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List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the various Theatres of War between August, 1914 & November, 1918.
Facsimile reprint of 1919 Ed., 218pp., printed card covs. LSE/Toad Hall.
1988
#64125
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Valuable listing of nearly 8000 officers PoWs noting date missing & repatriated, successful escapes noted also if interned to Holland, died &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the various Theatres of War between August, 1914 & November, 1918.
Facsimile reprint of 1919 Ed., 218pp., printed card covs. LSE/Toad Hall.
1988
#67221
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Valuable listing of nearly 8000 officers PoWs noting date missing & repatriated, successful escapes noted also if interned to Holland, died &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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ADAMS (D. Guy, Lt.-Col. East Surrey Regt.) Ed.
Backwater: Oflag IX A/H Lower Camp.
1st Ed., 29pp., 6 col. plates. VG in chipped dw. Frederick Muller.
1944
#62356
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A finely produced collection of poems, articles & rather good water colour illustrations by Army officers incarcerated at this PoW camp in Germany. Includes service details - & circumstances of capture - of the thirteen officers who contributed to the work. Orig. dec. blue cloth, near fine in chipped dw. See illustrations on our website.
£20
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GREEN (Arthur)
The Story of a Prisoner of War.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card covs. (with portrait of the author in 'hospital blues'), [vii]+96pp., portrait frontis. Chatto & Windus.
1916
#63652
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No. 6646 Pte. Green, 1st SLI, 4th Div. Charming naive descriptions of mobilisation & arrival in France until the author was promptly wounded & captured near Le Cateau. Sixteen months in PoW camps followed before he was repatriated. God Save the King! Somewhat worn, neatly tape repaired, sound thus, rare & appealing. See illustration on our website.
£85
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HILL (J.A. Sillitoe)
The Front Line & Beyond It: A Diary of 1917-18.
1st Ed., 80pp., portrait frontis. Houghton.
1930
#60441
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Interesting & detailed diary account of author's service in the ranks, from leaving training camp at Morpeth, 16th Oct. 1917, journey to France, the 'bullring' at Rouen, joining 1st KSLI on 28th Oct., further training then active service in the line until wounded in March retreat & PoW thereafter. The portrait photo. frontis. was taken at Witten, Westphalia, in Sept. 1918 & is inscribed in ink "Very sincerely yours J. Alec Hill / 9th February 1931." Orig. mustard cloth, blocked in red, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£145
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JOHNSTON (Capt. M.A.B., RGA) & KEARSLEY (Capt. K.D., RE)
450 Miles to Freedom.
1st Ed., [ix]+295pp., 8 plates, fldg. map. Blackwood.
1919
#66481
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Classic account of eight British officers' escape from Changri camp in Turkey. Orig. blue pictorial cloth, sp. little rubbed, generally VG, nice copy of 1st Ed. See illustration on our website.
£35
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MCCARTHY (D.J.)
The Prisoner of War in Germany: The Care & Treatment of the Prisoner of War, with a History of the Development of the Principle of Neutral Inspection & Control.
3rd (enlarged) Ed., 256pp. Skeffington. nd (c.1918).
#62835
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"based upon personal experience of several months' intimate contact, in an official position, with the problem involved. It might be said that this is, in simple language, a report of a survey of the PoW situation in Germany for the year 1916" - Preface. This edition with new chapter on reprisals & expanded matter on diet. Orig. cloth, minor wear, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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SANDES (Major E.W,C., DSO, MC, RE)
Tales of Turkey.
1st Ed., xiii+173pp., 7 photos. Murray.
1924
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Incidents & adventures of the author whilst a Prisoner of War in Turkey 1916-18, including the fall of Kut (when the author was captured, &c.): "Few men... can truly describe a country or a nation till they have lived among the common people in that country for several years & have observed them under all conditions & in all moods... if my narrative... throws a ray or two of light on a country which is now much in the public eye, I shall feel that my two & a half years in Turkey were well spent..." - Preface. Orig. red cloth, sp. sunned o/w VG & rare with armorial bookplate & pencil ownership inscrip. of R.D. Merriman, an officer of the Royal Indian Marine who was also taken PoW at the fall of Kut & who has made several interesting pencil annotations to the text. See illustrations on our website.
£165
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WALKER (Thomas James, MD, FRCS)
The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816.
1st Ed., xiv+351pp., 22 plates. Constable.
1913
#65020
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A detailed record of the camp "specially constructed for the custody of the prisoners taken captive in the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars between 1793 & 1815." Orig. green cloth, gilt, little rubbed & worn, VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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