MARS ALASTAIR

Unbroken, the Story of a Submarine

London, Muller. 1953, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) blue boards light dust soiling, lean to spine, frontis detached, unclipped dust jacket has some large chips from edges and spine ends and split along folds, ninth impression, a tidy reading copy or better, 224pp + plates, map endpapers. Good/Good.

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Book number: 006554

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Royal Navy British Naval Submarine Mediterranean

POWELL E. ALEXANDER

Fighting in Flanders

London, Heinemann. 1915, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Mrs. Donald Thompson. cloth handling soiled, corners bumped, peice rubbed or chewed off at top left corner of upper board, pen and pencil name to fep, light foxing to closed edges, xix 231pp + plates and folding map ( with one minor tear) , frontis. with tissue guard, a journalist in Flanders during th early years of the First World War, much to do with Belgium and the Belgian experience of German occupation. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008640

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Great War World War One First World War Military History Journalism Non-Fiction German Army Flanders Belgium Mrs. Donald Thompson

TURNEY ALFRED

Disaster at Moscow, Von Bock's Campaigns 1941-42

London, Cassell. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304936685) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW sunned to spine, minor wear or soiling, book clean with minor spotting to closed edges, xvii 228pp, uncommon account of the push to Moscow by Bock's Army Group Centre, researched through his unpublished war diary. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008506

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Eastern Front Army Group Centre General Von Bock Moscow Nazi German Third Reich Military History 0304936685

PRICE ALFRED

The Luftwaffe Data Book

London, Greenhill Books. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 1853672939) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Invaluable Luftwaffe reference book, Fully revised and greatly extended from the original Luftwaffe Handbook 1939-1945 This is the reference book that anyone interested in World War II aviation should have on hand. This single volume presents a remarkable range of data, from the organization of the Luftwaffe High Command to details of unit identification markings on aircraft, Based on the Luftwaffe Handbook 1939-1945, long out of print, it has been fully revised and extended to almost double the original length by aviation historian Alfred Price, Lists of the strengths, serviceability states, and equipment of units at significant points throughout the war, as well as details of operational tactics of the different units are included, Greenhill Books 1997 hard cover in dust jacket, 272pp +plates, excellent and profuse photographs. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011531

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Luftwaffe Second World War Military Aviation Militaria Nazi Pilot 1853672939

ENGLE ANITA

The Nili Spies

London, Hogarth Press. 1959, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket is sunfaded to the paper stock pigment, lettering not faded, some light soiling or foxing, book clean, slight afed top of boards, 245pp + plates, minor foxing to closed edges, Jewish zionist family in Palestine ran a spy network for the British during the First World War. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 007629

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: First Edition Hogarth Press Non-Fiction Jew Jewish Israel Palestine Judaism Zionism Zionist Biography Sarah Aaronsohn First World War World War on Egreat War Palestine British Espionage Spy Network Turks

BAKER ANNE & SIR RONALD IVELAW - CHAPMAN

Wings Over Kabul, the First Airlift

London, William Kimber. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718301846) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW otherwise tidy, 191pp + plates, 1929 airlift of civilians from Kabul by the RAF. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003061

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Afghanistan British Empire Raf Royal Air Force Evacuation Kabul 1929 Aviation 0718301846

ANON

Le Champ De Bataille La Ville Verdun, Edition D'art ( 20 Post Cards in Wallet )

Verdun, ML Edition Verdun. First Edition. Printer Wrapper, Landscape 16mo. (200 gram rate) decoratively titled paper wrappers over 20 post cards ( unused and intact) the final one being a composite of 8 of the others, all unused and attached to the booklet, very tidy copy, photographic cards, size is 150mm across, 90 mm along spine, mainly scenes of the monuments and cemetaries etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005547

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: First World War Ephemera Post Cards Memorial Publications Photographs le Champ de Bataille la Ville Verdun

ANON

Signal Training, for Use By Army Signallers in Overseas Forces, Territorials, National Reserve, The Home Guard, Women's Auxilliary Signal Units, Cadet Corps (Military Manual No. 7 )

Christchurch, Whitcombe & Tombs. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) illustration of a hand on a signalling device has been deftly coloured, looks almost a professional job, some foxing to wrappers, undated but around late 1940s?, G2157 priced at 2/6, sewn collations in stiff paper wrapper, first 30pp on sized paper and with photographs, second collation on 'normal' paper, 96pp total. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009223

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military Manual New Zealand Defense Force Signalling Communication

ANON

War Birds, Diary of an Unknown Aviator

London, John Hamilton. 1933, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Clayton Knight. cloth rubbed to spine ends and corners, spine sun faded, lightly soiled cloth, owner details to fep "J R B Mulligan", 277pp + plates, + 30pp publisher's advertisements at rear, diary of an unnamed AEF ( American) fighter pilot in the Great War, posthumously published after he was KIA. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010575

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Air Force, Aef, American Expeditionary Force, First World War, Great War, Fighter Squadron, Military Aviation, Unknown Pilot, Diary, American Pilot Clayton Knight

ANON

The War in Pictures ; First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Year

London, Odhams Press Limited. First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (5000 GRAM RATE OR MORE) Second World War World War Two Pictorial Illustrated Photographic Encyclopedia History Chronological, six volumes in red leatherette with blind embossed military designs to covers, one vol per year of the war, heavily illustrated with b&w photos, basically the complete war in overview shown in photos with descriptive captions, hinges in all vols loosening but nock broken, minor board wear, approx 250pp per volume, a heavy set to ship. approx 5kg. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002179

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War World War Two Pictorial Illustrated Photographic Encyclopedia History Chronology

BILLINGHAM MRS ANTHONY

America's First Two Years, the Story of the American Volunteers in Britain 1939-1941

London, John Murray. 1942, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ex-Library, small name and date to fep, presentation stamp to title page showing donation to the Returned Serviceman's Association, red cloth gilt titled, 64pp well illustrated with photos, American nationals service in defensive roles on British soil under the control of the British (that is, not American command but British) (500 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011165

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: American Military Service British Isles Second World War American Red Cross Eagle Squadron American Home Guard American Outpost in Great Britain

FARRAR-HOCKLEY ANTHONY

The Edge of the Sword

London, Frederick Muller. 1952, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. dust jacket rubbed to edges and corners, chipped head and tail, age browning 275pp after the Battle of the Imjin river the Gloucestershire regiment went into Communist captivity, and the story is here told. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002048

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Korean War Gloucestershire Regiment Pow Prisoner of War Communist Chinese Atrocity Military British Army

FARRAR-HOCKLEY ANTHONY

The Edge of the Sword

London, Frederick Muller. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. dust jacket rubbed to edges and corners, chipped head, tail and corners, minor wormhole to front board and through to pp15, age browning 275pp + frontis, map endpapers, after the Battle of the Imjin river the Gloucestershire regiment went into Communist captivity, and the story is here told. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006365

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Korean War Gloucestershire Regiment Pow Prisoner of War Communist Chinese Atrocity Military British Army

WAVELL ARCHIBALD

Allenby a Study in Greatness

London, Harrap. 1941, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. 5th impression, red cloth, price clipped DW a few tidy short edge tears with tape repair to the reverse, head of spine light chipping, 312pp + plates, lightly foxed closed edges, includes his South African / Boer War service. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003482

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Military History Biography British Great War

ANDERSON E ARNOTT

A Life's Roundabout

Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs. 1974, Second Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Farm hand on New Zealand high country runs , North and South Island. Work on Makatoke railway viaduct, author put back his age by 15 years to enlist during WWII, Sent to Middle East and Crete, Greece with 19th battalion, purchased Banks Peninsula property, About 80 pp dealing with military life, 238pp, DW has rubbing, short tears some chipping. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012425

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Anzac Crete Greece World War Two Banks Peninsula Diamond Harbour New Zealand 19th Battalion