The Queen's Gift Book

Hodder & Stoughton. Hardcover. pp.160 In aid of QueenMary's convalescent auxiliary hospitals for soldiers and sailors who have lost their limbs in the war. foreword by John Galsworthy pastedown pictures of King and the Queen and pictures to go with the stories. no publication date stated. clean tight copy blue cloth covers with black embossed print on cover and spine wear to corners and top/bottom spines Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Very Good.

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Book number: 021469

Catalogue: FICTION/LITERATURE, OF INTEREST - OLD/RARE, WAR

This Year's Book for Boys - -

George H Doran. Hardcover. gift inscription on frontpiece dated March 23, 1916 color pastedown illustrations clean copy with some tanning and freckles to text pages inside front cover spine broken but pages still attached same to back one illustration loose from gutter pg. 123 9" tear on page going to bottom, green covers with gold gilt titles pastedown to front cover and spine some spots of soiling to covers top/bottom spines crimping bumped corners some shelfwear to board extremities Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Near Poor.

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Book number: 027763

Catalogue: LITERATURE, OF INTEREST - OLD/RARE, WAR

John Hundevad, Editor

Guide Book of the Pilgrimage to Vimy and the Battlefields July-aug. 1936

Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, 1936. Soft cover. pp.136 with a pullout leaflet attached to inside back cover showing plan of attach, Cdn troops April 1917, Canadian Corps. Disposition. Published on behalf of the Vimy Pilgrimage Committee by the Veteran Ltd, Ottawa, printed by the Perrault Printing Co. some words writting in pencil top pg.136 some tanning/soiling to outer edge and pullout charts edges front blue cover has been sunned showing dark blue in middle and lighter around the edges same to back cover slight edge and corner wear INCLUDED are: one postcard from Vimy, France from the unveiling of the Canadian Memorial and is filled in from someone who was there and addressed to a person in Toronto. 26VII36. 22 H dated photo by A. Vigneau also a photocopied picture of the monument in b/w also a page from a 1950 Calendar with the Union Jack flag on it with a poem by T. P. Cameron Wilson blue tape binding on spine is rubbed Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good.

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Book number: 027362

Catalogue: OF INTEREST - OLD/RARE, WAR

Victor Lefebure

The Riddle of the Rhine - Chemical Strategy in Peace and War

N.Y. The Chemical Foundation, 1926. Hard Cover/No Jacket. pp.282 with indexes. An account of the critical struggle for power and for the decisive war initiative. The campaign fostered by the great Rhine factories, and the pressing problems which they represent. A matter of pre-eminent public interest concerning the sincerity of disarmament, the future of warfare, and the stability of peace. Preface by Marshal Foch and introduction by Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. clean tight copy b/w photos slight tanning to text pages red cloth covers with gold gilt shows discoloration to all edges with fading to spine and 1 3/4" in length of back cover and some on upper back edge and front top edge slight bumping to corners and top/bottom spine Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good.

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Book number: 011537

Catalogue: OF INTEREST - OLD/RARE, WAR

Charles Nordhoff

The Young Man-Of-war's Man: Boy's Voyage Round the World

Edinburgh, William P Nimmo, 1873. Hardcover. pp.216 plus 12 pages of popular books tight copy tanning and freckles, soiling to text pages, gutter broken pgs.24-25 but pages still hanging on by two threads, gutter broken at front piece. gold gilt edges, bumped corners, red cloth covers show soiling and rubbing, crimping to top/bottom spines Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall Near Poor.

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Book number: 027589

Catalogue: ADVENTURE, OF INTEREST - OLD/RARE, WAR