Macintyre, Captain Donald, DSO**, DSC, RN,

JUTLAND.

Pan Books, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, 2 double page maps and several plans/diagrams in text, [ii] ads.,pictorial wrappers, account of the greatest naval event of WW1, the meeting of the German High Seas Fleet with the British Grand Fleet at Jutland, in May 1916, which resulted in a 12 hour battle with losses to both sides, well rubbed at extrems., roll and slant to spine, chips to lower cnr. upper wrapper and first few leaves, wrappers creased and soiled, edges tanned, lacks illustrations, reading copy only,

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Book number: 44421

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Macintyre, Captain Donald, DSO**, DSC, RN,

JUTLAND.

Pan, London, 1966, reset edn., paperback, 256pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., 2 double page maps and several plans/diagrams in text, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, account of the greatest naval event of WW1, the meeting of the German High Seas Fleet with the British Grand Fleet at Jutland, in May 1916, which resulted in a 12 hour battle with losses to both sides, ills. include Seydlitz, Queen Mary, slight slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., wrappers soiled and creased, edges tanned, fair,

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Book number: 45152

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Keywords: war ww1 navy jutland high seas grand fleet battlship battle cruiser

Macksey, Kenneth,

VIMY RIDGE 1914-18.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1973 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps/diagrams, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in 'The Pan / Ballantine Illustrated History of the First World War' series, Book No. 6, a brief account of the German Schlieffen Plan as modified by Moltke which led to the entrenchment of the opposing forces, and of the region of Arras where the Vimy Ridge was a particular feature and had been occupied by German forces. The Franco-British attempts to dislodge them 1914-16 were mainly unsuccessful until in 1917 the four divisions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force took and occupied the objective, lightly rubbed at tips, old price label and small ink scribble lower wrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 43574

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Keywords: war ww1 western front pan ballantine schlieffen plan tgrench system stalemate arras vimy ridge

Marwick, Arthur,

THE DELUGE - British Society and the First World War.

Pelican, Harmondsworth, 1967 1st in imprint, paperback, 363pp, [iii] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account and analysis of the profound changes to Britain's social history that occurred during WW1, including the emancipation of wormen, the advancement of the working class and the increasing influence of the state over each indvidual, slight roll to spine, rubbed at extrems., overal creasing, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44127

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Keywords: war ww1 social history

McCarthy, Chris (intro. by Peter Simkins),

THE SOMME - The Day-by-Day Account.

Brockhampton Press, London, 2002, reprint, 176pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills., maps and symbols throughout, large format (11 x 9 inches approx.), laminated coloured boards with matching dustwrapper, a detailed chronicle day by day and unit by unit of the Battle of the Somme, that most horrendous five month struggle which over that period cost 1,000,000 casualties, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38984

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 somme western front

McKee, Alexander,

THE FRIENDLESS SKY.

Souvenir Press, London, 1962, 1st edn., 256pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., pictorial eps., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, the author recreates the thrilling air-battles of the First World War from a series of eye-witness accounts from these momentous years, when a new 'armed service' was created and put to the test, sl. cocked, cloth a little rubbed, bumped and marked, top edge dusty and all edges tanned, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 11517

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Keywords: war ww1 air rfc raf

McKee, Alexander,

VIMY RIDGE.

Pan, London, 1968, 1st in imprint, paperback, 267pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [v] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the author served in rhe London Scottish and the Gordon Highlanders in WW2 and with the Candian Army in Normandy and so is familiar with the Canadian spirit when at war. The Battle of Vimy Ridge took place on Easter Monday 1917. After many interviews and correspondence with veterans of the campaign to control the Douai Plain below Vimy Ridge he relates the personal accounts of those who were involved and in which the Canadian Corps won four VCs. slight slant to spine, a liite rubbed at extrems. esp. edges of spine, upper cnr. bumped, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44581

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Keywords: war ww1 army western front vimy ridge

Messenger, Charles,

TRENCH FIGHTING 1914-18.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1973 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps/diagrams, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in 'The Pan / Ballantine Illustrated History of the First World War' series, Book No. 2, an account of trench fighting on the Western Front during WW1, from the early failures of the offensive mobile strategies which led to the taking up of defensive positions, the extensions of those defences to guard the flanks which became the Western Front trenches stretching 450 miles from the North Sea to Switzerland, relating life in the trenches, the development of weapons and tactics for static warfare, the attempts to break out with more detailed accounts of Verdun and the Somme, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, slight slant and sunning to spine, very good plus,

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Book number: 43575

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 western front pan ballantine trench warfare schlieffen plan mons marne artillery howitzers flanders gas verdun somme

Messenger, Charles,

TRENCH FIGHTING 1914-18.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1973 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps/diagrams, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in 'The Pan / Ballantine Illustrated History of the First World War' series, Book No. 2, an account of trench fighting on the Western Front during WW1, from the early failures of the offensive mobile strategies which led to the taking up of defensive positions, the extensions of those defences to guard the flanks which became the Western Front trenches stretching 450 miles from the North Sea to Switzerland, relating life in the trenches, the development of weapons and tactics for static warfare, the attempts to break out with more detailed accounts of Verdun and the Somme, etc., a little rubbed at extrems., faint creasing at cnrs. vertical creasing at spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44097

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Keywords: war ww1 western front pan ballantine trench warfare schlieffen plan mons marne artillery howitzers flanders gas verdun somme

Messenger, Charles (Historical Consultant),

WORLD WAR I IN COLOUR.

Ted Smart / The Book People, St. Helens, ND, 1st in imprint, 223pp, [i] ad., 2 in text maps, coloured photo ills. throughout, coloured endpapers, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), laminated coloured photo pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, tv tie-in, rare archive photographic footage from worldwide souces, 75 per cent of which is previously unpublished, has been recast to provide colour images of WW1 on all fronts, with accompanying narrative text and eye-witness interviews, dustwrapper: short repaired tear lower edge front panel, fine in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38252

Catalogue: WW1

Keywords: war ww1 western front

Messimer, Dwight R.,

VERSCHOLLEN - World War I [1] U-Boat Losses.

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, ND (copyright 2002), [xii], 341pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, [ii] notes, black cloth lettered in tan at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, details of the 203 German U-boats lost in WW1 compiled from German sources, with dates, locations, reasons for loss and, where available, first hand naratives from survivors, and for those lost without trace (Verschollen) the author puts forward available explanations and an analysis of their accuracy, dustwrapper: unrpiced, lightly rubbed at tips, fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38794

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Keywords: war ww1 german navy u-boat sunk loss wreck

Middlebrook, Martin,

THE KAISER'S BATTLE - 21 March 1918 : The First Day of the German Spring Offensive.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, reprint, trade paperback, 431pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 7 maps, 2 diagrams and 3 cartoons in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the start of the last great battle of WW1 which commenced on 21st March, 1918 when three German armies struck the British Third and Fifth Armies on the Western Front, a series of attacks planned to break the deadlock and knock the British Army out of the war, with a description of the peparations, the stages during the first day including the fight for the battlefield and the fall of the redoubts, and an analysis of the first day's fighting; the Appendices include: Order of Battle of German infantry, Order of Battle of British infantry and cavalry, Order of Battle of the Royal Flying Corps, Timetable for the German bombardment, Senior Officer casualtuies, etc., faint vertical creasing to sl. sunned spine, a little rubbed at extrems., diag. creasing lower cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 34694

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Middlebrook, Martin,

THE KAISER'S BATTLE - 21 March 1918 : The First Day of the German Spring Offensive.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, reprint, trade paperback, 431pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 7 maps, 2 diagrams and 3 cartoons in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the start of the last great battle of WW1 which commenced on 21st March, 1918 when three German armies struck the British Third and Fifth Armies on the Western Front, a series of attacks planned to break the deadlock and knock the British Army out of the war, with a description of the peparations, the stages during the first day including the fight for the battlefield and the fall of the redoubts, and an analysis of the first day's fighting; the Appendices include: Order of Battle of German infantry, Order of Battle of British infantry and cavalry, Order of Battle of the Royal Flying Corps, Timetable for the German bombardment, Senior Officer casualtuies, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing at spine and cnrs., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 40332

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Keywords: war ww1 army western front german spring offensive 1918 kaiserschlacht arras albert peronne st quentin le fere flesquieres salient

Moorehead, Alan,

GALLIPOLI.

New English Library, London, 1968, Mentor edn., paperback, 351pp, 8pp photo ills., maps in text, wraparound pictorial wrappers, the taking of Gallipoli was pivotal to the plan to open up the Black Sea and so be able to supply Russia against the Germans. In his account Alan Moorehead provides studies of the principal characters and commanders, describes the drama of the Gallipoli campaign and the succession of blunders, hesitations and missed opportunites, ennobled only by the cheerful heroism of the British and Anzac troops, sl. slant and several creases to spine, spine sunned, lightly creased and rubbed at extrems., good plus,

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Book number: 24435

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Keywords: war ww1 gallipoli australia new zealand anzac

Morris, A,

FIRST OF THE MANY - The Story of Independent Force, RAF.

Arrow, London, 1969, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, by July 1917 the British government was under extreme political pressure to counter the German bombing of London with seeming impunity. The Prime Minister appointed the South African General Jan Christian Smuts to head a committee on 'Air Organisation and Home Defence Against Air Raids' meanhwile Major General Trenchard, the commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France argued that the only way to counter the German bombing was to attack them in their homeland. Smuts committee eventually recommended Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service be combined into the Royasl Air Force. Meanwhile Trenchard was organising airfield bases in France from which the first Allied strategic bombing campaign by The Independent Force was commenced, to appease public opinion at home, a little rubbed at extrems., slight roll to spine, several faint creases to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45517

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Keywords: war ww1 air rfc raf independent force