BUCKTON, HENRY.

Forewarned is Forearmed. An Official Tribute and History of The Royal Observer Corps.

Leatherhead: Ashford, Buchan & Enright, 1993. 1852532920. 1st edition. "In 1991, the Royal Observer Corps was finally "stood down" by Her Majesty the Queen after 66 years of meritorious service..The Author, himself a member of the R.O.C.A. has been allowed access to unique archive material..and many previously unpublished photographs have been included in this book". Pp.xvi/176, many black & white photo illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Keywords: Buckton Forewarned Forearmed Tribute History Royal Observer Corps World War Two Battle of Britain D-Day Seaborne Observers Doodlebugs Nuclear Age Warning System Diamond Jubilee Royal Review 51204 Military

CRAWFORD, DRIVER ROBERT JOHN.

"I was an Eighth Army Soldier". (As Narrated to Major John Dalgleish).

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1944. 2nd impression before publication. Collaboration beween Staff Officer Major John Dalgleish, a former Daily Express reporter and BBC Commentator, and Robert John Crawford, who met when the latter was driving him in England in 1943. Crawford's experiences first appeared in the British Army newspaper, Tiger News, where they created much interest among the troops. Pp.86, 8 black & white photo illustrations + folding map of the Western Desert and Cyrenaica to end, slight toning to pages. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

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Keywords: Crawford Eighth Army Soldier Military World War Two Dalgleish Western Desert Cyrenaica Hadfield Spears Toobruk Aalaaamn Rasc Royal Corps Signals Catacombs 49849 Military

CREIGHTON, REV. O.

With the Twenty-Ninth Division in Gallipoli.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1916. 1st edition. A Chaplain's Experiences. Pp.xiv/191, 26 illustrations with two maps to endpapers, gift message to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, edge chips to preliminary pages. Red cloth, spine sunned with further sunning to board edges. G+.

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Keywords: Creighton Twenty Ninth Division Gallipoli World War One Egypt Mudros Cape Helles Battle Aberdeen Gully Major Farmar Dardanelles Peninsula Morto Bay Royal Lancashire Fusiliers 52103 Military

CROOK, JONATHAN.

The Very Thing. The Memoirs of Drummer Richard Bentinck, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1807-1823.

London: Frontline Books, 2011. 9781848325982. 1st edition. Hitherto unpublished first-hand accounts and illustrative material from the Napoleonic wars. Vivid and compelling recollections of life on campaign, particularly at the Battle of Waterloo. Written by the great-great-great nephew of Drummer Bentinck. Pp.xiv/194, 8 8 black & white plates + 7 maps, signed by the author to front free endpaper, author signing promotional fly-sheet loosely enclosed. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Keywords: Jonathan Crook Signed the Very Thing Memoirs Drummer Richard Bentinck Royal Welch Welsh Fusiliers Napoleonic Wars Peninsula Campaign Battle Waterloo Copenhagen North America Martinique Salamanca 48066 Military

CURTIS, COLONEL W.P.S.

The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1962.

London: The Rifle Brigade Club and Association, 1962. 0. Year Book of The Rifle Brigade. Pp.vi/144, occasional black & white photographs. Dark Green cloth, large gilt armorial design to front and gilt title to spine, minor rubbing to edges. VG.

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DEMPSEY, GUY C.

Napoleon's Army 1807-1814, As Depicted in the Prints of Aaron Martinet.

London: Arms and Armour, 1997. 1854093479. 1st edition. "The remarkable collection of painted prints shown in this book represents one of the most valuable primary sources of reference to Napoleonic uniforms ever assembled. They are presented here, in book form and in this quantity, for the first time." 25cms x 19cms x 2cms. Pp.256, 162 full colour plates. Green cloth, dustwrapper slightly sunned tospine. VG/VG.

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Keywords: Dempsey Napoleon Army Uniforms Aaron Martinet Illustrated Prints Military Napoleonic Cavalry Infantry Imperial Guard Carabiniers Cuirassiers Dragoons Hussars Lancers Artillery Foreign Troops 50757 Military

DOBERER, K.K.

Secret Weapon.

Loindon: Practical Press Limited, 1944. 0. 1st edition. "To-day, civil progress is so intense that there is not only a danger but a certainty that no army can in the full sense be kept up to date. This means that in war-time evolution will be extremely rapid, and, consequently, that the army which is mentally better prepared to meet tactical changes will possess an enormous advantage over all others." (Major-Gen. J.F.C.Fuller. c.1940). Chapters include: Fear of the Unknown; Wanted: A Nation of Military Engineers; Electro War?; The Rocket Menace; Rocket Artillery; Rocket Ships and Aircraft; Will Hitler Use Gas Again; The Machine Which Destroys Blast Furnaces; Aircraft in a Colour Trap; The Infra-Red Heliophone; The Death Rose; The Glider in War; Armoured Caterpillars; Anti-Tank Weapons; Airships into Blimps; The Heavy Steam Bomber; Professors Versus Generals; Bomber Traps in the Sky; Big Bertha and Co.; Shells Like Meteors; The Hagar Ultra Anti-Tank Shell; New Metals New Weapons; Lighter Weapons; Machine Gun Secrets; The Dynamite Torpedo; Bombing from the Stratosphere. Pp.160. Grey cloth, red title to spine. G+.

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Keywords: Doberer Secret Weapon Military Engineering Electro War Button Pressing Death Ray Terpsichore Electricity Rocket Long Range Torpedo Anti Tank Hitler Gas Aircraft Infra Red Heliophone Airships 38501 Military

DREYER, ADMIRAL SIR FREDERIC C.

The Sea Heritage. A Study of Maritime Warfare.

London: Museum Press Limited, 1955. 1st edition. "The first thirty-two chapters of this book covers the author's experiences from 1891 onwards, including both World Wars. Then follows Addendum Chapter I, in which the author, starting with a bref look back until the end o the First World War, then gives notes which largely concern the Second World War - especially in the Pacific. That chapter finishes wuth a brief comparison of the main events in Maritime War during the two World Wars." Pp.472, maps to endpapers, black & white portrait frontispiece + 20 further black & white photo illustrations and many maps and diagrams. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, boards slightly rubbed with bump to lower front edge and wear to corner tip. Scarce. G+.

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Keywords: Admiral Dreyer Sea Heritage Maritime Warfare Memoir Lord Fisher Dreadnought Vanguard Jellicoe Amphion Orion World War I II German Fleet Battle Jutland Repulse U-Boats Goering Convoys History 49870 Military

FARRAH-HOCKLEY, ANTHONY (1924-2006) .

The British Part In The Korean War Volume II . An Honourable Discharge. Anthony Farrar-Hockley

London : H.M.S.O, 1995 . 011630958X. Volume II. First edition. No marks or previous owner's details. Blue & white illustrated dustwrapper in very good condition. Blue buckram boards with silver gilt titles to spine in very good condition. pp.xx/pp.534,+ 17 folded leaves, 36 plates, some coloured ; maps, plans, portraits, Coloured map to front endpapers. Volume I. also available. 10% discount If you wish to purchase both volumes! These are heavy books and there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK.

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FARRAR-HOCKLEY, ANTHONY (1924-2006) .

The British Part In The Korean War Volume I . A Distant Obligation. Anthony Farrar-Hockley

London : H.M.S.O, 1990 . 0116309539. Volume I. First edition. No marks or previous owner's details. Blue & white illustrated dustwrapper in very good condition. Blue buckram boards with silver gilt titles to spine in very good condition. pp.xxii/pp.512,+ 20 folded leaves, some coloured ; 15 maps, 59 black & white pictures, plans, portraits, Coloured map to front endpapers. Volume II. also available. 10% discount If you wish to purchase both volumes! These are heavy books and there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK.

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FEAST, SEAN.

Heroic Endeavour. One Attack, a Victoria Cross, and 206 Brave Men. (Signed).

London: Grubb Street, 2006. 1904943519. 1st edition. "It is 23rd December 1944 and a heroic yet dreadful action is about to take place over Cologne, involving the bravest of the brave - The Pathfinder Force..Journalist Sean Feast has written Heroic Endeavour in two parts, the first the gripping narrative, the second the retrospective reactions of the survivors, in equal parts moving and informative." Pp.190, signed by the author to title page, 16 pages of black & white photo illustrations. Red boards, dustwrapper, small tear to top by spine. VG/VG.

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Keywords: Sean Feast Signed Heroic Endeavour Victoria Cross Pathfinder Force 1944 World War II Cologne Air Raid Bombing Maclennan Letter Murder Ken Hewitt Operational Record Robert Palmer Military History 47339 Military

FEVYER, W.H.

The George Medal.

London: Spink, nd.(c.1980). Introduction + list of the George Medallists, 1940-1945. Pp.xvi/114, 2 pages of black & white photos, notation to half-title page giving reference to two medallists with marginal marks on pages against the corresponding description, title page absent. Paperback. G+.

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GARDINER, IAN.

The Flatpack Bombers. The Royal Navy & the Zeppelin Menace.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2009. 1848840713. 1st edition. "Thiis 'menace', which no aircraft could match, spurred the British government into creating the Royal Flying Corps. It also led Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy to set about bombing these airships on the ground in 1914. Thus it was that the Royal Naval Air Service, with IKEA-style flatpack aeroplanes, pioneered strategic bombing which led to the Blitz and the massive raids on Germany and Japan in the Second World War.." 24cms x 16cms x 2cms. Pp.xii/163, 16 pages of black & white photo illustrations + 3 maps, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Black boards, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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GARDINER, SAMUEL RAWSON (EDITOR) .

Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XVI. & Vol. XVIII. - Letters And Papers Relating To The First Dutch War 1652 - 1654 Edited By Samuel Rawson Gardiner. Volumes 1 & 2 .

[London] : Printed For The Navy Records Society, MDCCCXCIX [ 1899 & 1900 ] . 0. First Edition. Very Good tight matching bindings. 8vo. In two volumes. Vol. I. : pp. xx./pp.431 ; Vol. II. : pp.xvi/pp.388 . 9.25" x 6.5" x 1.5". Navy blue spines over white buckram. Boards lightly soiled. Bookplate to verso of each front board: "Saxton Noble, Kent House, Knightsbridge". Clear text and illustrations throughout, just the odd light blemish. VG .

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Keywords: 50021 Letters and Papers Relating to the First Dutch War Samuel Rawson Gardiner Military: : 19th Century

GATES, P. J. [EDITOR] - ARMY. - LOCAL DEFENCE VOLUNTEERS, AFTERWARDS HOME GUARD.

The Lion Roared His Defiance. The Call Came And Was Answered To The Full. The Home Guard watched & waited 1940-1944.

Sudbury, Suffolk: Marten & Son, Ltd, Market Hill, 1946 . 0. A scarce original "Home Guard" publication. pp.52. 9.75" x 7.5". Bright coloured card front cover with minor soiling to plain rear cover. Clean throughout with many black & white photos, some rippling to pages. Colophon and note to recto of the rear cover: "Any Photograph In This Book May be Purchased from The Publishers, Marten & Son, Ltd, Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk. Size 8-in. by 6-in, Price 3s. 6d. Each (Postage extra). A fascinating and scarce item with additional Suffolk local history interest. VG. "This tribute to the Home guard has been compiled by three Home guard officers who wish to remain anonymous." Edited by P.J. Gates.-- cf. Whitaker's cumulative book list. 1946.

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Keywords: 52216 Marten & Son Sudbury Suffolk the Lion Roared His Defiance Call Came and Was Answered to the Full the Home Guard Watched 1940-1944 Gates Army Local Defence Volunteers Cadge Roe Long Melford Military