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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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PACKE Michael
Winged Stallion. Fighting and Training with the First Airborne. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1948. The author was one of the earliest volunteers.
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PIEKALKIEWICZ Janusz
Arnhem 1944. Translated by H.A. and A.J. Barker. [First English Edition] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the best pictorial surveys of the battle, comprising day-day coverage with many useful photographs not easily available elsewhere. Published a year after the German edition. Enser, p.13.
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LANGLEY J.M.
Fight Another Day. Lt. Colonel J.M. Langley, MBE. MC. With an Introduction by Airey Neave.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The personal experiences of a young subaltern in the Coldstream Guards who lost an arm at Dunkirk, fell into enemy hands and escaped via Lille and Paris to Marseilles. After his return he worked in MI6 on the escape lines across France and Belgium. Enser, p.150.
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JOSLEN Lieut.-Col. H.F.
Orders of Battle. United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War 1939-1945. Prepared for the Historical Section of the Cabinet Office. Based on Official Documents. [Third Impression]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., sm. folio, Third Impression, with several gatefold leaves; original series binding of buckram gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-marked at backstrips ands fold-ins. The standard reference, published in the UK Government's official series 'History of the Second World War'. The first edition appeared in 1960.
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BARNETT Correlli
The Swordbearers. Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. Enser, p.339
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DENNIS Peter
The Territorial Army 1906-1940. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. RHS 'Studies in History', 51. The standard account of the creation and development of the TA, from its record during the Great War to its fundamental role in the reshaping of Britain's army during the anxious years immediately prior to WWII. SCARCE.
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HALLOWS Ian S.
Regiments and Corps of the British Army. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations of insignia in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable standard reference in an age of accelerating defence reviews. It provides detailed if concise summaries of all regiments and corps, including history, battle honours, awards, memorials, dress, marches, museums and regimental histories.
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ROONEY D.
Burma Victory. Imphal, Kohima and the Chindit Issue, March 1944 to May 1945.
8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 16 and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean in the dustwrapper. One of the best of the recent crop of titles on the 'forgotten war', this study makes use of much new research by the Burma Star association. It is particularly valuable for its account of the Chindits. Already scarce in the original edition.
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SHERMAN A.J.
Mandate Days. British Lives in Palestine 1918-1948.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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BRACKENBURY Sir Henry
The Nearest Guard. A History of Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, from their Institution in 1509 to the Year 1892. 200 COPIES WERE PRINTED; VC ASSOCIATION COPY
Roy. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with a fine coloured frontispiece, a coloured plate, 11 plates (5 large and folding) in monochrome, and 13 illustrations in the text, black endpapers, neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; original cloth, sides with double frame border enclosing corps badge elaborately blocked all in gilt, back gilt extra, gilt top, bevelled edges, uncut, a very good, bright, firm copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES). This copy was formerly in the library of Conwyn Mansel-Jones who won the Victoria Cross in South Africa on 27 February 1900. He went on to serve in WWI and was also awarded the DSO and the Legion d'Honneur. Mansel-Jones became CMG and was a member of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1920 until his death in 1942. A letter confirming his purchase of this copy is loosely inserted. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT UNIT HISTORY. White, p.255.
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HIRST] [F.W.
The Arbiter in Council. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, some very light and occasional spotting (mainly marginal); original blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of J.B. Body, and trade ticket of Military Parade of Marlborough on front paste-down. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PUBLISHER WITH NEAT BLIND STAMP ON TITLE. Scarce.
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ROBINSON R.E.R.
The Bloody Eleventh. History of the Devonshire Regiment. Foreword by Major-General HRH The Duke of York. [Complete set].
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Editions, with 2 frontispieces, 166 illustrations and facsimiles (a number in colour and a number full-page) in the text and 154 maps (a number folding); regimental cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol. I: (Robinson): 1685-1815 (1988); Vol. II (Aggett): 1815-1914 (1994); Vol. III (Aggett): 1914-1969 (1995). The definitive history, compiled and published for The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. The Devonshire Regiment [formerly 11th Foot] amalgamated with The Dorset Regiment in 1958. Individual volumes, especially in this condition, are already scarce. Complete sets are seldom offered for sale
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ANGLESEY Marquess of
A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
8 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates, illustrations in the text and maps throughout; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in the dustwrapper. VOLUMES ONE TO FOUR ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLES. Vol. 1: 1816-1850 (1973); Vol. 2: 1851-1871 (1975); Vol. 3: 1872-1898 (1982); Vol. 4: 1899-1913 (1986); Vol. 5: 1914-1919 Egypt, Palestine & Syria (1994); Vol. 6: 1917-1918 Mesopotamia (1995); Vol. 7: Curragh Incident & Western Front 1914 (1996); Vol. 8: Western Front 1915-1918; Epilogue 1919-1939 (1997). Anglesey's monumental work, now unlikely ever to be surpassed, is the defiinitive history of the final phase of the British cavalry.
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ATKIN Ronald
Dieppe 1942. The Jubilee Disaster. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 30 plates on 8; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.66
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BRYANT Arthur
Jackets of Green. A Study of the History, Philosophy, and Character of the Rifle Brigade. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 4 double-page coloured plates, 13 monochrome plates on 12, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original regimental green cloth with crest blocked in silver on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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EASTWOOD Stuart
When Dragons Flew. An Illustrated History of the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 1939-1945. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, unevenly sunned dustwrapper. Splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. As one would expect, about half the book is given over to the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH, honours and awards, battalion roll for Arnhem, operation orders for MARKET and much other data. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.293.
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FALVEY Denis
A Well-Known Excellence. British Artillery and an Artillerymen in World War Two. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Already elusive
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OATTS L.B.
Proud Heritage. The Story of the Highland Light Infantry. Volume One. The 71st HLI 1777-1881. [Foreword by Major-General Alexander Telfer Smollett of Bonhill]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 4 coloured plates, a full-page illustration and 5 maps (2 double-page) in the text, and a large folding coloured chart, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original regimental green cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Lovely copy of the first of four volumes of the author's standard history . Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe, p. 373; White, p.117.
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POWNALL General Henry
Chief of Staff. The Diaries of Sir Henry Pownall. [1933-1944]. [Edited by B. Bond]. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 29 plates; blue cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: 1933-1940 (by which time Pownall was CGS to the BEF in France); Vol. II: 1940-1944 (CoS to Mountbatten). In the latter part of his career Pownall was Chief of Staff to Mountbatten (then SACSEA). His remarkably frank diaries caused considerable controversy on publication, not least because of his opinions of Wingate. Unaccountably scarce as a set, especially in this condition. Graham & Cole L20; Enser, p.268.
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STEWART Adrian
Eighth Army's Greatest Victories. Alam Halfa to Tunis 1942-43. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and 11 maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes valuable list of Eighth Army formations and units.
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SULZBACH H.
With the German Guns. Four Years on the Western Front 1914-1918. Translated by Richard Tronger. Foreword by Terence Prittle. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First English Edition, with plates; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at edges. This classic memoir of the Great War was first published in Germany 1935; this is the first edition in English. Ironically the author fought for Britain in WWII. Enser, p.28 (recording the original edition)
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MACKSEY K.J.
Afrika Korps. [Purnell's History of the Second World War. Campaign Book No. 1]
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs and maps throughout; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Purnell's History of the Second World War. Campaign Book No.1.
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