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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
ADCOCK (Col. W.H.) Sappers in the Persian Gulf. 1st Ed., xv+175pp., 33 photos., fldg. diagram, ep maps. VG in chipped dw. Bombay: Thacker. 1952  #62619
[HLMainPic] The work of Royal Engineers with PAIFORCE. Orig. cloth, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £35
CATO (Conrad) The Navy Everywhere. 1st Ed., ix+297pp., 10 maps (some fldg.). Constable. 1919  #66026
[HLMainPic] Invaluable accounts of RN operations in some of the rather interesting & lesser-known theatres of war inc. East Africa, Cameroons, Serbia, Persian Gulf (Bushire &c.), Roumania, Aden & the Red Sea. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. sunned o/w VG, good copy & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £125
CRAWSHAY-WILLIAMS (Eliot) Across Persia. 1st Ed., xii+348pp., frontis., 24 photos., fldg. map, several sketch maps in text. Edward Arnold. 1907  #61909
[HLMainPic] The Eton & Oxford educated soldier-politician author (who was employed by Churchill at the Colonial Office 1906-08), resigned his commission in the RFA in India in 1903 & travelled across Persia, from Bushire onwards to Shiraz, Tehran &c., the Caspian & Russia & leaves a detailed account of the places he visited & the peoples he encountered. Orig. green cloth, gilt, small dent/puncture to sp. o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £120
DICKSON (Brig.-Gen. W.E.R., CMG, CIE) East Persia: A Backwater of The Great War. 1st Ed., viii+279pp., frontis., 8 plates, fldg. map (Plan of East Persian Lines of Communications). Edward Arnold. 1924  #67127
[HLMainPic] William Edmund Dickson, who was born in Persia & spent his career in the Indian Army, was Inspector-General of the East-Persia Line of Communications - or East Persia Cordon - during WW1. A valuable & rare personal account of this minor theatre of operations. Orig. green cloth, gilt, small strip cut away from top of ffep o/w VG indeed, near fine copy, with ink stamp "Presentation Copy" to tp. See illustrations on our website.   £350
FRASER (David) Persia & Turkey in Revolt. 1st Ed., xii+440pp., 120 photos. & maps. Blackwood. 1910  #64915
[HLMainPic] Detailed account of The Times Special Correspondent in Teheran in 1909, thence travel through the Persian Gulf & Mesopotamia to Syria & Turkey, covering the events of the Persian Constitutional Revolution. Many good photos. Orig. dec. maroon cloth, gilt & black, little rubbed & worn, generally VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £145
JAMES (Lt.-Col. F.H., OBE, MC) History of the 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley's). 1st Ed., xx+277pp., 4to, col. frontis., 3 other col. & 20 b/w plates, 20 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1938  #65762
[HLMainPic] Sikh & Afghan Wars, Persia, North-West Frontier &c., Mespot. in WW1, notably battles of Kut-el-Amar ah & Ctesiphon, incarceration at Kut &c. Waziristan 1919. Roll of Hon., officers' services. "One of the best Indian Army infantry histories" - Perkins 456. Attractive & scarce deluxe edition, full green morocco, silver gilt badge to front panel & leather lettering label to sp., minor rubing to sp., generally VG throughout.See illustration on our website.   £275
JAMES (Lt.-Col. F.H., OBE, MC) History of the 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley's). 1st Ed., xx+277pp., 4to, col. frontis., 3 other col. & 20 b/w plates, 20 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1938  #66212
[HLMainPic] Sikh & Afghan Wars, Persia, North-West Frontier &c., Mespot. in WW1, notably battles of Kut-el-Amara &c. (much interesting detail on this campaign). Orig. green cloth, silver gilt badge to front panel & silver gilt titles to sp., this rubbed & a little indistinct, little chipped at head & tail of sp., generally VG with presentation bookplate from the regiment. See illustrations on our website.   £175
KNOLLYS (Lt.-Col.) & ELLIOTT (Major) Heroes of the Battlefield. 440pp., frontis., num. steel engravings (illus. & maps). Manchester: G.W. Goodwin & Son. nd (c.1900).  #62893
[HLMainPic] Exploits & incidents largely of the Persian War (the charge of the square at Khooshab &c.), China 1860, Ashanti War 1873-74, a great deal on the 2nd Afghan War 1878-80 & Zulu War 1879. Valuable if populist account with much of interest. Orig. blue cloth, dec. & gilt, little rubbed, VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
MACMUNN (Lt.-Gen. Sir George) History of the Guides. Part II, 1922-1947. 1st Ed., xv+208pp., 4to, 3 col. & 26 b/w plates, 8 fldg. maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1950  #63958
[HLMainPic] Includes Frontier disturbances in 1930, 1933-35, 1936-37 also the regiment in Iraq, Persia & North Africa during WW2. Contains var. lists & rolls inc. British & Indian officers, awards &c. "Another exemplary history" - Perkins 409. Orig. light brown cloth, gilt, bevelled boards, near fine apart from a little rubbing to the title panel on the sp. Rare & handsome work. See illustration on our website.   £245

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