CHISHOLM RODERICK

Cover of Darkness ( British Night Fighters R.A.F.)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1953, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket rubbed to corners and spine ends, short tear at head of upper fold, light handling soiling, book corners bumped, stationer's stamp to fep, endpapers toned, dust soilied closed edges, 222pp+ plates, night fighter squadron as well as 'Radio Countermeasures' to jam German radar etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006330

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Raf Royal Air Force British Night Fighters Radar Aviation Non Fiction Bomber Command

MANVELL ROGER & HEINRICH FRAENKEL

Heinrich Himmler

London, Heinemann. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped DW light edge wear with some light creasing to edges, short split to tail of upper joint, name and address stamp to fep, otherwise clean copy, first English edition, biography of the administrator of the SS and subsidiary party branches of the Nazi Party, 285pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005225

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Nazi Nsdap Nationale Sozialiste Deutsches Arbeiter Partei Scutzstaffeln S.S. Heinrich Himmler Aryan Second World War Hitler Germany Fascist Biography

HUNT ROGER

Savage Attack

Sydney, Horwitz. 1962, First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) minor aging, reading crease to spine, pen R to first page, Horwitz no 9, 130pp, Australian's of the A.I.F. vs. Japs in New Guinea, last page has small edge tear. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010338

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Military History Australia Anzac Australians Japanese Pacific New Guinea

GANT ROLAND

How Like a Wilderness

London, Left Book Club. 1946, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) some fading to the red papered boards which carry the title etc in black blocking, a little bleed from the covers onto the endpapers,small pen code and a rubber Socialist Club stamp to fep, paper stock aged, 160pp, author's account of time in German captivity and the immediate period after the collapse of the Reich, from the unusual viewpoint of a Socialist thinker. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003508

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Socialist Writing Left Book Club Second World War Prisoner of War in Germany

JEFFERY RON

Red Runs the Vistula

Auckland, Nevron. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 090873400X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. name an date to fep, 304pp map endpapers, author was secret agent working with Polish Resistance, with photos etc. dust jacket has a few short edge tears and rubbing, still tidy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006479

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military Second World War Eastern Front Warsaw Resistance New Zealand Anzac 090873400x

JEFFERY RON

Red Runs the Vistula

Auckland, Nevron. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 090873400X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. name to fep, SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE, 304pp map endpapers, author was secret agent working with Polish Resistance, with photos etc. dust jacket a few short edge tears and a few minor chips. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 006480

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military Second World War Eastern Front Warsaw Resistance New Zealand Anzac 090873400x

SETH RONALD

Lion with Blue Wings

London, Panther. 1959, First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. first Panther edition after Gollancz hardcover, mild foxing to closed edges, a vintage paperback, the story of the Glider Pilot Regiment, non-fiction, roll of honour at rear, 188pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011221

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Glider Pilots, British, Allied, Sicily, Neptune, Arnhem, Military History, Ww2, Wwii

WHEATLEY RONALD

Operation Sea Lion, German Plans for the Invasion of England 1939-1942

London, Oxford University Press. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW has minor nicks to joint ends and corners, owners details dated 1958 to fep, very tidy copy, xiv 201pp + folding maps, German High Command plans for the invasion of Britain in the Second World War. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004160

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military History Second World War Hitler Nazi Third Reich Sea-Lion Britain Inavsion

MCKIE RONALD

Proud Echo

Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1957, reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Frank Norton. An account of the last action of H.M.A.S. Perth, who with U.S.S. Houston, was sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait 1942 after surviving the Battle of the Java Sea. The few survivors were interned by the Japanese, Mild foxing, name to front paste down, xvii 158pp + illustrated section with maps and ship schematic. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 011444

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: H.M. A.S. Perth, Ww2, Wwii, Australian Navy, R.A. N. , Java Sea, Battle of Sunda Strait, Uss Houston (Ca-30) Frank Norton

FARRAN ROY

Winged Dagger, Adventures on Special Service

London, Collins. 1948, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. blue cloth lightly faded to spine, titling dulled, unclipped DW has edge wear with chips and short tears mainly to corners and folds, light soiling or foxing to closed egdes, 384pp, author served with the SAS in France, Italy, Greece, Norway and the Middle East. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003555

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military War Second World War Sas Special Air Service Commando Roy Farran

KIPLING RUDYARD

Sea Warfare (presentation copy)

London, MacMillan. 1916, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. colonial issue in The Dominions Edition, light blue cloth with dark blue titling and decoration, spine ends rubbed, spine sunned and faded, slight foxing to cloth, corners bruised, light handling soiling, blind impression to title page informs as PRESENTATION COPY, ink name and date to half title, the same as the UK standard first edition but has variant binding and The Dominions Edition to head of title page, v 222+4+8pp adverts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008424

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Kipling British Empire Fiction Literature Dominions Edition Colonial Issue Collected Magazine Stories Military History First World War British Navy Royal Navy

KIPLING RUDYARD

Sea Warfare

London, MacMillan. 1916, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. colonial issue in The Dominions Edition, light blue cloth with dark blue titling and decoration, spine sunned and faded, slight foxing to cloth, light handling soiling, minor foxing to closed edges, the same as the UK standard first edition but has variant binding and The Dominions Edition to head of title page, v 222+4pp adverts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012749

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Kipling British Empire Fiction Literature Dominions Edition Colonial Issue Collected Magazine Stories Military History First World War British Navy Royal Navy

HALDANE J B S

A.R.P. Air Raid Precautions

London, Left Book Club. 1938, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. red papered boards with black titling, clean copy but hows some sge toning to closed edges, the physical, social and political threats of mass airborne bombing, and how it may be guarded against, with examples from the Spanish Civil war, intended to forewarn the British of the threat from the Luftwaffe, 296pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011078

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Air Raid Precautions, Ww2, Second World War, Socialist, Left Book Club, Air Raid, CIVIL Defense, Bombing, Bombing Raids, Terror Bombing, Ww2

HARKER JACK S.

HMNZS Achilles

Auckland, Collins. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002169614) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. fine hardback in same unclipped DW, 264pp + b&w plates. New Zealand ship 7200 ton light cruiser participated in the final encounter with the Graf Spee. Guadalcanal 1943, Normandy 1944, and war in Pacific in 1945. served with Indian Navy as the "Delhi" until being broken up in 1978. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009750

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Ww2, Wwii, Rnzn, Navy, Naval, River Plate, Exeter, Ajax 0002169614

CORBETT JULIAN S.

Signals and Instructions 1776-1794

London, Conway Maritime Press. 1971, New Impression. (ISBN: 085177038X) Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. new impression of 1909 original, nice green buckram with marker ribbon, unclipped dust jacket light edgewear short split along tail of lower joint, xv 403pp top edge dusted green. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012208

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: British Naval History Royal Navy Military History Referencebridport Papers Rodney Papers Lord Howe Signals Naval Signalling 085177038x