DOWNES DONALD

The Scarlet Thread

London, Panther. 1959, First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) tidy paperback, light wear, aged paper, minor split at heel of upper joint, Downes was member of O.S.S. sabotaging behind enemy lines at Salerno and beyond, 190pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006659

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War American Usa Commando Salerno Italy Sabotage Spy

CASKIE DONALD

The Tartan Pimpernel

London, Oldbourne. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. book has inscription to fep, light tape stain to front paste down, DW price clipped with some wear and edge tears, generally intact and complete but worn enough to be G+ only, a Scottish padre working toi help those fleeing Nazi occupied France, captured and sentenced to death by Gestapo agents etc, 270pp + plates. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003492

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War World War Two Military History Militaria Memoir Christianity Padre Escapers Escape Routes Occupied France Gestapo

MCMURTRIE FRANCIS E.

Ships of the Royal Navy, Including Forces of British Dominions Overseas, 1940

London, Sampson Low Marston. 1940, First Edition. Cloth, Landscape 12mo. blue cloth titled in black to cover, landscape format, hinges loose but intact, name stamp to paste down and half title ERNEST JAMIESON, same stamp shows very faint on the closed edges, 227pp, printed on sized art paper for reproducing the many B&W photos. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007833

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: British Naval History Military Shipping Dominions Australia New Zealand Canada

GREY W E

With the French Eastern Army

London, Hodder. 1915, First Edition. Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. slightly soiled cloth, small bookseller stamp to fep, light ageing , rare account of the French forces in the first years of the war, one of The Daily Telegraph War Books, 187pp + 6pp adverts. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012883

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: First World War Wwi Military History Militaria the Daily Telegraph War Books

WALLACE EDGAR

Unofficial Dispatches

London, Hutchinson. 1900, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. red cloth gilt titled, Colonial Library stamped to foot of spine and top corner of upper board, light rubbing to joints, lower board some waterspots with fading to red pigment, free endpapers toned brown, front hinge cracked but tight, tiny tear bottom corner of front fep, 327pp + portrait frontis with photograph of Wallace's Dispatches envelope on the reverse of it, some minor scattered foxing throughout, scarce work from Wallace's time as a reporter on the Boer War, scarce and in a tidy condition, Colonial Issue dated 1900. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006025

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Journalism Reportage Daily Mail Correspondent Boer War Afrikaaner Cape Town Biography Sanders Bones Wallace Film. Motion Pictures. Hollywood. Detective Fiction

WEBB KAYE EDITOR

Lilliput goes to war (lilliput magazine)

London, Hutchinson. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 090161760X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) near fine in same DW but with a small nick to the lower fore edge fold of the DW 288pp many illustrations incl endpapers. text cartoons and photos all pertaining to world war two or from that period. anthology of the best war year issues. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004786

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Cartoon Political Satire World War Two Lilliput Magazine 090161760x

WEBB KAYE EDITOR

Lilliput goes to war (lilliput magazine)

London, Hutchinson. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 090161760X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) near fine in same dust jacket 288pp many illustrations incl endpapers. text cartoons and photos all pertaining to world war two or from that period. anthology of the best war year issues. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005749

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Cartoon Political Satire World War Two Lilliput Magazine 090161760x

YOUNG EDWARD

One of Our Submarines

London, Hart-Davis. 1952, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. cloth at head of boards is lightly damp stained, minor darkening at very head of the two paste down pages so did not seep through to the interior, dust wrapper is a facsimile copy, the rear fold in flap was not included in the scan and the copy it was taken from had light chipping at spine ends, but it does a good job of making the book attractive, endpapers have a plan of the British submarine 'Storm', four years service during the Second World War, 316pp + 4pp + plates, some light foxing. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003489

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War World War Two British Naval Submarine Submersible

YOUNG EDWARD

One of Our Submarines

London, Hart-Davis. 1952, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. fifth impression, cloth, name at top corner of fep, unclipped dust wrapper has light chipping at spine ends, and rubbed corners, endpapers have a plan of the British submarine 'Storm', four years service during the Second World War, 316pp + 4pp + plates, tidy copy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007104

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War World War Two British Naval Submarine Submersible

WEYHER & EHRLICH

The Black Raider

London, Elek. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket some light edge wear and corner rubbing with splits along the folds including some chipping loss at head of spine, German mine layer which successfully mined Auckland harbour, 200pp+ plates. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 005975

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Naval German Kriegsmarine Nazi Hitler New Zealand German Vessel Orion Mine-Layer

WEYHER & EHRLICH

The Black Raider

London, Elek. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. bottom edge of upper board small nick, name to fep, small damp mark at head of book spine and on the facing dust jacket, unclipped dust jacket some light edge wear and corner rubbing, German mine layer which successfully mined Auckland harbour, 200pp+ plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013194

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Naval German Kriegsmarine Nazi Hitler New Zealand German Vessel Orion Mine-Layer

KEYES ELIZABETH

Geoffrey Keyes VC of the Rommel Raid

London, Newnes. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. tan boards gilt titled with a device to upper board in gilt, a hand holding a key above 'VIRTUTE ADEPTA', undoubtedly the Keyes' family device, map endpapers, 278pp + plates. corners bumped , edges lightly soiled through reading use. DW price clipped but otherwise intact with minor wear to corners and a little surface soiling to the spine. Lt Col Keyes was landed behind enemy lines by submarine at command during a raid on Rommels HQ, he was killed in the action. This is a complete biography by his sister including good military detail, letters home etc. tidy copy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000317

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military World War Two Rommel Afrika Core Scots Greys Commando

WILLIAMS ERIC

The Tunnel

London, Collins & Brown. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) pencil name crossed in pen and a small pen price to fep, boards slightly sunned in spots where chips to edges of dust jacket some browning to closed edges, unclipped dust jacket some chipping loss to spine ends, light soiling, 255pp, escape attempts and life in German Prisoner of War camps Dulag-luft and Oflag XXIB. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 005261

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Escape Prisoner of War Escapee Second World War World War Two the Wooden Horse British Escapers Dulag-Luft Oflag Xxib

KERN ERICH

Dance of Death

London, Collins. 1951, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. second impression in same month as first, green cloth, DW has some chipping loss to spine ends, splits to corners, map endpapers, ink name to blank flyleaf, 256pp, author was NCO in Adolf Hitler division of the Waffen SS during the Eastern campaign, translated by Paul Findlay. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010328

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Waffen Ss Division Adolf Hitler Eastern Front Russia German Military History Autobiography

DORR ROBERT F.

Air War South Vietnam

London, Arms and Armour. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854090011) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. price clipped dust jacket, tidy copy, 160pp, B&W photos throughout, a chronological history and analysis of the military strategy and hard ware of the Vietnamese War. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005543

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Vietnam War South Vietnam American Military Aviation Fighter Pilot Bomber Strike Aircraft Jet Fighters Military Technology History 1854090011