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British Army Manuals (1914-18) British Army Manuals, Text Books and Handbooks (1914-1918)   93 Books
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Examples of Cavalry Action in France During the German Offensive, March-April 1918. Issued by the General Staff, India. 1st Ed., orig. printed card wraps. with cloth backstrip, 14pp., foolscap, 5 fldg. & cold. maps/sketches. Calcutta: Supt. of Govt. Printing. 1921.  #63200
[HLMainPic] A rare survival (just 500 copies printed) containing reports on four actions: (i) Mounted Action - At Moreuil Wood on 30th March 1918, by Canadian Cavalry Brigade; (ii) Dismounted Action - Report of Action of 'C' Squadron, 4th Hussars, in the attack on Moreuil Wood; (iii) Mounted Action - Account of 3rd Cavalry Division at Villeselve; (iv) Example of Cavalry Patrol Report & Written Messages - Report of Patrol [by Lt. Hon. H.M. Stourton, 8th Hussars] from Sally-le-Sec to Morcourt [27th March 1918] plus Lessons drawn from the operations carried out by the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cavalry Divisions from March 21st to April 5th, 1918. The reports are supported by excellent coloured maps/diagrams of the various engagements. Orig. printed card wraps., with cloth backstrip, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £325
Album de la Guerre: Five Hundred Photographs, Seventy Drawings & Thirteen Articles by Members of Base Hospital No. 4, U.S.A. Serving with the British Forces on the Somme Front & Mobile Hospital No. 5, Serving in the Meuse-Argonne Sector. As the First Oganization of American Expeditionary Troops to enter active service Abroad the members of this organization had wide & varied experiences with the British, French & American Forces Covering a Period of Twenty-Three Months from May 8th, 1917, to April 8th, 1919. 1st Ed., oblong 4to (340x295mm), 117pp., 500 photos., 70 drawings. Cleveland: Ohio: Scientific Illustrating Studios. 1919  #67004
[HLMainPic] Self-evidently a highly illustrated records of these hospital units in France 1917-1919, with rolls of officers & soldiers who served with them (including attached British officers & men), with index of illustrations. 1000 copies printed of which this is no. 274, with presentation label recording that it was gifted to Troop A, 107th Cavalry O.N.G. [Ohio National Guard]. Orig. blue cloth, silver gilt title & decs. to front, little rubbed & worn, generally VG. An excellent record & seemingly a rare surviving example. See illustrations on our website.   £225
Signal Training Volume V. Signal Office Organization & Procedure 1938. 186pp., fldg. map & several diagrams. War Office. 1938  #65411
[HLMainPic] With loosely inserted 3pp. amendments dated 1939. Orig. brown cloth, titled in black, contemp. ownership inscrip. Sig. Clark, R.W., 2587258, No. 2 Coy. 8th Corps Signals. Somewhat serviceworn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Corps Extracts. "A" and "Q" Branch Headquarters, Cavalry Corps. January, 1916. 2nd Ed., orig. buff printed card wraps., 40pp. + blank interleaves. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1916  #61040
[HLMainPic] These 'extracts' from Cavalry Corps standing orders relate to Commissions & Cadet School (with details of how candidates may become eligible for commissions in various branches of the service; how the commissions should be applied for & details of the establishment of the officer Cadet School in France ["Classes are received fortnightly, & the duration of the course is about one month..."] &c). Also contains details re promotions, reporting of casualties, guidance on courts martial, billeting, civilian claims against damages to billets &c. Much of interest on these various non-operational yet essential matters. Very nice condition, this copy with around 20 signatures of members of Cavalry Corps HQ, ranging from the GOC, Lt.-Gen. Sir Cecil Edward Bingham [who relinquished command of the Corps in March 1916, which neatly dates these inscriptions to early 1916, soon after this issue was published], Brig. Home (BGGS), Brig. Longmore (DA&QMG) & various lesser functionaries. VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £145
Regulations for Engineer Services-Peace. 1910. Reprinted with amendments published up to 1st May 1915. Part I. vi+193pp., 15 tables. Printed for HMSO by Mackie & Co. Ltd. 1915  #65407
[HLMainPic] Organisation of the Engineer services, Personnel, Administration, Stores, Tools & Works, Control of Expenditure, &c. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG with contemp. ink ownership inscrip. of A.R. Gibbs. See illustration on our website.   £45
Extracts from the Letters of George Clark Moseley During the Period of the Great War. 1st Ed., 239pp., portrait frontis., num. photos. (inc. various award citations & other documents). Printed for Private Distribution. [Chicago, 1923]  #68138
[HLMainPic] High quality, lavishly produced & illustrated letters: Moseley served as a pilot with the Lafayette Escadrille then transferred to the US Naval Seaplane Station at Dunkirk, then for a few months to 218 Sqdrn. RAF & then back to the Lafayette Escadrille for the final mionths of the war. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with black cloth sp. trip, gilt, VG in orig. card slipcase with remains of glassine wrap. See illustrations on our website.   £75
Manual of Physical Training. (Reprint 1908 with Amendments published in Army Orders to 1st December, 1914.). 275pp., sketches & diagrams. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1914  #66225
[HLMainPic] Orig. brown cloth, titled in black to sp., somewhat serviceworn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
The Principles of Rangefinding. Together with a Description of some Features of the Barr & Stroud Rangefinders. Orig. photographic card wraps., 48pp., 13 plates, several diagrams. Glasgow: Barr & Stroud. 1917  #69512
[HLMainPic] Manufacturer's "Pamhlet No. 42. Issued March 1911. Revised, March 1917." VG & rare: just 200 copies printed.   £125
Training and Manoeuvre Regulations, 1913. General Staff, War Office. 168pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1913  #65092
[HLMainPic] Orig. rust cloth covd. boards, gilt. Little worn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
General Regulations & Orders for the Army. Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards, 12th August 1811. To Which Are Added such Regulations as have been issued to the 1st January 1816. Facsimile reprint, xxiv+441pp. VG in dw. Muller. 1970  #64168
[HLMainPic] Rexine binding, VG in sl. chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £15

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