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THE WAR OF THE NATIONS: A HISTORY OF THE GREAT EUROPEAN CONFLICT VOL. V
Written by Edgar Wallace.
Stock no. 1819504
Published by George Newnes Limited. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red pictorial boards. B/w photos. 240 pages. Corners bumped and rubbed, rear board cracked/creased to bottom half of which also affects rear pastedown. Small split to base of front edge of spine. Browning throughout. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE 20TH BATTALION KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS (B.E.L. PIONEERS) 1915-1919
Written by A.S. Turberville.
Stock no. 1819230
Published by Goddard, Walker & Brown, Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

The special interest and importance of pioneer work in relation to the operations of the great division to which the 20th for most of its career belonged. Green cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. Spine and front board water stained. Foxing mainly to prelims and text block. Pencil erasure to blank page facing title page.

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GERMANY AND THE NEXT WAR
Written by Friedrich Von Bernhardi.
Stock no. 1819223
Published by Edward Arnold. 1914. Almost very good condition.

Popular Edition. Orange decorated cloth. Thirteenth impression. Spine browned, boards grubby. Names to front endpapers. Foxing throughout, mainly to vertical edge of text block.

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L'AERONAUTIQUE MILITAIRE FRANCAISE PENDANT LA GUERRE DE 1914-1914 TOME II
Written by Simone Pesquies-Courbier.
Stock no. 2132213
1979. Very good condition.

Icare revue de l'aviation francaise. Icare No. 88. Text in French. Rough title translation: French Military Aeronautics during the first world war, Volume 2. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and illustrations.

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L'AERONAUTIQUE MILITAIRE FRANCAISE PENDANT LA GUERRE DE 1914-1914 TOME 1
Written by Simone Pesquies-Courbier.
Stock no. 2132212
1978. Almost very good condition.

Icare revue de l'aviation francaise. Icare No. 85. Text in French. Rough title translation: French Military Aeronautics during the first world war, Volume 1. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and illustrations. Creasing to corners. Some marks to covers. A few joints are a bit pulled.

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I REPARTI DELL'AVIAZIONE ITALIANA NELLA GRANDE GUERRA
Written by Roberto Gentilli; Paolo Varriale.
Stock no. 2132186
Published by Stilgrafica Srl. 1999. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Rough translation is: The Italian Aviation Departments In the Great War. Text is in Italian. B/w photos. SIGNED by one author (Varriale), with dedication to a previous owner to prelim page. 1" split to top of spine. Bumping along cover edges. Contents are still very good. Top 2" of wrapper has tear, repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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LAST POST
Written by Max Arthur.
Stock no. 1818765
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Final Word from our First World War Soldiers. Beige paper boards, red title to spine. Endpapers are photographs of WWI scene. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780297846444. Clear plastic protecting dustwrapper stuck to verso with clear tape.

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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 ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE
Written by Greg King; Sue Woolmans.
Stock no. 1818461
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Sarajevo 1914 and the Murder that Changed the World. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781447245216.

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TIN-POTS AND PIRATE SHIPS: CANADIAN NAVAL FORCES AND GERMAN SEA RAIDERS 1880-1918
Written by Michael L. Hadley; Roger Sarty.
Stock no. 1818370
Published by McGill-Queen's University Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors shed new light on Canadian and German history - and on Canada's naval defences in particular - by exploring the naval operations and politics of both nations between 1880 and 1918. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. xvi and 391 pages including index. ISBN: 0773507787. Boards lightly bowed. A few minor foxspots mainly to prelims and text block. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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BARREN VICTORIES: VERSAILLES TO SUEZ THE FAILURE OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE 1918-1956
Written by Basil Collier.
Stock no. 1818267
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A concise, engrossing, and comprehensive re-capitulation of modern history, together with the author's own outspoken appraisal of the deplorably divergent courses of the Western democracies. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. Neat name & date in pencil to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears and chips.

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OSCAR DANBY, V.C.
Written by Rowland Walker. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 1317896
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A tale of the Great European War. Red pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 255 pages. 4 b/w plates. Spine bumped. Slight fading to spine. Heavy foxing to contents and some light browning to endpapers.

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