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Diary of Section VIII American Ambulance Field Service.
1st Ed., [vii]+71pp. Printed for Private Distribution Only.
1917
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Account of the motor ambulance column's work in France, with roll of members. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with label to front, little rubbed/worn, VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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In Memoriam Captain Harold Ludington Hemingway, Company F, 104th Infantry, USA. Born at New Haven, Connecticut, May 25, 1893. Died at Glorieux, France, October 21, 1918 of wounds received in action near Verdun.
1st Ed., 81pp., 222x182mm, portrait frontis., 6 photos., map. New Haven: Privately Printed at the Yale Unv. Press.
1920
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A memoir of school & college life (Hopkins Grammar School & Yale College) then a career in commerce until his military service which commenced in May 1917. Arriving in France in Feb. 1918 he was in action at the Chemin des Dames, Chateau Thierry, & St. Mihiel, events which are described in interesting & engaging detail in his letters from the Front. Includes various letters from colleagues describing his services & the work of his regiment. Orig. blue paper covd. boards, gilt to front, with wheat cloth backstrip, this lacking a small paper lettering label, o/w VG. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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BORDEAUX (Henry)
The Last Days of Fort Vaux, March 9-June 7, 1916.
Trans. from French by Paul V. Cohn. 1st Eng. Ed., xiv+227pp. Nelson. nd (c.1917).
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Skilfull & atmospheric account of the fighting before Verdun, where the author was a captain on the staff. Orig. brown cloth, gilt, VG & uncommon with interesting ownership inscrip. of the original owner: "J.H. Knight-Adkin, Capt., 1/4 Glouc. Regt. B.E.F. Rest Camp Rouen Normandy 29/8/17." See illustrations on our website.
£35
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BRYAN (Julien H.)
Ambulance 464: Encore les Blesses.
Introduction by Lyman Abbott. 1st Ed., xxii+220pp., frontis., 84 photos., map, sketch in text. NY: Macmillan.
1918
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Very well illustrated & detailed account of this motor ambulance unit's work in France, with roll of original members (of which the author was one) & later reinforcements. Orig. grey/blue dec. cloth, attractive & scarce. VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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CHLUMBERG (Hans)
Miracle at Verdun.
1st Eng. Ed., trans. by Edward Crankshaw, orig. printed wraps., 128pp. Gollancz.
1932
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An interesting retrospective war play through the eyes of battlefield tourists & politicians twenty-five years after the armistice. Orig. black cloth with paper sp. label, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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FALKENHAYN (Gen. Erich von)
General Headquarters 1914-1916 & its Critical Decisions.
1st Eng. Ed., 299pp., 6 plates, 5 sketch maps. Hutchinson.
1919
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German Chief of Staff responsible for inter alia Verdun & the early Somme battles. Highly regarded by Falls who awarded two stars. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£50
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HERMANNS (William)
The Holocaust, From a Survivor of Verdun.
1st Ed., xiii+141pp., drawings by Paul Bacon. VG in dw. NY: Harper & Row.
1972
#67818
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Recollections of a German infantryman at Verdun & on the Aegonne Front, & as a PoW of the French. VG in dw (with photo. of author & comrades on rear panel). See illustration on our website.
£25
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HOWARD (James M., Captain, Regimental Chaplain)
The Autobiography of a Regiment: A History of the 304th Field Artillery in the World War.
1st Ed., xvii+310pp., frontis., num. plates & many sketches in text (from drawings by Revard Graham & others). No imprint, NY.
1920
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War history with many excellent sketches & drawings. Service details of officers & roll of all ranks. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & sp., neatly rebacked retaining orig. sp., VG thus with lengthy presentation inscrip., "To Timothy J. Buckley, Sergeant and Chief of Section of the Third Piece of battery 'A' 304th Field Artillery, 77th Division A.E.F. Whenever the infantry called for a forward piece from our regiment it was generally your piece which reported. Remember the Lieutenant in charge of the 'B' department. Frank L. Cunningham ex 1st Lt 304th F.A." See illustrations on our website.
£35
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IRWIN (Will)
The Latin at War.
1st Ed., viii+295pp. Constable.
1917
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Rare American war correspondent's impressions of the Italian & Western Fronts, chapters including The Isonzo Front; With the Alpini; Beyond Verdun &c. Interesting & well-written. Orig. dec. cloth, somewhat rubbed/worn, near VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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JOFFRE (Marshal)
Memoirs of Marshal Joffre.
Trans. by Col. T. Bentley Mott. 1st Eng. Ed., 2 Vols., viii+324 & viii+333pp., 16 illus., 19 maps. VG in chipped dws. Geoffrey Bles.
1932
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French CIGS from 1911 & C-in-C 1914-16 until replaced by Nivelle. Much on the encounter battles of 1914, the decision to fight the battle of the Marne, Loos, Verdun & the Somme. Orig. brown cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dws. See illustration on our website.
£85
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