Military History from Chris Phillips

Lincoln: Ruston & Hornsby Limited, 1919. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong Folio 31 X 24cm. An extensively illustrated album of the war productions of this Lincoln engineering company during the First World War. The company, before the war, produced agricultural machinery and oil engines, traction engines, etc. Its productions during the war consisted of munitions… Read more about this item

London: Stationery Office, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very good copy of this definitive study of the history of British Barracks prior to the first World War. Extensively illustrated and in very good condition in black cloth with illustrated wrappers with light creasing to top of rear… Read more about this item

London: The London Scottish, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A two year run of this detailed regimental journal in the last two years of the First World War. Illustrated with photos of soldiers killed on the battlefields and containing many lists of casualties together with lists of promotions, etc. A particularly… Read more about this item

London: The Times Publishing Company Limited, 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. A Churchill wartime speech reprinted from the Times in a slim booklet format. Good condition, only, with single staple rusted through and a scuff mark on top wrap resulting in "thinning" of paper. Pencilled name of previous owner on top wrap. (Woods A92). Uncommon… Read more about this item

London: Arthur St. Baptisi Chapel Camberwell, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a collection of newsletters created during the First World War, by the Arthur Street Baptist Church in Camberwell, to enable soldiers to communicate with each other via this medium. Numbered from 1 to 28 & number 30, with… Read more about this item

London: H.M.S.O., 1907. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The 1907 reprint of this work, originally published in 1872, by H.M.S.O. A very good copy in original red cloth, blind embossed with gilt title to spine. This reprint lacks the portfolio of 22 maps which accompanied its publication. … Read more about this item

London: Harrison and Sons, 1916. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 6" X 4. This is a booklet, prepared by the General Staff and published in July 1916, that describes, in some detail, the topography of the area of the Battle of the Somme that was fought between July and November 1916. A very good copy, holding… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Treuttel et Wurtz, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The seven volume history of France following the revolution of 1789. A very good set half bound in marbelled boards with gilt titles on spines. Bound with corrigenda and containing 3 charts with 11 maps and plans, some… Read more about this item

London: Henry J. Drane, 1904. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. sm 8vo - 17 X 11cm. A complete record of the actions that led to the award of the Victoria Cross, to its recipients, from its inception to 1904. Internally very good in decorative red cloth which is faded and badly sunned on the fore edges… Read more about this item

Dorchester: G.H. Rose, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. T. L. Greenshields and M.P> Concannon. The detailed history of this unit concentrating mainly on its activity following landing in France after D Day 1944. Very good in original black cloth with red border and gilt title to top board.… Read more about this item

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., 1915. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Box Size 7" X 4. Harry Payne. This is a jigsaw published in the Raphael Tuck "Zag-Zaw" series in which a postcard designed by the military artist Harry Payne has been cut up in about 35 pieces. Boxed in its original printed red card box with… Read more about this item

London: The Bystander, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo format - 11" tall. Bruce Bairnsfather. This is a complete run of the eight issues of this inimitable magazine supplement humorously illustrating life in the trenches for "Old Bill" during the first world war. Very good condition but wrappers not bound in. Two volumes in marked brown cloth with… Read more about this item

London: The Prince of Wales Hospital Fund for London, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong Format 8" X 6. This is an extensively illustrated souvenir of the procession held in celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Created by staff at the Graphic and Daily Graphic the majority of illustrations consist of groups of soldiers from around the Empire.… Read more about this item

Pert: R.A. & J. Hay, 1908. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo format 10" tall. A detailed and comprehensive account of the military history of Perthshire. Illustrated with portraits, maps and other plates. Internally very good in red cloth which is faded to spine and top board and with marks to rear board. T.E.G. with minor… Read more about this item

1948. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong Format 10.5" X 11'5. Alan Withy. This is a souvenir brochure produced for the No.2 Mechanical Equipment (Transportation) Units of the Royal Engineers who were instrumental in providing solutions to the transportation requirements of the Army following D Day in North West Europe. A detailed brochure illustrated with photographs of the damage… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An uncommon, contemporary, book about the "Boxer Rebellion". Very good in slightly grubby illustrated boards with faded spine.and "OAP" written in pencil on half title.

Springe Germany: 601 Regiment Royal Artillery, 1945. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Booklet - over 8" tall. The title of this booklet say it all, really. It is a collection of poems and articles written to entertain troops of the British Liberation Army stationed in Germany at the end of the second world war and extracted from the daily… Read more about this item

London: Edward Stanford, 1899. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 26 X 38. This is sheet 5, only, of this large map of the Transvaal and South African Republic published in 1899. Lithographed in Switzerland by Wurster, Randegger & Cie. and printed in colour on linen. Remains of paper attachment on rear of one segment. Map is extensively creased (see… Read more about this item

London & Canada: The London Printing & Lithographing Company Limited, 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Judy Varga. A first edition of one of the earliest books on the RAF phenomenon known as Gremlins. Well illustrated with colour plates showing the different types of these mythical creatures and the… Read more about this item