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Diary of Section VIII American Ambulance Field Service.
1st Ed., [vii]+71pp. Printed for Private Distribution Only.
1917
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Account of the motor ambulance column's work in France, with roll of members. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with label to front, little rubbed/worn, VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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BRYAN (Julien H.)
Ambulance 464: Encore les Blesses.
Introduction by Lyman Abbott. 1st Ed., xxii+220pp., frontis., 84 photos., map, sketch in text. NY: Macmillan.
1918
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Very well illustrated & detailed account of this motor ambulance unit's work in France, with roll of original members (of which the author was one) & later reinforcements. Orig. grey/blue dec. cloth, attractive & scarce. VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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CHLUMBERG (Hans)
Miracle at Verdun.
1st Eng. Ed., trans. by Edward Crankshaw, orig. printed wraps., 128pp. Gollancz.
1932
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An interesting retrospective war play through the eyes of battlefield tourists & politicians twenty-five years after the armistice. Orig. black cloth with paper sp. label, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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IRWIN (Will)
The Latin at War.
1st Ed., viii+295pp. Constable.
1917
#64248
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Rare American war correspondent's impressions of the Italian & Western Fronts, chapters including The Isonzo Front; With the Alpini; Beyond Verdun &c. Interesting & well-written. Orig. dec. cloth, somewhat rubbed/worn, near VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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JOFFRE (Marshal)
Memoirs of Marshal Joffre.
Trans. by Col. T. Bentley Mott. 1st Eng. Ed., 2 Vols., viii+324 & viii+333pp., 16 illus., 19 maps. VG in chipped dws. Geoffrey Bles.
1932
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French CIGS from 1911 & C-in-C 1914-16 until replaced by Nivelle. Much on the encounter battles of 1914, the decision to fight the battle of the Marne, Loos, Verdun & the Somme. Orig. brown cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dws. See illustration on our website.
£85
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LENG (Wm. St. W., MA, LL.B.)
S.S.A. 10. Notes On The Work of a British Volunteer Ambulance Convoy with the 2nd French Army (of Verdun).
1st Ed., 71pp., 4to, 43 photos., panorama & Croix de Guerre citation illustrated. Sheffield: Leng & Co. Ltd.
1918
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Well illustrated account including personal experiences, 1915-17, + roll of members of the Convoy (showing those awarded the Croix de Guerre, which was also conferred collectively on the unit). Priced at One Guinea the work was presumably for limited circulation among the members. Orig. brown printed boards, blue cloth backstrip, somewhat creased & worn but overall sound, near VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.
£95
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REMUS (Sebastian)
German Amateur Photographers in the First World War: A View from the Trenches of the Western Front.
1st Ed., 256pp., oblong 4to, photos. throughout. VG in dw. Atglen, PA: Schiffer.
2008
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A fine selection of photos., plus captions & supporting text, produced to the publisher's usual high standard. VG in dw. See illustrations on our website.
£35
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WINSLOW (Carroll Dana, of The French Flying Corps)
With the French Flying Corps.
1st Ed., x+226pp., 19 photos. NY: Scribner's.
1917
#66493
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American pilot's memoirs: he enlisted in the French Air Service & was taught to fly in France. He describes this training period in detail then active operations over Verdun &c. Orig. dec. blue cloth, VG, nice clean copy. See illustration on our website.
£75
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