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59th Division 1915-1919. 1st Ed., 186pp., 9 photos., 2 plans. Chesterfield: Wilfred Edmunds Ltd. 1928  #62382
[HLMainPic] Collaborative effort mostly by officers of the Division. Served Ireland (sent to quell the Easter Rising) & then F&F from Feb. 1917 & fought at Passchendaele, Bourlon Wood, March Offensive &c. Orig. cloth, sp. chipped with sl. loss at head, rubbed & lightly dampstained o/w VG & rare. See illustration on our website   £100
An Australian in the R.F.A., Being Letters & Diary of Adrian Consett Stephen, Lieut., R.F.A., MC, CdeG. 1st Ed., xviii+200pp., portrait frontis. Sydney: Penfold. 1918  #68457
[HLMainPic] Adrian Consett Stephen was ed. at Sydney Grammar School & St Paul's College in the University of Sydney. He graduated B.A. in 1913 and obtained his LL.B. in 1915. Had he not decided to enlist he would have been called to the Bar. However, he was commissioned in the RFA on 1st June 1915 and proceeded to France in August. He was initially attached to a Trench Mortar Battery, then to "D" Battery 242 Army Brigade R.F.A. Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1917, later awarded the MC during operations at Passchendaele (he was in temporary command of the battery for several months, with acting rank of Major). He was KiA 14th March 1918 & is buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery. A book of his dramatic compositions written before the war was published under the title 'Four Plays' by Penfold & Co. in 1918. Contains a lengthy obituary notice published in the Sydney Morning Herald, a Preface by his father & his letters from the Front from August 1915 onwards including a most interesting account of artillery work on the Somme, containing his impressions of the first day of the offensive, the attack at Pozières later in July and the capture of Thiepval on 26th September. In 1917 he was involved in the capture of Vimy Ridge and the Third Battle of Ypres. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, covers damp speckled o/w VG, inscribed "L.B. Heath in memory of his friend The Auithor." See illistration on our website.   £125
From Otterpool to the Rhine with the 23rd Battery Canadian Field Artillery. 1st Ed., 48pp., fldg. plate, one other photo. Printed by Charles & Son, London. nd (c.1920).  #66062
[HLMainPic] D/23rd Batt., 5th C.F.A. Brigade raised & trained in UK, F&F from Jan. 1916 with 4.5-inch Hows. inc. ops. at Ypres, Somme, Vimy, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Final Advance &c. Contains rolls of casualties plus nominal rolls of all ranks with service details. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to boards, little marked & worn, generally VG & rare. "This is a very brief record, but the basic facts are presented clearly & many individuals are named in the narrative." - Perkins. See illustrations on our website.   £95
Letters from France written home by Captain Llewelyn Jones, 1/3rd Batt. London Regiment and Tributes from Friends. 1st Ed., xxiii+181pp., 222x148mm, portrait frontis., 21 other photos. & a facsimile letter written before going into action at Arras in April 1917. Printed for Private Circulation. nd [c.1921].  #66018
[HLMainPic] Memoir and letters of John Llewelyn Thomas Jones compiled by his father. "Llew" was born in 1895 and grew up at Llangollen, where he went to the Llangollen County School. He entered his father's firm in London (his father was Chairman of the Paddington and Bayswater Chamber of Commerce) then joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in October 1915, being gazetted to the 3rd London Regiment in August 1916. Posted to France in October 1916, he was listed as missing in action on 16th August 1917, commanding "D" Company in an attack at Ypres. He was twenty-two and is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery. Lengthy letters from the Front, occupying 86pp., are followed by numerous letters of condolence etc. Orig. patterned cloth covered boards with blind wheat cloth spine, this copy complete with plain paper dw & loosely inserted presentation letter from the subject's father, dated 1938. See illustrations on our website.   £275
Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book: A Regimental Record written & illustrated for the most part by artillerymen while serving in the line during the Great War. 1st Ed., xxiv+408pp., folio, col. & b/w plates throughout, sketches &c. Bell. 1920  #68588
[HLMainPic] A superb memorial record that contains numerous accounts of different units & actions, individual experiences &c. as well as the Roll of Honour of officers. Orig. cloth, covers rather rubbed & worn but overall very sound, near VG, internally clean. See illustration on our website.   £50
The 116th Battalion [Canadian Expeditionary Force] in France. By the Adjutant. 1st Ed., 111pp., 49 photos. (inc. portraits of Fallen Officers &c.). Toronto: Hunter-Rose. 1921  #64603
[HLMainPic] Served in France/Flanders from Feb. 1917 inc. Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele & Cambrai. Roll of Hon. Perkins states "a bare statement of facts & events with little attempt at comment or analysis." He adds that the author was probably E.P.S. Allen, under whose name the work is copyrighted Orig. wheat cloth, gilt to sp. & front + unit patch to front board. VG. See illustration on our website.   £65
[CHRISTIE (Lt. P.N.J., Bedfordshire Regt.)] In Memoriam P.N.J.C. Letters Written On Active Service 1917. 1st Ed., [ii]+79pp., 179x119mm, portrait frontis., 2 plates. Printed by Riverside Press, Edinburgh, For Private Circulation Only. nd [c.1918].  #66001
[HLMainPic] Paul Norman Jones Christie, elder son of Major Octavius Francis and Mrs Christabel Frances Christie, was educated at Bengeo School, Eton and Sandhurst (despite a severe knee injury which prevented him participating in games whilst at school and long runs at Sandhurst). He was gazetted to the Bedfordshire Regiment in April 1917 and went to France in July where he was posted to the 1st Battalion. He was killed by a shell on 9th October 1917 and was buried near battalion headquarters, on the right hand side of the Menin Road near Gheluvelt, however he now has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. He was nineteen years old. Includes his obituary from the Eton College Chronicle, letters written from Sandhurst and France (joining his battalion on 12th July 1917 and remaining with it until his death, apart from three weeks at the 1st Army School of Sniping, under Major Hesketh Prichard, followed by letters of condolence from his Commanding Officer, company commander and several other officers and men. Orig. Purple cloth blocked "In Memoriam P.N.J.C." to front and spine. VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £275
[HAIG (FM Sir Douglas)] CHARTERIS (Brig.-Gen. John, CMG, DSO) Field-Marshal Earl Haig. Foreword by John Buchan. 1st USA Ed., xiii+407pp., portrait frontis., 7 plates, 21 maps + ep maps. VG in sl. rubbed NY: Scribners. 1929  #65542
[HLMainPic] Charteris served on Haig's staff before the war & was his "controversial head of intelligence" during it. His is a "very personal book about Haig & his conduct of operations, but any critical assessment was tempered by loyalty & an element of self-justification" - Keith Simpson. Orig. black cloth, gilt, near fine in sl. rubbed but scarce pictorial dw. See illustration on our website.   £45
AINSWORTH (Capt. R.B., MC) Ed. The Story of the 6th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry: France, April 1915-November 1918. 1st Ed., 59pp. St. Catherine Press. 1919  #67853
[HLMainPic] Very scarce record of service with 50th (Norhumbrian) Div. at Ypres 1915 & 1917, the Somme, Arras &c. Rolls of officer casualties, COs, Adjutants & awards. Orig. maroon cloth, little marked, VG. See illustration on our website.   £75
ASQUITH (Hon. Herbert) Moments of Memory: Recollections & Impressions. 1st Ed., 382pp., 12 plates, 4 maps. Hutchinson. 1937  #63317
[HLMainPic] Asquith was commissioned in the Royal Marine Artillery in 1914 & served with it in France & Flanders, later trans. to 30th Div. artillery inc. Battles of Ypres, the Somme, Arras, Passchendaele & March Retreat 1918. He was an able & descriptive writer of the events & scenes in which he participated. Orig. olive cloth, gilt, VG indeed, nice clean copy. See illustration on our website.   £25

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