WILSON Lt.-Col. FrankMareMagnum
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1954Sm. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous coloured plates of uniforms and pictorial front and rear endpapers; blue buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Concise guide to over 120 units with table of uniform details.
19568vo., First Edition, with 4 plates, illustrations in the text and a full-page map; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frames, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Masters' classic narrative of his service with 4th Gurkhas, Indian Army in the years preceding WWII. The best account of its kind since Yeats-Brown's 'Bengal Lancer' nearly thirty years earlier.
19398vo., Second Impression, some occasional marginal annotation in pencil, fore-edges lightly spotted; original blue cloth, cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded, joints very lightly rubbed at head and tail of backstrip else a very good, sound copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned, creased and rubbed at edges. Published in the same year as the first edition. One of the few first-hand accounts of the administration by the British Army of its forces in the field during WWI. The author served successively with the 51st [Territorial] Division and the 17th [New Army] Division before taking up positions at Corps and General Headquarters levels. His insights are shrewd and sympathetic; an important contribution to the literature of the Western Front. Very scarce, especially in the dustwrapper. Enser, p.395
20008vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. All early printings are already scarce.
19868vo., Second Edition, with 6 full-page maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Operation TOMBOLA was the last and most ambitious SAS action of WWII, when the author was dropped by parachute in the Northern Apennines to join forces with the local partisans. The enterprise was remarkably successful, culminating in the storming of a German corps headquarters, before Farran joined up with the advancing Americans. Farran's classic was first published in 1960 since when it has become very hard to find in good condition. This much-needed re-issue is published in A&A's Special Forces Library. Enser, p.410.
1950Folio, First Edition [Sole Edition], with a portrait frontispiece, several fine portraits in photogravure, very numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams (many full-page) in the text, and several large folding maps coloured in outline; pictorial buckram gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Published by Bell for The Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund, this is a magnificent record of RA service during the Second World War, with individual theatres, actions and activities described by appropriate authorities. As befits the Gunners, this is one of the finest regimental records to emerge from WWII. White, p.29.
19948vo., First Edition, with plates and maps, small neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A review copy, with publisher's press release and several relevant cuttings loosly inserted. Graham & Cole, E9.
1950Sm. 8vo., with 5 maps (2 double-page) in the text, and rear endpaper maps; ivory broad-weave cloth, upper board blocked in red, covers mildly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE REGIMENT TO 2BN ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT, AUGUST 1952 WITH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Part 1: 1650 to 1914; Part II: 1914-1918; Part III: 1939-1945; Part IV: 1945-1950. This edition contains as appendices a roll of Victoria Cross holders, comparisons between the First and Second World Wars, and a bibliography. According to White (p.43), earlier editions of this work appeared from the Chiswick Press in 1907 and 1916. The author of the first part died of wounds received at Ypres in 1914, and the second part was compiled by Major A.G.C. Dawnay from a more detailed account written by Colonel C.J.C. Grant in 1921. A subsequent edition, printed by Vacher & Sons, appeared in 1923. Sutcliffe, p.7; White, p.43.
19908vo., First Edition, with 14 plates on 8, and a fill-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The author's account of his capture at the fall of Hong Hong, his escape to mainland China and his eventual pick-up by 204 Military Mission, an Anglo-Australian guerrilla unit based on Chungking and training Chinese Nationalists.
19448vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 15 plates on 13 and endpaper maps, endpapers lightly spotted; original green cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Concise personal account by the well-known war correspondent. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.297.
19588vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.228 (incorrectly recording title as 'Eighth Army').
19948vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 25 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The 51st (Highland) Division was one of the finest units of the regular army at the outbreak of war. Sent to France, it became a political pawn in Churchill's determination to maintain French military involvement, and despite a magnificant defensive campaign against overwhelming odds, was eventually forced to surrender to Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy in 1940. This long overdue account includes much veteran and eye-witness material. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
18998vo., First Edition, with 8 folding coloured battle-plans on japon and 2 large folding coloured maps on japon at end; original red buckram, boards ruled in blind, gilt back, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, hand-made endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With blind stamp on title, and 2pp publisher's catalogue at end.
2008Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, numerous plans and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers (rear endpapers in colour); pictorial boards, cloth back, a fine copy. Includes facsimiles of contemporary trade advertisements.
19258vo., First Edition, with maps; blue cloth, gilt back, covers mildy age-soiled else a very good, bright, firm copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE.
19888vo., Second Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper The standard reference. Much-needed reissue of the first edition of 1965.
19968vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. 'One of the best personal memoirs of tank life in the desert and Italy, one that takes you to the moment' (Smith). Smith, p.23.
20008vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Smith, p.85; Sutcliffe, p.127.
19928vo., First Edition; grey boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19858vo., blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip, Traces the evolution of the army from the East India Company of|AD.1600 to the reorganisation of the Army in India after the Great War. VERY SCARCE.
19888vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY A MEMBER OF THE REGIMENT ON TITLE. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. 'The narrative is comprehensive and easy to follow, the illustrations are very good indeed, and the numerous maps excellent' (Perkins). Perkins, p.639.
20008vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The last decade has seen a sharpened focus on logistics and supply during the battle. This admirable account includes much eye-witness and vernacular detail; it is also incidentally the first combat history of what is now the Royal Logistic Corps.
19572 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, 9 maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps in the second volume; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (red/blue respectively), sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. A SPLENDID SET. By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. Enser, pp.199, 474 respectively.
20118vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19468vo., with coloured frontispiece, and numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in mildly age-marked dustwrapper. First published in 1782.
