Rosher, Harold (intro. by Arnold Bennett),

IN THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE - Being the War Letters of the Late Harold Rosher to His Family.

Greenhill / Aeolus, London / Vista, California, 1986, 1st edn., trade paperback, [x], 149pp, decorated half title, half tone frontis portrait, 11 half tone plates, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, No. 10 in the Vintage Aviation Library series, the letters of Harold Rosher, who was commissioned Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service on 18th August, 1914 and after training served at Gosforth, at Dover raiding the Belgian coast, with the BEF on the Western Front and whilst back at Dover for a spell was killed in an air accident in February, 1916, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 39143

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Schröder, Hans (trans. by Claud W. Sykes),

A GERMAN AIRMAN REMEMBERS.

Greenhill / Aeolus, London / Vista, California, 1986, 1st edn., trade paperback, 214pp, decorated half title, half tone frontis portrait, 9 half tone plates, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, No. 9 in the Vintage Aviation Library series, the experiences of a german airman during WW1 from 1915 to the end of the war, from flying training and the active service against the Russians, as an Air Defence Officer on the Western Front (where he had contact with Richthofen) in Belgium and also as an Air Intelligence Officer interviewing British pilots, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 39145

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Shankland, Peter and Hunter, Anthony,

DARDANELLES PATROL.

Mayflower, London, 1978, reprint, paperback,159pp, maps and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Chris Mayger, and account of the British submarine E11 in 1915 to spearhead '.. a mission to force the Dardanelles and give Allied Forces access to the Sea of Marmara..', based on papers and recollections of her commander, Lieutenant-Commander Nasmith and members of the crew, edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 45193

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Keywords: war ww1 navy submarine E11 marmara dardanelles

Simpson, Andy (edited and complied by),

HOT BLOOD AND COLD STEEL - Life and Death in the Trenches of the First World War.

Tom Donovan, London, 1993, 1st edn., xx, 227pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, coloured map at front endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of life in the trenches on the Western Front during WW1, covering domestic life in the line, food and drink, the day and night routines, wiring, raiding and patrolling, battle experiences, the attitudes of men to each other, their officers and vice versa, to their Allies and the Staff, etc., edges tanned and faintly foxed, light bump head of spine, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39224

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Slater, Guy (ed. and intro. by),

MY WARRIOR SONS - The Borton Family Diary 1914-1918.

Military Book Society, London, ND, x, 228pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, purple cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the edited diary of Lt. Colonel Arthur C. Borton (retired) who kept a diary of family news and experiences throughout WW1, covering events at the family seat at Cheveney in Hunton, near Maidstone in Kent, as well as the exploits of his two sons, Bosky (Arthur, the eldest) and Biffy (Amyas), in the various theatres of the war. Bosky joined the Royal Flying Corps as an observer, crashed and broke his neck in March 1915 and was invalided out. He then volunteered for the Royal Naval Air Service, was accepted and served with their armoured cars at Gallipoli winning the DSO and VC. Biffy started the war as a Lieutenant in the Black Watch serving with the Royal Flying Corps, was seriously wounded flying on the Western Front, also winning the DSO. After recovery and command of a training squadron he served again on the Western Front, was rapidly promoted and later commanded the Palestine Brigade, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, partial tanning to free endpapers, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, chip to head of lower hinge repaired to reverse, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40933

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Keywords: war ww1 army home front borton diary cheveney wetsren front gallipoli palestine rfc rnvr

Snelling, Stephen,

VCS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR - GALLIPOLI.

Wrens Park Publishing, UK, 1999, 1st in imprint, xvi, 264pp, half tone ills. maps and facsimiles in text, monotone pictorial endpapers, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), laminated coloured pictorial montage boards with matching dustwrapper, an account of each of the actions leading to the award of 39 Victoria Crosses during the Gallipoli campaign 1915/16, including the first Autralian VC, the fiurst New Zealand VC and the first Royal Marine VC, edges tanned, dustwrapper: slight rub tail of front flap fold, near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39226

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Stedman, Michael,

GREAT BATTLES OF THE GREAT WAR.

Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 1999, 1st edn., 160pp, maps, coloured and half tone photo ills. by Ed Skelding throughout, landscape format (7.5 x 10 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, not just the normal battlefield guide but one which, with the inclusion of a selection of superimposed images from Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele onto images of the identical landscapes as they exist today, better represents the images as seen by those involved in the battles and puts the landscapes into better context for the reader, with a narrative text describing the incidents depicted, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40341

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Stedman, Michael,

GREAT BATTLES OF THE GREAT WAR.

Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 1999, 1st edn., 160pp, maps, coloured and half tone photo ills. by Ed Skelding, tv tie-in, landscape format (7.5 x 10 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, not just the normal battlefield guide but one which, with the inclusion of a selection of superimposed images from Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele onto images of the identical landscapes as they exist today, better represents the images as seen by those involved in the battles and puts the landscapes into better context for the reader, with a narrative text describing the incidents depicted, a little buimped at lower cnrs., dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41417

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Keywords: war ww1 battles gallipoli somme kitchener ypres passchendaele

Sutherland, L. W. (in collaboration with Norman Ellison),

ACES AND KINGS.

Greenhill / Aeolus, London / Oceanside, California, 1985, 1st edn., trade paperback, xiv, 276pp, decorated half title, half tone photo frontis, 22 half tone plates 2pp facsimiles, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, No. 5 in the Vintage Aviation Library series, an account of his experiences of many of the pilots and observers of the Australian Flying Corps, which operated in Palestine and Egypt, in support of Allenby's campaign in Palestine, and at various times aerial chauffeurs, lieutenants and Arab impressers to T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia), by a pilot of No. 1 Squadron Austarlian Flying Corps, lightly rubbed at tips, light vertical creasing to spine, very good plus,

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Book number: 39147

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Keywords: war ww1 air australian flying corps allenby palestine lawrence of arabia middle east

Terraine, John,

TO WIN A WAR - 1918 The Year of Victory.

Cassell, London, 2008, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 284pp, 32pp half tone phptp ills., half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, the classic narrative of the final year of WW1, the defensive victories of the Allies against the German Spring offensive, then Foch’s counter-offensive on the Marne followed by Haig’s great attack on 8 August leading to the breaking of the Hindenburg Line and the pursuit of the defeated German army edges lightly tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 45819

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Terraine, John,

THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-18.

Arrow Books, London, 1970, 2nd imp., paperback, 256pp, 12pp photo ills., 4 maps in text, coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers by 'q. d'achille', nine penetrating essays on aspects of the author's special study, the World War 1 Western Front, including personalities (Lloyd George, Haig, Plumer) and battles (Guise, Passchendaele and Amiens), slight slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 40343

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Keywords: war ww1 army western front essays battles leaders personalities

Treadwell, Terry C.,

AMERICA'S FIRST AIR WAR -The United States Army, Naval and Marine Services in the First World War.

Airlife, Shrewsbury, 2000, 1st edn., 176pp, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account development of the United States Air Service and the United States Naval Air Service, the first use of aircraft in combat situations in tracking the revolutionary Pancho Villa, the Americans who went to the Western Front during World war One independently and the eventual particiaption there of the official US Air Services, including some of the personalities involved and the conditions and escapes of POW's, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40381

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Tuchman, Barbara W.,

THE GUNS OF AUGUST - AUGUST 1914.

Four Square, London, 1965 2nd imp., paperback, 575pp, 10 maps in tect, [i] ad., pictorial upper wrapper, a detailed background to the events leading to the outbreak of WW1 including the various European political manoeuverings, and a narrative of the first month of WW1 in Europe, well rubbed at extrems., many light creases, corners inclined to curl, edges tanned, ink name half title, fair,

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Book number: 44130

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Tucker, W. A.,

THE LOUSIER WAR.

New English Library, London, 1975, new edn., paperback original, 125pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the experiences of a British solder who, after two previous attempts , managed to join the 15th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, swearing to be 19 when actually 17 years old. Undergoing training at Llandudno and waiting for recruiting numbers to build he volunteered for the 38th (Welsh) Divisional Cycling Company and was accepted. After further training at Winchester they arrived in France only to find they had been separated from their bicycles. Once reunited their duties appear to have been surveying the routes from the points of disembarkation to the front and then escorting new drafts of troops, he also relates the privations caused by rats, lice and scabies. Taken prisoner he and his comrades suffered near starvation but also gained an insight into his captors as well as the women of occupied France, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 45676

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Keywords: war ww1 kitchener army welsh fusiliers germany western front italy pow

Ulanoff, Stanley,

ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I IN THE AIR.

Arco Publishing, New York, ND (copyright (1971, 1st edn. US, 171pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills throughout, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a vivid portrayal of air action in World War One with over 100 colour and half tone paintings by Henry Farré, Charles H. Hubbell, Clyde Risley, Howard Chandler Christy, Jack Leynnwood and Joseph A. Phelan, depicting the first use of aircraft on a major scale in warfare, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, light tanning to endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped, two repaired nicks to upper edge, a little rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38991

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