Great War Manuals
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:11 pm
As I posted when the suggestion for this section came up, I collect Military and Naval training manuals (official and commercial) - mostly in English - from the period 1890 -1920, mostly for the Great War period.
The collection is in width rather than in depth.
Over the last ten years, the Great War has become a 'sexy' era to collect and, quite frankly, with the approaching centenary, items such as manuals have started commanding silly prices (supply and demand, I suppose).
Tom
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Extract from a commercialy produced manual
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Illustration from pamphlet on the operation of the Stokes Mortar
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One of a series of Great War period cigarette cards
The collection is in width rather than in depth.
Over the last ten years, the Great War has become a 'sexy' era to collect and, quite frankly, with the approaching centenary, items such as manuals have started commanding silly prices (supply and demand, I suppose).
Tom
Extract from a commercialy produced manual
Illustration from pamphlet on the operation of the Stokes Mortar
One of a series of Great War period cigarette cards