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Extracts from the Letters of George Clark Moseley During the Period of the Great War.
1st Ed., 239pp., portrait frontis., num. photos. (inc. various award citations & other documents). Printed for Private Distribution. [Chicago, 1923]
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High quality, lavishly produced & illustrated letters: Moseley served as a pilot with the Lafayette Escadrille then transferred to the US Naval Seaplane Station at Dunkirk, then for a few months to 218 Sqdrn. RAF & then back to the Lafayette Escadrille for the final mionths of the war. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with black cloth sp. trip, gilt, VG in orig. card slipcase with remains of glassine wrap. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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BOWMAM (Ghee)
The Indian Contingent: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk.
1st Ed., xix+284pp., 20 photos. VG in dw. Cheltenham: History Press.
2020
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The RIASC contingent in 1940, irs experiences & evacuation from Dunkirk. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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ELLIS (Major L.F.)
The War in France & Flanders 1939-1940.
2nd Imp., xviii+425pp., 11 plates, 21 maps (most fldg., one in end-pocket), 17 sketch maps. VG in dw. HMSO.
1954
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Definitive history. Orig. cloth, gilt, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£60
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FERNYHOUGH (Brig. A.H., CBE, MC) & HARRIS (Maj. H.E.D.)
History of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1920-1945.
1st Ed., xvi+492pp., col., frontis., 9 maps, fldg. chart. The RAOC. nd (c.1958).
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The RAOC on all fronts in WW2 with much interesting info. Awards roll. Orig. cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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GOUGH (Brig. Guy F., DSO, MC)
Thirty Days to Dunkirk: The Royal Irish Fusiliers, May 1940.
1st Ed., xiv+180pp., 24 photos., 3 maps. VG in dw. Wrexham: Bridge Books.
1990
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Diary of the commanding officer, 1st Bn. RIF in France in 1940. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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LEWIS (Major P.J., MC) & ENGLISH (Major I.R., MC)
8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 1939-1945.
2nd Ed. (reprint of 1949 1st Ed.), viii+319pp., 19 photos., 14 maps (inc. eps). VG in dw. London Stamp Exchange.
1990
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BEF & Dunkirk 1940; 50th Div. Western Desert (inc. El Alamein, Mareth Line &c.), Sicily (inc. battle of Primosole bridge) then Normandy to Nijmegan & disbanded Dec. 1944. Roll of Hon., awards. Green cloth, gilt, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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PAKENHAM-WALSH (Maj.-Gen. R.P., CB, MC)
History of the Corps of Royal Engineers. IX, 1938-1948: Campaigns in Sicily & Italy: The War Against Japan: North-West Europe, 1944-45: Minor & Non-Operational Areas: Post-War, 1945-48
1st Ed., xviii+644pp., 50 portraits, 23 maps. VG in dw. Chatham: Inst. of REs.
1958
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Detailed history of all aspects of Sapper operations. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£45
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SMYTH (Sir John, VC)
Milestones.
1st Ed., 304pp., portrait frontis., num. photos. VG in dw. Sidgwick & Jackson.
1979
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Jackie Smyth's early life in the Ludiana Sikhs, with interesting account of the campaign in France & Flanders 1914-15 (when he won the VC); Waziristan 1919-20, Dunkirk (Bde. commander), but especially command of 17th Div. in Burma & the disaster at Sittang, the timing of the blowing of the bridge at which he continued to attempt to justify. VG in dw, inscribed by the author "To Myrtle with love from Jackie" plus loosely inserted signed letter & programme for Jackie Smyth's memorial service at St Martins-in-the-Fields in June 1983. See illustrations on our website.
£45
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