Books - "military"
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Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915
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
The Battle: Arras, 1917
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
63 Days: The Story of the Warsaw Rising
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
Nine Lives to Berlin: With a Tank Brigade 1939-1946
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
Tales of Three Campaigns
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
Petrol Company (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
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
Swift and Sure: A History of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals and Army Signalling in New Zealand
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
The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914-1918
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
Perverts by Official Order: The Campaign Against Homosexuals by the United States Navy
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
Napoleonic Friendship: Military Fraternity, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century France
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
The Eclipse of the Sun: The Story of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan 1946-47
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
Life at the Crossroads: A History of Gaza
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
The Cretan Resistance 1941-1945
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
Red Winds from the North
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
Let Nought Deter: A Perspective on Hospital Services in War and Peace
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
The Olympian Soldier: G C Cooke
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
A Staff Officer's Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War (2 Vol Set)
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
War in the Far East: A History of the Russo-Japanese Struggle (6 Vol Set)
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
Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park
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
The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945
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