CLARK, ALAN

The Donkeys

London: Pimlico, 2004. Later Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0712650350. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; "A study of the Western Front in 1915, this book is a stinging indictment of incompetent generalship. The author explores the truth of the observation that British troops were "lions led by donkeys" and shows how appalling losses almost completely destroyed the old professional army.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21382

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::England

Keywords: 0712650350 Militaria

CLARK, CHRISTOPHER

The Sleepwalkers How Europe Went to War in 1914

New York: Harpercollins Publishers, 2013. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 006114665X. Only slight wear to DJ ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6 X 1.72 X 9 inches; 697 pages; "Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict. Clark traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts between the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade, and examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914 and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21031

Catalogue: Militaria::Europe::WWI

Keywords: 006114665X WWI Assassination Europe Militaria

COOK, TIM

At the Sharp End Volume One Canadians Fighting the Great War 1914

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670067342. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations and Maps; 9.10 X 7 X 2 inches; 600 pages; "At the Sharp End covers the harrowing early battles of World War One, when tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands, died, before the generals and soldiers found ways to break the terrible stalemate of the front. It provides both an intimate look at the Canadian men in the trenches and an authoritative account of the slow evolution in tactics, weapons, and advancement. Featuring never-before-published photographs, letters, diaries, and maps, this recounting of the Great War through the soldiers’ eyewitness accounts is moving and thoroughly engrossing. At The Sharp End is the first comprehensive history of Canadians in World War One in 40 years.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18663

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::Canada

Keywords: 0670067342 WWI Canada Militaria

COOK, TIM

The Madman and the Butcher the Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie

Toronto: Allen Lane, 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670064033. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.7 inches; 472 pages; "Based on newly uncovered sources, The Madman and the Butcher is a powerful double biography of Sam Hughes and Arthur Currie and the story of one of the most shocking and highly publicized libel trials in Canadian history. Sir Arthur Currie achieved international fame as Canadian Corps commander during the Great War. He was recognized as a brilliant general, morally brave, and with a keen eye for solving the challenges of trench warfare. But wars were not won without lives lost. Who was to blame for Canada's 60,000 dead? Sir Sam Hughes, Canada's war minister during the first two and a half years of the conflict, was erratic, outspoken, and regarded by many as insane. Yet he was an expert on the war. He attacked Currie's reputation in the war's aftermath, accusing him of being a butcher, a callous murderer of his own men."Set against the backdrop of Canadians fighting in the Great War, this engaging narrative explores questions of Canada's role in the war, the need to place blame for the terrible blood loss, the nation's discomfort with heroes, and the very public war of reputations that raged on after the guns fell silent.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20728

Catalogue: Militaria::Canada::WWI

Keywords: 0670064033 Sir Sam Hughes WWI Libel General Arthur Currie History::Canada Militaria

COOK, TIM

Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1917

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670067350. DJ has short tear top edge of spine area, boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 727 pages; "Shock Troops follows the Canadian fighting forces during the titanic battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, and the Hundred Days campaign. Through the eyes of the soldiers who fought and died in the trenches on the Western Front, and based on newly uncovered Canadian, British, and German archival sources, Cook builds on Volume I of his national bestseller, At the Sharp End. The Canadian fighting forces never lost a battle during the final 2 years of the war, and although they paid a terrible price in the killing fields of the Great War, they were indeed, as British Prime Minister David Lloyd George exclaimed, the shock troops of the Empire.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21460

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::Canada

Keywords: 0670067350 Canada Vimy Ridge passchendaele WWI Militaria

DANCOCKS, DANIEL G

Legacy of Valour the Canadians at Passchendaele

Edmonton, AB: Hurtig Publishers, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 088830305X. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs & maps; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 289 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19706

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::Canada

Keywords: 088830305X passchendaele douglas haig Ypres Royal scots fusiliers WWI Militaria

DANCOCKS, DANIEL G.

Sir Arthur Currie: A Biography

Agincourt, Ont.: Methuen, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0458995606. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, short note top of FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 332 pages; "General Sir Arthur William Currie, GCMG, KCB (5 December 1875 – 30 November 1933) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who fought during World War I. He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia gunner before rising through the ranks to become the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps. Currie's success was based on his ability to rapidly adapt brigade tactics to the exigencies of trench warfare, using set piece operations and bite-and-hold tactics. He is generally considered to be among the most capable commanders of the Western Front, and one of the finest commanders in Canadian military history." (Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21479

Catalogue: Militaria::Canada::WWI

Keywords: 0458995606 Ypres Vimy Ridge WWI somme Militaria

DANCOCKS, DANIEL G.

Welcome to Flanders Fields the First Canadian Battle of the Great War Ypres, 1915

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771025459. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Previous owner's name in ink on map end papers. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.2 inches; 408 pages. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19172

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::Canada

Keywords: 0771025459 flanders field Ypres WWI Militaria

DAVIDSON, ANDREW

A Doctor in the Great War Unseen Photographs of Life in the Trenches

New York: Marble Arch Press, 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1476777551. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.8 X 7.1 X 1.2 inches; 320 pages; "Featuring 250 previously unknown photographs, this is the extraordinary true story of a young doctor whose photos left behind an astonishing firsthand account of life at the front of World War I.As a twenty-five-year-old medical officer and one of the first doctors to win the Military Cross, Fred Davidson took countless photographs while he served in the trenches from 1914-1915. Though he took them illegally, more than 250 of the photographs shot by Davidson and his fellow officers survived and are now shared for the first time in this harrowing, eye-catching, and poignant narrative of the Great War.In A Doctor in the Great War, author Andrew Davidson—the grandson of Fred—depicts the everyday lives of soldiers, both on and off duty: from the parade ground at Glasgow’s Maryhill to the brothels of Armentieres, from the band of brothers who dubbed themselves “Old Contemptibles” to the original folding Kodak and Ansco cameras they used. It is the story of the 1st Cameronians, who achieved notoriety for selling the Great War’s earliest front line photographs. And it is a deeply personal account of the pictures that have been passed down for three generations, describing the men who fought with Fred Davidson, the conditions they served in, the battles they saw, and the horrors they endured.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19362

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI

Keywords: 1476777551 WWI trenches Photography

DUGMORE, A. RADCLYFFE

Blood in the Trenches a Memoir of the Battle of the Somme

South Yorkshire, England: Pen and Sword Military, 2014. 1st Thus. Hardcover. ISBN: 1783463112. Short closed tear top front panel of dustjacket ; A near-fine volume in a VG+ DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 14.3 X 9.5 X 0.9 inches; 158 pages; "Written by Captain A. Radclyffe Dugmore of the King’s Own Light Infantry, this personal memoir provides an excellent account of the Great War up to the Battle of the Somme. A wide ranging and perceptive relation of events, Radclyffe Dugmore’s pedigree as a professional writer shines through. In 1914, Radclyffe Dugmore traveled to Belgium as a civilian observer where he was wounded before spending a brief time in German captivity. These experiences gained Radclyffe Dugmore a highly unusual viewpoint for the opening battles of the war, that of a civilian, and later as a participant on the front lines of the Somme. Originally published under the title When The Somme Ran Red in 1918, Radclyffe Dugmore’s memoir has sadly been long out of print. Yet what the author modestly described as ‘Being a very egotistical account of my own personal experiences and observations from the early days of the war in Belgium to the Great Battle of the Somme in July, 1916’ proves to be anything but that, consisting of a fascinating and rare account, sympathetically dedicated to the memory of the officers and men of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who fell in the Battle of the Somme.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20574

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI

Keywords: 1783463112 WWI Somme Militaria

FORSYTHE, MARK & GREG DICKSON

From the West Coast to the Western Front British Columbians and the Great War

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1550176668. A near-fine volume.; B&W Photographs; 10.0 X 8.5 X 2.6 inches; 264 pages; "Forsythe, host of CBC Radio's mid-day show BC Almanac, marks the 100th anniversary of World War I by teaming with historian Greg Dickson and the ever resourceful BC Almanac audience to compile a sweeping portrayal of that crucial chapter of BC history. Of the 611,000 Canadians who fought for King and Country, 55,570 were from British Columbia--the highest per capita rate of enlistment in the country. Of that contingent, 6,225 died in battle, a critical loss to a fledgling province of barely 400,000. Compiling stories, artifacts and photos sent in by BC Almanac listeners from across the province, this volume tells of submarine smuggling, bagpipes lost on the battlefield and of the ongoing struggles by soldiers who made it home. It tells of battles that set records for mass death amid conditions of unequalled squalor, but also of the heroism of front-line nurses and soldiers like George Maclean, a First Nations man from the Okanagan, who won the Distinguished Conduct Medal. By turns devastating, harrowing, insightful and miraculous, these stories reveal much about the spirit and resilience of a people who survived one of history's greatest disasters to build the province we have today.". Near Fine .

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Book number: 20183

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::Canada

Keywords: 1550176668 British Columbia Personal account WWI Militaria

FOX, COLIN

Arras to Cambrai Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1917

London: University of Reading, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0704911612. Card covers show very light scuffing, creasing.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 75 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 17555

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::Great Britain

Keywords: 0704911612 World War 1 Great War Royal Berkshire WW1 Militaria

FOX, COLIN & ETC.

On the Somme Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1916

University of Reading, 1996. 1st Thus. Softcover. ISBN: 0704911604. Blue card covers show light scuffing and edge wear. ; A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs, Maps; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 94 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 17554

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::Great Britain

Keywords: 0704911604 World War 1 Great War Royal Berkshire WW1 Militaria

FOX, COLIN & JOHN CHAPMAN & MARTIN MCINTYRE

Their Duty Done Kitchener Battalions of the Royal Berkshire Regiment

London: University of Reading, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0704911620. Card covers show very light scuffing and edge wear.; A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 115 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 17556

Catalogue: Militaria::WWI::Great Britain

Keywords: 0704911620 World War 1 Great War WW1 Militaria

G. F.; GORDON FRANKLIN

A Naval Digression the Story of a Ship's Company

London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show some shelf wear, light soiling. Front hinge has started to separate (repaired). Pages tanned, previous owner's name on blank page.; Blue cloth covered boards ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 247 pages; A personal account of a sailor in the Royal Navy in WWI. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19090

Catalogue: Militaria::Naval::WWI

Keywords: WWI Royal navy Naval