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BY ENGLAND'S AID
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 1403583
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1895. Very good condition.

The Freeing of the Netherlands. Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 10 b/w plates and 4 maps. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine bumped and faded. Cloth on spine is split at the top and worn at the bottom. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Couple of marks to covers. Ex libris name plate to front pastedown. Neat name in ink to top of front pastedown. Some foxing mainly to prelims and a few page edges otherwise contents generally clean.

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FRANK FLOWER THE BOY WAR-CORRESPONDENT
Written by A.B. Cooper.
Stock no. 2112167
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with orange/black titles. Bumping and wear to covers; some scuffing. Front cover is a little bowed. Foxing and some page browning.

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MAXIMUM EFFORT
Written by James Campbell.
Stock no. 1604962
Published by Allison & Busby. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A novel. Reprint edition. An exciting and revealing novel about what it was like to take part in thousand bomber raids over Germany in 1944. ISBN: 0850311276. Spine and corners bumped. Contents very good. Wrapper edge creased and scuffed.

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FOUR DAYS IN JUNE
Written by Iain Gale.
Stock no. 1803665
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

A battle lost, a battle won, June 1815. A fact based novel on the Battle of Waterloo. Pictorial cardwraps. x and 369 pages. ISBN: 9780007201051. SIGNED by the author as a gift inscription to title page. Text block slightly grubby.

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SQUADRON LEADER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1201131
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1946. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates, including frontis. 296 pages. SIGNED by author. Top and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners bumped. Bright pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped. A very nice bright copy.

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THE KEEPERS OF THE NARROW SEAS
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 810256
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

A Story of the Great War. Originally published in 1918 with the title 'The Fritz Strafers'. Red pictorial binding. Colour frontis only. 380 pages. Fading to spine and a few damp fade marks to top and bottom of front cover. Corners are bumped, with some wear and a little fraying of cloth. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Reduced from £120.

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ROUNDING UP THE RAIDER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 809695
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Naval Story of the Great War. Green boards with pictorial front cover and spine. Black titles to both spine and front covers. Colour frontis + 3 other b/w plates. 255 pages. Light wear to covers. Grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Some foxing. All plates and frontis are present. Pictorial wrapper has a few edge-tears and chips, with some small bits of loss and grubby marks.

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UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 809682
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. A Naval story of the Great War. Bumping to corners and spine. Some browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present. Dated from adverts. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips and creases - now pasted to white paper, to keep it from getting more damage, faded to spine. Some chips of loss to edges.

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THE SECRET CHANNEL
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 809164
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

And Other Stories of the Great War. Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. 250 pages. Spine faded to brown. Covers marked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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ON GUARD FOR ENGLAND
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by J.C.B. Knight.
Stock no. 808346
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1942. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles to front cover and spine. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. War economy edition (lighter volume). Spine is faded and bumped. Wear to cover edges. Some marks to covers. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Dated from adverts. All plates present.

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COWARD ON THE BEACH
Written by James Delingpole.
Stock no. 436631
Published by The Bloomsbury Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An ordinary chap's reluctant quest for military glory. Green boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 9780747590705.

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BOMBER'S MOON
Written by Negley Farson. Illustrated by Tom Purvis.
Stock no. 714380
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 48 b/w pencil sketches. Dampstains to edges of covers. Tiny wormhole to side of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Wrapper has very large piece missing to front.

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