THE MARINE MACHINE
Written by William Mares.
Stock no. 1828523
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The making of the United States Marine. A vivid chronicle of ten weeks of Boot Camp as seen by a young professional photographer who once shared it. With pen and camera he followed a 75-man platoon through every aspect of basic training, a world of intense mental and physical suffering dominated by a man who is teacher-priest-guard-father-mother hen, and for the recruits, sadistic jailer - the Drill Instructor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 139 numbered pages. Boards a little marked, mainly to lower edges and spine. Text block lightly browned. Front joint pulled between front free-endpaper and half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby and scuffed, lightly worn at edges with a few minor chips.

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A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE OR A VOICE FROM THE RANKS
Written by T. Gowing.
Stock no. 1828490
1896. Very good condition.

Revised and Enlarged edition. Showing the cost of war in blood and treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the standpoint of the ranks; the indian mutiny, and some of its atrocities the Afghan campaigns of 1863. Also Sketches of the lives and deaths of Sir H. Havelock and Captain Hedley Vicars. Together with some things not generally known. Black cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w plates. xv and 585 pages. All edges gilt. Board edges rubbed, rear board a little scuffed. Front joint cracked. Belongs to box completed with contemporary signature. Some pencil annotation. Not a bad copy!

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INFANTRY TACTICS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Stephen Bull; Gordon Rottman.
Stock no. 1327877
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A crucial study of infantry tactics for all the major armies of the Second World War. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846032820. Spine bumped. Wrapper slightly edge rubbed.

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THE POLITICS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
Written by Hew Strachan.
Stock no. 1327421
Published by Oxford University Press; The Clarendon Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 0198206704. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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OPERATIONS OF EIGHTH CORPS: ACCOUNT OF OPERATIONS FROM NORMANDY TO THE RIVER RHINE
Written by G.S. Jackson.
Stock no. 1826805
Published by St. Clements Press, Ltd.. 1st 1948. Good condition.

The part 8 Corps played in the invasion of Normandy. Light blue/grey cloth boards, red titles. 3 colour survey maps in pocket at rear of book. Cloth boards browned at edges and spine, base of spine worn. Small knock to vertical edge of boards. Name in ink to front pastedown. What looks like a browned damps stain running vertically at edges (margins) of prelims. A few margin marks to contents but generally clean. All colour maps present and in good condition.

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AN ARMY OF TRIBES: BRITISH ARMY COHESION, DEVIANCY AND MURDER IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Written by Edward Burke.
Stock no. 1826442
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

A study of Operation Banner, the British Army's campaign in Northern Ireland. Black pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781786941039. Light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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MAILED FIST: 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION AT WAR, 1940-1945
Written by Ken Ford.
Stock no. 1825795
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Eyewitness accounts, Unit war diaries, and unpublished sources combine to provide a first history of the British 6th Armoured Division. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750935154. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, slightly scuffed to rear panel and has a tiny nick in surface paper to lower spine edge of front panel.

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THE RISE AND ASCENT OF "NUMBER TWO PLATOON"
Written by Harold Jager.
Stock no. 1824404
Published by Daily Post. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

"A" Company, 17th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Home Guard). Cloth spine, red paper boards with title to front board. B/w photos. 52 pages including names and addresses. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. Boards unevenly faded. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. Biro 'x's to list at end.

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THE THIRTY-FOURTH DIVISION 1915-1919
Written by Lt Col. Shakespear.
Stock no. 1824304
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, chequer board vignette to spine and front board. B/w photos and folding maps. Boards lightly unevenly faed with a few light marks. Frontis has been inserted next to contents page and tissue guard is missing. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots.

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NAVY & ARMY ILLUSTRATED VOL. I & II
Written by Charles N. Robinson.
Stock no. 1824289
Published by Hudson & Kearns; George Newnes Limited. 1985. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Black calf leather spine & corners, dark green textured cloth boards with gilt title to front. No title to spine. From volume I Friday December 20th 1985 through to volume II Friday 11th December 1896, complete in one volume. B/w photos throughout. Leather spine rubbed and scuffed, boards scuffed and worn at lower edges. New endpapers. Some pages not bound in (but present). Some title pages have loss/tape marks. Tape repair to width of page 139 now yellowed with age. A few margin marks and tears.

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MECHANISED FORCE: BRITISH TANKS BETWEEN THE WARS
Written by David Fletcher.
Stock no. 2139404
Published by HMSO. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0112904874. A little fading to spine.

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THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 1922-1950
Written by C.B. Birdwood.
Stock no. 2137747
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w photos and maps. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some creasing and small tears; a little loss; some grubby marks.

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