Storia militare

Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Ideological Soldier of the Third Reich. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BLACK Peter R. · 0 · Island Books

£242.00 (€290.07 | $319.72 | ¥51,039)

Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, and charts in the text; grey cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in silver and black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.93.

Colditz. The Two Classic Escape Stories in One Volume: 'The Coldtitz Story' and 'The Latter Days'. Illustrated by John Watton. [First Edition thus.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION

REID Patrick R. · 0 · Island Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Hodder & Stoughton, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a relevant postcard loosely...

The Great and Close Siege of York, 1644. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

WENHAM Peter · 1970 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

Roundwood Press, Kineton, 1970. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Return Ticket. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

DEANE-DRUMMOND Anthony · 1953 · Island Books

£104.00 (€124.66 | $137.40 | ¥21,934)

Collins, 1953. 8vo., Second Impression, with 2 full-page maps and 2 full-page diagrams in the text, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, fore-edge mildly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Published in the same mo...

The Desert Rats. The History of the 7th Armoured Division 1938 to 1945. With a Foreword by Field Marshal Sir John Harding. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

VERNEY Major-General G.L. · 0 · Island Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,621)

Hutchinson, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, and endpaper maps in red; original black cloth, divisional emblem blocked in red on upper board, backstrip lettered in red, red top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With a r...

Infantry Training (4-Company Organization). 1914. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE GREAT WAR ISSUE

BRITISH ARMY. · 1914 · Island Books

£94.00 (€112.67 | $124.19 | ¥19,825)

HMSO, 1914. Sm. 8vo., with numerous plates (a number folding), illustrations and diagrams in the text; original red cloth, covers framed in blind, gilt back (faded), radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication code 40/2052. The standard Great War issue, with 2...

Nancy Wake. The Story of a very brave Woman. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BRADDON Russell · 0 · Island Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,811)

Cassell, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with 23 plates on 12 and double-page map, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top faintly dust-marked else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrappe, the latter chipped (just affe...

Falklands Commando. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

McMANNERS Captain Hugh · 0 · Island Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Kimber, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Purnell's History of the First World War. [First Edition.]. [Edited by Barrie Pitt.] PURNELL'S FIRST WORLD WAR COMPLETE IN PUBLISHER'S BINDERS

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

£700.00 (€839.05 | $924.80 | ¥147,632)

Purnell [for BPC Publishing], [1969-70]. 128 weekly parts in 8 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, profusely illustrated in colour and monochrome throughout; all original parts housed in publisher's blue rexine binders blocked in silver, a very good, bright, clean set. Purnell's...

Most Secret War. [Third Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

JONES R.V. · 0 · Island Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

Hamish Hamilton, [1978]. 8vo., Third Impression, with illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper,, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. Published two months after the first edition. Enser, p.221.

Purnell's History of the Second World War. [First Edition. Extended Set.]. [Edited by Barrie Pitt.] PURNELL'S FIRST EDITION: EXTENDED SET COMPLETE WITH MAP AND CHARTS

PURNELL'S HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR · 1966 · Island Books

£460.00 (€551.38 | $607.73 | ¥97,015)

Purnell [in association with the Imperial War Museum], 1966-69]. 128 parts in 8 vols., roy. 8vo. First Edition, profusely illustrated in colour and monochrome throughout; all original parts (less wrappers as intended ) housed in publisher's branded black rexine binders blocked...

Men of the Red Beret. Airborne Forces 1940-1990. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

ARTHUR Max · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Hutchinson, [1990]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; purple cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Comprises 150 interviews with veterans of the Parachute Regiment and other airborne forces. Inevitably a major part of the book is devoted to Arnhem.

Collecting German World War II Military Pay and Service Books. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

ALLISON Nigel · 0 · Island Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,811)

Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton], [2007]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Published in Ulric's 'Collecting' series. Every page of every sample is photographed, with full English translations.

German Military Timepieces of World War II: Vol. 1. FINE COPY

ULRIC OF ENGLAND · 0 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton], [2012]. Roy. 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy. Facts, figures, quantified data, period photographs, and serial numbers for WWII German Heer, Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine watches.

German Military Timepieces of World War II: Vol. 2. FINE COPY

ULRIC OF ENGLAND · 0 · Island Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,389)

Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton], [2012]. Roy. 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy.

Rommel. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

YOUNG Desmond · 1950 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Collins, 1950. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 10 plates on 7, 2 full-page maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps, faint tape-marks on free endpapers; upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, lower board with fade-marks, top and fore-edge dust-soiled...

[WORLD WAR II]. The War Illustrated. Volume 1, Parts 1-20. (First Volume complete.]. WORLD WAR II: FIRST VOLUME IN ORIGINAL PARTS WITH SUPPLEMENT

HAMMERTON, ed. Sir John · 19391940 · Island Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Amalgamated Press, [1939-1940]. 20 parts, 8vo., First Edition, profusely illustrated throughout; original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, wire-stitched as issued, some light rust-marks as often, all parts housed in crude but serviceable home-made folder with suppl...

The Great Escape. With Drawings by Ley Kenyon. 'TO THE FIFTY'. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BRICKHILL Paul · 0 · Island Books

£780.00 (€934.94 | $1,030.49 | ¥164,504)

Faber, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 8, 6 illustrations and plans (5 full-page) and full-page map in the text; salmon cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss (affecting lettering) at tail of back...

The Ultra Secret. [Fourth Impression]. FIRST PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ULTRA

WINTERBOTHAM F. W. · 0 · Island Books

£74.00 (€88.70 | $97.76 | ¥15,607)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1975]. 8vo., Fourth Impression; rose cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This relatively unassuming title is the first public disclosure of the Ultra operation, now recognised as a major contribution to Allied victory in WWII. T...

The Cheshire (Earl of Chester's) Yeomanry 1898-1967. The Last Regiment to Fight on Horses. THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY'S COPY

VERDIN Lt.-Col. Sir Richard · 0 · Island Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

[Privately Printed, Birkenhead], [1971]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and 10 maps in the text; blue cloth, regimental crest blocked in gilt on upper board, white buckram back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped, ligh...