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$40.00
1h81a/10

Brothers at War


ROLFE, JIM (With His Brothers Reg and Jack Rolfe)

SIGNED BY TWO OF THE BROTHERS (JIM & JACK), octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, iv + 168pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & covers/edges, moderate fading & light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Jim Rolfe 1995

KEYWORDS: signed Jim Jack Rolfe New Zealand soldiers ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history

$65.00
1h81a/14

Soviet Submarines: 1945 to Present


JORDAN, JOHN

Square super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor scuffing to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arms & Armour Press 1989

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Russian Soviet navy naval submarines late 20th twentieth century

$55.00
1h81a/31

Infantry Brigadier


KIPPENBERGER, Major-General Sir HOWARD

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, x + 371pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & ex-libris plate to ffep, light foxing to prelism & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate soiling & foxing, price clipped, light to moderate fading & cracking to spine)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger 20 NZ Battalion 2 NZ Division

$125.00
1h96/6

Jutland to Junkyard: The Raising of the Scuttled German High Seas Fleet from Scapa Flow - the Greatest Salvage Operation of All Time


GEORGE, S C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges, light to moderate foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp & name in ink to ffep, minor patches of foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & adhesive staining to edges, minor wrinkling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1973

KEYWORDS: military history maritime naval German high seas fleet Scapa Flow salvage operations disasters first editions

$100.00
1h96/14

German Warships 1815-1945, Volume One: Major Surface Vessels


GRONER, ERICH & MICKEL, PETER (Drawings) & MRVA, FRANZ (Drawings) & JUNG, DIETER (Revised & Expanded) & MAASS, MARTIN (Revised & Expanded)

THIS VOL ONLY, lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 243pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1990

KEYWORDS: military history Germany German warships vessels war surface design engineering kriegsmarine battleships cruisers

$40.00
1h96/16

The Napoleonic Wars


JENKINS, J J (Illus)

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2018

KEYWORDS: military history art J J Jenkins Napoleonic wars Napoleon

$60.00
1h96/27

From North Africa to the Arakan: The Engrossing Memoir of a WWII Spitfire Ace


PEART, ALAN McGREGOR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2008

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation spitfire fighter pilots New Zealand RNZAF Alan McGregor Peart first editions

$22.50
xxgsd214549

Royal Navy Battleships 1895-1946


BLUNDELL, W D G

Octavo softcover (VG-) heavy crack to central gutter, some pages detached but present; 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: Almark Publishing 1973

KEYWORDS: British Royal Navy military history naval warfare battleships design engineering

$25.00
xxgsg214560

War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia 1941-1945


LUCAS, JAMES

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books 1991

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German troops soldiers Russia

$22.50
xxgsg214565

A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages: Volume Two: 1278-1485 AD


OMAN, Sir CHARLES

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Greenhill Books 1991

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation middle ages war military warfare

$17.50
xxgtf214589

C: A Biography of Clem Scott


SCOTT, DENNIS & SMOLENSKI, JACK (Fore)

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: Hazard Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir Clem Scott horseracing military amputees horses

$17.50
xxsaj214658

Ground Attack Aircraft of World War II


SHORES, CHRISTOPHER

Super octavo 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: Macdonald and Jane's 1977

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 ground attack aircraft aviation

$60.00
1s11a/12

Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History


MARK, ETHAN

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 386pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light staining to top page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, pgs 127/128 & 295/296 detached but present & still tidy)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Academic 2018

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Japan Japanese occupation Java Asia

$40.00
1h51a/22

The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China


SZONYI, MICHAEL

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 303pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history imperialism politics political government Ming dynasty military

$15.00
xxser215025

Doing Our Bit: New Zealand Women Tell Their Stories of World War Two


SULLIVAN, JIM (Ed)

SIGNED, 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: HarperCollins 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history signed Jim Sullivan ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 women

$15.00
xxsgo215170

The Professionals


HARRIS, JOHN & ELMES, OLIVER (Illus)

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: Hutchinson 1975

KEYWORDS: military war literature John Harris

$17.50
xxsjo215333

Tobruk: Fiercely Stand, or Fighting Fall


MITCHELHILL-GREEN, DAVID

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: Big Sky Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: military history campaigns battles ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Tobruk

$19.50
xxsnl215576

German Invasion Plans for the British Isles 1940


MATTHEWS, ALASTAIR (Trans) & WHEELER, ROBERT (Intro)

Duodecimo 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: Bodleian Library 2011

KEYWORDS: military history war plans ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 luftwaffe Great Britain invasions plans

$45.00
ak5/7/26

The Medal Collector: A Guide to Naval, Military, Air-Force and Civil Medals and Ribbons


JOHNSON, Dr STANLEY C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, mustard yellow buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, 320pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light chafing & soilingb/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1921

KEYWORDS: first editions antiques militaria military medals ribbons collectables collectibles civilian

$265.00
ak5/10/4

The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own)


AUSTIN, Lieut.-Col. W S (Compiled by)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, xx + 587pp, illus/photos, folding maps to rear, VG- (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate bruising & light scuffing to board corners, moderate wrinkling to material on boards with minor soiling also, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic soiling & foxing throughout, occasional light foxing & creasing/closed tearing to folding maps- still reasonably tidy, heavy crack to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: L T Watkins Ltd 1924

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

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