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Mesopotamia   57 Books
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History of the Guides. Part I, 1846-1922. 1st Ed., xv+347pp., 4to, 19 illus., 7 fldg. maps in pocket, 11 in text. Aldershot: G&P. 1938  #62253
[HLMainPic] Part I contains the raising of the Corps. & var. NWF expeditions inc. Ambeylah, Black Mountain, Chitral & many others; also Indian Mutiny, 2nd Afghan War, WW1 in Mespot., Persia & Palestine. Var. lists & rolls inc. British & Indian officers, awards &c. "An exemplary history" - Perkins 409. Orig. light brown cloth, gilt, bevelled boards, totally sound but previously damped, the covers restored with binder's varnish, VG thus with armorial bookplate of Donald Kenneth McLeod (Note: Lieut-Gen. D.K. McLeod, KCIE, CB, DSO, is mentioned several times in the text: signalling officer with the Zakka Khel Field Force, 1908; to France with the Lahore Division in 1914 & commanded 3rd Cavalry Brigade in 1920. He appears in a group photo. within the book. Commanded the Guides Cavalry 1928-32, The Army in Burma 1938-41, &c.). See illustration on our website.   £245
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 Story of the 1st & 2nd Battalions, 41st Dogras, Volume I. October 1900 to December 1923 & October 1917 to March 1922. Compiled from the Digest of Services & Other Sources by Officers of the Regiment. 1st Ed., [ix]+146+xpp., portrait frontis., 10 plates, 5 fldg. maps. Printed by Thacker & Co. Ltd, Bombay, For Private Circulation Only. nd (c.1935). 1935  #64620
[HLMainPic] 41st Dogras raised 1900: served in China then with Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914-15, then in Mesopotamia, Afghan War 1919, Aden, Somaliland &c. 2nd Bn. raised 1917 served in Afghan War 1919, Mahsud campaign 1920 & Wana Column 1921. On IA reorganisation in 1922 the 1st B. became 3/17th Dogras & the 2nd Bn. the 10th (Training) Bn. Rare history with much interesting detail, composite photos. of COs & Subedars-Major, &c. "This is a handsome book, a pleasure to handle, & full of facts. The appendices are exceptionally good. The H&A appendix, for example, includes details of all IOM & IDSM awards, foreign awards, full citations where appropriate, & details of Recommendations." - Perkins. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £375
ATKINSON (Capt. C.T.) The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919. 1st Ed., xxviii+629pp., 19 plates, 62 maps & sketches. Simpkin, Marshall. 1924  #63911
[HLMainPic] Bns. served Western Front, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Italy, Egypt & Palestine. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. light blue cloth, gilt, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.   £65
BARBER (Major Charles H., IMS) Besieged in Kut - and After. 1st Ed., viii+344pp., 11 photos., 4 maps. Blackwood. 1917  #62905
[HLMainPic] Doctor's narrative of advance to Baghdad, retreat to Kut, the siege & fall followed by captivity in Baghdad until exchanged. Orig. cloth, rather worn, rear ep renewed, but sound copy. Scarce. See illustration on our website.   £50
BARKER (A.J.) The Neglected War: Mesopotamia 1914-1918. 1st Ed., 534pp, 55 photos., 33 maps/sketches. VG in dw. F&F. 1967  #65947
[HLMainPic] Valuable standard account; a thorough investigative study with Orders of Battle, notes on organisation, equipment, &c. Orig. black cloth, gilt, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £45
BARROW (Gen. Sir George, GCB, KCMG) The Life of General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, Bart., GCB, GCSI, GCMG. 1st Ed., 287pp., portrait frontis., 22 plates. Hutchinson. 1931  #63376
[HLMainPic] Comm. 1879, Staff College 1889-90, influential Instructor then Commandant at School of Musketry, Hythe, 1901-07. Largely devoted to his interesting WW1 career as GOC 2nd Div. in 1914: Aisne, 1st Ypres &c., GOC I Corps in France then C.-in-C. Gallipoli in succession to Hamilton (including the evacuation). Cmd. 1st Army in France 1916 then as C.-in-C. India was involved in direction of Mesopotamia campaign. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, ex-circ. lib., sp. worn, generally VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.   £50
BLACK TAB [Pseud.] On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign. 1st Ed., viii+304pp., 56 illus., map. Hutchinson. 1917  #63940
[HLMainPic] Scarce, well-illustrated & informative account by a regular officer of the Indian Army Supply & Transport Corps with the original 1914 expeditionary force (6th Indian Div.), including original orders issued by Gen. Townshend during the Siege of Kut. Well illustrated & scarce. Orig. red cloth, gilt, stained & worn but sound & complete. See illustration on our website.   £45
BROPHY (John) Ed. & intro. The Soldier's War: A Prose Anthology. 1st Ed., xiv+272pp., frontis by Eric Kennington. Dent. 1929  #55040
[HLMainPic] Selected extracts from Blunden, Ford, Gristwood, Mottram, F.A. Voight, Fritz von Unruh &c., with interesting intro by Brophy. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
BROWNRIGG (Lt.-Gen. Sir Douglas) Unexpected (A book of memories). 1st Ed., 172pp., 17 plates. Hutchinson. nd (c.1944)  #63313
[HLMainPic] Sherwood Foresters 1905; DAAG 13th Div. 1914, Gallipoli 1915-16 & AA&QMG 13th Div. Mesopotamia 1916-18. Staff College 1920, various staff appts. & GOC 51st Div. Adjutant-General to the BEF in France, 1940. Interesting views on Gallipoli & Mesopotamia. Orig. brown cloth, titled in white, scar/scratch to sp. o/w VG with armorial bookplate of Hugh, Lord Sherwood. See illustration on our website.   £45

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