Key, Joshua

The Deserter's Tale; the Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq

New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. Hardcover. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good in good+, edgeworn dustjacket showing sunning to spine. .

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Book number: 051979

Catalogue: Military History

King, Larry

Love Stories of World War II

New York, Crown, 2001. Hardcover. pp. xiii, 328. 8vo. Black and white photograsphs. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. .

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Book number: 088328

Catalogue: Military History

Kinglake, A. W.

The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan. ; Complete Eight Volume Set

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. Leather Bound. Royal 8vo. Finely bound in 3/4 polished leather. All folding maps, maps, and illustrations are present. The bottom edges of the boards of each volume are rubbed and there is some rubbing to the leading edges of the boards. The top of the spine of volume VIII is a bit abraded. A few spots of rubbing to the spines, but it is not untoward. Bindings tight throughout - no broken hinges. Contents clean. Overall, most handsome in appearance. Alexander William Kinglake (1809-1891) was educated at Eton and Cambridge. After doing the 'Grand Tour' he joined the Inns of Court and became a barrister. In 1854, he followed the British expedition to the Crimea, and was present at the Battle of Alma, and was subsequently invited by Lady Raglan to write the history of the campaign. Volumes I and II first appeared in 1863, volumes III and IV in 1868, volume V in 1875, volume VI in 1880, and volumes VII and VIII in 1887. The DNB notes that 'his history [was] marked by literary ability and skill in dealing with technical matters'. Our offering is a 'made-up' set consisting of mixed editions which were ultimately rebound uniformly in three-quarter polished calf over marbled boards with matching endpapers, five raised bands, and the top edge gilt. Volumes I and II are 5th editions (1874); volumes III and IV are 3rd editions (1884 and 1885); and volumes V, VI, VII, VIII are first editions (1875, 1880, 1887); so presumably this set was made up and re-bound shortly after 1887. Ill.: maps, illustrations.

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Book number: 9900041831

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Crimean War; British history; maps, illustrations

Kipling, Rudyard

The Fringes of the Fleet

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1915. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 70.12mo,,Card covers creased, edge-worn & soiled; else gd/gd+ condition, War-time propaganda written by the most popular author of his time. Headings include: The Auxilaries, Submarines, & Patrols. .

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Book number: 9900029378

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Service;Marines;Navy;Sea warfare;;;;;

Kurtz, Lester R.

The Nuclear Cage; a Sociology of the Arms Race

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1988. Paperback. 8vo. Very good. .

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Book number: 051624

Catalogue: Military History

Lamb, James B.

On the Triangle Run

Toronto, Macmillan of Canada, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Minimal shelfwear. Stamp to ffep; very good+ in very good+ dust jacket. .

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Book number: 051678

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Canadian History; Navy; WWII;

Law, W. C., ed

Chinthe

[B.C. Canada], 1946. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 166. 4to. Bound in navy cloth with decoration to spine and front board. Map endpapers. Plenty of well-captioned b&w photos. Minor edgewear, contents clean and unmarked, binding sound; very good+. A history of 435 Squadron, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who served in Burma and India during 1944 and 1945. No place, or date, of publication shown; gift inscription "with best wishes for 1947", signed from R. R. Cooper, who is included in the Manitoba section of the Alphabetical index of personnel of the Chinthe Squadron at the end of the book. Printed by Diggon-Hibben Limited, Victoria, BC. A very scarce regimental history. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 069146

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: World War Two; Burma; World War II; R. C. A. F.; Canadian air force;;;; black-and-white photographs

'Lawrence, T. E.'

Revolt in the Desert

New York City, George H. Doran Company, 1927. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 335. Royal 8vo. Bound in original grey red buckram with black stamped lettering. 16 plates, folding map. Faint cup 'ring' on rear bd, some scuffing & soiling, binding sl. cracked. Former owner's name on front pastedown. The dust jacket has been price-clipped and has pieces missing at the top and bottom of the spine. It is also a bit creased and scuffed, and is in fair condition. Folding map at rear is in excellent condition. This is the first American trade edition, published at the same time as the Jonathan Cape first British trade edition, both after the limited edition published the same year. Issued in dull pink buckram, or as O'Brien A107 describes it: 'grey red buckram'. Although the copyright page states 'First printing in America, March, 1927', this is a later printing, as it lacks the GHD 'lozenge' on the verso of the title page. A prudent prospective purchaser should always confirm the presence of this important point when considering the purchase of a copy described as a 'first American edition'. Ill.: 16 plates, folding map.

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Book number: 9900030499

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: T. E. Shaw;Lawrence of Arabia;The Arabs;World War One;Desert War;Arabia;T. E. Lawrence;; 16 plates, folding map

'LAWRENCE, T. E'

Revolt in the Desert

Garden City, NY, Garden City Publishing. reprint. Hardcover. 335 pp. 8vo. Bound in brown woven cloth with vignette stamped on front board. Slight discolouration to the top left of the front board, light general shelf wear. tiny tear to the bottom of the rear hinge; very good. The folding map is present and in near fine condition. The uncommon dust jacket (similar to that encasing the first American edition) is present, although it is torn and creased, and now in about fair condition. Illustrations by Augustus John and others. A smaller format edition of the 1927 Doran 1st American edition. O'Brien A190 identifies this as the third American edition, and notes that 'There are many printings of this edition and no effective means of determining priority of issue' (p. 101). However, it appears that the earliest issues were bound in what O'Brien describes as 'rough cloth binding', with a blind stamped rectangle on the front board. We have seen many different copies of this edition of this title, and this particular copy is bound as O'Brien describes, and is thus an early, or possibly, first printing of the third edition. Most of our other copies are similarly bound, but in smooth brown cloth, with no blind-stamped rectangle. Thus, we present this as a very early issue of the third American edition. Ill.: b&w drawings, folding map.

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Book number: 9900030550

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Lawrence Of Arabia;World War I;Saudi Arabia;Arabs;T. E. Lawrence;;;; b&w drawings, folding map

'LAWRENCE, T. E.'

Revolt in the Desert

New York City, George H. Doran Company, 1927. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 335. Royal 8vo. Bound in original grey-red buckram with black stamped lettering. A bit scuffed, bumped & soiled, but internally clean & strong. No dustjacket. This is the first American trade edition, published at the same time as the Jonathan Cape first British trade edition, both after the limited edition published the same year. Issued in dull pink buckram, or as O'Brien A107 describes it: 'grey red buckram'. Although the copyright page states 'First printing in America, March, 1927', this is a later printing, as it lacks the GHD 'lozenge' on the verso of the title page. A prudent prospective purchaser should always confirm the presence of this important point when considering the purchase of a copy described as a 'first American edition'. Ill.: 16 plates, folding map.

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Book number: 9900030546

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: T. E. Shaw;Lawrence of Arabia;The Arabs;World War One;Desert War;Arabia;T. E. Lawrence;; 16 plates, folding map

Lee, Emanoel

To the Bitter End: A Photographic History of the Boer War 1899-1902

Penguin Books, 1987. Paperback. pp. xii, 226. 8vo. B&w photos and maps. Light shelfwear, bookplate to ffep; very good. .

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Book number: 052020

Catalogue: Military History

Leversedge, Terry (Ed.); Jurkowski, D.M. (Fwd.)

A History of the Air Defence of Canada 1948-1997

Ottawa, Commander Fighter Group, 1985. Hardcover. pp. 205. 4to. Black & white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 081679

Catalogue: Military History

Lochery, Neill

Cashing out; the Flight of Nazi Treasure, 1945-1948

New York, Public Affairs, 2023. Hardcover. pp. 306. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; near fine in near fine dustjacket. .

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Book number: 091644

Catalogue: Military History

Lockerman, Samuel

Bring Back the B-47

Lincoln, iUniverse, 2003. Paperback. pp. 366. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

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Book number: 059568

Catalogue: Military History

Lockhart, Robert Bruce

Comes the Reckoning

London, Putnam, 1947. Hardcover. pp. 384. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, ink inscription to front pastedown, what seems to be a cut-out of the original dustjacket pasted to ffep; very good. .

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Book number: 083900

Catalogue: Military History