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Loos   75 Books
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George Buchanan Smith 1890-1915. 1st Ed., vii+142pp., 223x179mm, portrait frontis., 8 photos. Glasgow: Printed by Maclehose, For Private Circulation. 1916  #66007
[HLMainPic] George Buchanan Smith was a son of the Very Rev. Sir George Adam Smith and Lady Smith, of Aberdeen. He was born in October 1890, educated at Glasgow Academy (where he was in the Cadet Corps) and the University of Glasgow (where he was a vocal student and secretary of the Liberal Club). He then entered the legal profession but very soon after graduating (LL.B.) at Aberdeen in June 1914, war broke out and he was promptly commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders (Special Reserve). He was posted to the 1st Battalion in Flanders in December, where he was wounded in his first engagement, on 14th inst, just two days after arriving, in a local attack between Kemmel and Wytschaete. He lost a middle finger of his left hand but after several months in hospital and rather longer convalescing he went out to the 2nd Battalion in August 1915 and was killed in action on 25th September, the first day of the Battle of Loos, aged twenty-four. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Contains a detailed memoir of his early life and student days, an account of his two brief periods of active service (including contributions by comrades), extracts from his letters written from France, August-September 1915, numerous letters of condolence and so forth. Orig. Grey paper covered boards, blocked in black to front and spine, sp. worn, generally VG with presentation letter from the subject's mother affixed to front paste-down. See illustrations on our website.   £260
History of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles. 1st Ed., xvi+489pp., col. frontis., 26 photos., 14 maps. Printed for the Regt. 1921  #53057
Detailed history: 1st Bn. Western Front 1915-18; 2nd Bn. F&F briefly then Palestine & back to France in 1918. Nominal roll, awards &c. VG ex-IWM lib.   £25
History of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles. 1st Ed., xvi+489pp., col. frontis., 26 photos., 14 maps. Printed for the Regt. 1921  #64883
[HLMainPic] 15th London Regiment. Detailed history: 1st Bn. Western Front 1915-18; 2nd Bn. F&F briefly then Palestine & back to France in 1918. Nominal roll, awards &c. Orig. grey cloth, titled in blue, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.   £35
Letters from Flanders written by 2nd Lieut. A.D. Gillespie Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders to his Home People. 3rd Ed., with an Appendix, xvi+326pp., portrait frontis., 2 other portraits. Smith, Elder. 1916  #65190
[HLMainPic] Alexander Douglas Gillespie was Ed. at Winchester & New College, Oxford, commissioned in the 4th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders & went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was killed in action on 26th September 1915 with the 2nd Bn. near La Bassée, during the Battle of Loos (his only brother, Thomas Cunningham Gillespie, 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, had been killed near the same place on 18th October 1914). A.D.G. was twenty-six and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Contains one long letter from T.C.G. dated 16th October 1914, relating recent experiences in action etc. Almost all the book comprises A.D.G.'s lengthy letters from the Front, February 1915 onwards, describing life in trenches and billets, from the antagonistic activities of the Germans opposite to the habits of Sonia the cat that shared their trenches (and her kittens), changing conditions of warfare (issue of respirators etc.), curious rumours (streams poisoned with arsenic; booby-trapped corpses) and much more. Orig. red cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £120
Letters of Ivar Campbell Written Between May 1915 & January 1916. 1st Eds., [iii]+106pp., portrait frontis. Privately Printed (by A.L. Humphreys). 1917  #66644
[HLMainPic] Ivar Campbell, son of Lord & Lady George Campbell, grandson of the 8th Duke of Argyll, was Ed. at Eton & Christ Church College, Oxford. He received a commission in 3rd (SR) Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was attached to 1st Seaforth in France May 1915-Nov. 1915 when this bn. was posted to the Mesopotamian front. DoW received during the Battle of Sheikh Saad on 8/1/1916 & is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. "Letters" contains largely his letters from the Western Front, with the Indian Corps in the Bethune region & the Battle of Loos; thereafter a record of the move via Marseilles to Mesopotamia and arrival there: very soon after this he was killed. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £145
The 23rd London Regiment 1798-1919. Compiled from Contributions by Former Officers of the Regiment. 1st Ed., xvi+188pp., col. frontis., 7 maps. Times Pubg. Co. Ltd. 1936  #63926
[HLMainPic] Almost entirely (apart from the first short chapter) WW1: 1st Bn. in France inc. Givenchy, Loos, Somme, Ypres, Messines, Bourlon Wood & 1918 battles; 2nd Bn. in Salonika & Palestine then briefly in Flanders in 1918. Roll of Hon. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
The History of the Eighth Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919. 1st Ed., xiii+286pp., 38 photos., 4 fldg. maps. Printed Privately for the Bn. by Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd. 1921  #63153
[HLMainPic] 24th Div. in F&F 1915-18: Battles of Loos, Somme, Vimy, 3rd Ypres, German Spring Offensive, Final Advance from Cambrai to Mauberge 1918. Awards roll. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
The Jullundur Brigade in France & Flanders 1914-1915. 1st Ed., orig. dec. laminated card wraps., [ii]+64pp., num. photos., 3 maps. New Delhi: Kraftwerk Print & Design [for the Brigade Association]. nd (c.1990)  #67210
[HLMainPic] The 8th Bde. of the Lahore Division consisted of the 1st Bn. Manchester Regt., 47th Sikhs & 59th Scinde Rifles. A useful concise illustrated account of their active service in France & Flanders, plus chronology, regimental notes &c. VG & uncommon. See illustration on our website.   £35
The Tenth Battalion the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) A Record & A Memorial 1914-1918. 1st Ed., xix+168pp., 23 portraits of officers, from drawings by Lt. H.J. Gunn, 3 photos. Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation. 1923  #66525
[HLMainPic] Fine history (written by four former officers of the battalion) with 15th (Scottish) Div., Western Front 1915-18 inc. Loos, Somme, Arras, Ypres &c. Officers' roll noting dates served in the bn. &c., roll of awards. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, little marked & worn, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £90
Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-19. Military Mining. 1st Ed., x+148pp., 29 photos., 61 plates/diagrams/sketches (many fldg.). Chatham: Mackay & Co. for the Institution of Royal Engineers. 1922  #63617
[HLMainPic] Superb & now very rare reference on Western Front mining: outline history of operations, technical aspects & mine rescue, with splendid illustrations inc. fldg. maps of trench & tunnel systems, aerial photos., photos. & sketches of methods & equipment. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, little chipped, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £225

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