The author served in the South African Scottish in the South African Brigade, the Ninth Division, in France in WWI. Invalided out he joined the RAF and served with 102 Night Bombing Squadron at the front. He recounts the difficulty night-pilots had in finding the target and not hitting their own people in open warfare. He was among the first to see the use of parachutes when he witnessed the crew of a wounded Gotha bailing out. He also witnessed the barrage that broke the Hindenburg Line and opened the way for the advance to the Rhine.

1984, Vantage Press, 1st edition, 0533060214,< D-02>,xviii + 173pp, 9 illustrations, vg in rubbed dw, ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 9468-01..............................£18.00 

An account of the Battle of the Somme, from the planning of the Battle through the four and a half months of the bitter fighting. A total view, the author takes issue with other historians, arguing that the battle was a victory for the British Army.

1992, Leo Cooper, , 0850523494,< D-02>,192pp, 59 ills, maps, bibliography, order of battle, index, Very good in d/w, ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 10898-01..............................£10.00 

From the planning of the Battle through the four and a half months of the bitter fighting, this is a total view. The author takes issue with other historians, arguing that the battle was a victory for the British Army.

1992, Leo Cooper, , 0850523494,< D-02>,192pp, 59 ills, maps, bibliography, order of battle, index, vg in vg dw, ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 10898-02..............................£12.00 

A vivid account, illustrated with photographs, posters and paintings by war artists, of The Western Front 1914-1918. Looks at the soldiers, gas attacks, and major battles including the Somme and Cambrai amongst others.

1976, Book Club Associates, British At War Series, ,< D-02>,200pp, 8 col plates, 80 b/w photo & ills, 7 maps, diagram, Slight fading on spine. Good in dw, ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 19236-01..............................£8.00 

Small crease on bottom r/h corner of cover. For almost seventy years the very name of the battle has epitomized all the horror and hardship of the First World War. There was hardly a family in the land who had not seen at least one son join up in the heady innocence and enthusiasm that swept the country in 1914. The Battle of the Somme was their baptism of fire. A hundred and fifty thousand of the soldiers they proudly called "our boys" died in it, and three hundred thousand more were maimed or wounded. "Somme" is a human chronicle of life as well as death, a vivid blend of military history and the immediacy of personal recollection that puts us uniquely in touch with ordinary people caught up in momentous events.

1983, Penguin Books, , 0140178678,< D-02>,xviii + 366pp, 16 photos, maps, index, , , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 29505-04..............................£3.00 

Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of the First World War. It consisted of a series of operations starting in June 1917 and finally dissipating in November 1917 in which Entente troops under British command attacked the Imperial German Army. Casualty figures for the battle are still a matter of some controversy, however no-one disputes that hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides were killed or wounded.

1979, Michael Joseph, , 0718117352,< D-02>,xv + 253pp, 38 ills, maps, bibliography, Author's Note, index, Very good in d/w, ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 612-01..............................£8.00 

An illustrated guide to the Battle of the Somme, 1916. Nearly 5 months of struggle in which the casualties amounted to 420,000 British, 200,000 French and 450,000 Germans. A day-by-day account along the 18-mile British Sector. Includes order of battle of the British and Dominion forces and the German Infantry units. List of VC awards. Illustrations of the British Corps and Division insignia.

1998, Brockhampton Press, , 1860198732,< D-02>,176pp, 85 plates 56 maps, ills of unit insignia, As New, ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 28142-01..............................£10.00 

McNair considered that the war was too close to be described from a strictly historical point of view and the chief object of the volume was the realisation of the emotions of the events experienced by himself and his friends. He describes actions at Naumur, the Marne, Aisne, Arras and La Bassee.

1916, Seeley Service, , ,< D-02>,310pp ills, red boards stained. endpapers browning. text good, 0,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 33288-01..............................£20.00 

Creased spine, text clean. 21st March 1918, the first day of the German spring offensive - the series of attacks that were planned to break the deadlock on the Western Front & bring victory to Germany . The turning point of WWI, & probably involving the greatest number of men.

1983, Penguin Books, , 014005278X,< D-02>,431pp ills, mass market paperback , , CARD
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 16452-02..............................£3.00 

With a preface by John Galsworthy, this is the first part of the Spanish Trilogy. It tells various stories which all feature around the Spanish Farm of the title, which is a battlefield landmark in Flanders. Rubbed red boards, light foxing, pre-title page partly missing.

1928, Chatto & Windus, , ,< D-02>,234pp, Poor, showing wear., ,
Subject...World War I - Western Front
Web No. 34787-01..............................£6.00