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Two Years After, or Twelve Months of Armageddon: Some Reminiscences of A Temporary Regimental Sawbones 1915-1916.
1st Ed., [v]+105pp. Printed for Private Circulation Only.
1918
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Interesting & exceptionally rare privately printed memoirs of "N.D.M." [i.e. N.D. Mackay], serving at a General Hospital in France then attached as MO to the London Scottish (1st Bn. 14th London Regt.) in Oct. 1915. Immediate recollections of service & episodes in France 1915-16 in two main sections: "A Winter in the Loos Salient" & "The Lighter Side of War," the latter in three parts, "At Home & at the Base, B.E.F.," "In & Out of the Trenches" & "In & Out of the Trenches (concluded)." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front & sp., VG with ink author's initiald to ffep & neat pencil notes of errata in his hand to rear ep. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to sp. & front, sp. dull o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£245
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Field Service Regulations Vol. II. Operations. 1920. Provisional.
Orig. blue printed wraps., 326pp. HMSO.
1920
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The first post-war revision of doctrine. Somewhat serviceworn, VG. See illustration on our website.
£30
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Field Service Regulations Part I. Operations. 1909. (Reprinted, With Amendments, 1914.) General Staff, War Office.
302pp., 12mo. HMSO.
1914
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Orig. red cloth, gilt. Somewhat serviceworn o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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Somewhere in France: Personal Letters of Reginald Noel Sullivan, S.S.U. 65 of the American Ambulance Field Service.
1st Ed., [ii]+53pp., frontis. Printed for Private Circulation.
1917
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Letters from training & active service in France Aug.-Nov. 1917. Sullivan was an ambulance driver: "I assure you no one knows how badly he drives until he tries to carry a wounded man 'doucement' and in as short a time as possible over these rough roads..." Orig. card wraps. with paper label to front. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£35
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Notes on Military Railway Engineering. Published under the Authority of the Quartermaster General. Part II: Engineering 1940.
195pp., 97 sketches, maps & diagrams (many fldg.) War Office.
1940
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Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Military Engineering (Vol. IV) Demolitions & Mining. 1934.
279pp. followed by 86 plates (photos. & diagrams). HMSO.
1934
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Including theory of explosives, descriptions of types used, methods of firing, preparation & calculation of charges, demolitions in the field, undergound construction, military mining (offensive, defensive, &c.), mine gas & rescue work, &c., supplemented by many interesting diagrams & photos. Various amendment slips tipped-in. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Report on Foreign Manoeuvres. 1910.
Prepared by The General Staff, War Office. 1st Ed., vii+239pp. Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
19111
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Official report based largely on information supplied by Military Attaches with various Courts, whose duties included attending the annual manoeuvres of their host nation. This volume includes the armies of Austria-Hungary; China; Denmark; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Japan; Russia; Switzerland & the USA. This edition includes much detail on the various German army corps. Orig. red cloth covd. boards, gilt to front & sp., very nice copy & scarce (750 copies printed) with loosely inserted typed note from the war Office forwarding this copy to Maj.-Gen. F.J. Aylmer, VC, CB.
£120
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Small Arms Training. Volume II. 1924. With Additions for India.
viii+430pp., num. sketches & diagrams. Calcutta: Govt. of India Central Publication Branch.
1924
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Scarce Indian edition. This vol. includes Annual Courses, Grenade & Revolver training. Orig. red printed canvas covd. boards, some servicewear, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£30
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Signal Training Volume IV. 1927. Construction & Maintenance of Lines.
Orig. buff printed paper covd. boards with cloth backstrip, [ii]+vii+171pp., 4 fldg. plates/diagrams at end, num. figs. in text. HMSO.
1927
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Construction of air lines, cable lines (buried & otherwise), &c. VG ex-IWM. See illustration on our website.
£25
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Manual of Physical Training. 1908.
Official Copy, 254pp., illus. in text, fldg. tables. HMSO.
1908
#63654
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Orig. mustard cloth, stained & worn, sound. See illustration on our website.
£15
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