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Creagh, Sir O’Moore, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I. & Humphris, E. M. (Editors), The V.C. and D.S.O., three volumes, The Standard Art Book Co. Ltd., 1924, vol. 1, viii, 336pp.; vol. 2, 444pp.; vol. 3, 373pp., blue cloth, some pages clipped from vols. 2 & 3; Wilkins, Philip A., The History of the Victoria Cross, Constable, London, 1904, xxiii, 443pp., blue cloth; Anon, Valour and Victory, J. F. Shaw & Co., London, 128pp., coloured cloth; all with some wear to covers, fairly good condition (5)
Hammer Price: £75
Roe, F. G., The Bronze Cross; Abbott, P. E. & Tamplin, J. M. A., British Gallantry Awards, Seaby, London, 1971; Stanistreet, A., ‘Gainst all Disaster; Creagh, Sir O’Moore & Humphris, E.M., The Victoria Cross 1856-1920, J. B. Hayward & Son, 1985; Crook, M. J., The Evolution of the Victoria Cross; Anon, The Victoria Cross, O’Byrne Brothers, London, 1865; Bancroft, J. W., The Victoria Cross Roll of Honour; Hare-Scott, K., For Valour; Turner, J. F. (3), V.C.’s of the Royal Navy; V.C.’s of the Arm...
Hammer Price: £60
Harvey, David, Monuments to Courage, Victoria Cross Headstones & Memorials, pub. by Kevin & Kay Patience, 1999, two volumes, Vol. I, 410pp; Vol. II, 433pp., hardback, with dustcovers, boxed, excellent condition - as new (2)
Hammer Price: £40
Mundell, Frank, Stories of the Victoria Cross, The Sunday School Union, London, nd (c.1895), 176pp., a Horwell Grammar School, Launceston, book prize 1903, full red leather with gilt ornamentation, ribbed spine; O’Byrne, Robert W. (Editor) The Victoria Cross, An Official Chronicle of the Deeds of Personal Valour ... during the Crimean and Baltic Campaigns and the Indian, Persian, Chinese, New Zealand and African Wars, W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1880, x, 185pp., full red leather, ribbed spine;...
Hammer Price: £85
Toomey, T. E., Victoria Cross 1854-1889 and How Won, Alfred Boot & Son, London, 1890, 67pp; Parry, D. H., Britain’s Roll of Glory, Cassel & Co., London, 1899, xiv, 404pp; Richards, W., Heroes of our Day, Virtue & Co., London, 1894, vi, 230pp; Stewart, Lieut-Col. R., The Victoria Cross, The Empire’s Roll of Valour, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., xviii, 469pp; Stanway, K., Britannia’s Calendar of Heroes, George Allen & Sons, London, 1909, xxx, 411pp; Muddock, J. E., “For Valour” the “V.C.”, Hutchinson...
Hammer Price: £70
Ashcroft, M., Victoria Cross Heroes; de la Billiere, General Sir Peter, Supreme Courage; Glanfield, J., Bravest of the Brave; Leyland, E., For Valour, The Story of the Victoria Cross; Percival, J., For Valour, The Victoria Cross, courage in action; Perrett, B., For Valour, Victoria Cross and Medal of Honor Battles; Smith, M. C., Awarded for Valour, A History of the Victoria Cross and Evolution of British Heroism, these all with dustcovers; very good condition (7)
Maude, V.C., C.B., Francis Cornwallis, Memories of the Mutiny, with which is incorporated the personal narrative of John Walter Sherer, Esq., Remington & Co. Ltd., 1st Edition, 1894, two volumes, 568pp., plus plates and map, rebound red cloth with new eps, covers scuffed, fairly good condition (2)
Hammer Price: £140
Vetch, Col. R. H., Life, Letters, and Diaries of Lieut-General Sir Gerald Graham, V.C., G.C.B., R.E., William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1901, xxii, 492pp., plus plates and maps, ex-libris R.U.S.I., some stamp marks, original red cloth, cover soiled and worn, fairly good condition
Hammer Price: £65
Gough G.C.B., V.C., General Sir Hugh, Old Memories, William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1897, 236 + 32pp., original decorated ochre boards, slight foxing and wear to cover edges, good condition
Kavanagh, V.C., T. Henry, How I Won the Victoria Cross, Ward & Lock, London, 1860, 219pp.,with one plate depicting the author in disguise, ex-libris St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury, rebound, half calf, some wear to boards, fairly good condition
Portrait Photograph of General Sir Herbert MacPherson, V.C., K.C.B., K.C.S.I., in uniform, wearing his orders and medals, mounted on card, 252 x 194mm., a little soiled; a ‘scrap-book’, 315 x 200mm., with red and brown leather covers, inscribed with gilt lettering, ‘Press Notices on the late General Sir Herbert MacPherson, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., V.C. October 20th 1886’, containing many press-cuttings, some splitting and deterioration of cuttings and pages to which they were affixed, some wear to c...
Hammer Price: £80
Melville, Charles H., Service Memories by Surgeon-General Sir A. D. Home, V.C., K.C.B., Edward Arnold, London, 1912, vii, 340+16pp., plus plate of the Surgeon-General, original red boards, slight foxing, good condition
Roberts of Kandahar, V.C., G.G., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., Field Marshal Earl, Forty-One Years in India, from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief, Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1911, xxii, 601pp., plus plates and maps, inside paper inscribed in ink, ‘Captain F. Nolan Baker from the Author, November 1911’, original red cloth; Forrest, C.I.E., Sir George, The Life of Lord Roberts, K.G., V.C., Cassell & Co. Ltd., London, 1914, viii, 372pp., plus plates, original blue cloth with gilt lettering and or...
Corban, J. Maclaren, The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Caxton Publishing Co, London, 1901, in four volumes, xii, 242; x, 227; x, 191; and viii, 199pp., with plates and maps, red cloth with gilt portrait of Roberts on front cover, a.e.g.; Cairnes, Capt. W. E., Earl Roberts as a Soldier in Peace and War, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1901, 331pp; Groser, H. G., Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C., K.P., etc, Melrose, London, 144pp; Jerrold, Walter, Lord Roberts of Kandahar, V.C., The Life Story o...
Tombs, Henry, Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Tombs, V.C., K.C.B., R.A., Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, 1st Edition, 1913, xii, 88pp., plus plates, ex-libris Major Colin James Taylor, original full blue calf with gilt crest and lettering, spine slightly torn, good condition
Hammer Price: £50
Wood, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., General Sir Evelyn, The Crimea in 1854 and 1894, Chapman & Hall, London, 1895, xii, 400pp., original red cloth; Wood, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Field Marshal Sir Evelyn, From Midshipman to Field Marshal, Methuen & Co., London, 4th Edition, two volumes, Vol. I xiv, 322pp.; Vol. II vii, 299pp., both plus plates and maps, original red cloth with gilt titles and ornamentation; Wood, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.C.L., Field Marshal Sir Evelyn, Winnowed Memories, Cassell &...
Creagh, General Sir O’Moore, The Autobiography of General Sir O’Moore Creagh, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., Hutchinson & Co., London, 1st Edition, nd (c.1925), [ix], 304pp., portrait frontis, plus 15 plates, original blue cloth, cover slightly blistered, minor foxing; Fincastle, V.C., The Viscount & Eliott-Lockhart, P. C., A Frontier Campaign, a narrative of the Operations of the Malakand and Buner Field Forces, 1897-1898, Methuen & Co., London, 1898, 232pp., plus plates and map, original red cloth...
Marling, Bt., V.C., C.B., Colonel Sir Percival, Rifleman and Hussar, John Murray, London, 1st Edition, 1931, xii, 412pp., plus ten plates and four maps, green cloth with gilt crest and lettering, with damaged dustcover, good condition
Durand, Sir Mortimer, The Life of Field-Marshal Sir George White, V.C., William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1st Edition, 1915, two volumes, Vol. I, x, 448pp; Vol. II, viii, 328pp., plus plates and maps, with ‘Salford, Peel Park, Reference Library’ stamps, original red cloth, neatly rebacked, some damage to spine; Vibart, Colonel Henry M., The Life of General Sir Harry N. D. Prendergast, R.E., V.C., G.C.B. (The Happy Warrior), Eveleigh Nash, London, 1914, ix, 445pp., plus plates an...
Innes, V.C., Lieut-General McLeod, The Sepoy Revolt, a critical narrative, A. D. Innes & Co., London, 1897, xviii, 319pp., plus maps, original red cloth; Gibbon, Frederick P., The Disputed V.C., A Tale of the Indian Mutiny, Blackie & Son Ltd., New Edition 1909, vi, 352pp., plus plates, with Sunday School Prize label, original coloured cloth; Coates, Thomas F. G., Sir George White V.C., The Hero of Ladysmith, Grant Richards, London, 1900, xii, 290pp., plus (loose) plates, original green cloth,...
Farwell, B., Eminent Victorian Soldiers, Seekers of Glory, 1986; Bancroft, J. W., Deeds of Valour, A Victorian Military and Naval History Trilogy, 1994; Clifford, H., Henry Clifford V.C., his letters and sketches from the Crimea, 1956; Percy, A., A Bearskin’s Crimea, Colonel Henry Percy V.C. and his brother officers, 2005; Springman, M. (Editor), Sharpshooter in the Crimea, the letters of Captain Goodlake, V.C., 2005; Perkins, R., The Kashmir Gate, 1983; Collister, P., ‘Hellfire Jack!’, the L...
Campbell, Gordon, Number Thirteen, being the Autobiography of Rear-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C., D.S.O., M.P., Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 1st Edition, 1932, 352pp., plus plates, with dustcover; Campbell, V.C., D.S.O., Rear-Admiral Gordon, My Mystery Ships, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 1932 reprint, xx, 300pp., with dustcover; Anon, Jack Cornwell, the Story of John Travers Cornwell, V.C., Hodder & Stoughton, London, 79pp.,neat internal repair, card covers; Carpenter, V.C., R.N., Cap...
Colville, J. R., Man of Valour, the Life of Field-Marshal The Viscount Gort, V.C., 1972, with dustcover; Roy, R., For Most Conspicuous Bravery, a biography of Major-General George R. Peakes, V.C.1977 reprint, with worn dustcover; Woolley, V.C., O.B.E., M.C., M.A., The Rev. Geoffrey Harold, Sometimes a Soldier, 1963; Gasson, J., Travis, V.C., 1966, with dustcover; Singleton-Gates, P., General Lord Freyberg VC, 1963; Neame, V.C., D.S.O., Brev. Lieut-Col. Philip, German Strategy in the Great Wa...
Thornton, Lieut-Col. L. H. & Fraser, Pamela, The Congreves, Father and Son, 1930, with dustcover; Gummer, Selwyn, The Chavasse Twins, 1963, with dustcover; Clayton, Ann, Martin-Leake, Double VC, 1994, with dustcover; Buchan, John., Francis and Riversdale Grenfell, a Memoir, 1st Edition, 1920; Norman, T. (Editor), Armageddon Road, A V.C’s. Diary, 1914-16, Billy Congreve, 1982; , with dustcover; Slater, G. (Editor), My Warrior Sons, the Borton Family Diary 1914-1918, 1973, with dustcover; Anon,...
Hammer Price: £45
McCuddon, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., M.M., Major James B., Flying Fury, Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps, 1973, with dustcover; Cole, C., McCuddon V.C., 1967, with dustcover; Briscoe, W. A., & Stannard, H. R., Captain Ball V.C., the Career of Flight-Commander Ball, V.C., D.S.O., 1918; Kiernan, R. H., Captain Albert Ball, V.C., D.S.O. (two bars) etc, 1939; Bowyer, C., Albert Ball, VC, 1994, with dustcover; Rimell, R. L., The Airship VC, the Life of Captain William Leefe Robinson, 1989, with dustc...
Jones, I., King of Air Fighters, The Biography of Major ‘Mick’ Mannock, VC, DSO, MC, 1989 ; Dudgeon, J. M., ‘Mick’ The Story of Major Edward Mannock, 1981; Oughton, F. & Smyth, Cmdr. V., Ace with One Eye, The Life and Combats of Major Edward Mannock, 1963; Mannock, Major E., The Personal Diary of Major ‘Mick’ Mannock, 1966; Davies, V.C., Vice-Admiral R. B., Sailor in the Air, The Memoirs of Vice-Admiral Richard Bell Davies V.C., C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C., 1967; Hawker, M.C., Lieut-Col. T. M., Hawk...
Smyth, V.C., M.C., M.P., Brigadier The Rt. Hon., Sir John, The Story of the Victoria Cross, Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 496pp., plus plates, ex-libris A. F. Flatow, attached to the inside pages are a photograph of Brigadier Smyth in civilian attire wearing his medals and a letter from Brigadier Smyth to Flatow relating to his I.G.S. Medal, dated 17 June 1966 and signed ‘Jackie Smyth’, hardback, with worn dustcover; together with a shorter version of the above in paperback; Smyth, V.C., Sir...
VCs of the Great War series (10): Gliddon, Gerald, 1914; Arras & Messines 1917; Cambrai 1917; Spring Offensive 1918; The Final Days 1918; Snelling Stephen, Gallipoli; Passchendaele 1917; The Naval VCs; Batchelor, P. F. & Matson, C., The Western Front 1915; Cooksley, Peter G., The Air VCs, all hardback with dustcovers, extremely good condition (10)
Ryder, V.C., R.N., Commander R. E. D., The Attack on St. Nazaire, 28 March 1942, John Murray, London, 1st Edition, 1947, vii, 118pp., with bookplate of ‘Robert Laycock’, an inside page bearing the signatures, ‘Robert Ryan’, ‘Mountbatten of Burma’ and ‘Charles Newman’, with dustcover, good condition
Hammer Price: £190
Allaway, J., Hero of the Upholder, The Story of Lieutenant Commander M. D. Wanklyn, V.C., D.S.O. & 2 Bars, 1991; Chapman, P., Submarine Torbay, 1989; Fraser, V.C., Ian, Frogman V.C., 1957; Bowyer, C., Eugene Esmonde, V.C., D.S.O., 1983; Fleming, G., Magennis VC, The Story of Northern Ireland’s only winner of the Victoria Cross, 1998, paperback; Phillips, C. E. L., The Greatest Raid of All, 1958, no dustcover; Pollard, Capt. A. O., The Boy’s Romance of Aviation, 1939, no dustcover; Morris, R.,...
Laffin, J., British VCs of World War 2, a Study in Heroism, 1997; Phillips, C. E. L., Victoria Cross Battles of the Second World War, 1973; Whitman, Capt. J. E. A., Gallant Deeds of the War; Woods, R., One Man’s Desert, the Story of Captain Pip Gardner, V.C., M.C., 1986; Keyes, Elizabeth, Geoffrey Keyes, V.C. of the Rommel Raid, 1956; Campbell, A., The Siege, a Story from Kohima, 1956; Pollard, V.C., M.C., D.C.M., Capt. A. O., Fire-Eater, The Memoirs of a V.C.; Morgan, M., D-Day Hero, C.S.M....
Joynt, V.C., W. D., Saving the Channel Ports 1918, after the breach of the 5th Army, 1975; McCullough, Colleen, The Courage and the Will, The Life of Roden Cutler, V.C., 1999; Farquhar, M., Derrick V.C., the story of Thomas Currie Derrick, V.C., 1982; Irwin, M., Victoria’s Cross, the Story of Sgt. Samuel George Pearse, V.C., M.M., from ANZAC to Archangel, 2003, signed by author, paperback; Johnson, C. & Barnes, A. (Editors), Jacka’s Mob, a narrative of the Great War by Edgar John Rule, 1999,...
[Canadian War Records Office], Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23rd April 1915 to 30th March 1918, Skeffington & Son Ltd., 96pp., with dust cover; Machum, Lieut-Col. G. C. (Compiler), Canada’s V.C.’s,, 1956; Swettenham, J. (Editor), Valiant Men, Canada’a Victoria Cross and George Cross Winners; Bishop, A., Our Bravest and Our Best, The Stories of Canada’s Victoria Cross Winners, 1995, with dustcover; Ralph, W., Barker VC, The Life, Death and Legend of Canada’s Most Decorated War Hero, 1997, with dust...
Sarkar, D., Guards VC Blitzkrieg 1940, 1999, hardback, with dustcover; Napier, G., The Sapper VCs, 1998, hardback with dustcover; Wallace, Lieut-Gen. Sir Christopher Wallace & Cassidy, Major R. D., Focus on Courage, the 59 Victoria Crosses of the Royal Green Jackets, 2006, signed by authors, hardback with dustcover; Williams, W. A., The VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments, 1984, hardback; Kirby, H. L. & Walsh, R. R., The Seven V.C.s of Stoneyhurst College, hardback with dustcover; Bancroft,...
Scott, Capt. F. J., Records of the Seventh Dragoon Guards during the Great War, Bennett & Co., 1923, vii, 210pp., plus plates, plus three separate maps, Willcox, Lieut-Col. W. T., The 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914-1919), John Murrary, London, 1925, xx, 387pp., plus plates; Carnock, Lord, The History of the 15th The King’s Hussars 1914-1922, Crypt House Press, 1932, xii, 270pp., all hardback, fairly good and better condition (3)
Hammer Price: £130
Evans, Capt. H. K. D. & Laing, Major N. O., The 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars in the Great War, Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1920, xii, 198pp., with maps and plates, original ornamented blue cloth; Durand, Sir H. Mortimer, The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War, Blackwood & Sons, 1921, xiii, 392pp., with plates, original ornamented blue cloth, fairly good condition (2)
Hammer Price: £110
Lumley, Capt. L. R., History of the Eleventh Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) 1908-1934, R.U.S.I., London, 1936, xvi, 544pp., plus plates, original ornamented cloth, fairly good condition
Hammer Price: £95
Brownie, Brig. J. G. & Bridges, Lieut. Col. E. J., Historical Record of the 14th (King’s) Hussars 1900-1922, Vol. II, R.U.S.I., London, 1932, xvi, 586pp., plus plates and four separate maps, original blue boards with gilt crest, good condition
Graham, Col. Henry, History of the Sixteenth, The Queen’s Light Dragoons (Lancers) 1912 to 1925, George Simpson & Co., 1926, xi, 148pp., plus plates, lacks the six separate maps, red boards showing some water staining, fairly good condition
Burnett, Brig-Gen. Charles, The Memoirs of the 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Royal Hussars 1906-1922, Warren & Son, Winchester, 1926, 215pp., plus maps, original blue cloth bearing gilt crest, fairly good condition
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