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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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THE HISTORY OF THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS 1914-1918 IN TWO VOLUMES (VOLUME I ONLY)
Written by J.C. Latter.
Stock no. 1824287
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. 1st 1949. Good condition.

Volume I ONLY of a two volume set. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt tile to spine and gilt vignette of regimental flag to front. Folding maps. Some damp staining to lower corner of boards. Front joint broken. Rear joint pulled exposing mull beneath. Binding still tight. Contents clean. A good working copy.

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THE LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL BOOK
Written by Hedley Le Bas.
Stock no. 1824285
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Edited by Sir Hedley Le Bas, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund. This volume was prepared as a slight memorial to Lord Kitchener's life and work. Containing tributes from men who write from intimate knowledge of this great man. White cloth boards with blue titles and borders. B/w tipped in plates and b/w photos & illustrations. Split to top rear edge of spine. Boards slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout - heavier in some places than in others.

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THE WESTERN FRONT THEN AND NOW
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824284
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, black titles. The contents are divided into five sections, four covering the British fighting zones from north to south, the fifth covering the "back-areas". Each of the five sections are preceded by a short survey of the War history of the region as a whole. B/w photos accompanied by a paragraph of information relative to the particular locality. Boards nevenly faded with a few minor stains. Pencil erasure marks to front endpaper give the page a grubby appearance. Front and rear hinge pulled but binding tight.

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HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE BUFFS EAST KENT REGIMENT (3RD FOOT) 1914-1919
Written by R.S.H. Moody.
Stock no. 1824283
Published by The Medici Society Ltd.. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Formerly Designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Blue cloth boards. Gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. Top edge blue. 2 colour plates, 12 b/w plates, maps. A few minor marks and scuffs to boards. Top edge of text block is rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS 1914-1918 IN TWO VOLUMES (VOLUME II ONLY)
Written by J.C. Latter.
Stock no. 1824276
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Volume II ONLY of a two volume set. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt tile to spine and gilt vignette of regimental flag to front. Includes Honours and Awards; The Commanding Officers of the Battalions; Battalion Signs; Calendar of Moves; Summary of Officers and other Ranks killed and Died of Wounds or Disease; The Commemoration fo the Fallen and the Care of the Survivors and of the Dependants. Water staining mainly affecting lower edge of boards. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean.

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WHEN BEATTY KEPT THE SEAS
Written by Frank H. Shaw. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1323785
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates. 312 pages. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Child's heavy pencil inscription to front pastedown. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Foxing. One plate is loose but all still present.

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FLYING LEGENDS - A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE GREAT PISTON COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF WWII
Written by Tony Holmes. Illustrated by John M. Dibbs.
Stock no. 1323630
Published by The Plane Picture Co. Publishing. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth. Colour photographs throughout by Dibbs. ISBN: 0952958805. Dustwrapper is browned to spine.

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OPERATION PEDESTAL: THE FLEET THAT BATTLED TO MALTA 1942
Written by Max Hastings.
Stock no. 1824165
Published by William Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operation Pedestal - one of the bloodiest sea battles of Britain's war, ordered by Churchill to save Malta. Limited Signed Edition. Navy boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780008364946. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has a 'signed by the author' sticker to front panel.

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HITLER'S BRITISH TRAITORS
Written by Tim Tate.
Stock no. 2140646
Published by Icon Books. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781785784057. Light wear along cover edges. Page browning. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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THE TIGER KILLS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140366
Published by HMSO. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The story of the Indian Divisions in the North African campaign of World War II. Splits to top and tail of spine. Creasing to cover corners. Initials and date in ink to title page. Some foxing and marks to outer page edges.

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'PI' IN THE SKY
Written by W.F.J. Harvey.
Stock no. 1823972
Published by Colin Huston. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition.

A history of No 22 Squadron Royal Flying Corps & R.A.F. in the Great War of 1914-1918. Large format. White pictorial paper boards. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0950186805. Spine browned, corners rubbed, boards grubby. Corner clipped from lower front endpaper. Endpapers marked else contents clean.

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