Books - "military"
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The Escapes and Evasions of 'An Obstinate Bastard'
Octavo, yellow glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 238pp, occasional map illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & fading to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & soiling, sl foxing to page edges, light cracking to guttes)
PUBLISHER: WILTON 65 2000
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Dominick Graham autobiography memoir
Norway 1940
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, x + 340pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & staining to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, price clipped, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1964
KEYWORDS: first edition military history Norway ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Forced March to Freedom: An Illustrated Diary of Two Forced Marches and the Interval Between - January to May, 1945
Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 98pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to edges & spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Canada's Wings 1984
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war diary journal Robert Buckham autobiography memoir rcaf Canada Canadian air force
For You the War is Over: American Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to black buckram spine, author's name in gilt to front board, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (adhesive protective mylar covering, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Stein and Day 1984
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war US American soldiers
The Hunter
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 299pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG, in removable protective plastic cover (price clipped, sl soiling & chafing, light adhesive staining to edges beneath wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Anthony Gibbs & Phillips 1961
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Tuvia Friedman military history ww2 holocaust war criminals Jewish persecution Adolf Eichmann
Clipped Wings
Octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light folding/creasing to page edges of prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with internal reinforcement, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Stanhope Press (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British battle of Britain raf air force aviation autobiography memoir Donald Blair pilots
Maquis: Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, xi + 512pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1990
KEYWORDS: military history French resistance France ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 maquis
Through Japanese Barbed Wire: A Thousand-Mile Trek From a Japanese Prison Camp
Octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 144pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping with heavy tape repairs to edges, some heavy loss, moderate tanning to spine, price clipped, moderate chafing & surface loss)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1944
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Japan concentration camps Japanese Gwen Priestwood autobiography memoir civilians
Captive in Shanghai
Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, strip of tanning to half title page, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to verso of full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Hugh Collar autobiography memoir
No Time For Geishas
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 217pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine & board edges) in d/w, VG+ (in adhesive clear mylar covering, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1973
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese concentration camps British army soldiers Geoffrey Pharaoh Adams autobiography memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Escape From the Rising Sun: The Incredible Voyage of the 'Sederhana Djohanis'
Octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 198pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate fading to spine, in adhesive mylar covering)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1973
KEYWORDS: military history Singapore biography Lord Langford escapees ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Rice and Salt: A History of the Defense and Occupation of Mindanao During World War II
Octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xviii + 242pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, prev. bookseller's label to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company N/D (c.1962)
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir John Hugh McGee Davao Penal Colony pows prisoners of war politics communism
Prisoner of the British: A Japanese Soldier's Experiences in Burma
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, xiv + 202pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective covering, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1966
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Burma Japanese soldiers ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Black Monastry
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 409pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1934
KEYWORDS: pows prisoners of war military history Aladar Kuncz France French autobiography memoir
History in My Time
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, 262pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & soiling to extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name to ffep, moderate cracking to rear gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1941
KEYWORDS: first edition military history Europe Otto Strasser early 20th twentieth century
Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War
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: Allen Lane 2021
KEYWORDS: world war 2 II ww2 wwii second world war pearl harbor history military hitler
Anzio
FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Anzio operations landings
Malayan Postscript
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Angus and Robertson 1943
KEYWORDS: military history disasters Malaya Singapore ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Prisoners' Bluff
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1954
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war escapees escapes Rolf Magener Heins von Have Heinrich Harrier Dehra Dun prison camps
Escape - or Die: Authentic Stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (tatty); 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: Evans Brothers 1953
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war escapees escape stories raf British soldiers