61. Chichester, Henry Manners / Burges-Short, George.

The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, 2 Volumes.

Facsimile of Second Edition, 1900. Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press Limited. c.2005. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XV, 942 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

62. Gillon, Captain Stair.

The Story of the 29th Division – A Record of Gallant Deeds. Compliled from Narratives supplied by the Three Divisonal Commanders and Others.

London, Edinburgh, and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year (c.1925) 15.5 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 276 pages. 3 portrait plates and 12 colour maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Red Design (Divisional insignia) to both spine and board also. Deckled fore- and tail edges. In protective Collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Top edge dust-toned with age. Occasional foxing to and otherwise clean and bright interior.

63. [English History Collection] – Parker, Geoffrey.

The Thirty Years’ War.

Revised edition. New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. XLIII, 340 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

64. McGreal, Stephen.

The War on Hospital Ships 1914-1918.

Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 2008. 16 cm x 24 cm. 272 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Out of print.

65. Bradford, Ernle.

Thermopylae: The Battle for the West.

New York, Da Capo Press, 1983. 15 cm x 23 cm. 255 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

66. [Strong, George Crockett] The Secretary of War.

U.S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry, Including Infantry of the Line, Light Infantry, and Riflemen. [with vintage cabinet photograph / Carte de visite of Union Brigadier General George Crockett Strong, loosely inserted and his name signed and dated to endpaper on April 28, 1863 (3 months prior to his death after being wounded during his assault on Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina)]. Prepared under the direction of the War Department, and Authorized and Adopted by the Secretary of War, May 1, 1861. Containing The School of the Soldier; The School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; the General Calls, the Calls for Skirmishers, and the School of the Battalion; Including the Articles of War and a Dictionary of Military Terms.

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1861. 9.3 cm x 13.5 cm. Fold-out Frontispiece, 450 pages. 77 plates with illustrations of various stances and manoeuvres. 12 additional fold-out diagrams. Hardcover / publisher’s original blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and stamp on spine. Blind triple ruling and stamp on both boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners slightly bumped. Very minor abrasion to cloth at bottom front corner. Very minor closed tear to page 25. Minor foxing occasionally throughout. Signs of dampstaining evident throughout otherwise clean and bright volume. Binding good and firm and tight bookblock. Inked annotation to title page. Ownership annotation to front pastedown. Embossed stamp of Wm B Sprague Jr, 51 State St, Albany on front endpaper. Endpaper also carries pencilled signature of George C Strong dated April 28 1862. Carte de visite of General Strong also loosely inserted.

67. [New Zealand POW] Gerrard, J. D. / POW: John Money / Jimmy Taylor / Evadne Price / Ken Attiwell [Empire Productions]

Unwilling Guests. [Book with three loosely inserted, signed POW Theatre-Programmes from german POW-Camp Weinsberg / Germany in August 1944 / The Theatre Plays were put on by four Prisoners of War from New Zealand listing the cast with signatures by nearly all POW who took part in the Plays].

First Edition. Wellington, New Zealand, A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1945. 12 x 19cm. 180 pages with 5 illustrations. Map of Italy on pastedowns. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes loosely inserted three programmes for Empire Theatre Productions 1944, Oflag V-A music for Christmas Day and hand written list of German rations for the Prisoners of War per week per man at OFLAG Weinsberg 1945. The programmes all signed by the cast. Very rare documents of POW (New Zealand Prisoners of War in Germany) with Plays reenacted from Playwrights Evadne Price and Ken Attiwell [sic / meaning Australian journalist and playwright Ken Attiwill] (Play called “Once a Crook” / Play by John Money – “Nephew in Waiting” / Play by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman – “You can’t take it with you” – Produced and signed by Jimmy Taylor / Including “A Choral and Orchestral Concert on 31 Oct. 44” //

68. Morgan, Ted.

Valley of Death – The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War.

New York, Random House, 2010. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXII, 722 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Rare. Out of print.