COWLES VIRGINIA

The Phantom Major, the Story of David Stirling and the S.A.S. Regiment

London, Collins. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. name to fep, faded to spine ends, dust jacket is heavily chipped to the spine ends and with splits and corner loss to the fore edge folds, age browned closed edges, 320pp one page small brown stain. Good/Good.

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Book number: 005524

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Special Air Service Long Range Desert Group Lrdg Sas Commando Operations David Stirling North Africa

COWLES VIRGINIA

The Phantom Major, the Story of David Stirling and the S.A.S. Regiment

London, Collins. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. name stamp to endpapers and title page, some foxing to prelims and closed edges, light wear to spine ends, dust jacket is heavily chipped to the spine ends, rear panel has a tear across it, some foxing to DW, 320pp + frontis, book otherwise tidy. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 013195

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Special Air Service Long Range Desert Group Lrdg Sas Commando Operations David Stirling North Africa

SCHEUFLER KARL W

Carthaginians, Romans and Americans; Overseas with the 355th AAA SLT BN

Cincinnati, 1946, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. tidy used copy, light bumping to corners, faint foxing to endpapers, book issued gratis to the members of the 355th AAA Searchlight Battalion who served during the Second World War, traces the history and development of the Battalion and its service in North Africa and Italy, xii 276pp illustrated with photographs throughout, includes roster of Officers and Enlisted men. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004819

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Two United States American Forces 355th Aaa Searchlight Battalion North Africa Ital Italian Campaigns Military American History American History, World War Two, Wwii, Ww2, Europe, Italy, Germany

MYERS E. C. W.

Greek Entanglement

London, Hart-Davis. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW has light rubbing to spine and edges, faint dust soiling or foxing to top edge, very tidy, 290pp + plates, Brigadier Myers CBE DSO, and others were dropped behind enemy lines to organise Greek partisan resistance in 1942, as well as having to combat the German troops they became entangled in a civil war waged between the varied Greek partisan factions. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003486

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Greece Greek Campaign Aegean Commando Insurgent Special Operations Executive Partisans World War Two Allies

NEVILL P H W

Italy

New Zealand, 2 N.Z.E.F. First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: S M Williams. (500 gram rate) wrappered handbook produced by the Education Rehabilitation Service of the 2 NZEF for distribution to New Zealand troops in Italy campaign, an introduction to Italian culture and society. 123pp + 8 b&w plates, sewn newsprint signatures glued into pictorial wrappers, VG except for age toning to the paper, of interest to militaria collectors. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007571

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: 2nzef New Zealand Military World War Two Middle East History S M Williams

GLENN RUSSELL W.

Reading Athena's Dance Card, Men Against Fire in Vietnam

Annapolis, Naval Institute Press. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1557503168) Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket very faintly sunned, book has very faint damp ripple to very edge of prelims, hardly noticeable, xii 214pp. Statistical research into the performance of the US services in Vietnam conflict. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010436

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Vietnam War American Military Military History Soldiering Research Small Arms Casualties Firepower 1557503168

ROSKILL S W

The Secret Capture

London, Collins. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, ex library, cancelled stamps and slips etc, some surface scuffing etc to endpaper maps, tape residue to boards, rubbed to edges, browned closed edges, DW rubbed to edges, chipped to spine ends and corners with loss at head and tail, also the margins of the fold in flaps have been trimmed losing some text, capture of an intact U- boat unknown by Germans leads to great intelligence gathering by allies. Good/Good.

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Book number: 013044

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: World War Two U-Boat Nazi Hitler Submarine Espionage U110 Military Naval

WALTERS E. W.

Submarine Stories and Adventures, with an Introduction on the Construction and Use of German Submarines, Torpedoes, and Mines

London, Charles H. Kelly. 1917, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. boards rubbed to edges and joints, corners bumped, front hinge loosening, school prize plate, 256pp+ col. frontis. handling wear but no faults. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008757

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Submarine World War One First Great War British Naval German Imperial Navy Kriegsmarine U-Boat Mines

ROSKILL S W

The War at Sea 1939-1945 Volume III The Offensive Part II 1st June 1944- 14th August 1945

London, H. M. S. O. 1961, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. ( 1500 gram rate ) unclipped DW lightly soiled with short splits at head of joints, minor wear to cloth, unmarked, errata slip present, heavy book , extra postage as indicated, 502pp + plates, folding charts etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008548

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: World War Two Secod World War Official Military Naval

WALLACE WALTER

Escape from Hell, The Sandakan Story

London, Robert Hale. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW has some short edge splits and light rubbing to edges and joints, minor splits or chips at spine ends, 175pp + frontis portrait, British soldier escapes Japanese POW camp in Borneo and becomes a successful guerilla fighter, true story war biography. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002702

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Sandakan Borneo Prisoner of War Pow Japanese British War Biography Non-Fiction

WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON

Aircraft Instruments, Technical Manual TM 1-413

Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office. 1942, New edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) buff paper wrappers titled in black, handling soiled and with rubber name stamp to top corner, 234pp, supercedes the 1940 edition, diagrams etc in the text, sewn collations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009686

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: War Department Technical Manual Aircraft Second World War Wwii Us Air Force Ephemera

SCHMIDT HEINZ WERNER

With Rommel in the Desert

London, Harrap. 1951, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. sunned spine, corners and spine ends rubbed, faint foxing to closed edges, 240pp+ plates, by Rommel's Aide-De-Camp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008815

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second Wrold War Military History German Army Rommel Afrika Korp North Africa Nazi Wehrmacht

JOHNEN WILHELM

Battling the Bombers ( Ace D-326)

New York, Ace. 1958, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. paperback rebound with original wrappers glued to stiff boards and cloth spine, new endpapers, tidy, bookseller stamp to first page, American title of 'Duel Under the Stars', 192pp, German night-fighters against the bombers, memoir of one of the night-fighter Aces, (200 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012009

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Non-Fiction Memoir Second World War World War Two Wwii Luftwaffe German Fighter Ace Pilot Air Force Bomber Command German Night Fighter Bomber Interceptor Wilhelm Johnen Ace D-326 'Duel Under the Stars'

GREEN WILLIAM & FRICKER JOHN

The Air Forces of the World, Their History, Development and Present Strength

London, MacDonald. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (2,000 gram rate) red cloth, gilt spine, lacks DW, light soiling to cloth, lightly bumped corners, 336pp illustrated throughout with b&w photos, glossy paper stock, alphabetical rundown of the military aviation strength of each nation of the world including an overview of their history with emphasis on Second World War participation and achievement. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003244

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Aviation Military Air Forces Pilot Aeroplane Fighter Bomber Flying 1950s Post War National

JORDAN WILLIAM

Conquest Without Victory, a New Zealander's experiences in the Resistance Movements in Greece and France

London, Hodder. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 034010967X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW under plastic sleeve, sleeve has tape to edge which has offset some black adhesive to very edges of feps, 256pp +frontis port. 'Major Bill' Jordan parachuted into Greece 1942 as a guerilla and later to France in 1944 to work with Resistance. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008806

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War World War Two Greece French Resistance Partisan Allied New Zealand Kiwi Anzac Major Bill Jordan 034010967x