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249 AT WAR
Written by Brian Cull.
Stock no. 1829817
Published by Grub Street.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The authorised history of the RAF's top-scoring fighter squadron of WWII. Navy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 1898697493. A lovely copy!
MEN OF STEEL: SURGERY IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Written by Michael Crumplin.
Stock no. 1829813
Published by Quiller Press.
1st
2007.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A detailed account of the practice of surgery during the pre-anaesthetic and pre-antiseptic days of the Napoleonic War. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 384 pages including index. ISBN: 9781904057949. Lengthy gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and is scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- MILITARY
- NAPOLEON
- MEDICAL HISTORY
- SURGERY
ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS: THE STORY OF BRITISH MILITARY BRIDGING
Written by J.H. Joiner.
Stock no. 1829812
Published by Leo Cooper.
1st
2001.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The use and development of British military bridging from Edward I's invasion of Wales in 1282 to up-to-the-minute operations such as support for the United Nations' intervention in the Balkans. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xix and 476 pages including index. ISBN: 0850527880. A lovely copy!
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- ENGINEERING
- BRIDGES
- HISTORY
WHIRLWIND: THE WESTLAND WHIRLWIND FIGHTER
Written by Victor F. Binham.
Stock no. 1829811
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd.
1st
1987.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
With its service and squadron history. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 157 pages including index. ISBN: 1853100048. Dustwrapper spine slightly faded else a lovely copy!
WINGS OVER SUEZ
Written by Brian Cull; David Nicolle; Shlomo Aloni.
Stock no. 1829807
Published by Grub Street.
1st thus
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Amended paperback edition. The First Authoritative Account of Air Operations During the Sinai and Suez Wars of 1956. With Nicolle and Aloni. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xvi and 385 pages including index. ISBN: 1904943551. Light crease to top edge of rear cover, light scuffing to rear cover. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.
NELSON & RODNEY 1927 - 1949: THE BIG BATTLESHIPS
Written by Neil McCart.
Stock no. 1829806
Published by Maritime Books.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Following the Washington Treaty, plans were drawn up for two 33,000-ton battleships, which would be armed with nine 16-inch guns. These ships would be the most powerful battleships in the Royal Navy. In honour of two famous Naval Admirals, they would be named Nelson and Rodney. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. viii and 144 pages. ISBN: 1904459161. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy!
A FREEDOM DEARLY BOUGHT
Written by Ernest Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1829803
Published by Ernest Ackroyd.
1st
1995.
Very good condition.
In 1939 the 122 (West Riding) Field Regiment Royal Artillery TA was formed and on February 15, 1942, it ceased to exist with the fall of Sinapore. Only 13 members of the regiment were killed in action; more than 200 members who formed the regiment were to die a cruel and agonising death at the hands of their Japanese captors. The author was one of those young men who suffered but survived to tell the story. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xiii and 136 pages. Covers lightly creased, lightly rubbed at corners. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
STRIKE FROM THE SEA U.S. NAVY ATTACK AIRCRAFT FROM SKYRAIDER TO SUPER HORNET 1948-PRESENT
Written by Tommy H. Thomason.
Stock no. 1329556
Published by Speciality Press.
1st
2009.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781580071321. A super copy, appears unread.
U.S. NAVAL AIR SUPERIORITY DEVELOPMENT OF SHIPBORNE JET FIGHTERS 1943-1962
Written by Tommy H. Thomason.
Stock no. 1329555
Published by Speciality Press.
1st
2007.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 275 pages. ISBN: 9781580071109. A super copy, appears unread.
THE BUCCANEERS: OPERATIONAL SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE
Written by Graham Pitchfork.
Stock no. 1329554
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited.
1st
2002.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Containing many rare and previously unpublished colour photographs, and the authentic narrative views of Buccaneer aircrew 'from the cockpit', a tribute to a classic postwar British-built jet bomber. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1852606118. A super copy, looks unread.
DE HAVILLAND TWIN-BOOM FIGHTERS: VAMPIRE, VENOM AND SEA VIXEN (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1329553
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2004.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Crowood Aviation Series. A chronicle of the development and service. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861266812. A super copy, looks unread.
BEAUFIGHTERS OVER BURMA
Written by David J. Innes.
Stock no. 1829800
Published by Blandford Press.
1st
1985.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
No. 27 Squadron, RAF, 1942-45. A vivid account of the operations and the Beaufighter at war and also of the aircrews' and groundcrews' lives on the squadron and the many hardships and improvised solutions to problems operational and 'domestic'. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 0713715995. Very pale browning to endpapers else a super copy. Rear panel of dustwrapper very lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AIR FORCE
- AVIATION
- BURMA