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

TREVOR ELLESTON

Squadron Airborne

London, Heinemann. 1955, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. book boards a little bowed, slight age fade to spine ends, generally VG but not 'fresh'. DW has large chip to tail losing part of the Heinemann windmill, head has small chips, corners chipped, two short tears onto front cover, light soiling. 256pp with glossary of RAF technical terms. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 000888

Catalogue: Militaria Fiction

Keywords: World War Two British Fighter Pilot Aviation Military Novel Fiction

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

JACKSON W G F

Alexander of Tunis as military Commander

London, Batsford. 1971, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. contains bibliography, index, and 31 illustrations. Includes chapters on "Test Of Command"; "Approach To High Command"; "Defeat In Flanders"; "Triumph Of Generalship"; and "Alexander As A Commander". dust jacket is edge worn, unclipped, book VG with ink inscription to fep 344pp + plates maps etc. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 013008

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: World War Two Alexander Tunis North Africa Rommel El Alamein Tunisia Sicily Italy Military

LEEMING JOHN F

Always To-Morrow

London, Harrap. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) lacks fep, minor tape stains to paste down, otherwise tidy copy, 188pp +plates, British air crew shot down over Sicily and the subsequent internment in Italy, and his repatriation after feigning mental illness. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005237

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War World War Two P.O. W. Prisoner of War Escape Escape Attempts Italy Sicily

SMITH BRADLEY F

The American Road to Nuremberg, the Documentary Record 1944-1945

Stanford, Hoover Institution Press. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0817974814) Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. DW rubbed edges, closed tear to front panel, tape repairs to reverse side of DW, book has faint water mark to bottom and fore edge at bottom corner of first and last few pages, basically just causing some warping to the page edges rather than staining, x 259pp documentary evidence for the US creation of the legal fantasy that became the IMT and the Nuremberg 'war' crimes trials against the defeated nazi hierarchy and the thousands of officials and servicemen in service during the Third Reich, reproduces pertinent official documents and phone calls etc from within the American administration and its British counterparts. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012185

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Nazi Hitler Nuremberg War Crimes Trials International Law Jew Holocaust Zionist Zionism Aryan 0817974814

FOSS CHRISTOPHER F.

Modern Military Trucks, Jane's Pocket Book

London, Jane's Publishing Company. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0710600917) Pictorial Boards, Landscape 16mo. light handling, tidy copy, 267pp, includes hundreds of full page black and white photos, military trucks and transports from around the world. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007632

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military Transport Trucks Logistics Mechanical Army Trucks Modern 0710600917

GREENE FELIX

Vietnam! Vietnam! a Penguin Special

Harmondsworth, Penguin. 1967, reprint. Soft Cover, Landscape 12mo. large format soft cover with vertical crease to rear wrapper, some bending to corners otherwise tidy, 175pp well illustrated with b&w photos throughout, anti-war slant, back cover reads "In photographs and documents the anatomy of a war that stains the conscience of mankind". Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011927

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Vietnam War Penguin Special S255 Documentary American Military Intervention Police Action South East Asia Photo-Journalism

LARTEGUY JEAN TRANSLATED BY XAN FIELDING

The Bronze Drums

London, W H Allen. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: John Jarvies. first edition in near fine DW, unclipped, small area foxing to closed fore edge of pages, not written in or marked, minor foxing from accumulated dust to closed top edge, 420pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010709

Catalogue: Militaria Fiction

Keywords: Modern First Edition Fiction English Translation French Literature Military War the Centurions, Jean Larteguy Indo-China Asia John Jarvies

LARTEGUY JEAN TRANSLATED BY XAN FIELDING

The Centurions

London, Hutchinson. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Val Biro. very rare first edition in near fine DW, unclipped, minor foxing to edges or folds of DW, small area foxing to closed fore edge of pages, not written in or marked, minor foxing from accumulated dust to closed top edge, very scarce with a near pristine DW, our standard shipping rate will be charged but we will upgrade to signature required courier delivery, we prefer a bank deposit as payment for this item please, when the English edition was published it met with controversy and totally different reviews to the blockbuster French edition, and is consequentially a rare item, 487pp. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010278

Catalogue: Militaria Fiction

Keywords: Modern First Edition Fiction English Translation French Literature Military War the Centurions, Jean Larteguy Indo-China Asia Val Biro

GIBBONS FLOYD

The Red Knight of Germany, Baron Von Richtofen Germany's Great War Airman

London, Cassell. 1934, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. spine lightly sunned, lacks DW, faint scattered foxing, lightly foxed closed edges, tidy copy, tenth edition, 408pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003710

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: First World War Aviation Fighter Pilot Manfred Von Richtofen German

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Royal Australian Air Force 75th Anniversary Commemorative Publication

Sydney, Rutland Cowling-Smith Associates. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0646265776) Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Magazine, (500 gram rate) commemorative magazine for the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Australian Air Force in 1996. minor surface soiling to wraps, 96pp glossy magazine style stapled wrappers, history of the RAAF and plenty of indiustry advertising as well. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003275

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Raaf Royal Australian Air Force 75th Anniversary Commemorative Publication Aviation Military 0646265776

JACKSON FRANCIS

Airgunner; the Adventures of Flying Officer H. Lyver

Wellington, Reed. 1944, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) excellent copy but lacks dust jacket, 164pp + plates, true account of the exploits of Flying Officer Lyver D.F.C. up to 1944, bombers over Europe. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005367

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military Aviation Royal Air Force Second World War New Zealand Anzac Flying Officer Lyver D.F. C. Bombers