SPEARS, MAJOR-GENERAL SIR EDWARD

Fulfilment of a Mission : Syria and Lebanon 1941-1944

London, Leo Cooper. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 085052234X) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked light blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn wth tiny crease to foot of slightly sunned spine. 311pp. Considered with Churchill as one of the twp outstanding soldier authors of the 20th century, Spears found himself at war not only with the Germans and the Vichy French but equally with the Free French and the Foreign Office ! In this work he describes his gradual disenchantment with the monster he had created - De Gaulle - who he had brought from France to England and virtually created him leader of the Free French. Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 026239

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Keywords: Second World War, Controversy, Politics and Current Affairs Biography - Politics 085052234x

WILLIAM SPENCER

Army Service Records of the First World War (Public Record Office Readers Guide)

Richmond, Surrey, PRO Publications. 2001. (ISBN: 1903365236) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 109pp. A reference guide to accessing the records of service men and women in the British and Indian Armies between 1914 and 1918. Fine.

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Book number: 022384

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Keywords: War Records, First World War 1903365236

SPICK, MIKE;WHEELER, BARRY

The New Illustrated Guide to Modern American Fighters & Attack Aircraft

New York, New York, U.S.A. Smithmark Publishers. 1992. (ISBN: 0831750596) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 4.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny rub to upper front corner, two page corners creased. and no bumping to corners. 155pp. A magnificantly illustrated directory featuring the aircraft of the US Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Near Fine.

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Book number: 006268

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Air Warfare, Airplanes, Defence 0831750596

HOME OFFICE STAFF

Air Raid Precautions Handbook No. 1: Personal Protection Against Gas (1st Edition)

London, HMSO. 1937, First Edition. Hard Cover, 6.5 x 4.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright very faintly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 100pp. Near Fine.

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Book number: 011279

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: War Precautions, Second World War Social History

ORDNANCE SURVEY

Ordnance Survey Map of Salisbury Plain : One Inch to One Mile ; Sheet 282 plus parts of other sheets

Southampton, Ordnance Survey. 1909. Soft Cover, 7 x 4 inches. Concentric rings based on Amesbury probably added post publication. A fairly clean linen reinforced map lightly marked with rubbing at corners and quite dusty. 1pp. Covers Salisbury Plain including War Department boundaries and cultivated areas. One inch to the mile folded map opens up to 23 x 28 inches. Sheet 282 plus parts of sheets 281, 283, 297, 298, 299. Revised 1901-04 Scarce. Good (-).

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Book number: 027630

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Keywords: Map, One Inch to One Mile, Os, Salisbury Plain Travel Guides / Maps

STEFAN TERZIBASCHITSCH

Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy

London, Conway Maritime Press Ltd. 1989. (ISBN: 0851775152) Hard Cover, 12 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bumping to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge and slight traces of storage. 343pp. Detailed pictorial study of the aircraft carriers of the US Navy from the 1920s onwards. Second Edition. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 021607

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Keywords: Military, Usa, Ships, Aircraft Carriers, Airplanes Transport - Air Transport - Water 0851775152

THOMPSON, EDWARD P.

The Heavy Dancers : Writings on Wars Past and Future

London, Merlin Press. 1985. (ISBN: 0850363292) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to upper rear corner, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and slight foxing to top of page edges. 340pp. Includes the issues facing peace movements, the approaching authoritarian state and the manipulation of the public mind by the media. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 013529

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Keywords: Peace Movements, Wars, Philosophy Philosophy 0850363292

THOMPSON, LEROY; CHAPPELL, MICHAEL

Uniforms of the Elite Forces

Poole, Dorset, Blandford Press. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713712597) Hard Cover, 7.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. Photographs + 121pp. With thirty two pages of colour plates depicting the elite forces including the SAS and the American Special Forces. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 011863

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Keywords: Military Uniforms, Sas, American Special Forces 0713712597

THOMSON, MALCOM

Churchill His Life and Times : Special Memorial Edition

London, Odhams Books. 1965. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slight fading to spine and no bumping to corners. 480pp. Fine.

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Book number: 008185

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Keywords: Politics and Current Affairs

THOMSON, MALCOM

Churchill His Life and Times : Special Memorial Edition

London, Odhams Books. 1965. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Trace of label removal to corner of front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, slight fading to spine and bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine. 480pp. Special Memorial Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 011973

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Keywords: Biography, Politics, Winston Churchill, Military Politics and Current Affairs

RICHARD C. THORNTON

The Falklands Sting: Reagan, Thatcher and Argentina's Bomb

Washington, Brassey's Inc. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1574881558) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 291pp. The author reveals that at the time of the Falklands War in 1982, Argentina was developing its own nuclear weapons. That, and how to strengthen Margaret Thatcher who was on the verge of being toppled as British prime minister, led Ronald Reagan to encourage Britain to respond to the Argentine attack on the Falklands Islands. Reagan needed Thatcher in power to assist in his moves to contain the Soviet Union. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 022072

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Keywords: Falklands War, Nuclear Weapons, Us Policy Politics and Current Affairs 1574881558

TIPTON, J. E.

South Western Approaches : Air Operations from Pembrokeshire in the World Wars

Tenby, Tenby Museum. 1986. (ISBN: 0904696049) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked front board, label removal mark to rear and no bumping to corners. 8 full-page photographs + 44pp. Fine.

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Book number: 005123

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Keywords: First World War, Second World War, Wwi, Wwii, 0904696049

NIKOLAI TOLSTOY

The Half-Mad Lord : Thomas Pitt

New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 003047261X) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked dark grey boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tiny tear near top of spine and slight traces of storage. 239pp. Biography of Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford 1775-1804, the prototype Regency hero, exceptionally talented and very well connected but who left a names renowned for excesses and eccentricities. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 021435

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Biography, 18th Century, Baron Camelford Travel / Adventure Biography - History 003047261x

LONGSTAFF-TYRRELL, PETER WITH BERRY, PATRICIA

The Maple Leaf Army in Britain

Polegate, East Sussex, Gote House Publishing Co. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0952129779) Soft Cover, 10.25 x 7.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 124pp. Social history from the Second World War about Canadian troops in Britain. During that time, 500,000 Canadian armed services people served part of WW2 in Britain and 40,000 British/Canadian marriages resulted. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 027123

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Keywords: World War Two, Canadian Forces Social History 0952129779

SUN-TZU

The Art of War

Penguin Group (Australia). 2009. (ISBN: 0141045272) Soft Cover, 7 x 4.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease to upper corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, crease to upper corner of front end paper and no bumping to corners. 99pp. Ancient wisdom on the skill, cunning, tactics and discipline to outwit your opponent on the battlefield and in the boardroom. Near Fine.

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Book number: 027758

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Keywords: Winning, Battlefield, Boardroom, Wisdom Business Psychology 0141045272