Colonel Nicholson C D (4 results)

Condition: New. xii+621 pp with maps some in colour 2018 N&MP Reprint of Original EditionPublished Price £38 Colonel Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919, is the primary printed source, and the Official History, of the Canadian Armyâs involvement in the First World War.Immediately after the war a first attempt to write an official history was undertaken, but the ill-fated project produced only one volume. Some forty years later Colonel Nicholson, an established military historian, was commissioned to write a single volume, authentic, Official History for the Canadian part in the First World War, it was designed to meet the needs of the student of military history, the author was given full access to official documents. Illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour battle maps, Nicholsonâs text offers a trusted account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. This is a worthy memorial to Canadaâs first great expeditionary force.Overseas clients please note: Due to excessively high wrapped weight shipping is weighted on this title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Navy blue coloured coverboards with gilt lettering. Some bumping and a surface scratch on coverboards. Pictorial endpapers are maps. Black and white frontis portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Covers topics such as the capture of Quebec, the American War of Independence, the Royal horse artillery, the War of 1812, The Fenian raids, Canadian gunners in South Africa, World War I, fighting in Flanders, Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Amiens. Includes 16 maps, of which 4 are coloured. 54 black and white photographic illustrations. Appendices. Index. References. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 478.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good -. 1st Edition. xiv, 478 pp, illus, fold-out maps, appendices, notes, index; dustjacket shows wear, including tears & sunning to spine area. [23].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. "Traces the story of Canadian gunners from the days when the French used transformed naval guns against hostile natives to the intricately planned artillery barrages of the First World War. Moves through four vividly depicted centuries of military history - the period of the Ancien Regime, the American War of Independence, the War of 1812, the Fenian Raids, and the Boer War to the climactic, tragic years of the Great War. Amply supported by maps, charts and photographs, and the text is greatly enhanced by many lively first-hand quotations from letters, documents and diaries. Provides a comprehensive list of the valiant individuals who created the distinguished record of the Royal Canadian Artillery up until 1918." - dust jacket. xiv, 478 p. Index. Map endpapers. Book in superb condition, possibly unread. Very clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear to royal blue cloth attractively adorned in gilt. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality example of this excellent history. Cooke (3rd Edn) p.200, Spadoni & Donnelly 1965, Aubin and Linteau 02056.; Sm 4to.