Storia militare

Arnhem Lift. With a Foreword by Lieut. General Sir Frederick A.M. Browning. Illustrated by Joseph Deliss. [Second (First Illustrated) Edition.] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HAGEN Louis · 0 · Island Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

Hammond, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) and full-page map in the text, free endpapers and edges faintly spotted; maroon cloth, backstrip lettered in cream, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with on...

Gallipoli. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

CARLYON L. A. · 0 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Doubleday, [2002]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the Australian edition.

The Man Who Never Was. With a Foreword by Lord Ismay. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO

MONTAGU Ewen · 0 · Island Books

£596.00 (€714.39 | $787.40 | ¥125,698)

Evans Brothers, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with 31 plates on 24 and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on half-title; handsomely bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt framed border, back with raised bands, second and and fourth compartments ruled and le...

The Road to War. Being an Analysis of the National Government's Foreign Policy. With a Preface by the Right Hon. C.R. Attlee BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

ATTLEE, pref. Clement R. · 1937 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Gollancz, 1937. 8vo., First Edition, some light spotting (rather heavier on title); original limp orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright copy. Prepared for the New Fabian Society, this analysis was compiled by 'a Small Group of Experts' ...

El Alamein to the River Sangro. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MONTGOMERY Field-Marshal Bernard Law · 0 · Island Books

£136.00 (€163.02 | $179.68 | ¥28,683)

Hutchinson, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece and 16 coloured maps on 8 folders; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, fore-edge faintly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter...

German Paratroops in World War II. [Translated from the German by H.A. and J.A. Barker. First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

KUHN Volkmar · 0 · Island Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Ian Allan, [Shepperton], [1978]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in Germany in 1974, this is probably the best overall summary of the 'Green Devils' to date. After a...

German Military Timepieces of World War II: Vol. 5: German Airforce. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE

ULRIC OF ENGLAND · 0 · Island Books

£164.00 (€196.58 | $216.67 | ¥34,588)

Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton], [2022]. Roy. 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy.

German Military Timepieces of World War II. [Complete set.]. COMPLETE SET OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE

ULRIC OF ENGLAND · 20092022 · Island Books

£460.00 (€551.38 | $607.73 | ¥97,015)

Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton], [2009-2022]. 5 vols., roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with numerous photographs in the text; wrappers (first and second volumes), boards (third, fourth and fifth volumes), a fine set. The set comprises Vol. 1: Collecting German military time...

Famous Regiments. The 17th/21st Lancers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

FFRENCH-BLAKE R.L.V. · 0 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Hamish Hamilton, [1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the series 'Famous Regiments' edited by Lt.-Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p. 101.

After the Battle Magazine. Vols., 1-15. [Parts 1 -60.]. SPLENDID RUN IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

AFTER THE BATTLE MAGAZINE. · 1973 · Island Books

£740.00 (€887.00 | $977.65 | ¥156,068)

Battle of Britain Prints International, 1973-1988. 60 numbers in 15 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with many thousands of coloured and monochrome photographs and maps throughout; strongly bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt backs, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a fine run. ...

Uncle Bill. The Authorised Biography of Field Marshal Viscount Slim. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MILLER Russell · 0 · Island Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,621)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2013]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The long-awaited authorised biography, complementing Slim's own masterly 'Defeat into Victory'. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS ALREADY ...

The Royal Fusiliers in an Outline of Military History 1685-1938.. [Third Edition].

ROYAL FUSILIERS · 1938 · Island Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1938. Roy. 8vo., Best Edition, with a coloured portrait frontispiece, 15 fine coloured plates (including one of badge, one of colours and 5 of uniform), 2 plates toned in sepia, and several illustrations and a full-page map in the text; regimental clo...

Some were Spies. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

JOWITT Earl · 0 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Hodder & Stoughton, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, some light spotting; black cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Biro. Not recorded by Enser

Head-Dress Badges of the British Army. Vol One: Up to the End of the Great War; Vol. Two: From the End of the Great War to the Present Day. [Complete set.]. [Mixed Impressions.] 'KIP & KING' COMPLETE; SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS

KIPLING Arthur L. · 19781979 · Island Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Frederick Muller, [1978-1979]. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with very numerous plates (several full-page) depicting hundreds of badges, neat inscription on front paste-down of first volume; blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in very lightly age-so...

Shaka's Children. A History of the Zulu People. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

TAYLOR Stephen · 0 · Island Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Harper Collins, [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Overlord. D-Day and the Battle for Normandy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HASTINGS Max · 0 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Michael Joseph, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Masterly compilation of eyewitness accounts with thorough background. Enser, p.162.

The Irish Guards in the Great War. Edited and Compiled from their Diaries and Papers. [With an Introduction by the Author]. NEAR FINE SET IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING

KIPLING Rudyard · 1923 · Island Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Macmillan, 1923. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece maps in red and black, and 9 maps (2 folding) in red and black, free endpapers mildly browned; original regimental red cloth, upper boards blocked with crest in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, a near fine set i...

The Fallschirmjager Delivery Manual 1942. [Facsimile reissue.]. NEAR FINE COPY

FALLSCHIRMJAGER. · 2018 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Military Mode, [Hitchin]. 2018. 8vo., with numerous technical illustrations throughout; printed wrappers, a fine copy.

Stahlschutzhelme. The German Steel Combat Helmet 1915-1918. NEAR FINE COPY

LOCK Oliver · 2018 · Island Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

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

British Painted Steel. Steel Helmets of the British Forces in WWII. NEAR FINE COPY

LOCK Oliver · 2018 · Island Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.05 | ¥16,450)

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