CARY JOYCE

Memoir of the Bobotes

London, Readers Union. 1965, Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Joyce Cary. (500 gram rate) DW small chip to head otherwise VG with discolouration to white rear panel. pages age toned, illustrations by Cary. 170pp. the forgotten Balkan War 1912-13 during which Joyce won the Montenegrin equivalent of the Military Cross as a stretcherbearer for the Red Cross. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000869

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Balkan War 1912 1913 War Twentieth Century Joyce Cary Red Cross Joyce Cary

THOMPSON JULIAN (MAJOR-GENERAL)

No Picnic 3 Commando Brigade in the South Atlantic; 1982

London, Leo Cooper. 1985, reprint. (ISBN: 0436520524) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW slight spine fade, 201pp + plates in colour & b&w. map endpapers, Falklands War between UK and Argentina as seen by 3 Commando Brigade. Author was the commanding officer of the Brigade. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012436

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military British Twentieth Century Falklands Conflict Commando Brigade Royal Marines 0436520524

KALEDIN COLONEL VICTOR K.

K.14.- O. M. 66. Adventures of a Double Spy

London, Hurst and Blackett. 1937, First Thus. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. green cloth with white titling, slight lean to spine, faint spotting to closed edges, first thus in the Paternoster Library edition, 252+4pp adverts + frontis. Russian spy in World War One, a double agent also working for the German Secret Service. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009171

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military History Espeionage Spy Spies Paternoster Library 13 Russian Cossack First World War One Great War

HOBBS KAYE & COLVIN

Kiwi Down the Strada

Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs. 1964, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Neville Colvin. 2nd N.Z.E.F. in Italian Campaign, World War Two, photos by George Kaye official photographer to the unit, cartoons by Neville Colvin. Mainly deals with non-combat relationships between Kiwis and the local Italians and POW Germans etc, a good insight into the mind of the Kiwi troops. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009814

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force World War Two Italy Anzacs Neville Colvin

CHATTERTON E. KEBLE

Gallant Gentlemen (naval tales)

London, Hurst and Blackett. 1931, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. sixth impression of first edition, blue cloth with light wear or fading, corners rubbed, gift inscription to fep dated (19)36 frontis starting to detach, some light foxing to closed edges, 296pp + plates, collection of reports on heroic actions by British Naval Forces during the Great War, includes 'Why the "Goeben" got away / Cruisers at Coronel / The Adventures of "Dwarf" (Africa) / The Gallant "Baralong" / Dashing into Kronstadt, 31 illustrations and 5 maps. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006622

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Naval Navy British Naval Actions First World War Great Wargoeben Coronel Dwarf Baralong Kronstadt Military History

HUGHES AMRY KENT

Matilda Waltzes With the Tommies

Melbourne, Oxford University Press. 1944, Second Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) brown cloth titled in black, map endpapers, heel of spine bumped and glue repaired, 176pp + plates, Australian nurse on active service with British Army includes travel via Ireland, the Battle for Britain, Middle East, India, Dutch East Indies, Australia. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008214

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Australia Australian Nurse Nursing Second World War World War Two Wwii Anzac in Middle East Campaign North Africa Medical Orderly Unit Medic Hospital Ireland Mary Kent Hughes

HUGHES AMRY KENT

Matilda Waltzes With the Tommies

Melbourne, Oxford University Press. 1946, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) green cloth titled in black, map endpapers, pencil name to half title, dust jacket flaps only remain, 176pp + plates, Australian nurse on active service with British Army includes travel via Ireland, the Battle for Britain, Middle East, India, Dutch East Indies, Australia. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012051

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Australia Australian Nurse Nursing Second World War World War Two Wwii Anzac in Middle East Campaign North Africa Medical Orderly Unit Medic Hospital Ireland Mary Kent Hughes

KIKUCHI, SHUNKICHI (PHOTOGRAPHER)

The Japanese Army Wings of the Second World War

Tokyo, Light Corporation. 1972, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Shunkichi Kikuchi. Japanese text and captions, 186pp colour and B&W photos of Japanese aircarft. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005210

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Aviation Japanese Army Aviation World War II History Shunkichi Kikuchi

PAINE LAUREN

Viet-Nam

London, Robert Hale. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. VG in unclipped DW with short edge tears to spine ends and top of lower panel, lower panel a little discoloured or foxed 192pp + plates, An early history of the Vietnam war. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012695

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Vietnam War Military History Non-Fiction

EARL LAWRENCE

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

London, Harrap. 1952, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) sunned spine, inscription to fep, good, reissue, 160pp + maps. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005825

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military Naval Korea Korean War British

KERR J LENNOX & JAMES DAVID

Wavy Navy by some who Served

London, Harrap. 1951, third printing. Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. blue cloth gilt titled, wear with light fraying to head and tail of spine, half title has a short tear at top, cloth binding is worn at some places. Dust jacket chipped at head and tail of spine and the corners, short tear at lower joint and some surface wear and creasing, almost fully intact, unclipped. 263pp + 5 colour plates + frontis being paintings by serving officers including Peter Scott. 6 poems and 24 prose contributions by members of the R.N.V.R. + glossary of naval terms. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during WWII and an account of the RNVR 1872-1945. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011513

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Naval Military World War Two R.N. V. R, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

DALDERUP LEO

The Other Side

London, Hodder. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. scarce first edition, boards mildly handled with slight soiling and bumping, some minor foxing or age browning to pages, 256pp As told to John Murdoch by Dalderup, a Dutchman who joined the German Army when he was 18 for adventure, after fighting on the Eastern Front he was captured in the West. Escaping from England he made it to Eire, but in a desperate attempt to evade police capture he joined the R.A.F. only being discharged when, post war, he decided to come clean, book covers the two halves of his life, the fighting on the Eastern Front and his subsequent experiences in the West. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004530

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War German Soldier Prisoner of War Pow Nazi Escape from England German Escaper Joins R.A. F.

DALDERUP LEO

The Other Side

London, Hodder. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. scarce first edition, unclipped DW rubbed to edges and with 40mm missing from the spine tail, and peice from the head of the spine losing 'THE OTH' from the title, chipped corners, small name to paste down, 256pp As told to John Murdoch by Dalderup, a Dutchman who joined the German Army when he was 18 for adventure, after fighting on the Eastern Front he was captured in the West. Escaping from England he made it to Eire, but in a desperate attempt to evade police capture he joined the R.A.F. only being discharged when, post war, he decided to come clean, book covers the two halves of his life, the fighting on the Eastern Front and his subsequent experiences in the West. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004589

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War German Soldier Prisoner of War Pow Nazi Escape from England German Escaper Joins R.A. F.

POLIAKOV LEON

Harvest of Hate

London, Elek. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket handling soiled with taped split at heel of upper joint, splits at corner folds, name to fep, spine leans slightly, tidy copy, xiv 338pp + plates, the nazi extermination program from its vague and unformulated beginnings, through to the mechanisation of the extermination along the eastern front. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012442

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Genocide Holocaust Jew Jews Jewish Nazi Third Reich Final Solution Endlosung Einsatzgruppen

HUNT LINDA

Secret Agenda the United States Government, Nazi Scientists and project Paperclip

New York, St Martins. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0312055102) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. book bruised at head of spine otherwise VG with no faults, DW has some edgewear to spine ends and a little scuffing to rear panel, a 25mm tear along the lower flap fold not price-clipped.340pp+ b&w plates. leading Nazi scientists given refuge in America in exchange for technological expertise including "war criminals", in defiance of President Trumans decree. To keep them out of Soviet hands the Americans rushed them from German territory and gave them positions with US Defense researchers. Includes American experiments on servicemen to simulate chemical and psychological warfare ,conducted by former Nazis in manners reminiscent of their wartime research. scarce. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012344

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Nazi Secret Technology Military Cold War Paperclip 0312055102