VOSS W J

The light of the Mind

London, Chapman and Hall. 1935, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, ex library rebound with typed title to spine, library plates to paste down and fep, a few tidy stamps, generally very tidy apart from the bland rebind. 208pp a soldier blinded in the Great War recounts his convalescence and resignation to blindness caused by wounds, reference to St Dunstans. Authors experiences abroad as a blind man. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012478

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Militaria World War One Blind Blinded Troops Injuries St Dunstans

DAWSON A J & BAIRNSFATHER BRUCE

Somme Battle Stories

London, Hodder. 1916, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Bruce Bairnsfather. sunned spine, lightly soiled boards with some stains, titled to upper board, small piece torn from top edge of half title, aged feps, vii 239pp + 6 plates incl col frontis, one page small marginal tear, pp13 has a 'clean' horizontal tear across the page, illustrated by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012884

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: First World War World War One Wwi Trench Humour Bairnsfather Art Bruce Bairnsfather

YOUNGHUSBAND G. J.

The Story of the Guides

London, MacMillan. 1911, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, red cloth worn and soiled, black pen writing to spine and upper board, Queen Mary Hospital Hanmer (New Zealand) library plate to paste down, rubber stamps to fep, verso of frontis port. and a few pages in the text etc, some offset red dye action to lower margin of a few pages, 239+8pp adverts, includes photographs, reasonably tidy internally, reissue in the Shilling Edition, (500 gram rate). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012124

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: India British Raj Empire Military History Sikh Indian Frontier Soldiering Dilawur Khan Mutiny Relief of Chitral Malakand Regimental Histories Indian Regiment Afghan War

GEORGE G. J.

They Betrayed Czechoslovakia - Penguin Special S24

Harmondsworth, Penguin. 1938, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. (200 grams) spine chipped at tail and sunned backstrip, 186pp + 6pp adverts, Penguin Special S24. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006345

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Penguin Books Penguin Special World War Two Second World War Military S24 War Czechoslovakia

HOLLEDGE JAMES

Australian War Heroes

Sydney, Horwitz. 1962, First Thus. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) very tidy unmarked copy, Horwitz PB110, 130pp light age browning to paper stock, stories of the indefatigable Diggers against the Germans and Japs, also Horrie the Wog Dog. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010898

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Australia Pacific Japanese Japan Jungle Australian Diggers Military

BURT KENDAL LEASOR JAMES

The One That Got Away (Franz Von Werra)

London, Collins. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. DW price clipped with small chip from head of spine at joint, lightly chipped corners, a few short edge tears, book fep clipped at head, lightly foxed closed edges, SECOND IMPRESSION of first edition, 255pp + plates, true story of the Luftwaffe pilot shot down in the Battle of Britain who made two escape attempts in England, finally suceeding to escape from Canadian POW camp and to make it across the border to the USA and back to Berlin, Von Werra was killed in action but his own memoir has been used to write this account. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003010

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Nazi German Luftwaffe Air Ace Pow Escape Escaper Franz Von Werra Second World War Wwii

BURT KENDAL LEASOR JAMES

The One That Got Away (Franz Von Werra)

London, Collins. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. DW unclipped with small splits at head of spine at joint, lightly rubbed corners, a few short edge tears, gift inscription to fep, name stamp to paste down, first edition, 255pp + plates, true story of the Luftwaffe pilot shot down in the Battle of Britain who made two escape attempts in England, finally suceeding to escape from Canadian POW camp and to make it across the border to the USA and back to Berlin, Von Werra was killed in action but his own memoir has been used to write this account. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011964

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Nazi German Luftwaffe Air Ace Pow Escape Escaper Franz Von Werra Second World War Wwii

ROBERTSON JAMES

The Ship with Two Captains, The Most Unusual story Of the War

London, Evans. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket rubbed to edges and joints with rubbing pigment loss, book clean, HM Submarine Seraph was under dual British US command and was deployed on several secret missions including Operations Kingpin, Peashooter, Mincemeat and Burrow, 192pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006491

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: British Navy Naval World War Two Atlantic Captain H.M. Submarine Seraph Captain Jerauld Wright U.S. N. Kingpin Peashooter Mincemeat Burrow

ALTIERI JAMES

The Spearheaders (Darby's Rangers)

New York, Popular Library. 1963, First Thus. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) sunned spine ( red pigment faded, rest unfaded), tidy tight copy, 271pp, non-fiction account of Major William O. Darby's Ranger commando troops in WWII, North Africa Sicily Anzio Normandy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012038

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Gi Darby's Rangers American Commando Soldiers Special Forces Major William O Darby Wwii North Africa Sicily Anzio Normandy

SANDERS JAMES

Venturer Courageous, Group Captain Leonard Trent V. C. , D. F. C.

Auckland, Hutchinson. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091546001) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW under plastic sleeve, has a "New Zealand Book' label but this should be removable, 266pp with photographs within the text. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009227

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: New Zealand Biography Military History Second World War World War Two Wwii Leonard Trent the Great Escape P.O. W. Prisoner of War Stalag 0091546001

ROBERTSON JAMES

Walker R.N.

London, Evans. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. tidy boards, pencil name to fep, price clipped DW with edge wear and rubbing, 216pp + plates. story of Captain F J Walker C.B. D.S.O. and three bars in the Atlantic war versus U-boats. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004156

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: British Navy Naval World War Two Atlantic Captain Frederick John Walker U-Boat

CALMEL JEAN

Night Pilot

London, Kimber. 1957, First Thus. Quarter cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. this is a paperback that has been bound with a cloth spine and thick card boards, the original wrappers have been glued down to the boards, red cloth spine is losing the pigment, some rubbing to edges of boards, faint pen name to front cover and repeated at head of chapter one, 188 pp, first paperback edition, author won the DFC and Legion d'Honneur, deals with French heavy bombing raids over Germany. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006446

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Allied Air Force French Heavy Bomber Squadron

BRILHAC JEAN

The Road to Liberty

London, Ace. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) cleanly taped spine holds detached front wrap to book, paper browned otherwsie good reading use copy, nice kitsch cover art of SS officer with swastika armband and whip, British Ace publication Ace H 152, 158pp + adverts, 186 men contirbuted the stories related in this book which records the escape attempts of Allied fliers from German POW camps in the Second World War. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012027

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Allied Prisoner of War Escape Escapers Non-Fiction True Story Ace 152

ENGLISH JEFFERY

One for Every Sleeper, the Japanese Death Railway Through Thailand

London, Hale. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 070903864X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. near fine near new copy, 205pp + plates, Japanese mistreatment of Prisoners of War and forced labour to build the Burma-Siam railway. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003709

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Thailand Burma Siam Railway Second World War Japanese War Crimes Prisoner of War 070903864x

TICKELL JERRARD

Moon Squadron

London, Wingate. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. 500gram rate, minor age browning to endpapers and closed edges, 204pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008428

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Soe Raf British Air Force Special Operations Exectuive Royal Air Force