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The 32nd Division in The World War 1917-1919. 1st Ed., 318pp., 4to, portrait frontis., num. photos. (inc. portraits of many fallen officers &c.), excellent coloured maps. Issued by the Joint War History Commissions of Michigan & Wisconsin. 1920  #67868
[HLMainPic] Excellent history inc. operations on the Aisne, Argonne & Meuse. Detailed roll of service. Orig. dec. khaki cloth covd. boards, blue cloth backstrip, titled in black. Very nice copy. See illustations on our website.   £50
The Rifle Brigade Chronicle 1918. 1st Ed., vi+352pp., 2 fldg. maps. For the RB. 1919  #61918
[HLMainPic] This edition includes war diaries of all regular & service bns. for the year 1915, various useful rolls of officers, awards, several good letters from the front, officers' obituaries &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
"A ROYAL FIELD LEECH" [Pseud. of SYMONS (Col. F.A., CMG, DSO)] The Tale of a Casualty Clearing Station. 1st Ed., [vii]+306pp. Blackwood. 1917  #67107
[HLMainPic] Unusual account by a regular RAMC officer & his unit in the 1914 campaign (Retreat from Mons, the Aisne &c., then on to Festubert 1915 &c). The author was KiA 30/4/17 as ADMS, 9th (Scottish) Div. Orig. cloth, red cloth, gilt, VG, rare & a very nice bright copy. See illustration on our website.   £145
ATKINSON (Capt. C.T.) The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919. 1st Ed., xxviii+629pp., 19 plates, 62 maps & sketches. Simpkin, Marshall. 1924  #63911
[HLMainPic] Bns. served Western Front, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Italy, Egypt & Palestine. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. light blue cloth, gilt, VG, nice copy. See illustration on our website.   £65
BERKELEY (Capt. R., MC) & SEYMOUR (Brig. W.W.) The History of the Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914-1918. 1st Ed., Vol. I: Aug. 1914-Dec. 1916; Appendix: Lists of Officers & Other Ranks of the R.B. awarded decorations or MiD for services during the Great War (Comp. Lt.-Col. T.R. Eastwood, DSO, MC & Major H.G. Parkyn, OBE). xvi+245 & xv+409pp., 28 plates, 52 maps (14 fldg.); Appendix: [v]+105pp. 4to. The RB Club. 1927; 1936; 1936. 1927  #63137
[HLMainPic] Excellent history. Every notable action of all bns. described, many in great detail (all but one bn. served Western Front). Vol. II includes the indices; main index which is almost entirely names & index by bns. of their activities in chronological order & an index of actions. Rifle green cloth, silver gilt, VG throughout (although Vol. I rather worn due to earlier publication & inferior cloth), good complete set & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £165
BROWNLOW (Capt. C.A.L., DSO) The Breaking of the Storm. 1st Ed., vii+232pp., map ep. Methuen. 1918  #68447
[HLMainPic] Excellent account of the first months of the war by a Royal Field Artillery officer with a Brigade Ammunition Column (& later a battery) in the 3rd Division: contains Mobilisation, Mons, Le Cateau, the Aisne, Flanders &c. Falls stated: "Where we have a professional soldier with the gift of writing, we get something very much more valuable than the much commoner output of the professional soldier who cannot write or the professional writer who knows nothing of soldiering. This is particularly true of the first days of the War. Captain Brownlow, a good writer & a soldier obviously devoted to his profession, here gives an interesting account of the Retreat from Mons, the Advance to the Aisne, & the subsequent move to Flanders. His pen-pictures are extraordinarily interesting. He was, however, unfortunately serving with a brigade ammunition column... so that his view of the actual fighting was limited." Orig. blue cloth, gilt, rather worn & rear cover dampstained, o/w generally VG, hence inexpensive copy & rare. See illustration on our website.   £50
CASUALTY [Pseud. of GYDE (Capt. Arnold A.E.)] "Contemptible." 2nd Ed., vi+226pp. Heinemann. 1916  #62218
[HLMainPic] Gyde was a regular officer, OC No. 5 Platoon, 2nd South Staffs. Personal account of mobilisation, Mons & the Retreat, the Marne & Aisne where he was shot in the head by a sniper & subsequent hospitalisation in France & UK. Orig. red cloth, blocked black, VG. See illustration on our website.   £60
COLEMAN (Frederic) From Mons to Ypres with French: A Personal Narrative. 4th Imp., xix+324pp., c.50 photos., map. Sampson, Low. 1916  #63740
[HLMainPic] RAC volunteer driver attd. to French's HQ during Retreat from Mons & to 2nd Cav. Bde. HQ during the advance to the Marne & Aisne; 1st Cav. Div. at Messines, Ypres &c. An informative contemporary account. Orig. red cloth, VG, nice clean copy. See illustration on our website.   £25
CONAN DOYLE (Arthur) The British Campaign in France & Flanders 1914-1918. 6 Vols., all 1st Eds. except Vol. II which is 2nd Ed., each c.330pp., num. maps & diagrams, many fldg. H&S. 1916-1919  #66801
[HLMainPic] Unsophisticated history of all the main operations (& a number of minor affairs) on the Western Front, but a very useful source from a brigade/divisional viewpoint as he concentrates on front line events with frequent mention of formations & units engaged. Many useful maps & frequent casualty figures. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, nice set & VG throughout. See illustration on our website.   £145
DARLING (Major J.C., DSO) The 20th Hussars in the Great War. 1st Ed., 131pp., 3 portraits, 3 fldg. maps. Privately printed by the author. 1923  #63155
[HLMainPic] Western Front 1914-18 inc. Retreat from Mons, Aisne, first & second Ypres, Cambrai &c. Orig. olive green dec. cloth, little chipped & worn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £95

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