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A Short History of the Revival of the Small Torpedo Boats (C.M.B.s) during the Great War & subsequently in The Kronstadt, Archangel & Caspian Sea Expeditions of 1919.
Orig. dec. wraps., 44pp., 4to, approx. 4o photos., several sketches & plans, charts & maps (of operations named in the title). Printed by Vacher & Sons Ltd. for Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. March, 1920.
#67231
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Typically handsome & finely illustrated work sponsored by the manufacturers of these Coastal Motor Boats, containing interesting accounts of their operations during the war & most notably in the Allied Intervention in north & south Russia during 1919, including the epic raid on Kronstadt harbour &c. Includes many finely produced photographs, sketches & plans of the craft involved, diagrams of the actions, together with a roll of the naval officers (RN, RNVR & RNR) appointed to the first twelve boats (& a named group photograph of these officers), lists of officers taking part in the Russian expeditions & of officers & ratings killed, wounded or taken prisoner during the Kronstadt raid. Attractive orig. card wraps., covers somewhat marked, staples rusting, generally VG, rare & well-illustrated record of these small vessels, their crews & operations.
£145
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FRENCH (Lt.-Col. F.J.F.)
From Whitehall to the Caspian.
1st Ed., 255pp., 8 plates, 2 fldg. maps. Odhams.
1921
#65856
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On staff of the Caspian Naval Expedition, 1918-1919, subsequent to the dispersal of Dunsterforce (of which there is a brief account). Events at Baku & the Caucasian & Caspian republics. Orig. orange cloth, spine a little sunned o/w VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£90
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MOBERLY (Brig.-Gen. F.J., CB, CSI, DSO)
The Campaign in Mesopotamia.
1st Ed., complete: 4 Vols. text, each with end-pocket of fldg. maps: ix+402, xiv+581, xii+460 & xvi+447pp., 39 photos., 60 maps (most fldg.). HMSO. 1927-1930
#65890
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The entire campaign, also taking in ops. in Kurdistan & the Caspian in 1918. Orig. red cloth, gilt, good complete set, Vols. I & II somewhat sunned/worn, Vol. I lacking ffep; Vols. III & IV nice bright & clean copies. Complete with all maps &c. See illustration on our website.
£350
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RAWLINSON (Lt.-Col. A., CMG, CBE, DSO)
Adventures in the Near East 1918-1922.
1st Ed., xx+377pp., 42 plates, 2 maps. Melrose.
1923
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Inc. Dunsterforce, Relief & Siege of Baku & Russo-Turkish War, inc. PoW of the Turks in 1921-22. "The greater part of this narrative belongs to the years immediately after the War, which were unsettled enough everywhere, but a sheer nightmare in the Near East. There are graphic pictures of the fantastic 'side-shows' of side-shows. Lt.-Col. Rawlinson's story of his imprisonment at Erzeroum is a magnificent tribute to British endurance & loyalty." - Falls. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.
£75
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