Robert Dunlop Posted 16 February , 2008 Share Posted 16 February , 2008 For me, it was 'Cours de Cavalerie', over 200 hand-written pages of notes written in hand by Lt Colonel Champeaux at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre in 1909-1910. Priceless. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 16 February , 2008 Share Posted 16 February , 2008 Well, the History of the Welch Regiment (Whitehorn and Marden, 1930s) is quite scarce. Saw one for £250 when I didn't have £250 spare. Just paid £50 for the History of the South Wales Borderers. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 16 February , 2008 Share Posted 16 February , 2008 1st edition of the collected poems of Rupert Brooke, which I picked up at a house clearance sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 16 February , 2008 Share Posted 16 February , 2008 Official History Operations in Persia, one of a possible 50 to survive. Mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph J. Whitehead Posted 16 February , 2008 Share Posted 16 February , 2008 Mine was probably 'Die Judischen Gefallenen des Deutschen Heeres, der Deutschen Marine und der Deutschen Schtztruppen 1914-1918'. It is hard to find, quite expensive generally and I was lucky enough to find a good copy from an Argentinian dealer a few years back. Ralph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 Seventh service battalion Royal Sussex regiment, managed to pick one up yesterday for about £22.00 including tatty dustwrapper best regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 W.V. Tilsley "Other ranks". One of the most neglected works on the war - and it is brilliant. In possibly the luckiest stroke I have ever had on WW1 stuff, I found a copy in a second hand shop many years ago and got it for £1. I have never seen another copy either in the flesh or for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 I have never seen another copy either in the flesh or for sale. Good stories are always worth retelling:- Link to my Tilsley story John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 Nice one, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 I have been seeking published English translations of a number of German and Austro-Hungarian books for several years. Sheer persistance does pay off though, I have just found one in the US after looking for four or five years - and in a dustjacket. You just have to keep 'abeing' and hoping! Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 Nice one, John. Chris You'll have seen that a descendent of Tilsley's appeared on the thread. At first, I thought I was being spoofed by a Pal but further checks indicated the chap was genuine. We came to a mutually rewarding arrangement which means I no longer have the book (except in digi-form, of course). John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 Just tried a library search for Other Ranks - the nearest copy to Portsmouth is in the Bodleian. All the others that Google books could find were in the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 I had a similar experience to John with a copy of "At Ypres with Best-Dunckley" that went off to a relative who had put a want ad in "Stand To". I was happy to keep a copy and send it off to a more deserving home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 So has any forum member got a subscribers copy of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom"? Mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 So has any forum member got a subscribers copy of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom"? Mine dates to 1935 - the year it went on general circulation. First printed, privately, 1926. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 Mine dates to 1935 - the year it went on general circulation. First printed, privately, 1926. J John, as you no doubt know the subscribers edition is the 1926 printing, under 200 produced. Got a spare 100K? Regards Mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard_Lewis Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 John - can you nip back to the pub and see if they've got the 'History of the Welch Regiment' on the shelves please? I'll have that for nowt too, please... [ps didn't get into the loft today - give me a week or so] Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 No rush, Bernard. Actually got one of the guy's stories from "The Book". You see - it was worth all the trouble writing it. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 17 February , 2008 Share Posted 17 February , 2008 Rarest book - the privately printed memoir of Lt Elias Tremlett who is buried at Mory. Even the British Library don't have a copy. Though I think Barnstaple library have two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glosters Posted 18 February , 2008 Share Posted 18 February , 2008 The hardest for me to find was "With the 5th Gloucesters at home and overseas" by W.J. Wood. I had never seen a copy until I bought an old collection of Gloucesters Regimental histories. Since then, I have been contacted twice by book dealers trying to locate a copy. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healdav Posted 18 February , 2008 Share Posted 18 February , 2008 The hardest I had was "The Escapers' Club". I first heard of it in the introduction to the Colditz Story in 1956, and couldn't find a copy at all (its been out of print since the 1930s) until about 1990 when I found a Penguin copy in a bookshop at Redu (the Belgian Book Village). Cost about a pound or so. The in about 2000 I was in S. Africa in a small village wandering around a souvenir shop. They had a few second hand books, among which was again this one, and same edition. I've regretted not buying it ever since. Several people have asked for a copy over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave G Posted 18 February , 2008 Share Posted 18 February , 2008 I should think HQ Tanks 1917-18 published privately and anonymously by Capt. Edward Evan Charteris would certainly be a candidate for rare status. All the best, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave G Posted 18 February , 2008 Share Posted 18 February , 2008 I just remembered another title that is rarely seen: Wolfgang Ackermann's And We Are Civilized (New York: Covici Friede, 1936). The story of an Austrian officer on the Russian and Italian fronts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted 18 February , 2008 Share Posted 18 February , 2008 Glancing through I noticed the The Escapers' Club". is that meant to be The Escaping Club by AJ Evans if so I have it stashed at the back of the bookcase a car boot special. My rarest is Khaki and Gown an autobiography signed by FM Birdwood and The History of the Cameronians 1910-1933. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy mcclimonds Posted 2 March , 2008 Share Posted 2 March , 2008 Pals I have just started to read a copy of "The War Record of the 1/5th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment" - by Lieut C E Carrington, MC. Circa March 1922 according to the erratta notice. Haven't been able to turn one up on either ABE books or some of my other favourite books sites, so I don't really know if it's rare or valuable. It has decorations and awards, as well as "Roll of Killed", broken down by battle/action. Anyone seeking any lookups for 1/5th Battalion, just let me know. Regards, Tommy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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