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A History of the Sixty-Sixth Field Artillery Brigade American Expeditionay Forces, Composed of the 146th & the 148th Field Artillery; National Guard Troops from the Western States of Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico.
1st Ed., 379pp., 105 photos., 7 fldg. maps. Denver: Smith-Brooks. nd (c.1919)
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Lavish & well-illustrated but sadly lacks two maps. Orig. cloth, rather worn, sound. See illustration on our website.
£20
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In Memoriam Captain Harold Ludington Hemingway, Company F, 104th Infantry, USA. Born at New Haven, Connecticut, May 25, 1893. Died at Glorieux, France, October 21, 1918 of wounds received in action near Verdun.
1st Ed., 81pp., 222x182mm, portrait frontis., 6 photos., map. New Haven: Privately Printed at the Yale Unv. Press.
1920
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A memoir of school & college life (Hopkins Grammar School & Yale College) then a career in commerce until his military service which commenced in May 1917. Arriving in France in Feb. 1918 he was in action at the Chemin des Dames, Chateau Thierry, & St. Mihiel, events which are described in interesting & engaging detail in his letters from the Front. Includes various letters from colleagues describing his services & the work of his regiment. Orig. blue paper covd. boards, gilt to front, with wheat cloth backstrip, this lacking a small paper lettering label, o/w VG. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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HOWARD (James M., Captain, Regimental Chaplain)
The Autobiography of a Regiment: A History of the 304th Field Artillery in the World War.
1st Ed., xvii+310pp., frontis., num. plates & many sketches in text (from drawings by Revard Graham & others). No imprint, NY.
1920
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War history with many excellent sketches & drawings. Service details of officers & roll of all ranks. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & sp., neatly rebacked retaining orig. sp., VG thus with lengthy presentation inscrip., "To Timothy J. Buckley, Sergeant and Chief of Section of the Third Piece of battery 'A' 304th Field Artillery, 77th Division A.E.F. Whenever the infantry called for a forward piece from our regiment it was generally your piece which reported. Remember the Lieutenant in charge of the 'B' department. Frank L. Cunningham ex 1st Lt 304th F.A." See illustrations on our website.
£35
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MICHELIN GUIDE:
The Americans in the Great War Vols. I, II & III: The Second Battle of The Marne (Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, Fismes); The Battle of Saint Mihiel (St. Mihiel, Pont-a-Mousson, Metz); Meuse-Argonne Battle (Montfaucon, Romagne, St. Menehould).
132, 146 & 112pp., photos. & maps throughout.
1919
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Early & very well illustrated battlefield guides. Orig. cloth, all three volumes VG ex-Bishop Phillpotts Lib., Truro. See illustration on our website.
£60
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PERSHING (John J., C.-in-C., AEF)
My Experiences in the World War.
1st Ed., 2 Vols., xvi+400pp. & xii+436pp., portrait frontis. in each Vol., around 100 photos & num. maps & plans. VG in worn dws. NY: Frederick A. Stokes.
1931
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War memoirs of the Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Force: a substantial & weighty account of his experiences 1917-18 which includes a valuable commentary on personalities & events with which he was involved. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in chipped & holed dws. See illustrations on our website.
£45
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