Storia militare

German Military Timepieces of World War II: Vol. 3: Army and Waffen-SS. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE

ULRIC OF ENGLAND · 0 · Island Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,621)

Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton], [2009]. Roy. 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy.

Fighting General. The Public and Private Campaigns of General Sir Walter Walker. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

POCOCK Tom · 1973 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Collins, 1973. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Walker commanded 4/8th Gurkhas in 7th Indian Division throughout the Burma campaign. Graham & Cole, L19; not recorded by Enser

A Full Life. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

HORROCKS Lieutenant-General Brian · 1960 · Island Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

Collins, 1960. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates and 14 and 10 maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small creases at extreme head of backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT...

A Full Life. NEAR FINE COPY

HORROCKS Lieutenant-General Brian · 1960 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Collins, 1960. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates on 14 and 10 maps in the text; black buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. First edition of the acclaimed autobiography by one of the most outstanding corps c...

BBC at War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

WHITE Antonia · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

BBC, [1941]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in format similar to the well-known HMSO wartime booklets. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

The Men of the Burma Road. Written and illustrated by Chiang Yee. [Sixth Edition.] REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

YEE Chiang · 0 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Methuen, [1946]. 8vo., Sixth Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, 8 plates in monochrome and front endpaper maps; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Nov...

The Marshalls: Increasing the Tempo. [Foreword by Lemuel C. Shepherd]. THE ORIGINAL EDITION

HEINL Jr Lt. Col. Robert D. · 1954 · Island Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

Lancaster, [Chicago IL] [for] Historical Division, Headquarters US Marine Corps, 1954. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs in the text and numerous folding maps coloured in outline; laminated pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy. The official, high...

Marines in the Central Solomons. [Foreword by Lemuel C. Shepherd]. THE ORIGINAL EDITION

RENTZ Major John N. · 1952 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Lancaster, [Chicago IL] [for] Historical Division, Headquarters US Marine Corps, 1952. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs in the text and numerous folding maps coloured in outline; laminated pictorial boards, backstrip chafed at head and tail else a very good,...

The Story of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900. [Third Edition.] BRIGHT CLEAN COPY

MAHAN Captain Alfred T. · 1901 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Sampson Low Marston & Co., 1901. 8vo., Third Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), and large folding coloured map, tiny signature on front paste-down, neat contemporary signaure on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly spotted; navy cloth, ...

Field Service Pocket Book 1914. General Staff, War Office. (Reprinted, with Amendments, 1916.) NEAR FINE COPY OF THE STANDARD WWI ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH CASE

BRITISH ARMY · 1916 · Island Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

HMSO, 1916. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 folding plates (6 coloured or coloured in outline), 13 plates in monochrome and numerous woodcut illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original wrappers, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright clean copy IN THE ORIGINAL ...

Eisenhower as Military Commander. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SIXSMITH E.K.G. · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Batsford, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and numerous plates and maps, inscription on front free endpaper; orange cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front paste-down, and a few relevant cuttings loo...

The Indian Mutiny 1857. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

DAVID Saul · 0 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Viking, [2002]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, plum endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A valuable modern account that casts doubt on the inevitability of the British victory. Sorsky 332.

The Dorsetshire Regiment. The Thirty-Ninth and Fifty-Fourth Foot and the Dorset Militia and Volunteers. NEAR FINE COPY

ATKINSON C. T. · 1947 · Island Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Privately Printed at the University Press, Oxford, 1947. 3 parts in 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps and plans (a number folding); original green cloth gilt, upper boards with regimental badge blocked in gilt, gilt backs, tops lightly spotted else a nea...

The Path to Leadership. NEAR FINE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

MONTGOMERY Field-Marshal Bernard Law · 1961 · Island Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

Collins, 1961. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Dustwrapper artwork by Kenneth Farnhill. Baxter, 270 (recording the US edition published by Putnam later the same year).

The Rommel Papers. Edited by B. H. Liddell Hart. With the Assistance of Lucie-Maria Rommel, Manfred Rommel and General Fritz Bayerlein. Translated by Paul Findlay. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

ROMMEL Field-Marshal [Erwin] · 1953 · Island Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

Collins, 1953. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 28 plates on 14, 22 maps (several full-page) in the text, 2 large folding maps and coloured front and rear endpaper reproductions of sketch-maps by Rommel; red tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in uncl...

Jungle, Jungle, Little Chindit. Illustrated by the Authors. With a Foreword by Major-General W.D.A. Lentaigne. NEAR FINE COPY

BOYLE Major Patrick · 0 · Island Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Hollis & Carter, [1944]. 4to., First Editioon, with numerous cartoons and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature in margin of front free endpaper; original beige cloth, upper board blocked in blue, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy...

A Guards' General. The Memoirs of Major General Sir Allan Adair. Foreword by the Earl of Stockton. Edited by Oliver Lindsay. [Maps drawn by Patrick Leeson]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

ADAIR Major General Sir Allan · 0 · Island Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Hamish Hamilton, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 8 and 7 maps in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Brian Knight. Adair's own account, including command of Guards Armoured Division after D-Day and i...

The White Rabbit. From the Story told to him by Wing-Commander F. E. E. Yeo-Thomas. [Fourth Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MARSHALL Bruce · 0 · Island Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,621)

Evans, [1956]. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published four months after the first edition. The harrowing yet uplifting story of SOE agent Wing-Commander Forest Yeo-Thomas, code...

Between Silk and Cyanide. The Story of SOE's Code War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MARKS Leo · 0 · Island Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Harper Collins, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with 19 plates on 8 and numerous figures in the text; black cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a quantity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. Classic and long-awaited a...

Monte Cassino. [The Great Untold Story of World War II]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HAPGOOD David · 0 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Angus & Robertson, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.48.