Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Selection of Books on the Victoria Cross.

The Register of the Victoria Cross, published by This England, 1981, 303pp, with photographs of the majority of recipients, hard-back, with dust jacket, a number of annotations throughout, including many that have been erased, therefore fair condition
The Victoria Cross 1856-1920, edited by Sir O’Moore Creagh, V.C., originally published as Volume 1 of ‘The V.C. and D.S.O.’ and republished by Hayward & Son, 1985, 336pp, with photographs of many of the recipients and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, very good condition
The Story of the Victoria Cross 1856-1963, by Brigadier Sir John Smyth, Bt., V.C., Frederick Muller, 1963, 596pp, with photographic plates and index; together with the abridged version, 221pp, both volumes hard-back, with dust jackets, reasonable condition
The Victoria Cross- the Empire’s Roll of Valour, compiled by Colonel Rupert Stewart, Hutchinson, 1928, 469pp, with index, hard-back, reasonable condition
Monuments to Courage - Victoria Cross Headstones & Memorials, compiled by David Harvey, privately published, 1999, 2 Volumes, 416pp + 433pp, with photographs throughout, hard-back, with dust jackets, both volumes contained in a slip case, signed by the author, very good condition
The Zulu War VCs, by James W. Bancroft, 1992, 147pp, with photographs and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, good condition
Victoria Cross of the Anglo-Boer War, by Ian Uys, Fortress, 2000, 127pp, with photographs, soft-back, good condition
V.C.s of the Somme - A Biographical Portrait, by Gerald Gliddon, privately published, 1991, 212pp, with photographs, hard-back, with dust jacket, good condition
Victoria Cross Battle of the Second World War, by C. E. Lucas Philips, Pan Books, 1975, 292pp, soft-back, reasonable condition
The Victoria Cross at Sea, by John Winton, Michael Joseph, 1978, 256pp, with photographic plates and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, reasonable condition
For Valour - The History of Southern Africa’s Victoria Cross Heroes, by Ian Uys, privately published, 1973, 398pp, with photographs and index, reasonable condition
The V.C. and G.C. recipients of the Honourable East India Company and the Indian Army, compiled by Chris Kempton, Military Press, 2001, 82pp, soft-back, excellent condition
For Valour - The Victoria Cross, Courage in action, by John Percival, Thames Methuen, 1985, 257pp, with photographic plates and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, reasonable condition
Victoria Cross Bibliography, compiled by John Mulholland & Alan Jordan, Spink, 1999, 217pp, hard-back, with dust jacket, good condition (lot) £80-£100

Sold together with six books on individual Victoria Cross recipients William Barker, Billy Bishop, Leonard Cheshire, Roden Cutler, George Henderson, and Rex Warnford.

Please note that a number of the books in this lot contain ex libris stamps, minor annotations, and other minor defects. This lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.