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DALBIAC (Col. P.H., CB, TD)
The History of the 60th Division (2/2 London Division).
1st Ed., 255pp., col. frontis., 2 portraits, 6 maps (2 fldg.). A&U.
1927
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Western Front briefly in 1916 then Salonika, Palestine from June 1917 inc. Beersheba, Jerusalem, Final Advance &c. Very good history. Roll of commands & staff. Orig. black cloth, gilt, VG with loosely inserted programme for 60th Div. Golden Jubilee Celebration (1967) of capture of Jerusalem on 9/12/1917. See illustration on our website.
£65
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Notes on Artillery in the Present War.
3pp., foolscap. HQ, British Expeditionary Force. 2nd October 1914
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Very early dissemination of lessons from experiences at the Front, regarding how our artillery was working in practise, & what it was coming up against in retaliation & as targets. VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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STEVENS (Lt.-Col. G.R., OBE)
History of the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Goorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) Vol. III 1921-1948.
1st Ed., xv+322pp., 4to, num. photos., 18 maps (most fldg.). Aldershot: G&P.
1952
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Inc. NWF & WW2 in Middle East, Malaya & Burma (one bn. with Chindits). Roll of Hon., British & GOs. "The story of all five WW2 battalions is told in detail" - Perkins. Orig. red & green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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SHAKESPEAR (Col. L.W., CB, CIE)
History of the 2nd King Edward's Own Goorkhas, The Sirmoor Rifle Regiment Vol. II, 1911-1921.
1st Ed., xix+246pp., 4to, 29 photos., 17 fldg. maps. Aldershot: G&P (for the Regimental Committee, "For Private Circulation Only").
1924
#68628
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Excellent history with fine maps & illus. Abor expedition; WW1 France & Flanders with Indian Corps 1914-15; Egypt & Palestine, Mespot & North Persia. Var. lists inc. Roll of Hon., awards. "Written in very great detail... a first-class history apart from the lamentable lack of an index" - Perkins 498. Orig. red & green cloth, gilt, sp. sunned, VG. See illustration on our website.
£125
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The Japanese Army in Pictures 1942.
Orig. buff printed wraps., ii+64pp., photos. throughout. War Office.
1942
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Contains approx. 100 photos. of Japanese machine guns, mortars, artillery, AFVs &c. Covers somewhat serviceworn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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BHARUCHA (Major P.C.)
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: The North African Campaign 1940-1943.
Ed. by Bisheshwar Prasad. 1st Ed., xxx+567pp., 48 photos., 42 of 43 maps (many fldg.). Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan).
1956
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Excellent, detailed account & possibly the very rarest of the Indian official histories. Rebound, modern Indian style leather binding, VG thus but lacking fldg. map from end-pocket hence inexpensive copy.
£145
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CHAUDHURI (Lt.-Col. P.)
9 Gurkha Rifles: A Regimental History (1817-1947).
1st Ed., 7+260pp., 17 photos., num. maps. VG in worn dw. Delhi: Vision Books.
1984
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Useful abridgement of the rare earlier histories by Stevens & Poynder. Western Front & Mespot in WW1, Italy & Burma in WW2. VG in worn dw with loss at head of sp. panel. See illustration on our website.
£35
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ASSHER (Ben) [Pseud. of BORADAILE (Major Colin, MC, RGA)]
A Nomad Under Arms: The Chronicle of an Artilleryman from 1914 to the Armistice.
1st Ed., 368pp., frontis. & 10 plates, 7 maps (4 fldg.). Witherby.
1931
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A young regular, the author was posted, in November 1914, to a 4.7-inch how. battery near Kemmel Hill; remained with them in this area until posted as a captain to a New Army 60-pdr. battery on the Somme front in Jan. 1916. Wounded by a shell in Feb. 1917 he was then at home until July, returning to the front in time for Passchendaele & commanded a battery through most of 1918. Orig. brown cloth, blocked black, near fine & scarce account with good maps & interesting photos. taken by the author. See illustration on our website.
£125
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PRASAD (Bishenwar) Ed.
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45: Indian War Economy (Supply, Industry & Finance).
1st Ed., xxix+551pp., 7 maps & charts. VG in dw. Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section.
1962
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Supply of war materiel: sources, administration, industrial development &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£45
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PRASAD (Bishenwar) Ed.
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45, Technical Services: Ordnance & IEME.
1st Ed., xxii+479pp., 22 photos., 16 maps. VG in dw. Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section.
1962
#68619
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Organisation & work of IAOC & IEME in the war. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£45
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