Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraMilitary History - WW1 (10 items)
- ODDS AND ENDS FROM A REGIMENTAL DIARY No place no publisher no date (ca 1918-22)185.00Condition is near fine with a touch of wear to the corners and spine ends.
30 pages.8vo.A very scarce publication: "A pot-pourri of memories by the padre of the 42nd battalion sent to all ranks as a Christmas card." Cf. Dornbusch. An informal document covering some of the ups and downs of the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF.01788View Full Details - SOUVENIR OF THE DEDICATION OF THE BRANT WAR MEMORIAL Brantford, ON Hurley Printing Co. Ltd 193340.00Condition of this staple-bound softcover book is near fine with slight wear to corners and edges.
19pp with photos and list of Brant County men who gave their lives in the Great War.Staple-bound softcover book with string tie, size is 8" x 11 1/4".Dedication program for the Brant War Memorial, dedicated to those from Brant County Ontario who gave their lives in World War 1.01074View Full Details - DOUGLAS HAIG25.00
1861 - 1928 London Unwin Hyman 1988First editionCondition of this book is fine with jacket in very good+ condition. Jacket has some edge wear and scuffing, price clipped jacket, remainder mark on top of book.
441 pages with index, bibliography and photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"Biography of the controversial WW1 figure.00316View Full Details - VIVID AIR, THE. The Lafayette Escadrille Athens, GA University of Georgia Press 198130.00Condition of this book is near fine with jacket. Jacket has been taped to book at both top and bottom of the front and rear jacket flaps.
249 pages with index, bibliography and photos.Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4".Hardcover edition of the American pilots who joined the French Air Force to fight the Germans in World War 1.01067View Full Details - BEST O'LUCK (Toronto) CEF Books 2000 (originally publish25.00Condition of this soft cover book is fine with slight edge wear.
100 pages with photos.Book size is 6" x 9".Reprint of 1917 book about the author's experiences joining the Canadian forces (he was American).00788View Full Details - DUEL FOR KILIMANJARO New York Ballantine 196415.00First printing. PBO.Paperback is in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, name stamp on first page, number writting in pen on first page (small).
224 pages with photos.Paperback"... the story of the fighting in German East Africa during World War 1."00262View Full Details - FALCONS OF FRANCE New York Bantam 196610.00Bantam Pathfinder EditionPaperback book is in about very good condition with edge wear, wear to spine ends, price blacked out on spine.
246 pagesPaperback"The famous World War 1 story of an American's daring adventures in the French Air Force."00401View Full Details - GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR 1: IN THE AIR Toronto Signet 196615.00First printing. Paperback book in very good+ condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, former owner's name stamp (small) on first page.
206 pages.PaperbackStories on the flyers of World War 1.00261View Full Details - THE HORSE IN WAR AND FAMOUS CANADIAN WAR HORSES Kingston, ON The Jackson Press 1920s185.00Condition for this book is about very good with small loss of paper to the front cover, some wear to corners and spine ends, former owner’s name on title page in pen (small).
120 pages with photos.8vo., 6” x 9”, pictorial paper boards with cloth spine.The horse during World War 1 chapters include “Remounts”, “Care and Management of the Horse in War”, “Battles”, “Calvary Brigade”, “Veterinary Corps”, “Stories”, followed by Canadian war horses bios. There are also chapters on dogs in battle and regimental mascots of World War 1.01841View Full Details - THE YEARS OF THE SKY KINGS New York Award Books 196415.00Book is in very good+ condition with some edge wear, slight wear to corners, former owner's name stamped on first page (small), number in pen on first page.
315 pages.Paperback"World War 1's most exciting moments when the Allied airmen dueled with Baron von Richthofen's 'Flying Circus' ".00279View Full Details
