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The Man Who Never Was. With a Foreword by Lord Ismay. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

MONTAGU Ewen · 0 · Island Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

Evans Brothers, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with 31 plates on 24 and endpaper maps, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, top and fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bri...

The Searchers. How Radio Interception changed the Course of both World Wars. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MACKSEY Kenneth · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Cassell, [2003]. 8vo., First Edition, with 20 plates on 16 and 10 maps and charts in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first dedicated account of Britain's Y Service without which Ultra could not have worked. A much-neede...

Collecting Third Reich SS and Political Cuffbands. Volume 1 [with] Volume 2. [Complete set.]. FINE SET

ULRIC OF ENGLAND · 2003 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Ulric Publishing, Church Stretton, 2003. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, a fine set. Published in Ulric's much sought-after 'Collecting' series.

The George Cross. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BISSET I. · 0 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

MacGibbon & Kee, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. The standard reference, with roll of honour and bibli...

Peninsular Portrait 1811-1814. The Letters of Captain William Bragge, Third (King's Own) Dragoons. Edited by S.A.C. Cassels. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BRAGGE Captain William · 1963 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Oxford University Press, 1963. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, plates and maps (a number folding); grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE. Sandler 467.

Mission to Khartum. The Apotheosis of General Gordon. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MARLOWE John · 1969 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Gollancz, 1969. 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Rifles. Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

URBAN Mark · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Faber, [2003]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; green cloth, backstrip lettered in ivory, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Eighth Army. From the Western Desert to the Alps, 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

NEILLANDS Robin · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

John Murray, [2004]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in metallic red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

1918. The Last Act. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PITT Barrie · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Cassell, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps (a number folding); red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.169.

Gallipoli to the Somme. Recollections of a New Zealand Infantryman. With an Introduction by Sir Bernard Fergusson. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

AITKEN Alexander · 1963 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1963. 8vo., First Edition, with folding map; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.234

Operation Sea Lion. German Plans for the Invasion of England 1939-1942. [Foreword by J.R.M. Butler.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

WHEATLEY Ronald · 1958 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1958. 8vo., First Edition, with 10 plates (one double-page) on 8, 5 folding maps and several full-page charts in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Based on original German documents, this is the first detailed ...

Phantom at War. The British Army's Secret Intelligence and Communication Regiment of World War Two. Foreword by Sir Robert Mark. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PARLOUR Andy · 0 · Island Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,247)

Cerberus, [Leigh Woods], [2003]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first history of GHLR (General Headquarters Liaison Regiment), code-named 'Phantom'. The brainchild...

'Flak' Houses Then and Now. The Story of American Rest Homes In England during WWII. FINE COPY

THOMAS Keith · 0 · Island Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

After the Battle, [2006]. Sm. 4to., with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

A History of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1945-1982. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PHELPS Major-General L.T.H. · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Royal Army Ordnance Corps, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and very numerous photographs, maps (several full-page) and diagrams in the text; regimental purple cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fifth volume of the continuously...

Moon Squadron. FIRST ACCOUNT OF SOE'S AIRCRAFT

TICKELL Jerrard · 0 · Island Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,912)

Allan Wingate, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at upper edge of front panel. The first dedicated account, necessarily fragmentary, of the handful of RAF aircraft ass...

A Full Life. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HORROCKS Lieutenant-General Brian · 1960 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Collins, 1960. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates on 14 and 10 maps in the text, neat contemporary signatures on front endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at headbands and light...

Bridge with Three Men. Across China to the Western Heaven in 1942. With a Foreword Sir John Mills. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HEWITT Anthony · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Jonathan Cape, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.76.

Bugles and a Tiger [with] The Road past Mandalay [with] Pilgrim Son. [Masters' autobiography complete.] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

MASTERS John · 19566171 · Island Books

£144.00 (€172.60 | $190.25 | ¥30,370)

Michael Joseph and Harper, [1956-61-71]. 3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper of second volume; cloth (brown/green/red respectively), a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper. The set comprises Bugles and a Tiger (...

Complete and Free. A Modern Idyll. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

WILLIAMS Eric · 1957 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. 8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Vividly-writtten account of the author's post-war journey ac...

Hide and Seek. The Story of a War-Time Agent. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

FIELDING Xan · 1954 · Island Books

£560.00 (€671.24 | $739.84 | ¥118,106)

Secker & Warburg, 1954. 8vo., First Edition, with 15 plates on 8 and endpaper maps in red; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwapper, the latter chipped at head and tail. Dustwrapper artwork by Anthony Baynes. Arguably the...