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ADAMS (Bernard)
Nothing of Importance: A Record of Eight Months at the Front with a Welsh Battalion.
New Ed., xxi+324pp., portrait frontis., 3 maps. VG in dw. Strong Oak/Tom Donovan.
1988
#70305
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Acclaimed memoir of service with 1st RWF 1915-16. New edition with valuable Introduction & Biographical Notes by Peter T. Scott. Good quality edition, VG in dw.
£30
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BEGG (Dr. R.C., MC, MD, FRCS)
Surgery on Trestles: A Saga of Suffering & Triumph.
1st Ed., xii+259pp., 16 illus., 6 maps. VG in dw. Norwich: Jarrold (for the author).
1967
#70304
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MO in Mesopotamia inc. advance after the relief of Kut &c., 1916-17, serving with 20th British Field Ambulance in the Meerut Division. An shocking account of the appalling climatic conditions & the dire mismanagement of of supplies & medical services at this stage of the campaign. VG in dw.
£25
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DUROV (VA.)
The Orders of Russia.
1st Ed., 160pp., 4to (283x218mm), col. frontis. col. illus. throughout. Moscow: Voskresenie.
1993
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Definitive, fully illustrated guide to the Orders of Imperial Russia. Dual language, Russian & English. Orig. dec. green cloth, VG.
£30
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BISHOP (Lt. H.C.W., IARO attd. 66th Punjabis)
A Kut Prisoner.
1st Ed., xv+244pp., frontis., 8 plates, 3 maps. Bodley Head (On Active Service series).
1920
#70302
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Bishop was commissioned in the IARO, attached to the 66th Punajbis & captured at the fAll of Kut. Includes account of the battle of Ctesiphon, Kut & captivity & the author's escape across the Black Sea with Edward Keeling. Appendices include Order of Battle of Kut Garrison, interesting statistics &c. Orig. blue cloth, blindstamped & titled in black, little worn, generally VG.
£75
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KEMPSTER (Brig. F.) & WESTROPP (Brig. H.C.E.) Eds.
Manchester City Battalions Book of Honour.
1st Ed., c.800pp., illus. throughout, 4to. Sherratt & Hughes.
1916
#70301
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Manchester Pals of 90th & 91st Inf. Bdes., each bn. illustrated down to platoons, with rolls of all of them. Also rolls of the volunteers from numerous commercial companies. A fine record. Sp. chipped, covers somewha worn, old biro ownership inscrip. & details of Sergeant in 18th Manchesters, some tape residue, generally VG & sound throughout.
£75
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MEAKIN (Lt. Walter)
The 5th North Staffords & North Midland Territorials (The 46th & 59th Divisions) 1914-1919.
1st Ed., 175pp.,4to, portrait frontis., 350 portraits, 9 maps & plans. Longton, Staffs: Hughes & Harber.
1920
#70300
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Western Front from March 1915 inc. Loos, Somme (Gommecourt), Cambrai, Final Advance &c., with a short interlude in Egypt at the beginning of 1916. Photos. include over 350 portraits of Staffordshire Regt. officers. Orig. red cloth, gilt, head of sp. chipped/torn, edges rubbed o/w VG.
£85
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BOSTOCK (Lt. J., KOYLI & MGC)
The Machine Gunners Handbook Including the Vickers, Maxim, Lewis, and Colt Automatic Machine Guns.
10th Ed., revised, 363pp., num. sketches/diagrams. Three cards in pocket. W.H. Smith & Son. nd (c.1916)
#70299
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Excellent popular commercial manual. Includes pocket at front containing two printed Range & Trajectory cards & a small Graticule Card. Orig. dec. cloth covd. boards, VG.
£50
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Engineer Training. 1912. (Reprinted with Amendments, 1914.)
Orig. red cloth covd. boards, ix+178pp., 3 plates (2 fldg.). HMSO.
1914
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Individual & collective training, equitation & driving, employment of engineers in war, &c. VG with erratum slip tipped in.
£45
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MACKAY (Col. J.N., DSO) & BORROWMAN (Lt.-Col. C.G.)
A History of the 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles: Volume III, 1938-1948.
1st Ed., xix+620pp., 4to, frontis. + 18 photos., 44 maps (some fldg.). VG in little chipped dw. Blackwood.
1952
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Four battalions in WW2: three in Burma & one PAIFORCE, Egypt & Italy. Finely produced & very detailed history with appealing vignettes decorating the margins of every page. "All the WW2 campaigns... explained in splendid detail" - Perkins 501. Awards roll & officers' services. No. 141 of an edition of 350 copies. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, VG in little chipped dw & rare.
£350
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History of 7th Armoured Division June 1943-July 1945.
1st Ed., [v]+171pp., num. photos., 11 fldg. maps in end pocket. AP&SS, BAOR.
#70290
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Excellent contemp. account: Italy then North-West Europe campaign 1944-45. Well illustrated & excellent fldg. maps in end-pocket. Orig. grey cloth, titled in red, little chipped, VG.
£30
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