Books - "military"
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Blockade and Sea Power
the blockade,1914-1919,and its significance for a world state
first edition 449pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,edges sl.browned/foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [1924]
KEYWORDS: military history nautical maurice parmelee
Richtofen The Red Knight of the Air
285pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to feps,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,contents sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: john hamilton london [nd,inscr.dated 1935]
KEYWORDS: history aviation biography military richtofen
Hurrah For the Life of a Sailor!
fifty years in the royal navy
first edition rebacked 356pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,rebacked w.original cloth laid down on spine,soiled and mod.rubbed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some sl.surface losses,new eps,edges soiled o/w contents clean,tight but sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1900
KEYWORDS: history military nautical biography william kennedy
Military Operations in the Netherlands from 10th-17th May,1940
ex-lib first edition 99pp ills.[b/w incl.fold-out maps at rear] VG (red cloth,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.browned) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned w.libr.mark,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1944
KEYWORDS: military history netherlands p.l.g.doorman
Recollections of an Admiral's Wife 1903-1916
344pp VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned boards w.spine sl.browned,bumps and chipping to extrems.,head and foot of lower hinge starting,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,spine cracked and mod.shaky w.separation starting at some sections,cocked)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1916
KEYWORDS: history biography military nautical lady poore
Independence or Death!
the story of the paraguayan war
ex-lib first edition 236pp VG+ (red vinyl,minor tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps and pockets,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.sunned spine,upper and lower edges trimmed w.gum stains across width,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: univ.of florida press gainesville 1965
KEYWORDS: history paraguay military geography charles j.kolinski
Fifty Years in the Royal Navy
first edition 358pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,browned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,paper separation to ep gutters,edges mod.soiled,dealer's label to rear pastedown,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1919
KEYWORDS: history military nautical biography percy scott
Naval Intelligence
by the author of 'in the northern mists'
rebound in half-leather 237pp+ads. VG+ (rebound in red cloth boards w.red half-leather,gilt bands and titling to spine,new eps,tape to prelim.gutters,contents browned o/w v.tidy,tight)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1918
KEYWORDS: military history nautical naval intelligence
Chats on Naval Prints
first edition 208pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.rubbed,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1926
KEYWORDS: military history nautical arts naval prints e.keble chatterton antiques
The Royal Naval Reviews 1935-1977
first edition 144pp illus. (b/w, with some maps and diagrams) VG+ (blue cloth, sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked) in VG d/w (very sl bumps to head and foot of spine, sl tape discolouration to foot of spine and internal edges from plastic cover, front flap has 4.5 x 4cm discolouration from removed booksellers sticker, sl foxing to internal side of jacket, small tears and chipping to lower edge of flaps)
PUBLISHER: ian allan london 1982
KEYWORDS: naval reggattas nautical royal navy military nautical great britain history ransome-wallis p
From Jungle to Jutland
first edition illus. (b/w) VG+ (red cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked and cracked w. minor sunning, amateur internal reinforcements to head and foot of spine, t.e. of boards sl sunned and edges of contents browned w. mod foxing to t.e. of contents and sl foxing to other edges of contents, sl paste action stain along bands of e.p. gutters with very slight foxing, mod foxing to prelims in particular next to binding, sl foxing to contents mainly along gutters and to upper and lower edge of leaves, lack d/w)
PUBLISHER: nisbet london 1932
KEYWORDS: military world war 1 naval operations exploration africa history british army wallace claude
The Victoria Cross at Sea
first edition 256pp illus, (b/w) VG+ (blue cloth, sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cracked, sl foxing to edges of contents, specifically to edges of portrait pages, sl foxing and tape stains to e.p.s, faint bookseller stamp to lower edge of ffep) in V.G.+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w.sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl bubbling of laminate to lower right edge of rear, minor internal tape stains to upper and lower edges, mod foxing to flaps w. mod tape lines to outer edges, very minor foxing to reverse side of flaps edges, spine sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1978
KEYWORDS: navy decorations medals ribbons gallantry war history biography military bravery gallantry winton john
Invasion! The D-Day Story June 6 1944
50's up the magazine for over fifties
first edition 159pp illus, (b/w) VG+ (coloured paper wrappers, cover being a reprint of 'daily express's 1954 pub the d-day story, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl wear to extrems, minor discolouration to edges of content)
PUBLISHER: 50's up auckland 1994
KEYWORDS: war history military biography new zealand armed forces d-day mcdonald gabrielle
Military Badge Collecting
(first edition thus) 150pp illus (b/w) VG+ (red cloth, some minor soiling to base of boards and spine, sl bumps and wear to extrems,sl cocked, mod foxing to te w. sl sunning to edges of contents, paste action to rfeps w. sl foxing rear prelims) in VG+ d/w (sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl sunned w. sl foxing to exterior of d/w, lower edges sl trimmed and mod foxing to inside)
PUBLISHER: seeley service london (1971)
KEYWORDS: military war history decorations service medals john gaylor
Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945
volume two: 1943-1945
(first edition thus) 2nd volume only pp289-650 illus. (b/w) VG+ (black cloth, sl bumps and wear to extrems, mod foxing to t.e of contents, w fore-edges of ills.mod browned but plates clean, , sl cocked and shaky, spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl tape marks to head and foot of spine and along top and bottom edges, spine mod sunned w. sl foxing to inside of d/w, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: ian allan london 1974
KEYWORDS: military naval history world war 2 naval operations warships battleships rohwer j hummelchen g masters, d, watts, a j
Modern Spain
the story of the nation
first edition ads, 574pp illus, (b/w, incl colour foldout map) VG (olive cloth w. red and black dec. stamps, sl rubbed and soiled w. minor scuffing to front board, mod bumps and wear to extrems with sl surface loss to small areas of edges, mod sunning to spine w. sl sunning to boards, spine cocked and sl shaky, sl foxing and pasteaction to e.p.s, t.e. of contents mod sunned w. sl foxing to all edges of contents, minor internation paper seperation to gutters of text in a couple of locations but contents secure and stitching firm, minor foxing to some sections of contents, text binding sl cracked)
PUBLISHER: t. fisher unwin london 1899
KEYWORDS: spain history europe military war exploration colonisation royalty conquest hume martin a.s.
Honour the Light Brigade
first edition 320pp+ills.[b/w] imperial octavo hardcover VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems, small colsed tear to lower flap hinge)
PUBLISHER: j.b.hayward london 1973
KEYWORDS: military history light brigade crimea william murrell lummis kenneth g.wynn
The Noise of Drums and Trumpets
w.h.russell reports from the crimea
first edition 255pp ills.[b/w] NF (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,1x1cm loss to foot of cover,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: longman london 1971
KEYWORDS: history military crimea elizabeth grey
The German Air Force 1933-1945
an anatomy of failure
first edition 406pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,sl.shaky spine) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed w.spine v.sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: jane's london 1981
KEYWORDS: military history air force luftwaffe matthew cooper germany
Greek Tragedy
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,author's printed note tipped-in to half-title,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: anthony blond london 1961
KEYWORDS: military history greece anthony heckstall-smith h.t.baillie-grohman