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Manuscripts & Ephemera 1914-1918   17 Books
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St. Marylebone Volunteers: 21st County of London Volunteer Regiment. Orig. printed wraps., [16]pp., 10 photos. No imprint (REgt. HQ, The Polytechnic, Regent St.). nd (c.1917).  #46704
[HLMainPic] Well illustrated recruiting brochure with list of officers, details of activities, &c.   £25
Miscellaneous. No. 16 (1916). Further Correspondence with the United States Ambassador Respecting The Treatment of British Prisoners of war & Interned Civilians in Germany. [Cd. 8235.] 90pp., foolscap. HMSO. 1916.  #39345
Command Paper including reports of inspection visits to several PoW camps &c. in Germany. VG.   £25
German Prisoners in Great Britain. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 62pp., approx. 120 photos. Tillotson & Son Ltd, Art Printers. nd (c.1917).  #42915
High quality propaganda piece containing photographs taken by the photographic section of the RFC in response to a request from the American Ambassador in Berlin, to form part of the Wurtemberg War Exhibition: a commission which offered a splendid opportunity to show the Germans how happy, content & well-fed their prisoners were. Great emphasis on mealtimes, amenities such as kitchen gardens, keeping pets, outdoor sports, model making, etc. Photos. from Donington Hall (officers' camp), Alexandra Palace, Dorchester, Handforth, Lofthouse Park & Eastcote, all captioned (in English - versions were also produced with captions in German &c.). Near fine.   £45
Impressions in Colour of the Twenty Sketches by Captain F.E. Hodge, Late R.F.A., as Reproduced in The History of the 9th (Scottish) Division 1914-1919. Blue cloth covd. wallet containing 20 col. plates. Murray. [1921].  #45160
Separate issue of the plates from Ewing's divisional history, including fine col. views of battlefields of Havrincourt, Arras, Festubert, Flanders, Ypres, Vimy Ridge, Loos, Butte de Warlencourt, Delville Wood, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
Chanak 1918-1922, 28th Division. Official ledger (Army Book 129) utilised as photograph album by Major F.C.D. French, an officer of 85th Inf. Bde. Signals & a keen amateur photographer, containing approx. 250 photos., 70x45mm or larger, some arranged as panoramas &c., together with further loosely inserted photos. & a rare copy of "The Orient News: Successor to the Balkan News" Vol. I, No. 213, 22nd Feb. 1922, being the English language newspaper 'Printed & Published in Constantinople For the British Army of the Black Sea.'  #46247
[HLMainPic] Prefaratory note in pencil to paste-down states: "1918-1922. 28th Division. Proceeded on leave from Salonika after armistice with Bulgaria, rejoining at Chanak, Dardanelles, in Dec. '18. Sequence of photos: Div. HQ at Chanak; Move to Moda, Constantinople; Temporary Detachment to Batum, Russia; Return to Constant.; In Charge Signals Dardanelles Defences, clearing up; Return to Constant 1) Chicheli & Stamboul. Cmdg. Sigs. 83 & 85 Bdes. 2) Cmdg. Sigs. 84th Bde. Group (all troops on Asiatic side. Area from Bosphorous to Afion Kara Hissar)." The photos. that follow are nearly all captioned in ink & most are dated, from journey out after leave in Dec. 1918 onwards, but although the photographer was prolific the quality of the compositions is decidedly amateur (not helped by the small size of most of the images & somewhat grainy definition), but there are several interesting & quite effective panoramas, such as 'Panorama Across Dardanelles from CRE's Mess, Chanak', another of Chanak 'from roof of Old Keep in Chanak Fort', another of Constantinople, the Golden Horn & Bosphorous 'from Tower of Turkish War Office' & among the many snapshots are various personnel of British & Indian Armies, transport, camps, horse lines, messes, naval vessels. local buildings & geography, guns blown up in forts at Chanak &c. Loosely inserted items inc. sequence of photos of King's Birthday Parade, Constantinople 1921, the owner of the album on horseback, two flimsy typed pps. of orders & some modern research notes on Chanak Defence Force 1922-23. See illustration on our website.   £425
Fragments. Edited by Bruce Bairnsfather. Vol. II, Nos. 25 (first in this volume)-33, 35-38, 40, 43-45, 47 & 50, Jan. 3rd 1920-June 26th 1920. Nineteen issues of Vol. II (a broken run), each 32pp., num. cartoons. Messrs. Baines & Co. Contemp.  #36901
Hoping to continue to profit from Bairnsfather's seemingly unstoppable popularity the proprietors of the Bystander created for him his own humourous weekly magazine & gave him a five year contract as Editor. Although other writers & artists, including some famous names, also contributed, Bairnsfather himself provided a major contribution to each issue, including the front cover of nearly every number to appear: "It was deliberately aimed at a down-market ex-Serviceman's readership... a curious mixture of Bairnsfather schoolboy humour, social comment, chit-chat & gossip, with some excellent contributions from top-class writers & artists. The brunt of the copy was obviously to be borne by Bruce. He did the cover, a major full page cartoon each week, a letter page, the illustrations for several of the regular features, full page articles on a variety of topics..." etc. (Holt, T. & V., 'In Search of a Better 'Ole.'). The magazine lasted for around three years & at its peak circulation reached around 700,000. Surviving copies are remarkable elusive for that, perhaps due to the inferior rag paper on which it was printed.   £100
3rd Battn. (Old Boys) Central London Regiment (Volunteers). List of Members. Orig. printed wraps., 56pp. Merchant Singer & Co., Printers. nd [1915].  #46703
[HLMainPic] Detailed roll of members & ex-members now in regular forces, with a note of their school & regiment. Considerable contemp. annotation & updating in red ink. See illustration on our website.   £25
Canada in Khaki: A Tribute to the Officers & Men now serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Vol. 2. Orig. dec. wraps., xxiii+172pp., 4to, numerous photos., sketches & cartoons (some col.). Canadian War Records Office. 1917.  #47423
[HLMainPic] Second number: containing numerous interesting & informative articles, photos. &c. relating to Canadians, + good selection of cartoons (inc. one by Heath Robinson). Attractive orig. wraps., little chipped, VG. See illustration on our website.   £30
O.B.C. Register of Events 1914-1920. Orig. printed wraps., 8pp. No imprint/date (c.1920).  #46705
[HLMainPic] Concide diary of the Old Boys' Corps from inaugeral meeeting to various training exercises &c. Fragile.   £20
The B.S.F. Library Vol. I: Natural History in The B.S.F. [iv]+36pp. Salonica: The Balkan News. nd (1919).  #46966
Matter reprinted from the 'Balkan News', the official organ of the British Salonica Force: "With the exception of three... these sketches were written by Sgt. D.A. Gulliver, author of 'Salonica Sidelights.'" Scarce survival. See illustration on our website.   £35

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