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Above the French Lines: Letters of Stuart Walcott, American Aviator: July 4, 1917, to December 8, 1917.
1st Ed., v+93pp., portrait frontis., 2 plates. Princeton Univ. Press.
1918
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Memoir & letters. Walcott graduated from Princeton in 1916 &, influenced in part by Carroll Winslow's account of flying in France (qv), he trained to be a pilot & joined the Lafayette Escadrille. On 12th December 1917 he was shot down in his first aerial combat, having himself already downed one EA on this occasion. Orig. pale blue cloth, titled in black to front & sp., VG with citation for the Croix de Guerre avec Palme posthumously awarded to him neatly written out on rear endpapers ("on December, 12, 1917, attacked an enemy airplane. He pursued it four kilometers behind the German line, where he brought it down. He was in turn attacked by three other monoplanes & was driven down.")
£65
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L‚gion d'Honneur Annuaire Officiel... contient les noms de tous les membres de l'Order de la L‚gion d'Honneur aur 1er. Avril 1929.
1st Ed., 2469pp (+ prelims., adverts &c.). Paris: Librairie Aristide Quillet.
1929
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Rolls of holders of the various classes of the order with date admitted & in what capacity (i.e. rank & regiment, or civil engineer, &c.). The main body consists of French & French Colonial recipients followed by those from other countries. The British section lists around 2600 recipients. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. A weighty tome. See illustration on our website.
£50
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Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915.
With an Introduction by A. Clutton-Brock & A Preface by Andre Chevrillon. Authorised translation by V.M. 1st English Ed., xx+191pp. Constable.
1917
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Letters of a French volunteer from August 1914 to April 1915 when posted missing in the Argonne. Corner of half-title cutaway (removal of insrcription?) o/w VG.
£35
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Two Years with the French Army: Section Sanitaire Anglaise 19: An account of the work of a Motor-Ambulance Convoy of the Friends' Ambulance Unit, B.R.C.S. 1916-1918.
1st Ed., [v]+120pp., 18 photos., 11 maps (several fldg.). Pelican Press.
1919
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Small unit of 22 Ambulance Cars (+ support vehicles, Kitchen &c.), with 42 personnel, served in Flanders 1916-Feb. 1918, thereafter in Marne, Champagne &c. inc. advance to the Aisne & Sedan. Includes chapters on 'Our Relations with the French,' 'Social Life of the Convoy' &c. + statistical record, roll of Croix de Guerre awards & of names & addresses of personnel. Orig. printed paper covd. boards, sp. chipped, stain to front o/w generally VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£75
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[VASSAL (M.)]
Uncensored Letters from the Dardanelles: Written to his English wife by a French Medical Officer of Le Corps Exp‚ditionnaire d'Orient.
1st Ed., xiii+282pp., 74 photos. Heinemann.
1916
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Well-illustrated & atmospheric letters of a French army doctor. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, lacks ffep o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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ALDRICH (Robert) & CONNELL (John)
France's Overseas Frontier: Departements et Territoires D'Outre-Mer.
1st Ed., x+357pp., 12 maps, 4 tables. VG in dw. Cambridge Univ. Press.
1992
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A study of former French colonial territories inc. Martinique & Guadaloupe, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, &c. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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ATKIN (Nicholas)
The Forgotten French: Exiles in the British Isles, 1940-44.
1st Ed., xvi+304pp., 5 figs., 5 maps. VG in dw. Manchester Univ. Press.
2003
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The Free French in the UK. Scholarly study. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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AUPHAN (Rear Admiral Paul) & MORDAL (Jacques)
The French Navy in World War II.
1st Eng. Ed., xvi+413pp., 32 photos., 13 charts & diagrams (inc. eps.). VG in chipped dw. Annapolis: US Naval Institute.
1959
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First complete account of French naval operations based in part on official records. VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£45
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DEVAL (Jacques)
Wooden Swords.
Trans. by Lawrence S. Morris. Reprint of 1st US Ed., [vii]+270pp. VG in chipped dw. NY: Literary Guild of America.
1930
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French novel based on Western Front service with supply services. VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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DIXON (Agnes M.)
The Canteeners.
1st Ed., [viii]+176pp., 20 photos. Murray.
1917
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Personal account of voluntary work with the with the 'Cantines des Dames Anglaises' on the French front at Bourget, Hericourt &c. 1915-16. Orig. blue cloth, VG & uncommon. See illustration on our website.
£45
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