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A Record of the 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Cyclist Company. Gallipoli - Egypt - Palestine, 1915-1919. 1st Ed., 117pp., 5 photo. portraits of officers, 2 other photos., 2 maps. Manchester: Rawson & Co., Printers. nd (c.1919)  #65892
[HLMainPic] Formed in early 1915 the unit served in Gallipoli from August.-December 1915 & Egypt/Palestine 1916-18. Rare history with much interesting detail plus various nominal rolls (the original Coy. in July 1915 & subsequent drafts received. This copy with ownership inscrip. of a member of the unit who appears in the roll of 'originals.' He has added a postcard photo. of the HMAT 'Wiltshire' (which transported them to the East), pasted-in a newspaper cutting from the Stockport Express oj March 1971 in which he records his experiences, plus a related letter & photo. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front, worn but rare & interesting copy. See illustrations on our website.   £245
First Army Panorama No. P.80 made on 1.6.16 from Avington Park M24(c)05.4 Sheet 36 including a field of view of 28ø from about 160ø-188ø. 28" long by 7" tall, 3 photo. plates, details of date & location printed on paper label top left, another adjacent label warns of security & states "When troops are relieved this Panorama must be handed over to the relieving troops."  #66027
[HLMainPic] Taken from the road north of Neuve Chapelle (Avington Park was probably the name of a house on the road used as an OP) looking south-east towards the German Line between Aubers & Neuve Chapelle. The British breastwork front line very clearly delineated in the foreground (a trench sign can be made out, bearing the map square of the location: M24) the German breastworks also clearly visible beyond with a blockhouse (at map ref. M.30.b.8.05) identified in the image. Superb view of the battlefield exactly as the artillery FOO's using the OP would have viewed it. Rolled, VG. These rare surviving panoramas are some of the finest contemp. records of the nature of the Western Front trench lines as seen by the participants in events. See illustrations on our website.   £250
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
The Story of the 1st & 2nd Battalions, 41st Dogras, Volume I. October 1900 to December 1923 & October 1917 to March 1922. Compiled from the Digest of Services & Other Sources by Officers of the Regiment. 1st Ed., [ix]+146+xpp., portrait frontis., 10 plates, 5 fldg. maps. Printed by Thacker & Co. Ltd, Bombay, For Private Circulation Only. nd (c.1935). 1935  #64620
[HLMainPic] 41st Dogras raised 1900: served in China then with Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914-15, then in Mesopotamia, Afghan War 1919, Aden, Somaliland &c. 2nd Bn. raised 1917 served in Afghan War 1919, Mahsud campaign 1920 & Wana Column 1921. On IA reorganisation in 1922 the 1st B. became 3/17th Dogras & the 2nd Bn. the 10th (Training) Bn. Rare history with much interesting detail, composite photos. of COs & Subedars-Major, &c. "This is a handsome book, a pleasure to handle, & full of facts. The appendices are exceptionally good. The H&A appendix, for example, includes details of all IOM & IDSM awards, foreign awards, full citations where appropriate, & details of Recommendations." - Perkins. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £375
[LUARD (K.E.)] Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915. 1st Ed., vii+300pp. Blackwood. 1915  #58727
[HLMainPic] Luard's rewarding authentic early war experiences with an Ambulance Train at 1st Ypres & Neuve Chapelle & a Field Ambulance during 2nd Ypres, Festubert &c. Orig. cloth, sp. titling dull as usual o/w VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.   £125
CROFT (Brig.-Gen. H. Page, CMG, MP) Twenty-Two Months Under Fire. 1st Ed., xv+243pp., sketch map. Murray. 1917  #64499
[HLMainPic] Croft went to France in Nov. 1914 commanding a coy. in 1/1st Herts. (TF), 2nd Div., & went into the line at Zonnebeke; fought at Neuve Chapelle, Festubert & Loos in 1915 & became GOC 68th Inf. Bde. in 23rd Div. Feb. 1916. Final chapters describe fighting on the Somme inc. capture of Bailiff Wood & Munster Alley. Orig. cloth, rubbed & worn but sound. See illustration on our website.   £35
CURRIE (Col. J.A.) The "Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders. 2nd Ed., 294pp., 16 plates, 3 maps. Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart. 1916  #66068
[HLMainPic] 48th Highlanders of Canada (or 15th Bn. CEF) in France & Flanders 1915: Neuve Chapelle, 2nd Battle of Ypres &c. Good personal account written by the CO "in a personal but informative style" (Perkins). Many officers mentioned by name & named group photo. of officers. Orig. red cloth, titled in black to front & sp., VG. See illustration on our website.   £50
DOHERTY (Simon) & DONOVAN (Tom) The Indian Corps on the Western Front: A Handbook & Battlefield Guide. 1st Ed., hardback edition, 194pp., 4to, approx. 200 photos., 34 col. maps. Tom Donovan Editions. 2014  #62065
[HLMainPic] Acclaimed complete Indian Corps history, including the background and composition of the Corps, its equipment & armament, leadership & several controversial issues such as a supposed tendency to desert to the enemy & the myth of self-inflicted wounds. Following a chapter on minor operations & trench warfare there are narratives of the ten major battles or operations in which the Corps participated during its year on the Western Front. Each of these is followed by a battlefield guide with clear maps & directions which will enable visitors to the scenes of these great events to follow them on the ground. Finally, there are descriptions of some of the notable Indian cemeteries & memorials in France & Belgium, with a suggested tour of some of those in the Indian Corps sector, details of the hospitals established for Indians on the south coast during 1914-15, with a tour of the Brighton hospitals and memorials. Only 50 copies of the hardback edition were printed & is out of print. See illustration on our website.   £45
EDMONDS (Brig. J.E.) Military Operations France & Belgium 1915 [Part I]: Winter 1915-15, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Battles of Ypres. Text only. 1st Ed., xliii+433pp., 21 sketch maps in text. VG in chipped dw. Macmillan. 1927  #61688
[HLMainPic] Text. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG in dw & rare thus, complete with three Addenda & Corrigenda slips loosely inserted. See illustration on our website.   £100
EDMONDS (Brig. J.E.) Military Operations France & Belgium 1915 [Part I]: Winter 1915-15, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Battles of Ypres. Text only. 1st Ed., xliii+433pp., 21 sketch maps in text. Macmillan. 1927  #65233
[HLMainPic] Text. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. The author Henry Williamson's copy with his ink ownership inscription "Henry Williamson 1952" to ffep, plus a number of minor marginal notes: doubtless utilised fot his 'Hronicle of Ancient Dunlight.' See illustration on our website.   £85

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