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BURNE (Major A.H., RA)
Some Pages from the History of "Q" Battery, R.H.A., in the Great War.
Strung together by A.H.B. 1st Ed., orig. limp wraps., [iv]+51pp., 6 photos., 3 fldg. maps. Woolwich: RA Inst.
1922
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History summarising events 1914-17 then concentrating mainly on the last twelve months: Battles of Bullecourt 1917; The Knoll 1917; Cambrai 1917; events of March-April 1918; Hamel; Amiens; Hindenburg Line, &c. Nicely detailed inc. notes of casualties & awards to all ranks, several good maps & six excellent photos. of Battery positions taken in 1921. VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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CHALMERS (T.)
An Epic of Glasgow: History of the 15th Bn. The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
1st Ed., xv+227pp., 18 plates, 7 maps, num. illus. in text. Glasgow: McCallum.
1934
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The Glasgow Tramways Battalion: F&F 1915-18 inc. Somme, Thiepval, Beaumont Hamel &c. Roll of Hon., awards, nominal roll of unit. Orig. green cloth, titled in red, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.
£60
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CHALMERS (T.) Ed.
A Saga of Scotland: History of the 16th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
1st Ed., xvi+174pp., 28 plates (inc. maps). Fine in dw. Glasgow: McCallum & Co.
1930
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F&F from Nov. 1915 inc. 1/7/16 at Beaumont Hamel, the epic of Munich Trench &c. Nominal rolls, casualties, awards. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, near fine copy in scarce & attractive pictorial dw. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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EDMONDS (Sir James)
Military Operations France & Belgium 1917 Part I: The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line & The Battles of Arras.
Appendices, 1st Ed., xi+158pp. VG in dw. Macmillan.
1940
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Contains various GHQ &c. documents, orders & plans re ops. at Arras & Bullecourt in 1917. Orig. red cloth, gilt, near fine in dw & scarce thus. See illustration on our website.
£120
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MAGOWAN (S. Douglas), HECKBERT (Harry, MM) & O'LEARY (Byron E.)
New Brunswick's "Fighting 26th" A History of the 26th New Brunswick Battalion, C.E.F., 1914-1919.
2nd Imp., viii+428pp., 4to, 40 photos., 10 maps. VG in dw. Saint John, NB, Neptune Publishing Co.
1995
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Substantial & detailed account of the raising of the battalion & its services in France & Flanders inc. Mount Sorrel. The Somme 1916, Arras, Vimy & Passchendaele 1917, Amiens, Hindenburg Line &c. in 1918. Various appendices inc. Roll of Hon., lists of the wounded, awards, PoWs. VG in dw. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£95
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MAURICE (Maj.-Gen. Sir F., KCMG, CB)
The Last Four Months: The End of the War in the West.
1st Ed., viii+260pp., 2 fldg. maps (one in endpocket). Cassell.
1919
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Useful & clear account of the victorious advance during the last 100 Days. Falls observes that less information was available to the author when the book was published than appeared after the war, but adds "Nevertheless it holds its own, owing to the very clear appreciations it contains of the situation on either side." Orig. blue cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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SOMERS (Lt.-Col. Lord, DSO, MC)
The War History of the Sixth Tank Battalion.
1st Ed., vi+247pp., 8 plates. Privately printed.
1919
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Engaged in 27 actions from Jan. 1917 to the armistice (inc. 3rd Ypres & Cambrai, Amiens & Hindenburg Line) with Mark IV & Medium Mark "A" tanks. Nominal roll of all ranks & roll of awards. Orig. red cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.
£60
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SWINTON (Gen. Sir Ernest)
Twenty Years After: The Battlefields of 1914-1918 Then & Now.
Complete set of Vols. I, II & Supplementary Vol., viii+viii+1532 & viii+800pp., 4to, fully illus. with 'then & now' photographs with explanatory text & full index. Newnes. nd (c.1938).
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Extensive text describing many operations & locations on all Fronts, but mainly France & Flanders, with thousands of superb photos., a fine reference work originally issued in about 62 parts but more convenient in this bound form. Complete set including Supplementary Volume, orig. dec. red cloth, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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TRENCH MAP:
France Sheet 51cSE 1:20,000 Ed. 4A.
Outline British front line trenches & detailed German systems at Ficheux & south-west though Ransart to Michy-au-Bois, with Adinfer & Adinfer Wood in the German rear area. VG. See illustrations on our website.
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£100
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TRENCH MAP:
France. Sheet 62bSW. Edition 3b. 1:20,000.
Linen backed map showing quite detailed British trench systems & detailed German trench systems around St. Quentin & north to Pontruet. Trenches corrected to 6/11/1917. Covers worn but map clear & intact, & a scarce sheet. See illustrations on our website.
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£85
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