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A NEW BATTLEFIELD: THE ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES IN KOREA 1950-51
Written by David R. Orr; David Truesdale.
Stock no. 1829868
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book follows the Battalion as it prepares for the first major conflict fought by Britain since the defeat of the Japanese in 1945. Limited edition to 500 Numbered copies. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 326 pages including index. ISBN: 9781907677199. Half title page which should have copy number and author's signature is NOT numbered or signed. Else a lovely copy, appears unread.

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BRITISH ARTILLERY ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Sanders Marble.
Stock no. 1829842
Published by Ashgate Publishing; Routledge. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Ashgate Studies in First World War History. Blue cardwraps. xvii and 285 pages including index. ISBN: 9781138270466. Printers smudge to fly-leaf. Else a lovely copy, looks unread!

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CAEN CONTROVERSY: THE BATTLE FOR SWORD BEACH 1944
Written by Andrew Stewart.
Stock no. 1829840
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The significant element of the wider D-Day operation and a narrative account of the operations conducted by 3 British Infantry Division. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos, colour maps. 164 pages including index. ISBN: 9781909982123. Small bump to lower front corner of boards. Else a lovely copy, looks unread!

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THE BATTLE OF THE SELLE: FOURTH ARMY OPERATIONS ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN THE HUNDRED DAYS 9-24 OCTOBER 1918
Written by Peter E. Hodgkinson.
Stock no. 1829782
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

This book considers a relatively unknown series of actions of the victorious Hundred Days of 1918: the operations at the River Selle. A detailed account of the fighting and infantry tactics deployed, and an analysis as to why the Fourth Army's 'weapons system' struggled to be effective. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 9781911512639. A lovely copy!

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THE HERTFORDSHIRE BATTERIES, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY 1908-1920
Written by J.D. Sainsbury.
Stock no. 1829771
Published by Hart Books. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. 3 colour plates. B/w photos and illustrations. x and 116 pages. ISBN: 0948527048. Light scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE IMJIN AND KAPYONG BATTLES KOREA, 1951
Written by S.P. Mackenzie.
Stock no. 1829760
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comparison of the two battles. Pale green paper boards, red title to spine. B/w photos and maps. xvi and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 9780253009081. A lovely copy!

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FORGOTTEN HEROES: THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
Written by Roy Dutton.
Stock no. 1829636
Published by InfoDial Ltd. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

First hand accounts of the men who took part in the heoric and tragic Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava on the 25th October 1854. Set within an unrelenting and cruel military campaign, where many would perish, unravelling the myths to find many of the missing Chargers. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 417 pages. A physical print-on-demand copy (Lightning Source UK Ltd). ISBN: 9780955655401. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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FORGOTTEN HEROES: THE CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE
Written by Roy Dutton.
Stock no. 1829622
Published by InfoDial Ltd. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava on the 25th October 1854, is one of the most neglected events in the annals of British military history. Set within an unrelenting and cruel military campaign, where many would perish, and against all odds they attacked a Russian force which outnumbered them 5:1. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 374 pages. A physical print-on-demand copy (Lightning Source UK Ltd). ISBN: 9780955655425. A lovely copy, minor knock to lower edge of boards.

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THE TRENCH WAR ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-1918
Written by Antonio Fernandez-Mayoralas.
Stock no. 1828778
Published by Andrea Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A technical, historical and human vision of one of the most dramatic transcendent episodes of the 20th century. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 109 pages. ISBN: 9788496658158. A lovely copy. Black pictorial dustwrapper has old bookseller's price label to front flap and is lightly scuffed.

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THE GERMAN SNIPER 1914-1945
Written by Peter R. Senich.
Stock no. 1828536
Published by Paladin Press. 1st USA 1982. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Scharfschutzen - or sharpshooter - of the German military machine during the twentieth century is a fearsome and special figure in the history of modern warfare. He was cold and nerveless while stalking his human prey. This book presents a complete photographic survey of these master snipers, and teh remarkable weapon systems they used with such deadly efficiency. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos throughout. xiv and 445 pages. ISBN: 0873642236. Minor discolouration to top of spine. Foxing to text block. Tape marks to pastedowns and dustwrapper flaps. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is rubbed at corners and worn at top & tail of spine, tape repairs to top & tail of spine and edges.

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INFANTRY TACTICS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Stephen Bull; Gordon Rottman.
Stock no. 1327877
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A crucial study of infantry tactics for all the major armies of the Second World War. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846032820. Spine bumped. Wrapper slightly edge rubbed.

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OPERATIONS OF EIGHTH CORPS: ACCOUNT OF OPERATIONS FROM NORMANDY TO THE RIVER RHINE
Written by G.S. Jackson.
Stock no. 1826805
Published by St. Clements Press, Ltd.. 1st 1948. Good condition.

The part 8 Corps played in the invasion of Normandy. Light blue/grey cloth boards, red titles. 3 colour survey maps in pocket at rear of book. Cloth boards browned at edges and spine, base of spine worn. Small knock to vertical edge of boards. Name in ink to front pastedown. What looks like a browned damps stain running vertically at edges (margins) of prelims. A few margin marks to contents but generally clean. All colour maps present and in good condition.

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