Chinnery, Philip,

GATE GUARDS.

Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, 1988, 1st UK, paperback original, unpaginated [144pp], coloured photo pictorial half title and double title, colour photos ills. throughout, large format (8.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, simultaneous issue with hardback edn., a pictorial record of the preservation of many mainly obsolete types of aircraft put to a new use as static gaurads to a number of mainly US air force bases but including examples from Britain, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, France, Canada, Denmark, Japan, Germany, Pakistan and others, , lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 35895

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: aviation air force raf usaaf

Clark, General Wesley K.,

WAGING MODERN WAR - Bosnia, Kosovo and the Future of Combat.

PublicAffairs / Perseus, Oxford, 2001, 1st edn., UK, xxxiv, 486pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, [i] Publisher's note, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the NATO forces intervention in Yugoslavia and especially in Bosnia and Kosovo as the citizens turned against each other in ethnic conflict, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40431

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: military war europe yugoslavia bosnia kosovo

Crane, Jonathan,

SUBMARINE.

BBC, London, 1984 1st edn., 208pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, decorated title, 24pp coloured photo ills., half tone ills. and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, written by the producer of the BBC TV series of the same name who spent a year negotiating with the Royal Navy, the author relates the events as the nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine Warspite takes part in a major NATO exercise and also investigates life for the crew of a Polaris submarine and provides a first hand account of the extraordinary pressure of a 'Perisher' submarine command course, faint impressed marks lower board, dustwerapper: price clipped, faint impressed marks lower panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44836

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: navy submarine

Critchley, Mike,

BRITISH WARSHIPS AND AUXILIARIES.

Maritime Books, Liskeard - Cornwall, ND (copyright 1992), paperback, 104pp inc. 8pp coloured photo ills., half tone photo title, half tone photo ills. throughout, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, faint vertical creasing at upper hinge, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

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Book number: 36956

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: navy warships auxiliaries submarines aircraft carriers destroyers frigates tugs fleet air arm tankers royal fleet auxiliary

Critchley, Mike (edited by),

FALKLANDS: TASK FORCE PORTFOLIO - Part 2.

Maritime Books, Liskeard, ND [1982], 1st edn., paperback, 120pp, 8pp coloured photo ills., half tone photo ills. throughout, map in text, large format (12 x 8 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial wrappers, a second volume covering the retaking of the Falklands Islands, covering the period following the amphibious landing at San Carlos, with many previously unpublished photographs mainly provided by members of the task force, with a narrative of the progress of the land forces and accounts of individual vessels involved: Endurance, Yarmouth, Plymouth, Fearless, Intrepid, Ardent, Arrow (brief), Ambuscade (brief), Active, Antelope, Avenger, Hermes, Penelope, Argonaut,. Invincible, Glamorgan, Broadsword, Brilliant, Leeds Castle, Glasgow, Coventry and mine countermeasures vessels, the Red Cross Fleet and the Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, the merchant fleet and the air war, with a list of participating forces, honours and awards, and casualties, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 40464

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: war falklands malvinas navy army marines san carlos endurance yarmouth plymouth fearless intrepid ardent arrow ambuscade active antelope avenger hermes penelope argonaut invincible glamorgan broadsword brilliant leeds castle glasgow coventry rfa merchant

Dewar, Michael,

DEFENCE OF THE NATION.

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1989, 1st edn., 144pp, half tone photo ills. maps and diagrams in text, blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a history of home defence of Britain and an examination of the constituent parts of home defence policy, covering the role of the armed forces, reservists, police and local government to warning and monitoring systems and the protection of key points, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39502

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: britain defence navy raf army police

Doran, Geordie with Morgan, Mike (foreword by Chris Ryan),

GEORDIE - SAS Fighting Hero.

Spellmount, Stroud, 2011, trade paperback, xx, 252pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, Geordie enlisted as a private soldier in 1946, that start of a career of active service in Germany, Cyprus, the Korean War and Suez, he became an expert in jungle warfare in Malaya and in Borneo, as well as on key special operations in the deserts of Oman and Yemen, and Colonel Gaddafi's Libya. After returning to England in the early 1970s, a serious road accident curtailed his soldiering career but he found a new role as a permanent staff instructor with 23 SAS (TA), leaving the SAS in 1972 but not settling into civilian life and he found himself back as a storeman in the SAS Quartermaster's stores, a job which lasted another 12 years during which time he equipped many famous SAS characters for their clandestine missions, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 41575

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: war army germany cyprus korea suez malaya borneo oman yemen libya infantry parachute regiment sas

Eddy, Paul; Linklater, Magnus and Gillman, Peter (The Sunday Times Insight Team),

THE FALKLANDS WAR.

Sphere Books, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [x inc. 2 double page maps], 274pp, 18pp half tone photo ills., maps, diagrams and line drawings in text, [ii] ads., pictorial wrappers, an account of the Falklands War from the diplomatic manoeuverings prior to the Argentinean invasion, the invasion itself, the raising of the task force, the political efforts to avoid an open conflict, the re-taking of the Islands and surrender of the occupying force, vertical crease in spine, a little rubbed at extrems. with diag. creasing upper cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41960

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: war falklands navy raf army argentina malvinas

Ethell, Jeff,

F-15 EAGLE.

Ian Allan, London, 1981, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and double title, line drawings, diagrams and numerous in text coloured and half tone photo ills., light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, No. 12 in the Modern Combat Aircraft series, lightly rubbed at tips, a few fox marks upper edge, dustwrapper: prive clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36022

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: aviation usaf air force

Ethell, Jeff,

F-15 EAGLE.

Ian Allan, London, 1984, reprint, 128pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and double title, line drawings, diagrams and numerous in text coloured and half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, No. 12 in the Modern Combat Aircraft series, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, sunned at spine, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36023

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: aviation usaf air force

Falconer, Duncan,

FIRST INTO ACTION - A Dramatic Personal Account of Life in the SBS.

Warner, London, 1999, paperback, xvi, 431pp, [i] ads., coloured lettered upper wrapper, an account of service with the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines equivalent of the SAS, on training exercises and operations, in Northern Ireland, the Falklands and the Gulf, slightly skewed, lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing to wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 38576

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: autobiography special boat service sbs sas northern ireland falklands gulf

Falconer, Duncan,

FIRST INTO ACTION - A Dramatic Personal Account of Life in the SBS.

Warner, London, 1999, paperback, xvi, 431pp, [i] ads., coloured lettered upper wrapper, an account of service with the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines equivalent of the SAS, on training exercises and operations, in Northern Ireland, the Falklands and the Gulf, lightly rubbed at tips, light vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, small ownership label inside upper wrapper, long ink inscr. half title, very good,

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Book number: 38750

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: autobiography special boat service sbs sas northern ireland falklands gulf

Falconer, Duncan,

FIRST INTO ACTION - A Dramatic Personal Account of Life in the SBS.

Warner, London, 2001, reprint, trade paperback, xvi, 431pp, [i] ads., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of service with the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines equivalent of the SAS, on training exercises and operations, in Northern Ireland, the Falklands and the Gulf, lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing to spine, small ownership label inside upper wrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 38751

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: autobiography special boat service sbs sas northern ireland falklands gulf

Follett, Ken,

ON WINGS OF EAGLES.

Corgi Books, London, 1986, 6th imp., paperback, 475pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., tv tie-in, decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), true account of a Green Beret rescue in Iran, faint vertical creasing to spine, light diag. creases to cnrs., lightly rubbed at tips and some faint marks, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41966

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: iran imprisonment escape

Fowler, William,

OPERATION BARRAS - The SAS Rescue Mission, Sierra Leone 2000.

Book Club Associates, London, 2004, club edn., [viii], 214pp, 16pp coloured photo ills., 6 in text maps, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the colonial background of Sierra Leone, the breakdown of government and civil war between militias, the intervention of United Nations in an effort to restore some stability and subsequent seizure of eleven British soldiers by the Militia gang 'West Side Boys' leading to the authorisation of a rescue mission by a British special force comprising D Squadron 22 SAS and A Company 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment, edges stanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, near fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41078

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: military army west africa sierra leone sas