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St. Nicholas, Brighton, Parish Magazine, January 1916-December 1919 [Bound together with:] The Sign with which is incorporated The Living Church, January 1916-December 1919.
Approx. 600pp. in all, bound in 3 annual volumes, several photos. St. Nicholas Church/The Sign. Contemp.
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The parish magazines contain a certain amount of Home Front news (teas for soldiers in Brighton hospital, fundraising efforts &c.), death notices of parishioners at home & On Active Service, quite a few letters from soldiers at the Front, &c. The Sign - a Christian journal - include many articles on the war work of the Church & so forth, such as Church Life on Tyne-side in Time of War; Sunday in a Munition Factory; Our Village in War Time; The Welfare Supervisor: Her Place & Duties in Munitions Works; Welfare Among the Industrial Boys, &c. Three vols. in contemp. green binder's cloth, gilt titles to spines, VG. See illustrations on out website.
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The Ministry of Munitions Journal. No. 8. July, 1917.
Orig. grey printed wraps., 32pp., 4to, approx. 20 photos. & diagrams. The Ministry of Munitions. Contemp.
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Rare monthly journal puiblished by the Ministry, this edition including an article on Gauge Making by Women, description of the workings of an eight-inch howitzer shell factory (both with illustrations), &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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ADAMS (R.J.Q.)
Arms & the Wizard: Lloyd George & the Ministry of Munitions 1915-1916.
1st Ed., [xv]+252pp. VG in dw. Cassell.
1978
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Authoritative study of the Ministry under LG's stewardship inc. 1915 problems of shell shortage &c. Original hardback edition, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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ADDISON (Rt. Hon. Christopher, PC, MD, FRCS)
Politics from Within 1911-1918. Including Some Records of the Great National Effort.
1st Ed., 2 Vols., 304pp., portrait frontis., 53 portraits & 304pp., 30 portraits, chart, 2 reproduction letters from Douglas Haig. Herbert Jenkins
1924
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Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, was a professor of anatomy then a Liberal, & later Labour, politician. Elected to parliament as MP for Hoxton in 1911 he became under-secretary of the Board of Education by 1914 then during the Great War he served Lloyd George as under-secretary at the Ministry of Munitions from its inception in May 1915-July 1916 & Minister of Munitions from then until July 1917 when he became Minister foe Reconstruction with responsibility for preparing plans for -post-war reconstruction. "When the political crisis of May 1915 saw Asquith's Liberal government transformed into a coalition including the Unionists and Labour, Addison found himself moved as under-secretary to Lloyd George's new office as minister of munitions. His political role now moved on to a higher plane. He was an essential lieutenant as Lloyd George used munitions' production to transform the war economy. He was most active in costing contracts and in negotiations with arms manufacturers and the unions. Here he had to handle delicate issues over dilution of skilled labour and the use of women workers. There was a prolonged crisis on the Clyde where the Clyde Workers' Committee called for strikes; Addison was centrally involved in trying to provide a solution through the use of trade cards and 'de-badging' procedures, and with some success. He became, therefore, a major practitioner of 'war socialism'. Also he became much involved in the political manoeuvres that led to the triumph of Lloyd George. He was among those Liberals who strongly backed Lloyd George in the cabinet wrangles on military conscription. The latter's success in April 1916 severely damaged the authority of Asquith and encouraged many Liberals to think of him as a replacement at 10 Downing Street." - DNB. Both vols. orig. blue cloth, ex lib., neatly recased, VG thus & rare: Ian Beckett (in 'The First World War & British Military History') suggests that Addison was one of those post-war memoirists whose "financial situation compelled writing" - although the scarcity of this work (& its successor 'Four And A Half Years' [1934]) suggest that its print run & sales were small, so they cannot have helped much with his financial situation. See illustration on our website.
£85
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CROWELL (Benedict)
America's Munitions 1917-1918. Report of Benedict Crowell, The Assistant Secretary of War, Director of Munitions.
1st Ed., 592pp., numerous photos., (inc. one fldg. panorama of huge plant at Notro, West Virginia). Washington: Govt. Printing Office.
1919
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Typically high quality US, & very well illustrated, official report on munitions production during the war inc. ordnance of various kinds, from small-arms to tanks; also aircraft production, engineer supplies, chemical warfare materiel, signal corps materials &c. Many interesting photos. of various artillery pieces, machine guns, factories, vehicles small kit items &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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DEWAR (George A.B.)
The Great Munition Feat 1914-1918.
1st Ed., x+343pp. Constable.
1921
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"The great & it is believed unique merit of this book is that it records in readable form & comparatively short space the amazing work accomplished by British industry in the manufacture of munitions of war." - Falls (awarding a star). Orig. maroon cloth, VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.
£75
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LYDDON (Col. W.G., CMG)
British War Missions to the United States 1914-1918.
1st Ed., xii+233pp., 5 portraits, fldg. map. Oxford Univ. Press.
1938
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Overview & succinct accounts of the many & varied missions, from recruiting to censorship & propaganda to remounts; author was a member of the Inspection Mission, supervising contracts for munitions. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£60
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