Abraham, Tom,

THE CAGE.

Bantam, London, 2002, 1st edn., [xiv], 299pp, 16pp coloured and half tone photo ills., in text map, facsimiles at endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, the experiences of one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam where he took part in some of the most carnage-filled battles as an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division, winning a number of medals including the Silver Star, he was captured by the Viet Cong during the Tet offensive and endured relentless interrogations and torture before escaping into the jungle and making his was back to American lines, lightly rubbed at tips, slightly cocked, edges tanned, small ownership label front pastedown, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38774

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: war army cavalry division vietnam pow

Allan, Chris,

DOGFIGHT - Jet Fighters In Combat.

Osprey, London, 1989, 1st edn., paperback, 128pp, coloured photo pictorial double title, colour photos ills. throughout, large format (9 x 8 inches approx.), laminated photo pictorial wrappers, a little bumped at upper cnr., lightly rubbed at tips, previous ownership label half title, very good,

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Book number: 35880

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: raf navy usaf jet tornado harrier falcon

Allan, Chris,

FAST JETS - A Pilot's Eye View.

Osprey, London, 1986, reprint, paperback, 120pp, coloured photo pictorial double title, colour photos ills. throughout, large format (9 x 8 inches approx.), laminated photo pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at tips, light vertical creasing upper wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 35881

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: raf navy jet hawk lightning buccaneer harrier tornado

Allan, Chris,

FAST JETS 2.

Osprey, London, 1987, 1st edn., paperback, 128pp, coloured photo pictorial double title, colour photos ills. throughout, large format (9 x 8 inches approx.), laminated photo pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 35883

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: raf navy jet lightning hawk blackbird viggen hornet tornado

Anderson, Ellery,

BANNER OVER PUSAN.

Evans Brothers, London, 1960, 1st edn., 206pp, [ii] blank, frontis and 12pp other half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, dark green cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured decorative dustwrapper, in WW2 the author was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment where he remained throughout the war although for part of the time he was seconded to Special Operations and parachuted behind enemy lines. This account covers his experiences in Korea where, still with the Parachute Regiment he engages in almost a 'one man war' with Staff HQ and under an American commander trains and leads guerilla bands of British, American and Korean paratroops in sabotage operations behind enemy lines, edges tanned and a little foxed, dustwrapper: price clipped, ru=bbed with slight loss at tips, small area of surface loss at spine, light foxing to reverse, near fine in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44703

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: war korea parachute regiments irregular clandestine sabotage

Asher, Michael,

THE REAL BRAVO TWO ZERO - The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero.

Cassell, London, 2002, 1st edn., 233pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, written by an ex-member of 2 Para and the SAS, a fluent Arabic speaker who investigates what really happened to Bravo Two Zero, the SAS operation which became the subject of two earlier books by other authors, and reveals a very different story of great bravery, dedication, grit and resilience by every man in the patrol, in the finest traditions of 22nd SAS Regiment, none more so than Sgt. Vince Phillips whose body lies in an unmarked grave in the desert, small ownership stamp front pastedown, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38775

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: war gulf sas 22 sas iraq gulf vince phillips

Barker, A. J.,

FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE - The Battle of the Hook Korea 1953.

Leo Cooper, London, 1974, 1st edn., xviii, 170pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., in text diagrams, dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Richard Scollins, an account of the biggest battle of the Korean War, the third Battle of the Hook, a classic set-piece example of a battalion in defence which took place in May, 1953, and in terms of steel was the most concentrated confrontation of artillery support and engineering effort since WW1, in which the Black Watch and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment defeated a Chinese army, faintly bumped at upper tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: a little sunned at spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35525

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: war korea army infantry

Beckwith, Col. Charlie A. and Know, Donald,

DELTA FORCE.

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1984, 1st edn., x inc. street plan, 310pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of America's elite counter-terrorist unit, on its personnel, their selectiom, training and tactics, and of the career of Colonel Charlie A. Beckwth, his combat record and experience with the British SAS Regiment and the Green Berets which inspired him to bring Delta Force into being, together with accounts of some of their missions, those to Plei Me in October 1965 and the US Embassy in Iran in April 1980, slightly shaken, edges tanned with some light foxing upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40428

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: military counter-terrorist sas green berets special forces plei me vietnam iran

Bishop, Edward (forword by Sir Arthur Bryant),

THE DEBT WE OWE - The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 1919-1969.

Longmans, London, 1969, 1st edn., xii, 162pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., light blue cloth lettered and ruled in silver at spine, dustwrapper by Brian Paine, a history of the fund and an account of its work, with appendices of principal officers, members, educational opportunities, branches and agencies, etc., lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, front flap creased, repaired tear lower edge lower panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35884

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: raf bob trenchard benevolent fund

Bishop, Edward (forword by Sir Arthur Bryant),

THE DEBT WE OWE - The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 1919-1969.

Longmans, London, 1969, 1st edn., xii, 162pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., light blue cloth lettered and ruled in silver at spine, dustwrapper by Brian Paine, a history of the fund and an account of its work, with appendices of principal officers, members, educational opportunities, branches and agencies, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, sello repair to short tear lower panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39489

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: raf bob trenchard benevolent fund

Black, Ian,

TORNADO.

Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, 1990, 1st UK, paperback, unpaginated [144pp], coloured photo pictorial half title and double title, colour photos ills. throughout, large format (8.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), laminated photo pictorial wrappers, simultaneous issue with hardback edn., lightly rubbed at tips, faint diag. creasing at cnrs., very good,

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Book number: 35888

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: raf air force tornado

Maritime Books (pub),

SUBMARINES OF THE ROYAL NAVY.

Maritime Books, Liskeard, ND (c1983), large format paperback, 64pp, numerous half tone photo ills., about 8 x 6 inches, photo pictorial wrappers, a description of the current submarines in commision with the Royal Navy, both Fleet (including Polaris) and Patrol, with some details of weapons, history, etc, a little rubbed at extrems., very good,

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Book number: 41802

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: submarines royal navy polaris

Brown, Neville,

THE FUTURE OF AIR POWER.

Croom Helm, Beckenham, ND (copyright 1986), 1st edn. UK, [xviii], 309pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, by the Professor of International Security Affairs at Birmingham University, a examination of the future of air power in modern warfare, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, light foxing to upper and fore-edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35893

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: aviation air power warfare electronics

Burwin, Lt Cdr Harvey (ed.),

BROADSHEET 2007 - A Year in Focus.

Defence Publis Relations (Navy), London, ND [2008], paperback, 75pp [i] blank, maps and coloured photo ills. throughout, folding coloured photo pictorial montage / silhouette chart, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper , 11.5 x 8" approx., a snapshot of the Royal Navy in 2007, with a diary of events, details of current and future peacemaking and keeping operations, the strengths of the service in its people, the capability and support the service can offer and their industrial partners, with loosely inserted a sealed DVD (probably Region 2) of an interview with the First Sea Lord, fine,

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Book number: 40542

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: navy strategy operations capability

Chant, Christopher (series ed.),

F - 4 PHANTOM II.

Haynes, Yeovil, 1983, 1st edn., 56pp, half tone photo pictorial title, diagram, coloured and half tone photo ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, large format (10.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured laminated pictorial boards, a Foulis aircraft book in the Super Profile series, an illustrated account of the design and development of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, with specifications, details of variants and accounts of Phantoms in service, lightly rubbed at extrems., no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 42291

Catalogue: Military and Naval post WW2

Keywords: aircraft us navy plane phantom