Books from the Library of Peter Duckers 1535


History of the Corps of Indian Engineers, 1939-47, by Major S. Verma and Major V. K. Anand, Historical Section Ministry of Defence, India, 1974, 490pp., part of the Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War, an exceptionally detailed survey, with pull-out maps and index, hardback, in wrapper, good condition £20-£30


1536


The Military Engineer in India, by Colonel E. W. C. Sandes, D.S.O., M.C., Institute of Royal Engineers, Chatham, 1933, Two volumes, 590pp. and 392pp., a superbly detailed work on the various units of Indian Engineers (Sappers and Miners &c.) from 1660-1935, with excellent detail on the Victorian campaigns and the Great War, with pull-out maps, photographs, and index, hardback, slight scuffing to covers, generally good condition


Bengal Sappers 1803-2003, edited by G. Cooper and D. Alexander, Institute of Royal Engineers, 2003, 336pp., extracts from various accounts, memoirs and histories of Bengal Sappers’ campaign and war service over 200 years, with photographs and index, hardback, with dust jacket, almost new condition


History of the 20th Field Company, Royal Sappers and Miners in the Great War, by Major H. W. R. Hamilton, D.S.O., M.C., Reprinted from the Royal Engineers Journal, undated, 51pp., giving details on a Company which served in France, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, card covers, good condition (4)


£30-£40 1537


The Royal Bengal Engineers, by Colonel Sir Edward T. Thackeray, V.C., K.C.B., Smith Elder, London 1900, 275pp., a detailed history, with index, hardback, minor scuffing to covers, therefore fair condition


List of Officers of the Bombay Artillery, compiled by Colonel E. Spring, Clowes, London, 1902, 135pp., with detailed war services, promotions, appointments, &c. of the officers of the Bombay Artillery from 1749 to 1860, with index, hardback, good condition and a useful publication (2)


£20-£30 1538


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 For the companion Volume ‘The Frontier Force Rifles’, also compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon, see the following lot, Lot 1539. 1539


The Frontier Force Rifles, compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon, Gale and Polden 1953, 460pp., the definitive collected history of the regiments comprising the Frontier Force Rifles, with pull-out map, various photographs, lists of honours and awards &c., hardback, very good condition


£40-£50 For the companion Volume ‘The Frontier Force Regiment’, also compiled by Brigadier W. E. H. Condon, see the previous lot, Lot 1538. 1540


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 1541 1542


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


The Golden Galley: The Story of the 2nd Punjab Regiment 1761-1947, by Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Betham, K.B. E., C.I.E., M.C., and Major H. V. R. Geary, M.C., Oxford University Press, 1956, 330pp., an excellent survey of services of the 67, 69, 72, 74, 87 Punjabis, with photographs and pull-out maps, hardback, with dust-jacket, the dust-jacket slightly frayed, good condition


£20-£30 1543 1544


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


Provenance: From the collection of and signed by Colonel J. E. Mein, onetime Commanding Officer of the Regiment. History of the VI Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, 1843-85, Civil and Military Press, Lahore, 1886, 30pp., a very


rare booklet with outline history of the regiment in its first years, card covers, good condition 1545 £40-£50


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 1546


History of the 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment (Sherdil-ki-Paltan), late 19th Punjabis, compiled by G. Pigot for the Regiment, 1946, 243pp., a detailed study of the regiment from 1850 to 1945 with a superb selection of hand-drawn pull-out maps, hardback, covers faded but otherwise good condition


£30-£40 1547


War Records of the 24th Punjabis (4th Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment) 1914-20, by Colonel A. B. Haig, Gale and Polden, 1933, 84pp., with pull-out maps, hardback, good condition


£30-£40


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