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The 32nd Division in The World War 1917-1919.
1st Ed., 318pp., 4to, portrait frontis., num. photos. (inc. portraits of many fallen officers &c.), excellent coloured maps. Issued by the Joint War History Commissions of Michigan & Wisconsin.
1920
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Excellent history inc. operations on the Aisne, Argonne & Meuse. Detailed roll of service. Orig. dec. khaki cloth covd. boards, blue cloth backstrip, titled in black. Very nice copy. See illustations on our website.
£50
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Miscellaneous.
1st Ed., [v]+372pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution.
1927
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Superb volume contains The Organisation & Expansion of the Corps, 1914-18; Engineer Intelligence & Information; Camouflage Service; Concrete Defence Works & Factories; Forward Communications; AA Searchlights &c. Typically detailed & well-illustrated with many interesting subjects inc. photos. & sectional drawings of observation post trees & other forms of OP, pillbox designs (the Moir & others). Just 600 copies printed of this valuable volume. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£225
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The Northamptonshire Regiment 1914-1918.
1st Ed., [ix]+366pp., fldg. map. Aldershot: G&P. nd (c.1925).
#67208
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Mostly Western Front from Mons onwards, also Gallipoli & Palestine. Roll of awards. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, minor wear, generally VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£100
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The 54th Infantry Brigade 1914-1918: Some Records of Battle & Laughter in France.
1st Ed., xi+207pp., 15 plates. For Private Circulation.
1919
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18th Div. (12th Middx., 2nd & 7th Beds., 11th RF & 6th Northants). Detailed on the raising of the Brigade & subsequent services inc. Trones Wood, Thiepval &c. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, VG. See illustration on our website.
£60
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A Short History of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards from the Regimental Records, Army Despatches & Othe Papers Connected with The History of the Regiment from its Formation in 1685 to 1929.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., 66pp., portrait frontis. Aldershot: G&P.
1931
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The 1st KDG did not publish a WW1 history so this work has value for its concise but informative account of the regiment's services in France & Flanders with the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade 1914-17, with much on 1915. The regiment returned to Meerut at the end of 1917 & participated in the 3rd Afghan War 1919. Appendices include a statement of "Dates & Places in Which The Regiment was Billeted, Camped, Bivouacked, or In Trenches, From November 12th, 1914, up to October 26th, 1917" also a Great War Roll of Hon. (listing those killed & wounded), WW1 awards roll, plus similar listings for Afghan War 1919. Little chipped, VG ex-IWM with minor stamps inc. 'Withdrawn' stamp inside rear cover. Uncommon. See illustration on our website.
£45
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The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918.
1st Ed., [x]+250pp., 24 plates, 3 fldg. maps in end-pocket + 6 in text. Glasgow: Printed for Private Circulation.
1921
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Gallipoli 1915 & Palestine campaigns, inc. battle of Gaza &c. then France in 1918, 52nd (Lowland) Div. Roll of Hon., awards, officers & NCOs. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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"D" Company, 4th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment. Records of the Company from August 4th, 1914, to October 31st, 1928.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps. with blue cloth backstrip, [ii]+62pp., dup. typescript, foolscap format. No imprint/date. Contemp.
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Contains a very short historical summary up to 1914, then a roll of the Coy. as it went to war in 1914. Then skips to 1920 with accounts of annual training, various changes in regimental appointments &c., annual rolls of the company, discharges & joiners, winners of various musketry & other competitions, &c. VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£125
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A History of the Sixty-Sixth Field Artillery Brigade American Expeditionay Forces, Composed of the 146th & the 148th Field Artillery; National Guard Troops from the Western States of Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico.
1st Ed., 379pp., 105 photos., 7 fldg. maps. Denver: Smith-Brooks. nd (c.1919)
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Lavish & well-illustrated but sadly lacks two maps. Orig. cloth, rather worn, sound. See illustration on our website.
£20
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With the 1st/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine, Salonica 1914-1918.
1st Ed., [iv]+63pp. No imprint/date, but label to rear paste-down of Globe Printing & Binding Works, Aston, Birmingham. [c.1920]
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Arriving at Alexandria in April 1915 the Ambulance spent several months dealing with streams of wounded from Gallipoli. A detachment served at Gallipoli as reinforcement to 2nd Fd. Amb., another section served in Salonica (there is an account of these sub-units' experiences in the text) while the main body took part in the Senussi campaign. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. red cloth, gilt to front, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£145
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Diary of the 2/4th Battalion The Border Regiment, 1914-19.
1st Ed., 39pp., 4to. Carlisle: Thurnam & Sons, Printers.
1920
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Served India inc. ops. on the NWF in 1917 & Afghanistan 1919. Rolls of officers & NCOs, those died, wounded &c. (mainly attd. to units in Mespot.). Orig. green morocco (superior edition), gilt, VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.
£95
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