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$22.50
xxrji124057

Danton: The Gentle Giant of Terror


LAWDAY, DAVID

Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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: Jonathan Cape 2009

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Georges-Jacques Danton French revolution military history politics France revolutionary

$12.00
xxrjj124084

Betrayal in High Places


MACKAY, JAMES

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: Tasman Archives (NZ) 1996 approx

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration travel human rights military history

$40.00
2i10/10

Flying Fury


MCCUDDEN, JAMES BYFORD

Super octavo, black card boards with red lettering to spine & front board,red colouring to top of page edges, red eps, frontispiece, xvii + 270pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine edges, moderate scuffing to boards, light browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Aviation Book Club 1939

KEYWORDS: Great Britain Royal Air Force RAF World War One WW1 Aerial operations aviation military history

$22.50
xxrka124252

Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict: 1853-1952


HOYT, EDWIN P.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+ covered in clear contact); 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: Guild Publishing 1987

KEYWORDS: war Pacific Japan history military

$10.00
xxrka124254

Famous Regiments: The Royal Flying Corps


THOMPSON, SIR ROBERT & HORROCKS, SIR BRIAN (Ed)

Ex library, missing f.e.p., 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: Hamish Hamilton 1968

KEYWORDS: aircraft transport war Royal Flying Corp military

$8.50
xxrkc124343

Prisoners of Hope


CALVERT, MICHAEL

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Corgi/Transworld 1973

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second world war

$12.00
xxrke124546

The Private Papers of Hore-Belisha


MINNEY, R. J.

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: Collins 1960

KEYWORDS: history war military politics biography memoir correspondance Leslie Hore-Belisha

$40.00
2i10/27

Gallipoli 1915: Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace 14-18


ST. MAUR SHEIL, MICHAEL

Oblong quarto, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, grey eps, 36pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: 2015

KEYWORDS: World War One Gallipoli WW1 history military arts photography Britain France New Zealand

$60.00
2i10/44

The Prisoner of War in Germany


MCCARTHY, DANIEL J.

third edition (2 added chapters), Octavo, green boards with black lettering to spine & embedded motif to rear board, 256pp, VG (light browning & foxing to page edges, moderate dampstaining to boards, two small nics to rear board, slight scuffing to boards)4

PUBLISHER: Skeffington & Son Ltd 1938

KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Prisoners prisons Prisoners of war POW Germany history military

$75.00
2i11/8

Bomber's Eye


SAWARD, DUDLEY

Octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 265pp, illus (b&w plates), VG (moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to edges, small closed tears & chips to edges, some repaired with archival tape, light rubbing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co. 1959

KEYWORDS: radar bombing aviation military technology history second world war 2 ww2 Dudley Saward autobiography history

$70.00
2i11/31

The Logistics and Politics of the British Campaigns in the Middle East, 1914-22


ULRICHSEN, KRISTIAN COATES

Octavo, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, x + 262pp, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2011

KEYWORDS: military strategic history Great Britain Army Egyptian Expeditionary Force Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force Logistics

$11.00
xxrkf124560

Horses and Foals


ALLFREY, SUE

Large 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Ward Lock Ltd 1980 approx

KEYWORDS: equestrian horses dressage grooming breed history farming war military

$265.00
2i12/24

Prison Scenes; and Narrative of Escape from France, During the Late War


ELLISON, SEACOME

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, yellow eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 298pp, illus, VG- (front hinge delicate - sllightly cracked & front board shaky, binding cocked, moderate fading to spine, light bruising & slight fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light staining to boards, light soiling to eps, owner's name to f.e.p.,moderately heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to plates, tissue guard opp p96 torn)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1838

KEYWORDS: France prison escape prisoner of war POW military history autobiography memoir

$245.00
2i12/39

Kars and Our Captivity in Russia: Withe Letters from Gen. Sir W.F. Williams, Bart., of Kars, K.C.B.; Major Teesdale, C.B.; and The Late Captain Thompson, C.B.


LAKE, ATWELL

First edition, Octavo, Red boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, frontispiece, xv + 367pp + 4pp adverts, VG (bookshop label to fep, bounding label to lower rep, previous owner's name & date in ink to half title page, moderate soiling to boards, ligth rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bently 1856

KEYWORDS: Russia Prisonsers history Blockades military Crimean War autobiography Atwell Lake

$385.00
2i13/10

My Experiences as a German Prisoner


AUSTIN, LORIMER JOHN

Very Scarce, Ownership date of 1915, octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board with gilt border to front board, VG (moderate browning to page edges, very light foxing to first few pages, light rubbing to boards, previous owner's name in ink to fep, bookseller's label to bottom of fep)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1915?

KEYWORDS: World War One prisons Lorimer John Austin WW1 Prisoners of war POW military history autobiography

$445.00
2i13/12

13 Days: The Chronicle of an Escape From a German Prison


CAUNTER, J.A.L.

Scarce, First edition in d/w + band, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & black lettering to front board with black boarder, frontispiece, xv + 224pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight creasing to rear board, moderate browning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG- (light soiling, light browning to spine, small closed tears to spine extrems repaired with sellotape leaving tape residue staining)

PUBLISHER: G. Bell & Sons 1918

KEYWORDS: Germany POW prisoner of war prisons World War One WW1 history military

$375.00
2i13/13

Comrades in Captivity: A Record of Life in Seven German Prison Camps


HARVEY, FREDERICK WILLIAMS

First edition, Super octavo, dark orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, front board with black ruling, frontispiece, xi + 319pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing & light browning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to half title page, light browning to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1920

KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Prisoners prisons Germany Harvey Frederick Williams autobiography British POW prisoners of war military history

$100.00
2i13/14

Outwitting the Hun: My Escape From a German Prison Camp


O'BRIEN, PAT

Scarce UK First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, black motif to boards, xii + 266pp, 6pp adverts, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, two small patches of fading to boards, light foxing & moderate browning to page edges, light browning to eps, very light sporadic foxing thoughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1918

KEYWORDS: Autobiography World War One WW1 history military Germany Prisons prisoner of war POW

$75.00
2i13/24

On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign


TAE, BLACK

First edition, ex-library, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & moderate rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, library label to fep & top of front board, light foxing to first few pages, ligth tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1917

KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Campaigns Iraq Al Kut History Siege British military history autobiography

$40.00
2i13/25

The Mikado's Guests: A Story of Japanese Captivity


BANCROFT, A. & ROBERTS, R. G.

octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 171pp, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, light rubbing to boards, light bruising to board corners & spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Patersons Printing Press (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Burma Siam Railroa World War Two WW2 autobiography Australian Prisoners of war POW military history

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