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Victoria Cross   13 Books
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Victoria Cross & George Cross Association Christmas Card 1970. Fldg. paste-board card dec. with VG & GC emblems to front, photo. portraits of Queen Elizabeth II within. 1970  #67598
[HLMainPic] Inscribed by Jackie Smyth, VC, MC, "To Roger To wish you a very happy New Year and happy memories of 'Old forgotten far off things And battles long ago' from Jackie Smyth." The recipient was Maj.-Gen. Roger Ekin, CIE, who commanded a brigade in Smyth's 17th Division at the battle of the Sittang Bridge in 1942. His Brigade was partially cut off when the Sittang Bridge was blown & he was one of the last to reach safety, by swimming the 600 yard wide river. Some historians consider that had Smyth listened to Ekin's advice the Sittang disaster could have been averted. Smyth won his Cross with the 15th Sikhs in France in 1915. See illustration on our website.   £25
AUTEN (Lt.-Cdr. Harold, VC, RNR) "Q" Boat Adventures: The Exploits of the Famous Mystery Ships by a "Q" Boat Commander. 1st Ed., 289pp., 16 illus. VG in dw. Jenkins. 1919  #65518
[HLMainPic] Author won the VC for "Q" Ship action in 1918. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, very nice state with near fine & attractive pictorial dw. Rare thus. See illustration on our website.   £165
BONNER (Robert) Wilfrith Elstob, VC, DSO, MC, The Manchester Regiment. 1st Ed., xiv+33pp., 4to, 24 photos., map. Knutsford: Fleur de Lys. 1998  #67458
[HLMainPic] Outstanding temporary officer of 16th Bn. Manchester Regt. (Pals) & the epic story of Manchester Hill, near St. Quentin, in March 1918. Orig. laminated wraps. VG. See illustration on our website.   £15
CAVE (Joy B.) Two Newfoundland V.C.s. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 95pp., photos. & maps. St. Johns, Newfdld: Creative Printers & Publishers. 1984  #67408
[HLMainPic] Biogs. of Newfoundland's two VCs, Pte. Croak & Sgt. Ricketts, both won in 1918. Only published in this pbk. form & scarce. Signed by author. See illustration on our website.   £20
FLOYD (Thomas Hope) At Ypres with Best-Dunkley. 1st Ed., xv+284pp., fldg. 1:10,000 trench map. Bodley Head (On Active Service series). 1920  #64382
[HLMainPic] Subaltern, 2/5th Lancs. Fus. in the Ypres Salient in 1917; Floyd recounts the climactic period leading up to the first day of Third Ypres & the attack itself is described in great detail from numerous sources. Apart from the author, the central character is his almost unbelievably unpopular 27-year-old fire-eating CO destined to win the VC, being mortally wounded so doing, on 31st July 1917. Orig. brown cloth, very nice copy, near fine & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £225
FLOYD (Thomas Hope) At Ypres with Best-Dunkley. 1st Ed., xv+284pp., fldg. 1:10,000 trench map. Bodley Head (On Active Service series). 1920  #65378
[HLMainPic] Subaltern, 2/5th Lancs. Fus. in the Ypres Salient in 1917; Floyd recounts the climactic period leading up to the first day of Third Ypres & the attack itself is described in great detail from numerous sources. Apart from the author, the central character is his almost unbelievably unpopular 27-year-old fire-eating CO destined to win the VC, being mortally wounded so doing, on 31st July 1917. Orig. brown cloth, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £165
HARVEY (David) Monuments to Courage: Victoria Cross Headstones & Memorials. 2 Vols., 1854-1916; 1917-1982. Introduction by HRH Princess Alexandra & Foreword by Sir Roden Cutler, VC, &c. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., [xxx]+416 & [xii]+433pp., several thousand photos. Fine in dws & slipcase. Published On Behalf of the Author by Kevin & Kay Patience. 1999  #66766
[HLMainPic] Two sumptious, fully illustrated volumes, recording the memorials & graves of VC holders from inception in the Crimean era to the Falklands War. A truly admirable project, superbly researched & photographed & published to an impressively high standard. See illustration on our website.   £30
JONES (F/L Ira, DSO, MC, DFC, MM) King of Air Fighters: Biography of Major "Mick" Mannock, VC, DSO, MC. 3rd Imp. (1st Cheap Ed.), xv+303pp., portrait frontis., 22 photos. Nicholson & Watson. 1936  #65154
[HLMainPic] Scarce biog. by fellow ace pilot in 74 Sqdr. who knew him well. Orig. black cloth, blocked red, minor wear, generally VG with copy photo. of Mannock neatly mounted on ffep. See illustration on our website.   £30
MAXWELL (Mrs C.) Frank Maxwell, Brig.-General, VC, CSI, DSO: A Memoir & Some Letters. Edited by His Wife. 1st Ed., xi+228pp., 5 plates, 2 sketches. dw. Murray. 1921  #69303
[HLMainPic] Francis Aylmer Maxwell was born in 1871, Ed. at the United Service College at Westward Ho! & Sandhurst. In 1891 he joined the Royal Sussex Regiment in India for a year before his appointment to the Indian Army, initially to the 24th Punjab Inf. His first active service was in the Tochi Valley in 1895, then in the Chitral Relief Expedition when he was attached to the Guides Cavalry. During this campaign he was recommended for the VC. The following year, 1896, he transferred to the 18th Lancers, saw further active service on the North-West Frontier including A.D.C. to his uncle, Gen. Sir William Lockhart, in the Tirah Expedition, after which he was awarded the DSO. He was attached to Roberts' Horse in South Africa during the Boer War, when he was awarded the V.C. for gallantry at Sannah's Post. He was A.D.C. to Lord Kitchener (who bestowed on him the nickname "The Brat") & Military Secretary to Lord Hardinge. In 1916 he was posted to France & given command of the 12th (S) Bn., Middlesex Regiment – a New Army unit that had failed to perform & required firm leadership to bring it up to standard. Under Maxwell's command the battalion was transformed, doing well on the Somme including the capture of Trônes Wood & Thiepval. Maxwell received a bar to the DSO & command of the 27th Infantry Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division. He was killed in action on 21st Sept. 1917 while personally undertaking a reconnaissance in No-Man's-Land. He is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. Excellent memorial to a fine soldier, based on his letters from various campaigns, including the Western Front 1916-17. Orig. red cloth, gilt, 18th Lancers (IA) crest to front, near fine in rare dw (but this lacking top part of rear panel). See illustrations on our website.   £145
STEWART (Cdr. A.T.) & PESHALL (Rev. C.J.E.) The Immortal Gamble & The Part Played in it by HMS "Cornwallis." 1st Ed., xvi+269pp., 35 photos., map. A. & C. Black. 1917  #68027
[HLMainPic] Battleship in the Dardanelles throughout the operations, Feb. 1915-Jan. 1916. Roll of Hon., awards (which includes VC to Midshipman Malleson) & officers rolls. Commander Stewart served on board throughout the Gallipoli campaign & Peshall up until June 1915. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG, nice clean copy. See illustration on our website.   £45

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