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9780987785633: Monday Morning Writers Group. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 098778563X . Signed by Author; DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Inscribed by the author on title page. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 150 pages; ""Bonfire," is the powerful true story behind the beloved WWI poem, In Flanders Fields written by Lt.Col. John McCrae, and the reason we wear the red poppy to this day as an international symbol of Remembrance. Although fictionalized and told by McCrae's war horse, Bonfire, the story is closely based on the real history and events of the time. Bonfire was with John McCrae from the beginning of WWI at Camp Valcartier, Quebec, September 1914, to the end of McCrae's life in France in January of 1918. All of McCrae's letters and diaries from the war had mention of Bonfire, his antics and how much that horse meant to his master. Bonfire was McCrae's lifeline to decency, beauty and sanity during those traumatic days." .

Bloomindton, Indiana: Authorhouse. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2014. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1496914104 . Hardcover with dustjacket, this copy is inscribed and signed by two of the authors: Jeffrey Harkness and Donald E. Harkness, the book is in excellent condition with one minor flaw: mild edge-rubbing to the cloth on the back cover, the jacket is also in excellent condition with no remarkable flaws, included is a promotional bookmark for the book, "A deeply personal and revealing eyewitness narrative of one airman's life as a bomber pilot in England's RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) in WWI. It is a true story, an adventure, and a war memoir carefully constructed from Captain Donald E. Harkness's unpublished diaries, letters, sketches and photographs - only recently uncovered..." ; ; 562 pages; Signed by Author .

Tascaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, (1993). Signed by Lawrence “Larry” Sheely. Octavo, red boards (hardcover), xii, 221 pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From dust jacket: In the winter of 1917, with most of the world at war, 23-year-old Irving Edward Sheely of Albany, New York, enlisted in Naval Aviation and began his training at Pensacola Naval Air Station. When Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, the combined strength of aviation within the Navy and Marine Corps was 48 officers, 239 enlisted men, 54 airplanes, 1 airship, and 1 air station. Lieutenant Kenneth Whiting immediately recruited seven volunteer officers and 122 volunteer enlisted men with orders to go directly to France as the First Aeronautical Detachment. By June, the first organized contingent of American forces arrived in the combat zone at St. Nazaire, France -- woefully unprepared to take on the mighty submarine force of imperial Germany. Among this small detachment was Landsman Machinist Mate Second Class Irving E. Sheely. Trained by American and foreign officers, using both American and foreign aircraft, Sheely learned aviation and aviation combat at the heart of the action. He served as Observer / Gunlayer with Navy Lieutenant Kenneth MacLeish as pilot, and the two participated in some of the first antisubmarine air patrols in history, including a sea landing to rescue a downed crew. While at Clermont-Ferrand, Sheely developed an improved bombsight, for which he was praised by MacLeish. Following the Armistice, Sheely participated in the closing of the Navy base at Eastleigh, England, and returned io the United States in November 1918.

John Murray, 1925. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. xii, 522 pages. Faded gold lettering on the spine. Front hinge of the cover has been taped with white tape. Front hinge in cracked. Front free endpaper has a tipped on inscription, not signed but with a 'With the Author's Compliments' on it dated 1925. Some writing in the text with pencil. this is a reading copy only of this military autobiography written by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien from his diaries. Starting with the Zulu War and ending with WWI. Illustrated with 10 b/w images and 27 maps (two foldouts). This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges.

Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/CollectibleBook appears to be unread/untouched.Dust jacket is in pristine, mint condition and protected in Mylar. Signed by the author, Andrew Carroll, on the title page. First edition print. From the New York Times bestselling author of War Letters and Behind the Lines, Andrew Carroll's My Fellow Soldiers draws on a rich trove of both little-known and newly uncovered letters and diaries to create a marvelously vivid and moving account of the American experience in World War I, with General John Pershing featured prominently in the foreground.Andrew Carroll's intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation. Given a military force that on the eve of its entry into the war was downright primitive compared to the European combatants, the general surmounted enormous obstacles to build an army and ultimately command millions of U.S. soldiers. But Pershing himself—often perceived as a harsh, humorless, and wooden leader—concealed inner agony from those around him: almost two years before the United States entered the war, Pershing suffered a personal tragedy so catastrophic that he almost went insane with grief and remained haunted by the loss for the rest of his life, as private and previously unpublished letters he wrote to family members now reveal. Before leaving for Europe, Pershing also had a passionate romance with George Patton's sister, Anne. But once he was in France, Pershing fell madly in love with a young painter named Micheline Resco, whom he later married in secret.Woven throughout Pershing's story are the experiences of a remarkable group of American men and women, both the famous and unheralded, including Harry Truman, Douglas Macarthur, William "Wild Bill" Donovan, Teddy Roosevelt, and his youngest son Quentin. The chorus of these voices, which begins with the first Americans who enlisted in the French Foreign Legion 1914 as well as those who flew with the Lafayette Escadrille, make the high stakes of this epic American saga piercingly real and demonstrates the war's profound impact on the individuals who served—during and in the years after the conflict—with extraordinary humanity and emotional force.Thank you for supporting Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families! To learn more please visit: www.casapacifica.org

Whitstable: Pryor Publications, 1985. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket 222pp., text ills., b/w pls., maps, appends., index, Based on the diaries of a Victorian soldier who served in the Middle-East in WWI with the 9th Light Horse Regiment. Copy 245 of a limited hardcover edition & signed by J. G. Rogers on the dedication page

London: Victor Gollancz, 1933. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Presentation copy from the author to Sir Austen Chamberlain and SIGNED by the author. 435 pages in very good, clean condition; outer edges and endpapers slightly yellowed. Illustrated. Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Spine and edges darkened. Corners bumped. Spine, edges and boards are scuffed. Binding tight. GOOD+.

London: Privately Published, 1920. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Signed by Author. First printing. Number 232 of an unspecified limited edition. Brown buckram binding. Marking to edges of boards, slight rubbing to ends of spine and corners of boards. Small mark to outer page edge, light foxing to endpapers, a few pages have smudging to the text, appears to be a production flaw. Author's address stamp to front free endpaper. Inscribed by the author to front free endpaper: To R. de Poix with the compliments of Walter Gardner 1/7/20. Account of the author's experiences in active service in the Honourable Artillery Company during the first year of the First World War. Includes much interesting information on mining operations at Wijtschate (Wytchaete) near Messines. Much of the text is in the form of the author's diary entries. A very scarce title, not in the British Library. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, 232

On offer is a fascinating record of an American army officer in France immediately following the end of World War One. The author of this notebook is uncertain. Context does suggest that he is American, as his travels eventually take him to Pontanezen Camp--a huge American base in northwestern France from where American troops were repatriated to the United States. The journal begins with a reference to the nascent League of Nations on page 2: "Great General Council and minor councils, decrees of former, binding and enforced by armies of combined states (only 15 powers)." The next page bears the first date: February 9, 1919. In this entry, the author details a train trip from Rouen across northern Europe to Vimy Ridge, where he visited military graveyards. He specifically references the 5th, 7th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Canadian Battalions. Vimy Ridge is Canada's most celebrated military victory in WWI. As the author of this diary travels across the countryside, he remarks on enemy troops: "About 4 boxcars on end for German prisoners" (February 11, 1919). He also comments on museums he visited, hotels he stayed at, and the many things he sees as he crosses the country. He enjoys films where he can and operas as well. Throughout March, he details life in and around Pontanezen Camp, and on March 30 he ships out, arriving back in the United States at Boston Harbor on April 7. On May 1, after a wandering train trip, he arrives home in Oberlin, Ohio. Along the way, his notes are full of descriptions of what he sees. Of interest is his reference to the so-called "Red Scare" that was sweeping the United States at the time. The Red Scare was a period in the post-WWI United States marked by perceived fear of radical far-left extremists and communist revolution. This contributed to the wave of white supremacist terrorism and race riots that swept across the United States in early to mid 1919. Hundreds of thousands of returning veterans were dumped into a non-existent labour market amid rising fears of Bolshevism. Our author writes: "At public square hundreds and thousands of reds..." (May 1, 1919). On June 2 he registered for college, with context suggesting Temple University in Philadelphia. The balance of the journal is a detailed description of the author's academic and social life, with a heavy emphasis on the latter. His journal ends on June 22, 1922. Measuring 4.25 inches by 6.75 inches, this small notebook resembles the type of field message notebook that officers carried. The pages are marked in a light grid pattern. There are 94 pages and the notebook is 95 percent complete. The covers are missing, but the stapled binding is in good condition. The pages are in good condition and the handwriting is legible. The entries do not follow a strict daily entry system, as the author skips days from time to time. For a military historian, the author's travels across war-torn France and Belgium provide wonderful detail about the conditions in the months immediately following the war. For a social historian, his observations as he travels in Europe and across eastern United States offer an excellent window into this time of tremendous social upheaval in post-WWI America. Keywords: league of nations; pontanezen camp; vimy ridge; red scare; first red scare; red summer; post-wwi france; post-wwi america; americana; handwritten; manuscript; document; letter; autograph; writer; hand written; documents; signed; letters; manuscripts; diary; diaries; journals; personal history; social history; historical; holograph; writers; autographs; personal; memoir; memorial; antiquité, contrat; vélin; document; manuscrit; papier antike; brief; pergament; dokument; manuskript; papier oggetto d'antiquariato; atto; velina; documento; manoscritto; carta antigüedad; hecho; vitela; documento; manuscrito; papel.

On offer is a fascinating record of an American army officer in France immediately following the end of World War One. The author of this notebook is uncertain. Context does suggest that he is American, as his travels eventually take him to Pontanezen Camp--a huge American base in northwestern France from where American troops were repatriated to the United States. The journal begins with a reference to the nascent League of Nations on page 2: "Great General Council and minor councils, decrees of former, binding and enforced by armies of combined states (only 15 powers)." The next page bears the first date: February 9, 1919. In this entry, the author details a train trip from Rouen across northern Europe to Vimy Ridge, where he visited military graveyards. He specifically references the 5th, 7th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Canadian Battalions. Vimy Ridge is Canada's most celebrated military victory in WWI. As the author of this diary travels across the countryside, he remarks on enemy troops: "About 4 boxcars on end for German prisoners" (February 11, 1919). He also comments on museums he visited, hotels he stayed at, and the many things he sees as he crosses the country. He enjoys films where he can and operas as well. Throughout March, he details life in and around Pontanezen Camp, and on March 30 he ships out, arriving back in the United States at Boston Harbor on April 7. On May 1, after a wandering train trip, he arrives home in Oberlin, Ohio. Along the way, his notes are full of descriptions of what he sees. Of interest is his reference to the so-called "Red Scare" that was sweeping the United States at the time. The Red Scare was a period in the post-WWI United States marked by perceived fear of radical far-left extremists and communist revolution. This contributed to the wave of white supremacist terrorism and race riots that swept across the United States in early to mid 1919. Hundreds of thousands of returning veterans were dumped into a non-existent labour market amid rising fears of Bolshevism. Our author writes: "At public square hundreds and thousands of reds..." (May 1, 1919). On June 2 he registered for college, with context suggesting Temple University in Philadelphia. The balance of the journal is a detailed description of the author's academic and social life, with a heavy emphasis on the latter. His journal ends on June 22, 1922. Measuring 4.25 inches by 6.75 inches, this small notebook resembles the type of field message notebook that officers carried. The pages are marked in a light grid pattern. There are 94 pages and the notebook is 95 percent complete. The covers are missing, but the stapled binding is in good condition. The pages are in good condition and the handwriting is legible. The entries do not follow a strict daily entry system, as the author skips days from time to time. For a military historian, the author's travels across war-torn France and Belgium provide wonderful detail about the conditions in the months immediately following the war. For a social historian, his observations as he travels in Europe and across eastern United States offer an excellent window into this time of tremendous social upheaval in post-WWI America. Keywords: league of nations; pontanezen camp; vimy ridge; red scare; first red scare; red summer; post-wwi france; post-wwi america; americana; handwritten; manuscript; document; letter; autograph; writer; hand written; documents; signed; letters; manuscripts; diary; diaries; journals; personal history; social history; historical; holograph; writers; autographs; personal; memoir; memorial; antiquité, contrat; vélin; document; manuscrit; papier antike; brief; pergament; dokument; manuskript; papier oggetto d'antiquariato; atto; velina; documento; manoscritto; carta antigüedad; hecho; vitela; documento; manuscrito; papel.