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AFVS OF WORLD WAR ONE (ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD VOLUME ONE)
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1828497
Published by Profile Publications.
1st
1970.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Title to spine is: Armoured fighting Vehicles of World War One Volume 1. Tanks of the first holocaust called the Great War. Includes a section in colour on the uniforms of the men who fought in the Tanks. Black cloth spine, gilt title, yellow & black mottled boards. B/w photos. Base of spine lightly worn. Text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.
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- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- WORLD WAR I
- TANKS
ARMOUR ON WHEELS TO 1942 (OLYSLAGER AUTO LIBRARY)
Written by Bart H. Vanderveen.
Stock no. 1828494
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Armoured vehicles including scout cars, reconnaissance cars, personnel carriers, observation posts and command vehicles. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 072321848X. Board edges lightly browned. Text block lightly foxed & browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.
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- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- ARMOUR
TOWNSHEND OF KUT: A BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES TOWNSHEND
Written by A.J. Barker.
Stock no. 1828493
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1st
1967.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. Lower edge of b oards lightly rubbed. Light vertical crease to spine. Foxing to text block. Includes a relevant newspaper cutting. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded and grubby, edge-rubbed.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- BIOGRAPHY
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!
NAVAL WARGAMING: FROM ANCIENT GALLEYS TO MODERN U-BOATS
Written by Paul Hague.
Stock no. 1828485
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited.
1st
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
From the very beginnings of maritime conflict to the present day, this book provides the historical background on the ships, their weapons and their tactics. In addition, wargaming rules for each period are provided. An essential manual for the hobby. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1852601434. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Else a lovely copy.
THE FIGHTING TANKS FROM 1916 TO 1933
Written by Ralph E. Jones; George H. Rarey; Robert J. Icks.
Stock no. 1828478
Published by We, Inc.
1st thus
1969.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
First published in 1933 and reissued in 1969. Yellow cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. Top rear corner of board bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small closed tears (no loss), rear panel is a little scuffed and grubby.
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- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TANKS
- HISTORY
THE BOILERPLATE WAR
Written by John Foley.
Stock no. 1828477
Published by Frederick Muller Limited.
1st
1963.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of tanks in the first World War, and particularly some of the people who manned them. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge orange. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine & corners with slight loss.
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- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TANKS
- WORLD WAR I
THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY
Written by Eversley Belfield; H. Essame.
Stock no. 1828476
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd..
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
This account of the Battle for Normandy runs from 7 June, D+1, to 22 August, when the Falaise Gap was finally closed. B/w photos. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, edge-worn and creased, clear tape strengthening corners to verso.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE COWARD OF MINDEN: THE AFFAIR OF LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE
Written by Piers Mackesy.
Stock no. 1828462
Published by Allen Lane.
1st
1979.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Lord George Sackville was court-martialled for disobedience at the battle of Minden in 1759 and pronounced to be 'unfit to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatsover'. What caused him to disobey the orders of his German Commander-in-Chief to bring up the cavalry? Was it cowardice? Or incompetence? Or a determination to be awkward? Or was he an unlucky victim of circumstance? Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713908513. Small black mark to front endpaper. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Top edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- MILITARY
WAR IN SHANGRI-LA: A MEMOIR OF CIVIL WAR IN LAOS
Written by Mervyn Brown.
Stock no. 1828448
Published by The Radcliffe Press.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Mervyn Brown and his time as deputy to the British Ambassador in the 1960s. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1860647359. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has slight surface paper loss at top of spine.
SERVICE HISTORY OF THE GLOSTER JAVELIN MARKS 7 TO 9R
Written by Roger Lindsay.
Stock no. 1828422
Very good condition.
Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 32 pages including front & rear cover. Undated. Light scuffing to covers, contents clean.
A BATTLEFIELD ATLAS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Written by Craig L. Symonds.
Stock no. 1828386
Published by Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company Of America.
1st
1986.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A visual and narrative overview of the principal military engagements of the American war for independence. Light tan cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations and maps. ISBN: 0933852533. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a small stain to spine and is a little scuffed/grubby.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- MILITARY
- ATLAS
- CARTOGRAPHY