Books - "military"
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23 Battalion
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
Hikurangi Ki Homburg: Henare Kohere and Terei Ngatai with the Maori Coronation Contingent 1902
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
A Passion for Flight: New Zealand Aviation before the Great War Volume Three
The Joe Hammond Story and Military Beginnings 1910-1914
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
Maori Fortifications
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
Secret SAS Missions in Africa: C Squadron's Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968-1980
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
D-Day The Climactic Battle of World War II: June 6, 1944
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
The Way Out (Italian Intermezzo)
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
Comrades in Bondage
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
The Naked Flagpole: Battle for Bataan, from the Diary of Richard C Mallonee
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
It's Further via Gibralter
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
ANZAC Elite: The Airborne and Speciala Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand
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
The Rome Escape Line: The Story of the British Organization in Rome for Assisting Escaped Prisoners-of-War 1943-44
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
Prisoner at Large: The Story of Five Escapes
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
Views on Air Defence
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
My Russian Jailers in China
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
Winged Mars: Volume I: The German Air Weapon - 1870-1914 / The Air Weapon 1914-1916 - Volume II of Winged Mars (2 Vol Set)
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
Death Camps of the River Kwai
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
Time Out: American Airmen at Stalag Luft I
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
Sir Seefton Brancker
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
From Many Angles: An Autobiography
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