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[6316] ----. H.M.S. Victory - A Short History and Guide.
Paperback. Good Oblong pamphlet. 16pp. Illustrated. Covers rubbed. Good. £3.00
[6285] Anderson, John. Last Days of the Sea Queens Part Two. Spindrift, 1947.
First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 31pp. Duplicated typescript in illustrated
brown wrappers. Scarce. £10.00
[15800] Anon. The Army in Ancient Egypt. Cairo: Centre of Documentation and
Studies on Ancient Egypt, Paperback. Good+ No date. Small 4to. [46pp.]
Illustrated in colour and monochrome. Text in Arabic and English. No
inscriptions, Illustrated cover, rubbed/creased £15.00
[8766] Anon. RAF Falcons 1984 - The Royal Air Force Freefall Parachute Display
Team. Paperback. Very Good 4to. 16pp. illustrated booklet. Foreword by Air Chief
Marshal Sir David Craig. No inscriptions. £3.00
[15640] Anon. Invasion ! - The Story of Operation Overlord. London: Reader's
Digest, 1973. Paperback. Good+ Obllong format. 6pp. 33 illustrated panels. 5pp.
No inscriptions. Covers foxed, contents VG., £3.00
[15847] Anon. The 1993 Royal Tournament . London: The Royal Tournament, 1993.
First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+ 4to. 122pp. Illustrated in colour. No
inscriptions. The official programme for the 103rd. Royal Tournament held at
Earls Court 20-31 July 1993. £8.00
[12513] Anon. Engineer History Fifth Army Mediterranean Theater -Three Volumes.
Engineer Section Headquarters Fifth Army, Paperback. Good+. Volume I :159pp.
Portrait frontispiece and introduction by Brigadier General Frank Otto Bowman.
Photographic illustrations, maps and plans. Volume II : 268pp .Photographic
illustrations, maps and plans. Loosely enclosed typed errata sheet. Volume III -
Appendices. No inscriptions. Printed covers with coloured emblem of The Fifth
Army, classified 'Confidential' which is crossed out and marked in ink
'Restricted', spines chipped at ends, Scarce. £350.00
[14869] Aston, Maj.-Gen. Sir George . The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch .
London: Hutchinson, 1929. 2nd Impression. Hardback. Good+ / No dustwrapper.
318pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. No dustwrapper. Red cloth gilt, unevenly
faded, scattered foxing. £10.00
[11568] Bois, Elie J.. Truth on the Tragedy of France. London: Hodder &
Stoughton, 1940. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. 416pp.
Translated by N. Scarlyn Wilson. A contemporary account of the political and
military events leading to the fall of France in 1940. Dedicated by the author
to his wife Rita Bois, his Country France and to the British People. No
inscriptions. Original blue cloth. £10.00
[2610] Bullen, Arthur E. and Prout, Geoffrey. Yachting - How to Sail and Manage
a Small Modern Yacht. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1947. Second Edition.
Hardback.. Very Good. No dustwrapper. xv,199pp. 76 illustrations by Geoffrey
Prout. No inscriptions. £5.00
[2457] Cammaerts, Emile. The Prisoner at Laeken - King Leopold Legend and Fact.
London: The Cresset Press, 1941. 4th Impression. Hardback.. Very Good in Good+
d/w xxxvi,268pp. Frontispiece. 4 maps (2 folding). Preface by Admiral of the
Fleet Sir Roger Keyes. Inscribed, signed and dated (1942) by the author. £16.00
[6307] Chant, Chris. SAS in Action. Bristol: Parragon, 1997. First Edition.
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 0752522264. 4to. 96pp. Illustrated
mostly in colour. No inscriptions. Illustrated laminated boards. £6.00
[4301] Communist Party of Great Britain. The Siege of Stalingrad. Paperback.
Reading copy 50pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Lacks rear cover. £12.00
[10818] Connell, John.. Wavell: Scholar and Soldier to June 1941. London:
Collins, 1964. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good in dustwrapper 573pp.
Illustrated. Maps. Bookplate on half-title. Original grey cloth gilt. £6.00
[10813] Cosgrove, Brian. The Microlight Pilot's Handbook. Shrewsbury: Airlife
Publishing, 1994. Fourth Edition. Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 1853105236. 187pp.
Illustrated. Inscribed by the author ' To Tony, With sincerest best wishes,
Brian 11th April 1995 '. £16.00
[13368] de la Billiere, General Sir Peter. Storm Command - A Personal Account of
the Gulf War. London: HarperCollins, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good in
Very Good d/w ISBN: 0002551381. 348pp. Illustrated with photographs and maps.
Owner's label on endpaper. Dustwrapper closed tear internally repaired. Black
cloth gilt. £4.00
[9355] Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. The Illustrated History of World War II : Volume 12
- The Naval War in The Pacific : On To Tokyo. London: Edmund Ward, 1966. First
UK Edition. Hardback. Very Good in dustwrapper 90pp Illustrated. Dustwrapper. No
inscriptions. Black cloth gilt, corner of front free endpaper clipped. . £5.00
[9357] Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. The Illustrated History of World War II : Volume 4
- The Naval War in the West : The Raiders in Asia. London: Edmund Ward, 1964.
First UK Edition. Hardback. Very Good in dustwrapper 68pp Illustrated.
Dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt, corner of front free endpaper
clipped. . £4.00
[3875] English Tourist Board. British Military Museums and Events in the Silver
Jubilee Year. English Tourist Board, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Good+.
40pp. Illustrated. Pages slightly browned. £3.00
[4664] Escott, Squadron Leader Beryl E.. Twentieth Century Women of Courage.
Stroud, Glos: Sutton Publishing, 1999. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine
dustwrapper ISBN: 0750918926. vi, 282pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Black
cloth gilt. £10.00
[2549] Evans, A.J.. Escape and Liberation 1940-1945. London: Hodder &
Stoughton, 1945. First Edition. Hardback.. Good. No dustwrapper. 238pp. No
inscriptions. Ex-Boots library (mark on front board where shield removed). No
other library marks. Boards marked. £6.00
[6310] Everett, Susanne and Young, Brigadier Peter. The Two World Wars. London:
W.H. Smith, 1982. First Thus. Hardback. Very Good+ in Very Good d/w ISBN:
0861240596. Large 4to. 512pp. Numerous colour and monochrome illustrations.
Introduced by John Keegan. No inscriptions. Black cloth gilt. £8.00
[10820] Fergusson, Bernard. Wavell Portrait of a Soldier. London: Collins, 1961.
2nd Impression. Hardback. Very Good in dustwrapper 96pp. 6 illustrations. No
inscriptions. Original red cloth gilt. £7.00
[457] Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. A Concise History of
Warfare. London: Collins, 1972. First concise edition. Hardback.. Very Good+ in
Very Good+ d/w Name on endpaper. £5.00
[14546] Fielden, Philip. Swings and Roundabouts. Privately Published, 1991.
First Edition. Hardback. Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 095171550X. 182pp. Illustrated
with colour and black and white plates. Map. Map endpapers. No inscriptions.
Dustwrapper price intact. Brown cloth gilt. £8.00
[4666] Fortescue, The Hon. John. Wellington. London: Williams and Northgate,
1925. First Edition. Hardback. Good. No dustwrapper. xiv, 247pp. Portrait
frontispiece. 3 folding maps. Name/date [1926] on endpaper. Blue cloth gilt,
rubbed, lower corner of boards damp marked, spine cockled, contents clean.
£8.00
[2617] Francis, Clare. The Commanding Sea - Six Voyages of Discovery. London:
BBC/Pelham, 1981. First Edition. Hardback.. Fine in near fine d/w ISBN:
0720713072. 4to. 280pp. Numerous colour and monochrome illustrations.
Inscription on endpaper. £8.00
[6350] Geraghty, Tony. Who Dares Wins - The Story of the Special Air Service
1950-1980. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1981. 6th Impression. Hardback. Fine
in near fine d/w ISBN: 085368457X. 249pp. Illustrated. 10 maps. No inscriptions.
Brown cloth gilt. £4.00
[14893] Goff, Stanley and Sanders, Robert with Smith, Clark. Brothers - Black
Soldiers in the Nam. Novato, CA/London: Presidio/Arms & Armour, 1982. First
Edition. Hardback. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0853685649. xvi, 201pp. 16 illustrations.
Map. No incsriptions. Dustwrapper price intact. Black and ochre cloth gilt.
£12.00
[7869] Goldsmith-Carter, George. Sailing Ships & Sailing Craft. London: Paul
Hamlyn, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Good+. ISBN: 0600001164. 160pp.
Illustrated in colour by Bill Robertshaw. No inscriptions. £3.00
[10474] Guedalla, Philip. Middle East 1940-1942 - A Study in Air Power. London:
Hodder & Stoughton, 1944. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / No
dustwrapper.. 237pp. 4 portraits. 8 maps. Map endpapers. Decorations by Geoff
Jones. No dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt. £4.00
[13460] Guedalla, Philip. Middle East 1940-1942 - A Study in Air Power. London:
Hodder & Stoughton, 1944. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / No
dustwrapper.. 237pp. 4 portraits. 8 maps. Map endpapers. Decorations by Geoff
Jones. No dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt. £4.00
[13343] Hammerton, Sir John [editor]. Aerial Wonders of Our Time. London:
Amalgamated Press, First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. No date.
804pp. Index with list of errata. Illustrated with numerous photographs and
diagrams. No inscriptions. Green cloth, front board with silver blocked
aeroplane illustration, top of spine worn. A very nice copy. NOTE : Massive tome
weighing 2.6kg - please ask for shipping quote before ordering. £40.00
[6239] Harris, John. Without Trace - The last voyages of eight ships. London:
Book Club Associates, 1992. Reprint. Hardback. Very Good+ in Very Good+ d/w
244pp. Illustrated. 7 maps. Map endpapers.No inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt, page
edges slightly browned o/w Fine/Fine £6.00
[5018] Hay, Ian. Getting Together. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1917. First
Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. 87pp.British and American
attitudes to the First World War. No inscriptions. Cloth sunned, endpapers
foxed. £10.00
[6309] Heiferman, Ronald. World War II. London: Peerage Books, Hardback. Very
Good in Very Good d/w ISBN: 0907408044. Large 4to. 256pp. Numerous colour and
monochrome illustrations. Edited by S.L. Meyer. No inscriptions. Black cloth,
silver lettering. £6.00
[9952] Hilton, Frank. The Paras. London: BBC, 1983. First Edition. Hardback.
Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 0563200995. 248pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions.
Red cloth, silver lettering. £4.00
[14538] Hollis, General Sir Leslie. One Marine's Tale. London: Andre Deutsch,
1956. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / Good+. 18pp. 4 illustrations.
Foreword by General Lord Ismay. Bookplate and inscription on endpaper.
Dustwrapper worn on edges, price clipped. Blue cloth gilt. £6.00
[13975] Hough, Richard. Former Naval Person : Churchill and the Wars at Sea.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985. First Edition. Hardback.. Fine / Very
Good. ISBN: 0297787063. vii, 244pp. Illustrated. Map. No inscriptions.
Dustwrapper price-clipped. Blue cloth gilt. £4.00
[10858] Jefferson, David. Brittany and Channel Islands Cruising Guide :
Cherbourg to St. Nazaire, The Channel Islands and Brittany Canals. London:
Adlard Coles Nautical, 1991. Third Edition. Hardback. Very Good ISBN:
0713634170. 208pp. Illustrated. Maps. No inscriptions. Original pictorial
laminated boards. £12.00
[1077] Johnson, H.V. (Chairman). Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Australian
War Memorial Board of Management, 1948. Eighth Edition. Hardback.. Very Good. No
dustwrapper. 116pp. Folding plan. Inscription on endpaper. £4.00
[10821] Kiernan, R.H.. Wavell. London: George G. Harrap, 1946. 2nd Impression.
Hardback. Very Good in dustwrapper 221pp. 7 half-tone illustrations. 6 maps.
Name on endpaper. Origirbnal red cloth. £7.00
[12643] Kinross, John. Walking & Exploring The Battlefields of Britain.
London: David & Charles, 1993. Reprint. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper
ISBN: 0715391801. No inscriptions. £5.00
[7014] Knight, W. Stanley Macbean. The History of the Great European War - Its
Causes and Effects. Volume III. London: Caxton Publishing Company, Hardback.
Good+. No dustwrapper. x, 208pp. 2 coloured plates. 2 coloured maps. 12
monochrome plates. 11 maps and illustrations in the text. No inscriptions. Red
cloth gilt, rubbed/bumped, slight foxing. £5.00
[12518] Laffin, John [editor]. Letters from the Front, 1914-1918. London: J.M.
Dent, 1973. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good in Good+ d/w. ISBN: 0460078542.
135pp. No inscriptions. Red cloth gilt. £5.00
[10866] Lee, Asher. The Soviet Air Force. London: Duckworth, 1961. Third Edition
Revised & Enlarged. Hardback. Very Good in dustwrapper 288pp. 8
illustrations. no ionscriptions. Original red cloth gilt. £10.00
[13488] Longmate, Norman. The Real Dad's Army: The Story of the Home Guard.
London: Arrow Books, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. ISBN:
009909830X. 128pp. Illustrated.No inscriptions. £3.00
[10334] Macfall, Major Haldane. Germany at Bay. London: Cassell, 1917. First
Edition. Hardback. Good xii, 304pp. 2 portaits. 7 maps [2 folding]. No
dustwrapper. Name/date [1919] and presentation bookplate. Black cloth, endpapers
cracked, hinges sound. £8.00
[15753] Mackenzie, Colonel A.R.D.. Mutiny Memoirs being Personal Reminiscences
of the Great Sepoy Revolt of 1857. Allahabad: Pioneer Press, 1892. Second
Edition. Hardback. Good+ 213pp. iv pp. Index. 2pp. Opinions of the Press. 6
photographic plates. Inscription on front paste-down " Dora Wasbrough from
her Afft. Uncle W.A. Sanford July 1892. The reminder of his youngest brother
& her uncle Captain Sanford ". Captain Sandford is mentioned many times
including a description of the action when he was killed. He is described by the
author as ' my friend and comrade' and 'one of the most gallant gentlemen that
ever buckled on a sword-belt'. He had taken over command of a detachment the 5th
Punjab Cavalry from Younghusband and was killed in an assault near Lucknow on
10th March 1858. An unusual Association copy of this scarce title. Half red
morocco gilt, loss of 1cm at top of spine, contents VG. £1,000.00
[12421] Masters, David. With Pennants Flying - the immortal deeds of the Royal
Armoured Corps. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943. First Edition. Hardback.
Reading copy. No dustwrapper. 200pp. Illustrated. Name on endpaper. Orange
cloth, rubbed/marked/worn. £5.00
[2555] Ministry of Information. Roof Over Britain - The Official Story of
Britains' Anti-Aircraft Defencess 1939-1942. London: H.M.S.O., 1943. First
Edition. Paperback. Good. 8pp. Illustrated. Name/date [1943] on title page.
£3.00
[4300] Ministry of Information. Fleet Air Arm. London: HMSO, 1943. First
Edition. Paperback. Good 4to.127pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Illustrated
wrappers, thumbed. £4.00
[11672] Money, David. The St. Michael Pictorial History of Aircraft. London:
Sundial, 1978. 4th Impression. Hardback. Very Good in dustwrapper.. ISBN:
0904230112. 4to. 128pp. 148 illustrations. No inscriptions. Original green
illustrated cloth. £6.00
[14536] Moorehead Alan. The Traitors : The Double Life of Fuchs, Pontecorvo, and
Nunn May. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / No
dustwrapper. 222pp. 4 illustrations. Red cloth gilt, spine sunned. £4.00
[14639] Moorehead, Alan.
Montgomery. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good /
Good. 255pp. 16 illustrations. 5 maps. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper
worn/chipped, price intact. Brown cloth gilt. £4.00
[7539] Mordal, Jacques. 25 Centuries of Sea Warfare. London: Abbey Library,
1970. Hardback. Near fine in Good+ d/w xix, 419pp. Numerous photographs and
drawings and maps by Michel Fontaine. Translated by Len Ortzen. Dustwrapper
slight edge wear. No inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt. £6.00
[4667] Mosley, Leonard. Backs To The Wall - London Under Fire 1939-45. London:
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971. First Edition. Hardback. Good+ in Good+ d/w
xiv,397pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Black cloth gilt, marked o/w VG. £8.00
[9008] Netherton, Les. How to go Aeromodelling. Wellingborough: Patrick
Stephens, 1984. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN:
0850596653. 216pp. 199 illustrations. Dustwrapper price-clipped. No
inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt. £12.00
[10465] Newman, Bernard. Middle Eastern Journey. London: Victor Gollancz, 1947.
First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. 306pp.45 illustrations. Map.
No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt, page edges foxed.. £4.00
[459] Oman, Carola. Britain Against Napoleon. London: Faber & Faber, 1942.
First Edition. Hardback. Good+ . No dustwrapper. 372pp. Inscription in pencil
erased. Red-brown cloth gilt, corners bumped, shelf-sunned o/w VG. £6.00
[2589] Parkyn, Major H.G.. Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1950. London: Rifle
Brigade Club & Association, 1951. First Edition. Hardback.. Very Good. No
dustwrapper. v, 199pp. 11 iIllustrations. No inscriptions. Decorated black cloth
gilt. £8.00
[1224] Plowden, J.M.C.. Once in Sinai. London: Methuen, 1940. First Edition.
Hardback.. Good. No dustwrapper. xv,302pp. Illustrations. Foldling map. Foreword
by Major C,S, Jarvis. Captain's name in pencil and stamp of German Prison Camp
Oflag VII B on ffep. Boards rubbed, endpapers cracked. £30.00
[2451] Ramsey, Guy (editor). Epic Stories of the Second World War. London:
Odhams Press, 1962. Reprint. Hardback.. Very Good. No dustwrapper. ISBN:
B0000CJY1D. 318pp. Contributions form P.R. Reid, Guy Gibson, Paul Brickhill and
many others. No inscriptions. Red cloth gilt, half-title and title page badly
trimmed. £3.00
[2619] Rappoport, Dr. Angelo S.. Superstitions of Sailors. London: Stanley Paul,
Hardback.. Good+. No dustwrapper. ND. 287pp. Frontispiece (edges frayed). 8
further plates. Armorial bookplate. Original cloth gilt, shelf sunned, scattered
foxing. £18.00
[13479] Regan, Geoffrey. Backfire: A History of Friendly Fire from Ancient
Warfare to the 21st Century. London: Robson, 2002. First Edition. Paperback.
Fine. ISBN: 1861055013. No inscriptions. £3.00
[2613] Royal Navy Submarine Service. H.M.S. Alliance Submarine Memorial.
Paperback. Very Good. ND. [ca 1980]. Pamphlet. 15pp. Illustrated covers. Colour
and monochrome illustrations. No inscriptions. £6.00
[1415] Selby, John. The Thin Red Line - The Story of the Battle of Balaclava
told by some of those who were there. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First
Edition. Hardback.. Very Good+. No dustwrapper. ISBN: 0241019001. 257pp. 6
colour plates. 58 black & white plates. 12 maps (one in colour). Map
endpapers. No inscriptions. £6.00
[15754] Seton- Watson, R.W. ; Wilson, J. Dover ; Zimmern, Alfred E. ; Greenwood,
Arthur. The War and Democracy. London: Macmillan, 1916. 8th Impression.
Hardback. Very Good / No dustwrapper. xiv, 390pp. 2pp. Press opinions. 8 maps [1
folding]. Name on endpaper. Red cloth, £8.00
[4298] Wilson, Evan M.. Jerusalem, Key To Peace - The James Terry Duce Memorial
Series Volume II. Washington: The Middle East Institute, 1970. First Edition.
Hardback. Very Good in Very Good d/w ISBN: 0916808084). xi,176pp. 6
illustrations. 4 maps. Map endpapers. No inscriptions. Brown cloth gilt, £14.00
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