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FREEMAN Roger A.
The Royal Air Force of World War Two in Colour. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition thus, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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FUKUI SHIZUO
Japanese Naval Vessels Survived. Their Post-War Activities and Final Disposition. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
4to., First Edition, text entirely in Japanese, skeleton picture captions in English, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; original blue boards, blue cloth back, upper board lettered in gilt in English, backstrip lettered in gilt in Japanese, brown silk marker, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in the publisher's original card slip-case, the case mildly worn and frayed at extremities. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO ANTHONY PAVIA WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With the publisher's separately printed slip giving the context of the work, and the original bilingual price slip. The publisher's note makes it clear that this work, although the first to appear in print, was conceived as the third volume of a projected three-volume series 'Survey on the Japanese Naval Vessels 1925-1947'. It seems unlikely, however, that any further volumes were published and that this volume therefore stands alone; CERTAINLY IT CONSTITUTES THE FINEST PUBLISHED COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF ITS TYPE. Constructor Lieutenant-Commander Shizuo Fukui (1913-1993), Imperial Japanese Navy, was one of the world's foremost experts on ship design and naval construction. He was the author of some fourteen books and numerous magazine articles, which form collectively the definitive photographic record of the IJN. His wartime appointments ranged from the HQ of the Combined Fleet to the Navy Technical Institute; he ended his service career as Chief Officer and Director of Naval Construction at one of the major naval shipyards. After the war he devoted himself to historical research and made a lifelong contribution to the preservation of the records of ships of the Imperial Navy. His private library eventually contained over 20,000 photos, most of them unique, of which the great majority remains unpublished. Anthony Pavia was the owner of an archive of related photographs which it is believed found a home in the UK after Pavia's death. We are indebted to Mr. Robin Bursell for the information on Anthony Pavia. SIGNED COPIES OF ANY WORK BY FUKUI ARE RARE.
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GARNETT David
War in the Air. September 1939 to May 1941. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and a full-page diagram in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, red top, backstrip lettering faded but entirely legible, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter wanting two-thirds of backstrip and frayed at edges. Scarce early account, and elusive in the dustwrapper. Enser, p.376.
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GILES John
Flanders Then and Now. The Ypres Salient and Passchendaele. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with photographic title, very numerous photographs and maps in the text, and photographic endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1970 as 'The Ypres Salient', with a revised edition in 1979. Enser p.403 (recording the first edition).
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GILES John
The Somme Then and Now. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text, and pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Another of ATB's well-known 'then and now' series, matching contemporary and modern photographs.
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GILES John
The Western Front Then and Now. From Mons to the Marne and Back. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text, and photographic endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Another of ATB's well-known 'then and now' series, matching contemporary and modern photographs.
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GLUBB John Bagot
A Soldier with the Arabs. Soldier with the Arabs.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 25 plates on 22, 2 full-page facsimiles, a full-page pedigree, 26 maps (2 full-page) and endpaper maps, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, small neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; original navy blue cloth gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and browned at extremities. Nice copy of the personal story of Glubb Pasha.
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GRIEVES Keith
Sussex in the First World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; original series binding of brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SRS Vol.84. Comprehensive survey of Sussex attitudes and experiences in the Great War, including the threat of invasion, logistcs and rationsing. Appendices cover the deployment of all battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment.
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DAVIDSON J.
Haig. Master of the Field. With a Foreword by Lord Trenchard.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 3 maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. 'Tavish' Davidson was Haig's DMO from 1915 to the Armistice. In this early and key study, the author defends his former commander's later (and controversial) strategy using both his own knowledge and a variety of contemporary sources. The first edition is now very scarce, especially in this condition. Enser, p.160.
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HAINES Gregory
Destroyers at War.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated account of selected engagements in which destroyers played prominent roles. Striking wrapper artwork by Robert Taylor depicting HMS Kelly.Law 1053.
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HALLAM A.
Lady Under Fire on the Western Front. The Great War Letters of Lady Dorothie Feilding MM.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Feilding served for four years on the Western Front with the Munro Motor Ambulance Corps. She was the first woman to be awarded the Military Medal plus two other awards for bravery
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HALLIE Philip
Lest Innocent Blood be Shed. The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and how Goodness happened there.
8vo., First US Edition, with 18 plates on 8 and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back backstrip faded (but lettering just legible), covers lightly age-marked else a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.143.
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HARRIS Brigadier L.H.
Signal Venture. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 20 plates on 12 and a large folding map on japon; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted. Harris begins his account as a linesman with Australian Signals during the Great War; between the wars he served as telecommunications engineer with the Post Office and at the same time a Territorial Army officer of Royal Signals, As a Signals officer during WWII he served with BEF during the withdrawal from Dunkirk, later at GHQ Home Forces, and finally as Chief, Telecommunications Section, SHAEF. Uncommon in this condition. Enser, p. 78.
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HARTLEY J.
6th Battalion The Manchester Regiment in the Great War.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates; original cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. This fine territorial unit went to Egypt in September 1914 and saw action at Gallipoli from May until the evacuation. It returned to Egypt in the spring of 1917 before transferring to France where it remained until the Armistice.
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HIBBERD Dominic
Wilfred Owen. A New Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; original cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Hibberd's outstanding biography is the product of over thirty years' research.
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HERON-ALLEN Edward
Edward Heron-Allen's Journal of the Great War. From Sussex Shore to Flanders Fields. Edited by Brian W. Harvey and Carol Fitzgerald. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, wth photographs and maps in the text; original series binding of brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SRS Vol. 86.
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HODGES Peter
Destroyer Weapons of World War 2.
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference comparing British (Hodges) and American (Friedman) destroyer equipment and design. Law, 1780.
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HOLMES Harry
Avro. The History of an Aircraft Company. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, some occasional light underlining; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip. Avro (A.V. Roe & Company) was founded in 1910 and disappeared in 1963 when it was absorbed into Hawker Siddeley Aviation. Between these dates it flourished as one of the largest and most respected aircraft manufacturers in the world, creating RAF trainers during WWI, the Anson in 1935 and the mighty Vulcan V-bomber of the 1950s. Most famous of all, of course, is a bomber called the Lancaster.
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HOUGH Richard
The Pursuit of Admiral von Spee.
8vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 16 and front and rear endpaper maps in red and black; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges and with small scar on backstrip. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted. Detailed account of the actions at Coronel and the Falklands in the early days of WWI. Albion, p.272; Enser, p.101.
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HUMBLE Richard
Napoleon's Peninsular Marshals.
8vo., First Edition, with 18 plates on 16 and 8 maps in the text; original turquoise cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JOHNSTON I.
Clydebank Battlecruisers. Forgotten Photographs from John Brown's Shipyard.
8vo., First Edition, with 200 photographs; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Between 1906 and 1920 John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers, each one bigger then the last. This sizeable album of stunning shipyard photographs covers Inflexible, Australia, Tiger, Repulse and, of course, the mighty Hood. Most of the images appear here for the first time
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KEMP P. K.
HM Submarines. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 16; original dove-blue cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at edges. Excellent general history, covering both wars, by the Admiralty archivist. About half the book relates to WWII. Scarce in anything like this condition. Law 1221; Mulholland & Jordan, K13. Not recorded by Enser
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KERR J. Lennox
The R.N.V.R. A Record of Achievement. With a Foreword by Rear-Admiral G. Thistleton-Smith.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 46 plates on 22; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed at extremities and lightly browned with one short closed tear at rear panel. A full history, half of which is devoted to WWII. Law, 0862. Inexplicably, not recorded by Enser.
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KETTON-CREMER R.W.
A Norfolk Gallery [Second Impression]. Norfolk Gallery [Second Impression].
8vo., Second Impression, with 8 plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published six months after the first edition. Includes accounts of several leading personalities of the Civil War period, among them Hamon L'Estrange, Layer, Marsham, Walpole and Repton. Clarke & Gretton, A10; Darroch & Taylor, 679 (incorrectly dated 1958!).
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KROCKOW C.G. von
Deathly Still. [Pictures of former German Concentration Camps]. Translated from the German by Ishbel Flett.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 270 fine full-page monochrome photographs and a double-page map in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Awesome and harrowing collection of superb photographs taken by Reinartz between 1987 and 1993 and published here fifty years after VE-Day. Virtually all the major camps are included, together with several lesser-known centres of infamy. Picture captions (given separately at rear) are as succinct as they should be; the map shows locations. Von Krockow's thoughtful text sets the context, and includes a useful set of camp histories and a select bibliography. A timely reminder without sensationalism of any kind; just sombre awfulness. Scarce.
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KUHN Volkmar
German Paratroops in World War II. [Translated from the German by H.A. and J.A. Barker].
8vo., First English Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in Germany in 1974, this is probably the best overall summary of the 'Green Devils' to date. After a detailed analysis of Crete, it deals also with the paratroops as infantry - in Africa, Italy (notably Cassino) and elsewhere
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LARBY Ron
Signals to the Right. Armoured Corps to the Left!. A National Serviceman's Account of his Time in Korea. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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LENTON H. T.
Warships of World War II. [First Omnibus Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs in the text, neat personal book-stamp on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sold with a small quantity of relevant cuttings. A standard reference on the RN of WWII. Initially issued as a series of eight booklets categorised by warship type throughout the early 1960s, this is the first omnibus edition. It includes numerous revisions and additions, and a brief index. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION. Law, 0948
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LEWIN Ronald
Ultra goes to War. The Secret Story.
8vo., First Edition, with 17 plates on 10 and a full-page facsimile in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
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LUND Paul
The War of the Landing Craft.
8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Excellent account of the development of the Royal Navy's 'kipper boxes' combining history with much valuable vernacular material. One of the best contributions to a still greatly under-written aspect of naval operations in WWII. Law, 1093.
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LYMAN R.
Slim, Master of War. Burma and the Birth of Modern Warfare.
8vo., First Edition, with 9 plates (one double-page) on 8, and endpaper maps; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MACDONOGH G.
The Last Kaiser. William the Impetuous. [William II].
8vo., First Edition, with 43 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Penetrating biography of William II.
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MARDER Arthur
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919. Volume V [only]. Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919).
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 13 plates on 8, 7 folding charts in red and black, and 2 plans in the text; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and rubbed at extremities. Enser, p.310 (recording the work as a whole)
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MARDER Arthur J.
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919. Volume V [only]. Victory and Aftermath (January 1918 - June 1919).
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 13 plates on 8, 2 full-page maps in the text and 7 large folding maps at end, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, upper hinge cracked but binding entirely sound, else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter creased and rubbed at edges. Enser, p.310 (recording the work as a whole)
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MCCART Neil
HMS Glory 1945-1961. In association with the Fleet Air Arm Museum. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. HMS GLORY arrived in the Far East too late to take an active combat role in WWII, but she accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in New Guinea and participated in the operation to repatriate British and Commonwealth POWs after the war. She conducted several active tours of duty during the Korean War in the early 1950s. Detailed account from builders to breakers, drawing on first hand accounts and including many previously unpublished photographs
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MONTGOMERY Field-Marshal Bernard Law
The Path to Leadership. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. Monty offers penetrating insights on leadership from Cromwell to De Gaulle. Baxter, 270 (recording the US edition published by Putnam later the same year.)
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MORGAN Ted
An Uncertain Hour. The French, the Germans, the Jews, the Klaus Barbie Trial, and the City of Lyon 1940-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First US Edition, with photographs in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; ivory boards, blue cloth back lettered in silver, uncut, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NACHTSTERN M.
Counterfeiter. How a Norwegian Jew survived the Holocaust.
8vo., First UK Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author was sent first to Sachsenhausen and then Auschwitz where he worked on the banknote programme
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NEWMAN Steve
Gallipoli Then and Now. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., with very numerous photographs, maps and diagrams in the text; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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O'BRIAN Patrick
The Fortune of War [A Jack Aubrey novel]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip very slightly browned at extreme headband else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at fold-ins. Sixth novel of the splendid Aubrey/Maturin sequence, widely recognised as the finest historical novels of all time. Scarce in this condition. Cunningham 15a
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OSBORNE Brian D.
The Clyde at War.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PARLOUR Andy
Phantom at War. The British Army's Secret Intelligence and Communication Regiment of World War Two. Foreword by Sir Robert Mark. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 69 plates on 32; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first history of GHLR (General Headquarters Liaison Regiment), code-named 'Phantom'. The brainchild of Colonel George Frederick Hopkinson, this elite unit was formed in 1940 to provide communications with front-line commanders and served in many different theatres throughout WWII. At Arnhem, for instance, it was the Phantom team that created Urquhart's only link with the outside world. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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PRESTON Antony
'V and W' Class Destroyers 1917-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Standard reference on this much-loved class, with considerable space devoted to the career of each vessel. Increasingly elusive, especially in this condition. Law, 1066.
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PRITCHARD D.
The Radar War. Germany's Pioneering Achievement 1904-1945. [Foreword by R.V. Jones].
8vo., First Edition, with 61 plates on 32; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Begins with the work of early pioneer Christian Hulsmeyer and follows with a chapter-by-chapter account detailing development, production and employment of German radar in offensive and defensive roles. Already scarce, especially in this condition
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PUDDEFOOT G.
Ready for Anything. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary from 1905 to 1950.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates and illustrations in the text; original cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Long-awaited and suitably detailed account
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PUDNEY John
Dispersal Point and other Air Poems. [Second Impression].
8vo., Second Impression, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; boards and backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted. Published in the same year as the first edition. Includes 'Jack Overdue' and 'For Johnny'.
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REYNOLDS L.C.
Mediterranean MTBs at War. Short MTB Flotilla Operations 1939-1945. Foreword by Rear Admiral Sir M. Morgan-Giles. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM REYNOLDS WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Sequel to 'Dog Boats at War' covering the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 24th, 27th and 28th MTB Flotillas.
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REMARQUE Erich Maria
Spark of Life. Translated from the German by James Stern. [First UK Edition].
8vo., First UK Edition thus; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter with 2-inch loss at head of backstrip.
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ROBINSON P.
The Underground War. Vimy Ridge to Arras.
8vo., First Edition, with 150 illustrations; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First volume of a four-volume history of tunnelling on the Western Front
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ROBERTS John
British Warships of the Second World War.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous detailed drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in NIP's recent 'Blueprint Series' in association with the National Maritime Museum
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