He acknowledges his birthday greeting from von Trotha on his 94th birthday (1849--1945). Dated December 16, 1943 (his birthday was on December 6). As a Feldmarshall in World War I he commanded Army Group Mackensen), after the Armistice, the Allies had him interned in Serba for one year. In 1933..... More
France: Stars and Stripes, 1918. First Edition. Small Octavo. . 92 unnumbered pages. Includes Joyce Kilmer's most notable poem, "Rouge Bouquet" (1918) which commemorated the deaths of two dozen members of his regiment in a German artillery barrage on American trench positions in the Rouge Bouquet forest north-east of the..... More
Berlin: Karl Curtius, 1917. Octavo. 22 pp. Pamphlet showing the destruction during WWI of St. Quentin Cathedral which had survived since the first half of the 13th century. (12) pp. black and white photographic images showing cathedral before & after the bombing took place. Staple bound in brown stiff paper..... More
[Berlin-Schöneberg] : [Gebhardt, Jahn & Landt, 1916], Octavo. 49 pp. Fraktur. From the Ministry of the Interior. On the problems of availability and prices of food in Germany during the war. Bound in black stiff papper wraps lettered and decorated in silver, paper on spine with a few pieces missing..... More
Houston, TX; (1986): Eichler Publishing Corp. First Edition. Octavo. 228 (2) pp. Translated by Lyndel Butler and photographs from the archives of Jakob Tiefenthaler with a photographic card of Hitler and Hans Bauer laid in signed by Bauer and inscribed on the back, again signed and dated by Baur. Baur..... More
Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2001. Oblong Octavo. 176 pages, index. Issued only in paper wraps. Profusely illustrated with over 100 photographs including the uniforms and flags which are in color. It covers the early years (1891-1914) when they served in the Boer War up until World War I. The Second..... More
(London, 1978): John Murray. Octavo. 186 pages, glossary. An account of an Armenian child's escape during the Turkish atrocities during the First World War. The men had been exterminated so it was mainly the women and children who made their way despite crossing through freezing mountain passes and across waterless..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard, 1918. 296p, Signed by the author on the title page. From the library of Martha Howey Melissa with her bookplate. Churchill was the wife of an American army officer who worked as an agent for the American Fund for the French Wounded. She depicts French life under..... More
[Coblenz, Germany: Gorres-Duckerei, 1919]. Octavo. 200 pages. illustrations, color coat of arms, maps (one folding), music, portraits. "In compiling this history of the 6th Field Artillery, it is merely intended to gather all available data present and put it into a printed form for the benefit of those who are..... More
Brownsville, TX: Springman-King Co. (printers), 1971. First Edition. Octavo. xvi, 559pp. Inscribed by the author; With Best Wishes/H.W. Hilton, illustrated with photographic images. A story from a diary of memory by a doughboy infantryman who saw fighting on the western front in Europe during world war I and was wounded..... More
Honolulu: Star-Bulletin Press, 1919. First Edition. Octavo. 141 pages. One of the most vivid accounts of Dr. Judd of Honolulu who had served also in the Spanish-American war, who while most Americans were fleeing Paris, he left the U.S. for France in 1915. The adventure of riding in a rickety..... More
(London, 2002): Conway Maritime Press. First Edition. Quarto. 2nd printing. 256pp., illustrated with photographic images and drawings of plans. The Fairmile boats with which this book is largely concerned-the A and B Cass MLs, the C Class MGBs and the D Class MTBs and MGBs formed a considerable part of..... More
Leipzig: A. Deichertsche Verlagsbuchhandlung Werner Scholl, 1917. Octavo. 68 pp. German text on anti-war and profiteering. Fraktur. Bound in stiff paper wraps lettered in black, small stain to spine. Some leave loose but all present. More
Munich: Lundendorffs Verlag, 1938. Octavo. 40pp. Text in German. The first edition of this work "How the World War was "made' in 1914" was first published in 1934. Staple bound in tan paper wraps lettered in black, publisher's ads on rear, light corner creasing to last few leaves, previous owner's..... More
Berlin: Verlag Der Jugendinternationale, 1922. Small Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 75 pp. Rosa was a Polish-born German revolutionary and agitator who played a key role in the founding of the Polish Social Democratic Party and the Spartacus League, which grew into the Communist Party of Germany. This work contains the letters..... More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911. First Edition. Thick Quarto. 437 pages, portraits, maps, plans, large map at rear. The major work on the Royal Dubin Fusiliers, 2nd Batt. The fullest details as to the formation of the 1st Bombay European Regiment, which became the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Dublin..... More
New York: Association Press, 1913. First Edition. Octavo. xiv, 290pp. (2)pp. ads. Inscribed by the author to Fellow Leader, O.E. Tyler. The best early history of the YMCA by its President Richard C. Morris. He was General Secretary from 1972 to 1915. Tyler first assisted the Navy with its YMCA..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First Edition. Octavo. . Frontispiece, ix, 304 pages. Illustrated with photographic images. One of the major war correspondents of World War I, Ruhl presents first-hand accounts of the Turkish front. His visit to two German prisoner of war camps surprised him with their cleanliness..... More
Belin: Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Fuer Politik Und Geschichte M.b.h., 1928. First Edition. Octavo. 378 pp. German text. The History of the World War 1871-1914. Bound in blue-green cloth centrally stamped in gilt, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, previous owner's name on title page (?) Ink notes rear endpapers, text clean..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 274 pages plus a six-page unnumbered detailed outline of Churchill's career at the end of the book. "to do justice to a great man, discriminating criticism is necessary."--Winston Churchill in his summary of Kitchener in The River War. Here are..... More
Cardiff, Wales: Wrstern Mail Ltd., 1927. First Edition. Small Quarto. Portrait frontispiece, 288pp. 5 full paged maps and 4 large folding maps. illustrated. In the battles which scattered her armies and drove our men of the war to the Turkish Empire, the achievements of the young and inexperienced troops who..... More
Berlin: Kronen-Verlag, 1918. Octavo. 256 pp. Modern typeface.. Articles on the war from the Berlin Daily. Rear hinge loose. More
Portland, OR; Nd(ca.1920): Metropolitan Press. Small Octavo. 23 pages. Published posthumously. Lambert Wood was an Arizona student at Williams College. In 1916 he joined the Army and by the time the U.S. entered the War, he had risen to First Lieutenant. After leading a series of attacks which blocked the..... More