Military History - Other Topics - Diverse Subjects
World
War I - General Section
'The
Great War', the war to end wars - or so it was thought! A period
of rapid technical advancement, with the development of tanks, massive
guns & poison gas. The airplane came into its own & Millions
died on the battlefields of Europe to secure final Allied victory - a
hollow victory which ultimately led to the emergence of the Nazi
evil in Germany
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| THE TRENCH: THE TRUE STORY OF THE HULL PALS by David J Bilton The story of the 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment - 'The Hull Pals'- from September, 1914 to May, 1919 in the trenches of the Western Front in WWI. More than 150 photographs, illustrations and maps (many never seen before) ask the questions " Who were these men?", "What did they do?", "What conditions did they exist in?" and "Which of them survived?". 1,400 men left Hull - one in four never returned. This is the subject of a fascinating BBC-TV documentary in which descendents of the men involved re-enacted a month in the trenches.2002, Leo Cooper, , 0850528623,< D-01>,224pp, b/w/ photos, drawings , Reading copy. Card covers. Endpapers marked and creased. creasing on covers., , CARDSubject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 30892-01..............................£5.00 |
| AMIENS 1918 by Gregory Blaxland From the German Spring offensive of 1918 the battles of the British Army of 1918. The struggles of the 4th & 5th Armies, the counter-offensive and the Battles of Amiens, Albert & Bapaume: the Hindenburg Line offensive. 1981, W H Allen Publishing, , 0352308338,< D-01>,274pp, mass market paperback pages, browning, creases on cover. Fair, , CARDSubject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 12368-02..............................£4.00 |
| WORDS FROM THE WOUNDED by (Editor) D Boderke A collection of writings, verses and messages by wounded soldiers returning from the trenches in World War I. They were written in two autograph books belonging to a member of the nursing staff of Queen Mary's Military Hospital. The writings are mainly used to caption the numerous photos.1989, Countryside Books, , 0861572483,< D-01>,48pp, 52 ills, Storage wear only. , , CARDSubject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 10520-01..............................£6.00 |
| SPAHER IM ALPENKORPS by Martin Breitenacher The experiences of a German WWI mountain troop section commander. The mountain troops were considered some of the best units of the WWI German Army.1938, Verlag Otto Schlegel, , ,< D-01>,184pp. maps., Good, cvrs wn, prev owner inscr., Ger.text, Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 25562-01..............................£20.00 |
| NOVEMBER 1918 by Gordon Brook-Shepherd Uncorrected Advance Proof copy. The final act of WWI, the last 100 days, from the surprise blow struck by the British at Amiens on 8 August. An authoritative account drawing together the various strands: the Western Front and Germany's Allies being knocked out one by one in other theatres - Palestine, the mountains of Serbia, northern Italy.1981, Collins, , ,< D-01>,461pp, 28 ills, 7 maps, source notes, bibliography, appendices, index, Blue card covers.Small mark on faded spine ow very good, , CARDSubject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 27925-01..............................£12.00 |
| TOMMY GOES TO WAR by Malcolm Brown The British soldier of World War I. An account of the volunteers, training, "In the Trenches", "In to Battle" and "Rats as big as rabbits". Based on contemporary letters and diaries, the book recalls what the ordinary soldier thought of the war in the trenches1986, J M Dent & Sons, , 0460022202,< D-01>,272pp, 200 photos & ills, Rubbed card covers good., , CARDSubject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 13872-01..............................£6.00 |
| HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR by John Buchan John Buchan's lucid and authoritative history of World War I. Written whilst the war was in progress, it was abridged by military historian Victor Neuburg into a single volume. Neuburg has also written the introduction. This edition is complemented by beautiful colour plates by official war artists including C. R. W. Nevinson, John and Paul Nash, Sir William Orpen, John Singer Sargent, Colin Gill and Sir John Lavery.1991, Lochar Publishing, , 0948403535,< D-01>,192pp, 38 colour plates, Mint in d/w, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 11292-01..............................£9.00 |
| THE WORLD WAR I ALBUM by Ross Burns Shows in photographs the changes which took place in the course of the war - how Cavalry and Infantry manoeuvres of 1914 were superceded by tanks, guns and gas in 1918, and how weak air patrols eventually became organised bomber and fighter squadrons in the final offensives.1996, Saturn Books, , 1862220182,< D-01>,Large Format, 304pp 600 ills, Good in d/w, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 33578-01..............................£10.00 |
| THE DRAMA OF 365 DAYS by H Caine "Scenes from the Great War" including King Edward's visit to Berlin, pen portraits of The Kaiser and The Archduke Ferdinand, Christmas in the Trenches, The Luisitania and much more.1915, William Heinemann, 2nd impression, ,< D-01>,127pp, port., green cloth rubbed at extremities, browning, g, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 5194-01..............................£11.00 |
| LUCIFER'S GATE by David B Clarke Fiction: By 1917, little was left standing of the town of Ypres. The remnants of the eastern gate leading through the old ramparts, the Menin Gate, still stood, and through it poured these soldiers, on their way to battle.
This novel, the third volume in David Clark's Canadian Army Trilogy*, Lucifer's Gate brings Canada's military history to life through the stories of two generations of the Warwick family whose misfortune was to encounter the hell on earth beyond Lucifer's Gate.
2002, General Store Publishing, , 1894263626,< D-01>,179pp maps, Fine in card covers, , Subject...World War I - GeneralWeb No. 33599-01..............................£7.00 |
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