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RUTLAND AND THE GREAT WAR: A LASTING TRIBUTE TO A GREAT AND NOBLE PART
Written by G. Phillips.
Stock no. 1327277
Published by Rutland County Museum. 1st thus 2014. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A limited edition of the second edition published to commemorate the Great War. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 244 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781907097065. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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LEWIS GUN MECHANISM MADE EASY
Written by C.H.B. Pridham.
Stock no. 1827257
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. 7th 1942. Very good condition.

Seventh Edition. With Notes on the .300 (American) Lewis Gun. Fully illustrated with large coloured plate (fold-out) and numerous diagrams. Small format. Paperwraps. Staple binding. 22 numbered text pages plus colour plate and diagrams. 24th impression. Covers a little grubby and worn at corners. Name and address in ink to top of title page. Staples rusty, therefore corresponding rust holes to cover. Colour plate carelessly tipped in (not straight).

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FOKKER - THE MAN AND THE AIRCRAFT
Written by Henri Hegener. Illustrated by W.F. Hepworth.
Stock no. 1326654
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is split into three parts. Part one the biography, part two comprises 49 3-view drawings, part three gives a by-type review. Large format. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly chipped. Small white label covers printed price on rear panel of wrapper.

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MARINE AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR
Written by Heinz J. Nowarra; Bruce Robertson; Peter G. Cooksley.
Stock no. 1326653
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Fold-out line drawings of aircraft. Spine bumped. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using fablon, it is very slightly grubby.

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RECONNAISSANCE & BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1948 WAR
Written by W.M. Lamberton; E.F. Cheesman. Illustrated by J.D. Carrick; F.A. Yeoman.
Stock no. 1326651
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Large format. Yellow cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams (some fold-out). Binding error causes some creasing to the front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, tear to centre of spine with some slight loss.

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ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH: POETS OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1827022
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Lyn MacDonald. Green pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Printed on pale green paper. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little grubby and slightly faded at edges.

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THE HISTORY OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE IN THE WAR OF 1914-1918 (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Reginald Berkeley.
Stock no. 1826616
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Originally published between 1926 and 1936. This is a modern reprint, printed and bound by Lightning Source. Pictorial cardwraps. Volume 3 is an appendix of Honours & Awards. ISBN: 1847346987. A nice set.

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WINGS OVER THE SOMME 1916-1918
Written by G.H. Lewis; Chaz Bowyer.
Stock no. 1826003
Published by Bridge Books. 1st thus 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A modern classic of military aviation history. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Edited by Bowyer. ISBN: 1872424384. A few light marks and scuffs to dustwrapper.

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BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE: THE 1914 CAMPAIGN
Written by Andrew Rawson.
Stock no. 1825690
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book concentrates on the British Expeditionary Force's defensive actions during the retreat from Mons through to the advance to the River Aisne, then the first days of trench warfare and its move north to Ypres, where is endured three long weeks of German attacks. Includes many b/w maps. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 9781473823839. Top of spine bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has corresponding crease to top of spine (minor).

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THE THIRTY-FOURTH DIVISION 1915-1919
Written by Lt Col. Shakespear.
Stock no. 1824304
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, chequer board vignette to spine and front board. B/w photos and folding maps. Boards lightly unevenly faed with a few light marks. Frontis has been inserted next to contents page and tissue guard is missing. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots.

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"INVICTA" WITH THE FIRST BATTALION THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT IN THE GREAT WAR
Written by C.V. Molony.
Stock no. 1824297
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Compiled from the war diary and accounts of eye-witnesses, by Major C.V. Molony, a former Officer of the 1st Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, and is intended to chronicle as much detail as possble of the 1st Battalion during the war of 1914-1918. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustratons and maps. Folding colour map of Western Front to rear. Boards scuffed and a little faded. Endpapers browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.

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THE LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL BOOK
Written by Hedley Le Bas.
Stock no. 1824285
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Edited by Sir Hedley Le Bas, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund. This volume was prepared as a slight memorial to Lord Kitchener's life and work. Containing tributes from men who write from intimate knowledge of this great man. White cloth boards with blue titles and borders. B/w tipped in plates and b/w photos & illustrations. Split to top rear edge of spine. Boards slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout - heavier in some places than in others.

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