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Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Including maritime subjects, military history post -1945 &c.   109 Books
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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. Vol. XXVII. 1883. Vol. XXVII consisting of four quarterly editions published during 1883. 838pp., in all, + plates, maps & sketches (many fldg.). RUSI. Contemp.  #65424
[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 includes articles on a wide range of issues & technical developments in the British & other armies inc. articles such as Cyprus as a Strategical Position; The Effect of the Bombardment of the Forts of Alexandria, July 11, 1882; The Russo-Turkish Frontier in Asia Minor; Machine Guns; Military Ballooning &c. Contemp. half morocco, somewhat rubbed & worn, generally sound. See illustration on our website.   £35
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 & 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
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
Report of the Royal Commission on the Militia & Volunteers. [Bound together with:] Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Militia & Volunteers (Volume I.); Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Militia & Volunteers (Volume II.); Appendices to The Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission on the Militia & Volunteers. Printed by Command of His Majesty. 4 Vols., v+78pp., xii+459pp., viii+578 & xiii+275pp., foolscap. HMSO. 1904  #68942
[HLMainPic] This post-Boer War Royal Commission was established to enquire into the organization, numbers & terms of service of the Militia & Volunteer Forces, & so to report on their military efficiency. The principal requirement was to establish whether the Militia & Volunteers were the most suitable method for defending the UK, as an adjunct to the Regular Army. During the course of deliberations over 82 sittings & the examination of 134 witnesses (which included FM Lord Roberts, Sir John Ardagh, Sir John French, many commanding officers of volunteer units, members of the mercantile community, Maj.-Gen. Sir Alfred Turner (Inspector-General of Auxiliary Forces) the overriding conclusion was that the volunteer force was not fit for purpose, although disclipine in units, & the services performed by various individuals & contingents during recent operations in South Africa was creditable. $ Vols. in very clean orig. blue printed wraps, bound together in contemp. ledger binding. See illustrations on our website.   £165
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
Catalogue of the Royal Engineers Corps Library at The Horse Guards, Whitehall, London. xxvii+521pp. Chatham: Mackays Ltd. for the Institution of REs. 1929  #69191
[HLMainPic] Library rules, Plan &c. followed by 434pp. subject catalogue then nearly 90pp. author index. Very absorbing reference, the library contained works on science & technical subjects as well as a great many service periodicals & all aspects of the military art, from training manuals to official histories, regimental & campaign history &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sl. scarred but still VG.   £50
Illustrated Programme of The Royal Jubilee Procession, June 22nd [1897]. Authorised by H.R.H. The Price of Wales, K.G., Published in Aid of the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund for London. Orig. dec. wraps., 60pp., drawings throughout. Printed for The Prince of Wales Hospital Fund by George Robert Parker & Augustus Fildes Thomas.  #65123
[HLMainPic] Full listing of those dignitaries, regiments, Foreign Missions &c. participating in the parade through London to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee inc. the names of The Deputation of Officers of The Imperial Service Troops (Indian officers), the Escort from The Regular Indian Army (around 50 Indian officers of the Indian cavalry) & more, followed by fine drawings of the various contingents & carriages. VG. See illustrations on our website.   £60
"Home Rule Notes." A Year's Record of the Home Rule Movement. Volume I. December, 1911, to November, 1912. 1st Ed. in volume form containing 12 monthly issues of Home Rule Notes, approx. 700pp. in all (bound without the orig. wraps. & advertising matter). Westminster: The Home Rule Council 1912  #65854
[HLMainPic] Much detail on the issue of Irish Home Rule, the state of the Irish nation (with much on religion), comments of various figures, accounts of disturbances in Ulster, &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & sp., little stained & worn, generally VG with bookplate of the Peter Symonds' Memorial Library. See illustration on our website.   £85
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

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