Books - "military"
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History of the Bombay Pioneers
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, half bound buckram and blue leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front, frontispiece, xix + 439pp, illus, illus prelims, maps in text and folding maps, VG (moderate rubbing, bruising and fraying to extrems of leather spine, minor bruising to board corners, moderate crack to gutter at fep, light staining to page edges, minor tanning throughout, but maps and illus clean and crisp)
PUBLISHER: Sidney Press 1938
KEYWORDS: Military history Corps of Bombay Pioneers 1777 to 1933 Mysore Afghan Indian mutiny Punjab Tigris Suez canal Megiddo Great War British
Wellington & Waterloo
Quarto, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt and black stamped lettering and motif to front board,aeg, frontispiece, viii + 280pp, illus, VG (moderate browning to spine, moderate bruising and rubbing to spine extrems and hinges, moderate browning and light soiling to boards, light rubbing and bruising to board edges and corners, moderate foxing to verso of fep and recto of ep.
PUBLISHER: George Newnes, Ltd. 1898
KEYWORDS: military history battle Wellington Waterloo illustrated Europe
Seaforth Highlanders
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt motive to front board, frontispiece, xvi+416pp, illus, VG+ (moderate soiling to spine, slight creasing to spine extrems, slight foxing to page edges, slight bruising to board corners) in d/w VG (slight chipping and creasing to flap hinges and spine extrems, small (<1cm) repaired chip to lower edge of rear cover, 1cm repaired closed tear to upper spine extrem, slight rubbing to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden Ltd 1962
KEYWORDS: military history Highlanders Scotland Britain illustrated
The War with Spain: A Complete History of the War of 1898 Between the United States and Spain
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards with blue lettering and silver stamped motif to spine, silver stamped lettering and coloured flag motif to front board, frontispiece, 383pp, illus, VG+ (light mould staining to spine, sl. creasing to spine extrems, light mould staining to front board extrems, light bruising to board corners, v.sl. foxing to page edges, light cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: J.B. Lippincott Company 1899
KEYWORDS: military history war Spain USA America
Some Home Truths Re The Maori War 1863 to 1869 on the West Coast of New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards with gilt stamped lettering to front board, 127pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, moderate scuffing with some loss of buckram coating to both boards and spine, light foxing on page edges, heavy tanning on both eps, slight foxing to pages sporadically throughout book, gutter cracked between pages 48 &49, dog earing to pages 112 & 114, 3cm tear with loss to page 107)
PUBLISHER: Greening & Co. Ltd. 1901
KEYWORDS: military history Maori war New Zealand NZ
The History of The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers: Volume I 1749-1939 and Volume II 1936-1946
2 VOL. SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards with gold lettering to spine, Vol. 1 with green lettering and motif to front board, Vol.2 with gold lettering and motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xx+389pp(Vol. 1), xix+713pp (Vol.2), illus & folding maps, both volumes VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling and rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising of board corners, sl. foxing to page edges, sl. tanning to eps and paste downs old pricing/notation in pencil to verso of fep and recto of ep) in d/ws scruffy (moderate tanning to spines, moderate foxing and tanning to covers, repaired and unrepaired minor chipping to edges, large tear with loss on Vol 2 front cover lower corner (approx 4 cm), several patches of damp staining on Vol 1 front cover and spine)
PUBLISHER: The Military Engineers Association of Canada 1962 (Vol.1) and 1966 (Vol.2)
KEYWORDS: military history Canada engineers illustrated maps
History of The 1st & 2nd Battalions:The Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1740-1914: Volumes 1 & 2
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green buckram boards half bound with maroon buckram, gilt lettering to spines and gilt motif to front boards, frontispiece, xix+370pp (Vol.1) & xi+396pp (Vol.2), plates, Both VG (light fading and damp staining to spines, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards and bruising to board corners, Vol 2 has some heavier scuffing to boards with crack in rear spine hinge, moderate foxing and tanning to first few and last few pages, moderate foxing to page edges, gutter cracking in occasional places)
PUBLISHER: Butler & Tanner Ltd 1929
KEYWORDS: military history England Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Sherwood Forest illustrated
The Dao Of The Military - Liu An's Art Of War
Super Octavo hardcover, cream heavy card boards, red lettering to boards and spine, illus title page, xiii + 157pp., VG+ (mild bruising to board corners, sticker to rear board, moderate soiling to rear board)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: treatise war military history philosophy china
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia Vol. II
This volume only (volume 2); quarto red coth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, blind stamp emblem to rear board, vii+308pp+maps of Australia at rear., G+ (text block partially detached; moderate soiling scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate fading to spine, light waterstaining within, moderate tanning and foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1889
KEYWORDS: travel history geography cassell cassell's picturesque australasia new zealand australia mount cook goldfields south sydney perth maori military history govenor george grey illustrated
The Buccaneers of America
Super ocavo brown/red cloth boards, gilt lettering and figure to spine, illus., xxxv+508pp., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning and occasional light foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1898
KEYWORDS: buccaneers jamacia west indies tortuga caribbean america american history pirates naval maritime piracy captain sir henry morgan buccaneer lolonois francis privateer privateers anglo-spanish war military
Svejk in the Protectorate
Reprinted from an illegal pamphlet in occupied Czechoslovakia; small octavo black red & white illus. light card stapled wrappers (Svejk's mug with a city skyline with Nazi flag), 32pp, G+ (covers detached with moderate scuffing and chipping, moderate tanning and foxing within)
PUBLISHER: The Czechoslovak n/d c. 1940's
KEYWORDS: good soldier svejk czech literature scarce world war one first great ww1 1 military comedy humour satire czechoslovakia
The Foxes of the Desert: The Story of the Afrika Korps
FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 370pp., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing, fading, to boards, light tanning and foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's inscription in ink to fep.) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing and creasing, with moderate chipping and small segments lost to spine (unobtrusive), light soiling (mostly to reverse))
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co. 1960
KEYWORDS: desert korps rommel africa north african world war two ww2 2 second military history afrika armour german
Official History of the Operations in Somaliland, 1901-04, Vol. I
This vol. only; octavo red cloth boards, folding maps in rear pocket, illus., adverts to eps., 333pp, VG- (a split to rear hinge of spine is the main fault; otherwise, generally tidy: light scuffing to boards, light tanning foxing and occasional soiling within and to maps also)
PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1907
KEYWORDS: anglo somali anglo-somali war dervish somalia horn africa east eastern offical history operations british military army scramble colonialism colonial empire
British Military Policy Between the Two World Wars
Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv+419pp., nr. FINE (sl. tanning to pages) in d/w nr. VG+ (price clipped, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press [Oxford] 1980
KEYWORDS: british military history diplomacy diplomatic foreign policy affairs imperial empire army war ministry government politics political
Intelligence at the Top: the Recollections of an Intelligence Officer
Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii+271pp., illus., VG- (heavy soiling to boards, light foxing and soiling within) in d/w VG (light scuffing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ginger / Cassel & Companyl 1968
KEYWORDS: sir kenneth strong intelligence espionage spy spies troubles british irish world war two 2 second ww2 military history
Brief Glory: The Story of A.T.A.
Octavo maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, 248pp., illus., VG (light scuffing rubbing and fading to boards, light soiling and foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's catalogue number in ink to fep. (unobtrusive), lacks d/w)
PUBLISHER: Harborough Publishing 1946
KEYWORDS: air transport auxiliary aviation ata a.t.a. a t royal air force british military history cheesman scarce flight world war two second ww2 2
LeMay: A Biography
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (NF) : 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Palgrave, 2007
KEYWORDS: military history war usa american biography
Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (NF): 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Brassey's, 2003
KEYWORDS: usa american military history biography world war 1 2 II I second first airforce
Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War
Super octavo (NF) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fonthill, 2014
KEYWORDS: world war 2 II second two military history british uk
The Sign Of The Double 'T' - The 50th Northumbrian Division July 1943 To December 1944
Super Octavo softcover, illus light card covers, white lettering to covers and spine, viii + 228pp., maps, illus, VG+ (moderate curl to front top cover corner, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Sentinel Press 2008
KEYWORDS: history military war ww2 wwii