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For Love and Courage: The Letters of Lieutenant Colonel E W Herman from the Western Front 1914-1917


HERMAN, Lieutenant Colonel E W & NASON, ANNE (Ed)

Ex-library, octavo softcover (VG) crack to central gutter; 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: Preface Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war letters correspondence Lieutenant Colonel E W Herman western front

$25.00
xx25pol203321

The Battle of the Somme (First Phase)


BUCHAN, JOHN

Octavo stiff card covers (G+) very scruffy- prev. owner's tape repairs at spine; 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: Thomas Nelson & Sons N/D

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war battles campaigns Somme

$15.00
xx25pol203323

Alpine Partisan: The Survival of Trooper Southon


MILROY, VIVIAN

Scruffy ex-library - lacks prelims, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket 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: Not Availabe

KEYWORDS: Alfred Southon military history war stories biography biographies memoir

$15.00
xx25pol203326

A Case to Answer: The Story of Australia's First European War Crimes Prosecution


BEVAN, DAVID

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Wakefield Press 1994

KEYWORDS: military history war crimes trials Australia Europe Ivan Polyukhovich ww2 Ukraine

$15.00
xx25pol203327

The Fall of Singapore


OWEN, FRANK

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket 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: The Quality Book Club / Michael Joseph 1960

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history Malayan campaigns far east Frank Owen

$17.50
xx25pol203328

To Perish Never


ARCHER, HENRY & PINE, EDWARD

SECOND EDITION, 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: Cassell & Co 1954

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Peter Saunders aviation aerial combat warfare

$15.00
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Anzac: A Retrospect


MALTHUS, CECIL

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG) minor insect damage to rear pages; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965

KEYWORDS: military history anzac Gallipoli

$10.00
xx25pol203335

Escape to Freedom


PRITTIE, The Hon T C F & EDWARDS, Captain W EARLE & CLOUGH-TAYLOR, Major W (Illus) & FORTUNE, Major-General Sir VICTOR (Fore)

Ex-library- rebacked, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1953

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$40.00
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When Britannia Ruled the Waves: The Heyday of the Royal Navy through the Paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB (1877-1952)


KITSON, FRANK

Super 8vo, navy blue heavy card bds, gilt lettering to spine, illus. tp, 112pp., illus., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing, light bruising & creasing/curling to edges & extrems with minor chipping to spine, 2cm closed tear to top edge).

PUBLISHER: Halsgrove 2007

KEYWORDS: England Britain Royal Navy military history Britannia ships HMS Sir Henry Kitson 19th 20th century Admiral paintings

$40.00
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Bloomsbury Portraits: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, and their cicle


SHONE, RICHARD

Super 8vo, illus. heavy hard bds, blue & yellow lettering to spine, frontis., 272 pp., illus., photos, VG+ (light scuffing & tanning/soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & light soiling to pg edges, light tanning & soiling to eps), in d/w VG (moderate to heavy fading to spine, light scuffing & soiling, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1976

KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury Group artist writer 20th century London Vanessa Bell Virginia Woolf Duncan Grant culture social history custom

$50.00
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Kleinwagen / Small Cars / Petites Voitures


VON MENDE, HANS-ULRICH & DIETZ, MATTHIAS

TEXT IN GERMAN, ENGLISH & FRENCH, lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus ffep, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/discolouration to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Benedikt Taschen 1994

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN, ENGLISH & FRENCH small cars automotive transport history design engineering

$40.00
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Racing Against the Tide


PHILP, MATT & HEDLEY, LOTTIE

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white, black & brown letteirng to spine, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to cover edges, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Castlepoint Racing Club 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand horse racing history sport Castlepoint equine

$40.00
2i2a/12

A Genealogical Gazetteer of England: An Alphabetical Dictionary of Places


SMITH, FRANK (Compiled by)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + (3pp) + 599pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, lower corner of pgs 595-596 creased)

PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publishing Co 1982

KEYWORDS: gazetteer England English history place names places registers data parish parishes diocese historical statistics

$120.00
2i2a/18

In My Tower: Volume II


WALBURGA, LADY PAGET

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + pgs279-561, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear ep, prev. bookseller's sm nik stamp to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography autobiographies Lady Paget Walburga history historical

$50.00
2i2a/19

The Complete Knight's Cross: Volume One - The Years of Victory 1939-1941


BRAZIER, KEVIN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 404pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Fonthill 2021

KEYWORDS: knight's cross iron cross military history recipients awards nazi soldiers officers German Germany officers medals

$120.00
2i2a/33

Me 'n Elvis


HODGE, CHARLIE & GOODMAN, CHARLES

PRODUCTION SAMPLE, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (production sample slip stapled to front cover, light chafing & curling to covers, minor water damage to rear, sl staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Castle Books 1988

KEYWORDS: production samples first editions music history musicians Elvis Presley biographies memoir Charlie Hodge autobiography

$750.00
2i2a/34

Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production


MARX, KARL & ENGELS, FREDERICK (Ed) & MOORE, SAMUEL (Trans) & AVELING, EDWARD (Trans)

EARLY UK EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black motif to front board, xxxi + 816pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, moderate to heavy discolouration to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling & light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm newspaper clipping tipped in to front pastedown- with sm ink numeral also, sm label tipped in to ffep- mostly missing/detached, light cracking to gutters, some minor underlining in blue pencil to early pages)

PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1908

KEYWORDS: early editions Karl Marx English translations economics money commodities philosophy literature history historical

$40.00
2i2a/35

Irish Brigades Abroad: From the Wild Geese to the Napoleonic wars


McGARRY, STEPHEN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey & red lettering to spine, 288pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges/corners, sl soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: The History Press Ireland 2014

KEYWORDS: military history Irish regiments Europe

$175.00
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Life of Hernan Cortes


COSIO, DON TELESFORO DE TRUEBA Y

Duodecimo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to maroon leather title plates on spine with gilt decoration/tooling also, title vignette to prelims, 344pp, VG (light rubbing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, light chafing & rubbing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, minor cracking to gutters at front, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co, and Hurst, Chance, and Co London 1829

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books biography biographies memoir Hernan Cortes Mexico Mexican history 16th sixteenth century Spanish conquistadors

$20.00
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Vietnam War Diary 1964-1975


BISHOP, CHRIS (Ed)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Silverdale Books 2003

KEYWORDS: military history 20th twentieth century Vietnam Southeast Asia soldiers

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