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x, 181pp., index, notes, ill. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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." .

Howling Cat Press. New with No dust jacket as issued. 2023. First Edition. Softcover. A brand new book signed by the author. Mr. Laughner has taken the diary and photos of Heinrich Holtzendorf and created a quite interesting account of a WWI German commerce raider, the SMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich, and presented the reader with a fantastically readable account of life on a converted luxury liner into an armed raider traveling from Pacific to Atlantic and finally to captivity in then neutral America. .

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 It is a true story, an adventure, and a war memoir carefully constructed from Captain Donald E. Harkness's unpublished diaries, letters, sketches and photographs - only recently uncovered..."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 .

Montreal River Harbour, ON: Self-published, 2014. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED and numbered 184/200 by author to dedication page. Soft cover. viii, 271 pp. B&W photos in text. Some chafing and scuffing to covers, else fine. When young brothers Gordon and Lee Fletcher left Liverpool, England in the aftermath of WWI, they began a life with their mother Bel and soldier stepfather Jack Mills in a strange new place called the Pucksaw Depot. Little did they know that this isolated shoreline on Lake Superior would be their home for 14 years and would live in their hearts forever.

USA: Sunflower University Press, 2000. Book. Illus. by Boss, Mike. Fair. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author on back of half-title page. 336 pages. List of sources, chronology and index. " Based on the WWI diaries and letters of the author's father, Robert Kennedy. "By mixing her father's personal experience with her academic penchant for accuracy, Kennedy has created something rare - a highly readable history." - from back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound reading copy..

London: Privately Published (printed by Crowther & Goodman) Book. Fair. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. Small octavo. No date, but published in late 1935 or early 1936, since Wadham's contribution (ending at page 19) is dated 13th November, 1935, and Crossley's "Foreword to Part II" is dated December of the same year. Wadham writes, "These notes have been compiled, more or less in the form of a diary, with a view to placing on record the services of those who voluntarily came forward to serve their country in its hour of need." This copy from the library of 2nd Lt. I. (Irvine) B. Rouse of the battalion, who is listed thrice in the appendices, once in "Additional Nominal Roll of Officers who served with the I/4th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regt. (in order of joining)," once in a list of those wounded in action, and lastly in the list of those who received the Military Cross. Wadham has written his inscription ("A souvenir/from") and signed beneath Rouse's printed name. Uncommon signed. Blue cloth w/battalion's crest/lettering in gilt to front cover, 136 pages + XXIIII (24) pages of appendices/index. Appendices include: (A) nominal roll of officers mobilized with the battalion as of August 4, 1914; (B) the roll of officers who proceeded overseas (May 3, 1915); (C) an additional nominal roll of officers who served with the battalion; (D) officers' casualties/prisoners of war/awards; (E) a list of the rank and file killed in action or who died of their wounds; (F) a list of the rank and file wounded in action; (G) a list of rank and file missing/reported dead, wounded and prisoners, wounded and missing, missing, and prisoners of war; (H) rank and file awards; (I) an extract from the supplement (June 28, 1918) to the London Gazette (June 25, 1918; (J) an extract from the supplement (September 14, 1917) to the London Gazette (September 14, 1917); and (K) an extract from the supplement (June 28, 1918) to the London Gazette (June 25, 1918). Strongly cocked, sunned spine/edges, wear to corners/spine ends, some cover soil, scuffing, light edge soil, Rouse's name highlighted in pink at all three appearances in the appendices..

Armidale: Alan Treloar, 1993. HEAVY. xviii, 377pp, index, appendices, bw ills, maps, endpaper maps. Green cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. SIGNED and inscribed to a LT Col by Alan Treloar on acknowledgements page. John Linton Treloar sailed in a ship of the First Convoy and kept a diary from that time until March 1917 with several interruptions due to illness. He served at Gallipoli and evacuated in September 1915 due to life threatening illness. In early 1916 he was appointed an original officer of 1 Squadron AFC and served in Egypt and France. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Fremantle: The Author. 2015. 1st ed., royal octavo, pp.x, 580, incl Index, b&w photos and illus., pict. eps., signed by author orig gilt titled bds., near fine in near fine d.j. The accounts of 853 men and women of Fremantle, Western Australia, who served in WWI taken from diaries, letters, oral histories and photographs. 1st edition. Boards in d.j..

Constable & Co. Ltd., 1933 vii, [list of illustrations], 378 printed pages. Frontispiece, 8 of 9 plates 1 text illustration. Times Book Club label and some pencil jottings on the rear pastedown endpaper. Signed and dated in ink "1934, Hugh Dalton" on front free endpaper. In pencil below is the word "Wagners" in the hand of Irene Wagner. Text block very slightly browned, particularly on the leading edge. 22.5 x 15 cm. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Spine, corners, hinges and edges very slightly rubbed. This volume contains the recollections of Nicolson, a British diplomat, who was a member of the Peace delegation of Great Britain at Paris. Nicolson wrote: "Given the atmosphere at the time, given the passions aroused in all democracies by four years of war, it would have been impossible even for supermen to devise a peace of moderation and righteousness." This was Hugh Dalton's personal copy. During WW2, Hugh Dalton was Minister for Economic Warfare when Harold Nicolson was, in the early days, at the Ministry of Information. Both published diaries and memoirs that overlapped in content. The Rt. Hon. Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, later Baron Dalton, (1887 1962) was a British Labour Party economist & politician. During WWI he served as a lieutenant in France and Italy, compiling 'With British Guns in Italy' as a record of his experiences. Although a staunch Labour party member, he shaped Labour Party foreign policy in the 1930s, promoting rearmament against the German threat, and strongly opposing the appeasement policy of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 1938. Dalton was a fervent supporter and close friend of Churchill during the crisis of 1940, strongly against any compromise peace as urged by Halifax and other conservatives. In his wartime coalition, after the Dunkirk evacuation, Churchill appointed Dalton Minister of Economic Warfare. Following Churchill's well-known instruction 'to set Europe ablaze' Dalton founded the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and was subsequently a co-founder of the Political Warfare Executive (PWE). After the surprise Labour victory in 1945 Dalton was seen (alongside Attlee, Bevin, Morrison and Cripps) as one of the 'big five' of the new administration and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945-7 (when he nationalised the Bank of England). In 1948 he was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and in 1950 Minister of Town and Country Planning. He retired from government after the general election of 1951 and was created a life peer as Baron Dalton on 1960. Early items signed by Dalton are now uncommon. His papers and diaries are held at the London School of Economics. PROVENANCE: Irene Wagner, senior Labour Party archivist, historian and former Party Chief Librarian. She helped found the International Association of Labour History Institutions. Irene was also a key supporter of the People s History Museum in Manchester. During the 2nd World War Irene worked at Woburn Abbey, in the political intelligence department of the Foreign Office, helping the Special Operations Executive distribute propaganda over Germany.Impeccable provenance: from her personal library that I purchased in 2016 from her Grand-daughter at Irene's Bloomsbury flat where she had lived for 72 years. Copies of the 1st edition are becoming less common and this copy has a significant association with a key politician, and a key connection with a notable member of the Special Operations Executive.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.