AGATE, JAMES E.

L. of C. (Lines of Communication); Being the Letters of a Temporary Officer in the Army Service Corps

London, Constable. 1917, 1st Edition. (Cloth) Very good. 288pp. Original buckram darkened at spine and bumped at lower, outer corners, remaining sound. A 3 X 2" piece of paper is tipped onto pastedown (eg, covering former owner's name?) Hinges, and internally, very good.

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Book number: 202937

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Military, British, World War I

AIKENS, GWLADYS, M. REES

Nurses in Battledress

Halifax, N.S. Nimbus Publishing Limited. (ISBN: 1-55109-313-8). 1998. (Mass market paperback) Very good. xv, 157pp. 8vo. The story of a Q.A. Reserve (Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Service / Reserve) nurse, who provided first care to wounded soldiers in World War II, through North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Edges lightly rubbed and there is an index number pencilled to the rear free endpaper; else is clean, solid, well-bound. B / W historical photographs, maps.

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Book number: 124962

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: World War II, Medical Care, Nursing, Reserves, World War II 1551093138

EIGHTH ARMY

Poems from Italy; Verses Written by Members of the Eighth Army in Sicily and Italy July 1943 - March 1944

London, George G. Harrap. 1945, 1st edition. (Cloth) Near fine in good dust jacket. 92pp. Dust jacket shows considerable wear with several large chips, remaining noble. Foreword by Lt-Gen. Sir Oliver Leese. Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon.

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Book number: 111111

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Military, Literature, Poetry, World War II

BRYANT, ARTHUR AND SHANKS, EDWARD

The Summer of Dunkirk; Epic of the Little Boats That Saved the World and the Great Miracle May-June, 1940

London. England, The "Daily Sketch" (Now "Daily Graphic"). 1949. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 31pp. 8vo. Ex-Lib. With stamp to Title page and first page. Starting at pages 8-9; else clean and bright. Red cloth with darker red panel bordered and lettered in white. These are articles reprinted from the "Daily Sketch", which became the "Daily Graphic", dated Thursday, June 3 and Friday, June 4, 1943. Spine sunned.

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Book number: 123454

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: World War II, Dunkirk, Military, World War II, WW 2

FORT BUFORD 6TH INFANTRY REGIMENT ASSOCIATION

Interments at Fort Buford 1866 to 1895

Williston, North Dakota, Fort Buford 6th Infantry Regiment Association. [no date], 2nd printing. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 36pp. 8vo. Illustrated card covers, stapled. Brief history of Fort Buford. Includes listings of the soldiers buried there as wellas summaries of their backgrounds and / or deaths. B / W historical photographs, ports. and map. Very small original price sticker to back cover, otherwise without flaw.

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Book number: 124731

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Military History, American History, Civil War - United States, Military, Military History, North Dakota

BARRATT, GLYNN

Russian Shadows on the British Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1890; A Study of Rejection of Defence Responsibilities

Vancouver, B.C. University of British Columbia Press. (ISBN: 0-7748-0165-4). 1983, 1st edition. (hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. xvii, 196pp. 8vo. DJ in loose mylar. Clean, tight, bright, near fine copy with B / W photographs.

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Book number: 124023

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Naval History, Canadian Military, Naval History, Navy, Russia 0774801654

BERCUSON, DAVID J.

The Patricias; A Century of Service

Fredericton, Nb; Edmonton, AB, Goose Lane Editions / Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 978-0-86492-675-3. (ISBN: 978-0-86492-675-3). 2013. (hardcover) As new in as new dust jacket. 144pp. 4to. 8vo. The story of the Patricias and their instrumental battles and storied efforts in every 20th century war and military conflict in which Canada has taken part. Jacket is unclipped. Published to coincide with the Regiment's 100th anniversary. Full number line. Fine, fine copy.

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Book number: 128402

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Canadian Military History, Canada - History, Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Army, Canadian History, Canadian Military, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 9780864926753

DIAMANT-BERGER, LUCIEN

Prisons Tragiques Prisons Comiques Prisons Grivoises

Paris, Raoul Solar. 1947, 1st Edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 308pp. Illus. ports. With plates. Original wraps show some chipping. Preface by Andre Gillois.

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Book number: 203513

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Military, French Language, French Resistance - WW II

BERTON, PIERRE

Vimy

Toronto, Mclelland and Stewart. (ISBN: 0-7710-1339-6). 1986, 2nd printing. (hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 336pp. Tall 8vo. Burnt-orange boards; lettering in gold to spine. Dust jacket appears to have some slight waviness, as if once dampened; no dampstaining or other blemishes of the sort. Jacket crisp in protective mylar; NOT price-clipped, showing $24.95. Volume with shelfwear. Else tight, bright, and clean.

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Book number: 124062

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Vimy Ridge, Canadian History, History, World War 1 0771013396

BLEASE, W. LYON

Suvorof

London, U.K. Constable and Company, Limited. 1920. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xxiii, 366pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt title stamped to spine. Fontispiece has tissue guard. Maps. Clean, bright, solid.

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Book number: 125495

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Military History, Military History, Russian History, Russian Military

BRADLEY, JOHN

The Illustrated History of the Third Reich

London, England, Bison Books. (ISBN: 0 86124 013 8). 1987. (hardcover) Fine in very good dust jacket. 256pp. 4to. The history of the Third Reich, told by acclaimed historian once incarcerated by the Nazi, then later, the Communist, authorities. An authoritative text on Nazi Germany, with maps as hundreds of photographs in both colour and black and white. Jacket lightly rubbed; else is fine. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine.

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Book number: 128398

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: The Third Reich, Adolph Hitler, Nazi Germany, Third Reich, W.W. II, World War II, WW II 0861240138

BRADY, JASPER EWING

Tales of the Telegraph; The Story of a Telegrapher's Life and Adventures in Railroad Commercial and Military Work

New York, Hurst & Co. 1900, reprint. (16mo cloth) Very good. 272pp. Blue cloth boards with paste down illus on cover. Title on spine is worn. Unusual brown staining to edges of back pages including the blank pages where the adverts were supposed to be?? Does not affect text. States illustrated on title page but contains a single facsimile. Odd but pretty little thing.

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Book number: 113192

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Military, Literature, Military, Railroads

BROADFOOT, BARRY

Years of Sorrow, Years of Shame; The Story of the Japanese Canadians in World War II

Toronto/Garden City, Doubleday Canada Limited/Doubleday & Company, Inc.. (ISBN: 0-385-12550-X). 1977, 1st edition. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. viii, 370pp. 8vo. The story of the endurance of the Japanese in a terrible episode of Canadian history, one that we must not forget so it will never happen again. Cover shows wear at the upper and lower edges; otherwise a very good copy, internally clean and bright. Black and white photographs.

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Book number: 128378

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: World War II, British Columbia - History, Canadian History, Pearl Harbor, Prisoners of War, World War II - Japanese Canadians 038512550X

BUICK, ALAN J.

The Little Coat; The Bob and Sue Elliott Story

Saskatchewan, Driver Works Ink 978-0-9810394-3-5. (ISBN: 978-0-9810394-3-5). 2009, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 176pp. 8vo. SIGNED by the author on the title page. B&W photos. Tight, bright, and clean.

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Book number: 116159

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: World War 2, Canadian Prairies, Second World War, WW2 9780981039435

CARTER, DAVID J.

Behind Canadian Barbed Wire, Alien, Refugee and Prisoner of War Camps in Canada 1914-1946

Calgary, AB, Tumbleweed Press Ltd. NONE. 1980. (hardcover) Very good. x, 334pp. 8vo. Carcoal grey cloth, Silver titles stamped to front and spine. Decoration stamped, in silver as well to top board. No dust jacket. In World War I and World War II, Canad operated prisoner of war (POW) camps; two of the largest of these were near Lethbridge and Medicine Hat in Alberta. This book offers the discovered efforts to escape, the murders, trials, and executions found by the author in his investigation of these internment camps. Black and white photographs. There is a gift inscription penned delicately to the front free endpaper, otherwise a fine copy.

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Book number: 129745

Catalogue: Military And War

Keywords: Military History, Canadian Military History, Internment Camps, Prisoners of War, World War I, World War II