MOON, CHRIS

One Step Beyond

London, Macmillan. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333740513) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper and lower edges and to spine. 388pp. Autobiography of ex-army soldier Chris Moon who then signed up for mine-clearance work. He was captured by the Khmer Rouge and almost died and then worked on mine-clearance in Mozambique where he was blown up. losing an arm and a leg. Less than a year after leaving hospital he completed the London Marathon. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 023416

Catalogue: Biography - Military

Keywords: Mine Clearance, Adventure, Biography 0333740513

MOOREHEAD, ALAN

A Late Education : Episodes in a Life

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0241019869) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nicks to top of spine and sunning to front. 175pp. The story of a friendship that lasted from 1938 to 1952. One person was a pessimistic intellectual and musician. The other was Alan Moorehead, an unsophisticated Australian who wrote The White Nile, The Blue Nile and Gallipoli amonst other works. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 026646

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Autobiography, Biography - Literary 0241019869

MORGAN, TED

Churchill : The Rise to Failure 1874-1915

London, Triad/Panther Books. 1984. (ISBN: 0586057625) Soft Cover, 7.75 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers, faint crease to arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 672pp. Biography of the early years of Winston Churchill as his career seemed doomed to failure. Very Good.

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Book number: 011972

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Politics, Biography, Military. Winston Churchill Politics and Current Affairs Biography - Politics 0586057625

MORSE, JOHN

An Englishman in the Russian Ranks

London, Duckworth. 1915. Hard Cover, 7.5 x 5 inches. Reading copy of a scarce title. 337pp. Fair.

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Book number: 001486

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Ww1, First World War,

NEUMANN, ALFRED

Guerra

London, Alfred A Knopf. 1930, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to some page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Now protected in a fully-removable transparent sleeve. 332pp. After years of Exile, Gasto Guerra returns to Italy in the revolution of 1848. Slowly he grows from a harsh reckless rebel into a real leader who suffers martyrdom the the Cause. This vast novel is raised from the story of a rebellion to that of a human soul. Translated from the German by Huntley Paterson. Scarce in the UK. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 021587

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Politics, Military, Psychology Politics and Current Affairs Psychology

JOHN NORRIS

Anti-Tank Weapons

London, Brassey's (UK) Ltd. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 1857531779) Hard Cover, 10 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to upper corners. 143pp. A concise, acurate and easy-to-use guide to an essential element of a fighting power's arsenal from the shoulder- fired ATGWs through to highly sophisticated 'fire-and-forget' ground based and airborne systems. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 020460

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Weapons, Vehicles, 1857531779

HEINZ J. NOWARRA

Focke-Wulf FW 190-TA152: Aircraft and Legend

Yeovil, Somerset, Haynes Publishing Group. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0854296956) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 159pp. The story of the Luftwaffe's answer to Britain's Spitfire which was generally regarded as Germany's best piston-engined fighter. Tucked in is a large folded fully labelled cutaway drawing of the aircraft in excellent condition. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 018984

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military Aircraft, World War 2, Germany Transport - Air 0854296956

ORANGE, VINCENT

Johnny Checketts : The Road to Biggin Hill : A Gripping Story of Courage in the Air and Evasion on the Ground

London, Grub Street. 2006. (ISBN: 1904943799) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 192pp. The story of Johnny Checketts, one of the great fighter pilots of World War II, from New Zealand, who was shot down in 1943 but avoided capture and returned to Britain. This amended and updated edition of his story tells of his time in the RNZAF and of his return to Britain through France. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 013736

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Second World War, Rnzaf, Fighter Pilots, Transport - Air Biography - Military 1904943799

NEIL ORPEN

Airlift to Warsaw

Slough, W Foulsham & Co Ltd. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 057201287X) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with very slight creasing to top of spine. 184pp. An account of the doomed attempts to arm and supply the Warsaw nationalists in the Warsaw Rising of 1944. Persistent bad weather, great distances between takeoff points and the target and well-positioned German air defenses within the city took an appalling toll of men and aircraft. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 022298

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Second World War, Poland, Resistance Transport - Air 057201287x

OWENS, H. A.

Further along the Path

Stockport, The Author. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0951064010) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. An unread copy. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 136pp. The author was with the RAF ground staff in North Africa during World War 2 and here he recounts his activities and adventures. As New.

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Book number: 009176

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Aircraft, Second World War, Fighter Bomber Squadron, Egypt, Africa Transport - Air 0951064010

PETER PADFIELD

Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1588-1782

London, John Murray. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0719556554) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 340pp. A fascinating account of how great seafaring nations have flourished, in war, trade, financial and constitutional, from the Dutch in the 17th century, the British in the 18th century and the USA in the 20th and how this has had such a profound effect on even the daily lives of the inhabitants of these nations.. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 022121

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Sea, Shipping, Pirates, Exploration, History Politics and Current Affairs Transport - Water 0719556554

KATHLEEN PALMER

Women War Artists

London, Tate Publishing. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854379895) Soft Cover with Self-Wraps, 8.75 x 7 inches. Book in mint condition. 90pp. This study celebrates the remarkable experiences and achievements of women war artists from the First World War to the present day. Key works by artists include Dame Laura Knight, Anna Airy, Evelyn Dunbar, Fiona Banner and Jananne Al-Ani. As New.

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Book number: 020367

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Art, Painting, Painters, Wars, Military, 20th Century Arts - General / Style / Ornament Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 1854379895

PATERSON, MICHAEL

Winston Churchill: His Military Life 1895-1945

Newton Abbott, David & Charles. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715319647) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper edge. 320pp. A collection of eye-witness accounts from those who knew Churchill, those who met him, and those who opposed him, as well as his own eloquent commentary through his fifty years of military involvement. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 017929

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Politics, Biography, Military Biography - Military 0715319647

ARTHUR PEARCY

An Illustrated History of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Bedford

Shrewsbury, Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 1853103608) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 108pp. The RAE site at Bedford was set up around Hitler's secret advanced wind-tunnel testing plant which was a war-prize from WW2 and was moved there from Germany in 1946. Bedford RAE continued to be a centre for important aircraft development until its closure in 1993. Very well illustrated. Fine.

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Book number: 022078

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Aircraft, Fighter Planes, Military, Testing Transport - Air 1853103608

ERIK PILAWSKII

Soviet Air Force Fighter Colours 1941-1945

Hersham, Surrey, Classic Publications. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 190322330X) Hard Cover, 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Ill.: Chris Banyai-Riepl. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with tiny nick and slight creasing to top of spine. 224pp. A detailed study of the camouflage and markings of the Soviet Air Forces during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Extremely well illustrated. Scarce in the UK. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 019558

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Second World War, Ussr, Russia, Aircraft Transport - Air 190322330x Chris Banyai-Riepl