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THE BRITISH CARRIER STRIKE FLEET AFTER 1945
Written by David Hobbs.
Stock no. 1829923
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st thus 2020. Nearly fine condition.

In 1945 the most powerful fleet in the Royal Navy's history was centred on nine aircraft carriers. This book charts the post-war fortunes of this potent striking force - its decline in the face of diminishing resouces, it final fall at the hands of uncomprehending politicians, and its recent resurrection in the form of the Queen Elizabeth class carriers, the larges ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xvii and 622 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526785442. A lovely copy, looks unread!

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WITH THE CARRIERS IN KOREA: THE FLEET AIR ARM STORY, 1950-1953
Written by John R.P. Lansdown.
Stock no. 1829744
Published by Crecy. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A definitive record of the era of the Korean war, including a historical perspective leading up to the conflict and a full detailed history of sea and air operations in South East Asia from 1950-1953. Yellow boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. VIII and 520 pages including index. ISBN: 0947554645. Rear panel of dustwrapper very lightly scuffed, else a lovely copy.

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AMERICAN BOMBER AIRCRAFT VOL. II: BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS
Written by John M. Campbell.
Stock no. 1828680
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Schiffer Military History Book. The famed B-29 Superfortress is presented in this collection of World War II and Korean War era photographs. Title to book cover is 'Boeing B-29 Superfortress'. Beige cloth boards, dark brown titles. Marbled endpapers. B/w photos and a few colour. 263 pages. ISBN: 0764302728. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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AMERICAN AFVS OF WORLD WAR II (ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD VOLUME 4)
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1828501
Published by Profile Publications. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development, production, and use of American AFVs from 1919 through World War II - on to the Korean War and the U.S. tanks of the 1950s. Black cloth spine with gilt title. Yellow & black mottled boards. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0853830037. Light crinkling to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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SAMURAI INVASION: JAPAN'S KOREAN WAR 1592-98
Written by Stephen Turnbull.
Stock no. 1828140
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A lively account of the two sixteenth-century Japanese invasions of Korea, untold before in such detail, and a vital period in the history of samurai culture. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0304359483. Rear panel of dustwrapper slightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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THE HILL WARS OF THE KOREAN CONFLICT
Written by Paul M. Edwards.
Stock no. 1816835
Published by McFarland & Company, Inc.. 1st 2006. Fine condition.

A Dictionary of Hills, Outposts and Other Sites of Military Action. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. 267 pages including index. ISBN: 9780786420988.

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SOUTH TO THE NAKTONG, NORTH TO THE YALU (JUNE - NOVEMBER 1950)
Written by Roy E. Appleman.
Stock no. 1606360
Published by Office Of The Chief Of Military History. 1975. Good condition.

United States Army in the Korean War. B/w photos and maps. Folding maps. Spine bumped and a little faded. Map 2 is MISSING from the collection of maps at rear. Pocket holding map at rear is torn. Foxing and browning to textblock. Last few pages are creased at edges. Contents generally clean and bright.

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ON TO THE YALU
Written by Edwin P. Hoyt.
Stock no. 574700
Published by Military Heritage Press. 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Inchon Landing in the Korean War. B/w photos. ISBN: 0880291907. Wrapper edge-chipped with slight loss and internally repaired with tape.

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