** Alvarez, Jose E. #30207 BETROTHED OF DEATH. The Spanish Foreign During the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927; Westport (CT), Greenwood Publishing 2001: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, black boards, 282pp, chronology, preface, introduction, 16 b&w photos & illus., 9 maps drawn by the author, 2 tables (Tables of Organization of the Tercio and Bandera), Appendix A: Organization of the Legion, Appendix B: Table of Battle Casualties, Appendix C: The Legion's Creed, Appendix D: Songs of the Legion, Appendix E: A Brief Biography of Jose Millan Astray y Terreros, Appendix F: A Brief Biography of Francisco Franco Bahamonde, Appendix G: Chart of Enlistment Bonuses, Appendix H: List of All Forces at Alhucemas Bay, September 1925, bibliography, index, FINE/FINE. ** No. 40 in the publisher's Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies series. ~Following her defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain shifted her colonial focus to her Protectorate in northern Morocco. When Spanish conscripts began to fight and to die by the thousands, the political fallout forced the government to create a new unit of professional soldiers. This unit would serve the dual function of providing fighting men for Moroccan service, while sparing the lives of conscripted men. Under its founder, Jose Millan Astray, and his deputy, Francisco Franco, the Spanish Foreign Legion would quickly become the spearhead for Spain's army in Africa. This is the story of the creation, organization, and combat role of the Legion in its formative years from 1919 to 1927. Based upon archival sources in Madrid, Segovia, and Ceuta, this is the first and most complete history in English or Spanish of the early years of the Spanish Foreign Legion. The unit was instrumental in crushing Abd-el-Krim's rebellion against Spanish colonial authority. Wen the Riffians annihilated the army of General Silvestre at Annual in 1921 and were posed to attack the Spanish enclave of Melilla, it was the arrival of the Legion that pacified its panic stricken citizens. The force be in the vanguard of all major offensives undertaken in recapturing the territory lost in 1921, and its amphibious landing at Alhucemas Bay in 1925 marked the beginning of the end for the Rif Rebellion.~ Astray based his Spanish Foreign Legion on the French Foreign Legion. ISBN: 0313306974 ** Bone, David W. #30242 MERCHANTMEN-AT-ARMS. The British Merchants' Service in the War; NY, E.P. Dutton 1929: SECOND EDITION, 8vo, green cloth, 311pp, Introduction is by H.M. Tomlinson, 16 full-page tipped-in b&w line-drawings by Muirhead Bone, appendix, VERY GOOD/no dustjacket. ** In his "WAR BOOKS", Cyril Falls wrote: ~Mr. David Bone's account of the exploits of British Merchant seamen during the War is enormously increased in value and artistic merit by the beautiful drawings of his relative, Mr. Muirhead Bone. It is a very frank record; he makes no disguise, for example, of the fact that many British sailors deserted their ships when in American ports. The author himself a merchant seaman, and therefore knows the conditions which he describes. This book is a formidable indictment of the methods of German submarine commanders -- some of them, at any rate -- which there is to-day a tendency to excuse. LCCN: 19019872 ** Brown, Malcolm (ed.) [Lawrence, T.E.] #30251 SECRET DESPATCHES FROM ARABIA and other writings BY T.E. LAWRENCE; London, Bellew Publishing 1991: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 23.3 x 15.3cm (8vo), dark blue boards, gilt, 279pp, Introduction: "The History of 'Secret Despatches from Arabia'" by Malcolm Brown, Foreword: "The Lawrence of 'Secret Despatches from Arabia'" by A.W. Lawrence (TE's youngest brother), 15 b&w photos, 2 maps, index, notes & references, FINE/FINE. ** This book contains the complete and original text of "Secret Despatches From Arabia". During his two years of war service in the desert, T.E. Lawrence wrote numerous reports about his activities. Many of these were printed in an intelligence digest produced at British Military Headquarters in Cairo under the title "Arab Bulletin". "Secret Despatches" was compiled by Arnold Lawrence (TE's younger brother), who also supplied a Foreword and a Glossary of Arabic terms. The contents of this book are as follows: Part I The Background -- Chapter 1: The History of Secret Despatches From Arabia, Chapter 2: The Lawrence of Secret Despatches From Arabia, Chapter 3: The Arab Bulletin by D.G. Hogarth (from issue no. 100, 20 August 1918), Chapter 4: Maps (1. The Hejaz: from Mecca to Akaba & 2. Syria and Palestine: from Akaba to Damascus), Chapter 5: The Years of Secret Despatches From Arabia: A Comparative Chronology -- Part II: Secret Despatches From Arabia -- Part III Further Passages From the Arab Bulletin (containing the distribution list for the first issue & several passages from later issues) -- Part III The Other Writings: I: Three Articles From The Times, November 1918 (i.e. "The Arab Campaign", 26 November 1918, "The Arab Epic" (1), 27 November 1918 -&- "The Arab Epic" (2), 28 November 1918), II: "Demolitions Under Fire" from "The Royal Engineer's Journal" (XXIX, Jan. 1919) and III: "Massacre' from 'The Winter Owl" (Dec. 1923). [O'Brien A228a] Laid in is a bookmark INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MALCOLM BROWN. ISBN: 0947792597 ** Cassar, George H. #30197 THE FRENCH AND THE DARDANELLES. A Study of Failure in the Conduct of War; London, George Allen and Unwin 1971: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, blue boards, 276pp, preface, introduction, 5 maps, retrospect, appendix, bibliography, index, VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. ** ~The aim of this book is to provide another dimension to what is generally considered the most controversial campaign of the First World War. It deals with the war behind the campaign, that is to say, with the men who conceived the idea, who fought for it, who lived with it to the end and those who opposed it, fought against it and in some cases compromised it to suit their own political purposes or convictions. More specifically, the author investigates the reasons for French participation in the campaign, the sudden decision in Paris to divert the expeditionary force to Salonika rather than send it to the Dardanelles, the relentless struggle between civil and military leaders in France over war strategy and the effects of this struggle on the operations. The frantic search for viable military solutions created confusion and disorder within the French cabinet and war effort, culminating in the failure of the expedition. The debate over the Dardanelles is lively and perennial, and Dr. Cassar offers an original interpretation. He attempts to show that even if the campaign had succeeded and a pro-Entente government had been set up in Constantinople, it was unlikely to produce the expected results.~ By the author of "Kitchener: Architect of Victory" (1977), "Beyond Courage: The Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres" (1985), "Tragedy of Sir John French" (1985), "Asquith as War Leader" (1994), "Forgotten Front: The British Campaign in Italy, 1917-1918" (1998), etc. ISBN: 0049400347 ** Coffey, Thomas M. #30250 HAP. The Story of the U.S. Air Force and the Man Who Built It. General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold; NY, Viking Press 1982: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, cloth & boards, 416pp, 18 b&w photos/illus., notes, bibliography, index, VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. ** ~General of the Air Force Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, an incurable maverick whom the U.S. Army never learned to control, became, nonetheless, one of only four permanent five-star generals in the nation's history, and one of America's most important military leaders of all time. During forty-one years of active service, he compiled an unparalleled record as an airman and was truly the father of the modern Air Force. In 1911, four years after his graduation from West Point, the Wright brothers taught him to fly, and he became the holder of U.S. Army pilot's license number two. His rise through the ranks was marked by controversy, and when he took command of the Army Air Corps in 1938, it was a puny collection of 20,000 men and a few hundred planes, none good enough to face Germany's modern air force. By 1944, under the impetus of his compelling, relentless dynamism, it had grown into an organization of 2.4 million men and women and 80,000 aircraft, Never before or since has a military machine of comparable size and technical complexity been created in so short a period; at the height of World War II, Arnold commanded the mightiest air force the world had ever seen. This is the only definitive biography of Hap Arnold. Thanks to the cooperation of the Arnold family, the Air Force, and the Library of Congress, author Thomas M. Coffey had access to Arnold's private as well as his official papers and those of many of his associates. Coffey's research also included more than one hundred extensive interviews with Arnold's surviving colleagues, friends, and family members. The result is a three-dimensional portrait, fascinating but fair, of a turbulent man and his turbulent times.~ By the author of "Agony at Easter: The 1916 Irish Uprising" (1969), "Imperial Tragedy: Japan in World War II, The First Days and the Last" (1970), "Lion by the Tail: The Story of the Italian-Ethiopian War" (1974), "Decision Over Schweinfurt. The U.S. Air Force Battle for Daylight Bombing" (1977), "Iron Eagle: The Turbulent Life of General Curtis LeMay" (1986), etc. ISBN: 0670360694 {Dealer Dropship} ** Colvin, John #30230 VOLCANO UNDER SNOW. Vo Nguyen Giap; London, Quartet Books 1996: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, blue boards, 336pp, 20 b&w photos, 3 maps, bibliography, index, ** ~Vo Nguyen Giap is one of the great military commanders of the Twentieth Century. Victorious in battles against, successively, the Japanese, the French and the Americans, Giap became North Vietnam's Minister for Defence and Commander in Chief. He worked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies and the support for these under equipped forces that would eventually triumph over the might of the West. Japanese occupation lasted from 1941-45, during which time Ho Chi Minh's Revolutionary League for Independent Vietnam became the most powerful force in the country. Despite pressure for independence the victorious Allies (of World War II) restored French control, thus beginning 30 years of war in Vietnam. John Colvin's biography describes the extraordinary single-mindedness with which Giap pursued victory. Giap knew that the North Vietnamese ability to sustain the war would eventually bring success: John Colvin shows the enormous human cost as well as the magnificent dedication that this required. Colvin's knowledge of Vietnam informs this biography which provides a portrait of Giap's military genius and a history of the Vietnam wars. John Colvin is a former British Diplomat with postings in Oslo, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi (where he was Consul General. from 1965-7), Ulan Bator, and Washington. He is the author of "Twice Around The World" and "Not Ordinary Men".~ ISBN: 0704371006 ** Galland, Adolf #30248 THE FIRST AND THE LAST. The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces 1938-1945: NY, Henry Holt 1954: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, hardcover, 280pp, publisher's note, 14 b&w photos, VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. ~"The First and the Last" is the most complete, the most accurate and the most vivid book about Germany's fighter forces in World War II. Adolf Galland is superbly qualified to tell the story of the rise and fall of German air power. As a pilot he conveys vividly the speed and excitement of aerial combat. As Germany's commander of fighter forces he describes clearly the development of new planes, his arguments with Goering and Hitler over the vital issues of German air plans and production -- and the consequences of Hitler's fatal decisions. "The First and the Last" is the full story of what the Luftwaffe achieved in the air war, their successes and their mistakes. Here too is the complete and graphic account of the effect of American daylight bombings raids on Germany -- and the overwhelming problems these raids posed for the leaders responsible for Germany's air defense.~ From the Publisher's Note: ~Adolf Galland began his aeronautical career at 17 by flying gliders. In 1932, after a successful tour of gliding, Galland was admitted to an airline pilot training school. Joining he then unofficial Luftwaffe, he was secretly trained in Italy in 1933. Although a crash during a training flight in Germany severely injured one eye, Galland memorized an eye chart, passed a physical examination, and continued flying. In 1937 he volunteered for service in the Condor Legion, the name for the German Volunteer Corps serving with Francisco Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War. His baptism of fire came in June 1937 when he engaged the Loyalist fighters in a Heinkel He-51 fighter. Galland was recalled to Germany in the summer of 1958. He had flown over 300 sorties.~ Translated by Mervyn Savill ** James, Lawrence #30252 THE ILLUSTRATED RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE; St. Martin's Press 2000: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, large square 8vo, red boards, 352pp, approx. 300 b&w photos & illus., maps, index. ** An abridgement of "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" (1996) abridged by Helen Lownie. Covering from 1600 to the present day, this definitive survey of the imperial experience benefits from the new objectivity of its passing. It offers an overview of the legacy of empire that bears out the theory of imperialism as a two-way process, assessing the current cultural diversity of Britain as an inevitable consequence of colonialism. Great Britain's geopolitical role in the global scheme of things has undergone many radical changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain's current position as an isolated, economically fragile island squabbling with her European neighbors often seems difficult to accept, if not comprehend. Although still afforded nominal status through membership of groups such as G7 and the retention of a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, the simple truth is that Britain has been resting on her laurels since 1945, if not before. The British Empire is both cause and effect of this spectacular transformation. At first an exercise in straightforward profit-making, foreign exploration and colonization by British settlers, traders, and entrepreneurs soon gave rise to serious moral misgivings about the exploitation of native peoples and resources. But the riches to be gained from empire-building were always a powerful argument in its favor, although changes in domestic social and political climate made benevolent imperialism a more desired objective. The lure of profit was tempered by an urge to uplift and civilize. Those responsible for the glories of empire were also driven by questionable motives. Personal fame and fortune form an inevitable and attractive byproduct of the conquest of new territories, and many empire-builders felt an unimpeachable sense of destiny. The achievements, however, cannot be denied, and during its heyday the British Empire was the envy of the world. By the author of "Crimea 1854-56: The War with Russia from Contemporary Photographs" (1981), "The Savage Wars: The British Conquest of Africa 1870-1920" (1985), "Mutiny in the British and Commonwealth Forces, 1797-1956" (1987), "Imperial Rearguard: Wars of Empire, 1919-85" (1988), "The Golden Warrior: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia" (1990), "The Iron Duke: A Military Biography of Wellington" (1992), "Imperial Warrior: The Life and Times of Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby 1861-1936" (1993), "Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India" (1998), etc. References to T.E. Lawrence. Laid in is a bookmark INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. ["F" Item/Not in O'Brien] ISBN: 0312264291 ** Jones, E.H., Lt. #30228 THE ROAD TO EN-DOR; London, White Lion Publishers (c.1920) 1973: FIRST EDITION (thus) IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, maroon boards, gilt, 336pp, preface, Postscript: What the Pimple Thinks of It All -- Three Letters, Appendix I: List of Officers of the British and Indian Forces Interned at Yozgad, 1917", Appendix II: The Matthews-Little Code-Test, Appendix III: Telepathy Code Used, ** A famous account of English & Indian officers as prisoners of the Turks in World War I. This is the strange but true account of how two British officers enlisted the aid of the occult to win their way to freedom. The author and a few other men began to dabble in "Spiritualism" -- using ouija boards and glasses -- and their seances, originally held to kill time during the cold Turkish winter of 1917, led to the conception of a plan for their escape. Since the dawn of man's belief in the occult, its powers have been put to many different uses, but for sheer ingenuity none of them can compare with the one which is described in this book. Originally published as "The Road to En-Dor: Being an account of how two prisoners of war at Yozgad in Turkey won their way to freedom" by the Bodley Head in 1920. T.E. Lawrence had a copy of the 1920 edition in his library at Clouds Hill in Dorset. ISBN: 856176168 ** [Lawrence, T.E.] #11919 LAWRENCE | VON ARABIEN | DER HELD | DER WUSTE | IN KAMPF FUR | ARABIENS FREIHEIT!; Aachen, Bildschriftenverlag GmBH 196[3?]: 24.7 x 17.7cm, pictorial cover is mustard color lettered in black with an illustration of an Arab [TE?] on rearing horse holding a rifle over his head [looks like a Winchester!], unpaginated [34pp], comic is in color except for front & rear endpapers which are in b&w, moderate wear to covers, else VERY GOOD. ** Film Klassiker 516. Apparently, this is the German version of the Dell Comic published in 1963. (See O'Brien E279) ["E" Item/Not in O'Brien] ** Mack, John E. #30241 A PRINCE OF OUR DISORDER. The Life of T.E. Lawrence; Boston, Little Brown 1976: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 23.4 x 15.5cm (large 8vo), red cloth, gilt, 561pp, 46 b&w photos/illus., 5 maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, two maps as endpapers, ** ~In "A Prince of Our Disorder", John Mack has created a portrait of Lawrence of Arabia that far transcends conventional biography. Humanely and objectively, he helps to define the relationship between Lawrence's inner life and his historically significant actions, between the private man and his public impact. In coming to terms with Lawrence the man and the myth, John Mack delineates, as no other biographer has done, the meaning of what Lawrence sought to accomplish, what he did or did not achieve, what his amazing capacity for self-analysis has to tell us, and why it was that Lawrence, perhaps the most visible and celebrated anti-imperialist of his period, became the eventual victim of the dream he struggled so heroically to create. In human terms, "A Prince of Our Disorder" tells a strange, often heartbreaking story. And because of John Mack's absolute command of the psychiatric dimensions of Lawrence's personality, countless aspects of the man's career now assume an urgent congruence, even inevitability. In the range and depth of its insights, "A Prince of Our Disorder" is unsurpassed. At every stage, John Mack examines the pertinent history, politics, and sociology of the time in order to weigh the real forces with which Lawrence contended and which impinged upon him. By addressing himself to the crucial questions of the durability of Lawrence's fame and achievements, John Mack has given us the full measure of the man E.M. Forster called "the troubled and troublous genius who fascinated his generation and failed to fit into it."~ The PULITZER PRIZE WINNING BIOGRAPHY by a doctor of psychiatry. [O'Brien E353] ISBN: 03165542326 ** Manning, Frederic #30208 THE MIDDLE PARTS OF FORTUNE. Somme & Ancre, 1916; NY, St. Martin's Press 1977: FIRST (unexpurgated) EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, blue polished boards, gilt, 247pp, author's preface, GOOD/GOOD. ** In 1914 Manning, an Australian, joined The King's Shropshire Light Infantry. In early 1916, he was sent to Oxford for officer's training but never completed the course and served throughout the war as a private. During the battle of the Somme he was in the 7th Battalion of the regiment. ~Arnold Bennett called the book, "Perhaps the finest of all war novels". Ernest Hemingway called it, "The finest and noblest book of men in war that I have ever read". Ezra Pound praised the author. And T. E. Lawrence (who recognized the author as being the same one who wrote "Scenes and Portraits" and called the publisher to praise the book). And all the major reviewers of its day in England. The novel was first published in England in 1929 -- as "The Middle Parts of Fortune" -- with no author's name on the title page. This edition was 520 copies, privately printed because the bluntness of the language was thought to make the book unfit for public distribution. It is blunt. And it is profound, rich, moving, honest and superbly written.~ In January 1930 an "expurgated" (censored) trade edition of "Her Privates We" was issued and "Private 19022" appeared as the author. Not until 1943, did Manning appear as the author. T.E. Lawrence allowed publisher Peter Davies the use of his name and to quote a phone conversation in an Advertising Pamphlet about the book [O'Brien A140] and wrote: "No praise could be too sheer for this book. I am sure it is the book of books so far as the British Army-in-the-War is concerned." He had a copy of "The Middle Parts to Fortune" in his library at Clouds Hill in Dorset. TE and Manning became friends. ISBN: 0312531850 ** Morpurgo, J.E. #30249 BARNES WALLIS. A Biography; NY, St. Martin's Press 1972: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, charcoal gray boards, gilt, 400pp, introduction, 37 b&w photos/illus., notes, index, FINE/FINE. ** ~Barnes Wallis has been at the forefront of progress in aviation for virtually the whole history of the aeronautical industry. He was already 10 years old when taken to see Gladstone's lying-in-state; now in his 80s, when men have walked on the moon, he is still hard at work on the most advanced aeronautical and submarine inventions. This biography, based on Wallis's huge collection of private and professional papers, and on other sources hitherto untapped, tells the public and personal story of this extraordinary man. Already before the First World War Wallis was designing rigid airships. He was uniquely responsible for the R.80, the most beautiful airship ever built; and for the R.100, the most successful. He introduced into aircraft design geodetic construction, and, more recently, the "swing wing" airplane. He designed the Wellesley and Wellington bombers, the "Tallboy" and "Grand Slam" bombs, and conceived and built the famous dam-busting bouncing bomb. Nor have Wallis's skills been limited to aeronautics and aerial warfare; he has contributed to the development of radio telescopy, planned nuclear submarines and devoted much of his time to the advancement of education. In telling the story of Wallis's exceptional interesting life, this book illuminates the social, political and military history of this century, entering into some of the bitterest debates of the recent past. It also explores and explains some intriguing paradoxes of Wallis's character. It recounts his disappointments and frustrations as well as his great achievements, and provides a continuously fascinating picture of a man who only recently has received the public recognition due to his genius.~ By the author of "American Excursion" (1949), "Road to Athens" (1963), "Treason at West Point: The Arnold-Andre Conspiracy" (1975), "Their Majesties' Royall Colledge: William and Mary in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" (1976), "Allen Lane, King Penguin: A Biography" (1979), "Master of None: An Autobiography" (1990), etc. LCCN: 7276794 ** Perry, John #30032 SGT. YORK. His Life, Legend & Legacy. The Remarkable Untold Story of Sergeant Alvin C. York; Nashville (TN), Broadman & Holman Publishers 1997: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, gray boards, gilt, 349pp, author's note, 35 b&w photos/illus, a note on sources, bibliography, 4 maps (France & Tennessee) as endpapers, FINE/FINE. ** York served with in Company G, 328th Infantry Regiment in the 82nd "All American" Division. Just north of Chatel Chehery in the Argonne Forest, on 8 October 1918, a patrol of 17 men approached the machine gun infested Hill No. 233. The patrol took several casualties and was pinned down by machine gun fire. York, an expert rifleman, picked off several machine gun crews until the Germans surrendered. After the machine guns were silenced, York and his pals found themselves with 132 prisoners. For this action he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Idolized by millions, Sergeant Alvin C. York returned from the battlefields of France to a hero's welcome. Refusing offers from Hollywood and Vaudeville, he turned his back on $500,000 and went home to the hills of Tennessee saying, "Uncle Sam's uniform ain't for sale." Here, for the first time, is the whole story of what happened after the War, after the 1941 movie, and after America forgot about Sgt. Alvin C. York. The military honored him in one war, and Hollywood heralded his patriotism on the eve of another. Based on new interviews with his children and other family members, Hollywood film archives, and York's own war diary and correspondence. His story if one of struggle, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph in the service of his mountain people, his beloved country, and his God. Gen. John J. Pershing described York as "The greatest civilian soldier of the war." ISBN: 0805460748 ** Sassoon, Siegfried #30229 MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN; London, Faber and Faber 1944: NEW EDITION/?th Impression IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, decorated red cloth, gilt, 313pp, decorations by William Nicholson, ** This is the first volume of Sassoon's semi-autobiographical trilogy "The Memoirs of George Sherston"; which was followed by "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" and "Sherston's Progress". In this book, he describes his childhood experiences -- in rural England in the late 1800's & early 1900's and deals with SS's exploits at fox-hunting and cricket -- up to his joining the Royal Welch Fusiliers and being sent to the Western Front in World War I. In his "War Books", Cyril Falls gave the book TWO STARS and wrote: ~Mr. Sassoon's famous and brilliant page of the annals of pre-War England, can hardly be called a War novel. And yet it cannot be left out of this list. Even while he is painting the pleasant life of the young fox hunter, Mr. Sassoon seems to be looking back upon him over the gulf of war, and he helps us to realise who vast that gulf is. The actual war scenes, short as they are, are impressive.~ Sassoon was a friend and contemporary of T.E. Lawrence and, in a letter to Edward Marsh, TE wrote: ~Every verse of his makes me say "I wish to God I'd said that": and his fox-hunting gave me a shock of astonishment that he was so different and so good to know.~ The last few chapters of this book might be, more properly, the prelude to the "Infantry Officer". T.E. Lawrence had a copy of this title in his library at Clouds Hill in Dorset. Originally published in 1927. #30194 SHERSTON'S PROGRESS; London, Folio Society 1978: FIRST EDITION (thus)/Second Impression IN SLIPCASE, 8vo, tan pictorial cloth (Chiltern cloth printed in two colors by lithography from the artist's design), gilt, 8vo, 171pp (special Smooth Book Wove paper), frontis + 8 b&w drawings by John Lawrence, spine title lightly rubbed, else NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD+. SLIPCASE. ** The third book in Sassoon's semi-autobiographical trilogy "The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston". "Sherston's Progress" begins where "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" leaves off i.e. with the final days of World War I and disillusionment. In his "War Books", Cyril Falls gave "Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man" TWO STARS and wrote: ~Mr. Sassoon's famous and brilliant page of the annals of pre-War England, can hardly be called a War novel. And yet it cannot be left out of this list. Even while he is painting the pleasant life of the young fox hunter, Mr. Sassoon seems to be looking back upon him over the gulf of war, and he helps us to realise who vast that gulf is. The actual war scenes, short as they are, are impressive.~ Of "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer", Falls wrote: "~...it is so completely captivating and so brilliantly written that it can be permitted to engulf the reader in perfect enjoyment. Sherston's experiences are portrayed without bitterness, sometimes casually and with humour, always with an authentic air.~ T.E. Lawrence was a friend of Sassoon's and had several books by the author & poet in his Clouds Hill library. Originally published in 1936. ** Smyth, Donald #30234 PERSHING. GENERAL OF THE ARMIES; Bloomington, Indiana University Press 1986: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, large 8vo, simulated maroon leather & boards, 399pp, frontis, 36 b&w photos/illus., 13 maps, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index, dj has two edgetears (one tape-repaired on verso) along top edge, else NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. ** ~With the possible exception of George Washington, no American general has dominated an American war as did John J. Pershing in World War I. Again with the exception of Washington, no American general has had such an exalted title: General of the Armies. This book tells the story of Pershing's rise to that rank during World War I. Pershing sailed for Europe in May 1917 with a small contingent of 190 men, which included Eddie Rickenbacker and George S. Patton. By the Armistice he commanded almost two million men in France and was preparing for another two million. We follow him as he organizes and trains the fledgling American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). With Russia out of the war and with a massive German offensive predicted before the American Army is ready, Pershing has constantly to ward of demands of Lloyd George and Clemenceau for amalgamation of American units into depleted, exhausted Allied ranks. We watch the AEF fight increasingly in significant battles: Cantigny, Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, Soissons, St. Mihiel, and the 47 day slugfest in the Meuse Argonne, in which Pershing commanded an army of over a million men. This book throws new light on Pershing's controversies with Peyton C. March, Ferdinand Foch, and Douglas MacArthur. The product of 25 years of research in the United States and Europe, of interviews and correspondence with hundreds who knew Pershing, and of the untold work in various archives and depositories, "Pershing: General of the Armies" is the most authoritative account of the man who dominated World War I and whose influence extended into World War II.~ ISBN: 025334381X ** Tabachnick, Stephen E. #30244 FIERCER THAN TIGERS. The Life and Works of Rex Warner; Michigan State University Press 2002: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 8vo, blue cloth, gilt, 522pp, introduction, 18 b&w photos, bibliography, chapter notes, index. ** Laid in is a bookmark INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. ** ~Rex Warner was considered a literary legend in the 1930s and 1940s. His works remain powerful reflections on the turbulent politics of the New Deal and WWII period. As Warner grew increasingly disillusioned with the modern world, his writing interests turned to ancient times via myth retelling, translations, and historical novels. 'Fiercer Than Tigers' explores the composition, reception, and significance of Rex Warner's work, as well as his personal life, his friendships with C. Day Lewis and W.H. Auden, and contemporary Greek writers, his intellectual journeys and political beliefs. Tabachnick's personal acquaintance with Rex Warner, his access to unpublished sources in repositories and private hands across the United States, Greece, and England, and his many interviews with Warner's former friends, colleagues, students and relatives, provide a firm basis for his presentation of the life events that influenced Warner's works. "Fiercer Than Tigers" offers a straightforward, accurate, and balanced account of the life and career of an unjustly neglected writer.~ There are eleven index entries on T.E. Lawrence. It has been claimed that "'The Mint' influenced" Warner's best novel, "The Aerodrome" and that Warner liked Lawrence's work. Also, there is a lot about C. Day-Lewis, who was Warner's best friend, and whose career was really launched when Lawrence praised his poetry. By the author of "T. E. Lawrence" (1978), "Charles Doughty" (1980), "The T.E. Lawrence Puzzle" (1984), "Explorations in Doughty's Arabia Deserta" (1987), "Images of Lawrence" (1988), etc. ["F" Item/Not in O'Brien] ISBN: 087013552X ** Tabachnick, Stephen E. (ed.) #30211 THE T.E. LAWRENCE PUZZLE; Athens (GA), University of Georgia Press 1984: FIRST EDITION IN DUSTJACKET, 23 x 15.5cm (8vo), green cloth, 288pp, Abbreviations of Sources Frequently Cited, "A Fragmentation Artist" by Stephen E. Tabachnick, "The T.E. Lawrence Revival, 1969-1983: A Selected Bibliography", Contributors (biographical sketches), index. ** Laid in is a bookmark INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR/EDITOR STEPHEN E. TABACHNICK. ** ~This fascinating collection brings together 13 new essays by pioneers as well as by some of the more recent writers in the Lawrence field. Its purpose is to establish serious study of Lawrence's multi-faceted career by providing balanced, fully documented and up-to-date perspectives by an international group of writers. "The T.E. Lawrence Puzzle" will appeal to Lawrence experts and to general readers interested in objective, reasoned views of a fascinating personality who has only now begun to be understood free of mythical or debunking visions.~ The 13 essays are: "Lawrence's Medievalism" by M.D. Allen, "The Assertion and Denial of the Romantic Will in 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' and 'The Mint'" by Thomas J. O'Donnell, "'Seven Pillars of Wisdom': The Secret, Contestable Documentary" by Keith N. Hull, "The Waste Land in 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'" by Stephen E. Tabachnick, "T.E. Lawrence: The Mechanical Monk" by Jeffrey Meyers, "T.E. Lawrence: Technical Writer" by Rodelle Weintraub, "The Subscribers' 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom': The Visual Aspect" by Charles Grosvenor, "T.E. Lawrence: Strategist" by Konrad Morsey, "T.E. Lawrence: Intelligence Officer" by Gideon Gera, "T.E. Lawrence and France: Friends or Foes?" by Maurice Lares, "Lawrence as Bureaucrat" by Aaron Klieman, "Lawrence of Arabia: The Portraits from Imagination, 1922-1979" by Stanley Weintraub, and "Collecting T.E. Lawrence Materials" by Philip O'Brien. [O'Brien E396] ISBN: 082030669X