BEGG R. CAMPBELL

Surgery on Trestles

Norwich, Jarrold and Sons. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped dust jacket otherwise tidy book and wrapper, British force marooned in Mesopotamia between Turks and hostile Arabs during th Great War, the author was attached with the medical unit, xi 259pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005491

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military History First World War Great War World War One Mesopotamia No. 20 B.F. A. British Army in Middle East

OLSSON CARL

From Hell to Breakfast

London, Digit. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) age wear, price label to cover, 157pp first paperback thus, varied Operations in WWII, St Nazaire, Thousand Bomber Raids etc. Digit D259. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005507

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Commando Raids Military History Allied Digit D259

MALTHUS CECIL

ANZAC a retrospect

Christchurch, Whitcombe & Tombs. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW rubbed and slightly faded, fep clipped to top corner, first edition cloth, 159pp an account of the First World War Gallipoli campaign by a member of the 1st Canterbury Battalion who was there through most of it. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009321

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Australian Military Anzac European War Personal Narrative First World One I 1 Anzacs New Zealand Cove Gallipoli Cape Helles

HAMPSHIRE A CECIL

The Phantom Fleet

London, William Kimber. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. first edition in unclipped dust jacket which has some handling soiling and minor foxing, top half of free end paper has been removed, shows minor ageing, tells how the Royal Navy deceived Axis forces with dummy battleships and other craft fashioned from wood and canvas etc. 208pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011077

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War, Royal Navy, British Navy, Rn, Camoflague, Deception, Special Weapons

FOLEY CHARLES

Commando Extraordinary

London, Longmans. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. second impression, lacks free end paper, top edge dusted red, slightly tired copy, DW unclipped, heavily sunned spine, light edge wear, Otto Skorzeny the elite SS commando who rescued Mussolini from an 'impenetrable' mountain prison and kidnapped the Hungarian leader Horthy from within his own fortress of Budapest Castle! Skorzeny had a brilliant mind for commando actions and this book looks at both the German and British Commando groups during the war as well as Skorzeny's post war activities. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012905

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military World War Two Second World War Otto Skorzeny Nazi Elite Troop Commando Sas S a S

HIBBERT CHRISTOPHER

The Destruction of Lord Raglan, a Tragedy of the Crimean War

London, Longmans. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Val Biro. second impression in VG unclipped Biro dust jacket, light handling soiling to dust jacket rear panel, xxi 338pp + plates focuses on Raglan but not exclusively. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005728

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Crimea Crimean War Raglan Light Brigade Balaclava British Military History Val Biro

HOY HUGH CLELAND

40 O. B. Or How the War Was Won

London, Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson. 1935, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) cloth, minimal signs of age, clean copy, 256pp + 4pp adverts, British Intelligence during the Great War. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007328

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Militray History First World War Great War World War One Naval Intelligence British Submarine Warfare Zeppelin Raids Kaiser

HOY HUGH CLELAND

40 O. B. Or How the War Was Won

London, Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson. 1938, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) cloth, minimal signs of age, clean copy, 256pp + 4pp adverts, British Intelligence during the Great War, dust jacket has loss to bottom edges, undated 20th thousandth, ink inscription to fep dated 1938. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 009317

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military History First World War Great War World War One Naval Intelligence British Submarine Warfare Zeppelin Raids Kaiser

HOLZTRAGER HANS TRANSLATED C F COLTON

In a Raging Inferno, Combat Units of the Hitler Youth 1944-45 ( hard cover )

Solihull, Helion. 2001, reprint. (ISBN: 0874622604) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. English translation of 'Kampfeinsatz Der Hitler-Jugend Im Chaos Der Letzten kriegsmonate', as new hard cover with pictorial boards, 147pp + advert, includes colour plates of artists impression of HJ uniform of the period, black and white photos throughout, scarce hard cover edition translated from the German, an insight into the last generation of Germans raised and educated with pride in their homeland and a will to fight for it's wellbeing against the forces of capitalism and globalism. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011329

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Hitler Youth Hitler Jugend Second World War Nazi Nsdap Germany Deutschen Soldaten Kampfeinsatz Der Hitler-Jugend IM Chaos Der Letzten Kriegsmonate 0874622604

EIGHTH BOMBER COMMAND

Target: Germany, the US Army Air forces' Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year Over Europe

London, H. M. S. O. 1944, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) folded stapled sheets, cover detached, small tear at foot of rear wrapper, light rubbing wear to edges, viii 120pp illustrated throughout with b&w photos, British Issue, official record of the 8th bomber command activities over occupied France, the Low Countries and Germany in the year from August 1942 to August 1943. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006388

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War American Army Bomber Command Strategic Bombing Eighth Bomber Command

LIVERPOOL COUNTESS ( JAMES COWAN, B E BAUGHAN, ARNOLD WALL, J C ANDERSEN, JESSIE MACKAY, A A GRACE, EDITH HOWES, ESTHER GLEN)

Countess of Liverpools Gift Book

Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs. 1915, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: John Gully, P Van Der Velden, C F Summers, Trevor Lloyd, w Menzies Gibb k m Ballantyne, David Low. plates in colour and b&w, contributions by many famous New Zealander's, in verse, prose and art, a fundraiser for the armed forces, blue boards sun faded to to white at spine and also on boards, light soiling to closed edges, gift inscription dated 1915 to fep, 160pp + colour plates tipped on to coloured paper stock pages, line illustrations throughout, many prominent New Zealand writers and artists present in an anthology of pieces sold to raise funds for the sick and wounded New Zealand soldiers, Illustrations in black & white drawings and tipped-in colour plates by John Gully, Trevor Lloyd, C F Kelly, Sidney Thompson, Charles Conder, Tom Glover, Richard Wallwork, also cartoons by W A Bowring, L H Booth, J H Gilmour and David Low, prose by James Cowan, Blanche Baughan, Johannes Andersen, Jessie Mackay, A A Grace, Edith Howes, Dulce Carman, Will Lawson, Ethel Beauchamp, Isbael Maud Peacocke, Arthur H Adams, Esther Glen, H Guthrie Smith and more. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009198

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: New Zealand First World War Fund Raising Anthology Art Verse Poetry Prose Writing Contributions John Gully, P Van Der Velden, C F Summers, Trevor Lloyd, W Menzies Gibb K M Ballantyne, David Low

FIELD CYRIL

The Mastery of the Sea

London, Blackie. 1929, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. spine leans, rubbed joints frayed at ends, Westport Technical High School prize plate to fep awarded to Ronald Green in 1938, closed edges slightly foxed, 239pp + plates, British naval history from Alfred to the present (1928). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008049

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Naval History Military Battleships Pirates Corsiars British Nautical History Illustrated

RIVETT ROHAN D.

Behind Bamboo, an Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps

London, Angus & Robertson. 1957, reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. front paste down and endpaper have some insect damage otherwise tidy clean book, boards and spine sunned, 335pp + plates, col. frontis, author was War Correspondent and POW on the Burma-Siam Railway under Japanese captivity. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006627

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Pow Prisoner of War P.O. W. Japanese Internment Camp Anzac Australian Burma Siam

RIVETT ROHAN D.

Behind Bamboo, An Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps

London, Angus & Robertson. 1946, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. a bit aged, small name to fep and title page, dust soiled closed edges, otherwise tidy clean book, dust jacket lost top quarter of backstrip and with rubbing and splits to the joints and fore edge folds, fore edge folds taped on reverse, 335pp + plates, col. frontis, author was War Correspondent and POW on the Burma-Siam Railway under Japanese captivity. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 006976

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Pow Prisoner of War P.O. W. Japanese Internment Camp Anzac Australian Burma Siam

BEKKER C. D.

K-Men. The Story of the German Frogmen and Midget Submarines.

London, William Kimber. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket is sunned to spine, some wear with short edge tears, submarine plans on endpapers, 202pp + plates and adverts, small name to fep. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 008140

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War World War Two German Navy Naval Kriegsmarine Submarine U-Boat German Frogmen Midget Submarines