Military - First World War

Vantage, Neew York, (1959), Ist edition.. 170 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "...recreates incidents tragic, comic, horrifying, bawdy, shameful - being spattered with shreds of flesh, blood, and bone, when a shell blotted out a comrade; the horrors of being shelled in caving trenches . (this was World War I); the sickness from living in cold, mud, and rain; and the sufferings of civilians as the author saw them in France. Despite the discomforts and boredom, the illness and wounds, he found, as soldiers in every army have, a rele. ase from tension in grim humour, the sort of comfort available (so very available) in all-too-willing female company (he pulls no punches in his comments on sex mores in several countries), and joy in the comradeship of his fellow soldiers. He . o f f e rs trenchant observations regarding officers in general, the foot soldier, relationships between the men of the varied armies who fought as allies, and, of course, the enemy, the 'Jerries'..." Very light browning to pages, light edge wear t. o bo ar ds , light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped, closed tears - some taped, small chips, heavy rubbing, light browning and light fading to spine color, protected in a mylar sleeve. VG/Fair. more information

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(Ray Westlake Military Books, Newport, Gwent., 1992), facsimile reprint of 1925 edition.. 78 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover (red leatherette with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket (as issued). "On 4 September 1922 a Special Army Order was issued approving the award of battle honours to regiments and corps of the British Ar. my. This order also directed that honours given would follow, in the Army List, any that had previously been earned and should be headed by 'The Great War' and the number of battalions taking part. Thus, honours earned individually by Regular, . M i l itia (or Special Reserve), Territorial and Service Battalions were placed on one list. Throughout 1924 a number of Army Orders were issued giving the honours awarded to each regiment. However, in the following year these lists were cancelled. u nd er Army Order 55 of February, and in their place a 'final list' issued. This list contained the honours that had been approved and directed that 'no further submissions concerning the Great War battle honours will be made'." Interior - cle. an and ti ght with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean. VG. more information

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Howard Baker, London, (1981), Ist edition.. 287 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "At the outset of the 1914-18 War, no recruiting officer would look at any young man who was in less than the prime and peak of physical condition...Any volunteer who was less than the regulation. five feet three inches in height got very short shrift...But the war was not very old before the official reaction to undersized volunteers had to change dramatically. Britain's Regular Army, the Expeditionary Force, was virtually wiped out in. t h e first months of fighting...This book relates the history of the Bantam Battalions from beginning to bloody end - one might almost say 'out of nowhere, back into obscurity', for it is suprising how many official histories of the Great War hav. e i gn or ed the very real part these little men played..." Previous owners embossed blindstamp on dedication page, p.63 and free rear endpaper, very small faint mark on pages 65-68. Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price-c. li ppe d, has light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight darkening to spine, 1" triangular piece missing from bottom of rear panel, tiny stain at top of rear flap. VG/G. more information

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Mosaic, (Oakville, 1982).. 287 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. B&w photos. "At the outset of the 1914-18 War, no recruiting officer would look at any young man who was in less than the prime and peak of physical condition...Any volunteer who was less than the regulation five f. eet three inches in height got very short shrift...But the war was not very old before the official reaction to undersized volunteers had to change dramatically. Britain's Regular Army, the Expeditionary Force, was virtually wiped out in the fi. r s t months of fighting...This book relates the history of the Bantam Battalions from beginning to bloody end - one might almost say 'out of nowhere, back into obscurity', for it is suprising how many official histories of the Great War have ignor. ed t he very real part these little men played..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to edges of textblock, tiny stain of fore-edge of textblock, light browning to edges of covers, very light . wea r a t t op of spine, slight curling to fore-edge of covers. VG-. more information

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Harrap, London, 1981, first edition.. 250 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0245537856 B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "The first campaign medal of the Great War - the 1914 Star - was struck in 1917. In October 1919, by command of the King, a bar bearing . the dates '5th Aug.-22nd Nov. 1914' was awarded to all holders of the medal who had been under fire - i.e., 'within range of enemy mobile artillery' - in France and Flanders between the qualifying dates. Fewer than 230,000 bars were awarded. The r. ecipients - and only they - were and are the Old Contemptibles. Their very special medal has come to be known, by hallowed tradition, as the 'Mons Star'; and this is their story...." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, 11 digit number writt. e n in ink on back of free rear endpaper. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, several tiny/small chips and tears along top edge, light rubbing. VG+/VG-. more information

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George H. Doran, New York, 1923, 1st American edition.. 405 pp, 8vo (8 13/16" H), hard cover (dark green/gray cloth with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. "(The purpose of this book) is to trace the gensis of the war through all the antecedent stages up to its actual outbreak, with especial ref. erences to the policy pursued by Great Britain, for which during the nine preceding years (the author, Prime Minister of England, 1908-1916) had a large measure of responsibility." Book is lightly cracked at two places, darkening to top of textb. l o c k, light shelf soiling on bottom of textblock, minor edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor soiling on front board. Very Good. more information

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Macmillan, New York, 1929, reprint.. 483 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H), hard cover (blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. 16 b&w plates including frontispiece, 4 maps - collated. Contents: Ancestry and Early Years; Childhood and Early Education; Educat. ion; Military Training and Early Experience; Foch's Army Training; Regimental Duty and the Staff College; The Rise to Reputation; Temporary Eclipse; Back to the Staff College; Foch in England; The Calm Before the Storm; The Great War; The Rise to F. a me; Foch Through English Eyes; From an Army to Armies; The Ordeal in Flanders; Disappointment; Disappointment in 1915 (continued); The Somme; "Side-Tracked"; Lost Opportunities; "Supreme" Control; The Call; The Supreme Test; Reaping the Reward; Th. e Debacle; The Harvest; The Reaping; Victory; The Aftermath; The Last Seven Years; In Memoriam, L'Envoi; Appendix; Index. Date and previous owner's name on free front endpaper, magazine pages laid-in at front of book, browning to edges of text bloc. k, fading and browning to spine color, a few small light liquid marks on boards - mainly rear, wrinkling and a few tiny tears at top/bottom of spine, light edge wear to boards, slight fading to areas on boards. Good+. more information

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A.S. Barnes, New York, (1969).. 155 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, maps. "After more than four years of the most fearful war in the world's history, the end came almost unexpectedly, with dramatic suddenness. At five o'clock on the morning of November 11, 1918,. Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss, representing the Allies, concluded an armistice with German civil and military representatives. There had been a general expectation that the war would last well into 1919. The author...examines the various fa. c t o r s that led to the earlier conclusion of the war. He analyzes conditions in the summer of 1918 following Ludendorff's massive offensive in March...also probes the plans of the Central Powers, the Allies, and the American Expeditionary Forces. , em ph as izing the range of disagreements on the methods by which German could be defeated. He then goes on to consider the first and second phases of the Allied offensives of August 1918, which at last cracked German resistance. Finally the Arm. is tic e i tse lf is studied in detail. The penultimate chapter, which comments on military operations, includes the bizarre account of the Kaiser's unheralded arrival in Holland..." Tiny marks and faint ghost marks on endpapers from old tape (rem. ove d), thin ink line smudge on page 117, a few pages with soft or full corner creases, slight bubbling to front pastedown. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, some faint writing indentations on front panel, two small closed tears. VG-/VG. more information

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Cassell, London, 1967.. 286 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Ex-library. B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "Morale is as important to a nation in peace as it is in war, on the factory floor and in an office as in a warship or a bomber's crew, in a trade . union as in a regiment. In our complex, unstable times, it is vital that we should seek to understand more of morale, what it can attain and how it can be achieved. For this reason alone John Bayne's fascinating sociological study would be an inva. luable contribution to the literature of an alarmingly neglected subject. But Major Baynes has a uique and rewarding approach. He has taken a sample community of proven morale and then dissected it tissue by tissue, examining each under the micr. o s cope of his keenly analytical and lively mind. His 'sample' is the 2nd Scottish Rifles, a battalion of that magnificent professional Army with which Britain entered the First World War. At the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March, 1915, when it w. en t 'over the top' it was some 900 strong. Six days later the battalion marched out of the line, still a fighting, disciplined unit. It was 150 strong and was commanded by a second-lieutenant. What enabled those men to keep their spirit, their t. ena ci ty and dash in those awful six days, so graphically recreated here, was their morale. Major Baynes has interviewed the know survivors of the battle and analysed hundreds of books, reports and private papers pertinent to his 'sample'. He exa. mine s t he social background of the officers and men, their service, their homes, their education, upbringing, beliefs and attitudes. With the advantage of hindsight, he has evaluated their inter-relationships, their loyalties, and the rules and c. onven tion s by which they lived. The result is a stimulating book, important in areas far removed from the bloody fields of Flanders." Ex-library copy with some of the usual stamps, old tape and pocket removal marks, three areas of light dampness. marks on f ront board and hinge, free front endpaper missing, a few pages with dog-ear creases, five lines of text on page 92 have green hi-liter. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, fading to spine and some edges, label . removal and t ape marks, several small tears - some taped. Good- reading copy only.. more information

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Penguin, London, 2001, reprint.. 310 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 0141390875 B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "With the call to action stations of August 1914, the Royal Navy faced its greatest test since the time of Nelson. Geoffrey Bennett's classic history of the. Great War at sea combines graphic and stirring accounts of all the principal naval engagements - battles overseas, in home waters and, for the first time, under the sea - with analysis of the strategy and tactics of both sides. He bring these sea. battles dramatically to life, and confirms the Allied navies' vital contribution to victory. In his words, 'Though the titantic struggle on the Western Front dominated the strategy of the Allies, it was their Navies, of which the British was immea. s urably the strongest, that in the end brought Germany to her knees.' Illustrated with maps, plans and contemporary photographs, this detailed, immaculately researched account is the authoritative history of an often overlooked but hugely importan. t aspect of the First World War." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light crease down spine, very light edge wear, minor small scuff on fore-edge of text block, small area of sticker removal marks on rear cove. r. Very Good-. more information

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McClelland and Stewart, (Toronto, 1986), 1st. printing.. 336 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0771013396 Pictorial endpapers, b&w maps. "On a chill Easter Monday in 1917, with a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France did what neither. the British nor the French armies had been able to do in more than two years of fighting. They seized and held the best-defended German bastion on the Western Front - a muddy scarp known as the Vimy Ridge. The French, who had lost 150,000 men t. r y ing to take the ridge, didn't believe it could be done. Nor did the Germans; even the British were skeptical. But the Canadians triumphed. They went over the top at dawn; by lunch time, most of the ridge was in their hands - at a cost of onl. y te n thousand casualties..." Minor wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, has very light edge wear/wrinkling. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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Leo Cooper, London, 1996.. 332 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 0850525462 B&w illustrations. The Bickersteth War Diary was begun in August 1914 by Ella Monier-Williams Bickersteth, at the urgings of her son Burgon, with the idea of sharing the news of happening. s in Europe with another son who was in Australia at the time. She was to continue it for four and a half years and then resumed her task during the Second World War. The resulting volumes, full of newspaper clippings and letters have been edited. by her grandson to present a personal look at the life of a family that provided soldiers and chaplains to the British Army and suffered the loss and heartache that were common to many families of that time. Interior - clean and tight with no other. ownership marks. Exterior - small creases at bottom corner of front cover, very light rubbing, very minor edge wear. Very Good. more information

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(Personal Library Publishers, Toronto, 1979.). 192 pp, oblong 8vo (8 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0176007709 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, map. "...reveals much about the Canadian political process within a government that was really representative of . only one of our two historic language groups. Professor Bindon takes us into the trenches with our foot soldiers. With them we relive the agony and horror of some of the greatest battles of modern history in a war that shaped much of the history o. f twentieth century Canada." Minor edge wear. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling, one small closed tear, minor rubbing/soiling. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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Buchan & Enright, London, 1987, first general edition.. 82 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0907675808 B&w photographs, "At the end of 1918, when the Armistice had brought what was then the greatest war in history to a close, Buchan relinquished his post as Director of Intell. igence and returned to his family, and to peace. But the evidence of Britain's sacrifice surrounded him and he was haunted by what he called 'this bloody and disgusting war'. Exhausted, ill, and deeply saddened, he sat down to the task of remem. b e r ing six people, friends of a happier age whose deaths in action had made them, as he saw it, a part of 'that immortal England which knows not age or weariness or defeat'...." Soft wrinkling at top edge of free front endpaper and half-title pa. ge c au sed by paperclip. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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Ariel / British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1985.. 287 pp, 7 3/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 0563204370 "Joseph McPherson, classicist, scientist, linguist, athlete and determined individualist, arrived in Egypt in 1901. He fell in love with the country, its people and customs, and stayed there until his. death in 1946. McPherson was a born storyteller. In the letters he wrote home, from which this selection has been made, he not only itemised his own life but illumined the history of his time. In Cairo as a teacher, he used his long holidays . t o travel all over the Middle East and Asia Minor. The First World War found him first at Gallipoli, brilliantly describing the doomed campaign, and then later in the Sinai desert. The last episodes of his career make equally enthralling reading. w he n , as Head of the Secret Police in Cairo with the rank of Bimbashi (Major), he investigates drug dealers, exotic Madames and intriguers in the brothels of Cairo, and the burgeoning Egyptian revolutionaries." Part Two (pages 124-184) cover Mc. Phe rso n' s experiences in the First World War. Interior - minor browning to pages, small crease from bump at bottom of pages at gutters, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - three very small corner creases, light c. reas e at hi nges, small creases from bump at bottom edge of covers near hinges, minor edge wear. Very Good. more information

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Pen & Sword, Barnsley, 1997.. 288 pp, 4to (12 7/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 0850525470 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps, reproductions. Contents: Foreword; Prelude; Birmingham; Birmingham: August 1914; Birmingham Pals: The Turn of the Middle Class; Training Comme. nces - 'Berlin via Sutton'; 14th, 15th & 16th Royal Warwicks: Birmingham Pals to France; The Arras Front; The Somme: July to October 1916; October 1916 to December 1917: La Bassee, Vimy Ridge, Arras and 3rd Ypres; December 1917 to November 1918: It. a ly, Nieppe Forest and the Advance to Victory; Conclusion; Gallantry Awards; Roll of Honour; Acknowledgements. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - Very light edge wear, light rubbing to glossy covers, tiny corn. er creases. Very Good. more information

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Leo Cooper, (Barnsley, 1999), Ist edition.. 160 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photos, maps, reproductions. Contents: Outline of Events - 14 July - 31 August 1916; 14 - 18 July 1916 - The Attack and the Start Line; The South Africans in Longueval and Delv. ille Wood; The Unsung Heroes - The Pioneers; The Defenders of Longueval and Delville Wood; The Long Haul - Incidents in the Capture of Delville Wood, the British View; A Car Tour and two Walking Tours; Cemeteries and Memorials. Interior - book sl. i g htly cracked at title-page and at pages 158/9. Exterior - very minor rubbing. Very Good. more information

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Leo Cooper, (Barnsley, 1998), Ist edition.. 144 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photos, maps, reproductions. "The village of Gommecourt was under German occupation in the summer of 1916 and an attack against its defences was planned as a diversary action to. draw off men and equipment from the British and French 'Big Push'. The Germans had fortified the village and surrounding high ground extensively. On the Ist July the position was unsuccessfully assaulted by two Territorial divisons." Interior. - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear and rubbing. NF. more information

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Leo Cooper, (Barnsley, (1999), Ist edition.. 176 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. B&w illustrations - photos, maps, reproductions. Contents: The Capture of Polygon Wood, 26 September 1917; The Tigers Hold the Line; The Flank Guards for the Battle of Broodseinde 4th October 1917; The Tours; C. emeteries and Memorials. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slight waviness to top of textblock. VG+. more information

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Leo Cooper, (Barnsley, 2003), Ist edition.. 192 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. B&w illustrations - photos, maps, reproductions. Contents: The Advance on Krithia; The Valley of Death - The Battle of the Fourth of June; The Plan; The Battle of Gully Ravine, 28 June - 5 July; The Aftermath; T. rench Warfare at Gully Ravine; Gully Ravine Today; Tours; Appendices - Instructions and Order of 29 Division for 28 June 1915; Gully Ravine Order of Battle; Turkish units in action at Gully Ravine. Interior - clean and tight with no previous own. e r s hip marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear and rubbing. NF. more information

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Cassell, London, 1929, first edition.. 400 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover (maroon cloth with gold lettering/banding on spine, top edge gilt) - no dust jacket. Map endpapers, 8 b&w plates including frontispiece, maps/battle plans - collated. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Early D. ays; Active Service in Egypt and South Africa; Edinburgh: 17th Lancers; Inspector-General of Cavalry in India; War Office; India as Chief of the General Staff; Aldershot; 1914 - To End of Retreat; 1914 - Battles of the Marne, Aisne and Ypres; 1915 . - Neuve Chapelle and Festubert; The Battle of Loos; In Chief Command; The Allied Strategy, 1916; Early Months of 1916; Battle of the Somme; Preparations for 1917; Calais Conference; The Battles of the Spring of 1917; The Summer Campaign; The Battle. o f Cambrai; Rapallo Conference and Executive War Board of the Supreme War Council; The German Attack - March, 1918; Unified Command; The Final Battles; Life After the War - The British Legion; Haig's Place in History; Index. Light edge rubbing on. bo ards, small shallow bump at top edge of both boards, slight curvature at corners of boards, light shelf soiling on bottom of text block, darkening of top edge gilt, light browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block. Very Good. more information

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CEF Books, Ottawa, 2002, revised edition.. 108 pp + folding map at rear, 9" H, soft cover. ISBN 1896979335 B&w photographs, maps/plans, reproductions. "The capture of the impregnable Vimy Ridge by the 100,000 men of the Canadian Corps brought Canada instant recognition and significantly c. ontributed to Canada's status as a nation. The well-planned and executed military success became the byword for the Canadians and was a characteristic that led to an undefeated record in the last two years of the war. The price of success was hi. g h , with more than 3,600 men killed on April 9, 1917 alone. Vimy became synonymous with the Canadians and 'their front' for more than 18 months. During that period more than 19,000 Canadians died and their bodies lied buried in the fields and vi. ll ag es near Vimy. (This book) documents the famous battle and guides the reader through the battlefields to relive those exploits, the valour and suffering of 80 years ago." Interior - tiny crease at bottom corner of first few pages, otherwise c. lea n a nd tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, slight curl to fore-edge of covers, small areas of tiny dints on rear cover, light rubbing. Very Good-. more information

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Bunker to Bunker, Winnipeg, MB, 1996.. 81 pp, 9" H, soft cover. ISBN 0969903970 B&w photographs, maps/battle plans, fold-out map at rear. "The Battle of Passchendaele was the bloodiest and most futile battle of the First World War. Lasting from August to November 1917, it cost the Co. mmonwealth more than 250,000 soldiers - killed, wounded or missing - for an advance of less than six kilometres. The losses were sadly typical of the Great War, but it was the repulsive conditions of soldiers attacking through knee-deep morass and. the wounded drowning in the mud which gave Passchendaele its legacy as 'Hell'. The Canadians entered the battle in mid-October and, between October 26 and November 10, launched four major attacks, finally capturing the village of Passchendaele and. a piece of the ridge beyond. The two weeks fighting cost the Canadians more than 5,000 dead and 11,000 wounded. Many of the men just vanished in the sea of mud. But the tenacity of the men never faltered and their capture of Passchendaele was a . h uge achievement." Contents: Introduction; Getting There; What to Bring; About Ypres (Ieper); Components of the Canadian Expeditionary Force; The Battlefield - Defences and Conditions; The Battle of Passchendaele: Historical Overview; Tour Itiner. ar y; The Tour; Cemeteries and Memorials; The Body Snatchers; Canadian Indians; It Is Nothing; Further Reference. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing. Near Fine. more information

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Percy L. Climo, Cobourg, Ontario, 1990, Ist edition.. 332 pp + 42 pp of indices, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. Consists of a reprint of "With the First Canadian Contingent" first published c1915, followed by "A Collection of World War One Letters as published in The Cob. ourg World in the years 1914-1919", then a section on Captain Charles Rutherford, V.C. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, small creases (with color loss) at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light rubbing, a few tiny scuffs and scratch. e s , small closed puncture on rear panel near hinge. NF/G+. more information

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Cassell, London, 2002.. 543 pp, large 8vo (9 1/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 0304364495 B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "Few things about the First World War evoke quite so much anger as the soldiers who were shot at dawn. Between 1914 and 1920, the British Army execut. ed 346 of its soldiers for a a variety of offences, including 266 for desertion, but only 18 for cowardice; murderers and mutineers made up the balance....(this) is an important book, the first to make use of court martial records. Corns and Hugh. e s -Wilson bring a welcome sense of perspective to the subject." Gary Sheffield, The Mail on Sunday. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean. Fine. more information

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Bailey Brothers and Swinfen, Folkestone, 1975, 2nd revised and enlarged edition.. 238 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "A remarkable collection of the personal accounts of officers and men who served in the front lines with their machine-guns in one of the most ghastly wars, in conditions now al. most unimaginable, in battles that spread over three continents. The strength of the book lies in the fact that these are the very words of the narrators, complete with characteristic modes of expression and minor unconventionalities of emphasis a. n d spelling. Soon there will be no more survivors to tell the story, and without this record these vivid recollections would be lost forever." Chapter headings: A 1913 Terrier Machine-Gunner Remembers; The Defence of the Suez Canal; Gallipoli; On. t he Western Front; With 33rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps; The Final German Offensive; The Final Act on the Western Front; The Mesopotamia Campaign. Large crease on free front endpaper, several large soft creases/wrinkles and previous owner's embo. sse d stamp on half-title page, embossed stamp on last index page, a few tiny foxing marks on edges of text block. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, light wear and small tears at top of spine, light browning at edges, two 1" tears archivally ta. ped, several large creases on flaps. Now in a mylar sleeve. Very Good-/Very Good-. more information

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Hurtig, Edmonton, (1986), 1st. Ed.. 289 pp., 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 088830305X "Passhendaele was one of the most controversial battles of the Great War. It was also a breathtaking accomplishment. In the face of overwhelming odds and a skillful, determined . and confident enemy, Canadian soldiers displayed remarkable courage and endurance in taking Passchendaele ridge from the Germans." Two pages with very tiny tear at top edge, minor edge wear. Dust jacket has light browning on spine and at top edge . of flaps. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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Dodd, Mead, New York, (1967).. 123 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "The 'doughboys' of the American Expeditionary Force were pathetically unprepared when they went on to the French battlegrounds in 1917. By the Armistice, however, they had been forged into a se. asoned fighting machine, more than two million strong, which displayed its courage from Cantigny to the final crushing Meuse-Argonne drive..." Very light edge wear to boards, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped. , h a s light edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing, small areas of surface paper loss and small tears with old tape repair at top of spine, light browning to edges. VG/G. more information

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Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, 1994, later printing.. 396 pp, 8vo (8" H), soft cover. ISBN 1550135236 B&w photos, map. "...conveys the terrible experience of trench warfare and explains why it so radically altered the psychology of Europe..." - New York Times. Interior - a few pages with very small. corner crease, ink notation on half-title page, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, minor bump at top/bottom of spine, minor rubbing. Very Good. more information

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Century, New York, 1918, first edition.. 269 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover (red cloth with black lettering and decoration on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. The author's reminiscences of time in the trenches during World War I. An American serving at the time with British. 'Tommies', he also wrote 'Over the Top' and other books about his experiences. Contents: Jim - Soldier of the King; The Pacifist; Private Ginger; The Lone Tree Sentinel; Christmas in a Dugout; A Siren of the Boches; Winning a D.C.M.; The Fusil. i e r Giants Under Fire; "Blighty! - What Hopes?"; Rounding Up Spies; "Horses for France". Front inside hinge weak with split paper but holding well, small edge tear (archivally taped) on title page, book cracked at pages 94/95 - lightly cracked a. t fo ur other locations, book lightly cocked, top of textblock is dust soiled, fore-edge and bottom of textblock are lightly browned, light soiling on bottom of textblock, light wrinkling/wear at top/bottom of spine, slight fading to spine color, l. ig ht dis coloration on front board, a small light water marks on spine and boards, small bump at corners. Good reading copy only.. more information

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Arthur Barker, London, (1967), 1st. edition.. 195 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, maps. "The first battle of Ypres, 1914, in which the British regular Army was destroyed." "This first Battle of Ypres is sometimes considered to have ended as a costly stalemate, but,. in fact, the British Army's act of suicide in this battle resulted in victory; the Germans, in failing a breakthrough to Calais, lost forever any prospects of the outright victory they had expected to win in France. Brigadier Farrar-Hockely's sk. i l lful account of this decisive encounter, which includes a brilliant use of contemporary sources, not least among them the dramatic diaries of British soldiers..." Book slightly cocked, areas of light browning to fore-edge and bottom of textbloc. k, v ery light edge wear, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear/wrinkling - heavy at top of spine, light to moderate rubbing, browning and soiling at edges, delamination on front hinge, very light soiling . and br owning on rear panel. Good+/Fair. more information

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W.W. Norton, New York, 1989, 2nd printing.. 382 pp, 8vo (8 3/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 0393305643 B&w photographs, maps. Contents: War in Togoland; The Cameroons: A Bad Beginning; The Capture of Douala; The C.E.F. Moves Inland; All But Mora; A Campaign Aborted by a Revolution; The Conquest . of German South-West Africa; The Victorious South Africans; War Comes to German East Africa; War Comes to British East Africa; The Saga of the 'Konigsberg'; The 'Severn' and the 'Mersey'; Logido and Tanga; Tanga's Aftermath; 1915: The Lull Before th. e Storm; 1915: Alarums and Excursions; The True African Queens; The Battles for Lake Tanganyika; Smuts Takes Command; On the Road to Morogoro; The Capture of Tabora; The True Enemy; The Pursuit of Lettow-Vorbeck; New Leaders and a New Phase; War Co. m es to Portuguese East Africa; The End of the 'Schutztruppe'; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Index. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - a few soft creases on front cover, large soft crease on rear cover, minor . ed ge wear, faint crease on spine. Very Good-. more information

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Grange, London, 1996, reprint.. 214 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1856279065 B&w photographs. "These echoes from the early days of tank warfare give an idea of the crucial role that tanks played in breaking the murderous stalemate on the Western Fron. t. This influence was acknowledged by friend and foe alike and, while not decisive, it certainly hastened the end of that dreadful conflict, saving thousands of Allied lives and ushering in a new era of mechanised warfare. (The editor) draws hi. s m aterial exclusively from the archives of the world famous Tank Museum at Bovington Camp, Dorset. His linking narrative guides us through the war, battle by battle, from 15 September 1916 to the Armistice, using firsthand accounts of the tank a. ct i on s, extracts from unit war diaries and other primary sources. Many of these accounts are previously unpublished or have had limited circulation, providing us with a fresh and vivid insight into the early days of tank warfare. A wealth of or. igi na l p hotographs showing the tanks and their crews both in action and at rest support these vivid accounts. Their relevance is further enhanced by a selection of contemporary aerial reconnaissance photographs revealing the topography of the la. ndsc ape ove r which many of the battles were fought." Book lightly cracked at pages 116/117 and slightly at pages 52/53. Very Good/Fine. more information

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Wayland, (Hove, 1978), first edition.. 96 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, map. "Commonly blamed as the man who started World War I, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany is often seen as a tough aggressor; a man, as Bi. smarck might have said, 'of blood and iron'. As leader of the world's strongest army, he wielded great power. When, at the beginning of this century, he built up an almost equally strong navy, it seemed as if nothing could stop Germany's advanc. e s . But was he really the strong man of popular legend? Richard Garrett argues that, behind the stern appearance and the flamboyant moustache, Kaiser Bill was a failure. He believed that God had appointed him Emperor of Germany and that God wo. ul d te ll him what to do. His talent for making enemies was enormous. He had grown up as a spoilt child with a wide knowledge of many things and a deep understanding of almost nothing; and yet his arrogant faith in himself never faltered. This i. s t he st ory of the effect of one man on thirty years of world history, culminating in a monstrous clash of arms and ending in the quietness of exile. Out of the story a picture of the real man emerges, and the events which led up to the disaster. are pu t in to their true perspective. Was it the Kaiser, more than anyone else, who unwittingly prepared the way for Hitler? This book may suggest an answer." dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, very light browning, small corner crease . on fr ont flap. VG+/VG. more information

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Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, 1967, 3rd printing.. 316 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H), hard cover (black cloth with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. "The question of war aims was the most important problem of German foreign and domestic policy during the First World War. All other issues, in . comparison, were of secondary significance but in some way related to this central theme. Yet to this day no comprehensive study, which attempts to present and co-ordinate the many different facets of this particular problem, has been made. The pr. esent study intends to fill this gap...." Chapter headings: The Evolution of Western War Aims (August 1914 - May 1915); A Period of Conflict - Chancellor vs. Annexationists (June 1915 - August 1916); A House Divided - Chancellor vs. Supreme Comm. a n d (September 1916 - July 1917); The Strange Case of Georg Michaelis (July 1917 - October 1917); The Victory of the Annexationists - The Defeat of Germany (November 1917 - September 1918); Conclusion; Bibliographical Note; Index. 1" light stain. t o fo re-edge of preliminary pages and up to page 4 - migrates 1/4" into margins of preliminary pages, two tiny specks on edges of textblock, two very small faint stains on bottom of textblock, very light edge wear, very light rubbing, very small . lig ht sc uff on front board. Very Good-. more information

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Veterans Affairs Canada, (Ottawa, 1982).. Reversible book - English/French text - 29 pp/31 pp, oblong 8vo, stapled in wraps. ISBN 066250108X B&w photos, color maps on inside of covers. A short, illustrated history of Canadian involvement in the First World War. Interior - clean and tigh. t with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light wear on spine, tiny stain at bottom of English cover. Very Good+. more information

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Greenhill, (London, 1988).. 211 pp, 330 pp, 257 pp (3 volumes bound in one), 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 185367012X "...a day-by-day and theatre-by-theatre record of the complex events of 1914-18. First published in three volumes between 1918 and 1920, i. t was originally produced under the auspices of the Ministry of Information, with Lord Gleichen, former Director of the Intelligence Bureau, as editor-in-chief. This new edition comes with a new introduction by Gwyn Bayliss, Librarian at the Imp. e r i al War Museum. The value of such a detailed chronology and commentary cannot be underestimated - for students, researchers or the general reader. Besides the chronlogy itself, this new, three-volumes-in-one edition includes the original and . ex te ns ive indices to events, places and participants which add to its considerable value as a work of reference." Light cigarette odor in book, very minor edge wear, light wrinkling at top of spine, very minor soiling on bottom og textblock. Du. st jac ket has light edge wrinkling, light rubbing, minor browning along top edge. VG+/VG. more information

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Budding Books, (Stroud, 1997), reprint.. 230 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBn 1840150068 Over 150 b&w photographs, maps, reproductions, drawings. "During the opening four months of the war no fewer than forty-six soldiers from the British and Commonwealth armies. were awarded the highest award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross. In a series of fascinating biographical portraits Gerald Gliddon here examines the dramatic events surrounding each individual action that led to the award of this most coveted of. m edals, as well as exploring the widely differing social backgrounds of the recipients - ranging from the back streets of Oldham to the suburbs of the Home Counties - and recounting the postwar experiences of those who survived...arranged chronol. o gi cally in order to provide a fresh perspective on the opening stages of the First World War..." Fine/Fine. more information

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Penguin, London, 1990.. 620 pp, 7 3/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 0140058028 "Selections from the letters, memoirs, autobiographies and fiction of the First World War. Edmund Blunden, Vera Brittain, Oskar Kokoschka, Willa Cather, Jaroslav Hasek, Paul Klee and Ernest Hemingway . are among the contributors to this remarkable anthology, which contains several translations commissioned especially for it and draws from Britain, Europe and America. Nearly all of the authors participated in the Great War, whether in battle or, l. ike Rebecca West, on the home front. Most would probably have agreed with Conrad who, when asked what he believed would happen after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, replied, 'Nothing....It fitted with my ethical sense that an act cruel . a n d absurd should be also useless'. (The editors) have arranged their selection to trace and record an evolving sense of the War's moral, political and emotional impact. 'For all the writers War seems to have been an intensifying experience out. o f wh ich they asked what values, if any, inhered in human life. They asked what kind of survival was possible - for whom and for what end. These answers they made - many of them tentative - remain relevant'." Interior - clean and tight with no. pr ev iou s ownership marks. Exterior - minor browning to edges of textblock, very light edge wear, spine slightly concave and has faint creases, a few soft creases and small light line indentations on covers, book slight cocked, 2" x 1" area of s. urfa ce pape r loss on rear cover - sticker pull. Good. more information

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Vanwell, St. Catharines, (1997), Ist edition.. 300 pp, lg.8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w maps, drawings, photos. ISBN 1550680919 "Born in Canada, McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, whilst servi. ng in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he wrote his famous poem (In Flanders Fields). Set against a background of nearly half a century of history, (the author) brings alive in fascinating detail J. o h n McCrae and his world - amongst them Rudyard Kipling, Leo Amery, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Stephen Leacock; the threads that linked their lives; and the story of four people who, after the war, were instrumental in the events that led to popp. ie s being manufactured and sold to raise funds..." Tiny bump at top corner of rear board. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top of rear flap-fold. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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Fleming H. Revell, New York, 1920.. 356 pp, 8vo (8 3/16" H), hard cover (maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. B&w photographs, drawings. Contents: The Subaltern (1904-1906) - En route for Mauritius, Mauritius, Illness and Return; The Undergraduate (1907-1910). - In Relief of Doubt, Sympathy, Various; The Traveller (July 1910-July 1912) - Outward Bound, British East Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius Revisited, Italy and France; The Emigrant (1912-13) - Steerage to Australia, In the Bush, Homeward; One of t. h e Immortal Hundred Thousand (1914-1916) - Sergeant Hankey, "The Happy Warrior", Wounded, The Beloved Captain, Second Lieutenant, The "Student in Arms", The Last Lap. Browning to endpapers, tiny soiling specks on endpapers (mainly at top of rear . gu tt e r) and on some preliminary pages. pages browning lightly, book slightly cracked in a few places, edges of textblock browned - top darkened, light edge wear, slight fading to spine color, light rubbing and faint discoloration on boards, small. li ght s tain on front board, light wear wrinkling at atop/bottom of spine, one small corner bump. Good.. more information

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Self-published, 1952, second edition.. 41 pp, 8vo (8 3/16" H), hard cover (red boards with black lettering on front board) - no dust jacket. SIGNED AT FOREWORD "JIM DUNWOODY" WHO IS THE "JOHN WILLY" OF THIS BOOK, WITH HIS BUSINESS CARD TAPED TO FRONT PASTEDOWN AND AN INSCRIPTION BY HIM . ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The author's reminiscences of some of his experiences in the First World War, mainly those revolving around his convalescence in England after being gassed. Minor edge wear, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, several s. mall faint water splashes, on boards, two very tiny dints at bottom edge of front board. Very Good-. more information

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William Kimber, London, 1968, first edition.. 172 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photogarphs, maps. "Christopher Haworth went to the front near Ypres in 1918: an apprentice law writer of just nineteen, full of idealism and perhaps a little priggish. He became a good. soldier, though not in the way of the Regular Army; he missed the slogging disillusion of First and Second Ypres, the Battles of the Aisne and Somme. He was typical of the new, amateur army which was needed to replace the flower of the Regular . A r m y who had held the initial German advances in 1914-15. This is a personal, highly individual account of those last epic months of the Great War and from it emerges some idea of that unwarlike, unexpected quality which thwarted the plans of Lu. de nd or ff and brought us final victory on the Western Front...." Two creases down free front endpaper, wrinkling at bottom of spine - minor wrinkling at toptiny faint stain on top of textblock. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, one or t. wo tin y s cuffs, several small closed tears - one with crease, light soiling, light edge browning, ghost sticker mark with tiny pull on front panel, very light water stains on inside of spine. Very Good/Good. more information

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(Osprey, London, 1991).. 96 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in b&w and color with photos, maps, battle plans, drawings. "The Gallipoli expedition of 1915, the brainchild of Winston Churchill, was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the . First World War and open a supply route to Russia. This campaign was characterised by the most outstanding courage and determination on both sides. (The author) describes in detail the planning of the attack and the course of events including the . bombardment of the Turkish forts and the landings at Suvla Bay and ANZAC cove." "The Osprey Campaign Series presents concise, authoritative accounts of the great conflicts of history. Each volume begins with an assessment of each commander's campa. ign strategy, then recounts the progress of the fighting, blow-by-blow. More than 90 illustrations, including maps, charts and colour plates accompany the text, and a series of three-dimensional battle maps mark the critical stages of the campai. g n . Each volume concludes with a brief guide to the battlefield today, and detailed notes for wargamers." Interior - faint cigarette odor, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slight yellowing to covers and ed. ge s of textblock, small light stain on top of textblock, flat uncreased spine. VG. more information

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Osprey, Oxford, 2002.. 95 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. ISBN 184176373X B&w photographs, color maps/battle plans. "The First World War in the Mediterranean represented more than just a peripheral theatre to the war on the western front. This engaging volume in. cludes details of allied attempts to capture Constantinople; bloody campaigning in Northern Italy; the defence of the Suez Canal and the defeat of the Turkish army in Palestine. The Arab revolt, skirmishes in North Africa and the entrapment of a. h u ge allied garrison in Greece - the 'world's biggest prison camp' as the Germans described it - are also covered. The result was the fall of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires and the birth of nations unknown in 1914." Interior - small #. 0 in ink on first page, small soft crease at top corner of preliminary pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light rubbing, small corner crease on ffront cover, slight curl and light edge wear to fore-edge . o f fro nt cover. VG. more information

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Directorate of Military Training, Army Headquarters, Ottawa, 1957.. 192 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H), soft cover. Maps. Chapter headings: The Background of the War; The Battle of the Frontiers; Mons, Le Cateau and Guise-St. Quentin; The Battle of the Marne; The Battle of Aisne; The 'Race to the Sea'; The Battles of Y. pres 1914; Summary and Commentary; Appendix. Interior - soft crease at top corner of first and last few pages, a few tiny faint specs on title-page, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - creasing to front cover, sm. a l l closed tear at bottom of front hinge, previous owners name on front cover, soiling to covers, browning on spine. G. more information

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(Ballantine, New York, 1975), first printing.. 160 pp, 8vo (8 3/16" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps. "Gas warfare, with its memories of blinded soldiers groping their way to the field dressing stations, and of individuals one met between the wars who suddenly w. ent into paroxysms of coughing, smiled apologetically, tapped their chests and said, 'Gas, you know' - had an inevitable effect on public opinion, and gas warfare became the object of universal loathing. But was gas indeed the most appalling metho. d of wafare ever used or was it the most humane?" Interior - previous owner's name, ink stamp and embossed stamp on contents page; light browning to pages; otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - book is slightly cocke. d, has light rubbing, very light edge wear, faint crease on spine, stamp on bottom of text block. Very Good. more information

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Federation of Family History Societies, Birmingham, 1987, reprint.. 92 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w photographs, reproductions, drawings. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; The First Steps; The British Army Before and After 1914; Regimental Numbers; Army Discharge Papers 1901-1913; Lette. rs and Postcards; The Bantams; Regimental and Battalion Names; Electoral Rolls; Military Museums; Medical Records; The Surrey Recruiting Registers; Photographs; Army Administration; Local Libraries and County Record Offices; Lists of Men; Referen. c e Section. The chapter on Photographs gives information on badges, insignia and uniform/equipment details which may help with dating/identification. Interior - previous owner's stamp/name/date on first page, heavy bump to top corner of textbloc. k, o t herwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - heavy bump to top corner of covers, minor soiling. Good+. more information

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Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Toronto, (1985), Ist ed.. 255 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H), hard over in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and reproductions. "Bruce Bairnsfather created the best-known cartoon character of the First World War - 'Old Bill' and he dr. ew what many consider to be the most enduring cartoon of all time - the 'Better 'Ole'." This is the story of Bairnsfather's life and times and of the auxiliary industries spawned by 'Old Bill' and his mates - movies, toys, ceramics, aircraft nose. a rt, etc., etc. Small bump at bottom corner of front board, light wrinkling at bottom of spine, a few tiny dints on bottom edge of boards. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, minor edge wear, very light rubbing. VG/VG. more information

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Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, Kansas, 1999.. 328 pp, 8vo, (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0897452224 B&w photographs, maps. "W. Stull Holt was 20 years old when he sailed for France in late March 1917 to join the American Ambulance Field Service. His patriotism, idealism, and desire for adventure. had motivated him to volunteer just weeks before the U.S. declared war against Germany in April 1917. Holt ardently supported the war effort, and when his six-month contract with the AAFS was completed, he enlisted in the American Air Service wh. e r e he won his pilot's wings, then applied for observer training. Holt was assigned as an observer-bombardier-gunner with the famed 20th Aero Squadron of the American 1st Daylight Bombardment Group, which dropped more bombs than any other America. n sq uadron at the front in World War I. He served near Verdun during the French summer offensive of 1917 where he was gassed; he later was awarded the French 'Croix de Guerre'." Very minor edge wear on covers. Near Fine. more information

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