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AUTEN (Lt.-Cdr. Harold, VC, RNR)
"Q" Boat Adventures: The Exploits of the Famous Mystery Ships by a "Q" Boat Commander.
1st Ed., 289pp., 16 illus. VG in dw. Jenkins.
1919
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Author won the VC for "Q" Ship action in 1918. Orig. red cloth, titled in black, very nice state with near fine & attractive pictorial dw. Rare thus. See illustration on our website.
£165
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FLOYD (Thomas Hope)
At Ypres with Best-Dunkley.
1st Ed., xv+284pp., fldg. 1:10,000 trench map. Bodley Head (On Active Service series).
1920
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Subaltern, 2/5th Lancs. Fus. in the Ypres Salient in 1917; Floyd recounts the climactic period leading up to the first day of Third Ypres & the attack itself is described in great detail from numerous sources. Apart from the author, the central character is his almost unbelievably unpopular 27-year-old fire-eating CO destined to win the VC, being mortally wounded so doing, on 31st July 1917. Orig. brown cloth, very nice copy, near fine & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£225
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FLOYD (Thomas Hope)
At Ypres with Best-Dunkley.
1st Ed., xv+284pp., fldg. 1:10,000 trench map. Bodley Head (On Active Service series).
1920
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Subaltern, 2/5th Lancs. Fus. in the Ypres Salient in 1917; Floyd recounts the climactic period leading up to the first day of Third Ypres & the attack itself is described in great detail from numerous sources. Apart from the author, the central character is his almost unbelievably unpopular 27-year-old fire-eating CO destined to win the VC, being mortally wounded so doing, on 31st July 1917. Orig. brown cloth, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£165
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HARVEY (David)
Monuments to Courage: Victoria Cross Headstones & Memorials. 2 Vols., 1854-1916; 1917-1982.
Introduction by HRH Princess Alexandra & Foreword by Sir Roden Cutler, VC, &c. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., [xxx]+416 & [xii]+433pp., several thousand photos. Fine in dws & slipcase. Published On Behalf of the Author by Kevin & Kay Patience.
1999
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Two sumptious, fully illustrated volumes, recording the memorials & graves of VC holders from inception in the Crimean era to the Falklands War. A truly admirable project, superbly researched & photographed & published to an impressively high standard. See illustration on our website.
£30
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JONES (F/L Ira, DSO, MC, DFC, MM)
King of Air Fighters: Biography of Major "Mick" Mannock, VC, DSO, MC.
3rd Imp. (1st Cheap Ed.), xv+303pp., portrait frontis., 22 photos. Nicholson & Watson.
1936
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Scarce biog. by fellow ace pilot in 74 Sqdr. who knew him well. Orig. black cloth, blocked red, minor wear, generally VG with copy photo. of Mannock neatly mounted on ffep. See illustration on our website.
£30
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THORNTON (Lt.-Col. L.H., CMG, DSO) & FRASER (Pamela)
The Congreves, Father & Son: General Sir Walter Norris Congreve, VC; Bt.-Major William La Touche Congreve, VC.
1st Ed., xvii+337pp., 8 plates. Murray.
1930
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Interesting diaries & letters of Walter Congreve (VC at Colenso & GOC XIII Corps on the Western Front) & his remarkably able staff officer son Billy, Rifle Brigade & 3rd Div. Staff, VC, DSO, MC, KiA on the Somme. Orig. black cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£85
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UYS (Ian S.)
For Valour: The History of Southern Africa's Victoria Cross Heroes.
1st Ed., xviii+398pp., approx. 90 portraits & other photos., 10 maps. VG in dw. Published by the Author, Jo'burg.
1973
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Detailed lives & services of 39 recipients up to the end of WW2. Near fine in dw with loosely inserted errata slip. See illustration on our website.
£25
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WOOLLEY (Rev. G.H., VC, OBE, MC)
Sometimes a Soldier.
1st Ed., 196pp., 8 photos. VG in dw. Benn.
1963
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Memoirs of combatant officer with 9th Londons, Queen Victoria's Rifles, 1914-18, VC at Hill 60 in 1915; later in the church. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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