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Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: The Campaign in Italy 1943-45, Longman’s for Historical Section of Indian and Pakistan Armies, 1960, 700pp., with pull-out maps, photographs, and index, hardback, in dust-jacket, the binding slightly damaged in parts, otherwise good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £140
Regimental History of the 1st Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment, compiled by N. M. Geoghegan & M. H. A. Campbell, Gale and Polden, 1928, 82pp., with pull-out maps, roll of honour, lists of honours and awards &c., hardback, good condition £30-£40
The Afghan War 1879-1880, by H. Hensman, W. H. Allen, London, 1881, 560pp., a superb account by the war correspondent who was one of few favoured by Lord Roberts, with pull-out maps, hardback, scuffing to covers, therefore fair condition £60-£80
Hammer Price: £130
History of 8th King George V’s Own Light Cavalry, by H. G. Rawlinson, C.I.E., Gale and Polden, 1948, 142pp., a history of the 26th Light Cavalry and 30th Lancers from 1787, and 8th Light Cavalry from 1922, with index an list of honours and awards &c., hardback, good condition £30-£40
History of Coke’s Rifles, by H. C. Wylly, Gale and Polden, 1930, 165pp., with photographs and index, wear and scuffing to outer spine and corners but otherwise in very good condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £120
The Frontier Force Regiment, compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon, Gale and Polden, 1962, 580pp., the definitive collected account of the regiments comprising the Frontier Force Regiment, with pull-out maps, photographs, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, some slight damage to spine but otherwise good condition £40-£50
10 small booklets: Red Eagles, the Story of the 4th Indian Division; The “Fighting Fifth”, the Story of the 5th Indian Division; Golden Arrow, the Story of the 7th Indian Division; One More River, the Story of the 8th Indian Division; Teheran to Trieste, the Story of the 10th Indian Division; “Black Cat” Division, the Story of the 17th Indian Division; Dagger Division, the Story of the 19th Indian Division; A Happy Family, the Story of the 20th Indian Division; The Story of the 25th...
Hammer Price: £110
The Memoirs of Field Marshal Sir Henry Norman, by Sir William Lee Warner, K.C.S.I., Smith Elder, London 1908, 327pp., believed to be the author’s own copy of an excellent and detailed account of the Delhi operations, with list of surviving veterans in 1908, hardback, good condition Narrative of the Siege of Delhi and the Mutiny at Ferozepore, by C. J. Griffiths, Murray, London, 1910, 260pp., a detailed account of the operations ‘before Delhi’, hardback, spine slightly damaged,...
Indian Mutiny 1857 in Bihar, by Dr. R. Devi, Orient, Delhi, 1989, 200pp., with index, hardback, with dust-jacket 200pp., good condition The Raj, the Indian Mutiny and the Kingdom of Oudh, 1801-59, by J. Pemble, Harvester, Sussex, 1977, 300pp., with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana, by K. C. Yadav, Manohar, 1977, 219pp., with index, hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket torn, otherwise good condition Massacre at...
With the Indians in France, by General Sir James Willcocks, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O., Constable, London, 1920, 406pp., an important and detailed account by the commander of the Indian Corps in France, with index and lists of honours and awards to Indian recipients, hardback, good condition The Indian Corps in France, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. B. Merewether, C.I.E., and the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Smith, John Murray, London, 1917, 550pp., a very detailed account of the Indian...
Hodson’s Horse, by Major F. G. Cardew, Blackwood, 1928, 400pp., a very detailed survey with photographs, good appendices including services of officers, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, cover slightly frayed, therefore fair condition £40-£50
History of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment, formerly 76th Punjabis &c., 1775-1920, by Regimental Compilers, Gale and Polden, 1926, 56pp., with list of honours and awards &c., hardback, good condition £20-£30
47th Sikhs War Records: The Great War, author not stated, reprinted by Picton Publishing, Chippenham, 1992, 320pp., an excellent and very detailed account of the Regiment during the Great War, with nominal roll of officers, lists of casualties &c., hardback, very good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £100
The History of the Indian Mutiny, by C. Ball, London Printing and Publishing Co., 1860, Two Volumes, 648pp. and 660pp., a superb account which uses letters, personal reminiscences &c. to illuminate and add detail to main events, with well-known and much reproduced plates, and index, hardback, covers of both volumes worn and damaged, therefore fair condition (2) £30-£40
The Punjab and the War 1914-18, compiled by M. S. Leigh, O.B.E., Government Printing, Lahore, 1922, 286pp., an unusual and scarce book [limited run of 1500 copies], recounting the contribution of the Punjab in all respects – recruiting, finance, health &c., and with very good lists of honours and awards to Punjabi soldiers in various theatres, and lists of those rewarded for service in the Punjab, with photographs, hardback, good condition Turmoil and Tragedy in India in 1914 and After,...
Sworn to Die: the History of Skinner’s Horse 1921-45, by Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. R. Skinner, Lancer, New Delhi, 1984, 245pp., with index, roll of honour, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, very good condition £15-£20
The Royal Deccan Horse in the Great War, by Lieutenant-Colonel E. Tennat, Gale and Polden, 1939, 182pp., an excellent history of the regiment 1914-1920, with roll of honour, hardback, very good condition £30-£40
The Story and Gallantry of the North West Frontier 1849-1947, by R. V. E. Hodson, Clio, Southampton, 2002, 411pp., based on the author’s excellent and detailed articles on the Frontier in “Military Chest” over the years, with photographs, softback, almost new condition North West Frontier : Campaigns 1849-1908, by Captain H. L. Nevill, D.S.O., Tom Donovan reprint, 1992 of 1912 original, 413pp, hardback, with dust-jacket, almost new condition The Story of the Malakand Field...
Hammer Price: £95
King George’s Own Central India Horse, the Story of a Local Corps, by Major-General W. Watson, Blackwood, 1930, 475pp., a detailed history of the regiment from the 1850s to 1918, with index, service records, list of honours and award &c., hardback, some damage to spine but otherwise good condition £30-£40
History of the 2nd Punjab Infantry, 1848-1888, Thacker, Calcutta, 1889, published by the regiment, 73pp., hardback, in modern binding, some worming to pages otherwise fair condition, rare £40-£50
A History of the 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment, 1857-1937, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Shearer, Gale and Polden, 1937, 100pp., with photographs, lists of honours and awards, lists of officers who served (with services) &c., hardback, very good condition £30-£40
The Indian Army, by B. Mollo, New Orchard, Poole, 1981, 191pp., with photographs and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition India’s Army, by Major D. Jackson, Sampson Low, London, 1940, 584pp., hardback, spine slightly damaged, therefore fair condition Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army, by Lieutenant F. G. Cardew, New Delhi, 1971 reprint, 576pp., with index, hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket damaged, otherwise good condition The Armies of India,...
Hammer Price: £90
“Fakhr-I-Hind”: The Story of the Poona Horse, by Lieutenant-General H. Singh, Agrim, Dehra Dun, 1993, 300pp., the history of the Regiment from c.1800 to the 1970s, with photographs and list of recent honours and awards, hardback, with dust-jacket, very good condition £15-£20
The Poona Horse (33rd and 34th Cavalry, later 17th Queen Victoria’s Own Cavalry), Vol. I – 1817-1913, by Major M. H. Anderson, Lieutenant-Colonel E. S. J. Molloy, and Colonel G. M. Molloy, O.B.E., Royal United Service Institution, London, 1933, 276pp., with photographs and index, hardback, damage to top of spine and some light foxing, otherwise good condition £30-£40
Hammer Price: £85
The Prince of Wales’s Own Scinde Horse 1839-1922, by Colonel E. B. Maunsell, published by the Regiment, 1926, 346pp., with index and list of honours and awards &c., hardback, a good quality photocopied version, nicely bound and presented The 28th Light Cavalry in Persia and Russian Turkestan 1915-20, by Major J. A. C. Kreyer, D.S.O., and Captain G. Uloth, privately published, 1926, 204pp., with photographs, roll of honour, list of honours and awards &c., hardback, a good quality...
History of the 5th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849-1926, by Colonel H. C. Wylly, Gale and Polden, 1929, 135pp., an excellent and detailed history, with officer lists, various group photographs &c., hardback, slight scuffing to cover, otherwise good condition £30-£40
Historical Record of the 39th Royal Garwhal Rifles: Vol. 1 – 1887-1922, “For private circulation only”, a presentation copy from the Officers of the regiment, compiled by Brigadier J. Evatt, Gale and Polden, 1922, 220pp., a very detailed account, with various photographs, roll of honour, lists of honours and awards, Regimental music &c., hardback, covers slightly frayed, good condition £40-£50
Hammer Price: £80
Addiscombe, its Heroes and Men of Note, by Colonel H. M. Vibart, Constable, 1894, 780pp., a large and detailed account of the Honourable East India Company Military College, with rolls of entrants &c., by year, hardback, spine damaged, therefore fair condition £30-£40
A History of the Revolt in India and the expeditions to Persia, China, and Japan, author not stated, Chambers, London, 1859, 635pp., a detailed account of the Mutiny with unusual extra sections on other conflicts, with illustrations and index, hardback, cover slightly stained and some light foxing, therefore fair condition The 79th Highlanders in the Indian Mutiny 1858, by Capt. C. D. Wimberley, reprinted from Highland Monthly Magazine, Inverness, 1891, 82pp., Presentation copy (signed)...
Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice, 1899, by Major C. E. Callwell, H.M. Stationery Office, London, 1899, 557pp., hardback, good condition £15-£20
History of the First Punjab Regiment, 1759-1956, by Major M. I. Qureshi, Gale and Polden, 1958, 485pp., a detailed study of various regiments which came together as 1st Punjabis, with pull-out maps, various photographs, and index, hardback, good condition £30-£40
The Grenadiers: A Regimental History, by Brigadier R. Singh, Regimental Centre, 1962, 328pp., a detailed study of the Bombay regiments making up the Indian Grenadiers, with index and list of honours and awards &c., hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket reinforced with sellotape, otherwise good condition £20-£30
Hammer Price: £75
Indian Army Uniforms: Cavalry, by W. Y. Carman, Leonard Hill, London, 1st Edition, 1961, 234pp., the standard reference work on the uniforms of the Indian Cavalry Regiments from the 18th Century to 1947, with photographs and illustration, and index, hardback, with dust-jacket, good condition Indian Army Uniforms: Infantry, by W. Y. Carman, Leonard Hill, London, 1st Edition, 1969, 258pp., the standard reference work on the uniforms of the Indian Infantry Regiments from the 18th Century to...
The Life of Lord Roberts, V.C., by Sir George Forrest, C.I.E., Cassell, London, 1914, 372 pp., believed to be the author’s own copy of this standard and authorised biography of Roberts, with pasted-in signature of Forrest, photographs and index, hardback, the cover stained and worn but otherwise good condition and a remarkable and important copy Forty One Years in India, from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief, by Field Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar, V.C., K.G., K.P., G.C.B., O.M.,...
Lockhart’s Advance Through Tirah, by Captain L. J. Shadwell, Thacker London, 1898, 320pp., an excellent and detailed account of the Tirah campaign, 1897-98, with pull-out maps, hardback, good condition The Indian Frontier War 1897, by L. James, Heinemann, London, 1898, 300pp., a very detailed and well-illustrated account of the Mohmand and Tirah campaigns of 1897 by the Reuter’s Special Correspondent, with photographs, hardback, cover badly stained therefore fair condition (2) £20-£30
Historical Records of the 13th Madras Infantry, by Lieutenant-Colonel R. P. Jackson, Thacker, London 1898, 320pp., with fine hand-coloured uniform studies, hardback, badly wormed in places, therefore fair condition £40-£50
Hammer Price: £70
King George’s Own Central India Horse, author not stated, I.M.H. Press, Delhi, 1922, 149pp., a history of the Regiment covering the period 1857-1920 in Hindi (in Roman text) and therefore presumably intended for the Indian ranks of the regiment, hardback, good condition, rare £10-£15
History of the 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley’s), by Colonel F. H. James, Gale and Polden, 1938, 276pp., a superb history full of detail, with pull-out maps and various with useful appendices on officers, &c., hardback, good condition £30-£40
Naval Brigades in the Indian Mutiny 1857-59, edited by Commander W. B. Rowbotham, R.N., Naval Record Society, 1947, part of the Navy Records Society series, 330pp., with pull-out map and index, hardback, very good condition A Naval Cadet with H.M.S. Shannon’s Naval Brigade in India, the Journal of Naval Cadet E. S. Watson, London Stamp Exchange, 1988 reprint, 132pp., hardback, very good condition The Devil’s Wind: The Naval Brigade at Lucknow, by Major-General G. L. Verney, D.S.O.,...
Hammer Price: £65
In Kut and in Captivity with the 6th Indian Division, the Autobiography of Major E. W. C. Sandes, M.C., Murray, London, 1919, 496pp., a classic account of the Mesopotamian campaign, the siege of Kut, and the author’s experiences as a Turkish Prisoner of War, with photographs, pull-out maps, and index, hardback, good condition My Campaign in Mesopotamia, by Major-General Sir Charles V. F. Townsend, K.C.B., D.S.O., Thornton Butterworth, London, 1920, 400pp., a detailed, if self-serving,...
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