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"A. A." ( ARMSTRONG, ANTHONY).
Warriors Still at Ease.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1942. 0. 5th edition. "'Warriors Still in Action' should rather be the title of this collection of military articles by "A.A" of Punch, for once again we meet our old friends of Ypres Barracks, Havershot..Whether playing football or firing on the ranges; whether out on manoeivres or at the Sergeants' Mess Dance, they are just as much in action as before, just as humorous and just as human." Pp.132, small Foyles lable to inside front board. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has some edge rubbing and a small tear to rear top edge but has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.
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Book number: 36935
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Keywords: A a Anthony Armstrong Warriors Still at Ease Wartime Stories Humour Punch World War 2 37401 Military

 
ABBOTT, PETER AND BOTHAM, PHILIP.
Modern African Wars (1) : Rhodesia 1965-80.
London: Osprey, 2003. 0850457289. Osprey Men-At-Arms series.No.183. 24.5cms x 18.5cms. Pp.48, many black & white photos and illustrations + 8 colour plates (illustrating uniforms) by Mike Chappell. Paperback. VG.
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Book number: 48150
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Keywords: Abbott Botham Modern African Wars Rhodesia History Africa Patriotic Front Zapu Mugabe Zimbabwe Zanla Ian Smith Selous British South Africa Police Zipra 49616 Military

 
ALLEN, W.E.D.
Guerrilla War in Abyssinia.
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1943. 1st edition. An account of the author's experiences on a mission, alongside Orde Wingate, to Fascist-occupied Ethiopia (then known as Abyssinia),during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. He also met and recorded the activities of other Special Operations Executive (SOE) comrades Tony Simonds and Billy Maclean. pp.126, 3 maps + 8 pages of photogravures, toning to pages, owner.s name to half-title page. Paperback, minor wear to spine and small chip to front at lower spine edge. A scarce book. G+.
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Book number: 49339
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Keywords: Allen Guerrilla War Abyssinia Adventure Travel Military Orde Wingate Ethiopia Italo-Ethiopian War History Africa 51081 Military

 
ALLERTON, SARA.
Making Shore.
Glasgow: Saraband, 2012. 9781887354929. Winner of the 2011 People's Book Prize. A gripping story inspired by a true World War II incident. "Torpedoed by a German U-boat, adrift on the open ocean, gravely weakened and slowly dying of thirst - the odds of making shore are lengthening with each grueling hour.".Pp.268, inscribed by the author to title page. Paperback. VG.
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Book number: 46759
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Keywords: Sara Allerton Signed Making Shore People's Book Prize World War II Battle Atlantic Allied Convoys German U-Boats Torpedo Attack Ss Sithonia Brian Clarke 48344 Military

 
ANDERSON, CMDR. WILLIAM R. (WITH BLAIR, CLAY, JR.)
Nautilus 90 North.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1959. 2nd imp. "Vividly reveals the immense planning involved in what was the most secret peacetime operation for a journey as eventful and important as any in history." Pp. 190, frontis, 36 b/w illustrations, maps to endpapers. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.
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Book number: 29253
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Keywords: Anderson Blair Nautilus 90 North Illustrated Submarine 27079 Military

 
ANON.
H.M.S. "Kent". An Illustrated Record of Her Commission as Flagship of the China Station 1934-1936.
Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie Ltd, nd. (c.1937). 1st edition. H.M.S. Kent (54) was a County-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. She was was assigned to the 5th Cruiser Squadron on the China Station and spent the bulk of the inter-war years there. This book recalls through word and photographs memories of peoples met and places visited on the China Station. Pp.xiv/136, photo frontispiece + 52 further black & white photos, 2 track charts + numerous vignette illustrations, small loss to lower margin of pp.97/98 (not affecting text). Blue cloth, gilt motif to front board, title to spine dulled, light bleached spots to boards. Scarce. G+.
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Book number: 49626
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Keywords: Hms Kent Illustrated Record Flagship China Station Wehaiwei Japan Philippines Saigon Nanking Borneo Java Singapore Sport Naval Military 50834 Military: : Naval

 
AYSCOUGH, JOHN. [FRANCIS BICKERSTAFFE-DREW].
French Windows.
London: Edward Arnold, 1919. New Impression. Originally published in the "Month" under the heading, "French and English". The author served as a Chaplain in the British Army in World War I. Pp.viii/296. Grey cloth spotted with crease to rear board,spine toned with wear to edges, bumps and wear to corners. G-.
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Book number: 47057
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Keywords: Ayscough French Windows Francis Bickerstaffe Drew the Month World War One Fiction Novel 48591 Military

 
BARBER, NOEL.
Prisoner of War. The Story of British Prisoners Held by the Enemy.
London: George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1944. 0. 1st edition. Published before the end of the war, the author compiled his information mainly from the letters of the prisoners themselves, sourced through the British Red Cross and St John War Organization. He also looked at official reports of scores of camps made by neutral representatives of the International Red Cross. Pp.135, black & white photo frontispiece showing the courtyard at Oflag 4C where prisoners are seen playing hand-ball + 14 further black & white photo plates, owner's name to front free endpaper, spotting to rear free endpaper. Green cloth, spine and boards have uneven sunning. G+.
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Book number: 37715
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Keywords: Noel Barber Prisoner War Story British Prisoners Enemy German Nazi Prison Camps Food Working Parties Invalids Italian Allied Prisoners Stalag Luft World War II Military Forces 38431 Military

 
BARTHAS, LOUIS. / STRAUSS, EDWARD M. (TRANSLATOR).
Poilu. The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker 1914-1918.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. 9780300212488. "Louis Barthas, a thirty five-year-old French barrelmaker, was mobilized to fight the Germans in the opening days of World War I and spent the next four years in near-ceaseless combat. An eloquent witness to battlefields from Flanders to the Argonne, Barthes keenly observes soldiers at the heart of the Great War..For this paperback edition, Edward M. Strauss has added a timelne for each chapter that helps place Barthas's experiences into the larger context of the Great War." Pp.xxxiv/432. Paperback. VG.
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Book number: 49977
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Keywords: Louis Barthes Poiu World War I Notebooks Memoir Biography Barrelmaker Massacre Western Front Flanders Argonne 51486 Military

 
BELCHEM, MAJOR-GENERAL DAVID.
Victory in Normandy.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1981. 1st ed. "A masterpiece of clarity and reasoned argument .. a brilliant analysis providing many important new insights into Montgomery's generalship." 26cms. x 19cms. Pp. 192, 117 b/w photographs, more than 40 maps and diagrams. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small loss to top front corner. VG/G+.
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Book number: 19923
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Keywords: Belchem Victory Normandy Montgomery Operation Overlord Illustrated A15600 Military

 
BLANCH, H.J.
A Century of Guns : A Sketch of the Leading Types of Sporting and Military Small Arms, with over 150 Illustrations of Guns and Rifles.
London: John Blanch & Son, 1909. 1st edition. Contents: I.Flint Lock Period, Volunteers, Muskets and Rifles; II.The Percussion System, The Expanding Bullet Rifle; III.The Breechloading System, Revolvers, Capping Breechloaders, The Gastight Cartridge, Single Breechloading Military Rifles; IV.Hammerless and Ejector Guns, Single-Triggers, Pump Guns, The Auto-Loading System; VRepeating and Magazine Rifles, The Lee Enfield; Appendix: Tables of Particulars of Modern Rifles; Drawings of Cartridges of Modern Rifles. 25.5cms x 19.5cms. Pp.xiv/159, over 150 illustrations of guns and rifles,minor toning to endpapers. Brown pebbled cloth, gilt title to front and spine, minor edge wear and bumps to corners. VG.
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Book number: 47722
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Keywords: Guns Sporting Military Small Arms Rifles Flint Lock Volunteers Muskets Percussion Expanding Bullet Breechloading Revolvers Capping Gastight Cartridge Hammerless Ejector Magazine Lee Enfield 49205 Military

 
BLUNT, RAYMOND J.(EDITOR).
R.A.F.A. Annual 1952.
London: R.A.F.A Publishing Company Limited/Gale & Polden Ltd, 1952. Annual publication of the Royal Air Forces Association, containing articles, photographs, illustrations of Air Force badges, cartoons and humour. Pp.96, black & white photographs and cartoons throughout, advertisements to preliminaries and rear pages. Paperback, minor edge wear, a few marks to rear cover. G+.
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Book number: 41224
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Keywords: Blunt Rafa Royal Air Force Association Annual Illustrated Cartoons Delderfield Militaryguinea Pig Club Flying 25746 Military

 
BOGER, JAN.
To Live in the Fire. The Photographic Journal of an Israeli Soldier.
New Jersey: Paramus, Jolex Inc, 1977. 0891490353. Original German title "Im Feuer Zu Leben". Photographic record of the Arab-Israeli October War of 1973. 27.5cms x 21cms. Pp.143, black & white and colour photographs throughout. Paperback, edges rubbed. VG.
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Book number: 42760
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Keywords: Jan Boger Live in the Fire Photographic Journal Israeli Soldier Arab War October 1973 Conflict Jews Military Middle East 44086 Military

 
BONNER-SMITH, D. (EDITOR) .
Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. LXXVII. & Vol. LXXXI. - The Barrington Papers Selected From Letters and Papers of Admiral The Hon. Samuel Barrington And Edited By D. Bonner-Smith . 2 Volume Set .
[London] : Printed For The Navy Records Society, MDCCCCXXXVII [ 1937 & 1941 ] . 0. First Edition. Very Good tight matching bindings. 8vo. Vol. I. : [10pp.]/pp.478 ; Vol. II. pp.xxxi /[1p.]/pp.380 . 9.25" x 6.5" x 1.5". Navy blue spines over white buckram. Boards lightly soiled. Clear text and illustrations throughout, just the odd light blemish. VG .
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Book number: 48581
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Keywords: 50014 the Barrington Papers Selected from Letters and Papers of Admiral the Hon. Samuel Barrington and Edited by D. Bonner-Smith Military: : 19th Century

 
O'BRIEN, TERENCE.
Out of the Blue. A Pilot with the Chindits.
London: Collins,1984. 0002171988. 1st edition. "This book is one of the best to be written about the war in Burma; an evocation, at once poignant and compelling, of one of the strangest and most exacting military undertakings of the Second War." Pp.272, 1 map, slight toning to pages, owner's name to front free endpaper. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.
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Book number: 49464
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Keywords: Terence o'Brien out of the Blue Pilot Chindits Burma World War 2 Wingate Autobiography Australian 51182 Military

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