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THE HISTORY OF THE 50TH OR (THE QUEEN'S OWN) REGIMENT
Written by Arthur Evelyn Fyler.
Stock no. 1205035
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1895. Good condition.

From the Earliest Date to the Year 1881. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Silver vignette to front cover. 4 colour plates. xviii 380 pages. Spine browned and split. Name in ink to half-title. Corners rubbed. Contents very good.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1804526
1st thus 1912. Good condition.

Reprinted by permission from 'The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle' of 1911, and published 1912. Dark green cloth spine with no title, green paper boards. B/w frontis and fold-out maps. 52 pages. Rear board missing and has been replaced and repaired with a soft board. Minor foxing present.

VICKERS-ARMSTRONG WELLINGTON
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1204686
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1998. As new condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The operational career of this remarkable aeroplane, illustrated with many rare and previously unpublished photos. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1861261098. Wrapper has a three inch closed and internally repaired edge-tear.

WORLD WAR TWO CHRONOLOGICAL ATLAS
Written by Charles Messenger.
Stock no. 1804105
Published by The Bloomsbury Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1989. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When, Where, How and Why. Large format. Two-tone maps. ISBN: 0747502293. Free front endpaper has been stuck to front pastedown. Last few pages (page 239-255) have been miscut at gutter edge by printer. Contents are fine. Blue wrapper is lightly scuffed.

MILITARIZATION AND DEMILITARIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
Written by Glenn D. Hook.
Stock no. 1803966
Published by Routledge. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Routledge Japanese Studies Series. The gradual transformation of Japan into a 'normal' military state, the political forces supporting and opposing this transition, and the underlying values at the base of the critique of militarization. Black boards, silver title to spine. xiv and 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0415022746.

IN THE FINEST TRADITION THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS (CARABINERS & GREYS)
Written by Stephen Wood.
Stock no. 1204268
Published by Mainstream Publishing Company (Edinburgh) Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Its History and Treasures. B/w photos. ISBN: 185158174X. Wrapper has some edge-wear/marks.

WELLINGTON'S SPECIALIST TROOPS
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Bryan Fosten.
Stock no. 1204228
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Men at Arms Series no. 204. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0850458625.

BRACE BY WIRE TO FLY BY WIRE
Written by Peter R. March.
Stock no. 1803804
Published by Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. 2nd 1998. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

80 years of the Royal Air Force 1918-1998. Second, revised and enlarged edition. Colour illustrations. Large oblong format. Limited edition of 1000 casebound copies. ISBN: 189980806X. Copy 96 of 1000. Signed by Paul A. Bowen (Director) and Timothy Prince (Director Operations). Contained in a slipcase which is marked and scuffed.

FIGHTER COMMAND 1939-1945
Written by David Oliver.
Stock no. 1703348
Published by Ted Smart. 2000. Very good condition.

From the Battle of Britain to the Fall of Berlin. Eyewitness testimony and a lifetime's study of the Second World War in the air. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 0007629087. Small hole to front board. Relevant aeroplane illustration tipped in to one page.

THE ROAD TO VERDUN
Written by Ian Ousby.
Stock no. 1601461
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

France, Nationalism and the First World War. 304 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0224059904. Wrapper is lightly edge creased.

THERE WAS A SOLDIER
Written by Angus Konstam.
Stock no. 1601460
Published by Hachette. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

First-hand accounts of the Scottish soldier from 1707 to the present day. 346 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780755318612. Wrapper lightly edge rubbed.

IN THE COMBAT ZONE SPECIAL FORCES SINCE 1945
Written by Robin Neillands.
Stock no. 1601456
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos. 350 pages. ISBN: 029781673X. Residue to rear panel of wrapper where price sticker has been removed.