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Lancers   16 Books
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61st Cavalry Golden Jubilee, 1953-2003. 1st Ed., laminated card wraps., A4 format, [xvii] & 94pp., illus. through inc. many col. photos. The Regiment. 2003  #68237
[HLMainPic] Post-partition the 61st Cavalry of the Indian Army was raised from the former State Forces units Gwalior Lancers, Jodhpur Lancers, Mysore Lancers et al. Lavishly illustrated souvenir, including many col. plates, produced to commemorate the Regiment's 50th Anniversary, inc. details of regimental history (the forebear units, the Jodhpur Lancers famous action at Haifa in 1918, post-1947 activities, &c.), alongside rolls & portraits of current officers & much else of interest. VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
The Dress Distinctions of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers. 1st Ed., [36]pp., orig. printed wraps., oblong 4to, dup. typescript text, approx. 100 sketches/drawings of badges &c. Cambridge: Langridge's Military Editions. 1962  #61565
[HLMainPic] Line drawings of badges & accoutrements. Good source, near fine & scarce. See illustrations on our website.   £25
ANSON (Bt.-Major O.H. St. G.) With H.M. 9th Lancers during the Indian Mutiny. The Letters of Brevet-Major O.H.S.G. Anson. Edited by His Son, Harcourt S. Anson. 1st Ed., viii+280pp., portrait frontis. W.H. Allen & Co. 1896  #66171
[HLMainPic] Excellent, atmospheric & detailed letters to his wife from June 1857-March 1858 inc. Siege of Delhi & Relief of Lucknow. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, rubbed & worn, especially the sp., but sound & complete, & rare. Bookplate of Maj. H.E. Kynaston, late 19th Hussars, later ownership inscrip. of B. Paget-Hodgson to rear of frontis. VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £165
BIRDWOOD (FM Lord) Khaki & Gown: An Autobiography. Foreword by Winston Churchill. 1st Ed., 456pp., portrait frontis., 16 plates, 5 maps. Ward, Lock & Co. 1941  #61145
[HLMainPic] GOC ANZAC Corps 1915-18, much on Gallipoli - including the conception, planning & course of the operations - & France. Earlier in the XI Bengal Lancers: Black Mountain, Tirah, Mohmand, Boer War, &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, contemp. Christmas gift inscrip. o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
BOYLE (Major C.A., DSO) The History of Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward's Own Lancers). 1st Ed., xv+98pp., 4to, 2 portraits, 9 fldg. maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1929  #68058
[HLMainPic] The 5th & 11th Lancers, raised as 1st & 2nd Sikh Irregular Cavalry during the Mutiny, combined to form one of the most aristocratic of Indian Cavalry regeiments. They fought in China, Umbeyla, Abyssinia 2nd Afghan War, WW1 in Mespot. & var. NWF campaigns. Roll of Hon., awards. Perkins 404. Orig. red cloth with regimental crest in blue, red & gilt to front board, near fine copy & rare with small oval stamp to ffep of RMA Sandhurst. See illustration on our website.   £425
BROCKBANK (Robin) A Short History of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) 1960-1985. 1st Ed., 139pp., 3 col.plates, 50 b/w photos., 2 maps. Leicester: RHQ. 1990  #63900
[HLMainPic] Includes South Arabia & several tours in Ulster. Various rolls of officers &c. Orig. rexine covd. boards, gilt, VG. Rare. See illustration on our website.   £65
BROOKE (Maj.-Gen. Geoffrey, CB, DSO, MC) The Brotherhood of Arms. 1st Ed., vii+133pp., portrait frontis., 9 plates. Stained o/w VG in dw. Clowes & Sons. 1941  #68497
[HLMainPic] Scarce memoirs of service with Cavalry Corps in France & Flanders 1914-15: Brooke was appointed Staff Capt. to Hubert Gough's 3rd Cavalry Brigade in 1914: Retreat from Mons, 1st Ypres (at Wystchaete & Messines), rejoined his regt. (16th Lancers) in 1915, Brigade Major Canadian Cavalry Brigade 1916, &c. Orig. blue cloth, boards dampstained o/w VG in sl. chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £75
CHARRINGTON (Major H.V.S., MC) The 12th Royal Lancers in France August 17th, 1914-November 11th, 1918. 1st Ed., [vii]+50pp., 5 plates. (inc. named group of officers in 1914). Aldershot: G&P. 1921  #64645
[HLMainPic] Useful although fairly succinct account. Roll of Hon., roll of officers. Orig. red cloth, gilt, front board marked o/w VG ex-IWM lib., withdrawn stamp inside rear cover. See illustration on our website.   £65
GIBBS (Major A. Hamilton) Gun Fodder: The Diary of Four Years of War. Introduction by Philip Gibbs. 2nd US Ed., xv+313pp., portrait frontis. Generally VG in dw. Boston: Little Brown. 1927  #67156
[HLMainPic] Enlistment & training with the 9th Lancers in 1914, serving with them briefly in France before returning home to a commission in the RFA at the beginning of 1915. Returned to France with 379th Battery RFA, ultimately to command it until gassed in the March Retreat, 1918. "He gives a good account of the life of a keen & diligent, but somewhat emotional, New Army gunner officer in France." The English edition (1920) did not include the portrait of the author. Orig. black cloth, titled in red, some staining to bottom edges of leaves, generally VG in dw (this little stained & chipped, but rare in jacket). See illustrations on our website.   £120
GRAHAM (Col. H.) History of the Sixteenth, The Queen's Light Dragoons (Lancers) 1912-1925. 1st Ed., xi+148pp., 4to, portrait frontis., 10 plates, 6 fldg. maps in end-pocket. Devizes: Privately Printed. 1926  #59508
[HLMainPic] Western Front from Aug. 1914, Retreat from Mons, Marne, Aisne & 1st Ypres covered in detail. Cambrai, Final Advance. Also of significance is the Curragh incident of 1914. Roll of Hon., awards, officers &c. Orig. red cloth, gilt, spine & front board sunned o/w VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £120

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