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THE GREAT WAR MEDAL COLLECTORS COMPANION
Written by Howard Williamson.
Stock no. 1829648
Published by Anne Williamson. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. The definitive reference work for collectors and researchers of Great War Campaign and Gallantry Medals. Limited edition to 3,500 copies. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780952754442. Boards lightly scuffed. Previous owner's address label to top gutter edge of front endpaper. SIGNED by the author to title page. This is copy 2,245 of 3,500. Contents clean.

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A DICTIONARY OF GREAT WAR ABBREVIATIONS
Written by Howard Williamson.
Stock no. 1829644
Published by A. Williamson. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book contains approximately 5,000 abbreviations used ont he medals, weapons and badges of the Great War period. Large format. White glazed boards. x and 228 pages. ISBN: 0952754401. Spine lightly faded, top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Previous owner's address label to top gutter edge of title page else contents clean.

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HEAD-DRESS BADGES OF THE BRITISH ARMY VOLUME TWO: FROM THE END OF THE GREAT WAR 1979
Written by Arthur L. Kipling; Hugh L. King.
Stock no. 1829582
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 252 pages. ISBN: 1843425130. Slight lean to spine. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed with a few faint marks.

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HISTORY OF THE MACGREGOR MEMORIAL MEDALS 1889-1989
Written by Robert Hamond.
Stock no. 1327462
Published by Spantech & Lancer. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. 65 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1897829078. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Corners worn. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.

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BROOCHES IN LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN BRITAIN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.F. Mackreth.
Stock no. 1827716
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Volume 1: text for the study, Volume 2: The plates, Figures etc. This is the result of forty years of study and offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain, the brooch. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174111. Boards a little scuffed, contents clean, a lovely set!

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THE SQUADRONS AND UNITS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM
Written by Theo Ballance; Lee Howard; Ray Sturtivant.
Stock no. 1825946
Published by Air-Britain. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Brief histories of every Naval Air Squadron - including Australian, Canadian and Dutch squadrons where these have been numbered in the 700- and 800-series - aircraft- and helicopter-capable ships, bases, Battle Honours, Trophies and Awards, detailed sections on helicopter Flights and notes of many of the Schools, Sections and Units that have supported the Fleet Air Arm for more than eight decades. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth boards, silver title so spine. B/w photos and a few colour, colour badges. ISBN: 9780851304892. A lovely copy.

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OF RED EAGLES AND ROYAL CROWNS
Written by William E. Hamelman.
Stock no. 1824966
Published by Matthaus Publishers. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

A modern English translation of Der Preussische Rothe-Adler-Orden und der Konligliche Kronen-Orden in Urkunde und Bild by F.W. Hoftmann, 1878. A modern translation of the statutes of the Prussian Red Eagle Order and the Royal Crown Order. Blue cloth boards with silver titles. B/w illustrations. Limited edition of 500. Corners of boards rubbed. Text block browned. Not numbered (of 500).

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BRITISH BATTLES AND MEDALS
Written by L.L. Gordon; Edward C. Joslin.
Stock no. 2136874
Published by Spink & Son Ltd.. 5th 1979. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

5th edition, revised by Joslin. Foreword by Spink. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Bumping to spine; some fading along cover edges. Small splits/nicks to top and tail of spine. Name to front endpaper. Foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned with some edge-tears and chips; a few nicks of loss.

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PARACHUTE WINGS
Written by R.J. Bragg; Roy Turner.
Stock no. 2136546
Published by Peter A. Heims Limited. 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Colour photos. ISBN: 0950642622. A couple of pages appear stuck together at edge (possibly from print during publishing).

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UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA OF THE LUFTWAFFE VOLUME 1: 1933-1940
Written by Brian L. Davis.
Stock no. 1820573
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The first volume of a two-part work that provides a comprehensive and authoritative study yet published of the badges, insignia, uniforms and accoutrements of Germany's air force during the era of the Third Reich. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1854091069.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH AWARDS AND MEDALS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Edward C. Joslin.
Stock no. 2130411
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book No. 55. Colour and b/w illustrations. In rare advertising wrapper. Browning to page edges. Rare wrapper has couple of corner creases to front flap.

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ELITE UNIT INSIGNIA OF THE VIETNAM WAR
Written by Leroy Thompson.
Stock no. 1817194
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An Illustrated Reference Guide for Collectors. With 1987/88 price guide. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 085368815X.

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