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Book is dated inscribed & signed to fellow aviation author Rex Cording, also two lengthy holograph signed letters from the author to Cording loosely enclosed, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 263pp, illus, NR FINE in d/w, VG (covered in clear contact, slight discolouration to edges)
PUBLISHER: Gwyn Martin 1989
KEYWORDS: Gwyn Martin RAF royal air force POW prisoner of war prison escape second world war 2 ww2 aviation military history memoir signed
The RAF Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Forces: Their Origins, Roles and Deployment 1946-1969: A Documentary History
Super Octavo, dark blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, light blue eps, frontispiece, xiv + 653pp, illus + folding table, Nr Fine in d/w, VG+ (covered in clear contact)
PUBLISHER: HMSO 1995
KEYWORDS: RAF Nuclear deterrent forces military history Royal air force aviation
Malta: The Hurricane Years 1940-41
First Edition, black faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, folding map, xiii + 457pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG (two heavy creases to front flap, slight discolouration to edges, covered in clear contact)
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 1987
KEYWORDS: second world war 2 ww2 aviation military history Malta
Memoirs of Captivity in Japan, During the Years 1811, 1812, and 1813, with Observations on the Country and the People, In Three Volumes
3 volume set in slipcase, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & red panel to spine, dark green eps, xix + lxxxix + 316pp (vol I), 358pp (vol II), viii + 302pp (vol III), NR FINE in slipcase, VG+ (slight rubbing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: Captain Golownin Japan POW prisoner of war military history memoir autobiography
An Escaper's Log
First edition fourth printing, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 306pp + 4pp ads, illus, VG (light chaffing & slight saining to boards, owner's inscription to f.e.p., owner's name & bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tanning to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1940
KEYWORDS: Duncan Grinnell-Milne POW prisoner of war prison escape Germany autobiography memoir first world war 1 ww1 military history
Gallipoli
First edition, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 384pp, illus, VG (light bruising and scuffing to board edges, sl foxing to page edges and end pages) in d/w, VG- (heavy sunning to spine, moderate scuffing to spine and flap hinges, light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford Ltd 1965
KEYWORDS: Gallipoli first world war 1 ww1 military history
Moscow Tram Stop: A Doctor's Experiences with the German Spearhead in Russia
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 384pp, illus, VG (owner's name in felt pen to front pastedown, light tanning to eps & page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, poor (14cm x 6cm section of loss to front, 6cm of loss to upper spine, several large closed tears repaired internally with sellotape, other small tears to edges, creasing to edges, light foxing, heavy crease to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1957
KEYWORDS: Dr Heinrich Haape doctor medicine autobiography memoir Germany Russia second world war military medical history
The Road to Passchendaele: The Flanders Offensive of 1917, A Study of Inevitability
Signed interesting inscription from Col Rory McLeod to General Denning, first edition, octavo, brown cloth baords with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxiv + 365pp, VG (slight bruising to board corners, slight dent to rear board upper edge) in d/w, VG (slight soiling, light creasing to edges, inside reinforced with brown tape, covered in clear contact)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1977
KEYWORDS: Passchendaele Flanders second world war 2 ww2 military history
The Genius of Alexander the Great
Super octavo softcover (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 1998
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics persia empire Greece
Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy: A Biography
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Routledge 1994
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics persia empire Greece biography
On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on teh North-West Frontier of India
Super octavo softcover in clear contact (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Ares Publishing Inc 1974 (?)
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics India empire Greece biography
British Naval Aircraft Since 1912
Octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Putnam and Company Ltd 1971
KEYWORDS: military aviation British history war navy
Get Yamamoto
First edition, octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Arthur Barker Ltd 1971
KEYWORDS: military history first edition America usaaf Japan
The First Flight Across the Atlantic May 1919
Large 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 cost
PUBLISHER: NC-4 50th Anniversary Committee, Smithsonian Institution 1969
KEYWORDS: aviation history atlantic crossing navy military
Proctor, Ace of the 84 Squadron, R.F.C./R.A.F.
Super octavo softcover, stapled light card covers (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 cost
PUBLISHER: AJAY Enterprises 1978
KEYWORDS: ww1 military history raf British aviation
Royal Air Force and Air Forces of teh British Empire Year Book 1938
Hinges weak (nearly detaching from body of book), large super octavo hardcover (tatty) no 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Squadron Leader C. G. Burge OBE, RAF 1938
KEYWORDS: military history raf aviation British
In The Clouds Above Baghdad: Being the Records of an Air Commander
Octavo softcover (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Cecil Palmer n/d
KEYWORDS: aviation history military ww1
Kut: The Death of an Army
First 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1969
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww1
Townshend of Chitral and Kut
Super octavo hardcover (VG) no 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 cost
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1928
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 Kut Chitral
Details Enclosed
First 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1958
KEYWORDS: literature novel fiction Australia military first edition