Capt Gilbert (21 results)

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Condition: New. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub1918). SB. xii + 210pp with frontispiece photo of the author.Published Price £9.50 The author sums up the record of his experiences in the Great War in one sentence in the introduction: five weeks in the firing line, four weeks mourned as dead, and three months a prisoner of war. Nobbs served in the ranks of the 5th Battalion the London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) for some years before the war, then went to Canada where he obtained a commission in the Queenâs Own Rifles. He resigned and came home in 1914 and rejoined the LRB as a captain. At first he was with the second line battalion - 2/5th - and then transferred to the 3/5th before being posted to the 1/5th in France (169 Brigade/56 Division). He joined the battalion in the first week of August 1916 when it was in rest billets at St Amand, and moved with it to the Somme on 2 Sep 1916. The first few chapters describe his early impressions. It was only a week later, on 9 September, that Nobbs was blinded during an attack on Leuze (Lousy) Wood. A bullet entered his left temple and came out through the centre of his right eye. This part of the book is very descriptive of fighting - Valley of death, Falfemont (Faffemont) Farm and Leuze Wood. His account of lying blinded in a shell hole while the battle went on around him, his being found and taken prisoner, his treatment is very moving and vivid. The final part deals with his experience in a hospital in Hanover and a PW camp in Osnabruck. His next of kin had been notified he had been killed in action, had received a telegram of sympathy from the Palace and his name had appeared in the Obituaries and his solicitors processed his estate. It was a month before the truth was revealed. Capt Nobbs was repatriated on 9 Dec 1916. The final touch comes in the last sentence of the book. Back home he received a letter from his solicitor containing an account: "To services rendered in connexion with the death of Captain Nobbs!".

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition. 228 pages. 7.80x5.04x0.63 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub1918). HB. xii + 210pp with frontispiece photo of the author. The author sums up the record of his experiences in the Great War in one sentence in the introduction: five weeks in the firing line, four weeks mourned as dead, and three months a prisoner of war. Nobbs served in the ranks of the 5th Battalion the London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) for some years before the war, then went to Canada where he obtained a commission in the Queenâs Own Rifles. He resigned and came home in 1914 and rejoined the LRB as a captain. At first he was with the second line battalion - 2/5th - and then transferred to the 3/5th before being posted to the 1/5th in France (169 Brigade/56 Division). He joined the battalion in the first week of August 1916 when it was in rest billets at St Amand, and moved with it to the Somme on 2 Sep 1916. The first few chapters describe his early impressions. It was only a week later, on 9 September, that Nobbs was blinded during an attack on Leuze (Lousy) Wood. A bullet entered his left temple and came out through the centre of his right eye. This part of the book is very descriptive of fighting - Valley of death, Falfemont (Faffemont) Farm and Leuze Wood. His account of lying blinded in a shell hole while the battle went on around him, his being found and taken prisoner, his treatment is very moving and vivid. The final part deals with his experience in a hospital in Hanover and a PW camp in Osnabruck. His next of kin had been notified he had been killed in action, had received a telegram of sympathy from the Palace and his name had appeared in the Obituaries and his solicitors processed his estate. It was a month before the truth was revealed. Capt Nobbs was repatriated on 9 Dec 1916. The final touch comes in the last sentence of the book. Back home he received a letter from his solicitor containing an account: "To services rendered in connexion with the death of Captain Nobbs!".

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. viii 120p Cloth binding Rubbing of colour top, bottom spine, and in white titles on front cover Internal hinges beginning to crack.

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Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 228 pages. 8.66x5.75x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First CANADIAN EDITION. Stated first Canadian Edition, Sept 1917. RED CLOTH BOARDS WITH CREAM COLORED LETTERING AND BRITISH FLAG ON FRONT BOARD. FRONTIS OF AUTHOR IN FULL MILITARY GARB WITH TISSUE GUARD. NO MARKINGS OF ANY KIND. 236 CLEAN PAGES. VERY SOLID BINDING. AUTHOR'S FIRST AND LAST BOOK. HE LOST HIS SIGHT IN WW 1. TRUE STORY OF WW 1 HERO AND PRISONNER OF WAR. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.

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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 70 pp. Illus. with cold. plates incl. frontis. 8vo. orig. cl. no d/w. Inscr. title page slightly marked else v.g.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Jaquette un peu touchée.

Large Paperback. Condition: Poor. 608p. Maps, 1 folding. large wraps. Missing back cover. Binding shaken. Paper toned. Poor copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Gilbert Holiday and Snaffles, Maps, Plans Etc. (illustrator). RCN 75th Anniversary Edition. binding tight, no markings, minor shelfwear. S13 3.

FREEMAN, Capt. Edward J. (illustrator). BAILEY, Corporal Gilbert P. BOOT: A MARINE IN THE MAKING. Photographs by Cpl. Edward J. Freeman and Pfc. John H. Birch Jr. Columbia: South Carolina: Bostick & Thornley, 1943. Small quarto, pictorial boards & cloth spine; 169 pages. Many photographic illustrations. First Edition. Later reprinted by The MacMillan Company in 1944. A look at the U.S. Marine boot camp at Parris Island during World War II. Signed by about 64 boot camp members, apparently from Platoon 823, 12th Battalion and signed in December, 1943. One signature is "Buck Jones (All-Amer) Buffalo, New York." Jones played football at Wake Forest and then joined the Marines during World War II, playing on the Georgia Pre-flight Skycrackers service team in 1944 and the Fleet Marine Force Pacific team in 1945. After the war, he was drafted by the New York Giants and also played for the Buffalo Bisons in 1946 and for the Detroit Lions in 1947 and 1948. Good (contents clean & tight but edgewear to covers). An unusual book! Semper fi. $185.00.

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