Books - "military"
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Clean, Bright and Slightly Oiled
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 140pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with heavy soiling to page edges, light staining & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping with loss & repairs to edges, heavy staining to spine & cover edges, light foxing, inscription in ink to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1946
KEYWORDS: anecdotes military army brigade of guards Gerald Kersh autobiography autobiographies memoir first editions
No Reason Why: The Canadian Hong Kong Tragedy--an examination
Super 8vo, brown cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, illus. eps, [6] + 281 pp., illus., plates, VG+ (minor soiling to bds, sl bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown), in d/w, VG+ (minor rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Canada's Wings 1981
KEYWORDS: Hong Kong siege World War 2 WW2 WWII II Canada military policy warfare conflict
The Game Player: Confessions of the CIA's original political operative
Super 8vo, brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, ix + 294 pp., VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping to spine, minor tanning & foxing to pg edges, light tanning to eps), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing/scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 1989
KEYWORDS: CIA espionage biography spy spies military World War 2 WW2 WWII II
Against Great Odds
8vo, red buckram bds, spine lettered in black, xi + 112 pp., plates, map foldout to rear, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning to pg edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals, sl tearing to front hinge, stamps in black & purple ink to ffep), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Sifton Praed & Co. 1955
KEYWORDS: World War 2 WW2 WWII II North Africa Libya military war wafare battle
Arrows of Fortune
Supe 8vo, black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, [10] + 259 pp., plates, VG+ (light rubbing/scuffing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, prev bookseller's sticker to ffep), in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling, light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping to spine, price clipped to front flap at tail, sl tanning).
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1992
KEYWORDS: World War II WW2 WWII II Dunkirk military army memoir biography war warfare conflict
Doctor at War
FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION. 8vo, green heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, frontis., 223 pp., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals, light soiling throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling, light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping, light to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Christopher Johnson 1955
KEYWORDS: dditz Colditz prison prisoners of war POW doctor war warfare military conflict
The Secret Conferences of Dr Goebbels: October 1939 - March 1943
Super 8vo, red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, xxiii + 364 pp., VG (moderate scuffing & soiling/fading to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, front gutters sl loose, heavy foxing sporadic throughout), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1967
KEYWORDS: Goebbels Nazi conference secret military propaganda World War 2 WW2 WWII II Second oratory
The Rifles are There: The Story of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Ulster Rifles 1939 - 1945
8vo, black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, xiv + 274 pp., illus., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2005
KEYWORDS: World War 2 WW2 WWII II Second Royal Ulster Rifles battallion military history war warfare conflict
Life is a Twisted Path: A time of imprisonment, escape, evasion and final refuge with the Mattei of Montecelio and Bishop Alois Hudal of Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome
Super 8vo, blue illus light card covers, 147 pp., loose errata slip, illus., photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges, minor cracking to rear gutter).
PUBLISHER: J. and S. A. Burns 2002
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II memoir biography life lives prison prisoner prisoners of war POW military history New Zealand army
With the Cambridgeshires at Singapore
Super 8vo, blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, frontis., xii + 115 pp., illus., plates, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light fraying, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, front gutters sl loose--bdg sloppy, moderate tanning throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling with some loss of colour, moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Trevor Allen Bevis 1971
KEYWORDS: memoir biography life lives war warfare military history 20th century conflict Far East Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II England Great Britain British
Diary of Life in a Stalag: A New Zealand Soldier's Wartime Story
SCARCE. SIGNED. Sm 8vo, illus. light card covers, 69 pp., illus., photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling/tanning/fading to covers, minor bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning to pg edges, light tanning to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Alf Rawlings n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II war warfare conflict memoir biography life lives Egypt Italy 20th century military history
Prisoner of War and Fugitive
Sm 8vo, blue cl bds, front board lettered in silver gilt, top edge stained red, [6] + 70 pp., plate to front, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, minor tanning & soiling to pg edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & minor tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden 1947
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II prison prisoners prisoner of war Egypt Italy war warfare military history memoir biography life lives
The American Connection to the Sinking of HMS Dasher
SIGNED BY AUTHORS, octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John & Noreen Steele 2010
KEYWORDS: Royal Navy British military maritime disasters hms dasher US America American
The Tragedy of HMS Dasher
SIGNED, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Argyll 1995
KEYWORDS: maritime disasters British Royal Navy US America American HMS Dasher history military
The Somme: An Eyewitness History
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2006
KEYWORDS: military history folio society ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war battles campaigns Somme
Sabrina
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Drawn & Quarterly 2018
KEYWORDS: graphic novels literature Nick Drasno military drawn & quarterly
No Substitute for Victory: Lessons in Strategy and Leadership from General Douglas Macarthur
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 2005
KEYWORDS: military history General Douglas Macarthur leaders leadership strategy
A Thousand Shall Fall
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Stoddart 1988
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Canada Canadian aviation England raf royal air force Murray Peden autobiography autobiographies memoir
The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1881-1968
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The History Press 2012
KEYWORDS: military history king's shropshire light infantry ksli British army
The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Constable 1996
KEYWORDS: military history 36th Ulster regiment army Ireland Irish