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Panzer Leader. Foreword by Captain B. H. Liddell Hart. Translated from the German by Constantine Fitzgibbon. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

GUDERIAN General Heinz · 0 · Island Books

£198.00 (€237.33 | $261.59 | ¥41,759)

Michael Joseph, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, and 22 illustrations (a number full-page) and 37 maps (the majority full-page) in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, dark top, a near fine copy i...

Tarnfarben. Camouflage Painted Relics of the German Forces in World War II. Volume 3. THIS VOLUME ONLY. NEAR FINE COPY

LOCK Oliver · 2025 · Island Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

Military Mode, [Hitchin]. 2025. 8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.

These were the Nerves. The Story of the Electric Cable and Wire Industry of Great Britain during the Years of War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

REEKIE Douglas · 0 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

[Insulated Conductors Export Group], [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and endpaper maps coloured in outline; black cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.

The Green Beret. The Story of the Commandos 1940-1945. With a Foreword by Vice-Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

SAUNDERS Hilary St. George · 0 · Island Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Michael Joseph, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 34 plates on 24 and 6 maps (one double-page) in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy. The first comprehensive history of these renowned special forces, which were the first ...

The Story of the Royal Tournament. NEAR FINE COPY

BINNS Lieutenant-Colonel P.L. · 1952 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1952. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and full-page illustrations in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. Includes list of champions, star performers and other notables from 1880 onwards.

Operation Biting. The 1942 Parachute Assault to capture Hitler's Radar. SIGNED [WITHOUT DEDICATION] BY THE AUTHOR

HASTINGS Max · 0 · Island Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,858)

Collins, [2023]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [WITHOUT DEDICATION] ON BLANK PRELIMINARY.

Blood Money. The Swiss, the Nazis and the looted Billions. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BOWER Tom · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Macmillan, [1997]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly sunned dustwrapper.

The German Army in Pictures. SCARCE WWII EDITION

WAR OFFICE · 1941 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

General Staff, War Office, 1941. Sm. 8vo., with 34 plates on 32; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkably bright, crisp, well-preserved copy. M.I. 14. January 1941. First issued in July 1940. 'The Information given ...

Cromwell's Deputy. The Life and Times of General Charles Fleetwood. Foreword by Dame Joan Fleetwood Varley. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

JEFFREY John V. · 2008 · Island Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton], 2008. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers, green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unc;lipped dustwrapper. Surprisingly, the first dedicated biography of the man most...

Izzat. Historical Records and Iconography of Indian Cavalry Regiments 1750-2009. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED

NATH Ashok · 2009 · Island Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,361)

Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, USI India, New Delhi, 2009. Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; green cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt edges, green endpapers, ribbon markers, a near fine copy i...

The Military Engineer in India. [Foreword by Bindon Blood.] BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

SANDES Lieut.-Col. E. W. C. · 1933 · Island Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, 1933-1935. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece toned in sepia, frontispiece in monochrome, plates toned in sepia or monochrome, maps in the text, folding maps on japon, and 5 large folding maps in pockets at end; or...

Golden Arrow. The Story of the 7th Indian Division in the Second World War 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

ROBERTS Brigadier Michael R. · 1952 · Island Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,247)

Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1952. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and 7 folding maps (one map carefully repaired at folds); black divisional cloth, upper board blocked with crest in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrap...

The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal the Viscount Alanbrooke. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

GRAHAM Brigadier-General C. A. L. · 1957 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1957. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text and 8 folding maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. 'An excellent overall history. Covers the e...

AfrikaKorps 1940-1941. Tropical Artefacts of the German Forces in World War II. Volume 1. FINE COPY

BUNCH David · 2018 · Island Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Military Mode, [Hitchin]. 2018. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.

The Savage Storm. The Battle for Italy 1943. WATERSTONES' EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

HOLLAND James · 0 · Island Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Bantam, [2023]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The Waterstones' limited edition with extra material (including several diary extracts) at end. SCARCE.

Glory is No Compensation. The Border Regiment at Gallipoli, 1915. With Stuart Eastwood and Clive Elderton. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS

MAY, Ralph · 0 · Island Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,498)

Border Regiment Museum [with] Silver Link Press, [Carlisle and Kettering], [2003]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS ON TITLE. Excellent account, incor...

Auschwitz and the Allies. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

GILBERT Martin · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Michael Joseph & Rainbird, [1981]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; black boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.57.

The End. Hitler's Germany, 1944-45. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

KERSHAW Ian · 0 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Allan Lane, [2011]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. With a contemporary review loosely inserted. Masterly surv...

The Fortress Came First. The Story of the Civilian Population of Gibraltar during the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

FINLAYSON T. J. · 1991 · Island Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,559)

Gibraltar Books, Grendon, 1991. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

The War Illustrated [WWII]. Complete Record of the Conflict by Land and Sea and in the Air. BRIGHT. CLEAN SET IN PUBLISHER'S PICTORIAL BINDING

HAMMERTON, ed. Sir John · 19391947 · Island Books

£420.00 (€503.43 | $554.88 | ¥88,579)

Amalgamated Press, [1939-1947]. 10 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and titles toned in sepia, and many thousands of photographs, illustrations and maps (many toned in sepia or blue); publisher's original binding of pictorial plum cloth, upper boards and bac...