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$45.00
1y18/28

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


N/A

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

$150.00
1y18/34

Quo Vadis, Centroamerica


CLARIOND, JEAN-LOUIS

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

$60.00
1y18/35

Superbase II: Upper Heyford: Aardvarks and Ravens


DAVISON, JOHN

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

$45.00
1y18/44

A New Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms: English-Arabic With Illustrations (Sixth Edition)


AL-KHATIB, AHMED Sh. (Comp & Ed)

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

$40.00
1y19/15

Green-Eyed Boys: 3 Para and the Battle For Mount Longdon


JENNINGS, CHRISTIAN & WEALE, ADRIAN

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

$45.00
1y21/34

Partisan


CAFFIN, JAMES

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

$45.00
1y23/18

The Natal Campaign


BURLEIGH, BENNET

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

$145.00
1y23/20

Soldiering On being the Memoirs of General Sir Hubert Gough


GOUGH, SIR HUBERT & BRYANT, ARTHUR (intro)

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

$48.50
1y24/50

Tales of Three Campaigns: A Soldier's Plain Unvarnished Story of a Part Played by New Zealanders in the Great War


BRERETON, MAJOR C. B., GRAY, JOHN H. (Ed), MILLWARD, PETER (Intro), PUGSLEY, DR. CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

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

$48.50
1y26/12

Tales of Three Campaigns: A Soldier's Plain Unvarnished Story of a Part of New Zealanders in the Great War


BRERETON, MAJOR C. B. & GRAY, JOHN H. (Ed) & MILLWARD, PETER (Intro) & PUGSLEY, Dr. CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

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

$45.00
1y27/24

Hornet's Sting


ROBINSON, DEREK

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

$40.00
1y27/34

Tell Me Lies About Vietnam: Cultural Battles for the Meaning of War


LOUVRE, ALF & WALSH, JEFFREY (Eds)

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

$18.50
xxrbd146637

Fortune Favours the Brave: The Battle of the Hook Korea 1953


BARKER, A.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: Leo Cooper 1974

KEYWORDS: history korean war korea military battle

$45.00
1y28/11

The Dams Raid: Through the Lens


EULER, HELMUTH & OCKENDEN, MICHAEL (Trans)

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

$75.00
1y28/28

Soochow the Marine


OWEN, REGINALD & LEES, PAUL

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

$40.00
1y29/33

The Year of Salamis 480 - 479 BC


GREEN, PETER

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

$95.00
1y29/37

The Transvaal War Album: The British Forces in South Africa


ROBINSON, Comm. C. N. (Ed)

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

$12.00
xxrbi146908

New Zealand Military Aircraft: 1913 - 1977


DUXBURY, DAVID ET. AL

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

$12.50
xxrbj146956

The Unknown Soldier: The Story of the Missing of the Great War


HANSON, NEIL

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

$10.00
xxrbj146962

Military Wings: Volume Two


DEERE, BRENDON & DUXBURY, DAVID

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

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