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The First World War The First World War, Personal memoirs of soldiers of all nations on all fronts, anthologies, literature and fiction, history and analysis   1092 Books
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The War Work of the G.E.C. 1st Ed., 83pp., 4to, photos. throughout. Published by the G.E.C. Publicity Organisation. nd (c.1920)  #67866
[HLMainPic] A high quality, profusely illustrated record of the war work of the General Electric Co. Ltd. at its factories in Birmingham, Kent, Coventry, &c., where shells, aerial bombs & many other warlike supplies were manufactured. Also contains a list of honours & awards gained by members of staff while on active service. Orig. blue cushioned morocco, gilt design & title to front, light rubbing to edges o/w VG with an oval stamp of a works library to front blank. See illustrations on our website.   £125
The Love Letters of a Subaltern. By the Author of "A Soldier's Sonnets" [i.e., "Field Officer"]. 1st Ed., vii+104pp. VG in dw. Northampton: Birdsall & Son. [1916]  #69954
[HLMainPic] A locally printed/published & scarce work of fiction, which the anonymous author claims to be "founded on actual facts..." published to prove how far the ordeal of battle "contributes to the moral & mental metamorphosis of those who have taken part in the great struggle." Whatever that means. Just five copies on JISC/Library Hub. Orig. printed paper covd. boards, fine in sl. chipped dw with ink name on front.   £75
War Poems by "X" (i.e. T.W.H. Crosland). 1st Ed., viii+96pp. Martin Secker. Oct. 1916.  #70323
[HLMainPic] Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1865-1924), writer & journalist, published several volumes of poetry, this one being dedicated to "The Artists' Rifles... in the First Battalion of which I have many friends." Reilly p.100. Among other ventures Crosland ghost-wrote Lord Alfred Douglas's memoir 'Oscar Wilde and Myself.' He was apparently concerned with the plight of the poor & of returned soldiers, but had participated with Douglas in the persecution of Robbie Ross, Wilde's friend & literary executor, whose biographer labeled him 'a narrow-minded bigot.' Orig. red cloth with paper sp. label, minor wear, near VG.   £25
The Times Diary & Index of the War. 1914-1918. 1st Ed., iv+342pp. The Times. 1923  #69057
[HLMainPic] An invaluable chronology, fully indexed essential reference. Rare original edition, orig. maroon cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
The Western Front Then & Now. 1st Ed., 256pp., 4to, photos. throughout, map. VG in dw. Pearson. nd (c.1938).  #59714
[HLMainPic] Useful volume of around 300 comparison photos. in wartime & after, + commentary & index. Orig. dec. red cloth, VG in sl. chipped dw & scarce thus. See illustration on our website.   £45
The Railway Gazette: Special War Transportation Number. 1st Ed., 160pp., 4to (30x23cm approx.)., 105 photos., several maps & diagrams. Railway Gazette & Railway News. 1920  #70448
[HLMainPic] Special Issue of the Railway Gazette. published 21st September, 1920. Contains a wealth of detail on operations on most Fronts inc. the organization of wartime transportation; statistics; the 'mystery port' (Richborough); the Trans-Siberian Railway; light railways in war; the Port of Basra; Railway Operations in Macedonia, Mesopotamia, Palestine & East Africa; transportation of the wounded; cross channel ferry train services & more, supported by a wide range of excellent quality photos. & diagrams. Orig. orange printed wraps., covers little creased, VG & rare original edition.   £145
The Unveiling of the Stock Exchange War Memorial by the Earl of Balfour K.H., O.M., 27th October, 1922. 1st Ed., 36pp., 4to (263x198mm), 2 photogravure plates. The Stock Exchange. 1923.  #69886
[HLMainPic] An account of the Memorial, design, construction & unveiling, plus roll of names. Sumptuous production, No. 86 of 100 copies printed, printed ojn fine hand-made paper & bound in full crimson morocco, richly gilt to front. Fine copy.   £75
Rhenish Prussia & Birkenfeld. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., iv+84pp., fldg. map in endpocket. HMSO. April 1919  #63768
[HLMainPic] CONFIDENTIAL. No. 33 in a series of Handbooks Prepared under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, containing notes on the Geography, Political History, Social & Political Conditions & Economic Conditions of these territories. Orig. grey printed wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £125
Letters from Flanders written by 2nd Lieut. A.D. Gillespie Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders to his Home People. 3rd Ed., with an Appendix, xvi+326pp., portrait frontis., 2 other portraits. Smith, Elder. 1916  #65190
[HLMainPic] Alexander Douglas Gillespie was Ed. at Winchester & New College, Oxford, commissioned in the 4th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders & went to the Front in Feb. 1915. He was killed in action on 26th September 1915 with the 2nd Bn. near La Bassée, during the Battle of Loos (his only brother, Thomas Cunningham Gillespie, 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, had been killed near the same place on 18th October 1914). A.D.G. was twenty-six and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Contains one long letter from T.C.G. dated 16th October 1914, relating recent experiences in action etc. Almost all the book comprises A.D.G.'s lengthy letters from the Front, February 1915 onwards, describing life in trenches and billets, from the antagonistic activities of the Germans opposite to the habits of Sonia the cat that shared their trenches (and her kittens), changing conditions of warfare (issue of respirators etc.), curious rumours (streams poisoned with arsenic; booby-trapped corpses) and much more. Orig. red cloth, gilt, minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.   £120
An Aviator's Field Book: Being the Field Reports of Oswald Bolcke, from August 1, 1914, to October 28, 1916. Translated from the German by Robert Reynold Hirsch. With a Foreword by Joseph E. Ridder. 1st Ed. thus., 203pp., portarit frontis., 12 photos. NY: National Military Pubg. Co. 1917  #70110
[HLMainPic] The German ace's letters to his parents while on active service on the Western Front, until shot down & killed in October 1917. Includes a biographical Introduction by has father. Orig. blue cloth, titled in red, little rubbed & worn, near VG with attractive colour printed bookplate of Benjamin & Mary Fitzpatrick of jasmine Hill. Note: Jasmine Hill Gardens, Alabama, was established in the 1930s by the Fitzpatricks as an outdoor museum and botanical garden inspired by ancient Greek culture. Benjamin, grandson of Alabama governor and U.S. Senator Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869), owned a successful chain of retail stores across Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, allowing him and his wife to pursue their interest in this manner.   £60

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