RANKIN, KENNETH.

Top-Hats in Tobruk.

Odiham: Kenneth Rankin, 1983. 1st edition. "The story of a Troop of Anti-Aircraft Gunners who took part in the early North African Campaigns. Taken from the diary of one of its officers, it gives an authentic and intimate almost hour by hour account of the Siege of Torbruk, written at the time from one of the gun sites..The 'Top-Hat' was the insignia of the Battery, painted on all its guns and vehicles, a relic of the early days of the War when it was briefly stationed in Hyde Park in the West End of Londn." 25.5cms x 18cms. Pp.330, occasional black & white photographs + 1 map, signed by the author to front free endpaper + publicity material about the book loosely enclosed. Yellow cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 43463

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Keywords: Kenneth Rankin Top Hats Torbruk Anti Aircraft Gunners North African Campaign Desert World War Two Military History Memoir 44729 Military

ARMY. INFANTRY. REGIMENTS. SUFFOLK REGIMENT.

A Short History of The Suffolk Regiment - The Suffolk Regiment XII Foot .

Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd, Wellington Works, 1933 . 0. A very good original booklet. pp.48. Cream card covers with red crest and title. Edges lightly rubbed. Clean text and black & white illustrations. VG.

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Book number: 49222

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: 50711 Gale & Polden, Ltd. A Short History of the Suffolk Regiment - the Suffolk Regiment XII Foot Military

RICHARDS, FRANK.

Old Soldier Sahib.

Cardigan: Parthian Library of Wales, 2016. 9781910901205. A memoir of the author's time serving in British India. "Old Soldier Sahib is a unique account of the experience of a private soldier in the British Army in the early years of the twentieth century." Pp.266. Paperback. VG.

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ROGERSON, COLONEL W.

Historical Records of the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment, now the 1st Battalion The King's (Shropshire L.I.), from the Formation of the Regiment in 1755, down to 1889. Compiled and Edited by Colonel W. Rogerson, from the Orderly Room Records.

London / Devonport : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co. ; A.H. Swiss, [1890] . 0. A very good first edition in the original cloth binding. 8vo. pp.21/[1p.]/pp.248/[1p. - Advert] . 9.0" x 5.75" x 1.0". Red cloth. Gilt titles to front board and spine. Spine lighly soiled with old paper library reference number and small tear to top edge. Original dark grey endpapers. Presentation label to verso of the front board: "Presented by Lieut. Colonel Robinson and Officers of the 1/ Shropshire & Suff. Regiment, to The Captain , Officers, and Yeoman of H. M. Royal Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard. Dated July 15th 1896." Clean text throughut, well illustrated with 9 full-page plates (4 coloured). VG.

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Book number: 46669

Catalogue: Military: : 19th Century

Keywords: `48244 History of the Late 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment. Slack, Major James. Army and Navy Co-Operative Society, Limited Military: : 19th Century

SCUTTS, JERRY.

Mustang Aces of the Ninth & Fifteenth Air Forces & the RAF. (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces. 7).

London: Osprey Aerospace, 1995. 1855325837. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series. "Although best remembered for its exploits with Eighth Air Force units, the Mustang, in its various marks, actually made its combat debut firstly with the RAF in the Army co-operation role, and then with the USAAF's tactically-optimised Ninth and Fifteenth Air Forces..Rarely given the exposure enjoyed by their high-scoring brethren in the 'Mighty Eighth', this volume at last sets the record straight on Europe's remaining Mustang aces." 24.8cms x 18.5cms. Pp.96, black & white and colour illustrations throughout, signed by the author to half-title page. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 49859

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Keywords: Jerry Scutts Signed Mustang Aces Ninth Fifteenth Air Force Raf Usaaf Osprey Aircraft Europe North Africa Red Tails Illustrated 51370 Military

SLACK, MAJOR JAMES.

History of the Late 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment.

London : Army and Navy Co-Operative Society, Limited, Victoria Street, Westminster, 1884 . 0. A very good first edition in the original cloth binding. 8vo. pp.263/[2pp. - Erratum. 8.5" x 5.75" x 0.75". Dark green cloth. Titles in red to both the spine and front board. Spine with old paper library reference number. front board with gilt fleur-de-lys. Red page edges. Original brown endpapers. Presentation label to front endpaper: "Presented by Lt. Colonel B. L. Anstruther and Officers of the 1st Bn. Manchester Regiment, to The Captain , Officers, and Yeoman of H. M. Royal Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard. Dated 25th October 1885." Clean text througohut. VG.

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Book number: 46668

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Keywords: `48243 History of the Late 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment. Slack, Major James. Army and Navy Co-Operative Society, Limited Military: : 19th Century

ST. LEGER, STRATFORD (1867 - 1935) .

War Sketches In Colour. By Captain S. E. St Leger.

London: Adam & Charles Black, Soho Square, 1903 . 0. Limited first edition, signed by the Author. "This Edition De Luxe Is Limited To Two Hundred And Fifty Copies, Of Which This Is No. 215." 4to. 11.0" x 9.0" x 1.75". pp.xiii./pp. 274. Soiled cream covers. Edges rubbed and bumped. Limited note and signature to erso of the half-title. Printed note to verso of title: "Published November 1903." All plates present. Each plate accompanied by a guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Half-title, frontis, and first guard sheet, creased and edges carefully strengthened. Otherwise clean text and illustrations throughout. G+. ** "Colonel Stratford Edward St Leger CMG CVO DSO (1867 – 12 October 1935) was an Anglo-Boer War and World War I diarist and artist.. His artwork was being published in the London magazine Black and White by the middle of 1900. His only published book came out in London under the title of War Sketches in Colour in November 1903. In addition to being a detailed account of the experiences of the 1st Mounted it contained full-page reproductions of sixty-six of his sketches in water colour and pen and ink, plus ninety-seven line drawings and five section maps. St. Leger mounted an exhibition of his work at a gallery in Bruton Street, Mayfair in May and June 1904 and consisted of fifty water colours with fifteen large and a great many smaller pen and ink drawings.." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 48616

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Keywords: 50051 Adam & Charles Black War Sketches in Colour. By Captain S.E. St Leger Stratford Military

SWANBOROUGH, F.G.

Aircraft and Air Power.

London: Temple Press Ltd, 1958. 1st ed. (Published in association with 'The Aeroplane'). A survey of modern military flying, comprising sections on combat aircraft, scientific aids and missiles. Pp. 6/107, 28 line drawings, 25 plates, owner's bookplate to verso front board. Turquoise cloth, illustrated d/w has slight rubbing and chipping to edges. G+/G.

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Book number: 15702

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Keywords: Swanborough Aircraft Air Power Illustrated 18509 Military

TOOGOOD, C. G. / BRASSEY, T. A.

Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. IV. - Index To James' Naval History. Edition 1886. Prepared By C. G. Toogood. Edited By T. A. Brassey .

[London] : Printed For The Navy Records Society, MDCCCXCV [ 1895 ] . 0. First Edition. A very good tight binding. 8vo. [8pp.]/pp.188 . 9.25" x 6.5" x 1.5". Navy blue spine over white buckram. Boards soiled. Bookplate to verso of the front board: "Saxton Noble Kent House Knightsbridge". Light toning to endpapers, otherwise clean text throughout. VG .

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Book number: 48555

Catalogue: Military: : 19th Century

Keywords: 49979 Index to James' Naval History. Edition 1886. Prepared by C.G. Toogood. Edited by T.A. Brassey . Military: : 19th Century

UDEN, GRANT.

The Loss of the Royal George.

London: Macdonald, 1970. 1st edition. "The Royal George stayed afloat for only twenty-six years yet she has had a long and extraordinary history from the time when she was launched in 1756 right up to the present day when the visitor to Trafalgar Square can still see, crouched round the base of Nelson's column, the lions made from the metal of some of her salvaged guns." Pp.96, occasional maps and illustrations by Karen Usborne. Olive green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 49896

Catalogue: Military: : Naval

Keywords: Uden Grant Loss Royal George Maritime History Hawke Battle Cape St Vincent Spanish Gibraltar Anson Rodney Boscawen Howe Nautical Diving Salvage Signalling 51410 Military: : Naval

WADHAM, LIEUT.COLONEL W.F.A. AND CROSSLEY, CAPTAIN J.

The Fourth Battalion The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) and the Great War.

London: Crowther and Goodman (printers),1935. Notes, compiled, more or less in the form of a diary. Contents includes: I.Early Days; II.Festubert; III.Picardy; IV.Arras; V.The Somme; VI.Ypres; VII.Third Battle of Ypres; VIII.Givenchy. Pp.136/xxiv(index), slight toning to endpapers, owner's name to inside front board. Blue textured cloth, gilt title to front, minor edge wear. VG.

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Book number: 43459

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Keywords: Wadham Crossley Fourth Battalion Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Great War Ww1 Military War 44730 Military

WARD, S. G. P. [ STEPHEN GEORGE PEREGRINE WARD - 1917-2009 ] .

Faithful The Story Of The Durham Light Infantry by S. G. P. Ward, with a Foreword by General Sir Nigel Poett, KCB, DSO, Colonel of the Regiment.

Edinburgh: Published for The Durham Light Infantry by Thomas Newlson & Sons Ltd, [No Date - 1962] 0. First edition, with signed letter from the Author. pp.xx/pp.574 + coloured frontis and numerous maps. Rubbed green cloth with silver gilt titles to spine. Clean endpapers. Handwritten letter loosely inserted. On headed note paper ("20 South End Row, Kensington, W.S. Western 1225."), dated 13 November 1962. G+ .

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Book number: 47819

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: 49309 Durham Light Infantry by S.G. P. Ward, the Durham Light Infantry by Thomas Newlson & Sons Ltd, Military

WILKINSON, NEVILE.

The Guards' Chapel. (Centenary edition).

London: Chiswick Press, 1938. Centenary edition. Pp.xiv/246, illustrated title page, black & whilte photo frontispiece + 16 further black & white illustrations, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper, spotting to closed page edges. Blue cloth, bright gilt title and star motif to front board, gilt title to spine. G+.

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Book number: 45549

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Keywords: Nevile Wilkinson Signed the Guards Chapel Centenary Military Chapels Foot Guards Building Decoration Crusade Memorials 47082 Military