Storia militare

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]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

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

£520.00 (€623.30 | $687.00 | ¥109,670)

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; elegantly bound in full dark red crushed morocco, si...

Radar Days. With a Foreword by Lord Bowden of Chesterfield. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

BOWEN E. G. · 0 · Island Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.95 | ¥35,432)

Adam Hilger, Bristol, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Taffy Bowen was the father of airborne radar. Here he recounts the story of its introduction to the RAF...

Wavell. [Complete set. Comprising 'Wavell. Soldier and Scholar' and 'Wavell. Supreme Commander']. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

CONNELL John · 0 · Island Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

Collins, [1964-69]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt backs, blue tops (faded), a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, the latter chafed at extremities. The acclaimed and definitive ...

The Western Front then and now. NEAR FINE COPY

WWI. · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Newnes, [1938]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy. One of the first 'before and after' publications, pioneering the...

The Scarlet Lancers. The Story of the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 1689-1992. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

LUNT James · 0 · Island Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Leo Cooper, [1993]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, 15 coloured plates on 12 and very numerous monochrome photographs (a number full-page) in the text; green regimental cloth with badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in un...

The Crucible of War. Western Desert 1941 [with] Year of Alamein 1942. [Complete set.]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

PITT Barrie · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Jonathan Cape, [1980-82]. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Editions, with very numerous plates and maps, and tinted front and rear endpapers maps in each volume; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb history of the war in the Western Desert by an acknowl...

The Turn of the Tide [with] Triumph in the West. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. SIGNED PRESENTATION SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

BRYANT Arthur · 1957 · Island Books

£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.61 | ¥75,925)

Collins, 1957-59. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, 9 maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps in the second volume; cloth (black/red respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly cha...

The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Kesselring. [Translated by Lynton Hudson. Second Edition. Book Club Issue]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

KESSELRING Field-Marshal · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

BCA, [1974]. 8vo., Second Edition thus; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip . Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1953. Enser, p.266 (recording the first edition).

Network. The Truth about General Gehlen and his Spy Ring. Translated from the German by Richard Barry. Introduction by H. R. Trevor-Roper. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

HOHNE Heinz · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Secker & Warburg, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 43 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.398.

War Pictures by British Artists. Women [with] Production [with] Soldiers [with] Air Raids. [Series II Complete]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE SECOND SERIES

KNIGHT, Laura · 1943 · Island Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Oxford University Press, 1943. 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. No.1: Women; No. 2: Production; No. 3: Soldiers; No. 4: Air Raids. Complete set of the second series wi...

Stirling's Men. The Inside History of the SAS in World War II NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MORTIMER Gavin · 0 · Island Books

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2004]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, ivory endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Eastern Approaches. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE

MACLEAN Fitzroy · 0 · Island Books

£645.00 (€773.13 | $852.14 | ¥136,032)

Jonathan Cape, [1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 14 plates on 11 and 3 folding maps (2 coloured); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gi...

Death's Head. Combat Record of the SS Totenkopf Division in France 1940. Translated from the German by Roger H. Hunt. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SS TOTENKOPF DIVISION. · 1979 · Island Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Roger Hunt, Madison WI, 1979. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. First publication in English of a rare example of...

Intercept. The Enigma War. [Foreword by Professor R. V. Jones.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

GARLINSKI Jozef · 0 · Island Books

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Dent, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps, and illustrations and full-page map in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.75.

Haig. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP SET OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

COOPER Duff · 0 · Island Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Faber, [1935-36]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, plates and maps; black cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, git tops, a very good, bright, clean set. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.160.

Spies of the Airwaves [with] Knowledge strengthens the Arm [with] Enigma and its Achilles Heel. [THE Y SERVICES TRILOGY COMPLETE]. THE Y SERVICES TRILOGY COMPLETE; TWO VOLUMES SIGNED

SKILLEN Hugh · 19899192 · Island Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.77 | ¥67,489)

[Privately Printed, Pinner], [1989-91-92]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 24, very numerous photographs, facsimiles, maps and diagrams (many full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps (first two volumes) and front endpaper chart (third volume); g...

Report by the Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Italian Campaign. [Part I]: 8 January 1944 to 10 May 1944; Part II: 10 May 1944 to 12 August 1944; Part III: 13 August 1944 to 12 December 1944; [Part IV]: 12 December 1944 to 2 May 1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN BUCKRAM

SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER MEDITERRANEAN ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. WWII. · 19461951 · Island Books

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HMSO, 1946[-1951]. 3 vols. in 1, 8vo., First Edition, with 2 large folding maps and 4 folding maps in pocket at end, neat stamp on title of third volume; attractively bound in dark red buckram, gilt back, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy. THE OFFICIAL AND INDISPEN...

War Pictures by British Artists. War at Sea [with] Blitz [with] RAF [with] Army. [Series I complete]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE FIRST SERIES

RICHMOND, Sir Herbert · 1942 · Island Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Oxford University Press, 1942. 4 vols., sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text; original plain wrappers, hinges starting as usual (but all bindings wholly sound), one backstrip scuffed else a very good, bright, clean set in pictorial dustwr...

The Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Report of the British Mission to Japan. A SCARCE SURVIVAL

HIROSHIMA. NAGASAKI. · 1946 · Island Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

HMSO [for] Home Office and Air Ministry, 1946. 8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 12; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers lightly browned else a near fine copy. The first publicly available account in the UK. Particular consideration was given to t...

Advisory Leaflet 109. Flea Beetles. A RARE SURVIVAL

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD · 0 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

HMSO, [1948]. 4pp., 8vo., with photographs in the text, light annotation in pencil; single fold; a bright, clean copy.