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AKBAR THE GREATEST MOGUL
Written by S.M. Burke.
Stock no. 1818763
Published by Munshiram Manoharlal. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Based mainly on accounts left behind by those who personally knew the emperor well, the result of several years of research. Insight into the character and achievements of the founding fathers of the celebrated Mogul dynasty in India. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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AVRO LANCASTER: BRITAIN'S GREATEST WARTIME BOMBER
Written by Peter C. Smith.
Stock no. 1818671
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. B/w photos. Celebrating the outstanding contribution the Lancaster bomber made to the Allied victory in World War 2 ISBN: 9781857803051. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a small closed tear to lower rear edge of spine (no loss).

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WELLINGTON ROLL OF HONOUR 1939-1945
No author listed.
Stock no. 1818669
Published by Wellington School. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine faded. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Includes relevant newspaper cuttings.

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CURTISS AIRCRAFT 1907-1947
Written by Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 2131906
Published by Putnam. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of the pioneer work of Glenn Curtiss and of the subsequent companies which bore his name. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 637 pages. ISBN: 0370100298. Name in ink to front endpaper which is browned with some creasing. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE JUNGLE, THE JAPANESE AND THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ARMIES AT WAR, 1941-45
Written by T.R. Moreman.
Stock no. 1818633
Published by Frank Cass. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Cass Series: Military History and Policy. Focusing on the British Commonwealth armies serving in SE Asia during the Second World War that, following the disastrous Malayan and Burma campaigns, had to hurriedly re-train, re-equip and re-organise their demoralised troops to fight a conventional jungle war against the Imperial Japanese Army. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 0714649708.

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INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND THE KASHMIR DISPUTE ON REGIONAL CONFLICT AND ITS RESOLUTION
Written by Robert G. Wirsing.
Stock no. 1818628
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A response to mounting international concern about Kashmir with specific, step-by-step recommendations for breaking the existing diplomatic stale-mate between India and Pakistan. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0333638182. Top & tail of spine bumped. Mark to front board. White label to front pastedown. Yellow dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly edge-rubbed and scuffed.

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THE WEHRMACHT AND GERMAN REARMAMENT
Written by Wilhelm Deist.
Stock no. 1818626
Published by University Of Toronto Press. 1st 1981. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An attempt to provide an answer to the question: how is it possible in barely six and a half years to create a Wehrmacht which, even before the outbreak of war, was regarded as the strongest military power in Europe? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. ISBN: 0802024238.

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HITLER, THE ALLIES, AND THE JEWS
Written by Shlomo Aronson.
Stock no. 1818599
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A new analysis of the Holocaust as a multiple trap, its origins, and its final stages, in which rescue seemed impossible. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0521838770.

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WINGED VICTORY
Written by V.M. Yeates.
Stock no. 1818566
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reissue, with new preface and a tribute by Henry Williamson. Reprint. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Faint pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapepr is browned to spine, has foxing and is lightly worn at corners.

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WAR BY THE IRISH
Written by John McCann.
Stock no. 1818562
Published by The Kerryman. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Bringing to life many stirring incidents in Ireland's Fight for Independence during the years following the lighting of the Easter Fires of 1916. Black cloth spine with blue title. Blue paper boards. B/w photos. Front board completely faded, rear board faded at top. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. A few marks to endpapers and browning to text block.

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THE RETREAT: HITLER'S FIRST DEFEAT
Written by Michael Jones.
Stock no. 1818467
Published by John Murray. Circa 2010. Very good condition.

The story of Hitler's first terrible defeat through first-hand witnesses and a powerful narrative. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780719569722. 3rd printing. Old price label to front cover.

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THE SS: A NEW HISTORY
Written by Adrian Weale.
Stock no. 1818464
Published by Little Brown. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive history of the SS which reveals the reality of the SS as an organisation of hard-nosed political fanatics and opportunists prepared to implement the most extreme immorality in the attempted extermination of the Jews of Europe. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781408703045. Neat inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned.

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