Kilduff, Peter,

THE RED BARON - Beyond the Legend.

Cassell, London, 2001 2nd imp., trade paperback, 256pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, pictorial montage upper wrapper, a comprehensive biography of the legendary first world war fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, researched from original German sources including his Air Combat Operataions Manual and letters, edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 44124

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Kipling, Rudyard (edited and complied by),

THE IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR - The Second Battalion.

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1997, 1st in imprint, 223pp, half tone photo ills. and 3 maps in text, maps at endpapers, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, an account of the operations of the 2nd Battalion Irish Guards during WW1, written as a memorial to his son Lieutenant John Kipling who was in command of No. 5 Platoon, 2 Company, and who was posted missing on 27th October 1915, slightly cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 39210

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 irish guards loos salient somme rancourt bourlon wood ypres arras vieux-borquin western front

Laffin, John,

A WESTERN FRONT COMPANION 1914-1918 : A-Z Source To The Battles, Weapons, People, Places, Air Combat.

Sutton Publishing, Thrupp, Stroud, 1997, paperback, vi, 218pp, half tone ills., maps and facsimiles in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial montage wrappers, with sections on The Commanders; The Armies; Maps; Offensives, Battles, Campaigns; The Air War; Principal Wepaons; Decorations and Medals; Places of Special Interest and The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, lightly rubbed at tips, faint crease upper wrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 38982

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 reference western front

Lambert, Bill DFC,

COMBAT REPORT.

Corgi Books, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 254pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., double page map in text, [ii] ads., wraparound coloured pictorial laminated wrappers (unattrib.), the author, born in Irontown, Ohio, was working in Canada in 1917 when the Royal Flying Corps mounted a recruitment drive there. He joined and after training was posted to 24 Sqadron, RFC on the Western Front in March 1918, where he achievd 18 victories flying an SE5 and recorded the events of the later stages of WW1, lightly rubbed at tipsm spine sl. sunned, pages tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 38585

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 air rfc raf 24 squadron se5 western front

Layman, R. D.,

THE CUXHAVEN RAID - The World's First Carrier Air Strike.

Conway Maritime Press, London, ND (copyright 1985), 1st edn., 160pp, frontis and a number of half tone photo ills. in text, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Geoff Hunt, an account of the planning, operation and aftermath of the world's first carrier borne air strike against the German airship base at Cuxhaven, 1914, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 26014

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 navy air force carrier airship cuxhaven germany

Liddle, Peter,

ASPECTS OF CONFLICT 1916.

Michael Russell, Salisbury, 1985, 1st edn., 96pp, half tone photo ills. and facsimiles throughout, large format (12 x 8.5 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, the sequel to Testimony of War 1914-1918, a collection of images of letters, snapshots and contemporary publications, with text and captions, illustrating the course of WW1 during 1916, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., small scuff and a number of shallow dents to upper board, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extrems., light crease and a number of small impressed marks to upper panel, good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38484

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1

Liddle, Peter H.,

VOICES OF WAR - Front Line and Home Front.

Leo Cooper, London, 1988, 1st edn., 256pp, half tone photo ills. and facsimiles throughout, photo pictorial endpapers, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, first hand accounts of experiences of the daily lives of the men and women on the front line and at home during WW1, based on the author's collection of letters, diaries, photographs and other memorabilia, published to accompany the Tyne Tees and Channel 4's series of the same name, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extems., very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40324

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 front line home front letters diaries western front

Longstreet, Stephen,

THE CANVAS FALCONS - The Men and the Planes of World War I.

Leo Cooper, London, 1995, 1st edn. UK, xiv, 365pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., light brown paper covered boards backed with deeper brown cloth lettered in orange at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, the story of the air war over Europe in WW1, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39527

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 air rfc luftwaffe

Macdonald, Lyn (research by Shirley Seaton),,

1914-1918 VOICES AND IMAGES OF THE GREAT WAR.

Michael Joseph, London, 1988, 1st edn., [vi], 346pp, half tone photo pictorial half title, half tone ills., line drawings and facsimiles in text, pictorial montage endpapers, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, the 1914-18 war in the words of those who took part in a collection of letters, diary extracts, eye-witness accounts, amateur poetry, official reports, press cuttings and photographs from the Western Front and Gallipoli, the author presents a human perspective on the conflict vividly conveying the front-line soldier's experience and recounting what it was that enabled those who survived to get through it, slioghtly cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at tips, several nicks to edges, repaired to reverse, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43035

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 western front gallipoli

Macdonald, Lyn,

1915 : THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1997, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xii, 626pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 20 maps in text, [ii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, based on extensive interviews, letters and diaries an account of the heroism, sardonic humour and loss of innocence of the British forces, after the eventual stabilisation of the Front by the end of 1914 they were still bogged down but hopeful that the promised reinforcements and Spring weather would improve their lot. By the end of 1915 the appalling losses at Aubers Ridge, Loos, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres and faraway Gallipoli proved that the end was still a long way off, slight slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., creasing to spine and wrappers, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 40326

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 army ypres neuve chapelle bellewaerde frezenberg aubers mediterranean gallipoli anzac gully suvla loos western front

Macdonald, Lyn,

SOMME.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 1998), reprint, trade paperback, xviii inc. double page map, 380pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 8 maps in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the appalling losses of the Battle of the Somme as experienced by the British Army, based on the testimony of those who took part their accounts are nonetheless shot through with humour, courage and a spirit of resilience, the first day 1st July 1916 remains the British Army's greatest single day's loss with 60,000 casualties, lightly rubbed at extrems., light vertical creasing to spine, faint creasing at cnrs., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 40327

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 army somme gommecourt thiepval montauban guillemont ginchy western front

Macdonald, Lyn,

SOMME.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, reprint, trade paperback, xxiii, 380pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the appalling losses of the Battle of the Somme as experienced by the British Army, based on the testimony of those who took part their accounts are nonetheless shot through with humour, courage and a spirit of resilience, the first day 1st July 1916 remains the British Army's greatest single day's loss with 60,000 casualties, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint vertical creasing to spine, faint crease upper tip cover, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41413

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 army somme gommecourt thiepval montauban guillemont ginchy western front

Macdonald, Lyn,

THEY CALLED IT PASSCHENDAELE - The story of the third Battle of Ypres and of the men who fought in it.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 1996), 4th imp., trade paperback, xvi inc. double page map, 261pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 7 maps in text, [viii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, compiled from over 600 true stories and eye-witness accounts of the men and women who experienced the Third Battle of Ypres from June to November, 1917, a tale of mounting disillusionment amid the mud, terror and desperate privation of the mostly raw young troops 'doing their bit' for King and Country, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 44125

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Keywords: war ww1 army passchendaele 3rd battle third ypres salient flanders belgium western front

Macdonald, Lyn,

THEY CALLED IT PASSCHENDAELE - The story of the third Battle of Ypres and of the men who fought in it.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, 13th imp., trade paperback, xvi inc. double page map, 261pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 7 maps in text, [vi] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, compiled from over 600 true stories and eye-witness accounts of the men and women who experienced the Third Battle of Ypres from June to November, 1917, a tale of mounting disillusionment amid the mud, terror and desperate privation of the mostly raw young troops 'doing their bit' for King and Country, a little rubbed and creased at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44126

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Macdonald, Lyn,

TO THE LAST MAN - SPRING 1918.

Viking, London, ND (circa 2003), reprint, xxxiv, 382pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in red at spine, decorative head and tail bands. half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the defence against the German offensive in early 1918, which broke the British line and almost broke the British Army, covering their long fighting retreat until their stand at Amiens which finally secured the line, based on the experiences of the young troops many of whom were ordered to hold positions 'to the last man', clightly cocked, edges tanned, dustwrapper: a little sunned for top half inch of upper edge, very good in a near fine ndustwrapper,

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Book number: 43037

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 army german offensive 1918 retreat amiens western front