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GERALDY (Paul).
La Guerre, Madame... Avec les illustrations de Bernard Naudin.
Paris, René Helleu, 1918. In-4, en feuilles, couverture rempliée et illustrée, 98 pp. Joint : Le prospectus de l'édition un feuillet in-4 illustré au verso. Première édition illustrée de ce récit publié en 1916. Illustré de trente dessins originaux de Bernard NAUDIN reproduits en fac-similés typographiques. Tirage limité à 125 exemplaires numérotés (25 Hollande et 100 Japon). plus un nombre illimité sur vélin teinté. Un des 25 exemplaires tirage de tête numérotés sur Hollande. N° 24.
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DELARUE (Louis).
Avec les Paras des 1er R. E. P et 2è R. P. I. Ma.
Paris, Nouvelles éditions Latines, 1961. In-8, broché, couverture illustrée, 250 pp. Ouvrage illustré avec huit planches hors-texte et une carte. Bel exemplaire.
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KNOKE (Heinz).
La Grande chasse. Livre de bord d'un pilote allemand. - Die grosse Jagd. - Traduit par Max Roth.
Paris, Corrêa, "Cap sur l'Aventure", 1954 ; in-12, broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 219 pp. Bon exemplaire.
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MORTANE (Jacques).
La Guerre des ailes. Evasions d'Aviateurs. 1914-1918. Préface de Georges SCAPINI.
Paris, Editions Baudinière, 1928. In-12, broché, couverture illustrées, 319 pp.
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ROY (Jules).
Chants et Prières pour des Pilotes. Poèmes.
Paris, Gallimard, 1952. In-12, broché, 54-[1] pp Premier tirage sans grand papier.
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BELLAIGUE (Jean-Marie).
Histoires de chasse !...
Paris, Maurice de Brunoff éditeur, s.d (1919). Petit in-4 (22,5 x 27 cm), broché, couverture cartonnée et illustrée en couleurs, dos lisse avec manque de papier en queue, 3 pages d'introduction : (Capitaine X...) et 20 planches sur papier fort illustrées en couleurs et légendées (n.p). Beaux dessins humoristiques et alertes sur les modèles d'avions Nieuport tous des avions de guerre et commentaires d'un pilote de chasse. Rare.
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ADER M & BEAUVAIS (Général).
Résumé général de l'histoire militaire des Français, par campagnes, depuis le commencement de la révolution jusqu'à la fin du règne de Napoléon. Dédié aux vétérans de l'Armée. Ornés de Portraits, Plans et Cartes. Expédition d'Egypte et de Syrie Par M. Ader revue pour les détails stratégiques par M. Le général Beauvais.
Paris, Ambroise Dupont et Roret, éditeurs, 1826. Petit in-12, 356 pp. Pleine basane de l'époque, dos lisse orné de roulettes et ornements dorés, pièce de titre en chagrin rouge. (coins un peu frottés). Édition originale. Deux portraits hors-texte (dont Murat en frontispice), 4 planches dépliantes et rempliés en noir et blanc : 2 cartes et 2 plans. Cartes d' Egypte et de Syrie. Plans de la Bataille des Pyramides et bataille d'Aboukir. Bon exemplaire.
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LAWSON Ted W.
Trente secondes sur Tokio. Traduit de l'anglais par Jean Accart.
Editions Charlot, s.d,, collection Ciel et Terre. In-12, broché, couverture orange imprimée en blanc et noir, 200 pp. Le major Ted William Lawson (1917-1992) était un officier américain des Forces aériennes de l'armée américaine, connu comme l'auteur de "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo", le récit de sa participation au raid Doolittle sur Tokyo en 1942. Bon exemplaire.
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MENJAUD Henri.
Un groupe de chasse au combat.Historique du groupe de chasse 1/5. Préface du Général Roques.
Grenoble, Paris B. Arthaud, 1941. In-12, broché, 172 pp. Une carte repliée en fin d'ouvrage et planches photographiques hors-texte. Bon exemplaire de ce premier tirage sur papier d'édition (il n'a été tiré de cet ouvrage que 100 ex n° sur vélin à la forme).
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FEYLER (Colonel)
La Suisse sous les Armes. Organisation militaire illustrée.
Grand In-8, 148p. Avec plusieurs illustrations hors-texte de Robert-E. Chapallaz. Bon état.
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WAHLEN (Auguste)
Ordres de chevalerie et marques d'honneur, histoire, costumes et décorations. [Suivi de] Supplément: Décoration nouvelles et modifications apportées aux anciennes depuis 1844.
2 tomes reliés en un volume In-4, 341-92p. Illustré en tout de 111 planches hors texte coloriées à la main, à savoir 89 planches de décorations et 8 planches de costumes dans le premier volume; 11 planches de décorations et 3 planches de costumes dans le supplément. Premier plat de la reliure taché, minime accroc en tete, autrement très bel exemplaire.
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ROYAL MARINES 1837 Act of Parliament
An Act for continuing Military Commissions. and Commissions in the Royal Marines in force notwithstanding the Demise of the Crown WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS AT HEAD
Sm. folio, 4pp (2pp text), with fine woodcut arms of Victoria at head; disbound, a remarkably crisp, clean copy. I Victoriae Cap. 31; granted Royal Assent 12 July 1837
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BARTY-KING H.
The Drum A Royal Tournament Tribute to the Military Drum.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original coloured pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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BRACKENBURY H.
The Ashanti War. A Narrative prepared from the Official Documents by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley. With Maps and Plans by Harry Cooper. THE BRACKENBURY FAMILY COPY
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with a folding facsimile on blue stock and a double-page map as frontispieces, a folding map and a double-page map, and two large folding maps (one coloured in outline) in pocket at rear of second volume, some very mild occasional foxing, fore-edges dusty; original decorative cloth blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut, covers moderately soiled (boards to volume two stained with black ink), volume one neatly rebacked with original backstrip (faded) laid down else a good, firm, sound copy of a work scarce in any condition. This volume bears the neat contemporary signature of 'Frank Cooper' and the following holograph inscription: 'Maps drawn by my brother Harry, who was with Colonel Colley as Adjutant of Transport. Col. Colley, afterwards Sir G[eorge]. Pomeroy Colley, was killed in the fatal action of Majuba Hill in Natal fighting against the Boers'. Henry Brackenbury was Assistant Military Secretary to Wolseley; Cooper (as stated correctly above) was sometime Adjutant of Transport during the campaign. The official records were placed by Wolseley at Brackenbury's disposal 'without reservation' and augmented by the latter's private journal which he kept whilst serving at headquarters. The account of Captain Glover's expedition is taken entirely from letters between Wolseley and himself. The missions of Captains Butler and Dalrymple are described from their own letters. Frank Cooper's signature is dated 1874; the Battle of Majuba Hill took place on 27th February 1881 during the First South African War (this action was, incidentally, the last occasion on which British regimental colours were carried into battle). It would seem, therefore, that this was originally Frank Cooper's copy (until at least 1881) which then passed into the Brackenbury family. It was then in the library of Major-General Charles Booth Brackenbury (1831-1890) and bears his signature on the half-title of the second volume. The author's elder brother, he spent his career in the Royal Artillery culminating in his appointment as Director of Artillery Studies at Woolwich, from which position no-one did more to spread sound ideas throughout the service on tactical changes demanded by the advancement in weapons technology. On Charles's death this copy passed to his youngest son, Hereward Irenius Brackenbury and bears his engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down of first volume. Hereward Brackenbury was a talented engineer and director of the prominent defence contractor Hawthorn Leslie & Co. The Brackenbury family was well represented in nearly all the British wars of the nineteenth century. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND DESIRABLE FAMILY COPY SHOWING MULTIPLE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE AUTHOR OF A CLASSIC VICTORIAN CAMPAIGN MEMOIR.
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GENERAL OFFICERS 1837 Act of Parliament
An Act for enabling Her Majesty to grant the Rank of General Officers to Foreigners. now bearing Her Majesty's Commission, and to permit the Enlistment of Foreigners under certain Restrictions. WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS AT HEAD
4pp (two blank), folio, with fine woodblock arms of Victoria at head, a remarkably crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 1 Victoriae cap 29; granted royal assent 12 July 1837
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DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY
Standing Orders of The Durham Light Infantry. With a short Record of the First and Second Battalions. Published under King's Regulations (1935) Para. 1651. [Preface by General Beauvoir de Lisle]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., interleaved with blanks throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; regimental green cloth, gilt badge on upper cover, red cloth back lettered in gilt, corners very lightly frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Appendices include sample forms, list of books to be maintained by companies, and instructions for officers' dress. The record of 1 and 2 Bns covers the period 1758 to 1936, including lists of officers and order of precedence of LI regiments. With unusually detailed index. SCARCE.
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WAR OFFICE
For your Guidance. What to do on leaving the Service, and how to do it. For Issue to Men called up under the N[ational] S[ervice] Acts during 1947 and 1948.
Sm. 8vo., original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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DE ROS] [W.L.L.F.
An Abridgment of the Regulations for the Formation and Movements of the Cavalry, (as last corrected by the Board), adapted to the Use of Yeomanry Corps. [Second Edition]. IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING WITH NOTABLE LOCAL PROVENANCE
8vo., Second Edition, with 57 engraved plates, and numerous diagrams and tables in the text, some light and inoffensive spotting, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original rose cloth, leather label lettered and framed in gilt mounted on upper boards, backstrip and joints mildly sunned else a very good, crisp, clean copy in contemporary binding. This copy was formerly in the library of Ralph Gillingham of Manor Farm, Pilsdon near Bridport in Dorset, and bears his holograph signature on front free endpaper. Loosely inserted is a holograph letter dated 1915 from a member of the Hannams family (successors of the Gillinghams at Pilsdon) confirming the gift of this copy to Major (later Lt.-Col.) Sir William Colfox . Sir William Philip Colfox, 1st Baronet (1888-1966), educated at Eton and Woolwich, served during the Great War as Major in the Royal Field Artillery. Wounded in 1917, he was awarded the MC and taught classics and mathematics at Eton for the remainder of the conflict. After the war he entered politics as MP first for Dorset North and then Dorset West. In 1920 he served as Minister for Pensions. During WWII he ran the Home Guard in West Dorset and continued to teach classics and mathematics at Colfox School in Bridport. A lovely copy in wholly unrestored contemporary state. De Ros's detailed manual was first published in 1835. Third and fourth issues are dated 1844 and 1853. All editions are scarce. No edition is listed in NUC; BLPC records only the third and fourth editions.
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BRITISH ARMY
Games and Sports in the Army 1953-54.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 2 coloured plates, numerous plates in monochrome and diagrams in the text; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements at front and rear.
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BARRETT C.R.B.
History of the XIII Hussars. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in red and black, 6 coloured plates of uniform, 78 plates in monochrome, and numerous illustrations and 10 maps in the text, some very light and inoffensive spotting; original regimental navy cloth, upper boards with regimental badge blocked in gilt, white and black, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, boards of second volume faded at lower edge else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.80; White, p.21.
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BARRETT C.R.B.
The 7th (Queens Own) Hussars.
2 vols., 4to., First Edition, with 10 coloured plates of uniform, 69 plates in monochrome, illustrations of medals in the text and 15 maps (one double-page); original binding of black half morocco gilt, gilt backs, a very good, clean copy. Sutcliffe, p.58; White, p.17.
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BURNSIDE] [F. R.
A Short History of 3rd The King's Own Hussars 1685-1945.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 5 coloured plates, 7 sepia-tinted plates and a full-page chart in the text, small book-label on front wrapper verso; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Useful and well-illustrated account of 'The Galloping Third'. White, p.17.
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HUTCHISON Lieutenant-Colonel G.S.
The British Army. Foreword by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 12 and illustrations in the text; original cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, pictorial endpapers, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Montgomery's foreword is written from TAC Headquarters, 21 Army Group and dated July 1945.
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WALKER] [F.W.
The History of the Old 2/4th (City of London) Battalion The London Regiment of Fusiliers.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, 41 plates on 16 and 3 folding maps, some light soiling throughout; original regimental cloth, battalion badge in gilt on upper board, gilt back, covers moderately age-marked else a good, sound copy. Includes register of officers and personnel. This territorial battalion served in Malta, Alexandria, Mudros, Gallipoli (October 1915-January 1916) and Rouen. It was disbanded in June 1916 and replaced by 3/4th battalion which then took its name. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.62; White, p.201
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ATKINSON Captain C. T.
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1918. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 26 plates on 17 and 62 folding maps (2 large) on japon, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled; original regimental blue cloth, upper board blocked with regimental badge in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. Complete with errata leaf. The standard record of the regiment's service in the Great War in which eleven battalions were involved. Includes ROH, honours and decorations, MIDs, units and their COs, depots and POW funds 'Well above the average of regimental histories in interest. He has done his best to procure information from officers who served with the regiment to supplement the generally scant and laconic accounts of the war diaries' (Falls). Accordingly this history is particularly well supplied with maps (albeit some of them sketches in outline). SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.70; Falls p.97; Sutcliffe p.306; White p.105.
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BAKER A.H.R.
A Short History of the 50th Northumbrian Division. [Foreword by Major-General R. Keith-Jones, GOC 50th Northumbrian Division].
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs and maps in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Covers the period from formation in 1908 to 1967. Includes OOB for WWI, WWII and post-war to 1967
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BARNES B. S.
The Sign of the Double 'T'. (The 50th Northumbrian Division - July 1943 to December 1944). [Foreword by Major I.R. English]. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Horrocks called 50 Div 'the most experienced battle-fighting division in the British Army'; its 'Tyne Tees' badge became a watchword from France to Sicily and onward through North-West Europe. This detailed account covers Sicily and NW Europe with numerous appendices listing OOB, ROH, awards and much other useful data. A valuable complement to Clay's standard history of 1950. VERY SCARCE.
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BLAND (trans.) J.O.P.
Germany's Violations of the Laws of War 1914-1915. Compiled under the Auspices of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Translated and with an Introduction.
8vo., First and Sole English Edition, with numerous facsimiles in the text, neat signature on title, free endpapers mildly browned; original cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. A standard reference, scarce in this condition. Enser, p.389.
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CARY A.D.L.
Regimental Records of the Royal Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot). [Volumes 1-4].
4 vols., 8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome plates and maps throughout; original blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises Vol. I: 1689-1815; Vol. II: 1816-1914; Vol. III: 1914-1918 France and Flanders; Vol. IV: 1915-1918 Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria. The Regiment's own reissues of the original editions of 1921, 1921, 1928, 1929 respectively. Volume three contains a useful list of all battalions with their movements. Volume four contains an appendix on the Welsh Horse (later 25th Battalion RWF) at Gallipoli. Sutcliffe, p.146; White, p.76. Scarce as a set
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COLE Lieut.-Colonel Howard N.
Heraldry in War. Formation Badges 1939-1945. [Second] Revised and enlarged Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 5 coloured plates and very numerous monochrome illustrations in the text; decorative cloth blocked in red, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, clean copy. The best single-volume reference, first published in 1946 and here reissued in an expanded edition.
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WAVELL Field-Marshal EARL
A.L.s witten on the stationery of The Athenaeum Club, London, and dated 20 November 1947.. A.L.s. FROM FIELD MARSHAL EARL WAVELL
Single sheet, a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Wavell' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the soldier's keen and continuing interest in the sport. It is noteworthy that Wavell was particularly proud of his membership of the MCC at Lords. The letter confirms that Wavell will propose the toast at the Buccaneers' annual dinner (held at Lords). Field-Marshal Earl Wavell (1883-1950) was one of the twentieth century's most distinguished British soldiers. Following considerable success against the Italians in North Africa, his career reached its peak with his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, South West Pacific, ABDA (American, British, Dutch and Australian) Command in 1942 and subsequently as an outstanding Viceroy and Governor General of India from 1943-1947. He was recognised also as a scholar, compiling the well-known anthology of poetry 'Other Mens's Flowers' (1944). The bulk of Wavell's papers are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, London. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays as an away team relying on the hospitality of the home clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY WAVELL ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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EASTWOOD Stuart
Lions and Dragons. An Illustrated History of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment 1959-2006.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original photographic covers, a near fine copy. Published to commemorate the history of the Regiment from 1945. Covers Regular and TA units of King’s Own and Border Regiments up to 1959 and King’s Own Royal Border Regiment from 1959-2006. Detailed appendices include ROH, honours & awards, and key personalities.
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FEIST U.
The German Panzers, from Mark I to Mark V 'Panther'. In Co-operation with Heinz J. Nowarra. [Introductory Survey and Descriptive Text by Norman E. Harms].
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.
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FORTESCUE J. W.
A History of the British Army. Vol.I. [This volume only]. First Part - to the Close of the Seven Years' War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with 18 coloured or tinted maps (one folding) on japon and 4 large colding coloured maps at end; original pebble-grained red cloth, sides rules in blind, gilt back, uncut, covers moderately age-soiled (but all gilt entirely legible), a very good, clean copy.
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FORTESCUE J.W.
A History of the British Army. Vol. IV Part II 1789-1801. [This volume only]. Second Part Continued - from the Fall of the Bastille to the Peace of Amiens. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition; original pebble-grained red cloth, sides rules in blind, gilt back, uncut, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt entirely legible), a very good, clean, tight copy. Sold from a military institution with its stamps on front free endpaper and title.
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FORTESCUE J.W.
A History of the British Army. Vol. III: 1763-1793. [This volume only]. Second Part - from the Close of the Seven Years' War to the Second Peace of Paris. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with 38 folding coloured maps and plans on 13 japon folders, neat signature on front free endpaper; original; red cloth, gilt back, uncut, hinges tender (but binding entirely sound), a very good, clean copy.
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FORTESCUE J. W.
A History of the British Army. Vol. IV: 1789-1801. [Parts 1 and 2 complete].. Second Part Continued - from the Fall of the Bastille to the Peace of Amiens. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, neat signature on front free endpapers; original red cloth, gilt backs, uncut, both very good, clean copies. The maps and plans to vol. IV are contained in a separate case which is not present with this set.
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FOSTEN Bryan
Men at Arms. Wellington's Infantry (1). Text and Colour Plates by Bryan Fosten. [Fifth Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 4to., Fifth Impression, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a nesr fine copy. Men at Arms 114. First published in 1981.
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FOSTEN Bryan
Men at Arms. Wellington's Infantry (2). Text and Colour Plates by Bryan Fosten. [Fourth Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 4to., Fourth Impression, with 8 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Men at Arms 119. First published in 1982.
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GIBBON Frederick P.
The 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 1914-1918. HANDSOME COPY IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 8 plates of portraits, 110 sepia-toned plates on 48, 2 coloured plates of unit insignia, a map as plate, a full-page map in the text and 4 large folding maps coloured in outline, half-title lightly browned; handsomely bound in twentieth century red full morocco, gilt back, divisional insignia in white and red from original cloth binding preserved and mounted on blank preliminary, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold with a small quantity of relevant cuttings and a printed flier on behalf of the Old Members' Association.Published in the 'Country Life' series of military histories. The first territorial division to travel overseas, the 42nd served in Egypt and at Gallipoli (May 1915 to January 1916), the Suez Canal and Sinai. Transferred to the Western Front at a time of crisis (March 1917), it fought at Ypres, Nieuport and La Bassee. It was part of the thrust through the Hindenburg Line, crossed the Selle and ended at Foret de Mormal and Hautmont. Includes ROH, honours and awards, OOB, HQ staff and officers commanding. One of the most detailed territorial divisional histories. Falls decries the maps but recognises the unusually number of excellent photographs. A very attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SCARCE. Enser, p.61; Falls, p.110..
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT
Regiments of Gloucestershire.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Well-illustrated general summary
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GRAHAM Gordon
Burma Campaign Memorial Library. [Checklist of] A Collection of Books and Papers about the War in Burma 1942-1945. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, a fine copy. The Burma Campaign Memorial Library was assembled jointly over many years by the Burma Star Association and the Burma Campaign Fellowship Group. With funding from the Sasawaka Foundation, the comprehensive collection is now housed in Bloomsbury at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Although marred by the lack of a workable index, this is the best single-volume checklist of Britain's 'forgotten army' and its operations.
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GRAHAM Gordon
Burma Campaign Memorial Library. [Checklist of] A Collection of Books and Papers about the War in Burma 1942-1945. [Second, Revised, Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second and Best Edition; original printed wrappers, a fine copy. The best single-volume checklist of Britain's 'forgotten army' and its operations. This is the substantially enlarged version of the original catalogue of 1999, with (for the first time) indexes by name and title. The Burma Campaign Memorial Library was assembled jointly over many years by the Burma Star Association and the Burma Campaign Fellowship Group. With funding from the Sasakawa Foundation, the comprehensive collection is now housed in Bloomsbury at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.
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HAMILTON I.
When I was a Boy.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 15, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, endpapers very lightly spotted; original green buckram, gilt back, gilt top, a very good, clean copy
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JAMES D.
Lord Roberts. With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. L.S. Amery. J H OWEN'S COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured portrait frontispiece, 15 plates on 12 and 16 maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps, some light and inoffensive spotting, original navy blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of the eminent naval historian J H Owen and bears his initials on half-title.
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KINGSFORD Charles Lethbridge
The Story of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 17 monochrome plates, 9 illustrations and 12 maps and plans (a number full-page) in the text and a large folding map on japon, endpapers faintly spotted; original red cloth, gilt backs, backstrip moderately sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published in the 'Country Life Series of Military Histories'. Includes coloured plate of uniform, monochrome plates of colours (1-4 Bns), medals, bibliography, ROH (first two years of WWI), and list of officers serving in August 1916. Sutcliffe, p.327; White, p.109.
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MOLESWORTH George
The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1919-1945. Compiled by George Molesworth. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 5 portrait plates and 30 large folding maps, free endpapers very lightly spotted, ; original regimental green buckram, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, upper board lightly dust-soiled at outer edge else a near fine copy. The regiment's service in two world wars. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.94; White, p.66.
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LOCK H.O.
With the British Army in the Holy Land.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 5 double-page maps on japon, free endpapers browned from fold-ins; original maroon cloth, upper board framed in blind, gilt back (lettering faded but entirely legible), a very good, clean copy. Written on active service with the Dorsetshire Regiment, these are the author's personal reminiscences of service in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Palestine. Scarce in this condition. Not recorded by Enser.
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MACKSEY Kenneth
To the Green Fields beyond. A short History of the Royal Tank Regiment.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers lightly creased else a very good, clean copy.
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MASTERS David
With Pennants Flying. The immortal Deeds of the Royal Armoured Corps. FIRST HISTORY OF THE CORPS IN WWII
8vo., First Edition, with sepia-toned frontispiece and 10 sepia-toned plates on 8, small neat date stamp on front free endpaper; teracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in navy blue, a good, clean copy. The first contemporary account of the RAC in the early years of WWII, including Egypt, Dieppe, Crete, Mandlay and Rangoon. 'Despite being written during the war the propaganda tone is kept to a modest level' (Smith). Enser, p. 34; Smith, p. 291; Sutcliffe, p.134; White, p.9.
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