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1943ref. 19825Querido New York 1943. 8vo. First Edition thus with 50 plates on 23 and front and rear endpaper maps; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt top lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean copy in unclipped moderately rubbed dustwrapper. The first detailed contemporary account of the tragedies of the Dutch Occupation and its aftermath. Effectively an updated translation by Stoppleman of De Jong's 'Je Maintiendrai I & II' published in London for the exiled community. SCARCE. Not recorded by Enser. Querido, New York, hardcover
1867ref. 19925W O Mitchell 1867. 8vo. First Edition First Issue with a lithographed frontispiece finely coloured by hand original tissue guard present and 2 lithographed plates finely coloured by hand original tissue guards present some mild age-staining to title and last few leaves contemporary inscription on frontispiece recto; original red cloth upper board with blind frame border enclosing title in gilt gilt edges neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down new yellow endpapers to style boards mildly age-stained else a very good firm copy. With a small quanitity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. The second dedicated history of the regiment following the anonymous account of 1828. The plates comprise one of colours and two of uniform 1713 and 1866. Carter was Cannon's assistant in the compilation of the latter's well-known 'Historical Records' series. At Cannon's retirement Carter was considered as editor but the Treasury elected to discontinue the series and Carter therefore published this work independently. Unsold copies were reissued in 1883 with an additional eight pages titled 'Conclusion of the Historical Record' and 24 coloured plates of uniform by Simkin. In this Second Issue the plate of 1713 is often missing. Very scarce. Sutcliffe p.167; White p.79. W O Mitchell, hardcover
1952ref. 19972Hodder & Stoughton 1952-53. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with frontispieces numerous photographs illustrations and facsimiles several full-page and a double-page plan in the text front endpaper map in second volume; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco sides with gilt frame border backs gilt with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled gilt with a barbed wire motif gilt tops a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The first volume culminates with the author's 'home run' in 1942. Reid's two classics of POW life and escape began a virtual sub-industry of astonishingly variable quality including dozens of later books several feature films countless magazine pieces and a long-running TV series. There is however no mistaking the calibre of the original. Now that Colditz is to become in part at least a youth hostel interest in its wartime role will only grow. Enser p. 151. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
1915ref. 20105Newnes and Country Life 1915. 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. Newnes and Country Life, hardcover
1957ref. 20115Hale 1957. 8vo. First Edition with 20 plates on 16; original green cloth gilt back backstrip faded but all gilt just legible a good firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter mildly age-soiled frayed at edges and wanting top half of backstrip. With the trade stamp of Oxford Book & Stationery Co. Calcutta on front free endpaper. With a private corporate circulation list on front free endpaper. One of the most detailed of the relatively few personal accounts of irregular forces in this theatre. Extremely scarce especially in the dustwrapper. Enser p.89; Graham & Cole H10. Hale, hardcover
1954ref. 20210Gale & Polden Aldershot 1954. 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. Gale & Polden, Aldershot, hardcover
1967ref. 20224Hamish Hamilton 1967. 8vo. First Edition with numerous photographs in the text; brown cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped lightly browned dustwrapper. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. Sutcliffe p.60. Hamish Hamilton, hardcover
1949ref. 20302Gale & Polden Aldershot 1949. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece 39 plates on 22 24 full-page maps the majority coloured in outline 16 folding maps coloured in outline and several maps in the text; decorative cloth gilt gilt backs a very good bright clean set. Bright set of the standard history of the regiment's service in WWII. Enser p.81; Sutcliffe p.2; White p.42 Gale & Polden, Aldershot, hardcover
2006ref. SONG1584872470Brand: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War Co 2006-01-01. hardcover. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War Co hardcover
1935ref. 20359Edgar Backus Leicester 1935. 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. Edgar Backus, Leicester, hardcover
1952ref. 20396Hodder & Stoughton 1952. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and illustrations and facsimiles in the text; handsomely bound in red full crushed morocco back gilt with five raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt with barbed-wire motif gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SLIP-CASE NOT SHOWN IN IMAGE. The first of Reid's two famous accounts culminates with the author's 'home run' in 1942. Includes a detailed list of escapees. Reid's classic of POW life and escape began a virtual sub-industry of astonishingly variable quality including dozens of later books several feature films countless magazine pieces and a long-running TV series. There is however no mistaking the calibre of the original. Now that Colditz is to become in part at least a youth hostel interest in its wartime role will only grow. Enser p. 151. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
1921ref. 20455Constable 1921. 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. Constable, hardcover
1905ref. 18827Simpkin & Co. 1905. Roy. 4to. First Edition Large Paper with a portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present 32 plates and numerous photographs in the text; ivory half buckram red cloth boards upper board ruled and blocked in gilt with regimental crest gilt back uncut marbled endpapers backstrip very lightly browned but all gilt entirely legible a very good bright clean crisp copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE JEFFREYS WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Major-General Sir George Jeffreys 1878-1960 was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in 1897. He served at the Nile in the Second Boer War and extensively throughout WWI. Mentioned in despatches several times he commanded 2Bn in 1915 subsequently 58th Brigade 57th Brigade and finally 1st Guards Brigade in 1916. In 1917 he was appointed GOC 19th Division. Post-war he served as GOC Light Division British Army of the Rhine and as GOCiC of Southern Command in India before his retirement in 1938. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Jeffreys in 1952. His association with the present work stems from his position as Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Hampshire Chairman of the Hampshire Territorial Army Association and a decade or so as MP for Petersfield. A NOTABLE ASSOCIATION COPY. LARGE PAPER COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe p.225; White p.189. Simpkin & Co., hardcover
1971ref. 18979Royal Sussex Regimental Association Chichester 1971. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; regimental blue buckram badge in gilt on upper cover gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Greatly expanded and updated version of the author's original 'short history' published in 1913. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Not recorded by Sutcliffe Royal Sussex Regimental Association, Chichester, hardcover
1943ref. 18987Oxford University Press 1943. 4 works in 1 vol. 8vo. First Edition with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker ALL ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED custom-made slip-case a most attractive volume ideal as a gift or for presentation. No.1: Women; No. 2: Production; No. 3: Soldiers; No. 4: Air Raids. Complete set of the second series with fine reproductions of paintings drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period including among many others Ardizzone Bawden Bone Kennington Moore Nash Piper Ravilious Rothenstein Spencer Sutherland Topolski and Worsley. The first series dealing primarily with the fighting forces was published in the preceding year. UNCOMMON AS A SET AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Oxford University Press, hardcover
1904ref. 43007Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag 1904. Tall 8vo. xxxii 216 pp. w/ 58 pp. of facsimile telegraphs exchanged throughout the war. Numerous photos maps text illusts. plates. Quarter-tree calf over marbled boards mnr rubbng edgewear still a VG copy w/ bkplate on frnt pstdn for M. Chr. Madsen. First edition of this nicely illustrated history of the Russo-Japanese War including a substantial section reproducing the telegrams sent by the competing forces from the front. Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, hardcover
1967ref. 42993York PA: George Shumway 1967. 4to. 250 pp. Frntsp. over 100 photos & illusts. Gray cloth blk lettrng vry mnr soilng spt on ffep w/ d.j. VG/NF copy. First Shumway edition of this invaluable reference work on the Civil War. George Shumway, hardcover
2011ref. 18027Helion Solihull 2011. 8vo. First Edition with illustrated and printed titles numerous photographs and 2 full-page maps in the text and 8 coloured maps; original green cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 627. Helion, [Solihull], hardcover
1927ref. 18167Constable 1927. 8vo. First Edition with 44 full-page maps in the text and 6 folding maps on japon a number coloured in outline at end; original navy blue cloth upper board blocked in gilt with the period badge of the Household Division gilt top uncut a near fine copy. A STANDARD REFERENCE AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe p.2; White p.41. Constable, hardcover
1943ref. 18173Allen & Unwin 1943. Sm. 8vo. First Edition; original yellow boards printed in black blue cloth back with printed paper label a very good bright clean copy in unclipped pictorial dustwrapper the latter wanting about one sixth of rear panel. WALTER CRONKITE'S COPY WITH HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The signature reads 'Walter Cronkite United Press' in blue ink. There is an additional signature in pencil on front paste-down. Cronkite joined United Press in 1937 after a year as sports announcer only his second job in broadcasting at KCMO in Kansas City Missouri. This switch from national to international status was effectively the birth of an American legend for Cronkite went on to become one of the best-known and most respected American reporters of WWII. After covering the North African theatre he turned his attention to Europe where he was one of eight journalists selected by USAAF to accompany B-17 bombing raids over Germany. During MARKET GARDEN he landed by glider with 101st Airborne and subsequently covered the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes. His extended post-war career as anchorman with CBS created an American icon. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF HIS BROADCASTING CAREER. THE WORK ITSELF IS SCARCE; THIS COPY IS VERY POSSIBLY UNIQUE. Allen & Unwin, hardcover
1931ref. 18336Macmillan 1931. 8vo. First Edition. on laid paper; original marbled boards ivory buckram back lettered in gilt gilt top uncut a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 670 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Macmillan, hardcover
1915ref. 18525Hodder & Stoughton 1915. 8vo. First English Edition free endpaper mildly browned neat inscription on front free endpaper; original red cloth upper board blocked in yellow and lettered in black backstrip lettered in black a very good bright clean copy. The German edition was first published anonymously in Lausanne earlier in the same year. Written by pacifist Richard Grelling this is a scathing attack upon the political and military leadership of Germany that led to the outbreak of WWI. Grelling takes his title from the infamous Zola letter of the Dreyfus scandal some two decades previously. The 'Germany Awake!' of the first chapter became the totemic 'Deutschland Erwache!' of Hitler's Reich. Scarce in this condition. Enser p.245. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
1962ref. 17522Andre Deutsch 1962. 8vo. First English Edition with 10 plates on 8 some very faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter very lightly age-browned and rubbed at extremities. First published in Germany in the previous year this is the now well-known story of one of WWII's most unlikely and successful spies. A valet at the British Embassy in Ankara Bazna passed much secret information to the Germans and lived to tell the tale. Scarce in this condition. Enser p.108. Andre Deutsch, hardcover
1956ref. 17643Constable 1956. 8vo. Second Impression with 2 full-page maps in the text page-edges browning; blue cloth a bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. Published in the same month as the first edition. The harrowing account of a young Polish officer's captivity under the Russians and his eventual break for freedom from Siberia across the Gobi to Tibet. Constable, hardcover
1887ref. 41848New York: Official Publishing Co. 1887. Folio. 492 pp. Title in red & blk. Over 100 text woodcut engravings & plates illusts. maps. Gray cloth gilt & brwn lettrng wear & rubbng to lwr fore-edges cvrs slght dmpstn to lwr edge mnr fryng still a G copy. First edition. Official Publishing Co., hardcover
