Storia militare

SOE in France. An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-44. [Official History of the Second World War.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

FOOT M.R.D. · 1966 · Island Books

£470.00 (€563.36 | $620.94 | ¥99,124)

HMSO, 1966. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 43 plates on 16, 2 folding charts, and 4 folding maps in pocket at end, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter faintly sunned at backstri...

German Order of Battle 1944. The Directory, Prepared by Allied Intelligence, of Regiments, Formations and Units of the German Armed Forces. Introduction by Ian V. Hogg. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HOGG, intro. Ian V. · 0 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Greenhill, [1994]. Sm. 4to., First Edition thus, with folding map in pocket at rear; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Reissue of the indispensable guide to German Army and Waffen-SS ground units. Not recorded by Enser.

Gestapo. Instrument of Tyranny. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

CRANKSHAW Edward · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Greenhill, [1991]. 8vo., Second Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed unabridged reissue of the original edition of 1956. Enser, p.188 (recording the first edition).

Commando. SIGNED BY THE 'FIRST COMMANDO'

DURNFORD-SLATER John · 0 · Island Books

£525.00 (€629.29 | $693.60 | ¥110,724)

Kimber, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, full-page maps in the text and endpaper maps; pale blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip heavily sunned else a firm, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped and rubbed at extremities. SIGNED BY THE...

The German Officer-Corps in Society and State 1650-1945. Translated from the German by Angus Malcolm. Introduction by Michael Howard. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

DEMETER Karl · 0 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1965]. 8vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in German in 1962.

Mein Kampf. Illustrated by 200 Full page Plates. The Original Edition Entirely Unexpurgated. COMPLETE SET IN WEEKLY PARTS WITH SOLANDER CASE

HITLER Adolf · 0 · Island Books

£660.00 (€791.11 | $871.96 | ¥139,196)

Hutchinson in association with Hurst & Blackett, [1939]. 18 parts, sm. 4to., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers printed in colours, wire-stitched as issued, a bright, clean set now preserved in a custom-...

A Bridge too Far. SIGNED BY JOHN FROST OF ARNHEM BRIDGE

RYAN Cornelius · 0 · Island Books

£1,000.00 (€1,198.65 | $1,321.15 | ¥210,903)

Hamish Hamilton, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition, with 71 plates on 32, 10 maps (6 double-page) in the text, and endpaper maps, top and fore-edge lightly age-soiled, contemporary signature on half-title verso; red cloth, Pegasus blocked in blue on upper board, gilt back, a near fi...

Le Mur de L'Atlantique en Bretagne 1944-1994. NEAR FINE COPY

BO Patrick Andersen · 0 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Editions Ouest-France, Rennes, [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, text in French, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; lamiated pictorial boards, a fine copy. Extensive 'then and now' photographic survey of the Atlantic Wall in Brittany. SCARCE.

Purnell's History of the First World War. Volume 1. [THIS VOLUME ONLY.]. [Issues 1-16 inclusive. Edited by Barrie Pitt.] PURNELL'S FIRST WORLD WAR: VOLUME 2 COMPLETE IN PUBLISHER'S BINDER

PURNELL'S HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR · 0 · Island Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Purnell [for BPC Publishing], [1969]. 16 weekly parts in 1 vol., roy. 8vo., First Edition, profusely illustrated in colour and monochrome throughout; a very good, bright clean set in publisher's branded binder. The four folding supplementary charts issued with this volume, but...

Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SERENY Gitta · 0 · Island Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

Macmillan, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition, with 47 plates on 24 and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Monty. The Making of a General [with] Master of the Battlefield [with] The Field-Marshal. [THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY COMPLETE.]. THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

HAMILTON Nigel · 0 · Island Books

£224.00 (€268.50 | $295.94 | ¥47,242)

Hamish Hamilton, [1981-86]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps throughout, neat inscription on front free endpaper of first volume; cloth (red/green/blue respectively), gilt backs, backstrip of first volume lightly sunned else near fine set in unclippe...

History of 7th Armoured Division June 1943-July 1945. [Foreword by Field-Marshal Montgomery. Introduction by Major-General Lyne. First and Sole Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

BRITISH ARMY 7th ARMOURED DIVISION ['DESERT RATS'].. · 1945 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

[Printing and Stationery Service, British Army of the Rhine (probably Hamburg), 1945]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and 11 folding coloured maps in pocket at rear, veteran's inscription and crude imitation of Montgomery's signature on blank prelim...

Official Secret. The remarkable Story of Escape Aids - their Invention, Production - and the Sequel. BANNED FOR EIGHT YEARS: THE ORIGINAL EDITION

HUTTON [Major] Clayton · 1960 · Island Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,034)

Max Parish, 1960. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Hutton was the brain behind many escape aids issued to servicemen, - especially those in the RAF. From silk maps to customisable uniforms, dart-shooting foun...

Churchill's Secret Agent. Josephine Butler. Codename 'Jay Bee'.. WITH A.L.s FROM THE AUTHOR

BUTLER Josephine · 0 · Island Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Blaketon-Hall, [Ashburton], [1983]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. WITH A.L. s FROM THE AUTHOR LOOSELY INSERTED. The author was working as a researcher for Theatre Intelligence Service when she...

The History of the Tenth Foot 1919-1950. Compiled from War Diaries, Officers' Narratives and other Sources. Edited by Major-General John Ashby Ashby Griffin. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

GATES Major Lionel Chasemore · 1953 · Island Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1953. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps (a number of the maps coloured, folding and on japon); red cloth, upper board blocked with crest in gilt, gilt back, dark top, boards lightly faded at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy....

Ardennes 1944. Hitler's Last Gamble. SIGNED [WITHOUT DEDICATION] BY THE AUTHOR

BEEVOR Antony · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Viking, [2015]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED [WITHOUT DEDICATION] BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

The Tanks. Volume I: 1914-1939 [with] Volume II: 1939-1945. The History of the Royal Tank Regiment and its Predecessors: Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, Tank Corps and Royal Tank Corps, 1914-1945. With a Foreword by Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

HART Captain Basil H. Liddell · 0 · Island Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Cassell, [1959]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous portraits, plates and maps (a number folding); black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers faintly browned on (predominantly white) rear panels. With an RTR book...

Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris [with] Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

KERSHAW Ian · 19982000 · Island Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

Allen Lane, [1998-2000]. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 153 plates on 80; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1889-1936: Hubris (1998); Vol. II 1936-1945: Nemesis (2000). The definitive biography, widely accl...

Beyond the Chindwin. Being an Account of the Adventures of Number Five Column of the Wingate Expedition into Burma, 1943. With a Foreword by Field-Marshall Earl Wavell. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

FERGUSSON Bernard · 1945 · Island Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Collins, 1945. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 10 plates on 6, 6 maps in the text and rear endpaper map, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, backstrip gilt very slightly dulled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unc...

A Bridge too Far. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

RYAN Cornelius · 0 · Island Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Hamish Hamilton, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition, with 71 plates on 32, 10 maps (6 double-page) in the text, and endpaper maps; red cloth, Pegasus blocked in blue on upper board, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The best modern ac...