Churchill, Randolph,

THE YOUNG CHURCHILL.

Sphere Books, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, abridged edn., paperback, 335pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., facsimiles and 8 maps in text, film tie-in, wraparound photo pictorial dustwrapper shows a scene from the Columbia Pictures production 'Young Winston' starring Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft and Simon Ward, the first volume of the biography of Winston S. Churchill, covering the first twenty-six years of his life, faint crease upper hinge, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink stamp inside lower wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 33804

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: biography army hussars india sudan omdurman journalist boer war pow politics politician

Coetzer, Owen,

THE ANGLO-BOER WAR - The Road to Infamy 1899-1900.

Arms and Armour, London, ND (copyright 1996), 1st UK, [viii], 294pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone ills. and maps in text, black cloth lettered in white at spine and upper board, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, first published in South Africa by William Waterman, a re-examination of the Natal Campaign of the Second Boer War, using many previously published sources but with much material drawn from the evidence and reports presented to the Royal Commission on the War in South Africa, which took place in London 1902/3, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40310

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military africa britain boer kitchener roberts colenso spioenkop vaalkrants pieters buller warren

Cooksley, Peter G.,

SKYSTRIKE - A History of the Evolution of the Military Aeroplane.

Robert Hale, London, 1980, 1st edn., 237pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 30 in text line drawings, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., upper edge sl. dusty and faintly foxed, short repaired tear lower margin one leaf (73/74) with several adjacent marks, dustwrapper: unpriced but with publishers price label lower panel, a little rubbed with sl. loss at tips, nick upper edge lower flap, good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35896

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military aeroplane fighter bomber jets

Cousins, Geoffrey (foreword by Colonel Sir Tufton Beamish MC, MP,

THE DEFENDERS - A History of the British Volunteer.

Frederick Muller, London, 1968, 1st edn., 224pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the British citizen-soldier from Anglo-Saxon times to the TAVR of the 1960's, edges tanned, ownership label front pastedown, dustwrapper: a little rubbed and marked at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35897

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military volunteer napoleon boer war ww1 ww2 territorial army

Cowan, Ross,

FOR THE GLORY OF ROME - A History of Warriors and Warfare.

Greenhill, London, 2007, 1st edn. UK, 287pp, 16pp coloured and half tone ills., [i] ads., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the men of the Roman legions, heroic yet utterly ruthless men who carved out the Roman Empire, who believed they were sired by a god of war and who exulted in single combat, yet many of whom also read philosophy and recited poetry, lightly bumped at lower tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39042

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history europe italy rome warriors soldiers war warfare

Cruickshank, Charles,

HENRY VIII AND THE INVASION OF FRANCE.

Alan Sutton, Stroud, 1990, 1st edn. UK, xii, 193pp, half tone ills. and line drawings in text, line drawings at endpapers, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), black cloth lettered and bordered in gilt at spine, wraparound coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an examination of the young King Henry VIII campaign into France in 1513, describing the logistics of moving a large army, their shelter (especially in comparison to that of the king), victualling and discipline, and the weapons and tactics employed, with many contemporary line and half-tone illustrations, faint bump upper cnr. upper board, edges tanned and foxed, dustwrapper: nick at upper cnr. front panel, repaired to reverse, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42304

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history henry viii england france calais therouanne battle spurs tournai

Davies, Barry,

THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SAS.

Virgin, London, 2001, paperback, [vi], 376pp, 16pp coloured and half tone photo ills., [i] note, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial wrappers, a comprehensive history and index of the British army's Special Air Service and of their sister units of Australia, New Zealand and Rhodesian personnel covering their members, operations, weaponry and equipment, from their origins in WW2 to the present day, faint vertical creasing to spine, lightly rubbbed at exxtrems., a few light creases to upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 42560

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history sas

Debo, Angie,

GERONIMO - The Man, His Time, His Place.

Pimlico, London, ND (circa 1996), 4th imp., paperback, xx, half tone photo ills. and 3 maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, with the historical background already established the author explores Geronimo's individual experiences, his motivations, personal life and character, far from the popular legend as a bloodthirsty savage but as a man full of energy and drive and fiercely independent, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to spine, very good,

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Book number: 40364

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: biography native american history indian geronimo apache goyahkla renegade sierra madre reservation turkey creek mount vernon fort sill naiche tupper loco

Dietz, Peter,

THE LAST OF THE REGIMENTS - Their Rise and Fall.

Brassey's (UK), London, 1990, 1st edn. UK, xiv, 271pp, large format (9 x 6" approx.), dark blue boards lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a study of British military tradition and of the regimental system in particular, together with an argument for modernisation to bring the army more into line with the society it now serves, light foxing to upper edge, dustwrapper: faintly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44812

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history army regiments

Drysdale, Helena,

STRANGERLAND - A Family at War.

Picador, London, 2006, 1st edn., [xx], 396pp, 7pp coloured and 9pp half tone photo ills., maps and 4pp pedigree in text, coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial montage dustwrapper, an extraordinary true story of one family during the colonial days of British rule in India in the first half of the 19th Century and subsequently in New Zealand, faintly bumped at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40588

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: biography gascoyne india new zealand

Eade, Charles (editor),

CHURCHILL - by his Contemporaries.

Reprint Society, London, 1953, xvi, 368pp, frontis port. and 12pp half tone photo ills., cream cloth with blue title panel at spine lettered in gilt, blue facsimile author sig. on upper board, top edge coloured, a collection of biographical accounts by his contemporaries at different stages of his life, from school, the services, the press, the arts, politics, foreign statesmen, etc, with 39 contributors including Compton Mackenzie, Paul Reynaud, Eisenhower, Bernard Shaw, Eleanor Roosevelt, Malcolm Muggeridge, etc., a little bumped at head and tail of upper joint, spine very sl. sunned, sharksfin error one leaf (p7/8), no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 42872

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 boer

Ellis, John,

THE SHARP END OF WAR - The Fighting Man in World War ll.

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, ND copyright 1980, 1st edn., 396pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, large format (9 x 6" approx.), dark green boards lettered in gilt at spine, a collection of first-hand accounts of the experiences of infantrymen from many allied countries and from manytheatres of WW2, bumped at upper tips, lightly tanned edges, dustwrapper: heavily sunned at spine, a little rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44813

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history army war ww2 infantry

Fishman, Jack (intro. by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt),

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE.

Pan Books, London, 1964, 1st in imprint, revised edn., paperback, 381pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, biography of Winston Churchill's wife Clementine, sl. roll and with light vertical creasing to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light diag. creasing at cnrs., edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 35289

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: biography churchill britain america war ww1 ww2

Fosten, Bryan,

WELLINGTON'S HEAVY CAVALRY.

Osprey, London, 1985, reprint, paperback, 40pp, 8pp coloured ills., half tone ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, No. 130 in the Men-at-Arms series, an account of the history, establishment, duties, equipment, mounts and tactics of , with contemporary illustrations, half tone photos of items of original uniform as well as coloured ills. of the officers and men of units of the period, lightly rubbed at tips, small label top cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 42307

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history wellington heavy cavalry uniforms royal dragoons horse life guards

Fosten, Bryan,

WELLINGTON'S INFANTRY (2).

Osprey, London, 1985, reprint, paperback, 40pp, 8pp coloured ills., half tone ills. and line drawings in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, No. 119 in the Men-at-Arms series, a description and brief history of a number of Light Infantry corps and regiments were formed in the British Army towards the end of the 19th century, based in part on the experience of skirmishing in the American War of Independence, including the Rifle Corps, Highland Regiments and other units, with written details of the distinctive jacket colours and facings, shako plates, musket patterns, and coloured ills. of officers and men of units of the period, a little rubbed top cnr. and lightly rubbed at exterms., small label top cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 42308

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: military history wellington uniforms monmouthshire light infantry durham oxfordshire glasgow bucks perthshire rifle corps experimental 95th 60th highland sutherland argyll perthshire gordon cameron west india