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(Subject: World War I - General) Faded covers. Good. An anthology of poetry by the 'English War Poets ' The book is planned in three parts, before Marching; Marching; After Marching. Each section has a brief introduction followed by an Afterword and biographical notes on the poets represented. (Published: 1978) (Publisher: Longman) (ISBN: 0582341523) (Pagination: 180pp) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Published as an anthology for students but ultimately a good comprehensive collection by the soldier poets of the period, Sassoon, Binyon, Houseman, Brooke, Graves, Owen and many more. (Published: 1978) (Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton) (ISBN: 0340124210) (Pagination: 157pp) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Front cover detached but present. 3rd impression. Also includes some contemporary newspaper cuttings of poems by Sassoon. (Published: 1918) (Publisher: Heinemann) (Pagination: 64pp) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Good with faded, creased spine.The author interviewed some of the 30 surviving British soldiers from the First World War and combined their stories with other interviews in the Imperial War Museum and various private collections. This is very consciously the last word from the handful of survivors left alive in 2004. When they die, our final human connection with the First World War will be broken: after this book, we will have only recordings or diaries. (Published: 2006) (Publisher: Cassell) (ISBN: 9780304367320) (Pagination: 272pp. illustrations) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Depicts the experiences as soldiers during World War I and analyzes the war poetry of English writers, such as Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, and Siegfried Sassoon. Includes 58 illustrations (Published: 1982) (Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd) (ISBN: 0500272670) (Pagination: 144pp illustrations) (Condition: Good in rubbed card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) The lives and writings of Rupert Brooke, Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden and the other great poets of the 1914-1918 war. (Published: 1988) (Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing) (ISBN: 0517568047) (Pagination: 192pp) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Unusually for a British service Battalion, the Fifth battalion of the Essex Regiment spent its entire Great War service in action against the Turks. It had a bloody baptism of fire when it was thrown into the inferno of Gallipoli in 1915, fighting in the trenches near Anzac Cove. The rest of its war was spent in Egypt, guarding the Suez Canal, and then in Gaza and Palestine, where the battalion formed part of Allenby's successful advance to capture Jerusalem and Damascus in 1918. A facsimile reprint of the 1921 original, illustrated by photographs, maps and accompanied by a Roll of Honour, this is a fine history. (Published: 2009) (Publisher: Naval & Military Press) (ISBN: 9781847349798) (Pagination: 198pp, maps, photos) (Condition: New in card cover) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Poor condition. No d/w. Boards faded with tear at top of spine. previous owner name on endpaper. Text unmarked. A work of war propaganda by H.G. Wells that was published in the North America under the title Italy, France, and Britain at War. Except for the opening piece, its chapters were published as articles in the press. Though proclaiming early in the volume that "I avow myself an extreme Pacifist," Wells staunchly supported Britain's war against Germany "in the hope that so we and the world may be freed from the German will-to-power and all its humiliating and disgusting consequences henceforth for ever." (Published: 1917) (Publisher: Cassell) (Pagination: 297pp ) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Brown boards rubbed, previous owner name on inside board. Subtitled - or the London Charivari - Readers will note how Punch ironically observes that life in Britain, particularly that of the privileged classes, carried on much as before. Not 150 miles away working men and junior officers, some just out of their public schools, were being blown to pieces in the carnage of the Western Front. Meanwhile the Generals who sent them 'over the top' were feted as heros (Published: 1915) (Pagination: 520pp. illustrations, index.) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) No dustjacket and wear on spine edges but good study copy, ink spots on one page. The First World War in 80 page. A very useful breakdown for the student with a chronology through to the Treaty of Sevres. (Published: 1965) (Publisher: Methuen Outlines) (Pagination: 80pp, maps, photographs) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) This volume includes the famous but also the less well known poets, the popular songs of the day and poems from the Home Front. With 250 poems by over 130 writers, here are Brooke's The Soldier, Owen's Spring Offensive - and anonymous marching songs such as When This Blasted War Is Over, sung by British troops in their thousands, and poems by the women back home who waited for news of sons and husbands. (Published: 1988) (Publisher: Buchan & Enright) (ISBN: 0907675670) (Pagination: 358pp) (Condition: Very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Keegan's account of the war on all fronts, from its political and cultural origins to the bloody conclusion. He looks at the difficulties and limited options as they must have appeared to those involved. These included the difficulties arising from slow communications by telegraph in the face of the tactics and strategy made possible by the advances in weapons technology and war plans based on the logistics of railway networks. (Published: 1998) (Publisher: Hutchinson) (ISBN: 0091801788) (Pagination: 500pp. photos, maps, ) (Condition: very good in dw) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) The Wayland Documentary History Series. Taking up the threads in 1870 this books examines the diplomatic, military and political origins of the war. The threads follow through the maze of Bismarck's defence treaties, successive upheavals in the Balkans, Anglo-German naval race and onto the 1914 crisis. (Published: 1970) (Publisher: Wayland Publishers) (ISBN: 0853400113) (Pagination: 128pp illustrations.) (Condition: Good in torn d/w. Previous owner name on endpaper.) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) At one time in 1918 Britain feared that she may have to evacuate her troops from the Continent and that the war would be lost yet, just one hundred days later, Germany's armies were retreating in disarray and her leaders were suing for peace.This is the story of that year, both as an overview and from the accounts of individual soldiers who took part. (Published: 1998) (Publisher: Sidgwick and Jackson) (ISBN: 0283063076) (Pagination: 392pp, 35 B&W photos) (Condition: Fading on spine but very good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) A reference book on World War I, the theaters of war, the commanders and the objectives, the structure of the armies and details of uniforms (Published: 1994) (Publisher: Arms & Armour Press) (ISBN: 1854091026) (Pagination: 412pp, 215 ills, maps) (Condition: Good no d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) Covering the twelve months of 1916, the author uses twelve moments from several locations and shows how they reverberated around the world. As well as discussing better-known battles such as Gallipoli, Verdun and the Somme, he examines Dublin and the Easter Rising, East Africa, the Italian front, Central Asia and Russia, where the killing of Rasputin exposed the internal political weakness of the country's empire. In charting a wide range of wartime experience, he studies the 'intelligence war', naval engagements at Jutland as well as the political consequences that ensued from the momentous American presidential election. (Published: 2015) (Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing) (ISBN: 9781408834305) (Pagination: 436pp illustrations) (Condition: Near fine, no dustjacket as published. ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) First published in 1964, this collection includes poems from over 70 writers including Edmund Blunden, Wilfred Owen, Alan seeger and Siegfried sassoon. Many familiar lines and others to be read for the first time. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Methuen) (ISBN: 0413595706) (Pagination: 188pp) (Condition: Good in card covers. page edges browning) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) In 1972 the Imperial War Museum set about tracing veterans and survivors of the Great War and interviewing them about their experiences. Thirty years later after listening to hundreds of tapes Max Arthur and his researchers created a remarkable history of the First World War told in the words of the ordinary men and women who experienced it first hand. School boys, Students, Womens National Land Service Corps, soldiers from many different regiments, Medical services, all their memories are here. (Published: 2003) (Publisher: Ebury Press) (ISBN: 9780091888879) (Pagination: 322pp illustrations) (Condition: Very good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) A contemporary pictorial record of the consecration of the memorial to the fallen comrades of the German Railway Troops in Berlin, Schoneberg on 19th, 20th and 21st October 1929. In the World War, 1914-18 152 officers, 3138 Unterofffiziere and pioneers of railway regiments and their field formations fell on the field of honor. German text. (Published: 1929) (Publisher: Hanns Bergmann) (Pagination: A4 format, 86pp, c100 b/w photos, map) (Condition: good in card cover) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: World War I - General) This omnibus edition contains the author's five "Soldiers Fotofax" titles on the individual years of World War I. The book also contains new biographical notes on the leaders from each of the armies involved. Numerous contemporary photos illustrate the weapons, equipment, and uniforms of the fighting services of the Allies and the Central Powers. Includes orders of Battle and Organizational Tables (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Arms & Armour Press) (ISBN: 1854092847) (Pagination: 240pp, over 400 photos and drawings) (Condition: Very good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX