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BROWN D. Clayton
Rivers, Rockets and Readiness: Army Engineers in the Sunbelt. A History of the Fort Worth District US Army Corps of Engineers 1950-1975. [Foreword by John F Wall]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and coloured folding maps; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, green endpapers, a near fine copy.
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COLEMAN John M
The Development of Tactical Services in the Army Air Forces. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in red, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Grindley of Leigh-on-Sea on rear paste down. VERY SCARCE.
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FREDERICK, comp. J.B.M.
Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660-1978. Biographical Outlines of Cavalry, Yeomanry, Armour, Artillery, Infantry, Marines and Air Force Troops of the Regular and Reserve Forces. [Revised Edition]. FINE SET OF THE REVISED EDITION
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Revised Edition; original red cloth, gilt backs, a fine set.
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HEAVEY BrIgadier General William F.
Down Ramp!. The Story of the Army Amphibian Engineers. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with photographs and maps in the text, and illustrated endpapers; brown cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and blue, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1947. Enser, p.30 (recording the first edition). SCARCE.
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COOLEY Reg
The Unknown Fleet. The Army's Civilian Seamen in War and Peace. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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POCOCK Tom
Fighting General. The Public and Private Campaigns of General Sir Walter Walker. NEAR FINE COPY WITH T.L.s AND EPHEMERA
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and chipped at upper edge of front panel and head of backstrip. WITH A LONG (4pp) T.L.s FROM GENERAL WALKER LOOSELY INSERTED, AND SEVERAL ITEMS OF PRINTED EPHEMERA RELATING IN PART TO HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL ASSISTANCE ORGANISATION. Walker commanded 4/8th Gurkhas in 7th Indian Division throughout the Burma campaign. Graham & Cole, L19; not recorded by Enser
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GALLAGHER Kenneth S.
Infantry Regiments of the United States Army. A Complete Guide to the History, Decorations, Honors and Colors of each Infantry Regiment in the Regular Army. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two short closed tears.
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GORDINE E.T.C.
A Patriot's Boast. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal account by a Royal Engineers officer throughout WWII. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.124.
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DELAFORCE Patrick
Battles with Panzers: Monty's Tank Battalions. 1 RTR and 2 RTR at War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith p.78, 80; Sutcliffe, p.126.
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HORNER Helmut
A German Odyssey. The Journal of a German Prisoner of War. Translated and edited by Allan Kent Powell. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; grey boards, black cloth back lettered in red, red endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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HEATHCOTE T. A.
The British Field Marshals 1763-1997. A Biographical Dictionary. With a Foreword by General Sir Charles Guthrie. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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LITTLEJOHN David
Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. Vol. 2: Belgium, Great Britain, Holland, Italy and Spain. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in green, one corner bruised else a near fine copy.
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WWI. GERMAN ARMY.
Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which participated in the War (1914-1918). Compiled from Records of Intelligence Section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France, 1919. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with tables in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1920 by the United States War Office.
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SINGH Brigadier Rajendra
History of the Indian Army. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, binding tender else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate and stamps on front paste-down and free endpapers. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WALLACE John E.
The Blue Devil 'Battle Mountain' Regiment in Italy. A History of the 350th Infantry Regiment 1944-1945. [Second Edition] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in in 1977. VERY SCARCE.
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ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. US ARMY.
Biennial Reports 1941-1945 [with] Supreme Commander's Report 1944-1945. [First UK Edition of first two reports.] NEAR FINE COPIES IN MODERN CLOTH
3 works in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition thus, with maps and charts in the text (first work with folding maps and charts in pocket at end); strongly bound in green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, July 1 1941 to June 30 1943 (first UK edition, 1943); Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, July 1 1943 to June 30 1945 (first UK edition, 1945); Report by the Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force (first edition, 1946).
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SVIDINE Nicholas
The Treasure of the White Army. Translated from the French by Leonard Mayhew. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in France in 1973.
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BENNING Charles T.
Tin Soldier. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
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BROWN A.L.
Bulletins. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ANDERSON Bette
We just got on with it. British Women in World War II FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THR ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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KNAPPE Siegfried
Soldat. Reflections of a German Soldier 1936-1949. With Ted Brusaw. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
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GERAGHTY Tony
Who Dares Wins. The Story of the Special Air Service 1950-1980. [Fourth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BRITISH ARMY.
His Majesty's Regiments of the British Army. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and numerous coloured badges in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, backstrip gilt dulled (but entirely legible), a very good, bright, clean copy.
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FRANKEL Nat
Patton's Best. An Informal History of the 4th Armored Division. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with map as frontispiece and numerous plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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DUNNIGAN, ed. James F.
The Russian Front. Germany's War in the East 1941-45. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
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DAVIES W.J.K.
German Army Handbook 1939-1945. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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LUCAS James
Battle Group!. German Kampfgruppe Action of World War Two. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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LEMONOFIDES Dino
British Cavalry Standards. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BRITISH ARMY.
The Official Army List for the Quarter ending 31 December 1908.. With an Index. War Office, 28th January 1909. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, buff endpapers, covers mildly age-soiled and worn, backstrip amateurishly relaid (but binding entirely sound) else a good, bright, sound copy. With the stamp of 124th Battery, Royal Field Artillery on title. SCARCE.
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CANADIAN MILITIA.
The King's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Militia 1939. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST WWII ISSUE
8vo., First Edition thus; original maroon cloth binder, gilt back, a near fine copy.
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MACKAY Richard Ross
The Last of the Dozen. With a Foreword by Countess Mountbatten of Burma. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A Royal Engineer in Burma. Graham & Cole M50.
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DE GUINGAND Major-General 'Freddie'
Operation Victory. IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, 53 maps (the majority full-page) in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with lions, crown and swords, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original backstrip mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BRITISH COMMAND MEMOIRS OF WWII. Chief of Staff to Montgomery for the latter half of the war, Francis de Guingand served first with Eighth Army (1942-1943) and subsequently with 21st Army Group (1944-1945) in one of the closest and most successful partnerships of the war. 'We were complete opposites; he [de Guingand] lived on his nerves and was highly strung; in ordinary life he liked wine, gambling and good food. Did these differences matter? I quickly decided they did not; indeed, differences were assets.' (Montgomery, Memoirs); he added later that he never regretted his decision. Given Monty's acerbic approach to soldiering, De Guingand's talents as a diplomat were nearly as important as his military skills. This was particularly true in relations with Eisenhower (who opined that De Guingand 'lived the code of the Allies'). Enser, p.475.
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CIVIL SERVICE RIFLES.
The History of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 26 monochrome photographs and 14 maps, endpapers mildly browned; original grey regimental cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, backstrip lettered in green, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Includes a history of the Civil Service Rifle Volunteers; then 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions Civil Service Rifles during WWI. In 1921 the 1/15th was reconstituted as 15th Battalion London Regiment (POW Own Civil Service Rifles); in 1923 15th Battalion was amalgamated with 16th Battalion. Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe, p. 454; White, p.204.
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CHANEY, Jr. Otto Preston
Zhukov. [Foreword by Malcolm Mackintosh. First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
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GEHLEN General Reinhard
The Gehlen Memoirs. The First Full Edition of the Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen 1942-1971. Translated by David Irving.[First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Originally published in shorter form in Mainz 1971. Gehlen commanded all intelligence operations in Russia and the Balkans before delivering himself and his service to the Americans at the end of WWII. From this sprang the Gehlen Organisation whose knowledge of Russian affairs and influence on Western policy became a byword. In 1956 the Organisation was transferred to the German Federal Government and until his retirement in 1968 Gehlen remained in supreme command of the German secret service. Enser, p.398
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KINGSFORD Charles Lethbridge
The Story of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 17 monochrome plates, 9 illustrations and 12 maps and plans (a number full-page) in the text and a large folding map on japon; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published in the 'Country Life Series of Military Histories'. Includes coloured plate of uniform, monochrome plates of colours (1-4 Bns), medals, bibliography, ROH (first two years of WWI), and list of officers serving in August 1916. Sutcliffe, p.327; White, p.109.
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30 CORPS
30 Corps in Germany. Which tells - who we are, where we are, why we're here and what happens next. [Foreword by Lt.-Gen. B. G. Horrocks, Commander 30 Corps]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 16 plates, numerous illustrations in the text, front inner wrapper map and large folding coloured map at rear, some pages very lightly browning as often; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly rubbed at extremities else a very good, bright, crisp copy. Deceptively detailed booklet providing the official context of the immediate post-war occupation of Germany, in which 30 Corps was awarded a prominent role. As a unit 30 Corps requires no introduction here. Led by Horrocks for most of its life, it rapidly became one of the most renowned fighting units of the British Army in WWII: 'in three years' hard fighting in eight countries neither the Corps nor any of the formations under its command have been defeated in battle or forced to yield any captured objective'. From Alamein to Arnhem and beyond, the 'Wild Boar' was never far from the thick of it.
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MIDDLEBROOK Martin
Arnhem. The Airborne Battle, 17-26 September 1944. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; grey cloth, backstrip letterd in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary, this is the finest overall treatment of the airborne battle (Operation MARKET). It is Middlebrook at his best, painstakingly combining many valuable vernacular accounts with a characteristically well-researched view of the background. Note that it does not cover the ground forces making their way towards Arnhem (Operation GARDEN). A beautiful copy of a superb tribute.
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WARNER Philip
Horrocks. The General who led from the Front. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 36 plates on 16 and a full-page map in the text; green cloth, gilt back, covers lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JACKSON W.G.F.
The North African Campaign 1940-43. Maps by Caroline Metcalfe-Gibson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 33 plates, 9 full-page maps and 78 sketch maps in the text; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. A thorough and detailed study by one who knew the men well. Published in the US as ''The Battle for North Africa'. A lovely copy of an important contribution to the literature of the war in the Western Desert. Enser, p.164.
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ARIS George
The Fifth British Division 1939-1945. Being an Account of the Journey and Battles of a Reserve Division in Europe, Africa and Asia. Edited by Lieut.-Colonel C.S. Durtnell. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a coloured frontispiece, 214 monochrome plates on 80, 14 illustrations by Cooper Bell in the text, 20 maps (9 folding) by Fraser and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, divisional emblem blocked in black and white on upper board, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at extremities. Fifth Division almost certainly holds the record as the most travelled British formation of WWII. Starting from its pre-war Northern Command base at Catterick it served in Norway, Belgium, France, Northern Ireland, Madagascar, India, Persia, Sicily, Italy and Palestine. The division finished the war in Germany where it become a key component of BAOR.
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ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.
Training Pamphlet No. 3. 1944. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and line illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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YOUNG Desmond
Rommel. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck. [Second Impression.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR; IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, 10 plates on 7, 2 full-page maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made board slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The first dedicated biography was a huge success and has been many times reprinted and reissued. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p. 374.
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NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS.
A Short Narrative of the Fifth Regiment of Foot or Northumberland Fusiliers. With a Chronological Table and Succession List of the Officers from 1 January 1754 to 1 May 1873. BRIGHT, FIRM COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper and another on dedication; original maroon cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, dark red endpapers, some very light age-soiling else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Gerard F. Leather on front paste-down. Plates show badge; colours; uniforms. EXTREMELY SCARCE. White p.55; apparently not recorded by Sutcliffe.
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ESHEL David
Chariots of the Desert. The Story of the Israeli Armoured Corps. With a Foreword and Chapter Notes by Bryan Watkins. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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GLINES Carroll V.
Chennault's Forgotten Warriors. The Saga of the 308th Bomb Group in China. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; buff cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ALANBROOKE Field-Marshal
War Diaries 1939-1945. Edited by A. Danchev and D. Todman. FIRST UNABRIDGED PUBLICATION: NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. By common consent the greatest CIGS in the history of the British Army, Alanbrooke occupied a unique position at the heart of Britain's efforts in WWII. Scarcely a man to pull punches, he provides a blow-by-blow account of how the war was waged and won, sparing no-one from politicians to generals of virtually every Allied nation. This is the first publication of the diaries in unabridged form, complementing rather than superseding the famous and long-standing two-volume abridgement by Bryant.
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FEATHERSTONE Donald F.
All for a Shilling a Day. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; terracotta cloth, gilt back, top a little dusty else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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CAREW Tim
How the Regiments got their Nicknames. Nicolas Bentley drew the Pictures. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiee and illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GRIERSON Lt.-Colonel James Moncrieff
Scarlet into Khaki. The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War. Preface to New Edition by Colonel Peter S. Walton. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1899.
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