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THE RIFLE BRIGADE
Written by D.M. Pontifex; R.D. Cassidy.
Stock no. 1826607
1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

A Commemorative Booklet on the Occasion of the Bicentenary 25 August 2000. Green glazed boards, silver title to front board. Colour & b/w photos & illustrations. 32 pages. Includes loosely inserted bibliography of 51 books about The Rifle Brigade.

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FOCUS ON COURAGE: THE 59 VICTORIA CROSSES OF THE ROYAL GREEN JACKETS
Written by Christopher Wallace; R.D. Cassidy.
Stock no. 1826606
Published by The Royal Green Jackets Museum Trust. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An authoritative record and account of the extraordinary acts of bravery of the 59 Regimental recipients of the Victoria Cross, including photographs and biographical information. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine and regimental vignette to front. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0954937015. SIGNED by author Christopher Wallace to title page (no dedication). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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THE ESSEX REGIMENT 1929-1950
Written by T.A. Martin.
Stock no. 1826605
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

Reprint of the original of 1951. Black cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9781781519813. Light vertical crease to spine. Laminate at vertical edges of covers is starting to peel off. Text block just a little grubby. Contents clean.

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HOLDING TO THE HEAVENS: THE HISTORY OF SIXTY SQUADRON RAF 1916-2016
Written by Paul Hickley.
Stock no. 1826597
Published by Aviation History Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Varied and interesting history of RAF Sixty Squadron. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781526201645. SIGNED and dated by the author to half-title page. Includes a letter from the author to Geoff Moores, also signed by the author. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faintly scuffed to rear panel.

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ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING: BRITAIN'S FIRST AND LAST SUPERSONIC INTERCEPTOR
Written by Tim McLelland.
Stock no. 1826588
Published by Ian Allan Publishing; Classic. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Design, development and operational history. 224 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781906537036. Lower edge of front board and top edge of rear board bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and is scuffed to rear panel.

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GOOSEPOOL: THE HISTORY OF RAF AND RCAF MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE AND TEESSIDE AIRPORT
Written by Stanley D. Howes.
Stock no. 1826584
Published by Stanley Books. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. 365 pages. ISBN: 0954542703. Covers just a little scuffed and rubbed at edges. Fairly minor bump with creasing to front cover and prelims vertically from lower edge. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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SPITFIRES OVER SCOTLAND: 'FIRST BLOOD TO THE AUXILIARIES'
Written by Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1826578
Published by G C Books Ltd. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The Life of Squadron Leader Patrick Gifford DFC, and the shooting down of the first German aircraft in British airspace during the Second World War. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781872350448. Very heavy couple of diagonal creases to lower corner of front cover. Rear cover lightly scuffed and marked. Contents clean and uncreased.

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AVRO ANSON MKS I, II, IV & X
Written by Alan W. Hall; Eric Taylor.
Stock no. 1826571
Published by Almark Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A detailed and profusely illustrated record of one of the longest-lived and best known of Royal Air Force aircraft; this book deals with the early Marks of the Anson and includes civil variants, early operational types, and training and transport machines; foreign and Commonwealth service is included. Blue boards. B/w photos and three colour pages. 64 pages. ISBN: 0855240644. Spine browned. Text block ligthly browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily browned to spine, top of spine is worn and torn, a little grubby.

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MEMOIRS OF A FIGHTING CAPTAIN
Written by Admiral Lord Cochrane; Brian Vale.
Stock no. 1826497
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Vale. Cochrane was an inspired naval commander in the Napoleonic wars, a leading figure in the Radical movement but he was also guilty of making disastrous decisions on land and being pig-headed and vindictive and he used his memoirs to settle old scores. Colour illustrations. Dark blue cloth, with gilt title, border and vignette. 311 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase in almost fine condition.

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THE ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM
Written by Barbara W. Tuchman.
Stock no. 1826476
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

The decoding of the fateful telegram and the story of a momentous incident. Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w photos. A very nice copy containedi n publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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BAYERLEIN: THE DENAZIFICATION TRIAL OF ROMMEL'S CHIEF-OF-STAFF, AND PANZER LEHR DIVISION COMMANDER, GENERALLEUTNANT FRITZ BAYERLEIN
Written by P.A. Spayd; Nicole Insanally.
Stock no. 1826473
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The fourth and final book in the complete series on the life of Rommel's former Chief of Staff, and the commander of the elite Panzer Lehr Division, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein. This volume covers his trial by the Denaizfication Tribunal conducted in September 1947. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780764339547. A nice copy.

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FIELD MARSHAL VON MANSTEIN, A PORTRAIT: THE JANUS HEAD
Written by Marcel Stein; Gwyneth Fairbank.
Stock no. 1826466
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated by Stein, Edited by Fairbank. Feldmarschall Erich von Manstein was the most outstanding German high commander of the Second World War. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781906033026. Pictorial dustwrapper has a 2" closed tear to front panel center (no loss and difficult to spot immediately), lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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