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$17.50
xxppi179607

Steady, Old Man! Don't You Know There's a War On?


BOND, DEREK

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1990

KEYWORDS: military history Derek Bond autobiography memoir

$16.50
xxppi179614

Where Fate Leads


HOWARTH, HARRY

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ross Anderson Publications 1983

KEYWORDS: military history British army autobiography memoir Harry Howarth

$35.00
xxppi179615

The Odds Against Us


RICHTER, HANS WERNER & KEE, ROBERT (Trans)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1950

KEYWORDS: military history literature fiction literary autobiography autobiographical novels German Hans Werner Richter

$16.50
xxppj179618

To the River Kwai: Two Journeys - 1943, 1979


STEWART, JOHN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1988

KEYWORDS: military history river kwai pows prisoners of war John Stewart autobiography memoir Burma Siam railway

$20.00
xxppj179620

Dare to be Free


THOMAS, W. B.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1951

KEYWORDS: W B Thomas military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 pows prisoners of war escapes escapees autobiography memoir

$25.00
xxppj179622

The Albert Coates Story: The Will That Found the Way


COATES, ALBERT & ROSENTHAL, NEWMAN

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hyland House 1978

KEYWORDS: Albert Coates autobiography memoir military history Australia Australian

$15.00
xxppj179623

The Battle is the Pay-Off


INGERSOLL, RALPH

EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty) heavy loss to jacket; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1943

KEYWORDS: Captain Ralph Ingersoll autobiography memoir military history US America American soldiers

$16.30
xxppf179662

Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War


MANCHESTER, WILLIAM

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1980

KEYWORDS: william manchester memoir autobiography biography world war two second wwii the pacific soldier

$40.00
1y89a/59

Shifting Sands


BRAY, Major N. N. E. & CHAMBERLAIN, Rt. Hon. Sir AUSTEN (Fore)

SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY, SECOND IMPRESSION, MAP VERSO OF HALF TITLE PAGE TORN IN HALF, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, folding map to prelims, frontispiece, xii + 312pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings/stamps, spine cocked, heavy scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, heavy soiling to spine, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to page edges, aforementioned folding map at prelims torn in half with 4cm closed tear, some moderate cracking to gutters- some reinforcements)

PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 1934

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 the great war 1st first world war 1 one Major Bray autobiography Persia Arabia

$100.00
1y89a/72

Round the Corner


BROWN, PERCY

Octavo, purple cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, 336pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to some pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, all corners sl clipped, moderate tanning/soiling to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1934

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Percy Brown literature

$75.00
1y89a/73

Flame Thrower


WILSON, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 202pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (light chipping & staining to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1956

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British army Andrew Wilson autobiography weaponry crocodiles tanks first edition

$60.00
1y89a/74

I Walked Alone


THE EARL OF CARDIGAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & sl foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to front pastedown, light wrinkling to pgs163/164) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1950

KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Earl of Cardigan autobiography pows prisoners of war diary journal

$65.00
1y89a/77

The Escapes and Evasions of 'An Obstinate Bastard'


GRAHAM, DOMINICK

Octavo, yellow glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 238pp, occasional map illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & fading to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & soiling, sl foxing to page edges, light cracking to guttes)

PUBLISHER: WILTON 65 2000

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Dominick Graham autobiography memoir

$40.00
1y89a/79

Forced March to Freedom: An Illustrated Diary of Two Forced Marches and the Interval Between - January to May, 1945


BUCKHAM, ROBERT

Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 98pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to edges & spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Canada's Wings 1984

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war diary journal Robert Buckham autobiography memoir rcaf Canada Canadian air force

$95.00
1y92a/2

The Endless Years


BARNARD, Capt. JOHN T. & STONE, L. D. (Fore)

Octavo, green buckram boards, yellow lettering & rule to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xxii + 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chantry Publications 1951

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Captain John T Barnard British officers pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese ww2

$45.00
1y92a/4

Operation Tombola


FARRAN, ROY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & staining to edges, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 autobiography memoir Roy Farran Tombola sas operations British armed forces

$65.00
1y92a/6

The Jungle in Arms


OATTS, Lieut.-Col. BALFOUR

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, 2cm peel to lower corner of pg 206) in d/w, VG (light to moderate staining to edges, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1962

KEYWORDS: Balfour Oatts military history autobiography memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Burma

$80.00
1y92a/7

Escape to Captivity


HARTLEY, PETER

THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 210pp, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & staining)

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1952

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese autobiography memoir Peter Hartley

$40.00
1y92a/8

The Hunter


FRIEDMAN, TUVIA & GROSS, DAVID C. (Ed & Trans)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 299pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG, in removable protective plastic cover (price clipped, sl soiling & chafing, light adhesive staining to edges beneath wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Anthony Gibbs & Phillips 1961

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Tuvia Friedman military history ww2 holocaust war criminals Jewish persecution Adolf Eichmann

$45.00
1y92a/9

Clipped Wings


BLAIR, DONALD

Octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light folding/creasing to page edges of prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with internal reinforcement, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Stanhope Press (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British battle of Britain raf air force aviation autobiography memoir Donald Blair pilots

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