Evans, Martin Marix,

1918 THE YEAR OF VICTORIES.

Index, Kettering, 2005 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 240pp, 5 in text maps, pictorial montage upper wrapper, an examination of both the German's tactics and the Allies sophistication in command and control of artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft. The war of attrition coninued but as more Americans arrived the cost became more affordable, upper tips very slighlt inclined to curl, edges tanned, very good plus,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 44119

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1

Evans, Martin Marix,

OVER THE TOP - Great Battles of the First World War.

Index, Kettering, 2005 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 240pp, 10 in text maps, pictorial montage upper wrapper, an innovative examination of trench warfare on the Western Front and Gallipoli during 1914-1918 in the major battles that influenced the outcome of the First World War, edges slightly tanned, near fine,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 44120

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 neuve chapelle mons marne ypres somme messines passchendaele

Everitt, Don,

THE K BOATS.

New English Library, London, 1973, 2nd imp., paperback, 142pp, maps, diagrams/line drawings in text, [ii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, between August 1816 and May 1918 the Royal Navy commissioned seventeen submersible destroyers, steam submarines designated as 'K' class, of a revolutionary design they were the largest, heaviest and fastest submarines in the world . Without exception they were a total disaster, lightly rubbed at tips, faint creassing to spine, edges stanned, very good,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 45231

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 navy steam submarine k class

Farrar-Hockley, A. H.,

THE SOMME.

Severn House, London, 1976, 60th anniversary edn., 224pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 12 in text maps, light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an authoritative study of one of the most protracted battles in history, from July to November 1916, tracing the events leading to and the planning and preparation for the battle, the crucial actions of Allied and German commanders and their subordinates in the battle, the controversial personalities of Haig, Rawlinson and Gough, and an analysis of the reasons for the success of the German defence, lightly bumped at lower tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 41057

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 army somme

Fowler, Simon, Spencer, William and Tamblin, Stuart,

ARMY SERVICE RECORDS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

Public Record Office, Richmond, 1996, 1st edn., paperback original, x, 55pp, memorial scroll frontis, half tone photo ills., maps and facsimiles in text, large format (11.5 x 8" approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a guide to the WW1 army records held by the Public Record Office with details of the type of information held and how to apply for further information, a little rubbed at extrems., very good,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 44827

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: military history war ww1 army public record office

Gibbons, Floyd,

THE RED KNIGHT OF GERMANY - Baron von Richthofen Germany's Great War Airman.

Cassell, London, 1934, 9th edn., 408pp, half tone frontis port., with appendix of his 80 victories, red cloth lettered in black, account of the wartime life of Manfred von Richthofen, with extracts from his letters and contemporary reports, from his time with the Uhlans (cavalry), transfer to the Flying Service and 80 flying victories, Sept. 1916 to April 1918,cocked, spine sl. sunned, rubbed at extrems. esp. spine ends (1/4" nick tail of spine), a little bumped, several ink names front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, good,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 19034

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 air uhlans flying germany albatross fokker

Gibbons, S. R. and Morican, P.,

WORLD WAR ONE.

Longman, London, 1985, 16th imp., large format paperback, [vii], 144pp, many half tone photo ills. and maps in line, paper wrappers, in the Modern Times series, a history of WW1 from the causes through the events and theatres, an attempt to help young people understand the years 1914-1918, lightly rubbed at tips, light creasing at upper hinge, very good,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 24384

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 history

Gilbert, Martin,

FIRST WORLD WAR.

Harper Collins, London, 1995, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 616pp, 40pp half tone poto ills., 31 maps in text, illustrated paper wrappers, 'magnificent history of this terrible conflict charts week by week the events and horrors of the battles on the Eastern and Western Fronts...', lightly rubbed at tips, very faint creases in spine and upper wrapper, ink dot foot of half title, very good plus,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 21871

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 history battle events western front

Gilbert, Adrian,

WORLD WAR I IN PHOTOGRAPHS.

Macdonald Orbis, London, 1987, reprint, paperback, 191pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills. throughout, in text maps, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial wrappers, some 550 photographs of various aspects of WW1 including the War in the West 1914, The War in the East 1914-15, Trench Stalemate, The Widening War (Turkey, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, German East Africa), Verdun and The Somme, The Naval War, Allied Failure in the West, The War in the Air, The Eastern Front 1916-18, The decisive phase in the west, The Defeat of the Central Powers, with some quite detailed text captions, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 38974

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 western front trenches gallipoli mesopotamia

Giles, John,

THE SOMME THEN AND NOW.

Battle of Britain Prints International, London, 1986, 2nd imp., xiv, 154pp, half tone photo ills. and maps in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, oversize landscape format (8.5 x 10.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, first published in 1977 a revised account and enlarged of the battle of the Somme during the First World War, using contemporary photographs and maps together with recent photographs of the same area, and eye-witness accounts, to describe the stages of the battle along that whole section of the front, from the first day (1st July 1916) when British Army suffered its worst one-day combat loss in its history with nearly 60,000 casualties, to the end in November that year by which time british and French casualties had reached more than 500,000, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 40288

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 army somme july 1916 albert haig serre mametz wood trones bazentin high waterlot farm pozieres guillemont ginchy tanks flers courcelette morval ancre vf45 western front

Giles, John,

THE WESTERN FRONT THEN AND NOW - From Mons to the Marne and back.

Battle of Britain Prints International, London, [1992], 1st edn., 272pp, half tone photo pictorial ills. and maps in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, oversize landscape format (8.5 x 10.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a chronological account of the principal British battle areas on the Western Front during the First World War from 1914 to 1918, using contemporary photographs and maps together with recent photographs of the same area, and eye-witness accounts, from the arrival of the British Expeditionary Force in France and the subsequent retreat from Mons through the years of trench warfare in the mud until the final breakthrough in 1918, with appendices on the Air War and the Battles of the Somme, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 40289

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 army western front mons marne aisne le cateau neuve chapelle aubers ridge festubert givenchy loos verdun hindenberg arras vimy scarpe bullecourt cambrai somme lys amiens st mihiel quentin canal vf45

Gliddon, Gerald,

VCS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR - CAMBRAI 1917.

Sutton Publishing, Thrupp, Stroud, 2004, 1st edn., xvi, 263pp, half tone photo ills., maps and facsimiles in text, pictorial endpapers, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), laminated coloured pictorial montage boards with matching dustwrapper, this volume fills some of the gaps left by other volumes in the series, covering those winners of the Victoria Cross from February to June 1916, prior to the Battle of the Somme, and August to December 1917, covering those fronts other than Ypres which includes Cambrai, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 38976

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 cambrai victoria cross western front

Gliddon, Gerald,

VCS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR - ARRAS AND MESSINES 1917.

The History Press, Stroud, 2012 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xiv, in text maps and half tone ills., pictorial montage upper wrapper, a chronological narrative of the fifty Victora Crosses won by British and their Commonwealth Allies between January and July, 1917, the actions include Vimy Ridge, Monchy le Preux, Gavrelle and Messines Ridge, edges slightly tanned, near fine,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 44122

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 arras messines

Gray, Edward A.,

THE KILLING TIME - The U-Boat War 1914-18.

Pan, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 244pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of the early days of submarine warfare when the opponent was as much the elements as the enemy, and the success of this new weapon of war which almost brought Britain to its knees, spine sl. sunned, a little rubbed at exterms., light vertical crease at upper hinge, edges tanned, very good,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 44970

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 navy submarine

Gray, Edward A.,

THE KILLING TIME - The U-Boat War 1914-18.

Pan, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 244pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of the early days of submarine warfare when the opponent was as much the elements as the enemy, and the success of this new weapon of war which almost brought Britain to its knees, spine sunned, a little rubbed at extrems., wrappers creased and soiled, edges tanned, heavy soiling to prelims., fair,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 44971

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 navy submarine