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THE CAMBRIDGESHIRES 1914-1918 - by Brigadier General E. Riddell and Colonel M.C. Clayton. A 292 page hardback that tells the story of the Cambridgeshire Regiment during the First World War. This is a first edition published in 1934 by Bowes & Bowes and is in very good condition. There are photographs and maps. A nice Regimental history.  £75.00

NO MORE STRANGERS - A Record of Peterborough Men Killed During World War One by David Gray. A 252 page softback with photographs. Published in 2008 by David Gray this is a second edition, fully updated. This book is a signed limited edition of 150 copies and is in mint condition.   £10.00

THE UNCOMMON SOLDIERS - Peterborough and District in 1914 by David Gray. A 187 page softback. This is a first edition published in 2006 by David Gray. The book is a signed copy of a limited edition of 100 and is in mint condition.   £10.00

MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY by James Gerard. A 326 page hardback containing the First War memoirs of the author who was the former Ambassador to The German Imperial Court.  This is a first edition published in 1917 by Hodder & Stoughton which is also illustrated. The book is in very good condition although the spine has faded.    £10.00

TEN YEARS NEAR THE GERMAN FRONTIER by Maurice Francis Egan.  A 291 page hardback containing the First War memoirs of the author who was the former American Minister to Denmark. This is a first edition published in 1918 by Hodder & Stoughton and which is in very good condition.  £10.00

AUGUST 1914 by Barbara Tuchman. A 499 page hardback with photographs. This is a reprint published in 1993 by Constable and which both the book and dustjacket are in very good condition.   £10.00

DREADNOUGHT -  Britain, Germany and the coming of The Great War by Robert K. Massie. A 1007 page hardback with photographs telling the account of the great naval shipbuilding race. This is a first edition published in 1992 by Cape of which both the book and dustjacket are in near fine condition.      £14.00

CASUALTIES OF THE GERMAN AIR SERVICE 1914-1920 by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey and Rick Duiven. A 384 page hardback providing as complete a list as possible arranged alphabetically and chronologically. Published in 1999 by Grub Street both the book and dustjacket are in fine condition.           £12.00

JUTLAND, The German Perspective by V. E. Tarrant. A 318 page hardback which is illustrated. Published in 1999 by Brockhampton both the book and dustjacket are in fine condition.  £12.00

SILENT NIGHT - The Remarkable 1914 Christmas Truce by Stanley Weintraub.    A 238 page hardback with photographs. This is first edition published in 2001 by Simon & Schuster with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.          £ 6.00

PETAIN a biography by Richard Griffiths.  A 379 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1970 by Constable with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.         £8.00

THE QUALITY OF MERCY - Women At War in Serbia 1915 - 1918 by Monica Krippner.    A 223 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1980 by david & Charles with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.  £8.00

RETREAT HELL, We Just Got Here. The American Expeditionary Force in France 1917-1918 by Martin Marix Evans. A 111 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a first edition published by Osprey Military in 1998 with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.         £8.00

REMEMBRANCE OF HELL - The Great War Diary of Norman Ellison who was a writer, Broadcaster and Naturalist, edited by David Lewis. A 158 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Airlife with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.  £8.00

CHEERFUL SACRIFICE - The Battle of Arras 1917 by Jonathan Nicholls.  A 254 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a reprint published in 1995 by Leo Cooper with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.     £10.00

SOME DESPERATE GLORY - The Diary of a Young Officer 1917 by Edwin Campion Vaughan.  A 232 page hardback book with dustjacket. This is a reprint published in 1982 by Warne with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.     £8.00

THE ROAD TO VERDUN by Ian Ousby. A 304 Page hardback with maps and photographs.This is a first edition published in 2002 by Cape with both book and dustjacket in fine condition.      £10.00

THEY CALLED IT PASSCHENDAELE by Lyn Macdonald. A 253 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a second edition published in 1979 by Michael Joseph with both book and dustjacket in fine condition.      £10.00

NO MAN’S LAND - The story of 1918 by John Toland. A 651 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1980 by Eyre Methuen with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.        £12.00

THE MONS STAR - The British Expeditionary Force 1914 by David Ascoli. A 250 hardback with maps and photographs. This is a reprint published in 1984 by Harrap with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.   £10.00

VERDUN by David Mason. A 202 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2000 by The Windrush Press with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £8.00

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - Cards, Messages and Legends of The Great War by Peter T. Scott. A 66 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1993 by Tom Donovan with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.  £8.00

HAPPY ODYSSEY - The memoirs of Lt. General Carton De Wiart. A 287 page hardback. This is a third edition published in 1950 by Cape with the book in very good condition and the dustjacket only in good condition.    £6.00

TANK - A history of the armoured fighting vehicle by Kenneth Macksey and John Batchelor. A 160 page hardback with photographs. This is a second edition published in 1973 by Macdonald with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.        £8.00

ARTILLERY by John Batchelor and Ian Hogg. A 159 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1972 by Macdonald with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.   £8.00

THE TERRITORIAL BATTALIONS 1859 - 1985 by Ray Westlake. A 256 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1986 by Spellmount with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.  This is a signed copy by Ray Westlake.  £12.00

ERNST JUNGER AND GERMANY, Into the Abyss 1914-1945 by Thomas Nevin. A 284 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Constable with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.       £12.00

1915 THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE by Lyn Macdonald. A 625 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a second edition published in 1993 by Headline with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.         £12.00  

THE KILLING GROUND, The British Army, The Western Front and the emergence of Modern Warfare 1900 - 1918 by Tim Travers. A 309 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a first edition published in 1987 by Allen & Unwin with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.         £15.00

A HISTORY OF WARFARE by Montgomery of Alamein. A 584 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a fourth edition published in 1975 by Collins with both book and dustjacket in very good condition.    £15.00

THE BICKERSTETH DIARIES 1914 - 1918 Edited by John Bickersteth. A 332 page hardback with photographs. Published in 1998 by Leo Cooper both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition.       £12.00

THE WESTERN FRONT ILLUSTRATED 1914 - 1918 by John Laffin. A 176 page hardback with both colour and black & white photographs. This is a first edition published in 1991 by Alan Sutton with  book in near fine condition and dustjacket in fine condition.   £10.00

1914 - 1918 VOICES AND IMAGES of the GREAT WAR by Lyn Macdonald. A 346 page hardback with dustjacket. This is a first edition published in 1988 by michael Joseph with book in near fine condition and dustjacket in very good condition.       £14.00

CANNON FODDER, An Infantrymans Life on the Western Front 1914 - 1918 by A. Stuart Dolden.A 185 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1980 by Blandford with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.      £10.00

NO FINER COURAGE - a village in the Great War ( The Lee in Bucks) by Michael Senior. A 239 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a first edition published in 2004 by Sutton Publishing with both book and dustjacket in fine condition.    £8.00

34 MEN - A study of the men of Moulton (Cheshire) village who died in the Great War by Geoff Crompton. A 215 page softback with numerous photographs. This is a first edition published in 2001 by IMCC Ltd and is in fine condition.       £10.00

REMEMBERED - Marple men who fell in the Great War by P. Clarke, A. Cook and J. Bintliff. A 188 page softback with photographs and maps. This is a first edition published in 1999 by the authors and is in fine condition.    £10.00.

NOT JUST A NAME - Mersea Island’s Fallen of The First World War by Roger Bullen. A 209 page softback with numerous maps and photographs. This is a first edition published in 2000 by Mersea Island Museum Publications and is in fine condition.        £12.00

VOICES IN THE WIND - Caithness and the First World War by Ally Budge. A 236 page softback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1996 by North of Scotland Newspapers and is in fine condition.   £12.00

THE SMOKE AND THE FIRE - Myths and Anti Myths of War 1861 to 1945 by John Terraine. A 240 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1980 by Sidgwick & Jackson with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.    £8.00

FAMOUS FIGHTER ACES by Bryan Philpott. A 160 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Patrick Stephens with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.   £8.00

COMRADES - 1917 RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION by Brian Moynahan. A 374 page hardback with photographs and maps. This is a first edition published in 1992 by Hutchinson with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition.     £8.00

BRITAIN’S LAST TOMMIES - Final memories from soldiers of the 1914 - 1918 war by Richard Van Emden. A 333 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2005 by Pen and Sword with both book and dustjacket in fine condition.     £8.00

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME - A Topographical History by Gerald Gliddon. A 488 page softback with maps and photographs. This is a first softback edition published in 1988 by Sutton Publishing.  £6.00

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