BOOKS 590
TANCRED, G., Historical Record of Medals and Honorary Distinctions conferred on the British Navy, Army and Auxiliary Forces, from the earliest periods, London, 1891, xvi + 483pp, 23 plates, some in colour. Publishers’ original crimson half-roan, gilt, t.e.g., ex-libris Roderick Dow, wear to extremities and some discolouration, , some pages loose, some foxing, fairly good condition
£30-40 591
WEBSTER, CAPT. F. A. M., The History of the Fifth Battalion The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (T.A.), Frederick Warne, 1930, xiv, 306pp., original yellow boards; MAURICE, MAJOR-GEN. SIR F., The 16th Foot, A History of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, Constable, London, 1931, xi, 240pp., original boards, with dustcover; ANON, The Northamptonshire Regiment 1914-1918, Gale & Polden, 366pp, with map in pocket, original blue boards, good condition (3)
£40-60 592
WILSON, SIRARNOLD&MCEWEN,CAPT. J. H. F., Gallantry, Oxford University Press, 1939, xvi, 498pp, original boards;WILKINS, PHILIP A., The History of the Victoria Cross, Constable, London, 1904, xxiii, 443pp; ANON, Deeds that Thrill the Empire, 5 volumes, The Standard Art Book Co., 888pp., profusely illustrated, original cloth; JOHNSON, STANLEY C., The Medals of our Fighting Men, A. & C. Black, London, 120pp; ROE, F. GORDON, The Bronze Cross, Gawthorn, London, 1945, 124pp., profusely illustrated, good condition (9)
£30-50 593
VICTORIA CROSS RELATED BOOKS (12): SARKAR, DILIP, Guards V.C., Blitzkrieg 1940, 1999, with dust cover; WALLACE, LIEUT-GEN. SIR CHRISTOPHER & CASSIDY,MAJOR R. D., Focus on Courage - The 59 Victoria Crosses of the Royal Green Jackets, 2006, signed by authors, with dust cover; WILLIAMS, W. A., The VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments, 1984; NAPIER, GERALD, The Sapper VCs, 1998, with dust cover; KIRBY, H. L. &WALSH, R. R., The Seven V.C.s of Stoneyhurst College, 1987, with dust cover; ROY, R. H., For Most Conspicuous Bravery -a biography of Major-General George R. Peakes, V.C. through two world wars, 1977, with dust cover; NEAME, V.C., LIEUT-GEN. SIR PHILIP, Playing with Strife, the autobiography of a soldier, 1st edition, 1947; GASSON, JAMES, Travis, V.C., 1966, with dust cover; SINGLETON-GATES, PETER, General Lord Freyberg VC, an unofficial biography, 1963; WOOLLEY, V.C., GEOFFREY HAROLD, Sometimes a Soldier, 1963; HANNAH, W. H., Bobs - Kipling’s General, The Life of Field-Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar, VC, 1972, with dust cover; FINCASTLE, VC, 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., 1898, good condition (12)
£40-60 594
VICTORIA CROSS RELATED BOOKS, BOOKLETS, CATALOGUES AND MAGAZINES (60) including: Anon, Ireland’s V.C’s. - A comprehensive list of Irishmen who were awarded The Victoria Cross, hardback with dustcover; Ross, G., Scotlands Forgotten Valour, paperback; Bancroft, J. W., Devotion to Duty, Tributes to a Region’s VCs, hardback with dustcover; Barnett, Lieut. G., V. C.s of the Air, card covers, with newspaper clippings attached; Revell, A., Victoria Cross WW1 Airmen and Their Aircraft, paperback; D’Arcy, P., What Happened to a V.C., paperback; booklets: Victoria Cross Locator; Illustrated handbook of the Victoria Cross & George Cross; The Victoria Cross Centenary Exhibition 1956; The Victoria Crosses and George Crosses of the H.E.I.C. & Indian Army 1856-1945; The Royal Marines Victoria Crosses; The Medical Victoria Crosses; The Story of Gurkha VCs; Heroes of the Boys’ Brigade; For Valour - H.M.S. Conway & H.M.S. Worcester; For Conspicuous Gallantry - ... recipients of the Victoria Cross from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire; V.C.s of Bromsgrove School; Henry Ward VC; Drummer Spencer John Bent, V.C.; Private William Young V.C.; Andrew Moynihan V.C.; The Four Blackburn V.C.s; Lieutenant Colonel Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews Victoria Cross; James Neville Marshall, VC MC & Bar; The Journal of The Victoria Cross Society (16), October 2002-March 2010, generally in good condition, an excellent addition to any ‘V.C.’ library (lot)
£30-40 595
[WAR OFFICE], Army List 1793, A List of the Officers of the Army and Marines... A Succession of Colonels and a List of Officers of the Army and Marines on Half-Pay, 438pp., marbled end papers, a.e.g., rebound full red leather with gilt ornamentation, wear to spine and edges, good condition; [WAROFFICE], Army List 1799, List of the Officers of the Several Regiments and Corps of Fencible Cavalry and Infantry; ... Militia; ... Gentlemen and Yeomanry; ... Volunteer Infantry; ... and Cavalry and Infantry Associations, 675pp., marbled end papers, a.e.g., rebound full red leather with gilt ornamentation, slight wear to spine and edges, good condition (2)
£80-100 596
O.M.R.S., The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, a scarce complete set from No. 1 of October 1958 to Volume 49 No. 4 of December 2010, volumes from October 1958-December 1972 held in four ring bound folders, others unbound, generally good condition (lot)
£100-150 Note: a heavy lot.
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