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The First World War The First World War, Personal memoirs of soldiers of all nations on all fronts, anthologies, literature and fiction, history and analysis   968 Books
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The Jullundur Brigade in France & Flanders 1914-1915. 1st Ed., orig. dec. laminated card wraps., [ii]+64pp., num. photos., 3 maps. New Delhi: Kraftwerk Print & Design [for the Brigade Association]. nd (c.1990)  #67210
[HLMainPic] The 8th Bde. of the Lahore Division consisted of the 1st Bn. Manchester Regt., 47th Sikhs & 59th Scinde Rifles. A useful concise illustrated account of their active service in France & Flanders, plus chronology, regimental notes &c. VG & uncommon. See illustration on our website.   £35
From Bordon to Loos with the 6th Service Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. By C.W. [i.e. Capt. F.C. Waller]. 1st Ed., [vii]+74pp. Printed for Private Circulation by Warren & Sons, Winchester. 1917  #69369
[HLMainPic] Very rare, atmospheric personal account by an officer (who had formerly served in the Malay States Volunteers) of training 1914-15 then active service in France from May 1915 with 9th [Scottish] Div. until wounded at Loos in the battalion's attack on Mad Point, serving with 'D' Coy. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, white cloth backstrip & corners, little marked o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £145
Littoral Belge - Belgian Coast - Belgische Cust 1914-1918. Orig. printed wraps., 15 col. drawings on 12pp., oblong 8vo (235x158mm). Bruxelles: Collection Marcovici. nd (1920s)  #67561
[HLMainPic] Series of fifteen appealing coloured views (based on photos.) of locations on the Belgian coast at La Panne, Coxyde, Nieuport-Bains, Lombartzyde &c., showing war damage & wartime emplacements, ordnance &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.   £35
Camion Letters From American College Men, Volunteer Drivers of The American Field Service in France, 1917. 1st Ed., xii+101pp. NY: Henry Holt & Co. 1918  #66586
[HLMainPic] Letters of ten volunteer drivers (mostly from Cornell University) serving with the French Army at the Front. Orig. blue cloth, paper title labels to front & sp., VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
The Gallipoli Campaign: An Outline of the Military Operations. By A Student. Revised Ed., orig. printed wraps., 87pp., 4 maps. Sifton, Praed & Co. 1930  #64166
[HLMainPic] Lucid concise account of the operations designed for use by officers studying for promotion exams &c. Sp. sl. chipped, near VG. Uncommon. See illustration on our website.   £30
General Annual Report on The British Army For the Year Ending 30th September, 1912, With Which is Incorporated the Annual Report of Recruiting. Prepared by Order of the Army Council. War Office, 1913. 1st Ed., orig. blue printed paper wraps., iv+126pp. (plus one replacement leaf loosely inserted). Printed for HMSO by Harrison & Sons. 1913  #69195
[HLMainPic] The Annual Report contains a large number of statistical tables including the Establishment & Strength of the Army; ditto by Arms; details of numbers of troops embarked for India & other countries; Punishments & Rewards; Nationality, Religion & Education (which reveals, for instance, that of the Regular Army in that year, of 234,901 other ranks, 183,891 & 3076 were of English & Welsh origin, respectively; 18,253 were Scottish & 21,421 were Irish [the small balance made up of soldiers born in India or the Colonies, &c.]). Includes various similar tables for the Army Reserve, Militia & Yeomanry, also stats. re Horses & Mules, alongside a detailed 40pp. Report of the Director of Recruiting & Organization on recruiting during the year. Much interesting detail that provides an excellent basis for research on the make-up of the Army of the era: average age, length of service, courts martial & deserters, drunkenness, those re-engaging or taking discharge, & so forth. Orig. blue printed paper wraps., VG. 1500 copies printed. See illustration on our website.   £50
The ANZAC Book: Written & Illustrated in Gallipoli by men of ANZAC. 1st Ed., xv+169pp., 4to, 11 col. & 2 b/w plates., illus. throughout. VG in dw. Cassell. 1916  #61084
[HLMainPic] Collection of stories, rhymes, recollections of Gallipoli &c., sold for the benefit of patriotic funds connected with ANZAC. Attractive work, very nice copy in sl. chipped (but scarce) dw with oval cut-out to front revealing the heroic wounded yet still fighting Aussie from the coloured illustration on the front cover. See illustration on our website.   £120
A Short History of the Revival of the Small Torpedo Boats (C.M.B.s) during the Great War & subsequently in The Kronstadt, Archangel & Caspian Sea Expeditions of 1919. Orig. dec. wraps., 44pp., 4to, approx. 4o photos., several sketches & plans, charts & maps (of operations named in the title). Printed by Vacher & Sons Ltd. for Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. March, 1920.  #67231
[HLMainPic] Typically handsome & finely illustrated work sponsored by the manufacturers of these Coastal Motor Boats, containing interesting accounts of their operations during the war & most notably in the Allied Intervention in north & south Russia during 1919, including the epic raid on Kronstadt harbour &c. Includes many finely produced photographs, sketches & plans of the craft involved, diagrams of the actions, together with a roll of the naval officers (RN, RNVR & RNR) appointed to the first twelve boats (& a named group photograph of these officers), lists of officers taking part in the Russian expeditions & of officers & ratings killed, wounded or taken prisoner during the Kronstadt raid. Attractive orig. card wraps., covers somewhat marked, staples rusting, generally VG, rare & well-illustrated record of these small vessels, their crews & operations.   £145
The German Forces in the Field. 6th Revision, April, 1918. Compiled by the General Staff, War Office. Facsimile Reprint, iv+270pp. General Staff, April 1918  #66744
[HLMainPic] Full Order of Battle of German divisions &c. Orig. brown printed canvas covd. boards, rather serviceworn & stained, neat tape rerpair to front inner joint, tp worn with loss (but not affecting text), sound & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £145
Fundraising for the Dardanelles: Mrs Cara Leland Broughton. (i) Printed 'form' letter from Jean Hamilton (with recipient's name: Mrs Broughton, in pencil) acknowledging gift to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; (ii) Receipt issued to Mrs Broughton by the Lady Hamilton Dardanelles Fund for gift of £15, signed in ink by [Lady] Jean Hamilton; (iii) Handbill issued by Mrs Moncrieffe's Fund, "Urgently required for the Dardanelles: The 'Gallipoli' or Improved Bell Stretcher Tent... These stretcher tents meet a want that has been created by the peculiar position on the Gallipoli peninsula where the wounded have not at their disposal field ambulances... but are obliged to lie on the ground without shelter, & tormented by flies..."; (iv) Another similar regarding the increased costs of improved Stretcher Tents (dated 10th Sept. 1915); (v) & (vi) printed letter & official receipt (signed by Marie Michell, Hon. Sec.) re Cara Broughton's gift of £30 to towards Stretcher Tents; (vii) Orig. 3pp. ms. letter (with OAS envelope, Passed by Censor &c.) from 245 L/Cpl. A. Forbes ASC, 2nd Mtd. Div. in Gallipoli to Mrs Broughton, thanking her for gifts of cigarettes.  #61081
[HLMainPic] During the Great War, especially during the early years, citizens, rich & poor, were exhorted to subscribe to a cornucopia of relief funds, ranging from those for Belgian Refugees to small comforts for the men in the trenches. Many of the organisers were 'society' ladies, & the campaign at Gallipoli was not without its sponsors, including Lady Hamilton, wife of Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, with her Lady Hamilton Dardanelles Fund, and Mrs Moncrieffe (Gen. Hamilton's sister-in-law) with her "Mrs Moncrieffe's Fund" whose St. Marylebone War Hospitals' Supply Depot had a "Dardanelles Account." The small collection of documents here offered are a rare survival of these funds for men at the Dardanelles. The letter from the soldier (L/Cpl. Forbes) shows that Mrs Broughton also sent comforts to individual soldiers: "I am just writing a few lines in my dug-out, to thank you very much for the cigarettes which you are sending me every two weeks. I don't think there is a better tonic, as the chaps say, for our nerves when the shells & shrapnel come whistling over our heads..." (he goes on to describe some close shaves &c.). Note: Cara Leland Broughton, or Mrs Urban Hanlon Broughton, was an American heiress who married a relatively impecunious English engineer, Urban Broughton, when he was working for her father, the tycoon Henry Huttleston Rogers (of Standard Oil &c.) in 1895. Broughton became rich & successful in his own right, but the couple became enormously wealthy on the death of his wife's father in 1909. They lived in Park Street, Mayfair, & at a country house at Englefield Green. Two sons were ed. at Harrow & Urban was MP for Preston, 1915-18. Mrs Broughton made many generous gifts to various war charities. All items VG. See illustrations on our website.   £225

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