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New Zealanders in Brockenhurst: The No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, 1916-1919.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., several photos., plan. Brockenhurst: The Vicar & PCC.
1996
#67071
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An illustrated account plus Roll of Hon. of around 60 NZ servicemen who died at the hospital. VG. See illustration on our website.
£15
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On the ANZAC Trail: Being Extracts from the Diary of a New Zealand Sapper.
By "ANZAC." 1st Ed., ix+210pp. Heinemann.
1916
#60901
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The author served in the Boer War & had lived in NZ but was with his parents in Ireland in 1914. Answered an advert for New Zealanders to enlist at the High Commission in London & trained with this contingent of about 200 men at Salisbury Plain until shipped out to Egypt in December: describes life in Zeitoun camp, the Aussie riots in Cairo which he witnessed, then diary of a month at Gallipoli until severely wounded (probably at Quinn's Post) & invalided. Orig. red cloth, blocked black, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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The Great War, 1914-1918. New Zealand Expeditionary Force Roll of Honour.
1st Ed., xxviv+358pp., 7 plates. Wellington, NZ: W.A.G. Skinner, Govt. Printer.
1924
#66523
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Contains a complete roll of Great War NZ casualties, 18,166 in all, noting their no., rank, name, regt. & cause of death, plus introductory notes on the various NZEF memorials in France, Gallipoli, Palestine, & other notes. Orig. printed paper covd. board, titled in black. 1000 copies printed & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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BILCLIFFE (John)
Well Done the 68th: The Durhams in the Crimea & New Zealand 1854-1866.
1st Ed., x+347pp., 145 illus., 5 maps. VG in dw. Chippenham: Picton.
1995
#61795
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Based on the letters & diaries of eleven officers & men who participated in these campaigns, plus Roll of Hon., awards, biographical details of many officers & soldiers. Well illustrated & acclaimed history. VG in dw. Se illustration on our website.
£25
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BURTON (Ex-2nd Lt. O.E., MM)
The Silent Division: New Zealanders at the Front: 1914-19.
Foreword by Maj.-Gen. Sir Andrew Russell. 1st Ed., x+326pp. VG in sl. chipped dw. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
1935
#64674
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The NZEF experience of Gallipoli, France & Flanders based on author's service with 2nd Bn. Auckland Regt. from the initial landing at ANZAC to the end of the war. Not in Perkins. Burton also wrote the Auckland regimental history; in WW2 he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, VG in attractive dw, this sl. chipped /torn & sl. stained. From the library of Henry Williamson, uninscribed but with a few later (biro) notes to rear ep referencing pages/events, plus a few passages marked with a some brief marginal annotations in the Passchendaele chapters. Nice copy overall, rare in dw. See illustration on our website.
£500
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BYRNE (Lt. J.R., NZFA)
New Zealand Artillery in the Field 1914-18.
1st Ed., xii+314pp., 30 photos., 10 maps. Auckland: W&T.
1922
#65330
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Campaigns in Gallipoli 1915 & Western Front 1916-18, inc. Somme, Messines & Passchendaele, 1918 retreat in the Salient then final advance across Hindenberg Line to the skilful taking of Le Quesnoy in the final days of the war. Awards roll. Orig. blue cloth, dec. & gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£120
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BYRNE (Lt. J.R., NZFA)
New Zealand Artillery in the Field 1914-18.
1st Ed., xii+314pp., 30 photos., 10 maps. Auckland: W&T.
1922
#67400
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Campaigns in Gallipoli 1915 & Western Front 1916-18, inc. Somme, Messines & Passchendaele, 1918 retreat in the Salient then final advance across Hindenberg Line to the skilful taking of Le Quesnoy in the final days of the war. Awards roll. Orig. blue cloth, dec. & gilt, sp. tanned, so titling indistinct, lacks rear ep, o/w generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£85
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CUNNINGHAM (W.H., DSO), TREADWELL (C.A.L., OBE) & HANNA (J.S.)
The Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919.
1st Ed., xii+399pp., portrait frontis., 39 photos., 2 fldg. maps., fldg. graph (NZEF strength &c.). Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn.
1928
#64957
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Gallipoli 1915 then France 1916-18 inc. a period of patrols & raids, Somme 1916, the Salient from March 1917, Battles of Messines & 3rd Ypres, 1918 Somme sector & final advance. Roll of Hon., awards. "The narrative is clear & informative. A substantial work, it is said to be one of the best unit histories not to have been sponsored by the NZ Govt." - Perkins. Orig. dec. cloth, gilt, selotape residue to eps o/w nice clean copy in orig. dec. cloth binding. See illustration on our website.
£220
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DREW (Lt. H.T.B.) Ed.
The War Effort of New Zealand: A Popular History of (a) Minor Campaigns in which New Zealanders took part (b) Services not fully dealt with in the Campaign Volumes (c) The Work at the Bases.
1st Ed., xxiii+276pp., many photos. VG in chipped dw. Auckland: W&T.
1923
#64684
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Includes the work of the NZ Hospitals in Salonika, Egypt & UK, Hospital Ships, Vets., &c. as well as campaigns against the Senussi & Samoa. Orig. dec. mustard cloth, VG in sl. chipped but nice attractive dw. See illustration on our website.
£65
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HALL (D.O.W.)
Escapes.
1st Ed., orig. illus. wraps., 32pp., 4to, photos. & sketches. War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs, Wellington, NZ.
1949
#52083
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One of a series of official publications designed "to present aspects of New Zealand's part in the Second World War which will not receive detailed treatment in the campaign volumes & which are considered either worthy of special notice or typical of many phases of our war experience. The series is illustrated with material which would otherwise seldom see publication." This volume contains an illustrated record of the experiences of NZ escapers from camps in Greece, Crete, Germany &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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