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War Establishments of New Armies. 1915.
Orig. red printed wraps., 100pp., var. tables &c. (one fldg.). HMSO.
1915
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Lays down the composition of Divisions & Brigades inc. Staffs of var. HQs; War Establishments of units of all arms inc. infantry battalion, pioneer battalion, Field & Heavy Artillery brigades, DACs, Signals, REs &c. &c. Valuable source. VG throughout.
£65
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How to Use a Rifle or Pistol. Practical Advice on Shooting with the Service Rifle, Miniature Rifles & Pistols.
Written & illustrated by the Staff of "The Regiment." 3rd Ed., enlarged, 89pp., diagrams. Temple Press. nd (c.1915).
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Commercially produced pocketbook. Inc. shooting, mapreading, signalling &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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Two Years After, or Twelve Months of Armageddon: Some Reminiscences of A Temporary Regimental Sawbones 1915-1916.
1st Ed., [v]+105pp. Printed for Private Circulation Only.
1918
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Interesting & exceptionally rare privately printed memoirs of "N.D.M." [i.e. N.D. Mackay], serving at a General Hospital in France then attached as MO to the London Scottish (1st Bn. 14th London Regt.) in Oct. 1915. Immediate recollections of service & episodes in France 1915-16 in two main sections: "A Winter in the Loos Salient" & "The Lighter Side of War," the latter in three parts, "At Home & at the Base, B.E.F.," "In & Out of the Trenches" & "In & Out of the Trenches (concluded)." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front & sp., VG with ink author's initiald to ffep & neat pencil notes of errata in his hand to rear ep. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to sp. & front, sp. dull o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£245
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Section Sixty-One: Selections from Letters of Henry S. Kingman, Member S.S.A.U. 61, Norton Harjes Ambulance Corps, May to October, 1917.
1st Ed., 103pp. Minneapolis: Privately Printed.
1917
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Letters from the French Front at Verdun &c., evidently arranged by his father in his absence overseas (the last page of this book records his transfer to an Italian Ambulance) & inscribed by the former at Christmas 1917. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with paper lettering label to front & blue cloth backstrip. VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Somewhere in France: Personal Letters of Reginald Noel Sullivan, S.S.U. 65 of the American Ambulance Field Service.
1st Ed., [ii]+53pp., frontis. Printed for Private Circulation.
1917
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Letters from training & active service in France Aug.-Nov. 1917. Sullivan was an ambulance driver: "I assure you no one knows how badly he drives until he tries to carry a wounded man 'doucement' and in as short a time as possible over these rough roads..." Orig. card wraps. with paper label to front. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£35
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Military Engineering (Vol. IV) Demolitions & Mining. 1934.
279pp. followed by 86 plates (photos. & diagrams). HMSO.
1934
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Including theory of explosives, descriptions of types used, methods of firing, preparation & calculation of charges, demolitions in the field, undergound construction, military mining (offensive, defensive, &c.), mine gas & rescue work, &c., supplemented by many interesting diagrams & photos. Various amendment slips tipped-in. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Notes on Military Railway Engineering. Published under the Authority of the Quartermaster General. Part II: Engineering 1940.
195pp., 97 sketches, maps & diagrams (many fldg.) War Office.
1940
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Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Infantry Training. Vol. I: Training. 1926.
xvi+320pp., 27 plates (some fldg.). HMSO.
1926
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Infantry weapons, principles & systems of training, drill, field operations &c. Orig. red cloth covd. boards, gilt, VG.. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Notes on Military Railway Engineering. Published under the Authority of the Quartermaster General. Part I- (Survey) 1940.
vi+126pp., 28 sketches, maps & diagrams (some fldg.). War Office.
1940
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Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Military Engineering. (Part I.) Field Defences. 1908.
General Staff, War Office, 1908. vi+101pp., 60 illus. (some fldg.). HMSO.
1914
#66815
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From earthworks (trenches &c.) to stockades & blockhouses, defence of villages & suburbs, & more, with numerous interesting & excellent plates. This the 1914 printing, orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£45
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