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Wellington   15 Books
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The Iron Duke: The Regimental Magazine of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Vols. V-X, 1929-1934. Six annual volumes, each nicely bound in contemp. half red calf, gilt titles to spines, Vol. V, No. 12, Feb. 1929-Vol. X, No. 29, Oct. 1934, each annual Volume c.220pp., so some 2000+pp in all, with photos., sketches, &c. For the Regiment. Contemp.  #64608
[HLMainPic] Containing the customary regimental news, historical articles (inc. extracts from diaries &c. of participants in earlier campaigns up to & including WW1, also Boer War, China &c.), Army Lists extracts, various named group photos., obituaries, distinguished regimental families (with num. portraits), &c. Six annual volumes, each nicely bound in contemp. half red calf, gilt titles to spines, for Capt. St. J.T. Faulkner, with his initials blocked to spines. VG throughout. See illustration on our website.   £165
The Iron Duke: The Regimental Magazine of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Vols. XV-XXIII, 1939-1947. Run of 27 issues covering WW2, Vol. XV, No. 42, Feb. 1939-Vol. XXIII, No. 68, Oct. 1947, each annual Volume c.200pp., so some 1800+pp in all, with photos., sketches, &c. For the Regiment. Contemp.  #64609
[HLMainPic] Containing the customary regimental news, historical articles (inc. extracts from diaries &c. of participants in earlier campaigns), Army Lists extracts, various named group photos., obituaries, &c. These wartime issues also containing news & reports from battalions on various Fronts overseas inc. Middle East, NW Europe & Burma, plus citations for awards & articles by officers on various operations & events. An excellent source on the regiment during the Second World War. VG throughout. All issues in orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £275
Wellington Roll of Honour 1939-1945. 1st Ed., ix+249pp., 500+ photo. portraits. For the college. 1949  #64967
[HLMainPic] Detailed obits. & portraits of over 500 soldiers, airmen & sailors from Wellington School who fell in WW2. Orig. blue cloth, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £25
CUNNINGHAM (W.H., DSO), TREADWELL (C.A.L., OBE) & HANNA (J.S.) The Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. 1st Ed., xii+399pp., portrait frontis., 39 photos., 2 fldg. maps., fldg. graph (NZEF strength &c.). Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn. 1928  #64957
[HLMainPic] Gallipoli 1915 then France 1916-18 inc. a period of patrols & raids, Somme 1916, the Salient from March 1917, Battles of Messines & 3rd Ypres, 1918 Somme sector & final advance. Roll of Hon., awards. "The narrative is clear & informative. A substantial work, it is said to be one of the best unit histories not to have been sponsored by the NZ Govt." - Perkins. Orig. dec. cloth, gilt, selotape residue to eps o/w nice clean copy in orig. dec. cloth binding. See illustration on our website.   £220
DONALDSON (Capt. J.W.E.) & BECKE (Capt. A.F.) Waterloo. 1st Ed., 79pp., fldg. map in end-pocket & 2 fldg. plans bound-in. Rees. 1907  #65014
[HLMainPic] Useful & lucid account. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £20
FORREST (G.W., CIE) Sepoy Generals: Wellington to Roberts. 1st Ed., xvi+478pp., 9 portraits. Blackwood. 1901  #65212
[HLMainPic] Biographical studies of Wellington (in India), Charles Napier, Herbert Edwardes, Thomas Munro, David Baird, John Jacob, Donald Stewart, William Lockhart & Lord Roberts. Orig. red cloth, little chipped & worn, generally VG with presentation inscrip. from the author to his daughter, plus small printed biographical note (extracted from Who's Who) pasted onto ffep alongside the inscription. See illustration on our website.   £45
FORREST (G.W., CIE) Sepoy Generals: Wellington to Roberts. 1st Ed., xvi+478pp., 9 portraits. Blackwood. 1901  #66783
[HLMainPic] Biographical studies of Wellington (in India), Charles Napier, Herbert Edwardes, Thomas Munro, David Baird, John Jacob, Donald Stewart, William Lockhart & Lord Roberts. Orig. red cloth, worn but sound. See illustration on our website.   £25
GURWOOD (Lt.-Col. J.) Ed. Selections from the Dispatches & General Orders of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington. 1st Ed., xliv+939pp. Murray. 1841  #63734
[HLMainPic] Important selection, including campaigns in India, Peninsular War, Waterloo campaign, &c., with an abstract of Wellington's services. Orig. red cloth, blindstamped & gilt, joints worn, cloth torn at head of sp., generally sound & VG thus with contemp. ink ownership inscrip. "Lieutt. Genl. Hopkins." See illustration on our website.   £45
KELLY (W. Hyde, RE) The Battle of Wavre & Grouchy's Retreat: A Study of an Obscure Part of the Waterloo Campaign. 1st Ed., viii+163pp., 3 fldg. maps. Murray. 1905  #62560
[HLMainPic] Orig. red cloth, gilt to sp. & attractive white cloth onlay, gilt, to the front board, dampstaining to edges of boards o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
LAWSON (Will) Historic Trentham 1914-1917: The Story of the New Zealnd Military Training Camp, & Some Account of the Daily Round of the Troops Within its Bounds. 1st Ed., orig. card wraps. with col. onlay to front, 188pp., num. portraits, photos. & sketches. Wellington, NZ: Wellington Pubg. Co. 1917  #64784
[HLMainPic] Most informative account of life & work at the NZEF's main training ground. Many interesting illus. inc. troops in training, groups of officers & men, nursing staff, &c. &c. Orig. boards with wraparound jacket, illus. to front with artistic col. onlay. Little chipped but VG & a comparatively nice example. See illustrations on our website.   £45

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