CHILTON BOOKS

Gentlemen from Hell: Men of the 487th Bomb Group: Leaders of the Largest Eighth Air Force Mission of World War II .

NEAL, C. C. · 2005

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Nashville, TN : Turner Publishing, 2005 . 9781681623955 A very good paperback. Illustrated cover and many illustrations within the text. pp.ix / [1p.]/pp.301/[1p.] "The book is a compilation of personal accounts, stories, and photographs detailing the men who served in the 48...

English Men Of Action. [ Two Titles ] : Nelson By John Knox Laughton // Dundonald By The Hon. J. W. Fortescue

LAUGHTON, JOHN KNOX / FORTESCUE, J. W. · 1895

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

London: Macmillan And Co, 1895 . 0. A reprint of the first edition, printed in the same year (1895). A very good full leather binding with an interesting provenance. 8vo. 7.2" x 4.8" x 1.3". pp.viii/[2pp.]/pp.240/ix/[1p.]/pp.227. Polished blue calf with gilt filet border. Spin...

Centurions of a Century, among which are many who have soldiered in the Twelfth, or the Suffolk Regiment of Foot.

GARDINER, CHARLES HENRY - · 1911

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Brighton: The Editor [C. H. Gardiner]; or Messrs. Cox & Co, London, [1911] . 0. A very good half leather binding. Thick 8vo. 20.7cm x 15.5cm x 6.5cm. pp.xi/pp.499/[1p. - Colophon] + 9 illustrations. Brown calf spine and corners over green cloth covered boards. Edges rubbed and...

The RAF Regiment at War.1942-1946.

OLIVER, KINGSLEY M. · 2002

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Barnsley: Leo Cooper / Pen & Sword, 2002. 0850528526. 1st ediin. Published to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Regiment's fprmation. this book records their achievements during the crucial early years. 24cms x 17cms. Pp.166, many black & white photo illustrations. Green boards...

Memoirs Of The Rebellion In 1745 And 1746. By The Chevalier De Johnstone, ... Containing a narrative of the progress of the rebellion, from its commencement to the Battle of Culloden...

JOHNSTONE, JAMES JOHNSTONE CHEVALIER DE (1719-1800?) . · 1822

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London : Printed For Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1822 . 0. Third Edition, With Additional Notes, &c. 8vo. pp.lxxii/pp.456, + [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) . Original blue papered boards rubbed and bumped. Light blue papered spine with cracked prin...

Fighting Destroyer. The Story of HMS Petard.

CONNELL, G.G. · 1976

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Abingden: Purnell Book Services], 1976. Book Club edition."In Petard\'s first commission from 1942 to 1944, she sank three submarines, one German, one Italian, and one Japanese..Her commission was served mainly in the Eastern Mediterranean, with a short spell with the Eastern ...

Lancaster. The Biography.

IVESON, SQUADRON LEADER TONY AND MILTON, BRIAN. · 2009

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London: Andre Deutsch, 2009. 9780233002705. 1st edition. The full story of one of the most iconic aircraft of the Second World War. Written by a distinguished Lancaster pilot (617 Squadron, \'The Dambusters\'), featuring newlu researched first-hand accounts from the aircrews w...

August 1914.

TUCHMAN, BARBARA. · 1962

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London: Constable, 1962. Rep. lThe outbreak of the First World War, outlining the first month of conflict. Pp.499, 18 black & white photo illustrations + 8 maps and maps to endpapers, printed illustration of a house ("Sugden") pasted to inner front endpaper, gift message to fr...

The Years That the Locusts Have Eaten. War Diary and Sermons of Rupert Godfrey 1941-45.

GODFREY, RUPERT / GODFREY, MICHAEL (COMPILER). · 2003

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Heather Godfrey, 2003. 1st edition. "Rupert Godfrey left his parish of St George\'s in Birmingham to join the 48th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment as Chaplain and embarked for Singapore in 1941. When his regiment were put ashore in Java, Rupert was captured by the Japanese and im...

The Battle of the Seas. The Fighting Merchantmen.

HURD, SIR ARCHIBALD. · 1941

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941. 1st edition. Contents: I.The Fighting Merchantmen; II.Another Scrap of Paper; III.The Seamen\'s Ordeal; IV.Ships of Wonder and Utility; V.The Mission of the Tramp Ship; VI.The Romance of the Liner; VII.The I160, slanders at Bay. Pp.frontispiec...

The Spy Capital of Britain. Bedfordshire\'s Secret War 1939-1945. (signed).

BUNKER, STEPHEN. · 2007

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Bedford: Bedford Chronicles, 2007. 9780906020036. 1st edition. "When Winston Churchill instructed Hugh Dalton, the Minister of Economic Warfare to \'set Europe ablaze\' could anyone have known that he would be creating the \'spy capital of Britain\' in rural Bedfodshire?..With...

See To It Padre.

BOULTON, THE REVEREND PREBENDARY T.O. · 1994

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Adelphi Press, 1994. 1856541088. 1st edition. The author's personal account of Service as a padre on an Emergency Commission for the duration of the Second World War. "The author relates an interesting, but largely forgotten, episode of the War. It tells of a small Tas...

Photo History of the 486th Bombardment Group (H) By Malcolm Osborn and Derek Smith

OSBORN, MALCOLM AND SMITH, DEREK . · 2012

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire: East Anglia Books, 2012 . 9781869987145. First edition of this comprehensive history of the 486th. A fantastic collection of photographs (many from around Sudbury and Chilton in Suffolk). A large heavy book with dustwrapper which has minor cre...

Before the Bells Have Faded. The Sinking of HMS Formidable, January 1, 1915.

POTTS, MARK AND MARKS, TONY. · 2004

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Nantwich: Wonderworks Studio Limited, 2004. 095287606X. 1st edition.The story of the sinking, by submarine, of the first British battleship of the First World War. 16cms x 21.5cms. Pp.127, many black & white photos + Roll of Honour listing those who died, inscribed by co-autho...

The Cruise of Her Majesty's ship 'Bacchante', 1879-1882 / compiled from the private journals, letters, and note-books of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales ; with additions by John N. Dalton.

ALBERT VICTOR PRINCE, DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE 1864-1892 · 1886

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London : Macmillan and Co. 1886 0. A very good two volume set in matching full-leather bindings by "Mudie". Thick 8vo. 8.7" x 6.2" x 2.0". Vol. I. : [5pp]/pp.viii - xxviii/pp.675/[1p.] + The West and the South' 676 pages with tables,28 charts and maps and 34 black and white il...

Boys of Coastal.

TILSLEY, SQUADRON-LEADER FRANK. · 1944

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1944. 1st edition. Ten short stories about Coastal Command - part of the Fleet Air Arm of the RAF, telling of the quiet heroism of young people caught up in war. Pp.144, black & white photo frontispiece and 8 further photo illustrations. Light ...

A Short History of XX The Lancashire Fusiliers.

SURTEES, MAJ-GEN G. · 1955

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

London: Malcolm Page Ltd, 1955. "This short history attempts to present in brief historical form the story of the Regiment; its deeds and achievements; its distinctions and honours; its treasures and institutions; its memorials." Pp.244, occasional black & white photo illustra...

Light Car Patrols 1916-19. War and Exploration in Egypt and Libya with the Model T Ford.

WILLIAMS, CAPTAIN CLAUD H. · 2013

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London: Silphium Press, 2013. 9781900971157. 1st edition. A Memoir by Captain Claud H. Williams of 1/1st Pembroke Yeomanry, attached No.5 Light Patrol Car. With Introduction and History of the Patrols by Russell McGuirk. First-hand account of what it was like to be a Light Car...

Canada in Khaki.

VARIOUS. · 1910

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: The Pictorial Newspaper Co.(1910) Ltd, 1917. Published for the Canadian War Records Office. A Tribute to th Officers and Men now Serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. 27cms x 21cms x 2cms. Pp.xxiviii(ads to front and rear), 172 war accounts + photos,cartoons and...

The British Campaign in France and Flanders. January to July 1918.

CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR. · 1919

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919. 1st edition. Fifth volume in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's History of the War. "A million men released from the Russian front, rolled across Europe and, swelling that great tide which was already banked up before the British breakwater, it washed...