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THE WEST POINT ATLAS WAR: THE CIVIL WAR
Written by Vincent J. Esposito.
Stock no. 1831544
Published by Tess Press. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Originally published in 1959 as part of a two-volume set. This is the revised and updated edition. Edited by Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito. Large oblong format, bound as tall portrait format. Pictorial cardwraps. Maps throughout. ISBN: 9781603760201. A few minor marks to cover, rear cover a little scuffed. Contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BASIC AIRCRAFT: MILITARY
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1331385
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observers Book No 39. Cream boards. Small format. Silhouettes by Punnett. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pencil name erased from front free-endpaper. Some light foxing/grubby marks to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with fading to front edge.

THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENT 1958-2007: 11TH, 39TH, AND 54TH OF FOOT
Written by Trustees Of The Military Museum Of Devon And Dorset.
Stock no. 1831500
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the many and varied achievements of all parts of the Regimental Family - the 1st Battalion, the Territorial Army, the Cadet Forces, the Regimental Associations and their families - during forty-eight momentous years. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 256 pages. ISBN: 9781844155538. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH AWARDS AND MEDALS
Written by Edward C. Joslin.
Stock no. 1331361
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Book No. 55. With 186 b/w illustrations and 8 pages of colour illustrations. Small format. Dark blue boards. ISBN: 0723215383. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper has 3 tiny holes to spine and is slightly browned. There are light damp stains to top edge of front panel and to spine (the one to spine is only visible on verso).

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CASTLES
Written by Brian K. Davison. Illustrated by Jasper Dimond.
Stock no. 1331352
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No. 78. With 46 line drawings, 12 b/w illustrations and 3 maps. Small format. Grey boards, white titles. ISBN: 0723215936. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine.

STEEPLE MORDEN STRAFERS 1943-45
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1331341
Published by East Anglia Books. 2nd 1996. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. A remarkable story of courage and dedicaton, with many individual combat reports, the stories of escape and evasion also show the courage of Resistance fighters who helped downed airmen. A fascinating social documentary on the impact of war on a handful of tiny rural viallages, their inhabitants and of a lifestyle which has now almost vanished. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. Fold out site plan of Steeple Morden at rear. ISBN: 1869987020. Minimal bumping to spine else a fine copy. Wrapper is sunned to spine and front spine edge.

EUROPE'S TRAGEDY: A HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS WAR
Written by Peter H. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831440
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered. The extraordinary narrative of the war haunted Europe's leaders into the twentieth century and modern Europe cannot be understood without reference to this dreadful conflict. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Map of Central Europe 1618 to endpapers. Colour plates. xxii and 996 pages including index. ISBN: 9780713995923. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to lower edge. A very decent copy.

THE SERJEANT-MAJOR
Written by James Leasor.
Stock no. 1831415
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The life-story of R.S.M. Ronald Brittain, M.B.E., Coldstream Guards - "The man with the loudest voice in the Army". Foreword by Sir Oliver Leese. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 191 pages. A few minor marks to boards. Gilt title to spine has dulled. Text block a little grubby. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to margins else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and creased, sligth loss to edges, a little grubby to rear panel.

DRESDEN: TUESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 1945
Written by Frederick Taylor.
Stock no. 1831411
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many times during the Second World War. But this time was different. By the next morning, more than 4,500 tons of high explosives and incendiary devices had been dropped on the unprotected city... This book is a serious reappraisal of an event that lives in the popular memory with Guernica and Hiroshima as a by-word for the horror of twentieth-century air warfare. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and maps and 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0747570787. Boards clean, text block grubby. Occasional foxspot to contents. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine.

ALEX: THE LIFE OF FIELD MARSHAL EARL ALEXANDER OF TUNIS
Written by Nigel Nicolson.
Stock no. 1831342
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis was Montgomery's Commander-in-Chief at Alamein and conquered Italy from Sicily to the Alps. Cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xiii and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 0297765159. Third impression in the same year as the first. Boards very slightly mottled else clean. Foxing to text block. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to contents else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine, light rubbing to corners, rear panel lightly scuffed.

PATRIOTS AND LIBERATORS: REVOLUTION IN THE NETHERLANDS 1780-1813
Written by Simon Schama.
Stock no. 1831331
Published by Fontana Press. 2nd 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

A tale of a once-powerful nation's desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Second edition with revisions and corrections. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w illustrations. xviii and 745 pages including index. ISBN: 0006861563. A few scuffs to covers. Light vertical creasing to spine. Front joint is pulled but binding is tight. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean.

HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX: FROM HELL TO VICTORY AND BEYOND
Written by K.A. Merrick.
Stock no. 1331124
Published by Classic; Ian Allan. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and definitive work on the Handley Page Halifax, cementing its place in aviation history as a uniquely successful and versatile aircraft which was also a great favourite with its crews. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906537067. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and sunned to spine.