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Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Including maritime subjects, military history post -1945 &c.   88 Books
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Army & Militia. Annual Report of The Inspector-General of Recruiting for the Year 1902. Orig. printed wraps., 43pp., foolscap. HMSO. 1903  #64895
[HLMainPic] Including sections on recruiting for the Regular Army, Militia & Imperial Yeomanry, together with War Recruiting & Concluding Remarks, General Observations & notes on the Civil Employment of Discharged Soldiers & Reservists. This edition includes such interesting matter as Statement Showing the Period of Engagement, Ages on Enlistment & Re-Enlistment, Pay, Bounties, Gratuities, &c., for the various Corps raised during the South African War. Various other interesting tables &c. Orig. printed wraps., VG, 1750 copies printed & scarce survival. See illustration on our website.   £45
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. Vol. XXX. 1886. Vol. XXX consisting of four quarterly editions published during 1886. 1250pp., in all, + Appendix, + plates, maps & sketches (many fldg.). RUSI. Contemp.  #65448
[HLMainPic] The premier forum of its time for articles on campaigns & theory, Naval & Military Notes, announcements of new publications, book reviews, notes on military manoeuvres &c. The volume offered here (which is bound in two parts) includes articles on a wide range of issues & technical developments in the British & other armies inc. articles such as The Field Telegraph, its Use in War & its Employment in the late Expeditions in the Soudan & South Africa; Mounted Infantry (by Maj. E.T.H. Hutton, KRRC, late commanding Mounted Infantry in Egypt), &c. Bound in two vols., contemp. half morocco, somewhat rubbed & worn, generally sound. See illustration on our website.   £40
The Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya (Third Edition - 1958). xviii+ approx. 280pp., maps, sketches & diagrams. Prepared under the direction of the Director of Operations, Malaya. 1958  #68845
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED publication containing description of the country & Communist-Terrorist origin, development & organisation; work & organisation of Own Forces, Platoon Organisation, Weapons & Equipment, the Jungle Base, Patrolling, Ambushes, Attacks on CT Camps, Intelligence, Communications, Air Support, Artillery, Tracking &c. &c. Much of interest & scarce, VG with some minor annotations, orig. printed cloth covd. boards with screw-post binding, VG with ownership inscrip. of Col. P.S. (Pip) Newton (Col. Philip Sydney Newton, MBE, Royal Sussex Regt., served BEF 1940, MEF, Normandy [21 AG Staff], Suez, Malaya & Borneo). See illustration on our website.   £125
Sea Survival. Interim Reprint pending 3rd Ed., 41pp., sketches throughout. HMSO. 1969  #51963
[HLMainPic] Official Air Ministry pocketbook, PAM (AIR) 224, on survival after ditching at sea. First printed in 1957, 2nd Ed. in 1966 & this printing in 1969. Attractive orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £10
Interim Catalogue of Maps Published by the Geographical Section General Staff. The War Office. 1946. vi+12pp. dup. typescript together with 17 fldg. maps & charts, many of large size, being key sheets to the maps listed within the work. War Office. 1946  #68736
[HLMainPic] Provisional Edition containing detailed listing of GSGS maps of many parts of the world, from Europe to Africa, Asia &c., including some notes as to their detail (scales, colours of roads, boundaries &c.) with several Amendment leaves added & some Amendment slips pinned-in. Orig. dec. wraps., somewhat marked, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £165
Catalogue of Maps Published by the Geographical Section General Staff. The War Office. 1938. Orig. dec. wraps., 27pp., followed by 14 fldg. maps, some coloured or with colour detail, being key sheets to the maps listed within the work. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1938  #68735
[HLMainPic] Detailed catalogue listing of GSGS maps of many parts of the world, from Europe to Africa, China, Abbyssinia, Asia, Persia, Iraq, Syrian & Arabian Deserts, &c. available from HMSO, including some notes as to their detail (scales, colours of roads, boundaries &c.). Orig. dec. wraps. & a handy & scarce compendium. 500 copies printed & rare. See illustration on our website.   £425
War Office Organisation. Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee Appointed to Inquire into War Office Organisation, Together with Appendices, Digest, & Index. Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. 1st Ed., orig. blue printed paper wraps., xlii+482pp., foolscap. Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode for HMSO. 1901  #64040
[HLMainPic] This Committee was established to investigate "Whether the present method of conducting the administrative & financial business of the War Office & its distribution as between the Civil & Military Departments is satisfactory" & so to examine the transaction of business, whether such should be delegated to the Military Districts, much matter relating to the Ordnance Committee, &c. Detailed report contains the evidence of several dozen military officers & other officials. Staining to rear cover o/w VG with one small ink stamp of Hull Univ. Lib. to front wrap. See illustration on our website.   £75
Army & Militia. Annual Report of The Inspector-General of Recruiting for the Year 1901. Orig. printed wraps., 39pp., foolscap, fldg. table. HMSO. 1902  #64894
[HLMainPic] Including sections on recruiting for the Regular Army, Militia & Imperial Yeomanry, together with General Observations & notes on the Civil Employment of Discharged Soldiers & Reservists. This edition includes such interesting matter as recruiting for the South African Constabulary, including options offered to regular soldiers to be seconded. During the year War Office Recruiters found 4571 me for the SAC, & SAC Recruiting Officers 3168, a total of 7739 for the year. Various interesting tables &c. Orig. printed wraps., VG, 1250 copies printed & scarce survival. See illustration on our website.   £45
Army Estimates of Effective & Non-Effective Services, for the Year 1911-12; 1912-1913; 1913-1914; 1914-1915; 1915-1916; 1916-1917; 1917-1918; 1918-1919. Together with Statements of the Variations of the Numbers of His Majesty's British Forces; Explanations of the Increases & Decreases in the Estimates; the amounts provided for each Arm of the Service & for various Miscellaneous Establishments; the amounts included for the Colonies & Egypt, & the net Army Expenditure for Ten Years. Printed by Command of His Majesty. ii+225, ii+225, ii+228, ii+228, 8, 6, 6 & 6pp., foolscap. HMSO. Contemp.  #68941
[HLMainPic] Detailed annual projections on the cost of maintaining the Army and its commitments worldwide (including some material on costs of maintaining forces in colonies, and cost of maintaining Army in the field (but not generally India & the Indian Army as these costs borne by India Office). Includes the cost of running the militia, training and pension establishments, military prisons, cost of recruiting, purchase of horses, cost of medals, cost of pay and allowances of troops, cost of each military district, cost of running every regiment, ordnance, warlike stores, &c. The scale and organisation of the Army at home and abroad, and the cost of running different establishments, from the largest to the minor (e.g. the Royal Hibernian Military School, with pay estimates from the Commandant down to through the ranks of the Serjeant Tailor, Serjeant Gardener &c, through to the Ploughman & Labourer - similarly detailed costings for the Military Asylum, School of Musketry, &c.). Much detail on the establishment & cost of the various Volunteer Corps', Yeomanry Cavalry, Militia &c. Please note that the war years 1915-16 through to 1918-19 are published in abbreviated form only. The issues here offered, 1911-19, bound together in red cloth, VG ex-Admiralty lib. See illustrations on our website.   £125
Imperial Yeomanry (In Great Britain) Training Return, 1902 [Together with:] Imperial Yeomanry (In Great Britain & Ireland) Training Return, 1904 [And:] Imperial Yeomanry (In Great Britain & Ireland) Training Return, 1906. Three issues, orig. printed wraps., each 3pp., foolscap. HMSO. Contemp.  #64901
[HLMainPic] Each contains a tabulated statement of the strength of each unit, plus other details. Orig. printed wraps., little chipped & worn, VG. 700 copies printed of the first two, & 1000 of the third. See illustration on our website.   £45

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