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A Subaltern on the Somme in 1916

A Subaltern on the Somme in 1916

[Max Plowman] "Mark VII"

First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth boards and dust jacket. Regarded as a classic account of life in the trenches during World War I, Plowman evokes a deeply personal account of the Battle of the Somme, during which his own battalion in real life, the 10th West Yorkshires, suffered among the highest casualties loosing nigh on half their men in a single day...

£1000.00

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No More Parades

No More Parades

FORD, Ford Madox

First edition; 8vo; original green cloth boards, in original dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper, 'and then " The adjutant saying there will be no more Parades", and there wont &...

£3750.00

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The German Prisoner

The German Prisoner

HANLEY, James

Limited edition; 8vo; original red cloth, frontispiece by William Roberts and an introduction by Richard Aldington. This is number 243 of an edition of 500, signed and numbered by the author on the limitation page...

£475.00

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Four Infantrymen on the Western Front 1918

Four Infantrymen on the Western Front 1918

JOHANNSEN, Ernst

First English edition; 8vo; original boards and dust jacket. Originally published in German under the title Vier von der Infanterie. Translated into English by A...

£350.00

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Cold Feet

Cold Feet

MAHON, Terence

First edition; 8vo original cloth, and dust jacket. Cold Feet details the exploits of a man court-martialled for cowardice and due to face the firing squad, only to redeem himself in saving his execution party from a German pilot...

£550.00

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The War Poems.

The War Poems.

SASSOON, Siegfried

First edition, first impression.; 12mo; bound by Stuart Brockman in full black goatskin; design applied with goatskin onlays, gold tooling; lettered in gold leaf; paste paper endleaves and gilt edges...

£5000.00

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Marching in Line [Three Variant Studies]

SMITH, Percy John Delf

Marching in line [three variant studies], pencil on various papers, two signed, one dated '1918' with borderlines and inscribed measurements, each sheet approx...

£1200.00

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These Men Thy Friends

These Men Thy Friends

THOMPSON, Edward

First edition, 8vo, original cloth boards and dust jacket. Signed presentation inscription from the author to front end paper. Thompson's novel is set on the Eastern Front, during the last eighteen months of the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War which was fought between the Allies - a mixture of Australian, British and British Empire (mainly Indian) troops - and the Central Powers, mainly from the Ottoman Empire...

£800.00

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Prisoner of War Model of the Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus Unitis

Prisoner of War Model of the Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus Unitis

WORLD WAR ONE

A prisoner of war model of about 1:180 scale of SMS Viribus Unitis, skillfully and accurately made from scraps of wood, wire and cotton. mounted on a wooden plinth with a brass plaque, housed in a case measuring 95 by 23 by 45cm...

£4000.00

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Two Pencil Drawings

Two Pencil Drawings

WORLD WAR ONE

Two pencil drawings of 9th Heavy Battery position between Armentières and Houplines August 1915. Framed and glazed with original label pasted to rear with indistinct signature...

£450.00

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War Loss Valuations manuscript ledger for C. H. Rugg & Co

War Loss Valuations manuscript ledger for C. H. Rugg & Co

WORLD WAR ONE

A manuscript ledger; small folio; original vellum boards, with hand written titles to front cover and spine.. The entries are dated from 20th Match 1917 to 26th July 1918...

£500.00

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A Comprehensive Archive of letters and photographs: January 1914 to August 1921

A Comprehensive Archive of letters and photographs: January 1914 to August 1921

WORLD WAR ONE: John Bostock RN

Two extensive albums of letters, photographs and documents, a unique archive from Cadet and later Midshipman and
Acting Lieutenant John Bostock R...

£4500.00

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Draft of a speech made by the then Prince of Wales at a dinner in honour of Marshal Foch

Draft of a speech made by the then Prince of Wales at a dinner in honour of Marshal Foch

WORLD WAR ONE: EDWARD VIII

An autograph manuscript, unsigned, four pages, 4to and slightly smaller. The boldly penned holograph manuscript, with a number of corrections, is the draft of a speech made by the Prince of Wales at a dinner in honour of Marshal Foch at the end of World War One and states, in part, 'This is an occasion of such unique & historical interest that I find it very difficult to address such a so distinguished an assembly...

£1500.00

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The Unveiling of the Thiepval Memorial to The Battle of the Somme

The Unveiling of the Thiepval Memorial to The Battle of the Somme

WORLD WAR ONE: EDWARD VIII; LEBRUN, Albert

Photograph by F.W. Patrick of the British Legion, 21cm by 16cm in mount 33cm by 21cm.  Thiepval 1st August 1932. Signed on the mount, showing the Prince and the French President at the unveiling of the Thiepval Memorial...

£1500.00

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Signed Hand Written:  The First Day of the Somme

Signed Hand Written: The First Day of the Somme

WORLD WAR ONE: Private later Acting Sergeant Walter Keeble

Autograph signed letter; two pages on Northampton General Hospital head note paper, dated 12th July 1916. Together with photographs of Keeble and his wife and a small number of documents including Demobilization Certificate...

£2000.00

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Winox War stamps attached to 'LEST WE FORGET' application form.

Winox War stamps attached to 'LEST WE FORGET' application form.

WORLD WAR ONE: Propaganda

Four Winox War stamps attached to 'LEST WE FORGET' application form for Winox War Stamps. The Four stamps are based on designs by Dutch artist Louis Raemaekers, are the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, the execution of nurse Edith Cavell, the killing of French and Belgian civilians, and civilian casualties produced in Zeppelin bombing raids against Great Britain...

£100.00

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Archive of Wilfred Taylor 1916-1918

Archive of Wilfred Taylor 1916-1918

WORLD WAR ONE: Royal Flying Corps

Two small notebooks, seven drawings and four period photographs of Air Mechanic Wilfred Taylor. Taylor joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1916. The first notebook is titled W Taylor Royal Flying Corps...

£1500.00

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