HAMILTON, NIGEL

Monty : The Man Behind the Legend

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, Lennard Publishing. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852910062) Hard Cover, 10.5 x 8 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not torn with light creasing to upper and lower edges. 140pp. This is the definitive one-volume illustrated biography of the greatest British battlefield hero since Nelson written by the author of the award-winning three volume authorised life of Montgomery. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 002994

Catalogue: Biography - Military

Keywords: Great Britain, Army Marshals World War 2, Alamein, Biography, 1852910062

LAUZUN, DUC DE (ARMAND LOUIS DE GONTAUT BIRON)

Memoirs of the Duc De Lauzin

London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1928, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 6 inches. Label removal marks to top of front board and to front end papers. No other added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. Very clean very tight pages with dusty boards, water spotting marks to rear, dusty page edges and minor bumping to upper corners. 253pp. A biography of an 18th century French soldier and politician. Good (-)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 025442

Catalogue: Biography - Military

Keywords: History, Biography, French Soldier, 18th Century

MOON, CHRIS

One Step Beyond

London, Macmillan. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333740513) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper and lower edges and to spine. 388pp. Autobiography of ex-army soldier Chris Moon who then signed up for mine-clearance work. He was captured by the Khmer Rouge and almost died and then worked on mine-clearance in Mozambique where he was blown up. losing an arm and a leg. Less than a year after leaving hospital he completed the London Marathon. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 023416

Catalogue: Biography - Military

Keywords: Mine Clearance, Adventure, Biography 0333740513

SANDISON, DAVID

Che Guevara

London, Bounty Books. 2005. (ISBN: 0753709007) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with very light creasing to upper edge. 160pp. Traces the life of Che Guevara - student, rebel, revolutionary, diplomat, guerrilla, legend and icon of Cuba with a wealth of rare pictures. As New/Near Fine.

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Book number: 002265

Catalogue: Biography - Military

Keywords: Student, Rebel, Revolutionary, Diplomat, Guerrilla, Legend, Biography, Cuba 0753709007

SIXSMITH, E.K.G.

Douglas Haig

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297771493) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 212pp. Biography of Field-Marshall Haig, the Commander-in-Chief in the First World War of the largest army ever put into the field by Britain and to command it in circumstances more difficult than any that have existed before or since. But Haig had many critics and the author, quoting extensively from Haig's correspondence, achieves a fair and balanced view of the abilities of this great military commander and a deep appreciation of his talents. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 003731

Catalogue: Biography - Military

Keywords: Great Britain, History, World War 1, First World War, Boer War, 0297771493