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The Campaigns of Wavell 1939-1943. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

WOOLLCOMBE Robert · 0 · Island Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Cassell, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.471.

Monsoon Victory. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HANLEY Gerald · 1946 · Island Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Collins, 1946. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; yellow cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With two relevant cuttings loosely inserted. The story of 11 East African Div in the Kabaw Valley, Burma, 1944. 'The 11th East African Division...

Behind Japanese Lines. With the OSS in Burma. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

DUNLOP Richard · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Rand McNally & Co., New York NY, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; green cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE VERSO. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.

Tales from Turkistan. A Scythian's Stories. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

STOR, pseud. Lob · 1924 · Island Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

William Blackwood, 1924. 8vo., First Edition, with 2 plates and front endpaper map, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, backstrip dulled, top moderately dust-soiled, a bright, crisp copy. A PRESENTAT...

Laughing through the Orient. With 'Old Bill'. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST UK EDITION

BAIRNSFATHER Captain Bruce · 0 · Island Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

Hutchinson, [1933]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (many full-page) by the author in the text, small neat signature on front paste-down; oatmeal holland, upper board blocked in black with sketch (repeated from text); backstrip lettered i...

The Longest Day. June 6, 1944. [Maps by Richard Edes Harrison. Tenth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

RYAN Cornelius · 1977 · Island Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

Gollancz, 1977. 8vo., Tenth Impression, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes a good bibliography. This impression retains the dustwrapper artwork of the original edition (1960), but omits the...

Gordon and the Sudan. HUMPHREY BELL'S KHARTOUM COPY IN FULL MOROCCO

ALLEN Bernard M. · 0 · Island Books

£600.00 (€719.19 | $792.69 | ¥126,542)

Constable, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates of photographs and facsimiles, and 4 maps coloured in outline; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ...

The King's Regulations and Orders for the Army 1912. Re-printed with Amendments published by Army Orders up to 1st August 1914. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE GREAT WAR ISSUE

WAR OFFICE · 1914 · Island Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

HMSO, 1914. 8vo., newly and strongly bound in red cloth, gilt back, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS AND ALL ADVERTISEMENTS PRESERVED, a very good, bright, clean copy. At the outbreak of the Great War the 1912 edition was re-issued with amendments to 1 August 1914; this Great War iss...

Wingless Victory. The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape from Occupied France in the Summer of 1940. Related by Anthony Richardson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

EMBRY Sir Basil · 0 · Island Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Odhams, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 11 plates on 8; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, backstrip faintly sunned at head else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities. Bright copy of ...

Low's Political Parade. With Colonel Blimp. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF A TRUE PRE-WAR CLASSIC

LOW David · 0 · Island Books

£144.00 (€172.60 | $190.25 | ¥30,370)

The Cresset Press, [1936]. Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with many full-page illustrations; original pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, front board lightly age-soiled, board edges lightly worn as often, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a ve...

Arnhem Bridge. Target MIKE ONE. An Illustrated History of 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA 1942-1945. North Africa. Italy. Arnhem. Norway. SIGNED BY TWO AUTHORS

TRUESDALE, David · 0 · Island Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

[Sigmond Publishing, Renkum], [2015]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY TRUESDALE AND GERRITSEN ON TITLE. Excellent, ...

Travel by Dark After Arnhem. Foreword by HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY; SIGNED BY ARNHEM VETERAN JOHN WADDY

WARRACK Graeme · 0 · Island Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Harvill, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly rubbed and sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. SIGNED BY COLONEL JOHN WADDY ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. At Arnhem, Major John Waddy commanded B Coy 156 Bn Parachute Battali...

Campaign 1914 [with] Campaign 1915. Uniforms and Equipment of the British Soldier in the First World War. Volume 1 [with] Volume 2. COMPLETE SET IN FINE STATE

POLLENDINE Chris · 20132015 · Island Books

£144.00 (€172.60 | $190.25 | ¥30,370)

Military Mode, [Hitchin], [2013-2015]. 2 vols., sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine set. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK.

Flash Spotters and Sound Rangers. How they lived, worked and fought in the Great War. Compiled by John. R. Innes. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

INNES John R. · 0 · Island Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Allen & Unwin, [1935]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, gilt back, brown top, a very good, bright, clean copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CO...

The German Panzers, from Mark I to Mark V 'Panther'. In Co-operation with Heinz J. Nowarra. [Introductory Survey and Descriptive Text by Norman E. Harms].

FEIST U. · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Aero, Fallbrook CA, [1966]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 4 full-page coloured illustrations in the text and numerous photographs and detailed drawings in monochrome; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip neatly reinforced with clear tape else a very good, clean copy. Good t...

The Knights of Bushido. A Short History of Japanese War Crimes. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL Lord · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Cassell, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with 24 pages on half-tone plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, backstrip faintly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

The Marauders. [First UK Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

OGBURN Charlton · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Hodder & Stoughton, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, maps in the text and and endpaper maps in red; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately browned at backstrip. Published a year after the US editi...

The Register of the Victoria Cross. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

VICTORIA CROSS. · 0 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

This England, [Cheltenham], [1981]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs of recipients and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive register to 1981, including full details (but not c...

The Coming of the Third Reich. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

EVANS Richard J. · 2003 · Island Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

Allen Lane, 2003. 8vo., First Edition, with 31 plates on 16 and 19 maps and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text; original black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Clear and memorable account of Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilisa...

AFVs of World War One. Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World. Volume One. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

CROW, ed. Duncan · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Profile Publications, Windsor, [1970]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured illustrations and monochrome photographs throughout; green tweed cloth, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers armoured cars, tanks, gun carriers, supp...