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Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Including maritime subjects, military history post -1945 &c.   87 Books
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Army & Militia. Annual Report of The Inspector-General of Recruiting for the Year 1901. Orig. printed wraps., 39pp., foolscap, fldg. table. HMSO. 1902  #64894
[HLMainPic] Including sections on recruiting for the Regular Army, Militia & Imperial Yeomanry, together with General Observations & notes on the Civil Employment of Discharged Soldiers & Reservists. This edition includes such interesting matter as recruiting for the South African Constabulary, including options offered to regular soldiers to be seconded. During the year War Office Recruiters found 4571 me for the SAC, & SAC Recruiting Officers 3168, a total of 7739 for the year. Various interesting tables &c. Orig. printed wraps., VG, 1250 copies printed & scarce survival. See illustration on our website.   £45
Catalogue of Maps Published by the Geographical Section General Staff. The War Office. 1938. Orig. dec. wraps., 27pp., followed by 14 fldg. maps, some coloured or with colour detail, being key sheets to the maps listed within the work. Printed by Harrison & Sons for HMSO. 1938  #68735
[HLMainPic] Detailed catalogue listing of GSGS maps of many parts of the world, from Europe to Africa, China, Abbyssinia, Asia, Persia, Iraq, Syrian & Arabian Deserts, &c. available from HMSO, including some notes as to their detail (scales, colours of roads, boundaries &c.). Orig. dec. wraps. & a handy & scarce compendium. 500 copies printed & rare. See illustration on our website.   £425
"Home Rule Notes." A Year's Record of the Home Rule Movement. Volume I. December, 1911, to November, 1912. 1st Ed. in volume form containing 12 monthly issues of Home Rule Notes, approx. 700pp. in all (bound without the orig. wraps. & advertising matter). Westminster: The Home Rule Council 1912  #65854
[HLMainPic] Much detail on the issue of Irish Home Rule, the state of the Irish nation (with much on religion), comments of various figures, accounts of disturbances in Ulster, &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt to front & sp., little stained & worn, generally VG with bookplate of the Peter Symonds' Memorial Library. See illustration on our website.   £85
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. Vol. XXX. 1886. Vol. XXX consisting of four quarterly editions published during 1886. 1250pp., in all, + Appendix, + plates, maps & sketches (many fldg.). RUSI. Contemp.  #65448
[HLMainPic] The premier forum of its time for articles on campaigns & theory, Naval & Military Notes, announcements of new publications, book reviews, notes on military manoeuvres &c. The volume offered here (which is bound in two parts) includes articles on a wide range of issues & technical developments in the British & other armies inc. articles such as The Field Telegraph, its Use in War & its Employment in the late Expeditions in the Soudan & South Africa; Mounted Infantry (by Maj. E.T.H. Hutton, KRRC, late commanding Mounted Infantry in Egypt), &c. Bound in two vols., contemp. half morocco, somewhat rubbed & worn, generally sound. See illustration on our website.   £40
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. Vol. XXIX. 1885. Vol. XXVII consisting of four quarterly editions published during 1885. 1218pp., in all, + plates, maps & sketches (many fldg.). RUSI. Contemp.  #65425
[HLMainPic] The premier forum of its time for articles on campaigns & theory, Naval & Military Notes, announcements of new publications, book reviews, notes on military manoeuvres &c. The volume offered here includes articles on a wide range of issues & technical developments in the British & other armies inc. articles such as The Russo-Afghan Frontier; The French Railway Corps; The Organization of Camel Corps in Warfare; Soudan Warfare, &c. Contemp. half morocco, somewhat rubbed & worn, generally sound. See illustration on our website.   £35
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. Vol. XXVII. 1883. Vol. XXVII consisting of four quarterly editions published during 1883. 838pp., in all, + plates, maps & sketches (many fldg.). RUSI. Contemp.  #65424
[HLMainPic] The premier forum of its time for articles on campaigns & theory, Naval & Military Notes, announcements of new publications, book reviews, notes on military manoeuvres &c. The volume offered here includes articles on a wide range of issues & technical developments in the British & other armies inc. articles such as Cyprus as a Strategical Position; The Effect of the Bombardment of the Forts of Alexandria, July 11, 1882; The Russo-Turkish Frontier in Asia Minor; Machine Guns; Military Ballooning &c. Contemp. half morocco, somewhat rubbed & worn, generally sound. See illustration on our website.   £35
Catalogue of the Royal Engineers Corps Library at The Horse Guards, Whitehall, London. xxvii+521pp. Chatham: Mackays Ltd. for the Institution of REs. 1929  #69191
[HLMainPic] Library rules, Plan &c. followed by 434pp. subject catalogue then nearly 90pp. author index. Very absorbing reference, the library contained works on science & technical subjects as well as a great many service periodicals & all aspects of the military art, from training manuals to official histories, regimental & campaign history &c. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sl. scarred but still VG.   £50
Illustrated Programme of The Royal Jubilee Procession, June 22nd [1897]. Authorised by H.R.H. The Price of Wales, K.G., Published in Aid of the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund for London. Orig. dec. wraps., 60pp., drawings throughout. Printed for The Prince of Wales Hospital Fund by George Robert Parker & Augustus Fildes Thomas.  #65123
[HLMainPic] Full listing of those dignitaries, regiments, Foreign Missions &c. participating in the parade through London to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee inc. the names of The Deputation of Officers of The Imperial Service Troops (Indian officers), the Escort from The Regular Indian Army (around 50 Indian officers of the Indian cavalry) & more, followed by fine drawings of the various contingents & carriages. VG. See illustrations on our website.   £60
Sea Survival. Interim Reprint pending 3rd Ed., 41pp., sketches throughout. HMSO. 1969  #51963
[HLMainPic] Official Air Ministry pocketbook, PAM (AIR) 224, on survival after ditching at sea. First printed in 1957, 2nd Ed. in 1966 & this printing in 1969. Attractive orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £10
Interim Catalogue of Maps Published by the Geographical Section General Staff. The War Office. 1946. vi+12pp. dup. typescript together with 17 fldg. maps & charts, many of large size, being key sheets to the maps listed within the work. War Office. 1946  #68736
[HLMainPic] Provisional Edition containing detailed listing of GSGS maps of many parts of the world, from Europe to Africa, Asia &c., including some notes as to their detail (scales, colours of roads, boundaries &c.) with several Amendment leaves added & some Amendment slips pinned-in. Orig. dec. wraps., somewhat marked, generally VG. See illustration on our website.   £165

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