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Lambert J. M. - The Portraits and Silver of the RE Headquarters Mess Chatham

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth clearly lettered in gilt on the rather faded spine. Still in the original glassine wrapper which is a bit chipped and torn. Card pasted to front fixed end-paper states "With the Compliments of the Secretary the Institution of Royal Engineers". Ownership inscription of Lt. Col. R. C. F. Bettison. 134 pages. Coloured frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations.
Published : The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham 1963, First Edition
£24.00

Lane, Arthur - When You Go Home

4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 311 pages. Approx. 200 illustrations with many in colour. Maps. Gives a brief account of the Second World War in Malaya and Singapore; an account of the war cemeteries; details of a return journey made to the former battle sites and prisoner of war camps etc. Includes "a complete roll of honour in which all who were killed in action or subsequently died in the Japanese prisoner of war camps are listed individually under their respective Regiments/Squadrons or ship."
Published : A. Lane Publications 1993, First Edition
£12.00

Le Marchant, Denis - Memoirs of the Late Major General Le Marchant

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xxi,ix,315. Maps. Genealogy. Coloured illustrations. "An intimate account of the life of one of the British Army's most talented and courageous leaders".
Published : Spellmount 1997,
£8.00

Leach C.H. - The War Record of the Northern Assurance Company Limited 1914-1918

Hardback. A very good copy in a dark blue leather binding lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. All edges gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Foreword by Viscount Milner. Lists all members of the Company who served in the War with their rank, regiment etc followed by a page given to each of those who died or who were awarded distinctions with their photograph and biographical details. 335 members of the Company served in the war of whom 61 were killed and 12 taken prisoner.
Published : Privately Published 1919, First Edition
£35.00

Legge-Bourke Henry - The King's Guards Horse and Foot

4to. A good copy in a good dustwrapper. Smudged ownership inscription and previous owner's blind stamp. 168pp. 60 colour plates. Numerous black and white photographs. Describes the duties, traditions and pageantry of the Household Cavalry and Brigade of Guards on ceremonial occasions.
Published : Macdonald & Co, London 1952, First Edition
£15.00

Lengyel Emil - Hitler

A good copy in red cloth a little faded on spine. 246pp. 6 illustrations. A prescient anti-Hitler and anti-Nazi biography.
Published : George Routledge & Sons, London 1932, First Edition
£25.00

Leslie N.B. - The Succession of Colonels of the British Army from 1660 to the Present Day

Small 4to. A very good copy. Softcover. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 172pp.
Published : The Society For Army Historical Research 1974, First Edition
£12.00

Liddell Colonel R.S. - The Memoirs of the Tenth Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own) Historical and Social

Rebacked with old spine laid down. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. No ownership inscription. Not foxed. Pp.xvi[ii],566. Tissue-guarded frontispiece and three full-page black and white plates (one of which is not included in the list of illustrations and may have been inserted by a previous owner). Unfortunately all the colour plates have been removed. A good reading copy. [Please note this is a very heavy book which will incur exra postage costs].
Published : Longmans Green & Co, London 1891, First Edition
£25.00

Lindsay Lt.-Col. J.H. (Editor) - The London Scottish in the Great War

A good copy in blue cloth. Some wear at spine ends. Ownership inscription. Pp.xvi,425. Illustrations and maps (one map loose). Western Front, Salonica and Palestine.
Published : Regimental Headquarters 1926,
£40.00

Linklater Eric - The Campaign In Italy

A very good copy in a fair dustwrapper which lacks a piece (about 1 inch by 1 inch) on the rear panel and with a few other minor chips and tears. Red spine lettering faded on the wrapper. Gift inscription. 480pp. 51 maps. 16 illustrations.
Published : His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1951, First Edition
£14.00

Longstreet Stephen - The Canvas Falcons the Men and the Planes of World War 1

A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. 365pp. Illus. This is the full story of the air war over Europe in World War 1.
Published : Leo Cooper, London 1995, First Edition
£5.00

Lutzow, the Count - The Hussite Wars

Hardback. A near very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Minor spotting to spine. Gift inscription on front end-paper and ex libris plate. Not foxed. Pp.xiv,384. Frontispiece. This is the story of the early 15th century wars in Bohemia involving the followers of the religious reformer, Jan Hus.
Published : J. M. Dent & Co, London 1914, First Edition
£40.00

MacDonald Captain R. J. - The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1625-1897

Hardback. Small folio. Only fair externally as the spine is discoloured and with some wear/tear at the spine ends. Board tips a little worn also. Bevelled edges. Lower front hinge cracked. Ownership inscription. Generally good internally. Pp.xviii,131. Frontispiece and 24 full-page tissue-guarded colour plates. Some foxing to the tissue guards but the colour plates are clean except for the surround to one plate. Many black and white illustrations in text. This is one of 700 subscribers' copies, the total print-run being 1500.
Published : Henry Sotheran & Co, London 1899, First Edition
£38.00

MacDonald Captain R.J. - The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1625-1897

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Small ownership label on front fixed end-paper.Pp.xx,104 + 24 coloured plates at end. Black and white illustrations in text. First published in a limited edition in 1899.
Published : Crecy Books 1985,
£10.00

MacDonald J.H.A. - Fifty Years of it : The Experiences and Struggles of a Volunteer of 1859

A good plus copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Upper board a little marked. No ownership inscription. A little end-paper foxing. A little pencilled side-lining. Pp.xv,518. Reminiscences of the fifty years of the existence of the Volunteer Force and the evolution of infantry training during that period prior to the coming into being of the Territorial Army.
Published : William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London 1909, First Edition
£25.00

Mackie D.M. - Forfar and District in the War : A Record of Service in the Great Struggle 1914-1919

Hardback. A very good copy with pictorial front cover. A little wear to board tips. Top edge gilt. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xvi,199. Frontispiece and other illustratrions, some full-page. Includes separate Rolls of Honour and Rolls of Service for Forfar, Inverarity, Kinnettles, Oathlaw, Rescobie and Tannadice.together with a number of war-related articles.
Published : Forfar War Memorial Committee, Forfar 1921, First Edition
£45.00

MacLennan John - Scots of the Line

Nd. c. 1953? A good copy in a good dustwrapper. Pages browned. 183pp. An account of the Scottish regiments.
Published : W & R Chambers, Edinburgh, First Edition
£9.00

MacMillan Captain Norman - Air Strategy

Nd. c. 1942. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in black. Ownership inscription. Some browning and creasing to cheap war-time paper. 128pp. 6 maps.
Published : Hutchinson, London, First Edition
£7.00

Macready, General the Right Hon. Sir Nevil - Annals of an Active Life

Hardbacks. A very good two volume set in blue cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription or other marking. Moderate edge foxing. 694 pages (continuously paginated). 32 illustrations. Macready was a senior British Army officer who saw active service in the Second Boer War and who held senior staff appointments in the First World War. The book's principal interest, however, lies in the fact that he was the last British military commander in Ireland prior to independence. He was sent to command British troops in Ireland in April 1920 to carry out a counter-insurgency role against the Irish Republican Army in the Irish War of Independence. He had already expressed his view of Ireland in writing as follows: "I loathe the country--and its people with a depth deeper than the sea and more violent than that which I feel against the Boche." He believed that Ireland could be suppressed in the Summer of 1921 but following instructions from his political masters negotiated a truce in July 1921 and withdrew his troops form Ireland the following year. Photograph available on request.
Published : Hutchinson & Co., London 1924, First Edition
£270.00

Madej, Victor W. (Editor) - U. S. Army and Marine Corps Order of Battle, Pacific Theater of operations 1941-1945 Volume 1

Softback. Oblong. A good copy in silver, decorated covers. Splash mark to pastedowns. 176 pages.
Published : Game Publishing Company, Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1984, First Edition
£14.00

Magor, R. B. - African General Service Medals

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear removable sleeve. 288 pages. Maps. Tables. Deals with the campaign medals awarded for the Small Wars in tropical Africa. "This completely revised and reset edtion contains much new information and almost 100 additional pages."
Published : Published for the Author By the Naval And Military Press, London 1993,
£25.00

Marchington, James - Knives: Military Edged Tools and Weapons

A very good copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.vi,153. Numerous illustrations. "Covers the whole range of blades available to the modern soldier."
Published : Brassey's (UK) Ltd, London 1997, First Edition
£10.00

Mason Francis K. - Hawker Aircraft Since 1920

Hardback. A very good copy in a fair dustwrapper which has a number of edge chips and tears. Gift inscription. 475 pages. More than 380 photographs.
Published : Putnam, London 1961, First Edition
£12.00

Maurice Lieut. F. - The System of Field Manoeuvres Best Adapted for Enabling Our Troops to Meet a Continental Army

A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. Bevelled edges. Partly unopened. 174pp + 16pp adverts. Two folding diagrams at rear. This book won a prize of ï¿½100 as the best military essay in a competition promoted by the Duke of Wellington.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1882, First Edition
£38.00

Maurice, Major R.F.G. - The Tank Corps Book of Honour

Hardback. A good copy in red cloth lettered in black on the spine and decorated in black on the upper board. Some fading to the boards. No ownership inscription or other marking. 460 pages. Frontispiece and three illustrations. Lists awards to members of the Tank Corps duiring the First World War with details of the deeds which won the awards. Also includes a Roill of Honour, extracts from Field-Marshall Haig's despatches, complimentary messages received by the Corps in the field, some special orders by the GOC Tank Corps in France, etc. Four page Supplement loosely inserted.
Published : Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co, London 1919, First Edition
£50.00

Maurice, Major-General Sir F. - The 16th Foot A History of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

A very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Bookplate of a newspaper reference library on front fixed end-paper but no other markings. Ownership inscription on front free end-paper. Pp.xi,240. Three sketch maps. Includes five chapters on the First World War.
Published : Constable & Co., London 1936,
£30.00

Maurice, Major-General Sir Frederick - The Adventures of Edward Wogan

Hardback. A very good copy in light blue cloth lettered in dark blue. No ownership inscription and little foxing. Pp.viii,168. 3 maps. The story of an Anglo-Irishman who fought first in the Parliamentary Army and later in the Royal Army during the English Civil War.
Published : George Routledge and Sons, London 1945, First Edition
£7.00

Mawson Michael Hargreave (Editor) - Eyewitness in the Crimea; the Crimean War Letters of Lt. Col. George Frederick Dallas

A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 320pp. 26 plates. 3 maps. This is an inscribed presentation copy from the author.
Published : Greenhill Books, London 2001, First Edition
£8.00

Maxwell W. H. - Life of Field-Marshall His Grace the Duke of Wellington Volume III

Hardback. A good copy in a red half-leather binding with marbled boards. Some scuffing to spine and boards. Gilt decorations to boards. Bookplate. Steel engravings and battle plans (including a double-page plan of the Battle of Waterloo). Wood-engraved tail-pieces.
Published : A. H. Baily & Co, London 1841, First Edition
£18.00

Maxwell, W.H. - Life of the Duke of Wellington

Hardback. A very good copy which has been rebound in full red leather by Allman & Son London, decorated in gilt and lettered in gilt on a black title-piece. Marbled edges and end-papers. No ownership inscription. Pp.vi,345. Illustrated. This edition is revised and abridged from the larger work with an additional chapter.
Published : W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, Edinburgh 1887,
£12.00

Mayne, Lieutenant-Colonel William and Lillie, Captain - Narrative of Campaigns of the Loyal Lusitanian Legion During the Years 1809, 1810 and 1811

Covers protected by a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.viii,346. A Peninsular war narrative. This is a facsimile reprint of the edition of 1812. "The only narrative describing the campaigns of this unusual unit of the British Army, formed mainly of Portuguese refugees under the direction of the unorthodox leader, Sir Robert Wilson."
Published : Ken Trotman, Cambridge 1986,
£15.00

Mayo John Horsley - Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy Volume II

A near very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. Rear board shows a little fading. Top edge gilt. Neat ownership inscription on title page. Pp.279-617. 24 coloured plates (Nos. 32-55) some of the earlier of which have ben inserted out of order. Black and white illustrations.
Published : Archibald Constable, London 1897, First Edition
£30.00

Mayo, John Horsley - Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy - Two Volumes

Hardbacks. A very good two volume set which has been rebound (with new end-papers) in a modern half-leather binding with marbled boards. Spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. No ownership inscription. A little foxing. Pp.lxxxviii,1-278; [iv],279-617. 55 full-page plates, mostly in colour. Tissue-guards to each frontispiece. Further illustrations in the text. Erratum slip tipped-in at page xxiv of vol.I. [Please note this is a heavy set which will require extra postage].
Published : Archibald Constable & Co, London 1897, First Edition
£95.00

McDonnell Leslie - Insignia of World War 11

4to. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. 224pp. More than 1000 illustrations. Includes badges, medals and awards of all the main nations involved in World War 11.
Published : Silverdale Books 1999, First Edition
£7.00

McGregor Duncan - A Desert Rat in Holburn Street

Illustrated by Rhoda Howie.
Hardback. A near fine copy in black leatherette lettered and decorated in gilt. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 140 pages. Illustrated. The autobiography of a Buchan man with several chapters on his experiences with the 1st Royal Tank Regiment in the Second World War, followed by life owning a grocer's shop in Aberdeen.
Published : Ardo Publishing Company, Buchan 1994, First Edition
£15.00

McINNES, Ian - The Meritorious Service Medal: I: The Immediate Awards 1916-1928

Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 511 pages. 3 pages of plates containing 10 illustrations. Gives details of approximately 27,500 medals awarded between 1916 amd 1928.
Published : The Naval and Military Press, Dallington, East Sussex 1992, First Edition
£24.00

Messenger, Charles - The Commandos, 1940-1946

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Some browning of pages. 447 pages. Numerous illustrations. Maps. Described as definitive and "unlikely to be eclipsed as the authoritative work on the Commandos of the Second World War."
Published : William Kimber, London 1985, First Edition
£10.00

Mitchell John - Bydand Poems of War and Peace

Hardback. A good copy in grey covers with cream cloth spine. Lettered and decorated in gilt on front cover. A little wear to board tips and edges. No ownership inscription. Pp.x,80. Frontispiece. Introduction and Notes by J.M. Bulloch. "Bydand" is the motto of the House of Gordon and of the Gordon Highlanders.
Published : William Smith & Sons the Bon-Accord Press, Aberdeen 1918, First Edition
£18.00

Mitchell, Lieut.-Col. J. - The Fall of Napoleon : An Historical Memoir Volumes First and Second

Hardbacks. Two volumes of three. Very good except for some fading to spine but lettering clear. Previous owner's small ex libris plate in each volume. Vol. I Pp.xxvii,[i],334 + one page adverts. Vol. II pp.vii,[i],332. These two volumes take the story up to Napoleon's exile in Elba.
Published : G.W. Nickisson, London 1845, First Edition
£40.00

Montgomery Ina - John Hugh Allen of the Gallant Company - A Memoir By His Sister

A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In a good dustwrapper which has one small chip and fairly minor edge tears. Ownership inscription on front free end-paper. Pp.vi,[i],236. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. The biography of a soldier who was killed at Gallipoli.
Published : Edward Arnold, London 1919, First Edition
£22.00

Montgomery of Alamein, Field-Marshall the Viscount - Military Leadership

Softback. A very good copy in blue paper cover lettered in black. Unopened. 24 pages. The text of a talk delivered before the University of St. Andrews on 15 November 1945. It is No. VIII of the Walker Trust Lectures on Leadership.
Published : Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press 1946, First Edition
£10.00

Mullaly, Colonel B. R. - Bugle and Kukri : The Story of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth with bevelled edges lettered and decorated in silver. Lacks dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xviii,492. Frontispiece and 42 illustrations. 21 maps. Covers the period from 1890 to 1953 including the First World War (Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia etc), the Second World War (Burma etc), and Malaya.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London 1957, First Edition
£80.00

Murray Charles - A Sough O' War

A good copy in wraps. 56 pages. Poems in Scots on the theme of the First World War. Glossary.
Published : Constable, London 1917, First Edition
£5.00

Murray, Arch. K. - History of the Scottish Regiments in the British Army

Hardback. A near very good copy in a half leather binding with dark green boards. A little wear/scuffing to board tips and spine ends. Small bookplate and ownership inscription. 416 pages. Frontispiece and 46 plates, mostly in colour. (All plates present but a few mis-placed). 4 folding battle plans. A regiment by regiment history of the Scottish regiments
Published : Thomas Murray & Son, Glasgow 1862, First Edition
£120.00

Nansen Odd (translator Katherine John) - Day After Day

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's brown cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. 17 black and white illustrations. 600 pages. In a good dustwrapper, not price-clipped but missing two pieces (at foot of spine and on rear panel) which is now protected in a removable cover. Odd Nansen is the son of Friidtjof Nansen, the Norwegian statesman and Arctic explorer. During the German occupation of his country, he was arrested as a hostage. He was first interned in Norway and later taken to the notorious concentration camp at Sachsenhausen.
Published : Putnam & Co. Ltd., London 1949,
£50.00

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