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$40.00
3a5/44

The Lifeblood of War: Logistics in Armed Conflict


THOMPSON, Major General JULIAN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxviii + 390pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name & black marker pen to front pastedown, highlighting to text) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, moderate fading to spine & flaps/edges/folds, light chafing & soiling, sm patch of label residue to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Brassey's 1991

KEYWORDS: army operations logistics military history supplies

$60.00
3a4/5

Feeding Mars: Logistics in Western Warfare from the Middle Ages to the Present


LYNN, JOHN A (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & brown lettering to spine, xii + 326pp, VG+ (minor creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, minor foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Westview Press 1993

KEYWORDS: essays literature history warfare military war logistics conflict

$60.00
3a4/6

The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine


POWLES, Lieut.-Colonel C GUY & WILKIE, Major A (Compiled by)

FOLDING MAPS THROUGHOUT & TO REAR, ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to front board border, frontispiece, xv + 284pp, illus/maps, VG- (usual library markings, fully adhesive plastic covering to spine & boards, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, yellowing tape reinfrocement to gutter of full title page- staining either side, minor cracking to gutters throughout, light wrinkling & soiling to some folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history war Sinai Palestine

$175.00
3a4/7

The First and the Last: The Story of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards: 1939-1945


STIRLING, Major J D P & OXLEY, Trooper S (Illus/Maps)

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, frontispiece, xv + 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Art & Educational Publishers 1946

KEYWORDS: military history 4th 7th fourth seventh dragoon guards regimental cavalry regiment regiments British Army armed forces

$45.00
3a4/8

Imperial Military Geography General Characteristics of the Empire in Relation to Defence (Ninth Edition)


COLE, Major D H

Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, ix + 414pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, fully adhesive plastic covering to spine & boards, moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, moderate bruising & rubbing/scuffing to extrems, ligt chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy cracking & yellowing tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sifton Praed & Co 1937

KEYWORDS: military history geography imperial British empire

$200.00
3a4/9

Fifty Years of Volunteering: The Army of Regulations


SLATER, Lieut.-Colonel H

FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 179pp, VG- (minor bruising to board edges & extrems, light fading/tanning & moderate staining to spine, moderate to heavy soiling to rear board, light staining to front board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims, prev. owner's ink stamp & date stamp to preface page, occasional light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1910

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Lieutenant Colonel H Slater military history volunteer force New Zealand autobiography memoir

$100.00
3a4/10

The Musket Wars: A History of Inter-Iwi Conflict 1806-45


CROSBY, R D & KING, MICHAEL (Intro)

Super octavo, illus stiff card wrappers with french flaps, black & brown lettering to spine, maps to eps, 400pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history musket wars iwi tribes 19th nienteenth century conflict

$150.00
3a4/17

The Tale of a Trooper


MACKENZIE, CLUTHA N

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp illus/decoration to front board, top page edges stained grey- faded, unpaginated prelims + 200pp, VG (light to moderate cracking to frnt & rear hinges- boards sl shaky, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front & rear eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sm ink numerals to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1921

KEYWORDS: first edittions military history Clutha N Mackenzie New Zealand Wellington Mounted Rifles NZEF ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war autobiography

$45.00
3a4/18

War Medals and Decorations: Issued to the British Military and Naval Forces From 1588 to 1898


IRWIN, D HASTINGS

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, vi + (2) + 356pp + appendix & catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners/edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate soiling to page edges, light to moderate cracking to gutters, light tanning & staining to eps, occasional foxing throughout, moderate soiling & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: L Upcott Gill 1899

KEYWORDS: militaria war medals decorations British military navy naval forces history antiques

$80.00
3a4/20

The Funnies: The 79th Armoured Division and its Specialised Equipment


FUTTER, GEOFFREY W

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus yellow light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, x + 131pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, ink stamp & prev. bookseller's sm label to half title page, sm patch of paper residue to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Bellona / Model & Allied Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions military history 79th armoured division equipment tank forces armed British

$37.50
xxhjc220019

Industry and Commerce of the City of Rome (50BC-200AD)


LOANE, HELEN JEFFERSON

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) lacks d/w; 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: Porcupine Press 1979

KEYWORDS: helen jefferson loane rome roman history commerce

$25.00
xxhjc220021

Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius


DILL, SAMUEL

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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: Macmillan & Co 1905

KEYWORDS: rome roman history samuel dill

$25.00
xxhjc220022

Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire


DILL, SAMUEL

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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: Macmillan & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: rome roman history samuel dill

$19.50
xxhjc220023

Lord Bothwell: A Study of the Life, Character and Times of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell


GORE-BROWNE, ROBERT

Super octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Collins 1937

KEYWORDS: great british history bothwell robert gore-browne

$22.50
xxhjd220026

Alexander's Empire


PENTLAND MAHAFFY, JOHN & GILMAN, ARTHUR (collab)

REBOUND INCORPORATING ORIGINAL SPINE, octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: T Fisher Unwin 1890 Fifth Edition

KEYWORDS: alexander the great history john pentland mahaffy

$22.50
xxhjd220027

Polybius the Histories


POLYBIUS & CHAMBERS, MORTIMER (trans) & BADIAN, E (rev & abr)

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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: Twayne Publishers

KEYWORDS: polybius punic wars roman rome history classical

$35.00
xxhjd220030

The Naval Who's Who 1917


N/A

Super 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: J B Hayward & Son 1981

KEYWORDS: naval navy personnel history

$14.50
xxhLb220035

The Use and Abuse of History


FINLEY, M I

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: The Viking Press

KEYWORDS: historical interpretation power history m i finley

$14.00
xxhLb220038

Springbok Story 1949-1953


CRAVEN, DANIE H

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: A H & A W Reed 1954

KEYWORDS: springbok rubgy history danie craven

$15.00
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The Ship-Busters: The Story of the RAF Torpedo-Bombers


BARKER, RALPH

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: The Quality Book Club

KEYWORDS: ralph barker raf history bombers wwii world war two

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