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Why the Germans Lose at War: The Myth of German Military Superiority.

MACKSEY, KENNETH. · 2006 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Greenhill Books, 2006. 1853676934. Previously published as "From Triumph to Disaster". "Complete with campaign maps, command-structure charts, and lists of major German military leaders, "Why the Germans Lose at War" combines brilliant military and political analysis w...

An Outline of Arms and Armour in England From the Early Middle Ages to the Civil War.

MANN, SIR JAMES. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: HMSO, 1965. Reprint. "Designed to assist the visitor to the Armouries of the Tower of London to understand the terminology and the changes that took place over the years against the historical background of the times." Pp.44, 4 colour plates + further black & white pho...

Secret Weapon.

DOBERER, K.K. · 1944 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Loindon: Practical Press Limited, 1944. 0. 1st edition. "To-day, civil progress is so intense that there is not only a danger but a certainty that no army can in the full sense be kept up to date. This means that in war-time evolution will be extremely rapid, and, consequently...

Chatham Past.

MACDOUGALL, PHILIP. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Chichester: Phillimore, 1999. 1860771211. 1st edition. "Chatham grew from a tiny, medieval fishing village into one of the nation's most important military centres. The author..has incorporated the lastest findings and interpretations into this lively and entertaining account ...

Southsea Past.

QUAIL, SARAH. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Chichester: Phillimore, 2000. 0860771459. 25cms x 19cms. "Southsea is the seaside suburb of Portsmouth, England's premier naval port.However, at the heart of the suburb was the resort..'the gem of England's Watering Places". Pps.xii/132, 148 black & white illustrations through...

Images of Portsmouth.

QUAIL, SARAH AND STEDMAN, JOHN. · 1993 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Derby: The Breedon Books Publishing Company, 1993. 1873626258. 1st edition. "Portsmouth, or 'Pompey' as it is affectionately known the world over, has been the home of the Royal Navy for 500 years.Yet it has always been more than just a dockyard town.Images of Portsmouth draws...

War Over Peace.

GRAVES, CHARLES. · 1940 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Hutchinson & Co.Ltd,1940. 0. 1st edition. Describes a series of four journeys across the Channel to Marrakech and Fez; the French-Spanish frontier; South of France; and finally to the British zone G.H.Q and B.E.F. The book concludes with a visit to aerodromes in Englan...

Prisoner of War. The Story of British Prisoners Held by the Enemy.

BARBER, NOEL. · 1944 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1944. 0. 1st edition. Published before the end of the war, the author compiled his information mainly from the letters of the prisoners themselves, sourced through the British Red Cross and St John War Organization. He also looked at official...

Three Corvettes: Comprising H.M.Corvette, East Coast Corvette and Corvette Command.

MONSARATT, NICHOLAS. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1945. 0. 1st edition. "This collection of three short books, which covers my service afloat from 1940 to 1943, does not pretend to give the whole picture of convoy work during this period; it is simply an account of one man's Naval service duri...

Society in the Elizabethan Age.

HALL, HUBERT. · 1887 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co, 1887. 0. 2nd edition. Looks at Elizabethan society in the countryside, in town and at the Court. Pp.viii/ 291, coloured engraved folding map of the Thames has two 9cm tears, coloured frontispiece (arms of the Darrell Family and Allies) +...

Poland at Arms 1939-1945.

BALUK, STEFAN. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Warsaw: Polonia Publishers, 1990. 8370211178. 1st edition. "In the years 1939-45, Poland was subjected to the extermination policy of the Third Reich, which set forth to biologically annihilate the nation, its material and cultural heritage." 28.5cms x 20.5cms. Pp.148/6 maps t...

Medieval Civilization. 400-1500. (Translated by Julia Barrow).

LE GOFF, JACQUES. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. 0631155120. "Combines the narrative and descriptive power characteristic of Anglo-Saxon scholarship with the sensitivity and insight of the French historical tradition." Pp.viii/6 maps/393, 34 black & white plates + 25 figure illustrations. Black...

Eikon Baziaikh. The Portraiture of His Majesty King Charles I.

PERENCHIEFF, DR. · 1869 · Chilton Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Oxford: James Parker and Co, 1869. 0. A new edition. The text of the present edition is that of Dr Perenchieff, 1727, corrected by one of the earlier editions of 1648, but contains the Prayers which were first added in 1649 in the 19th edition. Original title "The Portraicture...

A History of the Jews in Britain Since 1858.

LIPMAN, V.D. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1990. 0718513398. "Much of Anglo-Jewish historical writing treats the political emancipation of the Jews in 1858 as the culminating point of its history..Although the bulk of the book is concerned with the period between 1858 and 1939 it ...

Portsmouth Dockyard Papers. 1774-1783: The American War.

KNIGHT, R.J.B. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Portsmouth: City of Portsmouth, 1987. 0901559725. 1st edition. Portsmouth Record Series. "The Dockyard's archives, now in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, are the prime record of what for long was Portsmouth's main industry..By the 1770's the Dockyard was already a l...

German Revisionism on the Move.

DERLATKA, TADEUSZ/ NUROWSKI, ROMAN/ LESNIEWSKI, ANDRZEJ. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Warszaw: Wydawnictwo Zachodnie, 1960. 0. English text. Contents includes: Tadeusz Derlatka: A Threat to Peace; Roman Nurowski: Summer Offensive of German Revisionism in 1960; Andrzej Lesniewski: Reaction of the Western Opinion. Pp.102. Paperback, slightly toned. G+.

The Legal Effects of the Second World War and the German Problem.

KLAFKOWSKI, ALFONS. · 1968 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Warsaw: Interpress, 1968. 0. "A representative exposition of the Polish point of view in International Law on the legal problems involved in the elimination of the consequences of the war as affecting the two Geman States." Pp.326, cracking to inner front hinge but still firm....

The Polish-German Frontier in the Light of International Law.

WIEWIÓRA, BOLESLAW. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Poznan: Instytut Zachodni, 1964. 0. Second English edition. "Wiewiora's research work comprises two great, basic problems: the problem of the Polish-German frontier and the problem of its recognition." Pp.225, minor dampstain to lower inner margins not affecting text. Grey clo...

Warriors Still at Ease.

"A. A." ( ARMSTRONG, ANTHONY). · 1942 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1942. 0. 5th edition. "'Warriors Still in Action' should rather be the title of this collection of military articles by "A.A" of Punch, for once again we meet our old friends of Ypres Barracks, Havershot..Whether playing football or firing on the ran...

A Popular Introduction to the History of Christian Doctrine.

CRIPPEN, REV. T.G. · 1883 · Chilton Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Edinburgh: T & T Clark,1883. Pp.16/358/10(ads). Brown cloth, blind-stamped motif to boards, gilt title to spine,edges slightly rubbed. G+.