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$345.00
2f33a/12

23 Battalion


ROSS, ANGUS

8vo, pp. xvi + 506; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sl sloppy; moderate cracking to front gutters & light cracking to rear gutters); in d/w, G (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems heavy chipping; extensive tape repairs, scrap papers taped to underside as support; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII war warfare 20th century ANZAC

$90.00
2f51a/52

Hikurangi Ki Homburg: Henare Kohere and Terei Ngatai with the Maori Coronation Contingent 1902


HOGAN, HELEN M

Imp. 8vo, pp. xii + 140; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; 2cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repairs).

PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history soliders 19th 20th century

$45.00
2g9a/10

A Passion for Flight: New Zealand Aviation before the Great War Volume Three


The Joe Hammond Story and Military Beginnings 1910-1914

MARTYN, ERROL W

This vol. only. Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 208; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; sticker peeled from front cover).

PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW WW1 WWI Air Force Royal Great aviation planes aircraft

$25.00
xx189pol208429

Maori Fortifications


KNIGHT, IAN; HOOK, ADAM (illus.)

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Osprey 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history fortifications war warfare

$20.00
xx188pol208502

Secret SAS Missions in Africa: C Squadron's Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968-1980


GRAHAM, MICHAEL

Super 8vo softcover (G+), covers heavily warped; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2018

KEYWORDS: military history SAS secret missions 20th century war warfare counter terrorist operations

$17.50
xx188pol208576

D-Day The Climactic Battle of World War II: June 6, 1944


AMBROSE, STEPHEN E

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: Simon & Schuster 1994

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 d-day France Normandy campaigns famous battles

$200.00
ak1/19a/26

The Way Out (Italian Intermezzo)


KRIGE, UYS

Octavo, teal/aqua buckram boards, red lettering to spine, 384pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, light soiling & pencil annotation to ffep, light foxing & newspaper articles glued in to rear eps, light cracking to gutter of pg32/33) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning & rubbing to spine, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1946

KEYWORDS: Uys Krige autobiography autobiographies memoir military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war

$40.00
ak1/19a/27

Comrades in Bondage


FOSTER, FRANK & Fiel-Marshal Lord BIRDWOOD OF ANZAC AND TOTNES (Fore)

SIGNED, DATED & WARMLY INSCRIBED, WITH MODERATE WATER DAMAGE, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges, moderate but faint water damage/staining top edges of spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light damp wrinkling to frontispiece) in d/w, VG- (in fully adhesive plastic wrap- fully affixed, price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, light rubbing to spine, minor tanning/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Skeffington and Son N/D (c.1946)

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Foster military history autobiography autobiographies memoir

$40.00
ak1/19a/29

The Naked Flagpole: Battle for Bataan, from the Diary of Richard C Mallonee


MALLONEE, RICHARD C & MALLONEE II, RICHARD C (Ed)

Octavo, faux leather brown boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 204pp, illus/maps, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board corners, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Presidio Press 1980

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 campaigns battles Bataan diaries journals Richard C Mallonee Philippines Japanese occupation

$60.00
ak1/19a/30

It's Further via Gibralter


GIBBS, PATRICK

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss, moderate tanning to spine & joins/folds, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1961

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 raf royal air force pilots autobiography autobiographies memoir Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs British armed forces

$40.00
2g13/47

ANZAC Elite: The Airborne and Speciala Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand


LORD, CLIFF & TENNANT, JULIAN

4to, pp. 160; illus. heavy card bds; illus. prelims; photos; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 2000

KEYWORDS: ANZAC Australia New Zealand military insignia collecting collector

$52.50
ak1/20a/4

The Rome Escape Line: The Story of the British Organization in Rome for Assisting Escaped Prisoners-of-War 1943-44


DERRY, SAM

LACKS D/W, octavo, red heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239p, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing & soiling to boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapees Rome British armed defence forces

$125.00
ak1/20a/9

Prisoner at Large: The Story of Five Escapes


REID, IAN

LACKS D/W, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 305pp, VG- (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling/staining & water damage to boards, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to prelims, heavy crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, minor staining to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Victro Gollancz 1947

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war escapees ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$60.00
ak1/20a/10

Views on Air Defence


GOLOVINE, Lieut.-General N N

Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 100pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/sioling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden N/D (c.1938)

KEYWORDS: military history raf royal air force British armed forces aerial defence defense aviation warfare

$200.00
ak1/20a/12

My Russian Jailers in China


VASEL, GEORG & GRIFFIN, GERALD (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, green textured buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war China Chinese

$200.00
ak1/20a/26

Winged Mars: Volume I: The German Air Weapon - 1870-1914 / The Air Weapon 1914-1916 - Volume II of Winged Mars (2 Vol Set)


CUNEO, JOHN R

2 VOL SET, super octavo, vol 1- blue buckram boards with red lettering to spine & front board, vol 2- black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 338pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 503pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to spines & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spines & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG-/G+ (heavy/v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing to spines, light to moderate soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Military Service Publishing Company 1942-47

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aircraft German luftwaffe fighter planes

$50.00
ak1/25/3

Death Camps of the River Kwai


POUNDER, THOMAS

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: United Writers Publications 1977

KEYWORDS: military history River Kwai Malaya Singapore ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Japanese

$40.00
ak1/25/9

Time Out: American Airmen at Stalag Luft I


VIETOR, JOHN A

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (covers in fully adhesive plastic- fully affixed, light wrinkling & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & label residue to rear cover, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Aero Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war camps Stalag Luft nazi Germany John Vietor autobiography autobiographies memoir

$82.50
ak1/25/12

Sir Seefton Brancker


MACMILLAN, NORMAN

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 491pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owners' details in coloured pencil & ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1935

KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Sir Seefton Brancker British armed forces raf royal air force pilots

$48.50
ak1/25/13

From Many Angles: An Autobiography


SYKES, Major-General The Right Hon Sir FREDERICK

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 592pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & light soiling & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking & tanning/discolouration to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1942

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Major-General the Rt Hon Sir Frederick Sykes royal flying corps military history

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