WHINNEY PATRICK

Corsican Command

Wellingborough, Patrick Stephens Ltd. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 185260090X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. A dramatic first hand account of clandestine operations in the Western Mediterranean, 1943-1944, red biro stripe to closed bottom edge, otherwise tidy clean copy, 224pp + plates and maps, author commanded the ACF, African Coastal Flotilla. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008167

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Mediterranean Special Operations Commando Special Forces Allied Acf African Coastal Flotilla 185260090x

JONES GUY PEARCE

Two Survived, the Story of Tapscott and Widdicombe, who Were Torpedoed in Mid-Atlantic and Survived Seventy Days in an Open Boat

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1941, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) rear flap only of dust jacket present, some minor handling soiling, third printing, 198pp + plates. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005606

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Nautical Naval Merchant Marine Adrift Shipwreck Survival at Sea

SHANKLAND PETER & ANTHONY HUNTER

Dardanelles Patrol

London, Collins. 1964, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. map end papers, small inscription to fep, 192pp+ plates submarine E-11 in the Dardanelles, WWI. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009739

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: First World War Great War Dardanelles Gallipoli Submarine Warfare British Royal Navy Hm E-11 Military History Turkey

SINGLETON-GATES PETER

General Lord Freyberg VC an Unofficial Biography

London, Michael Joseph. 1963, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust wrapper has short tear at bottom corner along the fold and some light chipping, backstrip sunned, book has light offset browning to rear fep, 328pp + plates, biography of the New Zealand commander in the Middle East General Lord Freyberg VC. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003571

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military History Biography General Freyberg New Zealand Anzac Second World War Victoria Cross Holder

SINGLETON-GATES PETER

General Lord Freyberg VC an Unofficial Biography

London, Michael Joseph. 1963, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust wrapper has some closed tears with associated creasing to the rear panel, small tear up from bottom front corner, endpapers are somewhat browned, closed edges lightly dust soiled, 328pp + plates, light foxing closed edges, biography of the New Zealand commander in the Middle East General Lord Freyberg VC. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 005280

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military History Biography General Freyberg New Zealand Anzac Second World War Victoria Cross Holder

STIFF PETER

Selous Scouts, Rhodesian War - A Pictorial Account

Cape Town, Galago. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0947020064) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. large hardcover first edition signed to title page by Peter Stiff, pictorial companion to the definitive account of the anti-terrorist Selous Scouts regiment of British administered Rhodesia before the withdrawal of white influence and the subsequent disintegration of Zimbabwe as it was renamed. An exceptional special forces regiment. The dust jacket is unclipped but has some short tears and minor chips, (1500 gram rate, some extra shipping will be charged above standard amount). Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 011399

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Selous Scouts Rhodesia Military War Sas Special Forces Hardcover Hardbound, Zanla, Zipra 0947020064

MCQUARRIE PETER

Strategic Atolls: Tuvalu and the Second World War.

Christchurch, MacMillan Brown centre for pacific studies. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0958330050) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) Fine copy, sewn into pictorial soft covers, xv 187pp illustrated with photographs, New Zealand and United States personnel on Pacific atolls during the Second World War. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010512

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military History Second World War Pacific Islands Coastwatchers Nanumea & Nukufetau Tuvalu 0958330050

CLOSTERMANN PIERRE

The Big Show

London, Chatto & Windus. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. dust jacket is unclipped but heavily rubbed along the folds with splitting, has lost about lower third of spine and a large chip from bottom left of front panel, cloth a little handling soiled or faded, still tidy copy, Free French air ace with the RAF, 256pp +plates, a facsimile of a better jacket may be available at cost. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006495

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Fighter Pilot Aviation Allied French Free French Alsace Raf

CLOSTERMANN PIERRE

The Big Show

London, Chatto & Windus. 1951, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. third impression, unclipped dust jacket has mild wear to edges, one small invisible tape repair to reverse side of dust jacket at head of spine, gift inscription to fep, tidy copy, Free French air ace with the RAF, 256pp +plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007105

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Fighter Pilot Aviation Allied French Free French Alsace Raf

CLOSTERMANN PIERRE

The Big Show

London, Chatto & Windus. 1953, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. dust jacket is unclipped but heavily chipped along the folds and head and tail of spine with lossof lower half of backstrip, some offset browing to endpapers, soiled boards, browned closed edges, name to fep, includes a newspaper clipping referring to the death of NZ pilot Bruce John Oliver, whose photo appears in this book ( underlined in ink), Oliver served with Clostermann, fifth impression, Free French air ace with the RAF, 256pp +plates. Good/Good.

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Book number: 008283

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Fighter Pilot Aviation Allied French Free French Alsace Raf

CLOSTERMANN PIERRE

Flames in the Sky

London, Chatto & Windus. 1952, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. dust jacket is unclipped but with light wear, feps offset toned, small bookseller label, pen name to fep, foxed closed edges, 200pp +plates, author covers Maestricht invasion, Pearl Harbour and Bataan, Malta 1942, Admiral Yamamoto, Colonel Pijeaud, Warsaw, Max Guedj, Kamikaze, Messerschmitt ME 262, Mosquito, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Zero. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008284

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Wwii Aviation Fighter Pilot Allied French Air Ace Big Show Axis Military Aviation Messerschmitt 262

CLOSTERMANN PIERRE

Flames in the Sky

London, Chatto & Windus. 1953, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped dust jacket with wear and chipping to ends of spine, split along fore edge folds, handling soiled, 200pp +plates, author covers Maestricht invasion, Pearl Harbour and Bataan, malta 1942, Admiral Yamamoto, Colonel Pijeaud, Warsaw, Max Guedj, Kamikaze, messerschmitt ME 262, Mosquito, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Zero, fourth impression. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 009338

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Maestricht Invasion, Pearl Harbour and Bataan, Malta 1942, Admiral Yamamoto, Colonel Pijeaud, Warsaw, Max Guedj, Kamikaze, Messerschmitt Me 262, Mosquito, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Zero, Second World War, Wwii, Aviation, Fighter Pilot, Allied, French, Air

A RED CROSS PRO

The Wards in War-time

London, William Blackwood. 1916, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. cloth handling soiled, top quarter of fep trimmed, minor foxing to prelims and closed edges, the lighter side of military hospital life during the Great War, 343pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005482

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: First World War World War One Great War Nursing Medical Orderly Medicine Hospital Medical Corps Humour

REYNOLDS QUENTIN

The Curtain Rises

Wellingborough, Cassell. 1944, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. first NZ issue by A A Davies for Cassell, very tidy lacks DW, American war reporting from the field, includes Russia, North Africa Sicily and the Battle of Salerno, 330pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004176

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Reporting Journalism War Correspondent Journalist Russia, North Africa Sicily and the Battle of Salerno

REYNOLDS QUENTIN

The Curtain Rises

Wellingborough, Cassell. 1944, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. first NZ issue by A A Davies for Cassell, very tidy, lightly sunned and chipped DW with tear along fold of rear flap, American war reporting from the field, includes Russia, North Africa Sicily and the Battle of Salerno, 330pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004177

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Reporting Journalism War Correspondent Journalist Russia, North Africa Sicily and the Battle of Salerno