FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR

Esher, Viscount

(Book #ID 7720)

Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, London First edition 1918. 1918.

First edition hard back raspberry cloth covers with oxidised gilt titles. xiv, 78 pp. Spine slightly faded, without any foxing and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Scarce. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 - 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and member of La Dame Blanche | Gabrielle Alina Eugenia Maria Petit (20 February 1893 - 1 April 1916) was a Belgian woman who spied for the British Secret Service during World War I.

(Book #ID 112365)

Published by Belgium George Leclercq 1918. 1918.

6½'' x 4¼'' folding light purple printed card wrap covers (soft back) with wrap around tuck-in flap. Containing 12 original monochrome photographs + 1 loose photograph of Edith Cavell's grave in Norwich. The photographs are corner mounted on light brown card stock being captioned in French, English and Dutch to the rear and marked with the photographers name. Edith Cavell is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination and for covertly helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium and return to active service during the First World War. The interior of the front flap has been repaired at some point in time with scarlet linen tape enabling it to tuck-in securely, else in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Ely, Dinsmore [1894-1918] Preface by Dr. James O. Ely [His Father]

(Book #ID 87007)

Published by A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., First Edition 1919. 1919.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [x] 215 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece photograph of Second Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely 1894-1918, another black and white photograph to the rear of the book shows Dinsmore Ely's grave in Des Gonard's Cemetery, at Versailles, France. The text is made up of letters from Second Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely to his family back in Winnetka, Illinois during World War I. Some surface rubbing of the cloth to both front and rear board spine gutters, contents in very near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Evans, Captain E. R. G. R. [Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, KCB, DSO, SGM (28 October 1880 - 20 August 1957) was a Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer].

(Book #ID 104418)

Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., Chandos House, Bedford Street, London First Warne Edition 1920. 1920.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine (dulled) and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains portrait frontispiece, 327 pp with 15 full-page monochrome archive photographs throughout. Rubbing to the boards, contents in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Ellsworth-Jones, Will

(Book #ID 111538)

Published by Aurum Press Ltd., 7 Greenland Street, London 2007. 2007.

Hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy paper covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 296 pp with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with smudged stamp and bar code label removed from the front free end paper, small white reference label to the copyright page. Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine, not price clipped, £18.99. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Eastwood, John

(Book #ID 64177)

Published by Winterbourne Press, 4 Mill Terrace, Burton Bradstock, Bridport, Dorset First Edition 1988. Dorset 1988.

First Edition publisher's original card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 142 printed pages of text. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper, 'With very best wishes, John Eastwood, 1988'. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0950828939

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Errington, Philip W. [Introduction by Dr. Philip Errington, the leading Masefield authority who is head of Sotheby's Department of Printed Books and Manuscripts] John Edward Masefield OM (1 June 1878 - 12 May 1967) English poet and writer, was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930.

(Book #ID 111719)

Published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd., Military, 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire First Edition 2007. 2007.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. John Masefield wrote four books on The Great War: Gallipoli, The Old Front Line, War and the Future and Battle of the Somme. These have been acclaimed as perceptive and beautiful crafted works, which bring home the full horror and hopelessness of war. This is the first opportunity for historians and general readers to purchase all four in one volume. Contains [ix], 319 pp. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with labels neatly removed from the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading to the spine, not price clipped, £25.00. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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