HANS BUSK

The Rifle and How to Use it

London, Routledge. 1861. Hard Cover, 6.5 x 4.25 inches. Book in poor condition but all text pages complete and in reasonable condition. Title page and first contents page missing. Loose frontispiece of author Hans Busk. Half of spine strip missing. Cover stained and very dusty page edges. 255pp. A note inside front board by previous owner points the reader to page 220 etc suggesting publication date of around 1860. Poor/No Jacket.

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Book number: 024357

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Weapons, Guns, Rifle

BUTTERWORTH, ROSEMARY; EHRENFRIED, ALAN & WALKER, SYLVIA M.

Hyde Wartime Memories

Hyde, The Living Memories of Hyde Socirty. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0951662929) Soft Cover, 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Appears unread. 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. A scarce book. 97pp. Social history told by the people of Hyde in Greater Manchester about life during the Second World War. Well illustrated. Fine.

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Book number: 023900

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Social History, Hyde, Cheshire, Manchester, Social History 0951662929

NIGEL CAWTHORNE

Shipwrecks : Disasters Of The Deep Sea :

Devizes, Wiltshire, Select Editions. 2005. (ISBN: 1841932922) Soft Cover, 11 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to front cover or to spine, minor crease to rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 144pp. This study of ships lost at sea selects the sinkings with the greatest loss of life, the most famous vessels, the richest treasure troves, the most archaeologically significant wreck sites and the most daring rescues. Near Fine.

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Book number: 017482

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Sea, Ships, Boats, Battles, Transport - Water 1841932922

CAWTHORNE, NIGEL

Vietnam : A War Lost and Won

Capella. 2003. (ISBN: 1841931551) Paperback, 7.75 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean copy. 240pp. Detailed study of the disastrous war fought by the Americans in Vietnam. Fine.

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Book number: 000482

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: American War 1841931551

CAYGILL, PETER

Phantom from the Cockpit: Flying the Legend

Barnsley, Pen & Sword Aviation. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 1844152251) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and minor bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to upper corners 173pp. A comprehensive overview of the history of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom, one of the outstanding aircraft in many of the Western World's air forces during the 1960s and 1970s. This study looks particularly at the experiences of the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm when they received a new model designed with a British Rolls-Royce turbofan instead of the original American power plant. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 024875

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Aircraft, Military, 1960s, 1970s, Transport - Air 1844152251

CHANT, CHRIS

From 1914 to the Present Day : Worlds Great Bombers

Leicester, Silverdale Books. 2005. (ISBN: 1845091590) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 7.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 176pp. Magnificantly illustrated throughout with photographs and full-colour artworks, this volume details the development, unique features and operational capabilities of the major bomber types, providing a mass of information on one of the most decisive weapons of the last hundred years. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 006158

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Aircraft, Warfare, 1845091590

CHANT, CHRIS (EDITOR)

MiG-21

Yeovil, Somerset, Haynes Publishing Group. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0854294392) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.5 inches. Super Profile Series. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with bright laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 56pp. The Mikoyan-Gurevich has been built in greater numbers than any other warplane of the period since World War II. The history, performance and specifications of one of Russia's most successful fighter planes, plus colour and b/w photos. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 002931

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Aircraft, Soviet Air Force, Ussr, Jet Fighter, Eighth Air Force, Merline Engine 0854294392

CHRIS CHANT

Vulcan (Super Profile)

Yeovil, Somerset, G T Foulis & Co Ltd. 1984. (ISBN: 0854294368) Hard Cover, 11 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, trace of sunning near spine top and minor bumping to lower corners. 56pp. The story of Britain's delta-wing Vulcan Bomber, deployed for twenty-five years up to around the Falklands War in 1982, where it flew the world's longest bombing raids ever undertaken as well as performing as an inflight refluelling tanker. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 022189

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Aircraft, Military, Bomber Transport - Air 0854294368

CHAPMAN, F. SPENCER

The Jungle is Neutral

London, Reprint Society. 1950. Hard Cover, 7.5 x 5.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked green cloth boards, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 378pp. The Second World War in the Malay jungle. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 024032

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Malaya, Pahang, Siam

CHILDS, MARQUIS

Eisenhower : Captive Hero

London, Hammond, Hammond & Company. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and a little bumping to spine foot and corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge and dusty rear. 285pp. A critical study of the man who was General in World War Two and the President of the United States. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 013148

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Politics, American President, Biography Politics and Current Affairs Biography - Politics

PAUL A. COGGAN

Mustang Survivors

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, Aston Publications Ltd. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 094662707X) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slight rubbing to upper corner of front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper edges. 216pp. At the time of the aircraft type's 50th birthday, the author details the surviving North American Aviation Mustang airframes in a country by country guide. Well illustrated. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 022124

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Aircraft, Military, Transport - Air 094662707x

COLLIER, RON

Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2

London, Pen & Sword Books Ltd. 1992. (ISBN: 0850523362) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 192pp. This revised, updated and expanded edition tells the stories of twenty-six aircraft crashes in Derbyshire's Peak District. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 011117

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Derbyshire, Aircraft, Second World War, Peak District Transport - Air Archaeology 0850523362

TRANSVAAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Kwandebele - The Struggle Against 'Independence'

Johannesburg, Transvaal Action Committee. 1986. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Previous owner's name to first page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. This publication was later incorporated into the book 'Popular Struggles in South Africa'. It sets out the fight by the blacks being forced into the bantustan of Kwandelebe in the Transvaal. Very Good.

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Book number: 013463

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: South Africa, Bantustans, Transvaal Sport - Shooting Non-Uk Country Studies Social Policy

O'CONNELL, JAMES M.

Undergraduate Honours Course in Peace Studies Prospectus

Bradford University, School of Peace Studies. 1981. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 6pp. Brief prospectus for the Undergraduate Course in Peace Studies at University of Bradford probably from 1981. Fine.

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Book number: 010463

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Peace Studies Psychology

CORMACK, A. J. R. (EDITOR)

Famous Pistols and Handguns

London, Barrie & Jenkins. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0214203204) Hard Cover, 10.5 x 7.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease across front end paper and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small enclosed tear near rear upper edge and some loosening of transparent laminate at rear upper edge. 160pp. Extremely well illustrated study on eight handguns - Luger, Mauser, Walther Automatic, Colt .45 Automatic, Browning Automatic, Webley and Scott Automatic, Beretta and the Astra. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 023518

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Guns, Firearms, Weapons, 0214203204