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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...
Hammer Price: £60
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
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...
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.,...
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,...
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
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
Hutton, Lieut-General Sir Edward, A Brief History of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1755 to 1915, 2nd Edition, 1925, 119pp., Hutton et al (Editors), The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle (5) 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920, all hardback, ‘1917’ with damage to spine, all with signs of wear, fairly good condition (6)
(Various Authors), History and Memoir of the 33rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps and of the 19th, 98th, 100th and 248th M.G. Companies, Waterlow Brothers & Layton Ltd., London, 1919, 118pp., plus plates and plans, original boards, slight foxing, fairly good condition
[H.M.S.O.], The Navy List (4) 1863, four parts, bound in one volume, 391, 391, 391, 399pp., rebound, blue cloth, cover paper label, ‘H.M.S. Excellent Wardroom Library’, another, July 1864, vii, 427pp., rebound, half calf with marbled boards, tape repairs and marks; another, October 1867, viii, 454pp., aeg, rebound, half calf with ribbed and gilt decorated spine, attractive; another, 1870, two parts for January and April, bound in one volume, viii, 471+viii, 487pp., ex-libris ‘The Law...
[H.M.S.O.], The Navy List (3) January 1915, xxvi, numbered to 975, contains Orders of Knighthood, Decorations and Foreign Orders bestowed, rebound, blue boards; another, November 1915, xxiv, numbered to 595, rebound, blue boards; another, January 1917, xxiii, numbered to 969, contains Orders of Knighthood, Decorations and Foreign Orders bestowed, rebound, blue boards, fairly good and better condition (3)
Mahan, Capt. A. T., The Life of Nelson, The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, 2nd Edition, Revised, 1899, xvi, 764pp., plus plates and maps, blue cloth with gilt decoration and titles, slightly scuffed; Russell, W. Clark,Horatio Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1890, xiv, 357pp.,coloured frontispiece: Nelson’s signal at Trafalgar, rebound, red cloth, front cover bearing the badge of...
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
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 &...
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)
Whalley-Kelly, Capt. H., “Ich Dien” The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire) 1914-1934 (3 copies), Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1935, xvi, 336pp., with maps, blue cloth with gilt crest on cover, fairly good condition (3)
Edmonds, Brig-Gen. J. E., History of the Great War, Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1914 (3), Mons, the retreat to the Seine, the Marne and the Aisne August-October 1914, Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, Second Edition, 1925, xxvi, 545pp., plus maps, with damaged dustcover; another, Mons, the retreat to the Seine, the Marne and the Aisne August-October 1914, Second Edition, 1925, without dustcover; together with a damaged portfolio of maps; another, Antwerp, La Basse, Armentieres,...
Raleigh, Walter, History of the Great War, The War in the Air, being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Oxford Clarendon Press, Vol. I, 1922, xix, 489pp.; Jones, H. A., History of the Great War, The War in the Air, Vol. II, 1928, xviii, 508pp.; Vol. III, 1931, xxi, 443pp.; Vol. IV, 1934, xix, 484pp.; Vol. V, 1935, xxii, 537pp., all plus maps, all with original hardback covers, covers worn and faded, fairly good condition (5)
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...
Hammer Price: £70
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
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
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,...
[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,...
Berekley, Reginald, The History of The Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914-1918, The Rifle Brigade Club, London, 1927, Vol. I August 1914-December 1916, xvi, 245pp., plus plates; Seymour, William W., The History of The Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914-1918, The Rifle Brigade Club, London, 1936, Vol. II January 1917-June 1919, xv, 409pp., plus plates and maps; Eastwood, Lieut-Col. T. R. & Parkyn, Major H. G., List of Officers and Other Ranks of the Rifle Brigade awarded Decorations, or Mentioned...
Adderley, Hon. H.A., History of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, W. H. Smith, Warwick, 1912. xiv, 248, xvi pages + plates
Mullen, A. L. T., The Military General Service Roll 1793-1814, The London Stamp Exchange, London, UK, 1990. 728pp., hardback original. Gold leaf head/fore & top/bottom edge; deep red spine & front/back rim covering; art pattern design front/back cover.
Cunynghame, General Sir Arthur, My Command in South Africa, 1874–1878: London, Macmillan and Co., 1879. 376 pp. Rare.
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
Gardyne, A. D. Greenhill, Lt.-Colonel, The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders to 1914. Three Volumes, Medici Society, London, 1929 (Volumes I, II), 1939 (Volume III). 438pp, 346pp, 522 pp.
Campbell, Dr. John, Lives of The British Admirals and Naval History of Great Britain, Richard Griffin & Co., 1841, x, 560pp. (xi, xii missing), rebound; Fitchett, W. H., Nelson and His Captains, Sketches of Famous Seamen, Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1902, 322pp., plus plates; Laughton, Sir John Knox, From Howard to Nelson, Twelve Sailors, William Heinemann, London, 1907, viii, 476pp., plus maps; Gore, John, Nelson’s Hardy and His Wife, 1769-1877, John Murray, London, 1935, xvii, 252pp.,...
Hammer Price: £80
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Ewing, Major John, The Royal Scots 1914-1919, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1925, two volumes, Vols. I & II xxxi, 825pp., plus plates and maps; Gillon, Capt. S., The K.O.S.B. in the Great War, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., xiv, 488pp., plus plates and maps and separate maps; Brown, W. Sorley, War Record of 4th Bn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers and Lothians and Border Horse, John McQueen & Son, Galashiels, 1920, 215pp., plus plates, all hardback, fairly good condition (4)
Wyrall, Everard, The History of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-1919, Methuen & Co., London, 1932, xix, 514pp., plus plates and maps; Wyrall, Everard, The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) 1914-1919, Methuen & Co., London, 1927, xvi, 419pp., plus plates and maps, some damage to spine; Pearse, Col. H. W. & Sloman, Brig-Gen. H. S., History of the East Surrey Regiment, Vol. II (1914-1917), Medici Society, 1923, xv, 262pp., plus plates and maps, some damage...
Wauchope, Major-General A. G., A History of the Black Watch [Royal Highlanders] in the Great War 1914-1918, Medici Society 1925-26, three volumes, Vol. I Regular Army, xviii, 370pp., plus plates and maps; Vol. II Territorial Forces, xx, 386pp., plus plates and maps; Vol. III New Army, xx, 362pp., plus plates and maps, original cloth with gilt crests, last with damage to spine, all covers faded and scuffed, fairly good condition (3)
Allen, Joseph, The New Navy List, and General Record of the Services of Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, January 1849, viii, 333pp., containing services of officers, rebound, blue boards, spine splitting away from cover, internally good; [H.M.S.O.], Steam Manuel for Her Majesty’s Fleet, 1879, containing Regulations and Instructions relating to the Machinery of Her Majesty’s Ships, Eyre & Spottiswoode (printers), 1879, v, 114, + additional Fleet Circulars pasted in, inside...
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...
Hammer Price: £85
Stacke, Capt. H. FitzM., The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, G. T. Cheshire & Sons, Kidderminster, xxx, 667pp., with plates and maps, original green cloth with gilt crest, spine badly split, internally good
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