[Rarebooks] FS - Military History, WWI

Fri Nov 5 12:54:43 EST 2004

1) DEWAR, GEORGE A. B. ASSISTED BY LIEUT.-COL. J. H. BORASTON.  * */SIR 
DOUGLAS HAIG'S COMMAND December 19, 1915, November 11, 1918//  /London, 
Constable and Company 1922, hb. With folding maps. Complete two volume 
set handsomely bound in publisher's red cloth. 8vo, pp. 414, 375. This 
is the third impression of the first edition. Vol. II is in the original 
publisher's dust jacket, now somewhat worn.
¶ Both volumes appear unread, as a number of pages are uncut. There is a 
tiny trace of a label on the spine of vol. I. The binding of this volume 
is also slightly stressed, as from being pressed flat when opened. 
Notwithstanding, both volumes are remarkably clean and bright, and in 
near fine condition.
    USD 40.00*  *(#3245)

2) GLADDEN, NORMAN.  /YPRES 1917 / A Personal Account//. /London, 
William Kimber 1967, 1st edition, hb. With maps. 8vo, pp. 192. An 
account of the campaign around Ypres in 1917 as experienced by a young 
private in the Northumberland Fusiliers.
*     *USD 25.00*  *(#11763)

3) [JOFFRE, JOSEPH JACQUES CESAIRE] TRANSLATED BY COLONEL T. BENTLEY 
MOTT. Appendices by  LT.-COLONEL S. J. LOWE. * */THE MEMOIRS OF MARSHAL 
JOFFRE/.  London, Geoffrey Bles 1932, 1st edition, hb., with maps, b&w 
illustrations. Handsome two volume set in publisher's original dust 
jackets. 8vo, pp. viii, 657. Although the boards are a bit bumped at the 
edges, and the jackets a bit worn, it does not appear the books have 
been read.
¶ Both books in near fine condition: clean and tight.
    USD 75.00*  *(#21685)

4) LLOYD GEORGE, DAVID  * */THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PEACE TREATIES/*  
*London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1938, 1st edition, hb blue cloth. With 
black-and-white photographs. Complete two volume set bound in blue cloth 
with gilt titling. Thick 8vo, pp. 1471. Tips of bds. sl. bumped, bottom 
edges a bit rubbed & bumped, sl. smudge to spines; else both vols. in 
vg/nf cond. No djs.
    USD 100.00* *(#30240)*

*5) LLOYD GEORGE, DAVID   /WAR MEMOIRS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE (Vols. I 
and II)/  Boston, Little, Brown and Company 1933, 1st editions, hb. With 
facsimiles, tables, photos. Contents sl. toned from age; else vg in 
chipped, creased fair/gd djs. thick 8vo pp. 469, 449. Volume I covers 
the period 1914 - 1915; volume II 1915 - 1916. Scarce in original dust 
jackets.
    USD 40.00 * *(#25507)

6) LLOYD GEORGE, DAVID  * */WAR MEMOIRS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE (Vols. I 
and II)/. London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1933, 1st editions, hb. With 
maps, photos, illustrations. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt 
spine lettering. Thick 8vo, pp. xix, 1038. Volume I covers the period 
1914 - 1915; volume II 1915 - 1916. Pages 87 to 90 loose, but present. 
No dust jackets.
¶ Facsimile signature of Lloyd George embossed in gilt on front board. 
With erratum slip tipped in. Slight shelf wear to both volumes. Slight 
blemish to spines; else both volumes in vg/nf condition.
    USD 25.00*  *(#30102)

7) MACINTYRE, CAPTAIN DONALD. * */JUTLAND. /London, Evans Brothers 
Limited 1957, 1st edition, hb. With maps & b&w photographs. Pages 
age-toned; vg in creased, gd dj with a few short tears. 8vo, pp. 210. An 
account of one of the greatest naval battles in history, by "one of the 
greatest destroyer commanders" of World War Two.
    USD 10.00*  *(#30058)

8) MARDER, ARTHUR J.  * */FROM THE DREADNOUGHT TO SCAPA FLOW The Royal 
Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919 Volume III Jutland and After (May 
1916-Dec. 1916)/  London, Oxford University Press 1966, 1st edition, hb 
blue cloth. With maps, b&w photos, illustrations. Near fine cond. in sl. 
scuffed; else vg/nf dust jacket. Thick 8vo, pp. xxiii, 307 With 16 
folding charts (as called for) in pocket at rear of book; 14 deal with 
May 31, 1916 hourly fleet movements.
¶ This is the third volume of a four volume set. The dust jacket shows 
the original publisher's price.
    USD 75.00*  *(#30145)

9) NYSTROM, ANTON  * */BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER 1914//  /London, 
Heinemann 1915, 1st edition, hb cloth. With facsimile of document. Bds. 
a bit bumped, edge-worn & soiled; else good+ condition. 8vo, pp. xvi, 
368. An anti-German polemic. Translated from the Swedish by H. G. de 
Walterstorff; with an Introduction by Edmund Gosse. No dj.
    USD 35.00*  *(#30232)

10) PERSHING, JOHN J.  * */MY EXPERIENCES IN THE WORLD WAR/  New York 
City, Frederick A. Stokes 1931, 1st edition, hb blue buck. With maps, 
b&w photos, illustrations. Minor scuffing & soiling to each vol., 
t.e.g., else g/gd+. 8vo no djs pp. 400, 436.
    USD 15.00 * *(#25516)

11) LORD RIDDELL [GEORGE ALLARDICE RIDDELL]  * */LORD RIDDELL'S WAR 
DIARY 1914-1918//  /London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1933, later 
printing, hb cloth. With black-and-white photographs. Corners bumped, 
sl. shelf wear; else vg condition (no dj). 8vo, pp. xi, 388. Lord 
Riddell published three volumies of Diaries. This one deals with Lloyd 
George and Britain during World War One.
    USD 20.00*  *(#30131)

12) URQUHART, H. M.  * */THE HISTORY OF THE 16TH BATTALION (The Canadian 
Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1919//. 
/Toronto, Macmillan of Canada 1932, 1st edition, hb cloth. With folding 
maps, b&w photos. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth with regimental 
design in gilt. Royal 8vo, pp. xx, 853. With fifteen folding battle maps 
& extensive appendices listing casualties, countries of birth, list of 
captures etc. etc.
¶ Boards bumped, with minor rubbing to extremities, esp. at top and 
bottom of spine. Front hinge cracked and binding split between pp. 
426/427. Joints tight and no loose pages: this is a larger, quite heavy, 
book but the binding is still intact, with flaws, as noted. The contents 
are clean and unmarked. A very scarce Canadian regimental history: 
copies now seldom seen.
    USD 250.00*  *(#30155)

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