Landships II

I was at my local bookshop yesterday and I know the owner. He showed me a copy of 'LiveWires - 37th Engineers' which he has listed on Amazon currently.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GK5T8GG

Looks to be a short unit history of the US 37th Engineer Battalion which served in WW1. The best I can find on that entire unit on Wiki is: (and I assume this is the same unit - as I say I'm no expert on this subject)

"The 37th Engineer Battalion was first activated on 16 January 1918, as 1st Battalion, 37th Engineer Regiment, whose primary function was electrical and mechanical Engineering. During World War I, the battalion participated in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive as a member of the American Expeditionary Force. Following the war, the 37th Engineer Regiment was inactivated in March 1919.^[2]"

This: http://www.hqda.army.mil/daen/engineer/37th%20EN%20BN-JTF%20Eagle%20for%20EN%20Blast%20March2010.pdf says:

"BATTALION HISTORY The 37th Engineer Battalion has a proud history dating back to World War I. The unit was first activated on 16 January 1918 in the National Army at Fort Myer, Virginia as the 1st Battalion, 37th Engineer Regiment. The unit first served as an Electrical and Mechanical engineer Battalion. During WWI, the battalion served in both the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Campaigns as part of American Expeditionary Force. In the mood of isolationism that followed the war, the regiment was deactivated in March, 1919. "

It is of no interest to me and it is also expensive mainly becasue he probably correctly assumes it to be very hard to find if not the only copy around. A quick trip on google etc. didnt give me anythign much on either the unit other than the above so I'm guessing that this book is very uncommon or possibly even unique.

I had examined it and found it to be in very rough shape. Several pages have come loose and it bascially needs rebinding. Looks to be published about 1919 or just after and inside was also some additional minor notes and some letters and the odd photo relating to the previous owners service and 1968 '50-Year' anniversary reunion.

The paper stock is actually quite decent quality and the print  is nice too. There's some photographs inside from the unit and their list of fallen officers and men. All told its about 1cm thick.

I have no financial interest at all in this book or his shop (other than I buy books there occasionally) but I said I'd pass on the details in case it is of interest to someone here and that I'd hate to see a book like this go to waste.

If you are please PM me and I'll pass on his email address as I know he is willing to discuss the price a little and may be able to describe the contents a little better or you can reach him direct through amazon I guess.