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19788vo., First Edition, with 30 plates on 16 and 14 maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned (as usual) at backstrip. The definitive study by an acknowledged authority, this detailed account covers the vital role of 7th Armoured Brigade in the retreat to India and the subsequent struggle against convention until Admin Box and Japan's first clear defeat at British hands. Also includes much on the bunker-busting methods of the Arakan, the elan of the old Indian cavalry regiments and the savage fighting along the Irrawaddy Bend. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION; the dustwrapper is almost invariably sunned. Enser, p.43; Graham & Cole, K56.
19898vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sandler 1850.
1979Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout, and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19918vo., red faux-morocco cloth, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO.51).
19788vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Loosely inserted is a guide, illustrated in colour and monochrome, to the regimental museum. Sutcliffe, p.16.
19368vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 2 coloured plates, monochrome plates, and 6 folding maps; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and colours, gilt back, marbled endpapers, backstrip just slightly dulled and rubbed at head and tail else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy. A MS NOTE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN STATES 'ORIGINAL PROOF COPY 1936'. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A TYPED AND HANDWRITTEN SHEET STATING THAT THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED TO RMA SANDHURST ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICERS OF 19TH KGO LANCERS. Includes service in the Mutiny, Second Afghan War, NWF (Tirah) and WWI ( Western Front and Palestine). 'A superb publication, beautifully prepared and presented' (Perkins). EXTREMELY SCARCE. Perkins, p.418.
19758vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19738vo., First Edition, with colour plates of insignia, numerous photographs in monochrome throughout and illustrated endpapers; laminated poictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
19038vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, 7 plates, 4 illustrations and maps in the text, and folding map, preliminaries lightly foxed; original khaki cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lattered in gilt and black, gilt top, red endpapers, uncut, joints mildly rubbed, some mild age-soiling else a very good, bright, clean copy. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry served as 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa from April 1900 to June 1901. They were commanded variously by Hunter, Hutton, Clements and Cunningham. In December 1900 the 20th was attacked at Nooitgedacht where the British sustained heavy casualties and the Fifes were reduced to half strength. The remnants joined Cunningham's force to the end of January 1901 and were then attached to Col. Benson's column in south western Transvaal. In April 1901 the Fifes regrouped at full strength at Bloemfontein, joining Col. Pilcher's column in Orange River Colony and returning home in May 1901.The work includes a nominal roll and campaign history. VERY SCARCE. Hackett, p.190 (see also p.ix for coloured plate of cover and lengthy assessment); White, .p.176.
19038vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, neat contemporary prize inscription on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth, fore-edge lightly spotted else a remarkably bright, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Jospeh Pollard of Truro on front paste-down, coloured postcard mounted on blank leaf facing text, and 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19638vo., First Edition thus, with title in gilt and colours, and 2 fine full-page coloured plates of colours; de luxe binding of full navy roan, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt doublures, blue silk endpapers, a near fine copy. The de luxe binding is very scarce.
1972Sm. folio, First Edition, with fine coloured plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19868vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and maps in the text, and endpaper maps; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's lightly soiled slip-case.
19098vo., Fifth Impression, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and plates, free endpapers mildly browned; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and ruled in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF DESMOND YOUNG AND BEARS HIS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Published a year after the first edition. General Desmond Young (1892-1966), soldier, explorer, biographer and actor; biographer of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, which book forms the basis of Henry Hathway's feature film 'The Desert Fox' (1951) starring James Mason. Perkins (Regiments of Empire), p.93; (Regiments), p.409.
198915 vols., sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; original coloured pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. The set comprises: 1: The Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry; 2: North Somerset Yeomanry; 3: The Yorkshire Hussars; 4: Westmorland and Cumberland Cavalry; 5: 3rd County of London (Sharpshooters); 6: The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry; 7: The Yorkshire Dragoons; 8: Lovat Scouts & Scottish Horse; 9: Warwickshire Yeomanry; 10: The Yeomanry Force at the Coronation; 11: Worcestershire Yeomanry; 12: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Norfolk; 13: The East Kent Mounted Rifles; 14: Yeomanry Drum Banners and Mounted Bands; 15: Staffordshire Yeomanry. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19208vo., First Edition, with 5 fine portraits in photogravure and 15 folding maps coloured in outline on japon, endpapers mildly browned; blue pebble-grain cloth, upper board with printed paper label, black buckram back with paper label, upper board lightly age-marked at bottom edge else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19638vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 8 plates, 9 maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, boards lightly faded at backstrip as usual, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sutcliffe, p.43; White, p.16.
19938vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, 15 coloured plates on 12 and very numerous monochrome photographs (a number full-page) in the text; green regimental cloth with badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1940Emmanuel Vitte 1940, In-12 broché de 219 pages. Carte dépliante. Bel envoi autographe de l'auteur ainsi que de son épouse.
1915Paris, Limoges, Henri Charles-Lavauzelle 1915. Fort et grand in-12 relié pleine toile éditeur bleue, au plat estampé en noir. XXXIII + 1078 pages.
1913Ecole Supérieur de Guerre, 1907. Cours ronéotypé de In-4 relié demi-toile chocolat à coins, titre doré en dos. 6 pages (erratum) + 1 ere partie : Couverture et exploration, 2ème partie : la cavalerie dans la bataille, 3ème partie Les opérations contre les lignes de communication de 327 pages et appendice : Destruction d'un pont de chemin de fer japonais au sud d'Haitcheng le 21 février 1905, 13 pages. Bien complet des 35 planches libres, certaines déplaintes. Bon état
1902Ecole superieure de guerre, 1902. In-4 relié demi-toile marron à coins, titre doré en dos de 700 pages, cartes hors-texte et figures. Bon état
1913Berger-Levrault & Cie éditeur, 1913. Fort In-8 relié demi-toile mauve, pièce de titre rouge, 864 pages. Très nombreuses cartes dépliantes. Septième année. Tome XIV. Juillet à décembre 1913. Petites taches en reliure et trace d'humidité au second plat, petit manque en coiffe sinon bon état
1911Henri Charles Lavauzelle, 1911. Grand In-8 relié pleien toile brique éditeur, plat estampé d'un motif en noir, 648 pages. Bon état
1899186pp.+ 1 planche dépliante, 2e éd., reliure moderne toile, bel état
