CARTER, EDWARD C. [FOREWORD]. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM W. HARVEY MOORE. L. A. DIXON, B. H. MCCLAIN, KIRON BENJAMIN (ET AL.)

In the Camps, Trenches and Prisons of Asia, Africa and Europe. [a Collection of Y.M. C.A. Sponsored Vignettes and Short Essays on Soldiering in the British Dominions Including India, Egypt and Mesopotamia]

Oxford; Printed For Private Circulation By Frederick Hall [Printer To The University] 1916. 1st and only edition. Owner's signature to the front panel. Scans on request. Subjects: Asia - Prison camps. Africa - Prison camps. Good copy in the original title-printed. stiff-card wrappers; edges dust-dulled and toned as with age. Bottom inner corner torn with minor loss. Remains surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Highly uncommon.Weight in Kg appr.: 1

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Book number: 35812

DIXON, THOMAS BENJAMIN, R.N.V.R.

The Enemy Fought Splendidly - Being the 1914-1915 Diary of the Battle of the Falklands & Its Aftermath by Surgeon T.B. Dixon R.N. V.R. Of Hms Kent

London. 1983. Blandford Press. 1st Ed. X, 96 PP with 5 profiles of ships, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Endpaper maps. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. (ISBN: 0713713267)
¶ Diary of life at sea which includes eye-witness accounts of the Battle of the Falklands.

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Book number: 13338

Keywords: Falklands Warfare Wwi Rn Germany 0713713267

DIXON, T.B. (THOMAS BENJAMIN). FOREWORD BY ADMIRAL SIR JOHN BUSH. INTRODUCTION BY ROSE DIXON.

The Enemy Fought Splendidly. Being the 1914-1915 Diary of the Battle of the Falklands & Its Aftermath By Surgeon T.B. Dixon R.N. V.R. Of Hms Kent.

Blandford Press, Poole, 1983, first edition.. 96 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0713713267 Map endpapers, b&w photographs, reproductions, ship profiles. "This, the 1914-1915 diary of Thomas Benjamin Dixon, is a well-observed and compassionate account of the first year of World War I as seen through the eyes of a young naval surgeon who in later life rose to the rank of Surgeon Captain and was appointed honorary physician to the King. T.B. Dixon's diary of life at sea includes an eye-witness account of the Bat t l e o f the Falklands, in which Dixon's ship H.M.S. Kent chased and then sank the Nurnberg after a running battle, and a description of the subsequent gruelling search for the German light cruiser Dresden and her destruction by H.M.S. Kent at Jua n Fe rn a nd ez on 14 March 1915." Faint erased pencil marks on free front end paper. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, small ghost sticker mark on front panel. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 23682

Catalogue: Military - Naval: First World War

Keywords: Diaries, Royal Navy, Doctors, Surgeons, Medical Staff, Naval Operations, I, British, Personal Narratives, Dresden, Botany, Coaling, Edward Pickthorn, Ronald Burn, Arthur Bedford, Target Practice, Fishing, Mountains, Torpedoes, Wireless Messages, Val

DIXON, THOMAS BENJAMIN:

The Enemy Fought Splendidly: Being the 1914-15 Diary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands and Its Aftermath by Surgeon T.B. Dixon Rnvr of Hms Kent.

Blandford. 1983 1st. * x. + 96pp. 22 ills. 22x14. Near-Mint in Near-Fine d/j. d/j. HMS Kent took part in the Battle of the Falkland Islands where she sank the German cruiser Nurnberg after a hard stern chase. The author, who was a junior surgeon in Kent, gives a vivid eye-witness account of the battle and the subsequent search for the cruiser Dresden - the only German ship to escape the battle - which blew herself up when she was eventually discovered three months later by the Kent and Glasgow.

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Book number: 1060

Catalogue: naval history

Keywords: 249;; naval books; naval history; history of the Royal Navy; war at sea; Battle of the Falkland Islands; HMS Kent. World War I. Imperial German Cruiser Nurnberg 0713713267

[GENEALOGIE.] DIXON BENJAMIN HOMER.

The Border of the Riding Clans. Followed by a History of the Clan Dickson and a Bref Account of the Family of the Author.

Albany, Joel Munsel, 1889. In-8 pleine toile verte, V-223 pages. Index. Edition originale. BON EXEMPLAIRE. GOOD. ..(T10)..

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Book number: 243994

Keywords: PAYS : Ecosse PAY26

GREW, BENJAMIN DIXON (1892-)

Prison Governor

London : Jenkins 1958. 1st Edition. Description: 220 p.6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Prisons --Great Britain. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.Weight in Kg appr.: 1

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Book number: 150862

GREW, BENJAMIN DIXON

Prison Governor

London. Jenkins [1958] 1958. 1st Edition. Description: 220 p. Illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Prisons --Great Britain. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.Weight in Kg appr.: 1

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Book number: 148309