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ADCOCK (Col. W.H.)
Sappers in the Persian Gulf.
1st Ed., xv+175pp., 33 photos., fldg. diagram, ep maps. VG in chipped dw. Bombay: Thacker.
1952
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The work of Royal Engineers with PAIFORCE. Orig. cloth, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£35
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BULLOCK (Brig. Humphrey, CIE, OBE)
History of the Army Service Corps. Volume I: 1760-1857.
2nd Ed., xi+259pp. VG in chipped dw. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers.
1976
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Scholarly work first published in 1952 by Gale & Polden which on its 1976 reprinting (here offered) became Volume I of the major five volume history of the Indian Army Service Corps from inception to 1962. This volume (vide Perkins, p. 519) "describes the Commissariat Dept. of the HEIC & its role in the Nepalese War (1814), First Burma War (1824-1826), First Afghan War (1838-1842), the two Sikh wars, the Second Burma War (1852-1853), the Persian War (1856-1857), & the siege of Lucknow (1857)." Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£145
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CATO (Conrad)
The Navy Everywhere.
1st Ed., ix+297pp., 10 maps (some fldg.). Constable.
1919
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Invaluable accounts of RN operations in some of the rather interesting & lesser-known theatres of war inc. East Africa, Cameroons, Serbia, Persian Gulf (Bushire &c.), Roumania, Aden & the Red Sea. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. sunned o/w VG, good copy & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£125
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CRAWSHAY-WILLIAMS (Eliot)
Across Persia.
1st Ed., xii+348pp., frontis., 24 photos., fldg. map, several sketch maps in text. Edward Arnold.
1907
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The Eton & Oxford educated soldier-politician author (who was employed by Churchill at the Colonial Office 1906-08), resigned his commission in the RFA in India in 1903 & travelled across Persia, from Bushire onwards to Shiraz, Tehran &c., the Caspian & Russia & leaves a detailed account of the places he visited & the peoples he encountered. Orig. green cloth, gilt, small dent/puncture to sp. o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£120
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FRASER (David)
Persia & Turkey in Revolt.
1st Ed., xii+440pp., 120 photos. & maps. Blackwood.
1910
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Detailed account of The Times Special Correspondent in Teheran in 1909, thence travel through the Persian Gulf & Mesopotamia to Syria & Turkey, covering the events of the Persian Constitutional Revolution. Many good photos. Orig. dec. maroon cloth, gilt & black, little rubbed & worn, generally VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£145
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HAWARD (Edwin)
"Pioneers on Four Fronts" Being a Short Record of the Doings of the 107th Pioneers (now the 1/2nd Bombay Pioneer Regiment) in the Great War.
1st Ed., [vii]+63pp., 4 fldg. maps. Lahore: "Civil & Military Gazette" Press.
1923
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Western Front 1914-15 inc. Neuve Chapelle, then Mesopotamia, Waziristan & East Persia. Rolls of officers, awards. Perkins 444. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£245
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JAMES (Lt.-Col. F.H., OBE, MC)
History of the 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley's).
1st Ed., xx+277pp., 4to, col. frontis., 3 other col. & 20 b/w plates, 20 maps. Aldershot: G&P.
1938
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Sikh & Afghan Wars, Persia, North-West Frontier &c., Mespot. in WW1, notably battles of Kut-el-Amar ah & Ctesiphon, incarceration at Kut &c. Waziristan 1919. Roll of Hon., officers' services. "One of the best Indian Army infantry histories" - Perkins 456. Attractive & scarce deluxe edition, full green morocco, silver gilt badge to front panel & leather lettering label to sp., minor rubing to sp., generally VG throughout.See illustration on our website.
£275
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JAMES (Lt.-Col. F.H., OBE, MC)
History of the 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley's).
1st Ed., xx+277pp., 4to, col. frontis., 3 other col. & 20 b/w plates, 20 maps. Aldershot: G&P.
1938
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Sikh & Afghan Wars, Persia, North-West Frontier &c., Mespot. in WW1, notably battles of Kut-el-Amara &c. (much interesting detail on this campaign). Orig. green cloth, silver gilt badge to front panel & silver gilt titles to sp., this rubbed & a little indistinct, little chipped at head & tail of sp., generally VG with presentation bookplate from the regiment. See illustrations on our website.
£175
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KNOLLYS (Lt.-Col.) & ELLIOTT (Major)
Heroes of the Battlefield.
440pp., frontis., num. steel engravings (illus. & maps). Manchester: G.W. Goodwin & Son. nd (c.1900).
#62893
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Exploits & incidents largely of the Persian War (the charge of the square at Khooshab &c.), China 1860, Ashanti War 1873-74, a great deal on the 2nd Afghan War 1878-80 & Zulu War 1879. Valuable if populist account with much of interest. Orig. blue cloth, dec. & gilt, little rubbed, VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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MACMUNN (Lt.-Gen. Sir George)
History of the Guides. Part II, 1922-1947.
1st Ed., xv+208pp., 4to, 3 col. & 26 b/w plates, 8 fldg. maps. Aldershot: G&P.
1950
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Includes Frontier disturbances in 1930, 1933-35, 1936-37 also the regiment in Iraq, Persia & North Africa during WW2. Contains var. lists & rolls inc. British & Indian officers, awards &c. "Another exemplary history" - Perkins 409. Orig. light brown cloth, gilt, bevelled boards, near fine apart from a little rubbing to the title panel on the sp. Rare & handsome work. See illustration on our website.
£245
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