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General Regulations & Orders for the Army.
Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards, 12th August 1811. To Which Are Added such Regulations as have been issued to the 1st January 1816. Facsimile reprint, xxiv+441pp. VG in dw. Muller.
1970
#64168
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Rexine binding, VG in sl. chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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Silhouettes of Aeroplanes.
Orig. brown printed wraps., 23pp., col. plates, b/w drawings throughout. Printed by Harrison & Sons.
1915
#69267
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Allied & German aircraft, inc. colour plate showing roundels of both sides followed by various views of Allied & German aeroplanes inc. Bristol Scout, Martynside, Morane, RE5, BE2, Aviatik, Fokkers, Gotha, Rumpler &c. Near fine copy of one of the earliest manuals issued on the subject. See illustration on our website.
£50
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Schaubild No. 3 fur den Morter mit 21 cm Grenaten 96
Fldg. chart, 1:25,000, 40x30cm approx. Nur fur den dienstgebrauch [Only for service use]. c.1917
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Being a diagram of the fall of shot &c. of the 21 cm grenade mortar, for use in conjunction with range tables. With usage note in printed in margin. Scarce. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Letters from Roger I. Lee, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1917-1918.
1st Ed., [vi]+377pp., portrait frontis., 7 photos., one plate reproducing British MiD certificate & US Army Citation. Brookline, Mass., Privately Printed.
1962
#68177
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Detailed letters between May 1917 & Jan. 1919 of Roger Irving Lee (1881-1964) who was a distinguished physician & early pioneer of blood transfusion. He served in France with the Harvard Medical Unit & as consultant to 3rd Corps, A.E.F. Orig. blue cloth with red lettering label to sp., VG with loosely inserted personal letter from the author loosely inserted. See illustration on our website.
£35
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Schaubilde fur die s. 12 cm-Kanone mit 12 cm Grenaten 88 a/A (angenabert gultig auch fur 12 cm Schrapnels 80/92). Mit Dectblatt 1. [Chart for the s. 12 cm cannon with 12 cm Grenades 88 a / A (also valid for 12 cm shrapnel 80/92). With Dectblatt 1.]
Fldg. card. Berlin. 1917.
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Folding card with range table printed on rear & two paste-in instructions within. Scarce.
£35
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The Bren Light Machine Gun. Description, Use & Mechanism.
Coloured fldg. diagrams & sketches, each with captions/instructions, contained in printed card wraps. Aldershot: G&P. nd (c.1930s).
#62894
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The Mark I Bren: cutaway drawings, diagrams of mechanism &c. with instructions for operation. Attractive col. printed instructional work. VG. See illustrations on our website.
£30
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Handbook for Military Artificers, Prepared in the Ordnance College.
10th Ed. (1st of this particular edition), 199pp., 2 fldg. plates, sketches. HMSO.
1915
#69384
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Instructions for Carpenters & Wheelers, Smiths, Painters, Saddlers & Saddletree Makers, & RGA Smiths on maintaining equipment, plus Tests & Syllabus for Course of Instruction, notes on Tools &c. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Training and Manoeuvre Regulations, 1913. General Staff, War Office.
168pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO.
1913
#65092
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Orig. rust cloth covd. boards, gilt. Little worn, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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Examples of Cavalry Action in France During the German Offensive, March-April 1918.
Issued by the General Staff, India. 1st Ed., orig. printed card wraps. with cloth backstrip, 14pp., foolscap, 5 fldg. & cold. maps/sketches. Calcutta: Supt. of Govt. Printing.
1921.
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A rare survival (just 500 copies printed) containing reports on four actions: (i) Mounted Action - At Moreuil Wood on 30th March 1918, by Canadian Cavalry Brigade; (ii) Dismounted Action - Report of Action of 'C' Squadron, 4th Hussars, in the attack on Moreuil Wood; (iii) Mounted Action - Account of 3rd Cavalry Division at Villeselve; (iv) Example of Cavalry Patrol Report & Written Messages - Report of Patrol [by Lt. Hon. H.M. Stourton, 8th Hussars] from Sally-le-Sec to Morcourt [27th March 1918] plus Lessons drawn from the operations carried out by the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cavalry Divisions from March 21st to April 5th, 1918. The reports are supported by excellent coloured maps/diagrams of the various engagements. Orig. printed card wraps., with cloth backstrip, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£325
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Notes for Infantry Officers on Trench Warfare.
Compiled by the General Staff. War Office, March 1916. 74pp., 34 sketches & diagrams (some fldg.). HMSO.
1916
#70467
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Detailed notes on characteristics of trench fighting, trench routine, attack & defence; also info. on var. emplacements, wire entanglements &c., with various diagrams & sketches of entrenchments, dug-outs, arrangements for barbed wire, &c. Orig. buff printed paper wraps., little serviceworn, VG.
£65
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