Books - "military"
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The Ceremonies of the Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine. Part 1: Installation of a Knight-Companion and Opening and Closing of Grand Imperial Conclave
Scarce, duodecimo red buckram light card covers, black lettering and decorative rule to front, 48pp, VG- ( moderate light creasing to card edges with v. slight surface loss, fully cracked gutter to middle but still attached soundly, light rubbing to cover, masonic lodge ownership stamp to title)
PUBLISHER: Grand Imperial Conclave 1946
KEYWORDS: mason masonic ceremony secret society military red cross grand imperial conclave
Quo Vadis, Centroamerica
TEXT IN SPANISH, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims & title page, 143pp, illus, VG (light creasing & chafing to cover edges, light foxing & moderate tanning to covers/spine & eps, light foxing to page edges, light tape residue to top corner of backcover)
PUBLISHER: Impreso por Litografia Trejos 1983
KEYWORDS: text in Spanish military illustrated Central America El Salvador politics
Superbase II: Upper Heyford: Aardvarks and Ravens
Square super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus, VG (sl creasing to cover edges, sl fading to covers, light tape residue to top corner of front cover, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1990
KEYWORDS: aviation fighter jets planes military illustrated Upper Heyford base raf air force pictorial
A New Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms: English-Arabic With Illustrations (Sixth Edition)
Large quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, xv + 751pp, illus, VG- (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, 3.5cm closed tear to full title page) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, various closed tears 2cm-5cm to edges with some tape repairs, moderately large water stain to base of spine to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Libraire Du Liban 1984
KEYWORDS: science illustrated dictionary terminology aeronautics astronautics astronomy biology chemical engineering civil electrical electronics geology geophysics hydraulics mathematics metallurgy mechanical military petroleum physics radio surveying television
Green-Eyed Boys: 3 Para and the Battle For Mount Longdon
Super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxiii + 216pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, sl indentations to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1996
KEYWORDS: military British army parachute regiment 3rd third battalion Mount Longdon battle
Partisan
FIRST EDITION, octavo, light orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate warping to front board, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, moderate insect damage to eps & prelims) in d/w, tatty (heavychipping to edges with some loss, heavy chafing to covers, light insect damage to front flap, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1945 approx.
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history biography memoir John Denvir medal for valour war hero first edition
The Natal Campaign
octavo; red cloth boards; gilt lettering, with blind decoration, on spine; frontis; viii+418+1ads pp; illus, fold-out maps; VG-(mod. foxing & browning to prelims; mod. browning to pages; mod. rubbing & soiling to covers; mod. bruising & some fraying to edges, partic. spine extrems; both gutters partially detached but book is sound & complete)
PUBLISHER: George Bell 1900
KEYWORDS: military history British Natal campaign Kwa Zulu South Africa Rand Dispute personal stories
Soldiering On being the Memoirs of General Sir Hubert Gough
first edition; super octavo; red cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; blind decoration on cover; illus/maps on eps; 260pp; illus; VG (sl. browning to eps & page edges; mod. rubbing to covers, with mod. surface loss; sl. bruising & very sl. fraying to edges, partic. spine extrems; covers have lost some colour; gutters a little shaky; newspaper clipping stuck to prelim with sellotape),
PUBLISHER: Arthur Baker 1954
KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Ladysmith Curragh Mutiny Operation Michael offensive World War I Boer history
Tales of Three Campaigns: A Soldier's Plain Unvarnished Story of a Part Played by New Zealanders in the Great War
Imperial octavo, red heavy card board, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to front cover)
PUBLISHER: John Douglas 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson ww1 first world war illustrated military history autobiography memoir
Tales of Three Campaigns: A Soldier's Plain Unvarnished Story of a Part of New Zealanders in the Great War
Imperial octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, sl sticky residue to front cover)
PUBLISHER: John Douglas 2015
KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand illustrated Great War ww1 first world war biography memoir Major C B Brereton
Hornet's Sting
LIMITED NUMBERED COPY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 410pp, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover corners, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Whistle Books 2008
KEYWORDS: limited numbered edition signed inscribed literature fiction military war
Tell Me Lies About Vietnam: Cultural Battles for the Meaning of War
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 217pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board edges, light chafing to boards, light sticky label residue to front board)
PUBLISHER: Open University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Vietnam military war illustrated contemporary history culture American Studies US
Fortune Favours the Brave: The Battle of the Hook Korea 1953
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: Leo Cooper 1974
KEYWORDS: history korean war korea military battle
The Dams Raid: Through the Lens
Oblong quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 240pp, illus, Near FINE, (light bruising to board corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Battle of Britain Int'l Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: military history battle of Britain photos photography illustrated Mohne Eder Ruhr ww2 second world war
Soochow the Marine
Octavo, mauve buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 218pp, VG (moderate chafing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light chafing to boards, spine sl cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name stamp in ink to full title page, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, tatty (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some loss, moderate discolouration to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1951
KEYWORDS: military history Soochow canine war dog marines US America
The Year of Salamis 480 - 479 BC
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, xv + 326pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light foxing to page edges & prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, circular price clipping to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970
KEYWORDS: ancient history illustrated antiquity Persia empire Persian Salamis Greek Greece Xerxes military war
The Transvaal War Album: The British Forces in South Africa
Folio, quarter bound leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, illus prelims, 268pp- partially unpaginated, folding maps & illus throughout, illus, scruffy (heavy scuffing to spine, 8cm crack to front hinge, light bruising & heavy rubbing to board corners, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, cracks to gutters, binder's label to front pastedown, random closed tears sporadically throughout- some with tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: Geo. Newnes Ltd circa 1900
KEYWORDS: military history illustrated British forces army transvaal war South Africa
New Zealand Military Aircraft: 1913 - 1977
Quarto stapled wrapper (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: Aeronautical Press 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military NZAF airforce weapons fighter planes aircraft
The Unknown Soldier: The Story of the Missing of the Great War
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: Corgi 2007
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first world war one great war death toll
Military Wings: Volume Two
Imperial octavo softcover (pages 87-90 loose but present, 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: Aero Publications 1980
KEYWORDS: military airforce aviation illustrated fighter aircraft aeroplanes