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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   1040 Books
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9th Royal Scots (T.F.), B Company On Active Service, From A Private's Diary, February-May 1915. 1st Ed., 94pp., sm. 8vo. Edinburgh: Printed by Turnbull & Spears. 1916  #69446
[HLMainPic] Presumably privately printed record, the writer reporting events with great immediacy as they unfolded, of active service in the Ypres Salient, billeted at Voormezeele & Vlamertinghe, in action at Sanctuary Wood, in support of the Canadians at St. Julien during '2nd Ypres,' then back to Sanctuary Wood. Several officers named in text. Some of the letters also appeared in Scottish newspapers of the period. Orig. brown cloth, gilt to front, VG & scarce.   £65
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  #61049
[HLMainPic] 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
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
Bombardment of Lowestoft by The Germans, April 25th, 1916. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 1pp. letterpress followed by 12 photo. plates, each captioned in the negative. A. Crisp & Sons, Lowestoft. Contemp.  #69478
[HLMainPic] Contemp. illustrated souvenir of bombardment of Lowestoft by German battleships on 25th April 1916. Text leaf foxed, generally VG & scarce.   £45
The Letters of Major Henry Bentinck, Coldstream Guards. 1st Ed., vi+138pp., portrait frontis., 3 plates. VG in sl. chipped dw. Robert Scott. 1919  #65201
[HLMainPic] Henry Duncan Bentinck was ed. at Harrow & Trinity College, Cambridge. Commissioned Coldstream Guards in 1903, served in Egypt/Sudan 1903-1911 & 1913-1915 (with XII Sudanese). He joined the 2nd Coldstream in France in April 1915 & Died of Wounds on 2/10/1916, of wounds received on the Somme. Contains a memoir & his letters including those from France April 1915-Sept. 1916. Of interest for life in trenches, Guards characters, &c. Orig. red cloth, VG in sl. chipped dw & scarce, especially in dw. See illustrations on our website.   £175
Artillery Operations of the Ninth British Corps at Messines, June, 1917. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 124pp., 4 fldg. plates, 10 fldg. maps, 2 tables. Edited at Army War College, Aug. 1917, printed by US Govt. Ptg. Office, Washington. 1917  #66734
[HLMainPic] Designated CONFIDENTIAL! For official use only NOT TO BE TAKEN INTO FRONT LINE TRENCHES. Contains a detailed study of artillery preparations for the Battle of Messines, 7th June 1917, & reproduces various instructions, orders, reports, intelligence & communications. A Summary of Artillery Operations explains that "Systematic trench bombardment & wire cutting was commenced about May 21, 1917, & was intensified about May 28. During the period May 28 to June 6, inclusive, 297 trench bombardments were carried out with aeroplane observation. Wire was cut along front & support lines by trench mortars & 18-lbr. batteries, & on rear lines by 6-inch howitzers with aeroplane observation..." The most informative text is supported by reproductions of four aerial photos. of parts of the Messines battlefield & ten excellent actual size 1:10,000 & 1:20,000 British operational fldg. trench maps, barrage maps, &c., & several tables, all reproduced in colour. Objectives, barrage lifts &c. are shown in great detail. Orig. brown printed wraps., chipped & worn, signs of much use but generally VG, complete & rare. See illustrations on our website.   £225
Frederick Goodyear: Letters & Remains 1887-1917. 1st Ed., xv+193pp., portrait frontis. McBride Nast & Co. 1920  #64882
[HLMainPic] 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
Battle Honours Awarded for the Great War. Complete List. 1st Ed., 76pp. HMSO. 1925  #70138
[HLMainPic] The official record: regimental listings + index. Issued with Army Orders, Feb. 1925 (2500 copies printed). Orig. plain blue cloth, VG.   £35
Battle of The Marne 8th-10th September, 1914. Tour of the Battlefield. 1st Ed., orig. printed card wrappers with map pocket, 50pp., 3 fldg. maps. HMSO (By Command of the Army Council). 1935  #69489
[HLMainPic] Detailed & useful study published for instruction of officers, including: Events Leading up to the Battle of the Marne; Notes on the 1914 Training Manuals; Summary of the Battle; Tour of the Battlefield; Principal Lessons of the Battle; Orders of Battle of Troops Engaged (British, French & German). Orig. printed card wraps., VG & scarce.   £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

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