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Manuscripts & Ephemera 1914-1918 Manuscripts & Ephemera 1914-1918   37 Books
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Roll of Honour & Casualties & List of Officers who have served with 75th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, Guards Division, 24th August [to] 11th November 1918. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., [15]pp. No imprint/date. (contemp.).  #63220
[HLMainPic] Roll of Hon. stating date & place of death, name, rank, no. & Battery, roll of those wounded (with similar details), rolls of officers & their appointments, &c. Attractive blue & gilt wraps. with RA & Guards Div. devices, little wear, generally VG with pencil inscrip. "In gratitude James Kirkland Lt. Col." See illustration on our website.   £75
Avant & Apres la Destruction d'Ypres, Album Vues. Dec. card wraps., 10 postcard views of pre-war & war damaged Ypres. (c.1920s).  #70505
[HLMainPic] Includes ten pre- & post damage comparisons, mostly various buildings, the final two showing ramparts & moat. VG.   £20
Badges & Their Meaning. A Companion to Rank at a Glance. Orig. dec. wraps., 48pp., col. plates throughout. George Philip & Son. nd (c.1916)  #67958
[HLMainPic] Badges distinguishing branches of the services, cuff & shoulder rank badges of the Army, Navy, RND, Air services, &c. Attractive plates. Sp. chipped, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £20
Bullecourt, May 1917. The Australians at Bullecourt. Scot & Australian Join Hands. Illuminated wall piece, 440x286mm. William Brooks & Co., Printers, Sydney. Contemp.  #64065
[HLMainPic] A finely produced tribute consisting of decorative headpiece with text account below (by Keith Murdoch, Special Representative of the 'Sun' i.e. Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch, father of Rupert Murdoch & a war correspondent for the 'Sydney Sun' during the First World War). Fine condition & rare surviving example. See illustration on our website.   £75
Lines of Fire: No. 1 R.G.A. Officer Cadet School Trowbridge. Vol. 1, No. 8, November 1918. Orig. dec. wraps., 28pp., several cartoons. Massey & Co., Printers, Trowbridge. Contemp.  #68538
[HLMainPic] Souvenir of the School, largely humorous. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
The Ministry of Munitions Journal. No. 8. July, 1917. Orig. grey printed wraps., 32pp., 4to, approx. 20 photos. & diagrams. The Ministry of Munitions. Contemp.  #63248
[HLMainPic] Rare monthly journal puiblished by the Ministry, this edition including an article on Gauge Making by Women, description of the workings of an eight-inch howitzer shell factory (both with illustrations), &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
The Scrounger. No. 1, July 1st, 1919 [Together with:] No. 4, September 1919. 12 & [12]pp., 4to, both issues with dec. wraps. & several sketches/drawings. Printed by W. Boughton & Sons, Thetford, & Published by RAF Detachment, Thetford. Contemp.  #67973
[HLMainPic] Monthly journal of the RAF Detachment at TherfordL mainly social life, sports, &c. Appealing orig. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £30
Roll of Honour Eleventh Brigade Royal Field Artillery 1914-1918. 1st Ed., small format, dec. card wraps. with silk ribbon tie, [4]pp. No imprint/date (c.1919)  #63223
[HLMainPic] Despite title actually contains a nominal roll of officers who served in the brigade during the war, noting those killed, wounded, &c., followed by casualty statistics for all ranks. See illustration on our website.   £40
The British Prisoner of War. The Monthly Journal of the Central Prisoners of War Committee of the British Red Cross & Order of St. John. Vol. I, No. 12, December 1918. [20]+ivpp, 4to, approx. 10 photos.. Printed for the British PoW Committee. 1918  #67961
[HLMainPic] News & information for those concerned with or related to British PoWs abroad, including article on Pforzheim PoW camp. See illustration on our website.   £25
Sappers Solace: 3/2 London Divisional Engineers, Esher. Vol. I, No. 4, April, 1916. 12pp. orig. dec. wraps., photo. portrait (Col. Chesney, Commandant, 3rd Line Groups, RE, Esher), sketch. Printed by Knapp, Drewett & Sons Ltd., Kingston-upon-Thames. Contemp.  #62612
[HLMainPic] Unit magazine containing lists of promotions & appointments, obit. of former officer reported killed in France, news of concerts, gymkhana &c., customary fare of poems & humorous items. Somewhat spotted/dusty, about VG, with attractive front wrap. See illustration on our website.   £35

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