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Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945


MARRIOTT, LEO

Imperial 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: Ian Allan 1989

KEYWORDS: royal navy destroyers nautical sailing military pictorial illustrated history

$18.50
xxgcc184954

Vietnam: The War in the Air: A Pictorial History of the U.S. Air Forces in the Vietnam War: Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines


GURNEY, GENE & WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM C. (forew.)

Small quarto 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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1985

KEYWORDS: vietnam war conflict air combat militart history airplane airplanes aeroplane aeroplanes fighter jet jets aviation

$15.00
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Fighter Aircraft: Featuring Photographs from the Imperial War Museum


CROSBY, FRANCIS

Large quarto 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: Lorenz Books 2002

KEYWORDS: fighter aircraft military history pictorial illustrated imperial war museum duxford

$20.00
xxgce184956

Submarines: Hunter/Killers & Boomers


LIGHTBODY, ANDY & POYER, JOE

Large quarto 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: Publications International Ltd. 1990

KEYWORDS: submarine submarines nautical warfare cold war united states ussr soviet union military history pictorial illustrated schematics naval navy

$30.00
xxgce184960

Our Beautiful, Dry, and Distant Texts: Art History as Writing


ELKINS, JAMES

Super octavo softcover (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: Routledge 2000

KEYWORDS: art history artwriting visual culture james elkins

$55.00
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Wellington's Army: The Uniforms of the British Soldier, 1812 - 1815


HAYTHORNTHWAITE, PHILIP J. (Text) & SMITH, CHARLES HAMILTON (Plates)

Folio, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 163pp + plates & appendices, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing, tanning & soiling),

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books 2002

KEYWORDS: military history art artistic interpretation Wellington army British soldiers uniforms

$40.00
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The Lost Army of the Gonzagas


MANN, JAMES G.

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light soiling to covers, cracking to gutters- some pgs loose)

PUBLISHER: Ken Trotman 2005

KEYWORDS: renaissance Italy Italian armour armor armoury history military warfare combat

$150.00
2f51e/14

British Napoleonic Field Artillery: The First Complete Illustrated Guide to Equipment and Uniforms


FRANKLIN, C. E.

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 382pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Spellmount Ltd 2008

KEYWORDS: military history Napoleon Napoleonic wars field artillery weapons weaponry uniforms soldiers

$150.00
2f51e/17

2,500 Years of European Helmets: 800 B.C. - 1700 A.D.


CURTIS, HOWARD M.

Oblong octavo, maroon faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt helmet illus to front board, frontispiece, xiii + 346pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderte chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Beinfeld Publishing 1978

KEYWORDS: Europe European armour armor helmets war warfare combat ancient history artefacts

$40.00
2f51e/18

The Journal of the Arms & Armour Society: Volume I 1953-1955


BLAIR, C. (Hon. Ed)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 230pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner of ffep clipped, sm adhesion blemish to lower gutter of pg9) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with 2cm loss to top edge of rear cover, subtle tape reapirs to spine extrems, moderae folding to front flap, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1970

KEYWORDS: journals arms & and armour society warfare war combat history historical societies

$95.00
2f51e/19

Icomam 50: Papers on Arms and Military History 1957-2007


SMITH, ROBERT DOUGLAS (Ed)

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 448pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor closed tearng to top edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Basiliscoe Press 2007

KEYWORDS: ICOMAM military history historical records record keeping historiography weapons weaponry armour armor warfare

$40.00
2f51e/25

The Type VII U-Boat: Anatomy of the Ship


WESTWOOD, DAVID

Oblong imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 95pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to rear & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1986

KEYWORDS: military history naval navy navies u-boats warships submarines type vii 7 seven design engineering

$50.00
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Vom Original zum Modell: Uboottyp VII C


KOHL, FRITZ & NIESTLE, AXEL

TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, illus stapled light card covers, black lettering to covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing/soiling & creasing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bernard & Graefe Verlag 1989

KEYWORDS: text in German military history German Germany navy naval navies warships submarines u-boats design engineering maritime

$55.00
2f51e/28

Stone Tools as Cultural Markers: Change, Evolution and Complexity


WRIGHT, R. V. S. (Ed)

Quarto, beige illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 400pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading & staining to spine, moderate creasing & chafing to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, neat gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Humanities Press / Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1977

KEYWORDS: geology archaeology archeology ancient history stone tools carvings utensils ethnography Australia png Papua New Guinea

$40.00
2f51e/31

Princely Arms and Armour: A Selection From the Dresden Collection


SCHOBEL, JOHANNES & STANTON, M. O. A. (Trans) & KARPINSKI, JURGEN (Photos) & BLAIR, CLAUDE (Preface)

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ornate gilt decoration to front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light staining & foxing to page edges, light chafing & cracking to eps & gutters, light staining & foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1975

KEYWORDS: Dresden collection arms armour armor weapons weaponry military history war warfare antiques

$60.00
2f51e/32

Das Stuttgarter Harnisch-Musterbuch 1548-1563


BECHER, CHARLOTTE & GAMBER, ORTWIN & IRTENKAUF, WALTER

TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & occasional creasing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, sl tanning to flaps, all corners sl clipped)

PUBLISHER: Verlag Anton Schroll & Co 1980

KEYWORDS: text in German armour armor warfare combat history artefacts weapons

$40.00
2f51e/33

European Armour in the Tower of London


DUFTY, ARTHUR RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece, 17pp + plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions Europe European armour armor tower of London history warfare combat weapons weaponry

$75.00
2f51e/37

Te Kooti's Land - Yesterday - Today


DAVEY, L. J. (Nee ASTBURY, JOYCE)

Quarto, teal stapled light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, 169pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, moderate scuffing & sl tearing to spine & staples, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: L. Joyce Davey 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders history settlers pioneers Te Kooti

$100.00
2f51e/40

White America


COX, EARNEST SEVIER

SCARCE, sm octavo, light card covers, black lettering to spine, xvii + 199pp, VG (moderate to heavy creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light fading to spine, moderate to heavy tanning, occasional underlining & annotation in ink)

PUBLISHER: The Noontide Press 1966

KEYWORDS: race racial history anthropology civilizations civilisations

$100.00
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The Suicide of Europe: Memoirs of Prince Michel Sturdza, Former Foreign Minister of Rumania


STURDZA, PRINCE MICHEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, lxv + 331pp, illus/photos, VG (boards sl warped, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss to top extrems, moderate fading & scuffing to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Western Islands 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions Prince Michel Sturdza Rumania autobiography memoir history

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