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Frederick Goodyear: Letters & Remains 1887-1917.
1st Ed., xv+193pp., portrait frontis. McBride Nast & Co.
1920
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Memorial volume including letters from the Front. UCS & Brasenose College Oxford (where he was regarded as "unambitious & dilatory"); became Assistant Manager of the Oxford Univ. Press at Bombay, but came home in 1914 to enlist in the ranks of the Artist's Rifles: served with them in France from May-Sept. 1915 when he transferred to the RE (Meteorological Dept.) then commissioned in the Essex Regt. in Feb. 1917, joined the 2nd Essex on 16th March 1917, wounded at Fampoux during Battle of Arras, 12th May 1917 & Died of Wounds on the 23rd May inst. Contents include letters from India & around 45pp. letters from France 1915-17. These are followed by a selection of poetry & prose compositions. Blue cloth, gilt to spine, some splitting to sp., generally VG with neat ink presentation inscription: "Miss Wood 'Rita' From F. Goodyear 1922." See illustration on our website.
£125
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The Royal Tank Regiment 50th Anniversary Souvenir 1917-1967.
Orig. wraps., 132pp., illus. RTR Publications.
1967
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Num. interesting conributions, many concerning 1914-18 inc. 'General Sir Hugh Elles' by J.F.C. Fuller; 'The Attack on Flesquieres Ridge' by Maj.-Gen. H.L. Birks; C Bn. Heavy Branch MGC... Dec. 13 1916-July 31 1917' by Lt.-Col. E.J. O'Connor; 'Travails of a Tank Engineer 1916-18' by Brig. W.A. Stack & many others. VG.
£20
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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.
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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
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Australia at The Dardanelles 25th April 1915.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 32pp., 4 photos., double-page artist's 'birdseye' view of Gallipoli, 2 maps. Sydney: W.A. Gullick, Govt. Printer.
1915
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The first cabled reports of the Gallipoli landings sent by Ashmead Bartlett & C.E.W. Bean, published for use in schools in New South Wales. Attractive orig. wraps., minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£65
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The ANZAC Book: Written & Illustrated in Gallipoli by men of ANZAC.
1st Ed., xv+169pp., 4to, 11 col. & 2 b/w plates., illus. throughout. Cassell.
1916
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Collection of stories, rhymes, recollections of Gallipoli &c., sold for the benefit of patriotic funds connected with ANZAC. Attractive work, little rubbed but entirely sound orig. blue cloth with col. onlay on front board depicting an ANZAC in martial pose. Nice ink presentation inscrip. "Norman Campell Maughan from W.R. Matthews A.I.F. Baiuleul [sic] 1918." The only person with the name of the recipient that I can locate was born 1908 & died 1987; the giver was William Robert Matthews, a farm labourer from South Australia who enlisted in 1916, served with the 50th Bn. AIF & was wounded by gunshot on 20/10/17 & again on 16/6/18. A copy of his service record is included.
£50
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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]
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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
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Ypres 1914: An Official Account Published by Order of the German General Staff.
Translated by G.C.W[ynne]. 1st Eng. Ed., xxiv+136pp., 7 sketch maps. Constable.
1919
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Translation of the German official account of 1st Ypres. Intro. & notes by the Historical Section (Military Branch), Committee of Imperial Defence. Orig. blue cloth, little marked, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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On the ANZAC Trail: Being Extracts from the Diary of a New Zealand Sapper.
By "ANZAC." 1st Ed., ix+210pp. Heinemann.
1916
#60901
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The author served in the Boer War & had lived in NZ but was with his parents in Ireland in 1914. Answered an advert for New Zealanders to enlist at the High Commission in London & trained with this contingent of about 200 men at Salisbury Plain until shipped out to Egypt in December: describes life in Zeitoun camp, the Aussie riots in Cairo which he witnessed, then diary of a month at Gallipoli until severely wounded (probably at Quinn's Post) & invalided. Orig. red cloth, blocked black, VG. See illustration on our website.
£75
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The King's Pilgrimage.
1st Ed., c.100pp., photos. throughout. H&S.
1922
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Interesting photographic record of George V's visit to the war cemeteries in France & Flanders in May 1922, with fine photos. of some of the cemeteries & memorials that he visited, a narrative of his travels & descriptions of scenery & surroundings as they were at that time. Orig. purple cloth, blocked in white, fading to sp. o/w VG.
£35
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The German Forces in the Field.
6th Revision, April, 1918. Compiled by the General Staff, War Office. Facsimile Reprint, iv+270pp. General Staff, April
1918
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Full Order of Battle of German divisions &c. Orig. brown printed canvas covd. boards, rather serviceworn & stained, neat tape rerpair to front inner joint, tp worn with loss (but not affecting text), sound & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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