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$40.00
1a4a/12

Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915


A NURSING SISTER

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 154pp, VG+ (prev. bookseller's label to rear board, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, minor internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Leonaur 2011

KEYWORDS: military history women nursing nurses ww1 dirst 1st world war one i 1 the great war dairies journals

$60.00
1a4a/14

The Battle: Arras, 1917


LOGEZ, FREDERIC

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus eps & title page, 79pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, sl chafing to boards) with red title band, VG- (heavy creasing to rear, full vertical tear at rear with tidy archival repair)

PUBLISHER: Editions Degeorge 2014

KEYWORDS: graphic novels comics comic books military history famous battles Arras centenary centennial ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$17.50
xxa3ab212920

63 Days: The Story of the Warsaw Rising


GIBSON, GEORGE (Fore)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Montgomeryshire Printing Company (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Warsaw Poland Polish uprisings

$50.00
1h15a/8

Nine Lives to Berlin: With a Tank Brigade 1939-1946


COX, ERIC

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 140pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Pentland Books 2001

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 1st 4th 8th armoured brigade campaigns Eric Cox autobiography autobiographies memoir British Army armed forces soldiers

$75.00
1h15a/11

Tales of Three Campaigns


BRERETON, Major C B

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 290pp, illus/plates, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, single plate loose but present, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Selwyn & Blount 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history campaigns ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war 12th (Nelson) Company

$100.00
1h15a/13

Petrol Company (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)


KIDSON, A L

LACKS D/W, tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 363pp, illus/folding maps, VG (usual library markings/stamps, spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs / War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official history guides ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Petrol Company army corps

$47.50
1i24a/5

Swift and Sure: A History of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals and Army Signalling in New Zealand


BARBER, LAURIE & LORD, CLIFF

LACKS D/W, SPECIAL NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#37), super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Signals Incorporated 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals Army Signalling

$300.00
1i24a/7

The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914-1918


CARBERY, Lieut.-Col. A D

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black letetring & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, xix + 567pp, 3x lg folding maps to rear pocket, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, minor fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, some prelim pgs detached)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions military history New Zealand Medical Service ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$47.50
1i24a/14

Perverts by Official Order: The Campaign Against Homosexuals by the United States Navy


MURPHY, LAWRENCE R

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 340pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harrington Park Press 1988

KEYWORDS: gay homosexuality sexual orientation military navy US gays Rhode Island Newport modern history trials law legal sodomy

$40.00
1i24a/17

Napoleonic Friendship: Military Fraternity, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century France


MARTIN, BRIAN JOSEPH

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, xvii + 379pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University Press of New England 2011

KEYWORDS: history France French sexuality military soldiers relations gay lgbtq men homosexuality

$40.00
1j38b/4

The Eclipse of the Sun: The Story of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan 1946-47


JEFFREYS, STAN

Octavo, illus light card covers, brown & white lettering to spine, 103pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl curling & creasing to cover edges, sl tanning & soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Stan Jeffreys 2005

KEYWORDS: British commonwealth forces Japan Japanese occupation allied forces military history post-war

$52.50
1j38b/5

Life at the Crossroads: A History of Gaza


BUTT, GERALD

Octavo, white heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 200pp, VG+ (sl discolouration to board edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Rimal Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: Middle East history Gaza geopolitics civil unrest military

$45.00
1j38b/6

The Cretan Resistance 1941-1945


KOKONAS, N A & FERMOR, P LEIGH et al (Fore)

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 200pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, 2cm scuff to rear cover, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Nikos A Kokonas N/D (c.1990s?)

KEYWORDS: official British report Crete resistance military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Cretans

$45.00
1j38b/7

Red Winds from the North


DAVIES, NORMAN 'TAFF'

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 148pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Able Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: military history Korea Royal Signals Korean War signallers autobiography autobiographies memoir Norman Davies personal accounts

$35.00
xxa3de213199

Let Nought Deter: A Perspective on Hospital Services in War and Peace


LAURENSON, GIL

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: Compaid Graphics 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military medical healthcare history Gil Laurenson

$37.50
xxahaa213356

The Olympian Soldier: G C Cooke


BEATSON, KATH

Signed & inscribed by author. Imp. 8vo 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: Kath Beatson 2008

KEYWORDS: Kath Beatson military history live lifes biography G C Cooke

$100.00
1j45b/7

A Staff Officer's Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War (2 Vol Set)


HAMILTON, Lieut.-General Sir IAN

2 VOLS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt author's name to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- x + 362pp + 16pp to rear, vol 2- xi + 387pp + 16pp to rear, illus plates & folding maps- all counted with 1x missing, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name to ffeps, moderate foxing to prelims, map XXXIV to vol 2 missing, some minor foxing throughout, light occasional cracking to gutters, 2x maps detached but loosely enclosed)

PUBLISHER: Edwrad Arnold 1907

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Japan Russian Japanese early 20th twentieth century Sir Ian Hamilton

$295.00
1j45b/8

War in the Far East: A History of the Russo-Japanese Struggle (6 Vol Set)


GREW, E SHARPE

6 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spines, black lettering/rule & coloured illus to front boards, aeg, map frontispieces to each vol, illus/plate- all plates present, mixed pagination, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light rubbing & discolouration to spines, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to eps & sporadically throughout, a lot of plates are detached or partially detached but all are present, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Virtue and Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Japan Russian Japanese war conflict Russ-Japanese geopolitics

$25.00
xxa3fa213462

Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park


HINSLEY, F H (Ed) & STRIPP, ALAN (Ed)

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: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Bletchley Park codes codebreakers War Station X enigma machine intelligence

$40.00
1u24a/21

The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945


HATCH, F J

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xix + 223pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate cracking to spine, light to moderate tanning/soiling & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name label to ffep, 2cm closed tear to base of rear cover/spine join, light to moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Canadian Government Publishing Centre 1983

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Canada Britain Canadian British air training plan aviation defence defense

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