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$45.00
xxcqb7683

Fights and Furloughs in the Middle East


HELM, A S

octavo hardcover (VG) in dustwrapper (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 cost

PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs

KEYWORDS: history military world war two middle east new zealand a s helm specials

$750.00
e8a/2

Essays Upon I. The Ballance of Power II. The Right of Making War, Peace & Alliances III. Universal Monarchy; To Which is Added An Appendix Containing the Records Referr'd to in the Second Essay


DAVENANT, CHARLES

octavo full leather with raised bands, contemporary binding, 300pp (last five pages mis-numbered) +125pp (appendix)+ 3pp adverts VG- (wear to extremities, occassional light foxing, bindings weakening). Bookplate of Sir George Howard on front pastedown (Howard fought at Falkirk and Culloden and was accused of treating the defeated Scots harshly. He was made Field Marshal in 1793) A very sound copy for its age.

PUBLISHER: james knapton 1701 St Paul's Churchyard

KEYWORDS: history politics philosophy military charles davenant

$9.00
xxckf8159

Return Via Dunkirk


BUSTER, GUN

hardcover (tidy copy); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton

KEYWORDS: specials military history gun buster

$85.00
e8a/44

On the Way to An Ambush


CONNEW, BRUCE

super octavo illus light card covers with french flaps, 175pp illus FINE (SCARCE)

PUBLISHER: victoria university press 1999 wellington

KEYWORDS: bruce connew photography military history revolution karen burma myanmar new zealand arts journalism

$90.00
e8a/45

The Sikkim Saga


DAS, B S

reprint, octavo blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, ix + 166pp ex libris (pocket and label at rear are only library markings, VG (small tear to lower corner of fep, sl discolouration) in VG d/w (light wear to extremities, light soiling) SCARCE

PUBLISHER: vikas publishing house 1990 delhi

KEYWORDS: history military india annexation sikkim himalayas b s das

$17.50
170711ld6

Blitzkrieg; From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk


DEIGHTON, LEN

first edition octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 319pp illus, VG+ (light foxing to froredge) in VG d/w (fading to spine, sl bruising to extremities)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape 1979 london

KEYWORDS: len deighton literature history world war two military modern first edition

$40.00
1a26/16

Siam and World war II (2)


JAYANAMA, DIREK ( KEYES, JANE GODFREY trans)

super octavo green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 358pp illus, VG- (ex libris with markings blacked out by felt pen, lacks eps, lib pocket removed from rear pastedown, light rubbing and wear to extremities of boards)

PUBLISHER: social science association of thailand press nd thailand

KEYWORDS: thailand world war two military history siam direk jayanama jane godfrey keyes

$19.50
1a26/26

New Zealanders At War


KING, MICHAEL

first edition imperial octavo black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, vi + 308pp illus, Near Fine (light dent to prelims) in Near Fine d/w (light rubbing, light foxing on reverse)

PUBLISHER: heinemann 1981 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand world war one two military history michael king

$25.00
xxcyg8632

Just Ordinary Seamen


TANGYE, TED

octavo illus 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: ted tangye

KEYWORDS: new zealand navy history naval military world war two ted tangye specials

$10.00
xxckg8696

The New Nuclear Danger; George W Bush's Military-Industrial Complex


CALDICOTT, Dr HELEN

octavo paperback (near new); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: scribe publications

KEYWORDS: specials politics military nuclear weapons dr helen caldicott

$9.50
xx8777

The New Zealand Army; A History From the 1840s to the 1980s


WICKSTEED, Major M R

super octavo paperback, ex libris; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: army public relations

KEYWORDS: new zealand military army history major m r wicksteed specials

$15.00
xxczc8855

Trenchard


BOYLE, ANDREW ( TRENCHARD, HUGH)

octavo hardcover (weakening hinge); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: collins

KEYWORDS: biography military world war one two hugh trenchard andrew boyle specials history aviation

$30.00
p23a/9

The Siege of Ladysmith


SHARP, GERALD

octavo brown cloth boards with gilt lettering, 164pp, illus, VG+ in VG d/w (small closed tears to top edge)

PUBLISHER: macdonald and jane's 1976 london

KEYWORDS: history africa ladysmith boer war military sieges gerald smith

$350.00
p23a/17

Sino-Vietnamese War


KIN, MAN LI & Editors of Kingsway

revised reprint, imperial octavo textured illus card covers, 192pp illus VG+(light rubbing) Scarce

PUBLISHER: kingsway international publications 1982

KEYWORDS: history military china vietnam sino-vietnamese war man li kin

$400.00
p23b/1

The Story of a Lion Hunt; With Some of the Hunter's Military Adventures During the War


WIENHOLT, ARNOLD

first edition octavo brown cloth boards with gilt lettering, 252pp illus, VG (light bruising to extremities, discolouration to eps, occassional very light foxing, owners name in pencil to fep) A VERY TIDY COPY OF A SCARCE TITLE

PUBLISHER: andrew melrose 1922 london

KEYWORDS: sport hunting military autobiography world war one big game arnold weinholt

$160.00
p23b/29

Sketches of Army Life in Russia


GREENE, F V

first edition octavo red cloth boards with black and gilt lettering and motif, v + 326pp + 2pp adverts + 40pp adverts (dated august 1880, some pages uncut) VG (light bruising, light marking and discolouration, bookplate to ffront pastedown, moderate tanning to contents, discolouration to eps). A tight tidy copy of the scarce UK first edition in original binding

PUBLISHER: w h allen 1881 london

KEYWORDS: f v greene military russia history autobiography

$25.00
m31/19

Gallipoli; Untold Stories From War Correspondent Charles Bean and Front-Line Anzacs


KING, JONATHAN & BOWERS, MICHAEL

super octavo illus hardcover, xii + 324pp illus VG+ in d/w VG+

PUBLISHER: random house 2008 sydney

KEYWORDS: history anzacs military new zealand australia gallipoli world war one jonathan king michael bowers

$32.50
m31/26

Humanitarian Action in Times of War; A Handbook For Practitioners


MINEAR, LARRY & WEISS, THOMAS G

octavo illus light card covers, xii + 107pp illus VG (occassional highlighting, owners name to fep, light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: lynne rienner 1993 boulder

KEYWORDS: war politics humanitarian sociology military larry minear thomas g weiss

$30.00
m31/27

The Art of Blitzkrieg


MESSENGER, CHARLES

octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp illus, VG+ (owners name to fep, sl discolouration to eps) in VG d/w (fading to spine, light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: ian allan 1976 london

KEYWORDS: worlds war two military germany tactics blitzkrieg nazis charles messenger

$12.00
xxadb10100

The World's Worst Military Disasters; Chronicling the Greatest Battlefield Catastrophes of All Time


MCNAB, CHRIS

oblong small octavo hardcover with illus boards in dustwrapper (near new); 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 cost

PUBLISHER: amber books

KEYWORDS: chris mcnab military history specials

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