Storia militare

Poland, SOE and the Allies. Translated from the original Polish by Paul Stevenson. [With a Foreword by Major-General Sir Colin Gubbins]. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

GARLINSKI Jozef · 0 · Island Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

Allen & Unwin, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Scarce and important contribution by an eminent Polish auth...

Famous Regiments. The Royal Marines. [Introduction by Lt. General Sir Brian Horrocks]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MOULTON Major-General J.L. · 0 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

Leo Cooper, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original series binding of red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks.

The History of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment 1919-1952. Produced under the Direction of the Regimental Council, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

BARCLAY Brigadier C. N. · 0 · Island Books

£66.00 (€79.11 | $87.20 | ¥13,920)

William Clowes, [1953]. 4to., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, 27 plates on 18, 9 maps in the text and 10 large folding maps (a number coloured in outline), signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, upper board blocked with crest in gilt, gilt back, a ver...

Standing Orders of the Brigade of Guards (published under Para. 1651, King's Regulations 1935). Issued by the Authority of Major-General B.N. Sergison Brooke. Commanding the Brigade of Guards. (For Private Circulation). UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

BRIGADE OF GUARDS · 1936 · Island Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

William Clowes, 1936. Sm. 8vo., with full-page plan in the text and folding map in red and black; original boards, upper board lettered and blocked with brigade emblem, gilt back, boards very lightly sunned else a bright, clean copy. The last major issue before the outbreak of...

Passchendaele [with] Roses of No Man's Land [with] Somme [with] 1914 [with] 1915 [with] To the Last Man. THE GREAT WAR SEQUENCE COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

MACDONALD Lyn · 19781998 · Island Books

£310.00 (€371.58 | $409.56 | ¥65,380)

Michael Joseph, [1978-1998]. 6 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with numerous plates and maps; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The sequence comprises (in order of publication): They called it Passchendaele (1978; second impression 1979); The Roses of No Man's...

Battle of the Bulge Then and Now. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PALLUD Jean-Paul · 19842020 · Island Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,498)

After the Battle, 1984, [2020]. Roy. 4to., with numerous photographs and maps in the text, and photographic endpapers; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Another engrossing 'then and now' study from this publisher.

The Americans in the Great War. [Complete set.]. Michelin Illustrated Guides to the Battlefields 1914-1918. [An Illustrated History and Guide]. Vol. I: The Second Battle of the Marne; Vol. II: The Battle of St. Mihiel; Vol. III: The Meuse-Argonne Battlefields. NEAR FINE SET IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

MICHELIN ILLUSTRATED GUIDES TO THE BATTLEFIELDS. · 0 · Island Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, [1919]. 3 vols., 8vo., with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; sand cloth, upper boards and backstrips lettered in brown, a near fine set. With advertisement endpapers at front and rear. The set comprises Vol. 1: The Second Battle of t...

The Turn of the Tide [with] Triumph in the West [with] War Diaries 1939-1945. [First two volumes edited by Arthur Bryant. Third volume edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman]. ORIGINAL AND NEW EDITIONS TOGETHER

ALANBROOKE Field-Marshal · 0 · Island Books

£126.00 (€151.03 | $166.46 | ¥26,574)

Collins, 1957-59 and Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2001]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 2 frontispieces, 16 plates on 8, numerous maps in the text and endpaper facsimiles and maps; cloth, gilt backs, all near fine copies in dustwrapper. Comprises: BRYANT (A). The Turn of the T...

The Battle for Twelveland. An Account of Anglo-American Intelligence Operations within Nazi Germany 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

WHITING Charles · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Leo Cooper, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.129.

They Have Their Exits. With a Foreword by Lord Justice Birkett. IN FULL MOROCCO

NEAVE Lt.-Col. Airey · 1953 · Island Books

£436.00 (€522.61 | $576.02 | ¥91,954)

Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 3 full-page diagrams, and endpaper maps in blue; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ru...

The Last Six Months. Russia's Final Battles with Hitler's Armies in World War II. Translated by Guy Daniels. [First English Edition] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SHTEMENKO General S.M. · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

William Kimber, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at fold-ins. The first authentic account from the Soviet perspective. Enser, p.71.

Aegean Adventures 1940-1943 and the End of Churchill's Dream. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PARISH Michael Woodbine · 0 · Island Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

Book Guild, [Lewes], [1993]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of events in the Aegean, including Crete, Samos, Leros and the ill-fated plan to take Rhodes.

The Road to Bordeaux. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. [Second Impression.] SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; IN FULL MOROCCO

FREEMAN C. Denis · 1940 · Island Books

£640.00 (€767.13 | $845.53 | ¥134,978)

Cresset Press, 1940. 8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper, with full-page illustrations by Ardizzone and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and rule...

Lord Chelmsford and the Zulu War. With a Foreword by General Sir Bindon Blood. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY

FRENCH Major the Hon. Gerald · 0 · Island Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

John Lane The Bodley Head, [1939]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates, maps and plans; maroon cloth, gilt back, red top, backstrip lightly chafed at headband else a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGR...

The Jackdaw of Linz. The Story of Hitler's Art Thefts. NEAR FINE COPY

ROXAN David · 0 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Cassell, [1964]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.38.

The Naked Earth. Translated from the German by H. Whitman. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

KONSALIK Heinz G. · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Anthony Gibbs & Phillips, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition thus, title lightly spotted; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Harrowing account of captivity following Stalingrad. The German edition appeared in 1956.

Forewarned is Forearmed. A History of the Royal Observer Corps. With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

WINSLOW T. E. · 1948 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

William Hodge, 1948. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 28 plates on 16, 2 full-page maps and charts and 2 large folding maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly browned dustwrapper.

[Prospectus for] £2 1/2% Defence Bonds. A SCARCE SURVIVAL

HM GOVERNMENT · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

[General Post Office, London], [1946]. 4pp., 8vo., printed in green and black; single-fold, lightly creased else a very good, bright, clean copy. A scarce survival.

Ruckmarsch Then and Now. The German Retreat from Normandy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PALLUD Jean Paul · 20062019 · Island Books

£82.00 (€98.29 | $108.33 | ¥17,294)

After the Battle, 2006 [2019]. Roy. 8vo., with very numerous photographs throughout and photographic endpapers; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Gubbins & SOE. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

WILKINSON Peter · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Leo Cooper, [1993]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first detailed account of the elusive leader of SOE, written by two former members who served under him. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE.