Books - "military"
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The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Vol 1: From its Formation in 1794 to 1816, Vol 2: From 1816 to 1898 (Including an Account of the 75th Regiment From 1787 to 1881)
2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spines, black regimental insignia to front boards, frontispieces, illus title pages, xx-xxiv + 438pp-346pp, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & chafing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutter of pgs 320-321 of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: The Medici Society 1929
KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army 75th regiment illustrated maps Scotland Scottish
Presentation of Colours to the First Battalion The South Wales Borderers and the Second Battalion The Monmouth Regiment by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Super octavo green slim 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: Gale and Polden c. July 1958
KEYWORDS: Programme ceremony presentation of colours South Wales Borderers Monmouthshire Regiment 1958 military history royalty
Flankers: The New Generation
Quarto, illus glossy card covers, white letterring to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Midland Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: military aviation fighter planes jets engineering illustrated Russian
Sukhoi Su-27: Flanker: Air Superiority Fighter
Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 182pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to spine & board extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (ligth creasing to edges, ligth chafing to covers, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: military aviation illustrated fighter planes jets Su-27 Russian Russia engineering
The History of The Second, Queen's Royal Regiment Now The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment: Vol V From 1837 to 1905
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt regimental insignia to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 307pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising to board corners, moderate soiling & light discolouration to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate chafing & soiling to eps, inscription in ink to fep, light water staining to base of feps, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1906
KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army illustrated maps queen's royal regiment
The Royal Scots 1914-1919
2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind regimental insignia stamp to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxi-xii + 825pp, illus, folding maps, plates to rear of vol 2, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping to spine extrems moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name stamp to feps, moderate cracking to rear gutters, moderate foxing to maps but still reasonably tidy)
PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1925
KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army royal regiment of foot illustrated maps
A History of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and Their Predecessors 1685-1980
Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt regimental insignia to front board, frontispiece, xiii + 494pp, illus, VG+ (ligth bruising & scuffing to extrems, ligth chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: The Regiment 1982
KEYWORDS: military history royal dragoon guards 4th fourth 7th seventh illustrated cavalry British army
The History of The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) Voolume II 1908-1967
THIS VOLUME ONLY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Lt. Col. GAVIN LOW, imperial octavo, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 131pp, illus, VG (light chafing & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Hughes & Sons/The Griffin Press 1969
KEYWORDS: signed inscribed royal monmouthshire engineers militia British army reserve militia history military
The Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers 1936-1945
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & regimental insignia to spine & front board with gilt rule, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxi + 359pp, illus, folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, ligth discolouration to spine & board edges, light cahfing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name to verso of half title page, heavy cracking to gutter at pg 256/257) folding maps are very delicate but intact
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden 1951
KEYWORDS: military history ninth 9th queen's royal lancers British army cavalry illustrated maps
The Proud Trooper: The History of the Ayrshire (Earl of Cattrick's Own) Yeomanry From its Raising in the Eighteenth Century till 1964
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering on title plate to spine, gilt regimental insignia to front board, frontispiece, 639pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy foxing to edges & covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1964
KEYWORDS: military history Ayrshire yeomanry British army reserve light cavalry royal armoured corps illustrated
Great Historical Mutinies: Comprising the Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, the Mutiny at Spithead, the Mutiny at the Nore, Mutinies in Highland Regiments and the Indian Mutiny
Octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering on title plate & gilt tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt regimental insignia & rule with blind stamp decoration to front board, marbled page edges, frontispiece, illus half title page, 607pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to board edges, heavy water staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: William P. Nimmo 1876
KEYWORDS: history mutiny rebellion military maritime nautical Bounty Spithead Nore India Highland regiments
History of the XIII Hussars in Two Volumes
TWO VOLUME SET, imperial octavo, blue half leather bound cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule with raised bands to spines, teg, marbled eps, frontispieces with tissue guards, decorated full title pages, xxi-xviii + 393pp-442pp, illus, plates, folding maps, VG (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to feps of both vols)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1911
KEYWORDS: military history xiii 13th thirteenth hussars illustrated maps British army cavalry
Wheels of Terror
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, VG (moderate bruising & creasing to spine & board edges/corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's label & owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & creasing to edges, with some tape repairs to internal sides, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, moderate foxing all over)
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1959
KEYWORDS: military literature first edition prose history ww2 second world war 2 two
British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000
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: Shire Publications Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: Britain war military soldiers awards history decoration
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1919-1956
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, illus eps, xiii + 288pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w,VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges, subtle tape repair to top spine extrem, moderate fading to spine, ligth chafing & discolouration to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1960
KEYWORDS: military history yeomanry yeoman yeomen armoured warfare British army Scottish Scotland illustrated fife forfar
The War in Egypt and the Soudan: An Episode in the History of the British Empire; Being a Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of that Great Drama, and Sketches of the Principal Actors in it
TWO VOLUME SET (FOUR VOLUMES BOUND AS TWO), imperial octavo, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering with raised bands & tooling to spines, red speckling to page edges, frontispieces, viii + 576-544pp, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, heavy scufifng to spines with sl surface loss, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title pages, light creasing & closed tears to folding maps)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1887
KEYWORDS: military history illustrated Egypt Soudan maps antiquity ancient British empire anthropology culture
Last Man Standing: A Private Soldier's War
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, iii + 354pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chafing to spine & covers, moderate water staining to rear cover & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Blanchard Press (Printer) 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 autobiography memoir Alick Trenwith rmt reserve mechanical transport company
The Sea Heritage: A Study of Maritime Warfare
FIRST EDITION, lg octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, 472pp, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, scruffy (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with heavy ugly tape repairs, tape reinforcement to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, 3cm gouge to spine)
PUBLISHER: Museum Press 1955
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history military warfare illustrated navy naval British autobiography memoir Admiral Sir Frederic C Dreyer first edition
How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938-1939
Super 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: William Heinemann 1989
KEYWORDS: military history politics ww2 second world war illustrated
The Collapse of the Soviet Military
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: Yale University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Russia Soviet military war history politics