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Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757-1908: 1. ANGLESEY AND CAERNARFONSHIRE.

Owen, Bryn, · 1989

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Palace Books, Caernarfon, 1989, 1st edn., 245pp, in text line drawings and numerous half tone photo ills., decorated coloured endpapers, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the first in a series tracing the origins of the Auxiliary Forces of the Princi...

HAIG: THE GENERAL'S PROGRESS.

Morris, Roger, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Robson Books, London, ND (copyright 1982), 1st edn., xxvi, 454pp, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, Haig achieved the rank of General and was appointed Supreme Allied Commander in Europe having commanded no military unit larger than a Brigade, ...

AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY - Volume 1: 1775-1902.

Matloff, Maurice (ed.), · 1996

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Combined Books, Pennsylvania, 1996, revised edn., xvi, 380pp, maps and half tone photo ills. in text, dark blue cloth covered boards backed with black cloth at spine and lettered in gilt, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a new approach to Americ...

AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY - Volume 1: 1775-1902.

Matloff, Maurice (ed.), · 1996

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Combined Books, Pennsylvania, 1996, revised edn., paperback, xvi, 380pp, maps and half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial panel upper wrapper, a new approach to American military history in an examination the early American wars ...

SKINNER OF SKINNER'S HORSE - A Fictional Portrait.

Mason, Philip, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

André Deutsch, London, 1979, 1st edn., 241pp inc. 6pp Background Notes, 2 maps, ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, a novel based on the 19th century Anglo-Indian soldier James Skinner, the son of a Lt.-Col. in the East India Co....

THE GUINNESS HISTORY OF LAND WARFARE.

Macksey, Kenneth, · 1973

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Guinness Superlatives, London, ND (copyright 1973), [viii], 248pp, half tone pictorial title, special maps and diagrams by Michael Haine, coloured and half tone ills. in text, diagrams at endpapers, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), ed cloth lettered in gilt at spine, co...

DEFENDING THE ISLAND - Caesar to the Armada.

Longmate, Norman, · 1989

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)

Hutchinson, London, 1989, 1st edn., x, 532pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, in a blend of military, social and diplomatic history an account of the defence of Great Britain by the Celtic t...

HOW FAR FROM AUSTERLITZ? - Napoleon 1805-1815.

Horne, Alistair, · 1997

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Papermac, London, 1997, corrected edn., paperback, xxviii. 433pp, 8pp coloured photo ills., maps, half tone ills. and line drawing in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the latter years of Napoleon's military campaigns, ...

FIRING LINE.

Holmes, Richard, · 1994

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pimlico, London, 1994, 1st in imprint, paperback, xii, 436pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 2 line drawings in text, large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, drawing on written descriptions of war over the past two centuries and on the ver...

RORKE'S DRIFT.

Glover, Michael, · 1998

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Wordsworth, Ware, 1998, reprint, paperback, xii, 146pp, 12pp half tone ills., maps in text, large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the defence of Rorke's Drift, the battle in the Zulu war in which a force of about one hundred me...

ALEXANDER - A history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the Battle of Ipsus, 301 BC, with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian - Volume II.

Dodge, Theodore Ayrault, · 1993

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Greenhill Books, London, 1993, facsimile edn., viii, page 353 to page 692pp, folding map at rear, line drawings, maps and diagrams in text, [i] list of dates, dark green laminated boards lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper...

WAGING MODERN WAR - Bosnia, Kosovo and the Future of Combat.

Clark, General Wesley K., · 2001

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

PublicAffairs / Perseus, Oxford, 2001, 1st edn., UK, xxxiv, 486pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, [i] Publisher's note, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the NATO forces...

A CIVIL WAR TREASURY of Tales, Legends and Folklore.

Botkin, B. A. (edited and intro. by), · 1981

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

Promontory Press, New York, 1981, xx, 625pp, in line chapter heads by Warren Chappell, [i] Author Note, ochre cloth lettered in black at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, over 330 stories from the American Civil War, arranged chronologically and by subject to form a stor...

DELTA FORCE.

Beckwith, Col. Charlie A. and Know, Donald, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1984, 1st edn., x inc. street plan, 310pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of America's elite counter-terrorist unit, on its personnel, their ...

THE ALLIES.

Sellar, Maurice, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Cassell, London, 1979, 1st edn., [vi], 232pp, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Harry Hants, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, lacks front free endpaper, top corner half title clipped, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, good plus...

THE WATCHMAN.

Ryan, Chris, · 2001

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Century, London, 2001, 1st edn., [viii], 321pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, very sl. cocked, faint bump upper tip lower board, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

THE FIRESHIP.

Parkinson, C. Northcote, · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

John Murray, London, ND (copyright 1975), 1st edn., 187pp, [iv] maps, dark geen cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Victor May, the second Richard Delancey novel, as 2nd Lieutanant in the Glatton at the defeat of the French controlled...

STINGER.

Nichol, John, · 1999

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1999, 1st edn., [vi], 310pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, lightly tabnned at edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

THE COUNTRY TEAM.

Moore, Robin, · 1968

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

W. H. Allen, London, 1968, 1st edn. UK, [viii], 408pp, maps at endpapers, purple cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Barbara Walton, a war novel from the author of 'The Green Berets', lightly rubbed and faintly bumped at extrems., edges tanned, ...

THE LAST CARPATHIAN WOLF.

Konsalik, Heinz G. (trans. by Oliver Coburn), · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Aidan Ellis, Henley-on-Thames, 1978, 1st edn., [viii], 177pp, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Gino D'Achille, lightly rubbed at tips and folds, edges sl. dusty, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., repaired nick at upper flap ...