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A good copy with some fading and wear to the cloth the surface of which has been worn away at the foot of the rear board. Previous owner's blind stamp. 233pp. Illustrations. Plans.
Published : Warren & Son, Winchester 1926,
£15.00

A good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in silver. Boards a little marked. Previous owner's blind stamp. 224pp. Illustrated.
Published : Warren & Son, Winchester 1929,
£20.00

Hardback. A very good, bright copy in the original red cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy internally without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.li,247. 26 illustrations. This is Volume I of the War Crimes Trials series.
Published : William Hodge & Co Ltd 1948, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. Nd. 1919? A very good copy in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the upper board, the cover design being by D.Y. Cameron, the well-known artist. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 162 pages. The first edition of this book, published in 1915, was called "Sons of the Manse" but as this much longer edition "includes the names of Combatant Ministers and of Chaplains on Active Service who are not sons, as well as the names of many Daughters of the Manse" it was thought proper by the editor to modify the title. Entries include rank, regiment, whether wounded or killed, and the name of the manse they came from. Arranged by presbytery this is a record of the contribution made by the Church of Scotland in the First World War. Quite scarce.
Published : Wm Hodge & Co, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Final Edition
£65.00

Hardback. A very good copy in the original laminated boards. The red spine lettering has faded. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 250 pages. Includes biographical details of officers of the RFC who were killed or otherwise died during the war. This is a reprint of a work first published in 1917.
Published : Picton Publishing (Chippenham) Ltd., Chippenham 1987,
£120.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has an edge tear and trace of a spillage at foot of spine. Pp.ix,181. 30 illustrations. Map. Covers the period from 1937 to 1963 including the work of the Regiment during the May Mau rebellion.
Published : Leo Cooper, London 1986, First Edition
£12.00

Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 157pp. Illustrated.
Published : Leo Cooper, London 1974, First Edition
£11.00

Hardback. A very good copy which has been rebound in a half-leather binding. New end-papers. Small ownership inscription on title page. Pp.viii,574 + I page adverts. A study of the first Boer War.
Published : Remington & Co, London 1883, First Edition
£70.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. No ownership inscription. 216 pages. 42 illustrations (including maps). This was the first detailed account of a pivotal battle of the Second World War.
Published : B. T. Batsford, London 1962, First Edition
£10.00

Hardback. A very good copy without dustwrapper. 158 pages. Illustrated. A volume in the "Famous Regiments" series.
Published : Leo Cooper, London 1970, First Edition
£8.00

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xvii,168. 4 maps. 33 illustrations. Includes operations in Malaya and Cyprus.
Published : The Queen's Own Museum Committee, Maidstone 1964, First Edition
£15.00

Softback. A fine copy. 64 pages. Illustrated throughout including colour. A volume in Osprey's "Elite Series".
Published : Osprey, London 1994, First Edition
£10.00

A good copy of this small paperback volume in the "Great Exploits" series. 39pp. Frontispiece and one other illustration. Two maps.
Published : Oxford University Press 1941, First Edition
£7.00

Hardback. A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in white on the upper board. No ownership inscription. Foxing to end-papers but otherwise clean internally. Pp.[vii],301 + 10pp publisher's adverts. Frontispiece. A Boer War reminiscence. The author's battery was chiefly employed in column work and garrison duty along lines of communication in the Orange River Colony and central Transvaal.
Published : Smith, Elder & Co., London 1900, Second Impression
£45.00

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In a good plus dustwrapper which has some fairly minor edge wear and tear. The wrapper, which is not price-clipped, is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A fair amount of edge foxing but a clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.xi,327. Six illustrations. Contains Churchill's 1944 war speeches.
Published : Cassell, London 1945, First Edition
£15.00

Hardback. A near very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt. One corner bumped and smallish indentation to top edge of upper board. In a rather poor dustwrapper missing the top inch or so of the upper panel and with a number of tears. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Pp.xv,560. This volume contains speeches given from June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943.
Published : Cassell, London 1952, First Edition Thus
£15.00

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper chipped at top of spine and worn at edges. 75pp. 4 illus. This was the first account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour to be published.
Published : John Lane The Bodley Head, London 1942, First Edition
£5.00

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in silver. In a very good dustwrapper. A nice clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xxii,327. 94 plates. 10 maps including map end-papers. The history of a South African Regiment including several chapters on each of the Boer War, and the First and Second World Wars.
Published : Kaffrarian Rifles Assn., East London 1988, First Edition
£35.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a good plus dustwrapper which shows fairly minor edge wear and tear. Lower board tips a little bumped. Signed by the author on the front free end-paper. 259 pages. This is the story of the wife of a soldier in the RAMC before, during and after the Second World War with postings in England, India and Kenya. Loosely enclosed are two hand-written letters from the author.
Published : Dragon Books, Bala, North Wales 1973, First Edition
£20.00

A very good copy in a dustwrapper which would be very good but for a one inch tear on the rear panel. 319pp. Profusely illustrated. A detailed record of the Bomber Command sorties to Berlin.
Published : William Kimber, London 1985, First Edition
£14.00

Hardbacks. A good to very good set in the original pebbled brown cloth lettered in gilt. Some superficial damp staining towards the foot of the rear board of volume I and the front board of volume III. Stain to end-papers and frontispiece of volume I. Spotting to end-papers of volume III. Rear hinges tender in volumes I and III. Vol.I, pp.xvi,560 + 20pp adverts. Frontispiece, folding "Pedigree of Cornwallis," and folding map. Vol. II,pp.vi,577. Folding map. Vol.III,pp.vi,621. Cornwallis was a leading British General in the American War of Independence. He was later twice Governor-General of India and he also effected the Union between Great Britain and Ireland. Photographs available on request.
Published : John Murray, London 1859, First Edition
£200.00

Hardback. 16mo. A very good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Spine a little faded but lettering clear. Previous owner's small ex libris plate on front fixed end-paper. A little light pencilled side-lining to early pages. Pp.xviii,280.[iii]. 12 plates including an outline map of the Waterloo Campaign and a folding map of the Field of Waterloo.
Published : B. Green, London 1862, Sixth Edition Revised and Enlarged
£45.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 144 pages. 9 plates. 3 maps. First published in 1948 this edition has a new Introduction by Ian Knight.
Published : Tom Donovan, London 1991, Reprint
£10.00

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or other marking. 363 pages. Around 3000 badges are illustrated full size. "A unique work of reference, this book is the first serious attempt to describe and illustrate the military badges of all the forces of the British Empire involved in the Great War."
Published : The Standard Art Book Company, Chicago 1983,
£75.00

A good copy in red cloth which is a bit marked. Some foxing to endpapers and fore-edge. 280pp. Folding map. The military conquest of the Sudan by Britain towards the end of the 19th century.
Published : George Routledge and Sons Ltd., London 1934, First Edition
£20.00

Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board and decorated in gilt on the upper board. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xv(i) 683. Lists, by College or Hall, the 14,561 members of the University who served in the British armed forces during the First World War, giving details of rank, unit, distinctions etc and printing in heavy type thos who lost their lives on service. This, I think, is the first edition of the complete Roll for the whole war.
Published : Clarendon Press, Oxford 1920,
£65.00

Hardback. A good plus copy in black patterned cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on upper board. Spine and board tips a little rubbed. Pp.xxvi,111 + 6 pages advertisements. 15 illustrations but lacking the frontispiece. The story of the "Bluebacks," the "Robin Redbreasts,"and the 9th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers."
Published : "Sunrise" Publishing Company, Warrington 1898, First Edition
£30.00

Hardback. A good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on spine and in black on upper board. Spine a little faded. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Pp.xxiii,280. Frontispiece. Four folding maps. Introduction by General Smuts. The author commanded the Royal Artillery and accompanied Smuts throughout his East African campaign.
Published : John Murray, London 1918, First Edition
£90.00

A very good copy. Previous owner's blind stamp. 144pp. Illustrated.
Published : The Rifle Brigade Club and Association, London 1960,
£8.00

A very good copy. Previous owner's blind stamp. Pp.vi, 144. Illustrated.
Published : The Rifle Brigade Club and Association, London 1962,
£7.00

A good copy. Rubbing to top corner of upper board where perhaps a label has been removed. Previous owner's blind stamp. Pp.vi, 116. Illustrated.
Published : The Rifle Brigade Club and Association, London 1964,
£6.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xxv,355. Maps. Illustrations. This is a day-to-day summary of the Peninsular Campaign by a high-ranking British officer. This is a reprint of the first edition of 1930.
Published : Greenhill Books, London 1988,
£22.00

Hardback. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Small indentation/tear in the spine cloth. Some edge foxing. Pp.xv,215. 9 maps and plans. Includes nine chapters on Africa and one on the war in the Pacific and the siege of Kiao-Chau.
Published : Hodder and Stoughton, London 1919, First Edition
£45.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 410 pages. 5 colour plates. 6 half-tone plates. Many line illustrations. 2 maps. This edition has chapters covering the Korean War and in particular the Battle of the Imjin River written by Major-General A.H. Farrer-Hockley and Major E.L.T. Capel.
Published : White Lion Publishers, London 1975, Reprint
£6.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Previous owner's blind stamp. 156pp. More than 150 cartoons of the Second World War from many countries.
Published : Leo Cooper, London 1989, First Edition
£20.00

A good copy in blue cloth with bevelled edges lettered in gilt on spine and decorated in gilt on upper board. Upper board has a few white paint marks. Bookplate. Author's presentation copy. Pp.xxii,468. 12 illustrations.
Published : Marcus Ward, London 1877, First Edition
£35.00

Hardback. A fine copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. In a very good slip-case which shows some edge wear. This is a facsimile reprint of a book first published in 1902 and is no.531 of a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by a Director of the publisher. Pp.xii,607 + prelims. Numerous illustrations. 6 maps + map end-papers. The author was an Irish republican and Member of the British Parliament. [Please note this is a very heavy book which will require extra postage].
Published : Scripta Africana, South Africa 1988,
£45.00

Hardback. A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. Trace of a small label having been removed from foot of spine and perhaps a bookplate having been removed from front fixed end-paper. Ex libris plate of The Viscount Bracken of Christchurch P.C. on front fixed end-paper. Author's compliments slip tipped in to front free end-paper. A clean copy without foxing. Pp.xxxv,527. 8 illustrations. The author was Chairman of the First Committee of Experts of the Reparation Commission which was set up after the First World War by the victorious Allied Powers to impose compensation payments on Germany and her allies. The book comprises the diary which Dawes kept as Chairman of the Committee of Experts.
Published : Macmillan & Co, London 1939, First Edition
£30.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Pp.xv,315. The story of American aid to Russia during the Second World War.
Published : The University of North Carolina Press 1959, First Edition
£15.00

A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 160 pages. Illustrated.
Published : Arms & Armour Press, London 1996, First Edition
£10.00

Hardback. Large 4to. A very good copy in a good plus complete dustwrapper which shows some fading. Previous owner's stamped initial on front end-paper. This is no. 89 of 500 copies and is signed by author and editor. 576 pages. 119 illustrations. The story of the Galloway Rifle Volunteers from their inception in 1859 until their disbandment in 1908 when they became part of the 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Published : G. C. Book Publishers Ltd, Wigtown 1996, First Edition
£18.00

Hardback. Large 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. This is no. 363 of 500 copies and is signed by author and editor. 576 pages. 119 illustrations. The story of the Galloway Rifle Volunteers from its inception in 1859 until its disbandment in 1908 when it became part of the 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. [This is a very heavy book which will require extra postage].
Published : G. C. Book Publishers Ltd, Wigtown 1996, First Edition
£20.00

Hardback. A good copy in the original cloth which is a bit marked. Previous owner's blind-stamp at foot of front end-paper and title page. Pp.xiii,54. 8 illustrations. Includes an active service list for the navy and army, together with the address, rank and regiment of each person and whether died and if so the date of death. Quite scarce.
Published : Banffshire Journal, Banff 1919, First Edition
£45.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 128pp. Illustrated.
Published : Ian Allan, London 1975, First U K Edition
£10.00

Softback. A very good copy. Small label with previous owners' name and address on front cover. 228 pages. Numerous photographs. CD in rear pocket. Produced as a catalogue to accompany an exhibition with the same title.
Published : Comite International de Dachau 2005,
£15.00

Hardback (14cm x 9cm). A fair copy in a worn leather binding which is a little chipped.. Lacking the title-piece. Boards just holding. Ownership inscription dated 1812. 249 pages. Lacking frontispiece. Gardiner was a Scottish soldier who fought with distinction in the British Army in several battle including Ramillies. He died at the Battle of Prestonpans, close to his family home, when his dragoons fled from the Highland charge near the start of the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
Published : T. Hamilton, London 1808, Reprint
£15.00

Hardback. Black cloth lettered in gilt. Would be very good but for small hole in cloth of spine and a stamp (not from a public library) on verso of title page. Pp.xiv,(i),272. Throughout the war the author was involved in the civilian administration of Charleville which was occupied by the Germans. This is his story of that occupation. Intrduction by Maurice Barres.
Published : Hurst & Blackett, London 1919, First Edition
£30.00