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BROADSHEET 2007 - A Year in Focus.

Burwin, Lt Cdr Harvey (ed.), · 2008

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Defence Publis Relations (Navy), London, ND [2008], paperback, 75pp [i] blank, maps and coloured photo ills. throughout, folding coloured photo pictorial montage / silhouette chart, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper , 11.5 x 8" approx., a snapshot of the Royal Navy in 200...

SPECIAL AIR SERVICE.

Saunders, Pete, · 1983

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Outline, London, 1983, paperback, 32pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, ads. on inside of wrappers, stapled half tone photo wrappers, 10.5 x 7" approx., UN1 in the Uniform series, a brief account of the development of the Special Air Service since its bir...

THE WAR THAT WENT ON WHEELS.

Tilling Group,, · 1949

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Tilling Group, London, circa 1949, paperback, 62pp , [ii] blank, 2 maps and many photo ills. and line drawings in text, card wrappers lettered in black, format about 9.5 x 6 inches, undated but contains a photograph of the 1946 Victory Procession in London, and on good qualit...

TARGET : GERMANY.

HMSO, · 1944

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn. UKpaperback, viii, 120pp, many half tone illustrations, stapled pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., the US Army Air Force's official account of the VIII Bomber Command's first year over Europe, an account of the daylight bombing by B-17 Fortresses...

TEN SECONDS FROM NOW - A Broadcaster's Story.

Talbot, Godfrey, · 1973

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hutchinson, London, 1973, 1st edn., 254pp, half tone frontis, 14pp half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, light blue paper cloth with darker blue title panel lettered and bordered in silver at spine, half tone photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, the autobiography of jo...

HORSE NONSENSE.

Sellar, W. C. and Yeatman, R. J., · 1999

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Methuen, London, 1999, reissue, paperback, [x], 127pp, frontis and in text line drawings by John Reynolds, pictorial panel upper wrapper, the joys of horses and riding by the authors of '1066 and all that', edges tanned, near fine,

GARDEN RUBBISH : and other country bumps.

Sellar, W. C. and Yeatman, R. J., · 1999

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Methuen, London, 1999, reissue, paperback, xii, 125pp, frontis, title and in text line drawings by Stephen Dowling, pictorial panel upper wrapper, the joys of gardens and gardening as described by the author's of '1066 and all that', slight sunning to spine, edges tanned, nea...

FUNNY HO HO AND FUNNY FANTASTIC.

Parsons, Denys, · 1968

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1968, reprint, paperback, 139pp, [v] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, a sequel to his Funny Ha Ha and Funny Peculiar, ;lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

THE HOFFNUNG MUSIC FESTIVAL.

Hoffnung, Gerard, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dobson and Putnam, London, 1957, reprint, 56pp, decorative half title and tile, cartoons in line throughout, small format (4.5 x 7ins, approx.) grey paper covered boards lettered and decorated in black and white, matching dustwrapper, a collection of musical cartoons, lightly...

THE HOFFNUNG COMPANION TO MUSIC.

Hoffnung, Gerard, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dobson and Putnam, London, 1959, 3rd imp., unpaginated, [56pp], decorative title, cartoons in line throughout, small format (4.5 x 7ins, approx.) green paper covered boards lettered and decorated in black and white, a collection of musical cartoons, lightly bumped at upper ...

STATELY AS A GALLEON.

Grenfell, Joyce, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macmillan, London, 1978, 1st edn., 96pp, title and numerous in text ills. by John Ward, turquoise/dark blue dichromatic cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of the author's well-loved sketches and songs, faint bump lower edge upper b...

HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR.

Galton, Ray and Simpson, Alan (intro. by Peter Black), · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Woburn Press, London, 1974, 1st edn., 136pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), coloured pictorial laminated boards, the scripts of five shows from 1960/61: 'The Missing Page', The Reunion Party', 'Hancock Alone', 'The Bowmans' and '...

FALKLANDS: TASK FORCE PORTFOLIO - Part 2.

Critchley, Mike (edited by), · 1982

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Maritime Books, Liskeard, ND [1982], 1st edn., paperback, 120pp, 8pp coloured photo ills., half tone photo ills. throughout, map in text, large format (12 x 8 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial wrappers, a second volume covering the retaking of the Falklands Islands, c...

UNUSUAL UNDERTAKINGS: A Military Memoir.

Wilson, Lieutenant General Sir James, · 2002

£21.50 (€25.77 | $28.40 | ¥4,536)

Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 2002, 1st edn., x, 278pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a description of his early life and a selection of six episodes from his military career related in detail, including W...

FIGHTING SHIPS OF WORLD WAR II.

Westwood, J. N., · 1979

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1979, reprint, paperback, 160pp, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, containing a chronology of the war at sea and sections on battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, ...

CUBAN BLUFF.

West, Nigel, · 1990

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Secker and Warburg, London, 1990, 1st edn., [vi], 250pp, red cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, a little bumped at lower tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

A SOLDIER IN SEARCH OF PEACE - An Inside Look at Israel's Strategy.

Tamir, Major-General Avraham (ed. by Joan Comay, translated by Carol Dezent), · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, ND [1988], 1st edn., x, 259pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 3 maps, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated dustwrapper, translated from the original Hebrew an account by a career soldier of his thirty-five years ...

HOW IT WAS IN THE WAR - An Anthology.

Smith, Godfrey (ed.), · 1989

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Pavilion / Michael Joseph, London, 1989, 1st edn., 317pp, chapter heads in line, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, an anthology of prose and poetry, letter, comment and narrative, from a variety of writers, both professional and amateu...

THE ARMY AND AVIATION - A Pictorial History.

Robertson, Bruce, · 1981

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,059)

Robert Hale, London, 1981, 1st edn., 255pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. throughout, diagram and line drawings in text, green cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, a pictorial survey of the impact of air warfare on all aspe...

NAPOLEON IN RUSSIA.

Palmer, Alan, · 1967

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Andre Deutsch, London, 1967, 1st edn. UK, 318pp, 16pp half tone ills., 5 in text maps, maps at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, a dramatic and gripping narrative of the Russian camp...