Books - "military"
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Gallipoli 1915
First edition. Obl super 8vo 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: ABC Books 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia ANZAC forces military history First World War 1 I WW WW1 WWI 20th century
A Medical Emergency: Major-General Ginger Burston and the Army Medical Service in World War II
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED PRINTED SIGNED LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 487pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Big Sky Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: signed Ian Howie-Willis medical officers military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Major-General Ginger Burston biography biographies memoir
Endless Sotry: Being an Account of the Work of the Destroyers, Flotilla-leaders, Torpedo-Boats and Patrol Boats in the Great War
Demy 8vo, pp. 450; white/blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in blue, front board bordered in blue; frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & moderate to heavy archival repairs; hole to back; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1933
KEYWORDS: First World War 1 I WW WW1 WWI war warfare ships navy naval boat 20th century Europe military history
23 Battalion
8vo, pp. xvi + 506; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sl sloppy; moderate cracking to front gutters & light cracking to rear gutters); in d/w, G (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems heavy chipping; extensive tape repairs, scrap papers taped to underside as support; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII war warfare 20th century ANZAC
Hikurangi Ki Homburg: Henare Kohere and Terei Ngatai with the Maori Coronation Contingent 1902
Imp. 8vo, pp. xii + 140; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; 2cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repairs).
PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history soliders 19th 20th century
New Zealand's Western Front Campaign
Quarto, pp. 408; grey heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps & tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling).
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW1 WWI II western front 20th century
A Passion for Flight: New Zealand Aviation before the Great War Volume Three
The Joe Hammond Story and Military Beginnings 1910-1914
This vol. only. Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 208; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; sticker peeled from front cover).
PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW WW1 WWI Air Force Royal Great aviation planes aircraft
Maori Fortifications
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: Osprey 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history fortifications war warfare
Secret SAS Missions in Africa: C Squadron's Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968-1980
Super 8vo softcover (G+), covers heavily warped; 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: Pen & Sword 2018
KEYWORDS: military history SAS secret missions 20th century war warfare counter terrorist operations
D-Day The Climactic Battle of World War II: June 6, 1944
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: Simon & Schuster 1994
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 d-day France Normandy campaigns famous battles
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