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	KENNETH ALLEN Sailors in Battle London, Odhams Books Limited. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: Martha Hart. Odhams Books Limited, London, 1966. First edition. Hardcover with illustrated DW in transparent protective jacket. Ex-library with usual markings, some edgewear to protective cover. Several library stamps, but internal text is unobscured, clean and bright. Nice, tight binding; good condition. This companion book to 'Soldiers in Battle' tells 12 stories of courage and adventure that span more than 24 centuries of war at sea: 480 BC Salamis; 31 BC Actium; 1340 AD Sluys; 1490 AD Firth of Forth; 1571 AD Lepanto; 1653 AD Portland; 1759 Quiberon Bay; 1798 AD The Nile; 1816 AD Algiers; 1905 AD Tsushima; 1914 AD Cocos Island; and 1941 AD Matapan. A section describing the types of ships used is also included. Ilustrations throughout by Martha Hart. 22 x 14 cm. 160 pp. Good/Very Good. GBP 4.40 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.28 \| JP¥ 626] Book number: 001187 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	KEEGAN, SUSANNE World War I United Kingdom, Hamlyn. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0600394808) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Hamlyn, 1980. ISBN: 0600394808. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated DW. Fair. Ex-library book with protective cover to jacket; usual stamps and markings, sticker to spine, stamp to FEP, sellotape attaching jacket to boards. Although well-read, this is a sturdy book with much life left. Internally unmarked. Introduction by John Keegan. Contents include: Europe Blunders to War; The Clash of Arms; The Widening War; Verdun and the Somme; War on the Seas; War in the Air; The Russian Collapse; 1917: The Breaking of the Armies; The Yanks Are Coming; and Illusion of Victory. Appendix of Casualty Figures. Colour and b/w images throughout. Postage will be Â£5 due to weight. 255 pp. Fair/Fair. GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.19 \| JP¥ 1565] Book number: 001598 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	ANTHONY KEMP The D-Day Landings: The 100 Day Battle for Normandy Rennes, Editions ouest-France. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 2737321050) Soft Cover . Editions Ouest-France, Rennes, 1996. ISBN: 2737321050. First edition. Softcover. Good condition; very small hole at top or rear cover. Internally clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated pages. This book describes the planning, postponement and invasion of Normandy during the summer of 1944. Text in English. Maps, photographs and illustrations throughout. 23 x 16.5 cm. 32 pp. Good. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 001701 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	FUNCKEN, LILIANE; FUNCKEN, FRED Arms and Uniforms: The Napoleonic Wars, Part 1 (The French, British, Prussian and Spanish Armies London, Ward Lock Limited. 1977. (ISBN: 0706314069) Hard Cover . Ill.: Liliane and Fred Funcken. Ward Lock Limited, London, 1977. ISBN: 0706314069. Hard cover. Glossy pictorial boards. Very good condition. Small (1 cm) tear to top of one page, o/w internally clean, bright and unmarked. Colour illustrated endpapers. Descriptions and full page colour illustrations throughout by the authors. Features the following: 1. The French Army: Drum-Majors and Musicians; The Infantry; The Calvary - Cuirassiers, Carabiniers, Dragoons, The Chasseurs a Cheval, The Chevau-legers Lanciers; The Gendarmerie; The Hussars; The Artillery; The Medical Services; The Engineers and Bridgers; The Military Schools; Eagles and Standards; and Mounted Bands; 2. The British Army: General Officers and The Infantry; The Cavalry; The Engineers and Volunteers; The Artillery; and The King's German Legion; 3. The Prussian Army: and 4. The Spanish Army. Pictorial glossary of terms included, along with a comprehensive index. 25 x 20.5 cm. 156 pp. Librarius is a small UK based business and we pride ourselves on our customer service. Orders will be securely wrapped and usually dispatched same or next day. Full refunds will be given if you are unhappy with your purchase and return it within 10 days. Photographs of all of our books are available on request; please feel free to email with any enquiries. Very Good. GBP 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.75 US$ 43 \| JP¥ 3699] Book number: 002097 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	MAJOR FREDERICK MYATT An Illustrated Guide to Rifles and Sub-Machine Guns Salamander Books. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0861010779) Hard Cover . Salamander Books, 1981. ISBN: 0861010779. Hardcover. Glossy pictorial boards. Good condition; price-clipped. Internally unmarked. Illustrated endpapers. This is a magnificently illustrated compact directory of the most significant rifles and sub-machine guns used in twentieth-century warfare. Includes over 35,000 words of expert text; every weapon is illustrated and each has individual data tables. 22 x 12 cm. 160 pp. Good. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 001585 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	PATRICK PRINGLE Fighting Marines London, Evans Brothers Limited. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover . Evans Brothers Limited, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Cream boards with gilt title to spine Very good condition. No jacket. Previous owner inscription to FEP, o/w internally unmarked. History of the Royal Marines including coverage of the following: The Siege of Gibraltar; The Zebrugge Raid; Before Dunkirk; D-Day; The Walcheren Raid; Jungle Warfare; and Malaya and Korea. Several phooplates with illustrations, maps and photographs. One of the Evans 'Fighting' series. 21.5 x 14 cm. 192 pp. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 \| JP¥ 498] Book number: 001542 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	NIGEL WEST The Blue List London, Secker & Warburg. 1989. (ISBN: 0436566028) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Secker & Warburg, London, 1989. ISBN: 0436566028. Navy hardcover. Gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition. Minor edgewear to DJ, but also excellent condition. Dedication to FEP, o/w nternally clean, bright and unmarked. A first novel from a well-known military historian who specializes in security matters. This book is set in the world of espionage and centres around a World War II German fighter which is discovered in the mud of the Solent with the body of a passenger on board. 24 x 16 cm. 179 pp. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 1.90 [Appr.: EURO 2.25 US$ 3.14 \| JP¥ 270] Book number: 000405 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	ERIC WILLIAMS The Tunnel London, Collins. 1951. Hard Cover . Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards. Good condition; good, tight binding, spoine sunned. Previous owner inscription to FEP, o/w internally bright and clean. Based on his own experiences as an RAF prisoner of war during World War II, this is the second of Eric Williams' books about his escape from the Oflag XXIB. Following on from the first book, 'The Wooden Horse', Williams goes by the pseudonym 'Peter Howard', while his fellow escapees, Michael Codner and Oliver Philpot are 'John Clinton' and 'Philip Rowe' respectively. 20 x 14 cm. 255 pp. Good. GBP 2.40 [Appr.: EURO 2.75 US$ 3.97 \| JP¥ 341] Book number: 001916 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	MARTIN WINDROW The Panzer Divisions (Osprey Men-At-Arms Series) Osprey Publishing Limited. 1977. (ISBN: 0850451418) Soft Cover . Ill.: Michael Roffe. Osprey Publishing Limited, 1977. Pictorial softcover. Good condition; minor wear to covers, small ink stains to fore-edge of text block. B/w photographs throughout, with several full-colour plates by Michael Roffe. Part of the Osprey Men-At-Arms series. This book is one of the World War II sections which includes The Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Airborne and Field Units, The Panzer Divisions, The Japanese Army of World War II, The Soviet Army, Rommel's Desert Army, Montgomery's Desert Army and The U.S. Army 1942-45. 25 x 18.5 cm. 40 pp. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 3.80 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 US$ 6.29 \| JP¥ 541] Book number: 001155 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	EDITED BY ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT As You Were: A Portable Library of American Prose and Poetry Assembled for Members of the Armed Forces and the Merchant Marine New York, The Viking Press. 1945. Hard Cover with dust jacket. The Viking Press, New York, 1945. Blue hardcover with dark blue decorative title to spine. Eagle stamp to front board. Excellent condition. Illustrated DW; also excellent condition. All edges blue. Nice tight binding. Internally clean, bright and unmarked. A beautiful copy of Alexander Woollcott's book of entertaining reading for the troops. 'As You Were' is built like a jeep - it is compact, efficient and versatile. Its purpose is recreation - in every sense of the word. It offers humour in abundance, as well as melodrama, suspense and romance. Incudes work by Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, Longfellow, Walt Whitman, e. e. cummings, Carl Sandburg, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Abraham Lincoln. 17 x 11 cm. 657 pp. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 \| JP¥ 1209] Book number: 000681 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.

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	KENNETH ALLEN Sailors in Battle London, Odhams Books Limited. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: Martha Hart. Odhams Books Limited, London, 1966. First edition. Hardcover with illustrated DW in transparent protective jacket. Ex-library with usual markings, some edgewear to protective cover. Several library stamps, but internal text is unobscured, clean and bright. Nice, tight binding; good condition. This companion book to 'Soldiers in Battle' tells 12 stories of courage and adventure that span more than 24 centuries of war at sea: 480 BC Salamis; 31 BC Actium; 1340 AD Sluys; 1490 AD Firth of Forth; 1571 AD Lepanto; 1653 AD Portland; 1759 Quiberon Bay; 1798 AD The Nile; 1816 AD Algiers; 1905 AD Tsushima; 1914 AD Cocos Island; and 1941 AD Matapan. A section describing the types of ships used is also included. Ilustrations throughout by Martha Hart. 22 x 14 cm. 160 pp. Good/Very Good. GBP 4.40 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.28 \| JP¥ 626] Book number: 001187 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	KEEGAN, SUSANNE World War I United Kingdom, Hamlyn. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0600394808) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Hamlyn, 1980. ISBN: 0600394808. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated DW. Fair. Ex-library book with protective cover to jacket; usual stamps and markings, sticker to spine, stamp to FEP, sellotape attaching jacket to boards. Although well-read, this is a sturdy book with much life left. Internally unmarked. Introduction by John Keegan. Contents include: Europe Blunders to War; The Clash of Arms; The Widening War; Verdun and the Somme; War on the Seas; War in the Air; The Russian Collapse; 1917: The Breaking of the Armies; The Yanks Are Coming; and Illusion of Victory. Appendix of Casualty Figures. Colour and b/w images throughout. Postage will be Â£5 due to weight. 255 pp. Fair/Fair. GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.19 \| JP¥ 1565] Book number: 001598 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	ANTHONY KEMP The D-Day Landings: The 100 Day Battle for Normandy Rennes, Editions ouest-France. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 2737321050) Soft Cover . Editions Ouest-France, Rennes, 1996. ISBN: 2737321050. First edition. Softcover. Good condition; very small hole at top or rear cover. Internally clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated pages. This book describes the planning, postponement and invasion of Normandy during the summer of 1944. Text in English. Maps, photographs and illustrations throughout. 23 x 16.5 cm. 32 pp. Good. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 001701 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	FUNCKEN, LILIANE; FUNCKEN, FRED Arms and Uniforms: The Napoleonic Wars, Part 1 (The French, British, Prussian and Spanish Armies London, Ward Lock Limited. 1977. (ISBN: 0706314069) Hard Cover . Ill.: Liliane and Fred Funcken. Ward Lock Limited, London, 1977. ISBN: 0706314069. Hard cover. Glossy pictorial boards. Very good condition. Small (1 cm) tear to top of one page, o/w internally clean, bright and unmarked. Colour illustrated endpapers. Descriptions and full page colour illustrations throughout by the authors. Features the following: 1. The French Army: Drum-Majors and Musicians; The Infantry; The Calvary - Cuirassiers, Carabiniers, Dragoons, The Chasseurs a Cheval, The Chevau-legers Lanciers; The Gendarmerie; The Hussars; The Artillery; The Medical Services; The Engineers and Bridgers; The Military Schools; Eagles and Standards; and Mounted Bands; 2. The British Army: General Officers and The Infantry; The Cavalry; The Engineers and Volunteers; The Artillery; and The King's German Legion; 3. The Prussian Army: and 4. The Spanish Army. Pictorial glossary of terms included, along with a comprehensive index. 25 x 20.5 cm. 156 pp. Librarius is a small UK based business and we pride ourselves on our customer service. Orders will be securely wrapped and usually dispatched same or next day. Full refunds will be given if you are unhappy with your purchase and return it within 10 days. Photographs of all of our books are available on request; please feel free to email with any enquiries. Very Good. GBP 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.75 US$ 43 \| JP¥ 3699] Book number: 002097 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	MAJOR FREDERICK MYATT An Illustrated Guide to Rifles and Sub-Machine Guns Salamander Books. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0861010779) Hard Cover . Salamander Books, 1981. ISBN: 0861010779. Hardcover. Glossy pictorial boards. Good condition; price-clipped. Internally unmarked. Illustrated endpapers. This is a magnificently illustrated compact directory of the most significant rifles and sub-machine guns used in twentieth-century warfare. Includes over 35,000 words of expert text; every weapon is illustrated and each has individual data tables. 22 x 12 cm. 160 pp. Good. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 001585 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	PATRICK PRINGLE Fighting Marines London, Evans Brothers Limited. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover . Evans Brothers Limited, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Cream boards with gilt title to spine Very good condition. No jacket. Previous owner inscription to FEP, o/w internally unmarked. History of the Royal Marines including coverage of the following: The Siege of Gibraltar; The Zebrugge Raid; Before Dunkirk; D-Day; The Walcheren Raid; Jungle Warfare; and Malaya and Korea. Several phooplates with illustrations, maps and photographs. One of the Evans 'Fighting' series. 21.5 x 14 cm. 192 pp. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 \| JP¥ 498] Book number: 001542 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	NIGEL WEST The Blue List London, Secker & Warburg. 1989. (ISBN: 0436566028) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Secker & Warburg, London, 1989. ISBN: 0436566028. Navy hardcover. Gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition. Minor edgewear to DJ, but also excellent condition. Dedication to FEP, o/w nternally clean, bright and unmarked. A first novel from a well-known military historian who specializes in security matters. This book is set in the world of espionage and centres around a World War II German fighter which is discovered in the mud of the Solent with the body of a passenger on board. 24 x 16 cm. 179 pp. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 1.90 [Appr.: EURO 2.25 US$ 3.14 \| JP¥ 270] Book number: 000405 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	ERIC WILLIAMS The Tunnel London, Collins. 1951. Hard Cover . Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards. Good condition; good, tight binding, spoine sunned. Previous owner inscription to FEP, o/w internally bright and clean. Based on his own experiences as an RAF prisoner of war during World War II, this is the second of Eric Williams' books about his escape from the Oflag XXIB. Following on from the first book, 'The Wooden Horse', Williams goes by the pseudonym 'Peter Howard', while his fellow escapees, Michael Codner and Oliver Philpot are 'John Clinton' and 'Philip Rowe' respectively. 20 x 14 cm. 255 pp. Good. GBP 2.40 [Appr.: EURO 2.75 US$ 3.97 \| JP¥ 341] Book number: 001916 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	MARTIN WINDROW The Panzer Divisions (Osprey Men-At-Arms Series) Osprey Publishing Limited. 1977. (ISBN: 0850451418) Soft Cover . Ill.: Michael Roffe. Osprey Publishing Limited, 1977. Pictorial softcover. Good condition; minor wear to covers, small ink stains to fore-edge of text block. B/w photographs throughout, with several full-colour plates by Michael Roffe. Part of the Osprey Men-At-Arms series. This book is one of the World War II sections which includes The Waffen SS, Luftwaffe Airborne and Field Units, The Panzer Divisions, The Japanese Army of World War II, The Soviet Army, Rommel's Desert Army, Montgomery's Desert Army and The U.S. Army 1942-45. 25 x 18.5 cm. 40 pp. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 3.80 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 US$ 6.29 \| JP¥ 541] Book number: 001155 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.
	EDITED BY ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT As You Were: A Portable Library of American Prose and Poetry Assembled for Members of the Armed Forces and the Merchant Marine New York, The Viking Press. 1945. Hard Cover with dust jacket. The Viking Press, New York, 1945. Blue hardcover with dark blue decorative title to spine. Eagle stamp to front board. Excellent condition. Illustrated DW; also excellent condition. All edges blue. Nice tight binding. Internally clean, bright and unmarked. A beautiful copy of Alexander Woollcott's book of entertaining reading for the troops. 'As You Were' is built like a jeep - it is compact, efficient and versatile. Its purpose is recreation - in every sense of the word. It offers humour in abundance, as well as melodrama, suspense and romance. Incudes work by Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, Longfellow, Walt Whitman, e. e. cummings, Carl Sandburg, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Abraham Lincoln. 17 x 11 cm. 657 pp. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 \| JP¥ 1209] Book number: 000681 Click here to order or inquire at Librarius.