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Manual of Field Engineering. 1911 (Reprinted 1914). General Staff, War Office.
vii+131pp., 64 plates. HMSO.
1914
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Including Field Fortification; Tools, Materials & Their Employment; Working Parties & Their Tasks; Improvements of the Field of Fire...; Earthworks; Obstacles; Defence of Localities & Positions, &c. Orig. red cloth covd. boards, rather serviceworn but sound. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Small Arms Firing Manual 1913. Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 18).
268pp., 12mo, sketches 7 diagrams. Washington: Govt. Printing Office.
1917
#57348
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US War Department official training manual. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Army Orders, January-December 1921.
Twelve monthly issues for the year 1921. Approx. 400pp. in all. HMSO. Contemp.
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Army Orders contain a mass of close detail on the British Army from new Royal Warrants, instructions & directives on diverse matters, amendments to King's Regulations, announcements of new training publications &c. Also contains listings of awards of LS&GC & Meritorious Service Medals. Original issues loosely housed in contemp. binder, some with ink ownership inscrip. of E.W.P. Scarce surviving WW1 era issues. See illustration on our website.
£65
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Signal Training. Part I. - 1917. Indian Supplement.
72pp., inc. several fldg. diagrams & forms. Calcutta: Supt. of Govt. Printing.
1918
#55752
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Indian Army edition of signal training manual differing from the British version in various details inc. equipment in use. Interestinf diagrams &c. Orig. maroon canvas covd. boards, gilt to sp., little speckled o/w VG, nice copy & unusual survival with ink ownership inscrip. of Lt. C.D. Webber, who was attached to 20th D.C.O. Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) 1917-18. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Field Notes on the Belgian, French & German Armies. Prepared by the General Staff, War Office. 1914.
1st Ed., orig. buff printed wraps., 68pp. Printed by Harrison & Sons for the War Office. August
1914
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Guide to the organisation of formations, war establishments, uniforms, notes on marches, outposts & billets, &c. Split, chipped/worn but sound ex-IWM. See illustration on our website.
£25
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GRENADIER
Notes on Elementary Field Training, Part I: Including The Attack; The Defence & Trench Making; Outposts [together with:] Part II: Including The Uses of the Entrenching Tool; Notes on Advanced, Rear & Flank Guards; Economy of Ammuinition; Wood Fighting; The Use of Cover.
2 Vols., both in printed cards wraps., 54pp. with several sketches & 55pp. with several sketches. High Rees.
1917
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A pair of scarce commercially sold manuals: Preface to each vol. (dated 1915) states of the author: "Having recently returned from the Front, he has been able to incorporate the results of experience there." Both items VG. See illustration on our website.
£60
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SOLANO (E. John) Ed.
Camps, Billets, Cooking, Ceremonial, Sanitation, Organization, Routine, Guard Duties, Inspection, Bivouacs.
Written by an Officer of the Regular Army & Ed. by E. John Solano. 1st Ed., x+230pp., 30 illus. Murray.
1914
#57817
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One of John Murray's 'Imperial Army Series' of useful commercial pocket manuals, 'based on official manuals,' "intended for the newly-raised units of the Regular Army & for the TF & the Military Forces of the Dominions." Orig. khaki canvas covd. boards, VG with ownership inscrip. of the writer Alan Sillitoe. See illustration on our website.
£20
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