Books - "military"
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The Way Out (Italian Intermezzo)
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
Comrades in Bondage
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
The Naked Flagpole: Battle for Bataan, from the Diary of Richard C Mallonee
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
It's Further via Gibralter
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
ANZAC Elite: The Airborne and Speciala Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand
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
The Rome Escape Line: The Story of the British Organization in Rome for Assisting Escaped Prisoners-of-War 1943-44
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
Prisoner at Large: The Story of Five Escapes
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
Views on Air Defence
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
My Russian Jailers in China
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
Winged Mars: Volume I: The German Air Weapon - 1870-1914 / The Air Weapon 1914-1916 - Volume II of Winged Mars (2 Vol Set)
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
Death Camps of the River Kwai
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
Sir Seefton Brancker
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
Korea: The Air War 1950-1953
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
Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969
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
General Chiang Kai-Shek: The Account of the Fortnight in Sian when the Fate of China Hung in the Balance
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
Britons in Spain: The History of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade
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
History of the German Air Force
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
Vietnam ANZACs: Australian & New Zealad Troops in Vietnam 1962-72
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
World War II Infantry, in Colour Photographs
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
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I
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