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$500.00
1b40/25

Matabeleland: The War, and Our Position in South Africa


COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD R

first edition (n.d. but 1894) small octavo printed light card covers, vii + 167pp + 16pp adverts VG (soiling to covers with some pencil annotation to cover and fep, moderate tanning, small chip to head of spine) RARE in this original state (or in any state for that matter)

PUBLISHER: leadenhall press 1894

KEYWORDS: matabeleland south africa zimbabwe rhodesia military history archibald r colquhoun

$75.00
1j32/3

Armour in England; From the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century; in two parts (1) Armour Made in England or For Englishmen (2) Foreign Armour in England


GARDNER, J STARKIE

first edition imperial octavo maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and armorial device and blindrule, two parts bound as one (as issued)(1) 100pp, illus (2) 96pp, illus VG+ (light bruising to extremities, sl foxing to prelim, booksellers labels to fep) very clean tidy copy

PUBLISHER: seeley and co 1898

KEYWORDS: history arms armour military england j starkie gardner

$425.00
1j32/10

John Dafte Gunsmith And the Horrid Conspiracy of 1683


COOPER, JOHN S & WESTWOOD, KENNETH J

first edition small folio marbled boards with three quarter maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 80pp, illus Near FINE (light rubbing to extremities, owners details to fep) #38, one of only 100 copies produced, this copy is even scarcer being ISCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors. Promotional flier loosely inserted

PUBLISHER: cooper and westwood 1989

KEYWORDS: history biography gunsmithing weapons antiques firearms gun pistols military john dafte john s cooper kenneth j westwood signed

$425.00
1j32/11

Poires A Poudre (text in french)


MARQUISET, ROBERT & YVEN, JEAN-PIERRE

first edition quarto gloss illus boards, 128pp, illus Near FINE (owners inscription to fep - inscribed to colt armorial historian robin j rapley) SCARCE

PUBLISHER: editions du portail 1990

KEYWORDS: powder military antique weapons firearms history french languages robert marquiset jean-pierre yven

$160.00
1j32/41

Colt Brevete Revolvers


MARCOT, ROY & PAXTON, RON

first edition oblong quarto black boards with mettalic bronze lettering, 361pp, illus FINE in FINE d/w with bookplate SIGNED by both authors. HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: northwood heritage press 2011

KEYWORDS: colt firearms guns history antiques military roy marcot ron paxton brevete revolvers signed

$550.00
1j33/34

British Military Pistols 1603-1888


BROOKER JNR, R E

first edition quarto blue leather with gilt lettering and gilt pistol motif,137pp, illus, Near FINE (light rubbing) inscribed to arms historian (and colt specialist ) Robin Rapley with additional handwritten letter to him from the author and hand addressed envelope SCARCE

PUBLISHER: le magazin Royal press 1978

KEYWORDS: Military weapons guns pistols history antiques r e brooker jnr signed

$40.00
1j33/37

The Desert Railway; The New Zealand Railway Group in North Africa and the Middle East During the Second World War


JUDD, BRENDON

true first edition octavo illus light card covers, 260pp, illus VG+ (prev owner's details in pen to fep)

PUBLISHER: railway book committee 2003

KEYWORDS: military new zealand world war two history africa middle east brendon judd

$160.00
1j33/49

Background to the ANZUS Pact; Policy-Making, Strategy and Diplomacy, 1945-55


MCINTYRE, W DAVID

first edition octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 464pp, VG+ (light tanning), promotional flier loosely enclosed SCARCE

PUBLISHER: st martins press canterbury university press 1995

KEYWORDS: history new zealand military alliances anzus australia united states treaties w david mcintyre politics

$12.50
xxbbd27676

The English Civil War and After: 1642-1658


PARRY, R. H. (ed) & ASHTON, ROBERT & MANNING, BRIA

paperback octavo (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: Macmillan 1974

KEYWORDS: England History Military Civil War R. H. Parry specials

$35.00
xxbbe27731

An Englishman in the Russian Ranks: Ten Months Fighting in Poland


MORSE, JOHN

Ex-library Hardcover octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: Duckworth & Co. 1916

KEYWORDS: First World War Military History Poland John Morse specials

$30.00
xxbbe27745

Deutsche Kubelwagen Im Kriege: Die Leichten, Mittleren und Schweren Personenkraftwagen der Wehrmacht (text in german)


FRANK, REINHARD

Oblong quarto (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: Podzun-Pallas-Verlag 1988

KEYWORDS: Reinhard Frank Automobiles Cars Military Germany History specials languages world war two

$35.00
xxbdc28158

Captain Cadell and the Waikato Flotilla


CAMPBELL, ROBERT D

Softcover quarto stapled wrappers (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: Maritime Publications 1985

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand military Captain Cadell Waikato Robert Campbell specials

$485.00
1j34/22

Records of Service and Campaigning in Many Lands (two volume set)


MUNRO, Surgeon-General

first edition two volumes red cloth boards with blindstamping, gilt lettering to spines, gilt device to front boards, (1) xvi + 363pp (2) x + 426pp VG (light fading to spines, light waer to extremities, occassional foxing) A Very Nice set

PUBLISHER: hust and blackett 1887

KEYWORDS: history travel military surgeon-general munro autobiography

$45.00
xxbdf28299

Die Wehrmacht: Um die Freiheit Europas


FISCHER, KARL

Hardcover octavo (VG-) lacks d/w; 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: Verlag 1941

KEYWORDS: Germany Second World War Nazi account military history propaganda specials

$15.00
xxbea28405

Stories of the Foreign Legion


WREN, P. C.

Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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: John Murray 1947

KEYWORDS: history military p. c. wren specials

$25.00
xxbee28591

Mid-term Report


PAGE, TIM

Softcover quarto (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: Thames and Hudson 1995

KEYWORDS: photography Tim Page military specials

$9.00
xxbff28864

Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape from Occupied France in the Summer of 1940


RICHARDSON, ANTHONY

Paperback octavo (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: Pan Books 1956

KEYWORDS: second world war military history sir basil embry france anthony richardson specials

$125.00
1j35/2

Engines of War; Or Historical and experimental Observations on Ancient and Modern Warlike Machines and Implements, Including the Manufacture of Guns, Gunpowder and Swords


WILKINSON, HENRY

first edition octavo green cloth boards with blindrule and gilt lettering to spine, viii + 268pp + 16pp adverts, VG (rebacked using original binding, new eps with bookseller label and owner bookplate to front pastedown, light tanning and wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: longamn orme brown green and longmans 1841

KEYWORDS: military history weapons antiques guns swords henry wilkinson

$8.00
xxbgc29025

Hostages at Colditz


ROMILLY, G. & ALEXANDER, M.

paperback octavo (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: sphere

KEYWORDS: specials history warfare military

$10.00
xxbgd29086

Dark Winter


MCNAB, ANDY

Softcover super octavo (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: Bantam Press 2003

KEYWORDS: literature military thriller Andy McNab specials

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