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$200.00
ak1/19a/26

The Way Out (Italian Intermezzo)


KRIGE, UYS

Octavo, teal/aqua buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 384pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, light soiling & pencil annotation to ffep, light foxing & newspaper articles glued in to rear eps, light cracking to gutter of pg32/33) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning & rubbing to spine, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1946

KEYWORDS: Uys Krige autobiography autobiographies memoir military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war

$40.00
ak1/19a/27

Comrades in Bondage


FOSTER, FRANK & Fiel-Marshal Lord BIRDWOOD OF ANZAC AND TOTNES (Fore)

SIGNED, DATED & WARMLY INSCRIBED, WITH MODERATE WATER DAMAGE, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges, moderate but faint water damage/staining top edges of spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light damp wrinkling to frontispiece) in d/w, VG- (in fully adhesive plastic wrap- fully affixed, price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, light rubbing to spine, minor tanning/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Skeffington and Son N/D (c.1946)

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Foster military history autobiography autobiographies memoir

$40.00
ak1/19a/29

The Naked Flagpole: Battle for Bataan, from the Diary of Richard C Mallonee


MALLONEE, RICHARD C & MALLONEE II, RICHARD C (Ed)

Octavo, faux leather brown boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 204pp, illus/maps, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board corners, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Presidio Press 1980

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 campaigns battles Bataan diaries journals Richard C Mallonee Philippines Japanese occupation

$60.00
ak1/19a/30

It's Further via Gibralter


GIBBS, PATRICK

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss, moderate tanning to spine & joins/folds, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1961

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 raf royal air force pilots autobiography autobiographies memoir Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs British armed forces

$40.00
2g13/47

ANZAC Elite: The Airborne and Speciala Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand


LORD, CLIFF & TENNANT, JULIAN

4to, pp. 160; illus. heavy card bds; illus. prelims; photos; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 2000

KEYWORDS: ANZAC Australia New Zealand military insignia collecting collector

$52.50
ak1/20a/4

The Rome Escape Line: The Story of the British Organization in Rome for Assisting Escaped Prisoners-of-War 1943-44


DERRY, SAM

LACKS D/W, octavo, red heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239p, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing & soiling to boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapees Rome British armed defence forces

$125.00
ak1/20a/9

Prisoner at Large: The Story of Five Escapes


REID, IAN

LACKS D/W, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 305pp, VG- (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling/staining & water damage to boards, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to prelims, heavy crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, minor staining to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Victro Gollancz 1947

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war escapees ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$60.00
ak1/20a/10

Views on Air Defence


GOLOVINE, Lieut.-General N N

Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 100pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/sioling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden N/D (c.1938)

KEYWORDS: military history raf royal air force British armed forces aerial defence defense aviation warfare

$200.00
ak1/20a/12

My Russian Jailers in China


VASEL, GEORG & GRIFFIN, GERALD (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, green textured buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war China Chinese

$200.00
ak1/20a/26

Winged Mars: Volume I: The German Air Weapon - 1870-1914 / The Air Weapon 1914-1916 - Volume II of Winged Mars (2 Vol Set)


CUNEO, JOHN R

2 VOL SET, super octavo, vol 1- blue buckram boards with red lettering to spine & front board, vol 2- black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 338pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 503pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to spines & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spines & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG-/G+ (heavy/v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing to spines, light to moderate soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Military Service Publishing Company 1942-47

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aircraft German luftwaffe fighter planes

$50.00
ak1/25/3

Death Camps of the River Kwai


POUNDER, THOMAS

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: United Writers Publications 1977

KEYWORDS: military history River Kwai Malaya Singapore ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Japanese

$82.50
ak1/25/12

Sir Seefton Brancker


MACMILLAN, NORMAN

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 491pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owners' details in coloured pencil & ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1935

KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Sir Seefton Brancker British armed forces raf royal air force pilots

$30.00
xx186pol208686

Korea: The Air War 1950-1953


NICHOLLS, JACK C & THOMPSON, WARREN E

Square 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: military aviation history aerial combat warfare Korea Korean war fighter planes

$30.00
xx186pol208687

Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969


NOWARRA, HEINZ J (Compiled & Written by) & DUVAL, G R (Compiled & Written by) & HEPWORTH, W F (Tone Paintings) & LOBNER, H (Drawings) & MYERS, ALAN (Trans)

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: Fountain Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian civil military aviation history aircraft aeroplanes fighter planes design engineering

$45.00
2g24c/28

General Chiang Kai-Shek: The Account of the Fortnight in Sian when the Fate of China Hung in the Balance


KAI-SHEK, General & Madame CHIANG

Ex-library. Sm 8vo, pp. xiv + 187; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library slip pasted to front pastedown, library markings in blue ink to front pastedown, tp & tp verso, final pg, library barcode to rear board); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1938

KEYWORDS: General Chiang Kai-Shek China Sian history war warfare military

$40.00
2g37b/13

Britons in Spain: The History of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade


RUST, WILLIAM

Post 8vo, pp. xii + 212; red leather bds, spine lettered in black; plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamps in black & purple ink to ffep; peeling to front pastedown; moderate tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Lawrence and Wishart 1939

KEYWORDS: William Rust 19th century military history England English British Spain Spanish

$20.00
xx186pol208692

History of the German Air Force


PHILPOTT, BRYAN

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: Gallery Books 1986

KEYWORDS: military history German Germany luftwaffe air force air warfare aerial combat fighter planes

$27.50
xx186pol208701

Vietnam ANZACs: Australian & New Zealad Troops in Vietnam 1962-72


LYLES, KEVIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: military history anzac soldiers Australia Australian New Zealand anzacs Vietnam troops

$22.50
xx186pol208702

World War II Infantry, in Colour Photographs


MIROUZE, LAURENT

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Windrow & Greene 1995

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 infantry soldiers uniforms Europe Europeans

$20.00
xx186pol208703

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I


STACK, WAYNE & CHAPPELL, MIKE (Illus)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand soldiers expeditionary force ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

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