatmeal buckram blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, bevelled edges, uncut, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 1025 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. An excellent novel covering the whole of the Great War and considered by many to be the author's finest work. Falls, p.299; NCBEL IV, p.749.
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ADAMS Jack
Famous Regiments. The South Wales Borderers. (The 24th Regiment of Foot). [Edited by Lt.-General Brian Horrocks]. SIGNED BY HORROCKS
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY HORROCKS ON TITLE. One of the most sought-after titles in Hamilton's notable Famous Regiments series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.154.
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BROOKE Rupert
'1914'. Five Sonnets by Rupert Brooke.. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS IN CUSTOM PORTFOLIO
Sm. 8vo., First Edition; original wrappers printed in blue, neatly resewn to style; a near fine copy now preserved in custom-made portfolio, printed paper label on upper board. Keynes, 28.
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PEARLMAN Moshe
The Capture of Adolf Eichmann. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p. 145. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MACDONALD Lyn
Ordeal by Fire. Witnesses to the Great War. Introduced by Richard van Emden. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with 46 photographs in the text; pictorial cloth, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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PIDGEON T.
The Tanks at Flers. An Account of the First Use of Tanks at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, the Somme, 15 Sept. 1916. FINE SET
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps, diagrams and illustrations throughout, with 12 large-scale maps (coloured in outline) in second volume); original laminated boards, a fine set. Immensely detailed and surely definitive account of a key action. VERY SCARCE.
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