Listed below is my current stock in this subject, sorted in alphabetical order, by author. Please note that it is difficult to categorize some titles, which overlap different subjects; in these cases, the easiest procedure would be use the search box, which covers my entire stock. However, if searching for a particular title on this page only, the simplest method is to use "Control-F" to bring up the "Find" dialogue on screen. I have described the books as accurately as possible but will of course accept returns if a particular item is inadvertently not as described.

17663

Memoir of Captain M. M. Hammond, Rifle Brigade

5” x 7¾”. [xi] + 372pp, frontispiece. Original green cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed but still quite fresh for a volume of this age. The spine ends and corners are bumped, quite heavily, and slightly frayed. There are some indentations along the edges of the boards and there is a forward spine lean. This volume was presented to Arthur Wellesley by Lord Francis Gordon Lennox in April 1861 (please see the enlarged image above). According to a pencilled note on the second front end-paper, “Inscribed to Arthur Wellesley, later 3d Duke by Lennox Gordon descendant of Wellington’s ADC.” Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (14 June 1825 – 22 January 1892) was the son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond who was, indeed, Wellington’s Aide-de-Camp; however, “Arthur Wellesley” was either the 2nd Duke of Wellington, Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, KG, PC (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884) or the 4th Duke, Arthur Charles Wellesley, KG, GCVO, DL (15 March 1849 – 18 June 1934) as the 3rd Duke was Henry Wellesley. The text is generally clean throughout, on markedly tanned paper, with some pages having small stains or foxing spots. A number of corners are creased. The inner hinges are cracked. The edge of the text block is dust-stained and lightly foxed.

16052

Ego 8

6” x 9¼”. 269pp, frontispiece. Original blue cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j. The covers are rubbed and with an old stain affecting the bottom edge. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a forward spine lean. There is a previous owner's name inscribed (dated 1952). There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout. The paper has tanned with age and the bottom comers are bumped.

17530

Venizelos : Patriot, Statesman, Revolutionary

4¾” x 7½". [xiv] + 304pp, map, portrait frontis. Pale blue cloth gilt, no d/j, ex-Karl Marx Memorial Library with shelf mark on spine, 'cancelled' stamps and usual markings, otherwise Very Good. Rare.

16755

Henry Richard Compton, Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards : A Few Notes Relating to His Short Life & His Death, Collected by a Friend to Whom he was Devoted

5¼” x 7¾”. 52pp, portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth gilt with Coldstream Guards medallion blocked in silver, gilt and red on front cover. There is an area of colour loss on the front cover affecting the title. There is a Presentation Inscription on the front free end-paper: "L.  E.  Barrington Ward from H.  F.  Compton March 1925". There is a small stain on the front pastedown and a corresponding stain on the front free end-paper. The tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece is stained on the top margin and grubby in the bottom margin. The short text section is very clean indeed. The edge of the text block is not trimmed and has a ragged edge.

18022

Goughie : The Life of General Sir Hubert Gough

6” x 9½”. [xii] + 403pp, illustrations, maps. Original red cloth blocked in gilt on the spine, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges foxed otherwise Very Good.

16653

The Right Honourable Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster : A Memoir

5½” x 9”. [xv] + 376pp, portrait frontis, illustrations, Publisher’s catalogue. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, 

12298

The Autobiography of Margot Asquith

5” x 7¾”. [xxxvii] + 342pp, illustrations. Paperback, covers rubbed, crease in spine otherwise Very Good

17753

A Diary Without Dates

4½” x 7”. 127pp. Original brown cloth gilt, no d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, otherwise Very Good.

15223

Hugh Percy Allen

5¼” x 8”. [viii] + 170pp, frontispiece, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, otherwise Very Good.

10005

The Kaiser and his times

5¾" x 9". 524pp. Black cloth, cover and lower portion of spine waterstained, front inner hinge weak, no d/j, Good

18147

Triple Challenge or War, Whirligigs and Windmills : A Doctor’s Memoirs of the Years 1914 to 1929

5½” x 8¾”. 396pp, illustrations. Decorative blue cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, edges lightly foxed, otherwise Very Good.

11100

Men and Power 1917 - 1918

5½" x 8½". 448pp, ills. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, otherwise Very Good

12023

Men and Power 1917 - 1918

5½" x 8½". 448pp, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in a chipped, torn d/j, covers rubbed, edges dusty, one plate standing slightly proud otherwise Very Good/Fair

16299

Those Days

5½" x 8¾". [xv] + 328pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth, no d/j, front free end-paper excised, covers rubbed with some colour loss along edges, previous owner's name inscribed otherwise Good

12202

Sir Frank Lockwood : A Biographical Sketch

5½” x 8¼”. 226pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers worn, head and tail of spine frayed, front gutter split along half its length, edges & end-papers foxed otherwise Good

11533

Griffith John : The Apostle of Central China

4¾" x 7½". 157pp. Red cloth in a torn, tatty d/j with some loss, old prize label on front free end-paper, otherwise Very Good/poor

15654

Churchill : A Major New Assessment of his Life in Peace and War

6¼" x 9½". 581pp, illustrations. Original cloth gilt in a torn, rubbed, creased d/j, otherwise Very Good

15188

The Wilder Shores of Love

5½” x 8¾”. [ix] + 324pp, illustrations. Original red cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed and somewhat faded; the spine is very faded and there are a few small marks. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a slight spine lean.

10034

Some Great Composers

4¾" x 7½". 120pp. Green boards in torn d/j; produced to War Economy Standard. Very Good

17119

Indiscretions of a Young Man

5½” x 8¾”. [xii] + 251pp. Tan cloth blocked in black in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, front cover slightly bowed, tanning to pages otherwise Very Good. Rare. Educated Eton & Sandhurst, commissioned KRRC, served in India with 4th Bn. Being in England in August 1914 he was appointed Adjutant of 10th (S) Bn., 20th (Light) Div., to France in July 1915 where he also served on the staff & was invalided; Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Paris during the peace conference and later a Bank Official and sheep farmer.

14726

Snakes and Ladders

6” x 9½”.

11754

Soho for the Colonel : On The Trail of Colonel Thornton

5½" x 8¾". 215pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Original cloth gilt in a chipped, scuffed d/j, front free end-paper missing, else Very Good/G.

10424

Mozart

5" x 7¼". 300pp, ills. Red cloth, spine dull, coat of arms of Brighton Grammar School embossed in gilt on cover, foxing to edges and end-papers, Good

11513

Winston Churchill

8" x 8¼". 58pp, illustrations, colour frontis. Pictorial boards (colour photographs of Churchill) which are rubbed and have some small areas of loss from the surface, one scratch on front boards, internally Very Good.

18086

One Woman's Story

5¼” x 8¼”. 287pp, portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, with old staining to front cover and scuff marks to rear cover, spine slightly faded and soiled with noticeable variation in colour, spine ends and corners bumped and slightly frayed, page 15/16 slightly chipped at fore-edge, otherwise Very Good. An Englishwoman's story of life under the Soviets, including the moving account of the arrest and execution of her Russian husband.

17508

Testament of Youth : An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925

5" x 8". 663pp. Red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers stained and rubbed, spine faded, otherwise Very Good.

17654

Testament of Youth : An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925

5" x 8". 663pp. Red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers stained and rubbed, spine faded, otherwise Very Good.

18024

The Brotherhood of Arms

5½” x 8½”. [vii] + 133pp, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, otherwise Very Good

17448

A Woman's Memories of the War

4¾” x 7½”. 224pp, frontispiece. Original green cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, gift inscription on front end-paper otherwise Very Good. Miss Brooke-Hunt volunteered to assist soldiers in South Africa, and has written of her experiences from a woman's perspective. After a short stay in Cape Town she was stationed at Naauwport, Bloemfontein and Pretoria, successfully organising the provision of extra rations, etc as well as entertainment to uplift the spirits of convalescent soldiers of all ranks. See Mendelssohn, vol. 1, p. 194.

15241

Marcel Proust : A Life

6¼" x 9½". [xiv] + 946pp, illustrations. Cream boards quarter-bound in black cloth, in d/j, Fine

11850

Settled Out of Court and Alibi for a Judge

5" x 7½". 336pp. Red cloth gilt in a chipped, torn d/j which is faded on the spine, otherwise Very Good/G-

12122

Imperial Marriage : An Edwardian War and Peace

6¼" x 9½". [xiii] + 366pp, portrait frontis, illustrations, maps. Black cloth in d/j, As New. Originally published at £25. Certain lives epitomize an age, its glamour, its successes, and its broken dreams. Such were the lives of Lord Edward Cecil, his wife Violet, and Alfred Milner with whom she fell in love. The adventurous Guards officer Edward Cecil married Violet Maxse in 1894, as Britain reached its imperial zenith. During the Boer War, as Chief Staff Officer to Baden-Powell, he was besieged at Mafeking, while in Cape Town Violet, young, attractive and enterprising, fell in love with Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner responsible for British policy. Her love for him dominated the rest of her life. This book is also a picture of the British aristocratic world during its last period of real influence. As Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, Lord Edward's father, the Marquess of Salisbury, was Britain's leading statesman. His Jacobean palace, Hatfield, was a political powerhouse. Violet's father, Frederick Maxse was an unorthodox war hero and landed gentleman. His artistic and political friends, such as the statesman Georges Clemenceau, influenced her profoundly. Alfred Milner, a brilliant scholarship boy, rose to control the destinies of the nation alongside Lloyd George during World War I - a war bringing terrible personal tragedy to Violet and Edward. Edward spent his later life administering the finances of Egypt. After his death in 1918, Alfred and Violet were married for four brief, happy years.

12073

Thoughts and Adventures

5½" x 8¾". 320pp, portrait frontis. Blind-stamped green cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, head of spine snagged, corners bumped, front lower corner frayed (exposing card), end-papers foxed, front free end-paper excised, edges dusty otherwise Good

17709

My Early Life : A Roving Commission

5½" x 9". 392pp, ills. Purple cloth gilt, no d/j. As usual with this edition, the cloth has faded and discoloured, and is also rubbed and grubby with some fraying along the edges, pencil marks on the front free end-paper have been erased, edges dusty, shaken, otherwise Good

14340

The Story of My Life

5½" x 8¾". [viii] + 439pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, spine faded, end-papers discoloured, frontispiece heavily foxed, otherwise Very Good

10534

My Northcliffe Diary

5½" x 8¾". 304pp, ills. Black cloth, gilt lettering, no d/j, white mark on cover, foxings to edges and eps. Good

11731

The Asquiths

6¼" x 9½". 528pp, illustrations. Red cloth gilt in a scuffed d/j, otherwise Fine/Very Good.

17549

Clouds That Flee : The Reminiscences of Colonel Montague Cooke 

6” x 9¼”. 288pp, frontispiece, illustrations [Illustrated from photographs and by the late Lt.-Col. E. A. Hobday, C.M.G., and two sketches by L. Raven Hill]. Original red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, front free end-paper missing, edges foxed, otherwise Very Good.

18153

Our World Was The Stage : A Personal History of Watts and Corry (1927 to 1984) Theatrical Contractors, Oldham Road, Miles Platting Manchester

5½” x 8”. 83pp, illustrations. Original stapled printed card covers. The covers are scuffed and rubbed, with some creasing and surface scratching. There is also some discolouration and a few minor marks. The stapled spine is heavily creased. The corners are creased and dog-eared. There is a signed presentation inscription by Percy Corry on the inside front cover (the Table of Contents), dated 1984. The text is in typescript, the printing is not of particularly high quality, and the illustrations have been poorly-reproduced. The pages have discoloured slightly and the edge of the text block is dust-stained and lightly foxed.

12117

The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister : Volume One : Minister of Housing 1964-66

6¼" x 9½". 688pp, illustrations. Green cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped, price-clipped d/j otherwise Very Good

17674

Impressions and Recollections

5½” x 8¾”. 330pp, portrait frontispiece, 29 plates. Original blue cloth gilt, no d/j, front cover irregularly faded (quite severely) with significant areas of colour loss to top corners (front and rear), spine faded with total loss of colour, previous owner's name inscribed in ink on front free end-paper (dated December 1972), offsetting to end-papers, edges heavily foxed, the foxing extending into the margins, otherwise Very Good.

15035

John F. Kennedy : An Unfinished Life 1917-1963

6¼" x 9½". [x] +838pp, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in a torn d/j otherwise Very Good.

10098

W. G. Grace

4,75" x 7½". 139pp. Red cloth with some marks, gilt lettering, fep missing, no d/j o/w Very Good

17427

War Memories

5¼" x 8". [ix] + 310pp, 3 plates, map. Green cloth gilt, no d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, otherwise Very Good Plus. Life under German occupation at the Chateau de Bellignies, on the Franco-German border near Mons, where in 1914 the Princess hid and succoured lost British soldiers and worked with Edith Cavell.

18040

Lord George Bentinck : A Political Biography

5” x 7¾”. [xiv] + 422pp + Publisher’s advertisement. Original blind-stamped cloth blocked in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and dull, with some scuffing and a small frayed patch on the top edge of the front cover, near the corner. There is a small mark on the spine. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed with small splits in the cloth. There is an armorial bookplate of Thomas Somers-Cocks on the front pastedown [Motto: “Prodesse Quam Conspici” (To Accomplish rather than to be Conspicuous)]. Inscribed in blue ink near the top edge of the bookplate is a subsequent owner's name: "Michael Hurst, August 1957". This is Michael Hurst (the Oxford Historian, subsequently Dr Michael Hurst F.R.Hist.S., F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A.). Dr Hurst has added a number of pencilled comments (in a minute hand) and a large number of ticks in the margins. The text is otherwise generally clean throughout, on noticeably tanned paper.

14067

Brabazon, James

6” x 9¼”. [xviii] + 308pp, illustrations. Brown cloth gilt in a rubbed and creased d/j, covers heavily rubbed along the edges, ex-Library with label on front pastedown, slight spine lean, otherwise Good.

15412

Weary : The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop

6¾" x 10". 709pp, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in lightly creased  and scuffed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

12326

Clive : The Heaven-Born General

6¼” x 9½”. [ix] + 211pp, maps, illustrations. Original boards in a rubbed d/j. The d/j has been laminated and this is lifting in places, otherwise Very Good.

10071

And Here is Mr Streeter

5½" x 8½". 179pp, 11 ills. Red cloth, no d/j, edge of pages mildly discoloured, Very Good

10242

The First Elizabeth

6¼" x 9½". 447pp. Brown cloth in d/j, Fine. An acclaimed biography of Queen Elizabeth I. In this remarkable biography, Carolly Erickson brings Elizabeth I to life and allows us to see her as a living, breathing, elegant, flirtatious, diplomatic, violent, arrogant, and outrageous woman who commands our attention, fascination, and awe. With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Carolly Erickson electrifies the senses as she evokes with total fidelity the brilliant colors of Elizabethan clothing and jewelry, the texture of tapestries, and even the close, perfumed air of castle rooms. Erickson demonstrates her extraordinary ability to discern and bring to life psychological and physical reality." David Herlihy, Charles Lea Professor of History, Harvard University when reviewing the book stated that "Carolly Erickson is a great interpreter of history. She writes political history, but imbeds it into social, and even more, humane history. She's likely to be the Barbara Tuchman of her generation."

17319

Blood and Oil in the Orient

5¾” x 8¾”. 317pp. Original blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, head and tail of spine frayed, gift inscription on front end-paper otherwise Very Good

10863

My Darling Clementine : The Story of Lady Churchill

5½" x 8¾". 417pp, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in chipped, torn d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, edges dusty, else G+/G-

14367

Frederick the Great : King of Prussia

6¼" x 9½". [xv] + 704pp, maps, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in a rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

15034

Kennedy's Wars : Berlin, Cuba, Laos and Vietnam

6¼" x 9½". [xx] + 528pp. White boards in d/j, As New

10095

War Memoirs of David Lloyd George [vol. II only]

5½" x 8½". 1,019pp, ills. Blue cloth, spine faded, front inner hinge cracked, previous owner's bookplate, G

17313

Roll on, Next War! : The Common Man's Guide to Army Life

4¾” x 7½”. 186pp, illustrations (drawings). Red cloth blocked in black in a torn, foxed and chipped d/j, covers faded with some loss of colour, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good.

13728

Winston S. Churchill : Volume IV : 1917 - 1922

6¼" x 9¼". 967pp, illustrations. Red cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j, edges dusty, otherwise Very Good. Please note, as this is a heavy book postage will be commensurate.

14570

Winston S. Churchill : Volume V : 1922 - 1939

6¼" x 9¼". [xxvii] + 1,167pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Red cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j, the red stain to the top edge has faded, otherwise Very Good. This is the rarest of the massive 8-part biography of Winston Churchill, which was commenced by his son, Randolph in the 1960s, and completed, after Randolph's death, by his former research assistant, Martin Gilbert. Volume V, dealing with the inter-war years, 1922 to 1939, had the smallest print run and is now increasingly hard to find, making it difficult to complete a full set. Please note, as this is a heavy book postage will be commensurate.

11748

Day of Atonement

5" x 7½". 262pp. Original boards in a chipped, torn d/j, else Very Good/G.

14563

Richard II : The Art of Kingship

5½" x 8¾". [xii] + 299pp. Blue cloth gilt in d/j, As New. Richard II (1377-1399) was deposed and probably murdered at the end of a dramatic Kingship characterized by the struggle between Royal Authority and the power of the great magnates of the land. Richard faced down the leaders of the Peasant Revolt of 1381 when aged only 14 but found the magnates much harder to vanquish. 1399 saw the nadir of his Royal power in the Merciless Parliament. This attempt to oust power from the king seems to have spurred Richard into recovering the royal prerogative but the King went so far beyond 'good governance' that his final two years in power became known as the 'tyranny'. The record of his reign was muddied by hostile chroniclers such as Walsingham and the anonymous monk of Evesham, and these distortions went on to be propagated by Shakespeare, leading Henry Hallam to write, in 1818, that 'the reign of Richard II is, in a constitutional light, the most interesting part of our earlier history; and it has been the most imperfectly written.'

17772

The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon

5½” x 8¾”. [vii] + 320pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and faded along top section of front boards, spine faded, front inner hinge cracked, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good. An autobiography by Gordon who played a role in the development of military forces in Australia. He joined the Military Academy, Woolwich, and his military career included service in Ireland and New Zealand, and in the Soudan and the Boer War. He helped organise the Commonwealth of Australia and served as Commandant of Victoria and New South Wales. He includes details of Lord Kitchener's visit to Australia, and the American Naval Visit. He ended his career as Chief of the General Staff. Chapters include e.g. 'Soldiering in Ireland', 'Sport in Ireland', 'A Voyage to New Zealand', 'Soldiering in South Australia', 'Polo, Hunting and Steeplechasing', 'The Soudan Contingent', 'Military Adviser to the Australian Colonies in London', 'With Lord Roberts in South Africa', 'In Command of a Mounted Column', etc.

12336

Edwardian Scrapbook

5½" x 8¾". [xvi] + 148pp, illustrations. Red cloth, no d/j, covers scuffed, rubbed and dull, offsetting to end-papers otherwise Very Good

17649

Soldiering On : Being the Memoirs of Gen. Sir Hubert Gough

5½" x 8¾". 260pp, portrait frontis, illustrations, maps as end-papers. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, spine faded, page edges browned, some damage to top edge of text block otherwise Very Good.

15384

A Labrador Doctor : The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell M.D. (OXON.), C.M.G.

5½” x 9”. [ix] + 307pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and stained, edge of text block foxed otherwise Very Good.

15506

Lloyd George : The People's Champion, 1902-1911

6¼" x 9½". 391pp, portrait frontis, b&w plates. Black cloth gilt in a creased d/j, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good.

17814

When I was a Boy

5¾" x 8¾". 316pp, illustrations. Green cloth blocked in gilt on the spine, no d/j, pencil annotations, covers rubbed, otherwise Very Good.

11352

Books and Myself : Memoirs of an Editor

5½" x 8¾". 343pp, frontis, ills. Black cloth gilt, no d/j, front inner hinge cracked, exposing mull, covers marked and rubbed, fair.

10348

Portrait of Vincent : A Van Gogh Biography

5½" x 8¾". 309pp, ills. Green cloth, no d/j, slightly cocked, spine rubbed, else Very Good

10640

Portrait of Vincent : A Van Gogh Biography

5½" x 8¾". 309pp, ills. Green cloth in rubbed, chipped d/j, else Very Good+/G

17562

Plumer of Messines

5½" x 8¾". [xviii] + 351pp, portrait frontis, illustrations, maps. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, edges lightly foxed, previous owner's name inscribed otherwise Very Good.

11177

Seven Years in Tibet

5½" x 8¾". 288pp, colour frontis, illustrations, map. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, edges dusty, frontispiece detached but present, a few pages creased, otherwise Good.

10060

Sky Fever : the Autobiography of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland

5½" x 8¾". 240pp, ills. Red cloth, no d/j, top portion of boards badly faded, contents Very Good

18157

Our Atlantic Attempt

4¾” x 7½”. [ix] + 242pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges lightly foxed, otherwise Very Good

11198

The Life and Letters of Walter Page [Volume I only]

6¼" x 9½". 436pp, portrait frontis with tissue guard, b&w plates. Green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine slightly cocked, previous owner's name inscribed, else Very Good. Volume I only, covering the years 1855 to 1915.

10585

George III : A Personal History

6¼" x 9½". 464pp, ills. Black cloth in d/j, as NEW

14979

The Unexpected Years

5¼” x 8”. 392pp, portrait frontis. Original blue cloth gilt. The covers are lightly rubbed, but still fresh and bright. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There are a few minor pencilled markings in the margins but, overall, the text is very clean throughout. There is some play in the inner hinges.

11487

Norman Birkett : The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston

5½" x 8¾". 638pp, illustrations. Grey cloth in a torn and tatty d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, otherwise Very Good/Fair

15603

Flynn of the Inland

4¾” x 7½”. [xii] + 306pp + short Publisher’s catalogue, illustrations. Original cloth blocked in black. The covers are marked and rubbed, with the spine gutters being particularly rubbed and the rear spine gutter starting to fray. The spine ends and corners are bumped. There is a slight forward spine lean. There is a previous owner's name inscribed in pencil on the reverse of the frontispiece, dated "Xmas 1934". There are no other internal markings and the text is clean throughout. The paper has tanned with age. Some of the internal gatherings have cracked. The illustrations have acquired a yellowish tinge.

12197

Mr. S : The Last Word on Frank Sinatra

6¼” x 9½”. 261pp, illustrations. White cloth in a rubbed d/j otherwise Near Fine

16618

Gladstone, Politics and Religion : A Collection of Founder’s Day Lectures Delivered at St Deiniols’ Library, Hawarden, 1967-83

5½” x 8¾”. [xxiv] + 183pp. Original brown cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

17662

High Pressure : Being Some Record of Activities in the Service of The Times Newspaper

5½" x 8¾". 314pp, illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed and stained, particularly the rear cover where there is evidence of extensive old staining (in the from of splash marks). There are fewer but larger stains on the front cover and a line of discolouration with significant variation in colour throughout. The spine has darkened with age, is dull and also shows clear evidence of old staining, with a discoloured patch in the centre from the removal of an old label. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed, with splits in the cloth (with the two top corners being very heavily bumped). There are some indentations along the edges of the boards and there is a forward spine lean. There is a previous owner's name ("C. A. Vale" 21.4.'48) inscribed on the front free end-paper and there is a large abraded patch on the top half of the front pastedown, where a label has been removed. The end-papers are browned and discoloured. The front inner hinge is cracked at the Title-Page. There is foxing throughout which, in places, is very heavy. The paper has tanned noticeably with age and the illustrations have acquired a yellowish tinge. There is a stamp above the opening chapter and on the final page of the penultimate chapter: "This Book is the Property of the "Right Spot" Library, 56, High Street, Reigate".

18002

Memoirs of a Soldier Artist

5½” x 8¾”. 256pp, illustrations. Original black cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges foxed, otherwise Very Good.

18092

Eleftherios Venizelos : His Life and Work

4¾" x 7½". [xvii] + 198pp. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, ex-Library with label on front pastedown, lending schedule on rear end-paper, pocket on rear pastedown, shelf number on spine, a few other marks, covers rubbed, page edges browned otherwise Good. Uncommon.

11120

I Shall Bear Witness : The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1933-41

6¼" x 9½". 500pp, maps. Light grey boards in d/j, Fine.

11794

Majesty : Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor

6¼" x 9½". 382pp, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in a creased, chipped, price-clipped d/j, otherwise Very Good+/G

14740

If This Was Happiness : A Biography of Rita Hayworth

6¼" x 9½". [viii] + 312pp, illustrations. Brown cloth gilt in a rubbed d/j otherwise Near Fine

14311

Ernest Renan : In the Shadow of Faith

6¼" x 9½". [viii] + 328pp. Red cloth gilt in d/j, As New

17540

Mark Sykes : His Life and Letters

6¼" x 9½". [viii] + 308pp, portrait frontis and 30 cartoons by Mark Sykes. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, bookplate of Sir Gervase Beckett on front pastedown, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good

10413

An Artist in Love

5¼" x 7½". 280pp. Original cloth, no d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, Very Good+

10904

Mary Slessor of Calabar : Pioneer Missionary

5½" x 8¾". 347pp, b&w plates, portrait frontis. Grey cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, head of spine nicked, end-papers foxed, G

16359

Pigs and Wings and Other Things

5¾” x 8½”. 224pp, maps, illustrations. Original grey cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, otherwise Very Good. The Author has signed this copy "With best wishes" (dated 28.9.91) on the front free end-paper.

10011

Elizabeth R

6½" x 9½". 389pp, ills. Green cloth in chipped d/j, Very Good

18021

George Calderon : A Sketch from Memory (With Portraits)

5½” x 9”. 194pp, portrait frontis., 10 plates (including leaf from a sketchbook and 4 drawings by the subject). Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, small hole near tail of spine and some indentations in the slightly soiled spine, end-papers discoloured, edges foxed otherwise Very Good.

18004

Eighty Years : Soldiering, Politics, Games

5¾” x 9”. 311pp. portrait frontispiece, illustrations. Original cloth blocked in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and faded, particularly around the edges, with some old marks and variation in colour. The spine has darkened noticeably with age. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed, with minor splits in the cloth, most noticeably at the head of the spine.

17541

James Colin MacLehose : 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade : 1897-1917

5” x 7½”. 39pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Brown paper-covered boards blocked in gilt on the spine, no d/j, covers rubbed, particularly the spine and around the edges, previous owner's name inscribed on front pastedown, otherwise Very Good. MacLehose attended Rugby School and appears in Memorial to Rugbeians, Vol. 4. He left Rugby in the summer of 1916, going up to Oxford where he joined the 4th Officer Cadet Training Battalion (New College) though he was unable to take up his undergraduate place and matriculate. As soon as age permitted, he volunteered for service and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, October 1916, joining the 16th Battalion at the Front onthe 6th January 1917. Sadly, by the 14th of the following month, he was dead; killed in action just east of Ypres.

17315

Annals of an Active Life [Two Volumes]

6” x 9½”. 694pp (paginated over two volumes), frontispiece, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers scuffed and rubbed, spines faded, otherwise Very Good. Very clean internally.

18141

Giving Up The Ghost

4¼” x 7”. 232pp. Original pale yellow cloth blocked in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and with a tiny snag in the cloth on the front cover. The spine is scuffed (with some obvious scuff marks) and a little dull. The head of the spine is bumped.

11699

Winston Spencer Churchill : Servant of Crown and Commonwealth : A Tribute by Various Hands Presented to Him on his Eightieth Birthday

5½" x 8½". 172pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, edges foxed, spine dull, presentation inscription, otherwise Very Good

18084

Portrait of an Admiral : The Life and Papers of Sir Herbert Richmond

6" x 9". 407pp, portrait frontis. Green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, end-papers foxed otherwise Very Good

14158

Gladstone, 1875-1898

6¼" x 9¼". [xi] + 421pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in d/j, As New

11073

The Courage and the Will : The Life of Roden Cutler, V.C.

6¼" x 9½". 418pp, ills, maps. Red cloth gilt in d/j, as new.

14004

Shakey : Neil Young's Biography

6¼" x 9½". [xii] + 786pp, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in a scuffed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

15007

King David : A Biography

6¼" x 9½". [xiv] + 232pp, maps, illustrations. Grey boards in d/j, As New

10205

The Man With Three Faces

5½" x 8½". 192pp, 15 ills. Blue cloth, no d/j, Very Good. The story of the remarkable Soviet agent, Richard Sorge.

17842

I Might Have Been a Success

5¼” x 8¾”. [ix] + 11-287pp, portrait frontispiece (in the RNAS at Ypres in 1915), 12 photos. Original russet cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, head and tail of spine bumped, scattered foxing, edges dusty and lightly foxed, otherwise Very Good. Rare.

10809

Viscount Southwood

6½" x 9¾". 384pp, ills. Red cloth in chipped, discoloured d/j, presentation label on fep, edges lightly foxed, else Very Good/G+

17618

Prisoners and Captives : the Autobiography of an Irishman Imprisoned by the Germans in November 1914

5” x 7½”. [xi] + 306pp. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, head and tail of spine bumped, edges lightly foxed, otherwise Very Good. Quite a bright copy. Uncommon.

15999

An Autobiography

5½” x 8¾”. 288pp, illustrations. Red cloth gilt in a scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise Very Good.

11294

The Story of San Michele

5¼" x 8". 519pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers stained, edges foxed, spine faded, a reading copy.

17767

Memoirs of a Soldier of Fortune

5½" x 8½". 380pp, portrait frontis. Tan cloth, no d/j, Very Good

11298

Tempestuous Journey : Lloyd George His Life and Times

6" x 9". 784pp, 41 ills. Blue cloth, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, corners bumped, else G+.

17741

Forty Years in Constantinople : The Recollections of Sir Edwin Pears 1873-1915

5½" x 8½". 390pp, portrait frontis, 15 plates. Grey cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine creased, corners frayed, previous owner's name inscribed [Hermione Murphy Grimshaw], otherwise Good Plus

14593

My Silent War

5½" x 8¾". [xxv] + 164pp. Black cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, page edges stained, a reading copy only

14890

Sir Joshua Reynolds

5½” x 8¼”. [xi] +415pp, frontispiece, illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt. The covers are rubbed, particularly around the edges. There is a prominent tear at the head of the spine which extends down for about half an inch and then across for a quarter of an inch. The spine is also a little dull. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. A previous owner's bookplate has been crudely removed form the front free end-paper leaving a noticeable residue including parts of the bookplate itself. Another previous owner has inscribed his name in ballpoint pen on the front free end-paper and Title-Page.

11537

A Foreign Devil in China : The Story of Dr L. Nelson Bell

5½" x 8¾". 224pp, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in a chipped, torn d/j, remains of old sticker on front free end-paper, otherwise Very Good/G-

10748

A Soldier's Way : An Autobiography

6¼" x 9½". 643pp, ills. Black cloth gilt in scuffed d/j, Very Good+/Very Good

14101

The Opium Eater [Confessions of an Opium Eater]

4½" x 6¾". [xxvii] + 320pp. Blind-stamped green cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed otherwise Very Good

18049

The Sword and the Olive: Recollections of Diplomacy and the Foreign Office, 1913 - 1954

5½" x 8¾". (xiii) + 348pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt no d/j, otherwise Very Good. There is a previous owner's name ("Michael Hurst") inscribed in ballpoint pen on the front pastedown dated "April 1996". This is Michael Hurst (the Oxford Historian, subsequently Dr Michael Hurst F.R.Hist.S., F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A.).

10398

Paul Cezanne Letters

5½" x 8¾". 308pp, ills. Brown cloth which has bubbled in places, particularly on the front cover. The front inner hinge is exposed at the top and one plate is detached but present. Previous owners' names inked in on eps. The remainder of the contents are clean and bright. G

17652

The Life of Robert Palmer : 1888-1916

5½” x 8¾”. [vii] + 208pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed with evidence of old staining but still bright, edges very lightly foxed, bottom edge of text block not trimmed, otherwise Very Good.

14929

Ignatius Donnelly : Portrait of a Politician

6" x 9¼". [xviii] + 428pp. Softback, As New

11766

Open Secret : The Autobiography of the Former Director-General of M.I.5

6¼" x 9½". 296pp, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in a rubbed, creased d/j, otherwise Fine/Very Good.

15046

The Holy Fox: a Life of Lord Halifax 

5½” x 8½”. [xi] + 348pp, illustrations. Paperback, Near Fine

17892

Siegfried Sassoon : (1886-1967)

6” x 9½”. [xvii] + 366pp, illustrations. Original black cloth blocked in silver on the spine in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, otherwise Very Good.

11014

Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman : the life and times of an Officer and a Gentleman

6¾" x 9¾". 288pp, ills. Blue cloth in slightly marked d/j, else Near Fine. Bridgeman [1848-1929] was First Sea Lord during Churchill's first tenure at the Admiralty. 

10641

Matthew Arnold : Poet and Prophet

6¼" x 9½". 208pp, 24 ills. Original cloth, gilt, in slightly rubbed d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, else Very Good+/Very Good

13792

President Harding : His Life and Times : 1865-1923

6" x 9½". [xii] + 691pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed, edges and Contents page grubby, ex-British Library with one stamp on title page and shelf number in white ink on backstrip, otherwise Good

15728

The Story of Garfield : Farm-Boy, Soldier, and President

4¾” x 7½”. 143pp, frontispiece, illustrations. Original pictorial cloth. The covers are very marked and heavily rubbed with noticeable variation in colour. The spine has darkened with age. The spine ends and corners are bumped and frayed. There is an old Prize Label on the front pastedown dated 1899 and a small Bookseller's label. The inner hinge is cracked at pages 49 and 81. The paper has tanned with age and some pages have grubby marks. There is a crease and a small tear in the outer edge of the frontispiece and the first few pages

17697

Bright Armour : Memories of Four Years of War

5¼” x 8¼”. 251pp, portrait frontispiece drawing. Original blue cloth blocked in silver on the spine, no d/j, end-papers foxed otherwise Very Good.

14462

Richard II

6¼" x 9½". [xiv] + 514pp, illustrations. Red cloth gilt in d/j, As New

10485

Roger Casement's Diaries, 1910 : the Black and the White

6" x 9¼". 274pp. Softback, as new

16662

Archibald Don : A Memoir

5¼” x 9”. [ix] + 206pp. frontis. (water-colour sketch by the subject), 8 plates (including portraits), map of Salonika. Blind-stamped blue cloth gilt, no d/j, front cover scored and damaged, cuttings tipped in to front pastedown, edges heavily foxed and dusty, tissue guards have caused browning to pages opposite, otherwise Good.

18093

C. K. Scott Moncrieff : Memories and Letters

4¾” x 7½”. [ix] + 242pp, portrait frontis. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, spine faded and dull, spine ends and corners bumped, end-papers browned otherwise Very Good; internally clean and bright. Educated Winchester and Edinburgh University. Approximately 90 pages of letters from France, 2nd Lt. KOSB 1914, joined 2nd Battalion October 1914, includes letters from Armentieres, 1st Ypres, several times hospitalised sick then wounded and won MC at Monchy in 1917. Died in Rome in 1930.

10555

The Empress Josephine : Napoleon's Enchantress

4¼" x 7". 380pp, frontis. Red cloth, no d/j, spine dull, a little shaken, contents clean, G+

17146

Footslogger : An Autobiography

6" x 9½". 399pp, portrait frontis, illustrations, publisher's catalogue. Original cloth, no d/j, covers rubbed and extremely faded, edges foxed, gift inscription on front end-paper, otherwise Good

17935

No Leading Lady

5” x 8½”. 352pp, portrait frontis. Original blue cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, inner hinges slack, edges lightly foxed otherwise Very Good.

10580

John F. Kennedy : Portrait of a President

5½" x 9½". 434pp, ills. Black cloth in slightly grubby d/j, else Very Good+/Very Good 

11546

Laughter in the Next Room [being the fourth volume of "Left Hand, Right Hand!"]

5" x 7½". 374pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Original cloth, no d/j, near fine.

13966

The Life of the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone

5½" x 8½". [viii] + 650pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed and soiled, end-papers discoloured, old Prize Label on front pastedown, otherwise Very Good

10814

Reflected Glory : The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman

6" x 9¼". 576pp, ills. Large format Softback, covers scuffed, else Very Good

11191

Jan Christian Smuts

5½" x 8½". 568pp, 23 ills, 5 maps. Red cloth in chipped, torn d/j, front cover bowed, else G/G

10401

Jan Christian Smuts

5½" x 8½". 568pp, 23 ills, 5 maps. Red cloth, no d/j, top & bottom of spine bumped, else Very Good+

10411

Clementine Churchill

6¼" x 9¼". 556pp, ills. Black cloth in very faded price-clipped d/j, previous owner's inscription, G+/Poor

10677

Kennedy

6½" x 9½". 783pp, frontis. Red cloth gilt in chipped, torn d/j with some loss. Very Good/Fair

16216

My Sporting Life

5½” x 8¾”. 249pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Brown cloth blocked in black, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed with irregular fading, otherwise Very Good.

18152

Wars I Have Seen

5½” x 8¾”. 191pp, portrait frontispiece and three other black and white photographs by Cecil Beaton. Original blue blocked in dark blue on the spine in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with some loss. The covers are rubbed with a distinct line of fading and discolouration along the front top edge. There is some variation in colour. The spine has faded and is quite dull, with a discoloured patch at the head of the spine and a small circular discoloured patch near the tail, both of which correspond to missing sections of the dust-jacket. The spine ends and corners are bumped. The boards, which are fairly thin, have bowed outwards. The poorer-quality War-time paper stock has tanned significantly with age, though the text is generally clean; the printing is not of the highest quality. A few pages are slightly marked and there is some faint scattered foxing. The edge of the text block is dust-stained and lightly foxed. The end-papers are browned and foxed.

17087

Miracles and Adventures : an Autobiography

6" x 9¼". 382pp, ills. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, no d/j, spine dull, occasional light spotting, else Very Good

18150

Orientations

6" x 9½". [xvii] + 624pp, portrait frontis, b&w plates, maps. Blue cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed, spine faded, otherwise Very Good.

11620

P. G. H. Fender : A Biography

5½" x 8¾". 194pp, illustrations. Brown cloth gilt in a chipped, rubbed d/j, otherwise Very Good.

17614

I Change Worlds

6” x 9½”. [viii] + 422pp. Original red cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j with some loss, extensive ink underlining and annotations, otherwise Good

11976

The Arrogance of Power : The Secret World of Richard Nixon

6¼" x 9½". [xv] + 640pp, illustrations. Black boards in a rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

18122

In Mesopotamia

5¼" x 8¾". 166pp, illustrations. Blue cloth with river scene blocked in silver, no d/j, covers marked and stained, edges lightly foxed, corners bumped, otherwise Very Good.

17704

From Many Angles : An Autobiography

5½” x 8¾”. 592pp, portrait frontispiece, illustrations. Original blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine, no d/j, edges foxed otherwise Very Good.

15319

Man and Boy

5½" x 8¾". 431pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Original cloth gilt, covers marked and very rubbed, with some colour loss, front inner hinge cracked, shaken, a reading copy

12176

The Great Outsiders : Northcliffe, Rothermere and The Daily Mail

6¼” x 9½”. [xiii] + 377pp, illustrations. Blue cloth gilt in a scuffed and rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

17451

Student and Sniper Sergeant : A Memoir of J. K. Forbes, MA, 4th Gordon Highlanders, Who Died for his Country, 25 September 1915

4¾” x 7½”. [viii] + 182pp, portrait frontis. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers rubbed with variation in colour, spine faded and chipped at head, front inner hinge cracked, ex-University otherwise Very Good. Aberdeen Univ. Coy., 4th Gordons, Western Front 1915, including extracts from his letters & diary until KiA at Loos.

10754

Out On A Wing : an Autobiography

5½" x 8¾". 406pp, ills. Black cloth gilt in chipped, price-clipped d/j, previous owner's name inscribed, else Very Good/Very Good

12049

Northcliffe : Press Baron in Politics 1865 - 1922

6¼" x 9¼". [xv] + 462pp, illustrations, map. Red cloth gilt in a rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

18047

James Ramsay MacDonald : Labour's Man of Destiny

5½” x 8¾”. 352pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, covers marked and rubbed, spine faded, rear spine gutter frayed, slight spine lean, gift inscription on front end-paper, previous owner's name inscribed, edges lightly foxed otherwise Good.

14376

His Invention So Fertile : A Life of Christopher Wren

6¼" x 9½". 463pp, illustrations. Black cloth gilt in d/j, NEW

17981

The Making of an Englishman

5½” x 8¾”. 256pp, portrait frontis. Original blue cloth gilt, no d/j, ex-Library.

18028

The Making of an Englishman

5½” x 8¾”. 256pp, portrait frontis. Original blue cloth gilt in a torn, scuffed and chipped d/j, otherwise Very Good.

17564

Counterspy!

5½" x 8¾". 288pp, portrait frontis, illustrations, publisher's catalogue. Red cloth gilt, no d/j, head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed, otherwise Very Good

16752

Thirty-Six Years at the Admiralty

5” x 7½”. 218pp. Black cloth, no d/j, spine dull, end-papers lightly foxed, covers bowed otherwise Very Good. Uncommon.

17850

Private and Personal : Further Experiences of a Military Attache

5½" x 8¾". [xix] + 370pp, portrait frontis, illustrations. Red cloth blocked in black, no d/j, spine dull, covers mottled and rubbed, edges and end-papers foxed, bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise Good

11610

Nero : Emperor of Rome

5¾" x 9". 320pp, portrait frontis, b&w plates. Original cloth, no d/j, head of spine frayed, covers stained and rubbed, edge of p15 removed [text unaffected], edges dusty, shaken, a reading copy only.

11715

No Roads Go By

5½" x 8½". 196pp, illustrations. Brown cloth gilt in a chipped, torn d/j, front free end-paper removed, otherwise G.

10425

Bach

5" x 7¼". 223pp, ills. Red cloth, spine dull, coat of arms of Brighton Grammar School embossed in gilt on cover, foxing to edges and end-papers, G

10231

The Political Diaries of C. P. Scott, 1911 - 1918

5¾" x 9". 509pp, ills. Blue cloth, no d/j, previous owner's inscription, Very Good

15408

Man Without a Face : The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster

6¼" x 9½". [xv] + 367pp, illustrations. Black boards in a rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

12219

The Road to Nab End : A Lancashire Childhood

5½” x 8½”. [ix] + 374pp, frontis, Softback, covers rubbed otherwise Very Good

14390

Bolivar

5½” x 8¾”. [viii] + 243pp. Green cloth gilt in a rubbed d/j, otherwise Near Fine

13277

The Day The Laughter Stopped : The True Story Behind the Fatty Arbuckle Scandal

6¼" x 9½". 350pp, illustrations. Blue boards in a chipped, rubbed d/j, otherwise Very Good. The place, the St. Francis hotel. The time, September 5th 1921. The Jazz Age. The Roaring Twenties, Prohibition, all of these had just begun. At 2.45 that afternoon a pretty screen actress left the boisterous part she was attending and walked into a bedroom. Ten minutes later a fat film comedian walked into the same bedroom. They had both walked into history. What followed was to change the course of events forever in the motion picture industry. The screen actress was Virginia Rappe. The film comedian was Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. For both of them it was the day the laughter stopped. A week after that party Virginia Rappe lay dead and Arbuckle had been charged with rape and murder. Based on trial transcripts and secret Grand Jury transcripts (material thought to have been destroyed long ago), and many exclusive interviews, this book details the astonishing events that took place when Roscoe stood trial 3 times before winning a breath-taking acquittal and vindication. But this book is much more that that. It is the biography of the man considered by millions in 1921 to be one of the world's funniest comedians. The story of a man born in a sod hut in Kansas who was destined to rise to the heights of a multi-million dollar career only to have it taken from him by a wave of hysteria and bigotry that swept round the world. It is the story of Hollywood and what really happened in the corridors of power; the political corruption of San Francisco, the immorality of a President. How Chaplin's career was saved. How Keaton's begun. Both by Arbuckle. It is a lifestory that ranges from comedy heights to tragic depths.

17707

Caught by the Turks

5¾" x 9". 220pp, illustrations, publisher's catalogue. Decorative blue cloth gilt, no d/j, publisher's file copy, head and tail of spine bumped otherwise Very Good Plus. Yeats-Brown, a Captain in the 17th Cavalry, was observing for Captain White of the Australian Flying Corps when they were forced down during a recconaissance mission to Bagdhad in November 1915; PoW and eventual escape. Writing of this book in a later work (“Golden Horn,” 1932) he stated: “...fewer than a thousand copies were sold. Few people therefore read it, & fewer still will remember it.”

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