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$10.00
xxqbh179717

The Silent Army


ONN, CHIN KEE

Paperback (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: Corgi Books 1962

KEYWORDS: novel dramatization history japanese occupation of malaya world war two ii second wwii

$27.50
xxqbi179722

The Lost Battle: Crete 1941


MACDONALD, CALLUM

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: Free Press 1993

KEYWORDS: crete world war two second ii wwii battle history military

$30.00
xxqbi179723

Secret Service


ASTON, GEORGE [SIR]

Lacks d/w. Octavo hardcover (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: Faber and Faber 1930

KEYWORDS: british secret service history spies espionage military foundation crimean war crimea boer to world war one first wwi

$45.00
1y89a/58

New Zealand and the Vietnam War: Politics and Diplomacy


RABEL, ROBERTO

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xi + 443pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl wear)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Vietnam war politics political foreign policy

$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

$40.00
1y89a/64

Lasting Impressions: The Story of New Zealand's Newspapers, 1840-1920


GRANT, IAN F.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, xiii + 676pp, illus/photos, VG+ (slight rubbing to covers, light creasing to spine, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand press journalism newspapers history printed media

$120.00
1y89a/67

History of Samoa


LAMBIE, K. R.

EX-LIBRARY, quarto, black heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 144pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate fading to spine & board edges with moderate tape residue & staining, moderate scuffing & surface loss to edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (usual library labels, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with heavy reinforcement adhesive, moderate chafing & soiling, tape staining)

PUBLISHER: Commercial Printers 1979

KEYWORDS: Samoa history K R Lambie Polynesia Polynesian

$40.00
1y89a/69

Rendez-vous 127: The Diary of Madame Brusselmans September 1940-September 1944


MADAME BRUSSELMANS & HORNSEY, DENIS (Transcribed by) & EMBRY, Air Chief Marshal Sir BASIL (Fore) & SPAATZ, Gen. CARL (Fore)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 173pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, 1cm closed tear to top spine extrem, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping with heavy loss to edges, front flap completely detached but present, tears to flap hinges and extrems, price clipped, light discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1954

KEYWORDS: military history journal diary Madame Anne Brusselmans Comete Line escapes espionage resistance gestapo ww2 second 2nd world war two 2

$95.00
1y89a/70

The Cage


BILLANY, DAN & DOWIE, DAVID

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 190pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, sm inscriptions in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG- (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1949

KEYWORDS: Dan Billany David Dowie military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war missing persons British soldiers

$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

$145.00
1y89a/75

Overture to Overlord


MORGAN, Lt.-Gen. Sir FREDERICK & EISENHOWER, Gen. DWIGHT D. (Fore)

Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, illus eps, 296pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, numerous sm pencil annotations to ffep, prev. bookseller's label to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with tape repairs & reinforcements, heavy discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1950

KEYWORDS: military history overlord operation ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 US British operations American

$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

$62.50
1y89a/78

Norway 1940


ASH, BERNARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, x + 340pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & staining to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, price clipped, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition military history Norway ww2 second 2nd world war two 2

$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

$40.00
1y89a/80

For You the War is Over: American Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany


FOY, DAVID A.

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to black buckram spine, author's name in gilt to front board, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (adhesive protective mylar covering, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Stein and Day 1984

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war US American soldiers

$40.00
1y92a/1

Templar: Tiger of Malaya


CLOAKE, JOHN

FULL TITLE & COPYRIGHT PAGES MISSING, UNSIGHTLY DAMAGE TO SPINE, BINDING STILL SOUND, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, xi + 508pp, illus/photos, VG (aforementioned 3cm gouge to spine- archival tape repairs, light fading to board edges, sl foxing to page edges, sl cracking to some gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, full title & copyright pgs completely missing, prev. bookseller's price label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (ligth creasing & chipping to edges, ligth chafing & soiling, 5cm loss to spine area)

PUBLISHER: Details Not Available

KEYWORDS: miitary history Sir Gerald Templar biography memoir British Army

$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

$200.00
1y92a/5

Of Death But Once


BULCOCK, ROY

Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 213pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy annotations in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, scruffy (v heavy creasing & chipping with loss & ugly yellowing tape repairs to edges & spine, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: F. W. Cheshire 1947

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 pows prisoners of war Australian Java Japan Japanese

$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

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