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BURNE (Major A.H., RA)
Some Pages from the History of "Q" Battery, R.H.A., in the Great War.
Strung together by A.H.B. 1st Ed., orig. limp wraps., [iv]+51pp., 6 photos., 3 fldg. maps. Woolwich: RA Inst.
1922
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History summarising events 1914-17 then concentrating mainly on the last twelve months: Battles of Bullecourt 1917; The Knoll 1917; Cambrai 1917; events of March-April 1918; Hamel; Amiens; Hindenburg Line, &c. Nicely detailed inc. notes of casualties & awards to all ranks, several good maps & six excellent photos. of Battery positions taken in 1921. VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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CHALMERS (T.)
An Epic of Glasgow: History of the 15th Bn. The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
1st Ed., xv+227pp., 18 plates, 7 maps, num. illus. in text. Glasgow: McCallum.
1934
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The Glasgow Tramways Battalion: F&F 1915-18 inc. Somme, Thiepval, Beaumont Hamel &c. Roll of Hon., awards, nominal roll of unit. Orig. green cloth, titled in red, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.
£60
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CHALMERS (T.) Ed.
A Saga of Scotland: History of the 16th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
1st Ed., xvi+174pp., 28 plates (inc. maps). Fine in dw. Glasgow: McCallum & Co.
1930
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F&F from Nov. 1915 inc. 1/7/16 at Beaumont Hamel, the epic of Munich Trench &c. Nominal rolls, casualties, awards. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, near fine copy in scarce & attractive pictorial dw. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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CLARKE (William F.)
Over There with O'Ryan's Roughnecks: Reminiscences of a Private 1st Class who served in the 27th Division with the British Forces in Belgium & France.
1st Ed., 176pp., 4to, around 100 photos & maps. VG in chipped dw. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co.
1966
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War memoirs, based on his diaries, of soldier with 104th Machine Gun Battalion. Includes much on the final advance in 1918 & especially the crossing of the Hindenburg Line near Bony, 27-29 Sept. 1918, &c. Many good photos. Orig. blue cloth, VG in little chipped dw. See illustrations on our website.
£30
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CLYNE (H.R.N., MC)
Vancouver's 29th: A Chronicle of the 29th In Flanders Fields.
1st Ed., x+168pp., several sketches, ep maps. Vancouver: Tobin's Tigers Assoc.
1964
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War-raised battalion served France & Flanders from early 1915 to the armistice & after. Impressive roll of awards. "...a useful history of 29th (Vancouver) Bn CEF on the Western Front. It fought at St Eloi, on the Somme, at Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Lens & Passchendaele, & then at the assault on the Hindenburg Line..." - Perkins. Orig. brown cloth with gilt titles on darker brown onlays, signed by author, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£125
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EDMONDS (Sir James)
Military Operations France & Belgium 1917 Part I: The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line & The Battles of Arras.
Appendices, 1st Ed., xi+158pp. VG in dw. Macmillan.
1940
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Contains various GHQ &c. documents, orders & plans re ops. at Arras & Bullecourt in 1917. Orig. red cloth, gilt, near fine in dw & scarce thus. See illustration on our website.
£120
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GERMAN TRENCH MAP:
Gruppe Queant. 1:10,000.
Fldg. paper map, 74x58cm approx., area of Cagnicourt, Riencourt-lez-Cagnicourt, Queant & Pronville, shows outline British-French systems in this sector south-east of Arras, & the German's own trenches &c. in detail at the northern end of the Hindenburg Line. Few contemp. operational markings. Not dated but. c.mid-1918, prior to the Allies' final advance. Unusual & VG. See illustrations on our website.
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£145
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KING (Col. E.J., CMG)
The History of the 7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment.
1st Ed., xiv+396pp., 26 illus. & maps. Harrison.
1927
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F&F 1915-18 with 8th & 56th (London) Divs., involved in all main operations & battles. Officers' roll, awards &c. Sunned as usual o/w VG. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£75
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KINGHAM (W.R., MA, ex-Gunner, HAC)
London Gunners: The Story of the H.A.C. Siege Battery in Action.
1st Ed, xx+279pp., 14 plates, 4 maps (2 fldg.). VG in dw. Methuen.
1919
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F&F 1917-18, mostly in the Salient, also breaking the Hindenburg Line, 1918. One of the diagrams is of the battery position in Ypres, near to the cathedral. Complete nominal roll, Roll of Hon. Falls, awarding a coveted two stars, states: "This is the record of 309th Siege Battery (6-inch howitzers) which was formed in 1916 from personnel of the HAC... one of the very best of unit narratives - informative, interesting, & at times amusing." Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. 500 copies printed of this edition (a second, cheaper edition was published in smaller format, without the plates, the same year). Orig. red cloth, gilt, near fine in sl. worn but scarce dw. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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MAURICE (Maj.-Gen. Sir F., KCMG, CB)
The Last Four Months: The End of the War in the West.
1st Ed., viii+260pp., 2 fldg. maps (one in endpocket). Cassell.
1919
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Useful & clear account of the victorious advance during the last 100 Days. Falls observes that less information was available to the author when the book was published than appeared after the war, but adds "Nevertheless it holds its own, owing to the very clear appreciations it contains of the situation on either side." Orig. blue cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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