,

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MUSEUM.

Air Force Museum Foundation, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, ND [circa 1987], paperback, 162pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, large landscape format (8.5 x 11 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, a catalogue of the exhibits at the US Air Force Museum at the Wright-Patterson AFB at Dayton, Ohio, from the 1909 Wright Military Flyer through all types of experimental and operational aircraft operated by the US air forces since, to the era of Lockheed YF-12A (part of the Blackbird development programme), the Fairchild A-10 and the McDonnel Douglas F-15 Eagle, the exhibits including examples from missile and rocket technology and the space programme, with half tone photographs, a description of the development and brief technical specifcations of each, a little rubbed at extrems., cnrs. slightly inclined to curl, very good,

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Book number: 41434

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history united states air force museum usaaf usaf dayton ohio

Arthur, Max,

LOST VOICES OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

Hodder, London, ND (circa 2008), reprint, trade paperback, [viii], 504pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper, eyewitness accounts of life in the Royal Air Force between 1918 and the early years of the 21st century, with brief cover of its roots in the RFC and RNAS, tanned at edges, near fine,

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Book number: 42732

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 raf bob gulf falklands

Arthur, Max,

THERE SHALL BE WINGS - The RAF: 1918 to the Present.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1993, 1st edn., [xviii], 412pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, a narrative history based on interviews with over 150 past and present serving members of RAF, from an RFC pilot of an SE5 who served on the Western Front to an RAF pilot flying food and medical supplied in to Sarajevo by Hercules, with many experiences of WW2 related including the AASF in France, the Battle of Britain, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, the fighter and bomber offensive and Coastal Command, the Far Esat and post-WW2 in Palestine, malaya, Korea, Aden, the Falklands and the Gulf War, small owenership label on half title, dustwrapper: luightly rubbed at tips with tiny repaired nick upper edge lower flap fold, near fine in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41151

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 france bob bomber coastal command aden malaya korea falklands gulf sarajevo

Attlee, Lord (foreword by),

CHURCHILL DIGEST (originally published in the Reader's Digest magazine as "Churchill Cavalcade").

Reader's Digest, London, ND (copyright 1965), paperback, 64pp, half tone photo ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial montage wrappers, a Reader's Digest publication assembled from the writings of numerous authors separately publsihed here for the first time, a mini-biography of the highlights of the life of Sir Winston Churchill, with half tone photo illustrations, a little rubbed at extrems., very good,

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Book number: 41110

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: biography war ww1 ww2 politics churchill

Bamfield, Veronica,

ON THE STRENGTH - The Story of the British Army Wife.

Charles Knight, London, ND (copyright 1974), 223pp, 16 in text half tone photo ills., brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of British 'army wives' through history, their snobberies and superstitions, traditions and taboos told through anecdote and personal reminiscence with extracts from letters, diaries and memoirs, many previously unpublished, edges tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36315

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: british army wife history military

Barthorp, Michael,

THE ZULU WAR - A Pictorial History.

Blandford Press, Poole, 1984, paperback, x, 181pp, half tone ills., maps, line drawings and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, the background causes and the course of the war, from its disastrous beginning to ther final overthrow of the most feared tribe in Africa, with numerous contemporary illustrations, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good,

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Book number: 40298

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history war britain zulu africa rorke's drift boers isandhlana ulundi

Baynes, John with Laffin, John,

SOLDIERS OF SCOTLAND.

Brassey's, London, 1988, 1st edn., xviii, 222pp, double sided coloured pictorial frontis, half tone photo pictorial vignete on title, 32pp half tone ills., in text map, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the Highland and Lowland Scot as a soldier, with accounts of major military events, dynastic feuds and numerous aspects of military life, with fine half tone photo illustrations, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: tiny repaired nick in upper edge, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40299

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history soldiers scotland army

de la Billière, General Sir Peter,

SUPREME COURAGE - Heroic Stories From 150 Years Of The Victoria Cross.

Little Brown, London, 2004, 1st edn., [viii], 387pp, 2pp coloured and 14pp half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of some of the winners of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the British armed forces, of the action that led to the award as well as the cost sometimes paid afterwards by those unable to handle the renown, slightly cocked, faintly bumped at extrems., edges tanned, small rectangular stain front pastedown, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38471

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history victoria cross valour war crimea ww1 ww2

de la Billière, General Sir Peter,

SUPREME COURAGE - Heroic Stories From 150 Years Of The Victoria Cross.

Little Brown, London, 2004, reprint, [viii], 387pp, 2pp coloured and 14pp half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of some of the winners of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the British armed forces, of the action that led to the award as well as the cost sometimes paid afterwards by those unable to handle the renown, lightly bumped at upper tip upper board, dustwrapper: faint creasing upper edge, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40311

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history victoria cross valour war crimea ww1 ww2

Black, Jeremy (ed.),

THE SEVENTY GREAT BATTLES OF ALL TIME.

Thames and Hudson, London, 2005, 1st edn., 304pp, half tone photo pictorial half title, coloured pictorial double title, maps, coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured endpapers, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine publisher's device blind stamped upper board, decorative head and tailbands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a pictorial account of seventy great battles from marathon in 490BC to the Iraq War in 2003, a large and heavy copiously illustrated volume, lighly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41120

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history

Blake, R. L. V. ffrench,

THE CRIMEAN WAR.

Sphere, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, x, 182pp, 16pp half tone ills., maps/diagrams and line drawings in text, large format (7.5 x 5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a single concise volume providing a straight forward and objective account of the war, covering the peripheral theatres as well as the Crimean itself, giving all the fundamental facts, lightly rubbed at tips, pages tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 40360

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: war crimea army alma balaclava inkerman sevastopol chernaya russia france turkey varna black sea danube baltic kars caucasus

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

A CIVIL WAR TREASURY of Tales, Legends and Folklore.

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 story history of the war of both fact and fantasy, from a wide variety of contemporary sources including letters, diaries, newspapers, regimental histories, etc., a little shaken, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned and grubby, one leaf detached (but present), dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at extrems., grubby, a reading copy in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40429

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history america civil war

Bowyer, Michael J. F.,

ACTION STATIONS REVISITED - The complete history of Britain's military airfields: No. 1 Eastern England.

Crécy, Manchester, 2000, 1st edn., 399pp, half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, an update to the author's original publication 'Action Stations 1 - East Anglia' of 1979 which was a comprehensive account of the numerous airfields of East Anglia, covering pre-WW2 development and wartime expansion, with an alphabetical gazetteer of over 100 airfields used by RAF and USAAF covering their location, dates operational, squadrons and aircraft types using the airfield with brief details of operations, now updates with an extra 20 airfields and including Cold war actiivities, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41468

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history airfields eastern england suffolk essex cambridgeshire norfolk lincolnshire

Bradford, Ernle,

DRAKE.

Readers Union, London, 1967, club edn., 251pp, 4pp half tone ills., 6 maps in text, turquoise cloth lettered and lined in dark green at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, a biography of Sir Francis Drake, lightly bumped at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: clipped, a little rubbed at extrems., two short closed edge tears, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 30782

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: biography maritime explorer elizabethan armada british history

Broad, Lewis,

WINSTON CHURCHILL.

Hutchinson, London, ND, xvi, 364pp, half tone frontis portrait, 24pp ads., dark blue cloth lettered in white at spine, a biography of Winston S. Churchill set out chroniologically, from his youth to the date of publication in the middles of WW2, by a biographer who admits to having set out to record what he perceived to be the life of an astute politician guilty of many errors, a volatile demagogue whom he hoped to show for what he was, only for the facts to triumph over prejudice when on investigation he found that the facts had compelled him to become an admirer of this patriotic statesman, a man of numerous interests and boundless energy, an eloquent speaker and erudite historian and biographer; incorporating some passages from his earlier work: 'Winston Churchill: Man of War', cocked, rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, ink name front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims., no dustwrapper, good reading copy,

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Book number: 41152

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: biography war ww1 ww2 politics churchill