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THE WAR IN PICTURES - First Year.

Anon., · 1939

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Odhams Press, London, ND, 1st edn., 320pp, half tone ills. and maps throughout, coloured pictorial endpapers, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), simulated morrocco cloth in blue, lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in blind at spine and upper board, volume one only of a s...

LIGHT DRAGOONS - The Origins of a New Regiment.

Mallinson, Allan, · 1993

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Leo Cooper, London, 1993, 1st edn., [xiv], 352pp, Regimental insignia at frontis, 16pp coloured and 28pp half tone photo ills., 22 in text maps, [ii] map, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered and insignia in gilt at spine, insignia in gilt upper board, pictorial dustwrappe...

STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.

Housman, Laurence (retold by, ills. by Edmund Dulac), · 0

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND, coloured pictorial frontis and 28 other tipped in coloured plates by Edmund Dulac as called for, line decorations in text and at endpapers, large format (about 9.5 x 7 inches), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, gilt vignette upper board, u...

EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY-BOOK - FAIRY TALES.

, · 1916

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND, [xiv] prelims., 174pp, [iv] blank, decorated title page, guarded and mounted coloured frontis and 15 other mounted and guarded coloured plates all by Edmund Dulac and as called for, decorated endpapers, large format (about 9.5 x 7 inches), ma...

SERVICE MOST SILENT - The [Royal] Navy's Fight against Enemy Mines.

Turner, John Frayn, · 2008

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Pen and Sword Maritime, Barnsley, 2008, 1st in imprint, 200pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, first published by George Harrap in 1955 a re-issue of the story of the department of the Royal Navy responsible fo...

DANGER UXB - The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams.

Owen, James, · 2011

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Abacus, London, 2011, trade paperback, xx, 364pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawing and diagram in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the development and the extraordinary exploits of the members of Bomb Disposal in Britain during WW2, 750 members of...

DANGER UXB - The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams.

Owen, James, · 2011

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Abacus, London, 2011, trade paperback, xx, 364pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawing and diagram in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the development and the extraordinary exploits of the members of Bomb Disposal in Britain during WW2, 750 members of...

DANGER UXB - The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams.

Owen, James, · 2011

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Abacus, London, 2011, trade paperback, xx, 364pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawing and diagram in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the development and the extraordinary exploits of the members of Bomb Disposal in Britain during WW2, 750 members of...

DANGER UXB - The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams.

Owen, James, · 2011

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Abacus, London, 2011, trade paperback, xx, 364pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawing and diagram in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the development and the extraordinary exploits of the members of Bomb Disposal in Britain during WW2, 750 members of...

THE BATTLE OF THE NARROW SEAS - A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945.

Scott, Lt. Cdr. Peter, MBE, DSC*, RNVR, · 1945

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Country Life, London, 1945, 1st edn., xii, 228pp, 79 half tone photos and line drawings on 48pp, coloured frontis and 7 other coloured plates by author, maps (each different) at endpapers and in text, numerous small line ills. in text, pale blue cloth lettered in dark blue at...

EAST COAST CORVETTE.

Monsarrat, Nicholas, · 1943

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Cassell, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, 6pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial paper wrappers with flaps, the second of the author's three titles about his experiences in corvettes during WW2, later published in hardba...

CORVETTE COMMAND.

Monsarrat, Nicholas, · 1944

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Cassell, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 100pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, 6pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial paper wrappers with flaps, the third of the author's three titles about his experiences in corvettes during WW2, later published in hardba...

OPERATION DRUMBEAT - The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II.

Gannon, Michael, · 1942

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

HarperPerrennial, New York, trade paperback, 490pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagram in text, decorated upper wrapper, an account the German naval campaign against the American mercantile vessels off the east coast of North America during WW2, when Admiral Dönitz,...

MINE WARFARE VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - 1908 TO DATE.

Cocker, M. P., · 1993

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,852)

Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury - UK, 1993, 1st edn., 223pp, over 200 half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered in gilt st spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a complete guide to all Minelayers and Minesweepers by Class from 1908 to 1993, the majority in the period 1939-45,...

GEOFFREY BROOM'S WAR - Letters and P.O.W. Diaries.

Broom, Barbara (complied by), · 1993

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

The Pentland Press, Bishop Auckland, 1993, 1st edn., 238pp, half tone photo frontis portrait, 6 pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Geoff Hobbs, the experiences of Geoffrey Broom during WW2 related through his letters and d...

A SQUARE OF SKY - Memoirs of a Wartime Childhood (first published as two books : A Square of Sky and A Touch of Earth).

David, Janina, · 1992

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Eland, London, 1992, 1st thus, trade paperback, 430pp inc. 4pp half tone photo ills., [xiii] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, an unabridged amalgamation of two previous books describing the childhood of a young Jewish girl in Poland during WW2, slight roll and slant to spine...

THE ROYAL MARINES.

HMSO, · 1944

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, stapled paper wrappers, 8 x 5.5" approx., an official account of the Royal Marines in WW2 including a short history, recording their role in Norway, ...

ARTILLERY EQUIPMENTS OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS.

Wise, Terence, · 1985

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Osprey, London, 1985, reprint, paperback, 40pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, No. 96 in the Men-at-Arms series, descriptions of the different artillery pieces in use by each of the...

THE MAN WHO BROKE NAPOLEON'S CODES - The Story of George Scovell.

Urban, Mark, · 2001

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)

Faber and Faber, London, 2001, 1st edn., xvi inc. map, 333pp, 8pp coloured, half tone and sepia ills., 6 in text maps, coloured figured endpapers, black clooth lettered in light green at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the ...

THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM BOOK OF WELLINGTON'S ARMIES - Britian's Campaigns in the Peninnsula and at Waterloo 1808-1815.

Uffindell, Andrew, · 2003

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 2003, 1st edn., xxii, 362pp, frontis in line, 24pp half tone photo ills., 16 maps in text, coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, based on the letters and diarie...