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THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL.

Caskie, Donald, · 1959

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Oldbourne, London, 1959 7th imp., 270pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorated dustwrapper, the Minister at the Scots Kirk in Paris since 1935, at the fall of France in 1940 the author escaped from immediate German influence...

.303 VICKERS MEDIUM MACHINE GUN.

Skennerton, Ian, · 1997

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Ian Skennerton, Labardor, AustraliaND Copyright 1997, 1st edn., paperback, 48pp,half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, large format (10.5 x 8" approx.), No.8 in the Small Arms Identification Series, decorative upper wrapper, a reference work on the variuos marques ...

ARMY SERVICE RECORDS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

Fowler, Simon, Spencer, William and Tamblin, Stuart, · 1996

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Public Record Office, Richmond, 1996, 1st edn., paperback original, x, 55pp, memorial scroll frontis, half tone photo ills., maps and facsimiles in text, large format (11.5 x 8" approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a guide to the WW1 army records held by the Pub...

REPORT BY THE SUPREME COMMANDER TO THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF ON THE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE - 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945.

Eisenhower, Dwight D., · 1946

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO, London, 1946, 1st edn., paperback, 149pp, organisation chart and 11 maps in text, large format (10 x 6" approx.), grey/black paper wrappers lettered in white with coloured decoration, details of the directive from the Combined Chiefs, and account of the planning and pre...

IF BY CHANCE.

Strawson, John, · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Macmillan, ondon, 2003, 1st edn., [xx], 260pp, 7 maps, coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6" approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tailbands, half tone pictorial montage dustwrapper, an amusing exercise in 'consequences', speculating on t...

CHURCHILL AND HITLER - In Victory and Defeat.

Strawson, John, · 1997

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Constable, London, 1997, 1st edn., xxxi, 540pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6" approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tailbands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, a portrrait...

COMMAND ON THE WESTERN FRONT - The military career of Sir Henry Rawlinson 1914-18.

Prior, Robin and Wilson, Trevor, · 1992

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Blackwell, Oxford, 1992, 1st edn. UK, viii, 421pp, maps in text, large format (9 x 6" approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine. coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an examination of the command of the battlefield itself, where the war is won or lost, rather than of the ove...

AFTERMATH OF WAR - Everyone Must Go Home.

Mather, Carol, · 1992

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Brassey's (UK)London, 1992, 1st edn. UK, xxviii, 278pp, in line frontis, 16pp half tone photo ills., 6 in text maps, maps at endpapers, large format (9 x 6" approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured dustwrapper, an examination of the aftermath of the German su...

CAPTAIN BLIGH - The Man and his Mutinies.

Kennedy, Gavin, · 1989

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Gerald Duckworth, London, 1989, 1st edn., xiii, 321pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps at coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6" approx.), maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative headband, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a definitive account of the Bounty mutin...

WITHDRAWAL FROM EMPIRE - A Military View.

Jackson, William, · 1986

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Batsford, London, 1986, 1st edn., xvii, 285pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., 19 maps in text, coloured endpapers, large format 9.5 x 6" approx.), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, a description of Britain's imperial past in Victorian and...

THE DAY THE WAR ENDED - VE-Day 1945 in Europe and Around the World.

Gilbert, Martin, · 1995

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Harper Collins, London, 1995, 1st edn., xxi, 473pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6" approx,), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tailbands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the li...

THE SHARP END OF WAR - The Fighting Man in World War ll.

Ellis, John, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, ND copyright 1980, 1st edn., 396pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, large format (9 x 6" approx.), dark green boards lettered in gilt at spine, a collection of first-hand accounts of the experiences of infantrymen from many all...

THE LAST OF THE REGIMENTS - Their Rise and Fall.

Dietz, Peter, · 1990

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Brassey's (UK), London, 1990, 1st edn. UK, xiv, 271pp, large format (9 x 6" approx.), dark blue boards lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a study of British military tradition and of the regimental system in particular, together with an argument for mod...

OUT OF STEP - Memoirs of a Field Marshal.

Carver, Michael, · 1989

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Hutchinson, London, ND copyright 1989, [x], 581pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 9 in text maps, large format (9.5 x 6" approx.), dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the memoirs of Field Marshal Lord Carver, commissioned into the Royal T...

TWENTIETH-CENTURY WARRIORS - The Development of the Armed Forces of the Major Military Nations in the Twentieth Century.

Carver, Field Marshal Lord, · 1988

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Weidenfield and Nicolson, New York, 1988, 1st edn. US, [x], 468pp, 6 in text maps, large format (9,5 x 6" approx.), grey paper covered boards backed at spine with maroon cloth lettered in silver, decorative head and tailbands, half tone pictorial dustwrapper, slightly cocked,...

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, · 1944

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by LTA Robinson Ltd., London, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an...

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, · 1944

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by LTA Robinson Ltd., London, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an...

THE DEFENCE OF CALAIS.

Linklater, Eric, · 1941

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback original, 36pp incl. double page map in line, printed by Whitefriars Press, London and Tonbridge, covers by Fosh & Cross ltd., stapled wrappers approx. 7 x 4.5", in 'The Army at War' series, an official interim account of the experience...

ROOF OVER BRITAIN : The Official Story of Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences 1939-1942.

[Cotterell, Anthony], · 1943

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 88pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., printed by Whitefriars Press, London and Tonbridge, stapled pictorial wrappers by A. Games, about 8 x 5 inches, the official story of Britain's anti-aircraft defences 1939-1942, covers the asp...

FLEET AIR ARM.

HMSO, · 1943

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 127pp, many in text half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by Alabaster, Passmore & Sons, London and Maidstone, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the official Admiralty account of naval air...