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$200.00
1y49b/4

Jacka's Mob (Second Edition)


RULE, E J & MASEFIELD, JOHN (Fore)

SECOND EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xii + 346pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (moderate fading & soiling to spine, moderate cracking to hinges, light bruising & fading to board corners/edges, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, minor soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1933

KEYWORDS: second editions military history E J Rule autobiography memoir

$95.00
1y49b/6

Born of the Desert


JAMES, MALCOLM

Octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp & ink smudges to ffep, occasional minor cracking to gutters, 2cm closed tear to base of pgs 305-308) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, bottom half of spine missing, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, moderate general tanning)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1945

KEYWORDS: military history Special Air Service SAS regiment Malcolm James

$95.00
1y49b/8

With the 10th Essex in France (Second Edition)


BANKS, Lt-Col T M & CHELL, Capt R A & HOWARD, NORMAN (Illus)

SECOND EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to white title plate on spine, frontispiece, 334pp, illus, VG (light tanning to spine, sm chip to title plate on spine, minor scuffing to spine extrems, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, ffep missing, modern ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Gay & Hancock 1924

KEYWORDS: military history 10th tenth Essex regiment France British Army armed forces ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$85.00
1y49b/9

Poor People Poor Us: Poveri Gen'-Poveri Noi


BROAD, JOHN EVELYN & BROAD, ALLEN (Illus) & The Rt Hon PRIME MINISTER of NEW ZEALAND (Preface)

LACKS D/W, octavo, light brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 277pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, ex-libris plate to ffep, sl foxing to prelims, sm label tipped in to dedication page)

PUBLISHER: Harry H Tombs (Printer) N/D (c.1946)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history war stories John E Broad

$15.00
xxe3bb217561

Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War


REES, LAURENCE

Super octavo softcover (VG) minor underlining in ink & soiling; 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: Viking / Penguin Random House 2020

KEYWORDS: military war history ww2 2nd second world war two ii 2 Adolf Hitler Josef Stalin biography biographies

$32.50
xxe3bd217577

Mauser Military Rifles


GRANT, NEIL

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 2023

KEYWORDS: Mauser military rifles arms guns weaponry firearms German history

$20.00
xxe3bd217578

Men-at-Arms 118: The Jacobite Rebellions 1689-1745


BARTHORP, MICHAEL & EMBLETON, GERRY (illus)

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 2014

KEYWORDS: Osprey men at arms series 118 Jacobite Rebellions military history campaigns Jacobites Stuarts Scotland Highland clans uniforms regalia

$25.00
xxe3bd217580

The Killing Fields of Scotland: AD83 to 1746


PUGH, ROY

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: Pen & Sword Military 2013

KEYWORDS: Scottish military history battles scotland warfare

$20.00
xxe3bd217583

The Great World War 1914-45: Volume 2: The Peoples' Experience


LIDDLE, DR. PETER (ed) & BOURNE, DR. JOHN (ed) & WHITEHEAD, DR. IAN (ed)

THIS VOL ONLY 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 Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: 20th century military history WW1 WW2 WWI WWII world war one world war two great war

$32.50
xxe3bf217599

How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith


MACDONALD, DONALD

Ex-library - single ink stamp, small 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: Ward Lock & Co Ltd N/D (c.1900)

KEYWORDS: Military history siege of ladysmith war correspondence Boer

$25.00
xxeef217656

Macchi c . 202 in action


GENTILLI, ROBERTO & LUIGI, GORENA & GREER, DON (illust)

Oblong quarto 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1980

KEYWORDS: Āircraft no. 41 Macchi c . 202 squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military

$25.00
xxeef217658

P-38 Lightning in Action: Aircraft Number 109


DAVIS, LARRY & GREER, DON & MANLEY, PENNY & SEWELL, JOE (illust)

Oblong quarto 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1990

KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 109 P-38 Lightning squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military

$25.00
xxeef217660

P-12/F4B in Action: Aircraft Number 141


DAVIS, LARRY & GREER, DON & SEWELL, JOE (illust)

Oblong quarto 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1993

KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 141 P-12/F4B squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military

$37.50
xxefb217668

Instructions for Armourers 1931


COMMAND FO THE ARMY COUNCIL

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: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1931

KEYWORDS: military guide books armoury weapons weaponry firearms historical

$50.00
2w5/18

Coomasie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa


STANLEY, HENRY M

TIRED/SCRUFFY COPY! Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, gilt & black illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 510pp, illus, folding map to prelims, G (v heavy scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy rubbing/chafing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ffep missing, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- binding loose & boards shaky, heavy cracking to gutters throuhgout- some page segments partially detached, closed tearingt o folding map)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1874

KEYWORDS: Africa British campaigns history war military Coomasie Magdala

$45.00
2w5/21

The Fighter Aces of the RAF 1939-1945


BAKER, E C R

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber and Co 1962

KEYWORDS: military history British armed forces RAF Royal Air Force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter pilots

$100.00
2w5/22

Stolen Journey


PHILPOT, OLIVER

LACKS D/W, AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE TIPPED IN TO FULL TITLE PAGE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece with tissue guard, maps/illus to eps, 412pp, illus, VG (minor rubbing to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, frontispiece partially detached but present, moderate foxing to rear eps & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1950

KEYWORDS: signed Oliver Philpot military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 RAF Royal Air Force pows prisoners of war Stalag Luft III escapees autobiography memoir

$245.00
2w5/24

London to Ladysmith via Pretoria


CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER

FIRST EDITION, REBOUND, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map/frontispiece, xiv + 498pp, folding maps- all 3 present, VG (light rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling also to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & minor closed tearing to front folding map, sm gouge to pg xiv of prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to pg1)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Winston Churchill Africa African war

$65.00
2w5/27

The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej (2 Vol Set)


SMITH, Sir HARRY & SMITH, G C MOORE (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt military insignia to front boards, teg, deckled page fore-edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xxiv + 382pp, vol 2- ix + 434pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading/tanning & soiling to spines, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns, moderate cracking to gutters of vol 2- boards sl shaky, minor cracking to other gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1902

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Lieutenant General Sir Harry Smith history military

$75.00
2w5/30

The Hun Hunters: Cautionary Tales from the Trenches


YOUNG, DESMOND (Text) & McKENNA, JUSTIN (Sketches)

REPRINT (SEPTEMBER 1916), oblong imperial ocatvo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to blue buckram spine, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to board corners/edges, moderate to heavy soiling & discolouration to boards- minor chafing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's pencil annotation to prelims, minor foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Grant Richards 1916

KEYWORDS: military history anecdotes sketches verse literature ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

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