Books - "military"
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Bridge with Three Men: Across China to the Western Heaven in 1942
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: second world war two 2 ii wwii ww2 japanese conflist military history
'Overlord': Normandy 1944
Octavo softcover (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Davis-Poynter Ltd 1978
KEYWORDS: second world war two 2 ii wwii ww2 history normandy battle military
Hell Fire
Octavo softcover (VG+), some underlining; 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: Harper Press 2009
KEYWORDS: war helicopter military memoir autobiography
Recollections of A Life in the British Army during the Latter Half of the 19th Century
Tidy ex library, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 382pp + 6pp book ads, VG (usu library markings but relatively light, light bruising to spine extrems, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light taning to page edges and eps, some staining to page edges and ep edges)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1908
KEYWORDS: General Sir Richard Harrison autobiography British military history
The Naval Battle: Studies of The Tactical Factors; followed by Observations on Unity of Doctrine
Ex library, first edition, octavo, navy blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 387pp, illus plus folding plates to rear, VG (usu library markings, light bruising to spine extrems, some tanning & light soiling to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, creasing to a couple of folding plates)
PUBLISHER: Hugh Rees 1914
KEYWORDS: France French naval military history navy battles war
My Campaign in Mesopotamia
First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, blind-stamped publisher's logo to front board lower corner, frontispiece portrait, 400pp, illus with folding maps, VG (some fading & stainiong to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some staining to upper page edges, prelims & termianals, sporadic light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth LTd 1920
KEYWORDS: Major General Sir Charles Townshend autobiography military history Mesopotamia
Ruhleben Prison Camp 1914-1918
Scarce, illus yellow light card stapled wrappers, red lettering to front cover, frontispiece folding map, 48pp, illus, VG- (rust to staples, moderate creasing to cover edges because of Yapp-style binding, moderate soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: British Red Cross Central Prisoners of War Committee (n/d)
KEYWORDS: First World War One WWI Ruhleben Prison Camp pictorial photographic portrait military history
Spitfires over Sicily: The Crucial ROle of the Malta Spitfires in the Battle of Sicilty, January - August 1943
Octavo, blue heavy card boards with glit lettering to spine, 234pp, illus, nr fine (v v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2000
KEYWORDS: Second WOrld War Two WW2 Sicily military history spitfires
Campaign in Russia: The Waffen SS on the Eastern Front
First edition, super octavo, yellow boards with gilt lettering to black spine, xv + 353pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing)
PUBLISHER: Institute for Historical Review 1985
KEYWORDS: Germany Russia Russian front Second World War Two WW2 German military history Waffen SS
New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order, being a record of New Zealanders & those associated with New Zealand appointed as Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Octavo, maroon heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 468pp, illus, VG+ (inscription in ink to half-title verso) in d/w, VG+ (v. slight fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Haigh & Polaschek 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand DSO Distinguished Service Order military history biography
Tale of a Tiger
super octavo faux leather boards with embossed black tiger, second printing, 362pp, illus VG+ (light tanning, partial fading to front board, v light soiling) in VG d/w (fading to front cover, ligght wear with minor archival repair to extremities) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author
PUBLISHER: tiger originals 1988
KEYWORDS: aviation r t smith military fighter pilots aces world war two signed
Kiwi Orions; A History of the Lockheed P-3B/K Orion in service with No.5 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force 1966-2006
quarto illus light card covers, 159pp, illus FINE
PUBLISHER: kiwi air research 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation military history orion lockheed paul harrison air force
Desert Rat Sketch Book
first edition oblong super quarto oatmeal cloth boards with gilt lettering and motif, illus eps, xxxi + 187pp, illus VG+ (v sl soiling) in VG slipcase (sl fading and scuffing to extremities)
PUBLISHER: sketchbook press 1959
KEYWORDS: art history military world war two allies desert rats clifford saber
Days of Fear: The Inside Story of the Iraqi Invasion and Occupation of Kuwait
Super octavo softcover with French flaps (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: Motivate Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: Iraq Iraqi invasion Kuwait war military history
The Soldiers Own Diary; Turnbull Library Record 2014: volume 46
Imperial octavo softcover with French flaps (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: Alexander Turnbull Library 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand essays First World War One WW1 military history
Eagle's Wings The Autobiography of a Luftwaffe Pilot
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: autobiography Hajo Herrmann Second World War WW2 aviation military history
Station 43; Audley End House and SOE's Polish Section
Ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Sutton publishing Limited 2004
KEYWORDS: Polish military history WW2 second world war
Gallipoli; The New Zealand Story
Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: Gallipoli New Zealand military history ANZAC WW1 First World War One
The Battle of Berlin 1945
First edition, octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiii + 290pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988
KEYWORDS: Second World War Two WW2 military history Berlin
The Principles of War (with 23 maps and other diagrams)
Ex library, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind decorative rule to front board, xiii + 351pp, illus with folding maps, VG- (usu library markings, light fraying to spine extrems, ding to front board lower corner, moderate tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1918
KEYWORDS: war military history tactics