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$245.00
1y83/5

Lions Led By Donkeys: Showing How Victory in the Great War was Achieved By Those Who Made the Fewest Mistakes


THOMPSON, P.A. (CAPTAIN)

FIRST EDITION, Super octavo red heavy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front ep, frontispiece, xiv + 317pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising, rubbing and fading to spine, moderate staining and soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims and eps, light staining to page edges, previous booksellers stamp in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie 1927

KEYWORDS: Great War failures blunders psychology military history strategy Kaiser Marne Antwerp Ypres trenches Gallipoli Kitchener Jutland Wilson

$60.00
1y83/6

A Surgeon in Khaki


MARTIN, ARTHUR ANDERSON

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, pale brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to red rectangle on spine and front board, deckled, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 279pp + 8pp ads, illus, VG- (moderate fraying to spine extrems and hinges, 5cm closed tear to upper front hinge, light rubbing and scuffing to boards, substantial crack to front and rear gutters, front pastedown partially detached, fep 3/4 detached along join, previous owner's name in ink to fep, slight foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1915

KEYWORDS: Memoir Arthur A Martin 1914 Great War military history France Flanders Le Havre Harfleur Marne Aisne La Bassee Ypres

$20.00
xxpni163424

Gallipoli


BUSH, ERIC

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1975

KEYWORDS: Eric Bush world war 1 one history military campaign anzac nz australia gallipoli turkey ww1 invasion

$55.00
1y85/8

I Serve: Regimental History of the 3rd Carabiniers


OATTS, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL L.B.

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt carabiniers emblem to front board, frontispiece, 16 + 333pp, 11 folding maps present, illus, VG (light rubbing and bruising to spine and board extrems, light tanning to eps, minor staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jarrold and Sons 1966

KEYWORDS: Military regimental history 3rd Carabiniers Sedgemoor Jacobite rebellion seven years war Napoleonic Crimean South African First World War ww1 second world war ww2

$85.00
1y85/9

The Story of the Household Cavalry Volume II


ARTHUR, CAPTAIN SIR GEORGE

This Vol Only, imperial octavo blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt standard banner to front board, gilt to upper page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 6 + 376pp (pages 401 to 777 in series) 11 plates, some with tissue guard (plates not listed in this vol but appears complete), illus, deckled pages, VG (light bruising and creasing to spine and board extrems, minor cracking to gutters, ex libris sticker to front pastedown, light tanning and foxing to eps, prelims and terminals, minor crinkling and staining to page edges, some pages uncut at production)

PUBLISHER: Archibald Constable and Company 1909

KEYWORDS: Household cavalry military history coldstream guard dragoon foot guards scots guards hussars Wellington

$55.00
1y85/11

Faithful: The Story of the Durham Light Infantry


WARD, S.G.P. & POETT, GENERAL SIR NIGEL (fore)

Super octavo green buckram boards, silver lettering & horn and crest emblem to spine, frontispiece, xx + 574pp, illus, VG (light rubbing, fading, bruising to spine and board extrems, light staining to upper front board edge, light foxing and tanning to eps and prelims, light staining to page edges, previous owner's name and inscription in ink to fep) in d/w VG- (15mm tear with loss to top edge, 6 minor archival tape repairs to edges, substantial staining to spine, moderate foxing to interior, numerous 3mm closed tears)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson & Sons (C.1962)

KEYWORDS: Military history Durham Light Infantry militia yeomanry 68th Royal Welsg Fusiliers Saint-Malo West Indies Walcheren Crimea New Zealand Gate Pa Wanganui Kakaramea 2nd Bombay ww1 ww2 Korean Great war second world war

$65.00
1y85/16

The Royal Monmouthshire Militia: Being a Detailed Description of the Regiment from the Year1660 to the Time of its Transfer to the Special Reserve


SARGEAUNT, B.E.

Imperial octavo, half-bound, red leather & grey buckram boards, gilt lettering and crest to spine and front board, marble patterned eps, frontispiece, xii + 302pp, 28 plates present, plate at p34 missing, illus, deckled pages, VG (moderate rubbing to spine and board edges, moderate staining to page edges, crinkling and 2mm closed tears to edge of frontispiece, list of previous owner career progression in service in ink to prelim, tape repairs where title page meets gutter, light speckling & foxing to eps and prelims)

PUBLISHER: Royal United Service Institution 1910

KEYWORDS: Military history Royal Monmouthshire Militia King Henry V 1696, 1760, 1778 Peninsula Waterloo Crimea South African War to 1909

$195.00
1y85/17

Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards


MACKINNON, COLONEL

2 Vol Set, super octavo, dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxviii + 448pp & xx + 552pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing and bruising to board and spine edges, light fraying to spine edges, light sporadic water staining to top edges of pages in both vols, minor water staining to lower edges of pages in vol 1, light tanning throughout both vols)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley 1833

KEYWORDS: Military history Coldstream Guard Monck Cromwell Charles II Fleurus Ghent Duke of York Abercrombie Wellesley Napoleon Waterloo

$110.00
1y85/20

South African Forces: World War II: Volume 1: East African and Abyssinian Campaigns


ORPEN, NEIL

This Vol Only, Large Folding Map at Rear, Super octavo blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering on red square to spine, illus, VG+ (minor bruising at spine extrems, minor tanning to prelims and terminals) in d/w VG (minor creasing to edges, several 1mm closed tears to edges, moderate foxing to interior)

PUBLISHER: Purnell 1968

KEYWORDS: Military history South African forces WW2 General Smuts El Wak El Yibo Abyssinia Banno Mega Gobwen Addis Ababa Dadaba Soddu Eritrea

$60.00
1y85/21

The Fifth British Division 1939 to 1945: Being an Account of the Journey and Battles of a Reserve Division in Europe, Africa, and Asia


ARIS, GEORGE

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, white Y on black square to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 268pp, illus, complete with 20 maps of which 9 are folding, VG+ (light bruising and rubbing to spine extrems and board corners, minor fading to spine, slight tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Fifth Division Benevolent Fund 1959

KEYWORDS: Military history Fifth British Division ww2 second world war 15th infantry Norway Y L regiment Kjorem Senne Ironclad India Qum Sicily Anzio

$27.50
ak4/6/1981

The Black Book: Britons on the Nazi Hit List


OLDFEILD, SYBIL

Super octavo hardback (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: Profile Books, 2020

KEYWORDS: nazi germany ww2 world war two second military history black book gestapo

$20.00
ak4/7/1898

Messerschmitt BF110 At War


VAN ISHOVEN, ARMAND

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: britain bombers military history weapons aviation bf110 aircraft flying raf royal airforce

$17.50
ak4/7/1900

Hellcat


ANDERTON, DAVID A. & WATANABE, RIKYU (ILLUS)

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing Company 1981

KEYWORDS: military transport hellcat aviation planes bombers war hellcat

$15.00
xxexx163618

The Military and the Problem of Legitimacy


HARRIES-JENKINS, GWYN (ed)

Tidy ex library, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Sage 1976

KEYWORDS: Military legitimacy public feeling perception socio-political civil view

$55.00
1y85/24

History of the Corps of Royal Engineers : Volume V The Home Front, France, Flanders and Italy in the First World War l


THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 728 pp, illust, pocket attached to rear board containing 5 x pull out maps, Near Fine ( v slight foxy to top edges + map # 3 ) in d/w VG- ( light fading to spine, moderate chipping to edges, v light creasing, cellotape used to repair tears on inside cover )

PUBLISHER: The Institution of Royal Engineers 1952

KEYWORDS: military history UK Royal Engineers ww1 world war 1 one France Italy Flanders maps colour color photos black & white

$47.50
1y85/25

History of the Corps of Royal Engineers : Volume VI Gallipoli, Macedonia, Egypt, and Palestine 1914 - 18


THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 444 pp, illust, pocket attached to rear board containing 6 x pull out maps, Near Fine ( v slight foxing to top edges, v slight tanning to front + rear eps + top of pages ) in d/w VG- ( light fading to spine, moderate chipping to edges, cellotape used to repair 1 x tear on inside cover )

PUBLISHER: The Institution of Royal Engineers 1952

KEYWORDS: military history UK Royal Engineers ww1 world war 1 one Gallipoli Macedonia Egypt Palestine maps colour color photos black & white

$135.00
1y85/26

The Memoirs of the 18th ( Queen Mary's Own ) Royal Hussars 1906 - 1922 including the Operations in the Great War


BURNETT, BRIG - GENERAL CHARLES

Super octavo, gilt stamped lettering to spine + front board, gilt stamped regimental insignia to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 215 pp, illust with 6 x folding maps throughout, VG ( heavy foxing to pages + edges, light fading to spine, light brusing to board edges + spine, some pages uncut )

PUBLISHER: Warren and Son Ltd 1926

KEYWORDS: military history memoirs 18th Royal Hussars Queen Mary ww1 world war 1 one maps colour color photos black & white

$15.00
xxewa163729

The Grievances of Military Coup-Makers


THOMPSON, WILLIAM R.

Tidy ex library. Super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Sage Publications 1973

KEYWORDS: William Thompson military political politics dictatorship coups coup history regime

$42.50
1y87/1

The Royal New Zealand Navy


WATERS, S.D.

Tidy ex library, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 571pp, illus, seven folding maps + maps in text, VG (minor fraying and bruising to board and spine extrems, usual library markings, tape attaching d/w to boards, slight tanning to eps) in d/w VG (library repairs with brown paper and tape, 12cm closed tear to front and 2cm tear with loss to inside edge, light scuffing and tape marks)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand naval military history Royal Navy WW2 HMS Achilles Graf Spee Orion Komet minesweeping Neptune Solomans Japan

$245.00
1y87/2

Recollections of an Amateur Soldier: A Captain in the new Zealand Forces in the Great War


TREADWELL, C.A.L.

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, Ex library, Inscribed, dated & signed by author to fellow writer Pat Lawlor, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 252pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing to spine and board extrems, minor staining to upper page edges, light tanning to eps, tape used to adhere d/w to pastedowns) in d/w VG (moderate fading and speckling to exterior, light rubbing to edges, moderate staining to top edge)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: Memoir military history New Zealand infantry Great War WW1 personal account recollection Egypt France Treadwell

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