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SEATON D.
A Tiger and a Fusilier. Leicester's VC Heroes. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Detailed and well-illustrated accounts of the WWI awards made to Private William Buckingham, The Leicestershire Regiment, and Captain Robert Gee, 2 Bn The Royal Fusiliers. Uncommon.
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SASSOON Siegfried
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. With Illustrations by Barnett Freedman. [First English Illustrated (Limited) Edition.] 320 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., First Edition thus, on English hand-made paper, with coloured frontispiece, monochrome vignettes on title and half-title, 15 coloured plates, numerous monochrome illustrations and decorations in the text and coloured pictorial endpapers; parchment over pictorial designs and lettering, gilt top, uncut, parchment lightly clouded and chipped (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 320 COPIES (300 FOR SALE) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST (THIS COPY NO. 248). The publisher's dustwrapper and slip-case are not present with this copy. Keynes, A33e.
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MORPURGO] [J.E.
Britain's Homage to 28,000 American Dead. [With a Message from Winston Churchill]. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 3 fine coloured plates (one double-page), a fine full-page portrait of HM King George VI, 32 monochrome plates on 20 and pictorial endpapers; original blue buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON HALF-TITLE. A LABEL STATING THAT THE TEXT WAS COMMISSIONED OF MORPURGO BY 'THE TIMES' IS MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. With two original coloured photographic prints of the American Memorial Chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral loosely inserted. Professor Jack Morpurgo (1918-2000) was Director-General of the National Book League and later Professor of American Literature at Leeds University. His many works include several on Anglo-American military history and an acclaimed biography of fellow Old Blue Barnes Wallis. Cohen B132; not recorded by Woods.
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WARD J.
With the 'Die-Hards' in Siberia. THE ONLY BRITISH UNIT HISTORY IN THE RUSSIAN INTERVENTION
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait and 10 plates on 7, fore-edge browning slightly; original regimental grey cloth, upper board blocked with crest in black, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, covers mildly age-stained else a very good, clean copy. The astonishing, if gruelling, account of the 25th (Navvies) Battalion of The Middlesex Regiment in WWI, and THE ONLY BRITISH UNIT HISTORY IN THE RUSSIAN INTERVENTION. 'Ward's story really belongs in the main to the 'after-the-war' period in Russia. He gives an interesting account of Admiral Koltchak, whom he admired, and shows how insuperable were the difficulties which that unfortunate patriot had to face. It is now beginning to be recognised that Koltchak was, with the possible exception of Wrangel, far and away the ablest of the White [Russian] commanders. For the rest, his [Ward's] story is one of gallantry and endurance in frightful conditions displayed by troops for the most part of a low physical category' (Falls). 'In 1915 [Ward] raised the 25th Navvies Battalion, which was then ordered to the Far East and ultimately to Siberia to support Admiral Koltchak.' (Sutcliffe). Very scarce. Enser, p.68; Falls, p.236; Sutcliffe, p.328; not recorded by White.
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LAWRENCE T. E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. [First US Edition]. IN FULL MOROCCO
Roy. 8vo., First US Trade Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 47 plates by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts and others, 6 illustrations in the text and 4 folding maps coloured in outline; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, pictorial gilt from original board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The first publicly available US edition of this literary classic, following private publication in 1926 and the limited edition of 1935. Winston Churchill believed that it 'ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language'. The work forms the basis of David Lean's multiple Oscar-winning feature film 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962) starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. Enser, p.191; O'Brien A42.
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REESE George H.
The Cornwallis Papers. Abstracts of Americana. Compiled by George H. Reese. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO PROFESSOR JACK MORPURGO WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Published for Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission. Professor Jack Morpurgo (1918-2000) was Director-General of the National Book League and later Professor of American Literature at Leeds University. His many works include several on Anglo-American military history and an acclaimed biography of fellow Old Blue Barnes Wallis. Scarce.
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JONES R.V.
Most Secret War.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. Enser, p.221.
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MARCH (ed.) D.J.
British Warplanes of World War II. [Combat Aircraft of the RAF and Fleet Air Arm 1939-1945].
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MORLEY G.
The Smuggling War. The Government's Fight against Smuggling in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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THOMAS Lowell
With Lawrence in Arabia. 105th Thousand.
8vo., with a portrait frontispiece and 30 plates, half-title lightly spotted; original pale blue cloth, sides framed in black, backstrip lettered in black, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, clean, firm copy. With a personal bookplate on front free endpaper
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FORMATION OF THE UNION. USA.
The Formation of the Union. An Exhibit. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights together with other Documents reflecting Events that led to American Independence and the Establishment of the Federal Union. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., Fourth Impression, on laid paper, with 8 plates of facsimiles; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. PROFESSOR JACK MORPURGO'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON TITLE. The catalogue lists 52 exhibits.
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BRUCE (intro.)] [J.M.
Silhouettes d'Avions classes par analogie. [Facsimile reissue].
Oblong 4to., with very numerous multi-view illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. High quality facsimile reissue of the scarce original edition of 1917. Introduction by J.M. Bruce, Assistant Keeper at the RAF Museum. Very scarce in its own right.
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RUSSELL D.S.
Winston Churchill Soldier. The Military Life of a Gentleman at War. Foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HART Captain Basil H. Liddell
The Tanks. Volume I: 1914-1939 [with] Volume II: 1939-1945. The History of the Royal Tank Regiment and its Predecessors: Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps, Tank Corps and Royal Tank Corps, 1914-1945. With a Foreword by Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous portraits, plates and maps (a number folding); black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A splendid copy of the standard reference. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.123; White, p.26.
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BURROWS M.
The Life of Edward, Lord Hawke. New Edition, revised and condensed. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present); original blue armorial cloth, upper board blocked with Hawke arms in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the separately printed errata slip facing text, and 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. First published in 1883. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and small blind stamp on ttle. Scarce. NMM II/1 644.
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ROSKILL Captain S.W.
The War at Sea 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., in 4, roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 4 frontispieces (showing 8 plates), 288 plates on 142 (1 double-page), 87 folding maps (74 coloured in outline), 30 full-page maps (6 coloured in outline), 17 maps in the text and 111 tables (7 double-page) in the text, neat inscription on front free endpapers; green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly dust-soiled with small damp-mark (wrapper only) on backstrip of second volume. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. A previous owner has annotated neatly the backstrips of the wrappers to indicate the years covered by each volume. The official British account published in the UK Government's series History of the Second World War. The set comprises: Volume I: The Defensive, 1954 (fifth impression 1961); Volume II: The Period of Balance, 1957 (third impression 1962); Volume III/1: The Offensive Part 1: 1 June 1943-31 May 1944, 1960 (first impression); Volume III/2: The Offensive Part II: 1 June 1944-14 August 1945, 1961 (first impression). The last two volumes contain their respective errata slips (errors in the first two volumes are corrected in the text of the later printings). Roskill's masterpiece is an absolutely basic source and a model of its kind. Enser, p.383; Law, 0647.
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WINN Godfrey
Home from Sea [with] The Positive Hour. [The author's wartime memoirs complete]. THE WARTIME MEMOIRS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
2 vols., 8vo., Second Impression (first work) and First Edition (second work), with frontispieces and plates; cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper to first vilume kightly rubbed at extremities. THE FIRST VOLUME IS A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. THE SECOND VOLUME IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Winn enlisted as an anonymous ordinary seaman after three years as a war correspondent. The first volume covers his training at Ganges and his service abroad HMS Cumberland. The second volume covers his invaliding from the RN after which he joined the Merchant service and served on 'Pozarica' throughout PQ17. His well-known account of this convoy forms a separate work. The first volume is frequently (and inaccurately) recorded as 'Home from THE Sea'; inexplicably it appears thus in both Enser and Law. Enser, p.384 (first work only); Law, 0750, 0751 respectively.
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FIRTH Charles
Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 32 plates and 7 maps (one folding on japon); handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy of the original edition of the best life of Cromwell. Davies 870.
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BARKER Pat
The Ghost Road. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Third novel of Barker's acclaimed 'Regeneration' trilogy, following 'Regeneration' (1991) and 'The Eye in the Door' (1993).
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BARNETT Correlli
The Swordbearers. Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. Enser, p.339
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BECK Philip
Oradour. Village of the Dead.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with illustrations and plans in the text, and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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ESSAME Hubert
The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 35 plates on 22 and 21 maps on 13 folders; decorative cloth gilt, divisional crest in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The famous West Country Division captured Mount Picon, the key to Normandy, forced the crossing of the Seine, were the first British troops to fight in Germany, and turned the tide in the Reichswald enabling the Allies to close with the Rhine. As part of Horrocks' 30 Corps, the division also took part in the headlong rush to Nijmegen in Operation GARDEN. Enser, p.77
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FRIEDMAN Tuvia
The Hunter. Edited and translated by David C. Gross.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped at head and tail of backstrip. Autobiography of the man who survived the Radom ghetto (and much else) to become a nazi-hunter under Ben Nathan. His most famous success was the capture of Adolf Eichmann after a fifteen-year manhunt.
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GREGER Rene
Austro-Hungarian Warships of World War I.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Extremely scarce, especially in the dustwrapper
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NISSEN J.
Winning the Radar War 1939-1945. A Memoir.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the race to develop radar told by one of the two survivors of the unit which learned how to jam German radar
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TURNER W.
Pals. The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment. Additional Research: Fergus Read. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and facsimiles in the text; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy. A history of the battalion raised from Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley & Chorley. Published in the 'Pals' series with statistics, rolls and other appendices. Sutcliffe, p. 186 (recording the later editions of 1992 onwards).
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ASCOLI David
The Mons Star. The British Expeditionary Force 5th Aug - 22nd Nov 1914. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and plans (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY TO OSCAR BURGER WITH THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH PRESENTATION SLIP MOUNTED ON TITLE
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SIMPSON (ed.) Andy
Hot Blood and Cold Steel. Life and Death in the Trenches of the First World War. Edited and compiled by Andy Simpson.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TURNER E.S.
The Phoney War on the Home Front. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with several facsimiles in the text, front free endpaper clipped at upper corner; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned at backstrip and lightly frayed at edges.
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MARDER Arthur J.
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919. Volume II [only]. The War Years: to the Eve of Jutland.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 12 plates on 8 and 8 maps coloured in outline (three folding and three double-page) at end, fore-edges lightly spotted; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped and frayed at edges. Very scarce in any condition. Enser, p.310 (recording the wok as a whole).
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SAVAGE Raymond
Allenby of Armageddon. A Record of the Career and Campaigns of Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait toned in sepia (original tissue guard present) and a large folding coloured map on japon, title very lightly spotted; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Good accounts of Allenby's service in the Boer War, and in France and Palestine during WWI. Enser, p.20.
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ETON COLLEGE
List of Etonians who fought in the Great War MCMXIV-MCMXIX. [Title-page designed by Reynolds Stone. First and 'Final' Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with decorative title, and text in red and black throughout; pale blue boards, oatmeal holland back, upper board and backstrip with printed paper labels (spare labels tipped-in at end), gilt top, uncut, boards laminated with clear film else a very good, bright, clean copy. With spare printed labels tipped-in at end. Loosely inserted are two printed Supplements. Title-page designed by Reynolds Stone. The work was privately printed in the Riccardi Press fount by Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society. The work as whole lists over 5650 Etonians and Old Etonians who served, of whom over 1150 were killed. Appendixes cover those serving in the Red Cross and YMCA, members of staff of the college, and distribution statistics (with awards, ROH and names of those interned). No fewer than 13 Etonians and Old Etonians were awarded the Victoria Cross. INCREASINGLY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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BRACKENBURY Sir Henry
The Nearest Guard. A History of Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, from their Institution in 1509 to the Year 1892. 200 COPIES WERE PRINTED; VC ASSOCIATION COPY
Roy. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with a fine coloured frontispiece, a coloured plate, 11 plates (5 large and folding) in monochrome, and 13 illustrations in the text, black endpapers, neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; original cloth, sides with double frame border enclosing corps badge elaborately blocked all in gilt, back gilt extra, gilt top, bevelled edges, uncut, a very good, bright, firm copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES). This copy was formerly in the library of Conwyn Mansel-Jones who won the Victoria Cross in South Africa on 27 February 1900. He went on to serve in WWI and was also awarded the DSO and the Legion d'Honneur. Mansel-Jones became CMG and was a member of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1920 until his death in 1942. A letter confirming his purchase of this copy is loosely inserted. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT UNIT HISTORY. White, p.255.
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BROOKE Rupert
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: with a Memoir. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Third Impression, on laid paper, with a fine portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present); handsomely bound in blue full morocco, gilt back with raised bands, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published three months after the first edition.
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HIRST] [F.W.
The Arbiter in Council. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, some very light and occasional spotting (mainly marginal); original blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of J.B. Body, and trade ticket of Military Parade of Marlborough on front paste-down. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PUBLISHER WITH NEAT BLIND STAMP ON TITLE. Scarce.
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GILBERT Martin
Winston S. Churchill. Companion Volume III Parts 1 and 2. [The Official Biography. Complete Set of Companion Parts to Volume Three]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt backs, red tops, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly dust-marked at extremities. Companion Part 1: August 1914-April 1915; Companion Part 2: May 1915-December 1916.
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BACON R.H.
The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet. [Second Impression]. IN THE DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper, with frontispieces, 33 plates on 32, a facsimile in red and black, and 3 maps on japon (2 folding, 2 coloured in outline); cloth, boards lightly age-marked else a very good, clean set in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed, creased and neatly repaired at edges. Published in the same year as the first edition. The standard life; any edition is scarce in the dustwrappers. Albion p.275; Enser p.213; NMM II/1 560 (both recording the first edition).
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BORECKA E.
Warszawa 1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with very numerous full-page photographs throughout; oatmeal Holland, backstrip lettered in black, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. Comprehensive photographic survey with over 240 contemporary images of WWII destruction. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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BUCHAN John
Naval Episodes of the Great War. [Edited by S. Williams]. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 13 plates and 14 maps; original cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and chafed at extremities. Extracts from Buchan's History of the Great War selected by Stanley Williams. Scarce in the dustwrapper. Blanchard A124
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CHURCHILL Winston S.
The World Crisis. The Aftermath. [Third Impression]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., Third Impression, with 4 folding maps (2 coloured) on japon and 4 full-page maps in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, front blank preliminary lightly spotted; navy blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter generally and lightly age-soiled, and with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Published three months after the first edition. This scarce work, complete in itself, is either the fourth of fifth volume of The World Crisis depending on your point of view as to the numbering system (see below). 'The World Crisis', Churchill's masterly history of the Great War, is bedevilled by an irritating numbering problem. Since the third volume is in two parts a complete set comprises five logical volumes in six physical volumes. Thus the last two volumes (The Aftermath and The Eastern Front) are constantly referred to as four and five (Woods and most other bibliographies) or five and six (as indicated by the publisher on backstrips). Early issues are very scarce in the dustwrapper. Woods, A31(a).
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CHURCHILL Winston S.
Into Battle [with] The Unrelenting Struggle [with] The End of the Beginning [with] Onwards to Victory [with] The Dawn of Liberation [with] Victory [with] Secret Session Speeches. [The War Speeches complete.]. [Mixed Editions.] THE WAR SPEECHES COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
7 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with portrait frontispieces and numerous plates, tops and fore-edges lightly spotted, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of first volume; blue cloth, gilt backs, a bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), some wrappers chipped at heads and tails of backstrips. The set comprises: Into Battle (reprint); The Unrelenting Struggle (reprint); The End of the Beginning (reprint); Onwards to Victory (fkirst edition); The Dawn of Liberation (first edition); Victory (first edition); Secret Session Speeches (first edition). Randolph Churchill edited the first volume, Charles Eade the subsequent six volumes. Although published as a series and uniform in size, complete sets are seldom offered for sale (especially in dustwrappers as here). Woods A66a, A89, A94, A101, A107, A111, A114 respectively (recording the first editions).
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ASTON George
His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. A Life and Intimate Study. With the Assistance of Evelyn Graham. NEAR FINE COPY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a fine portrait frontispiece; original blue cloth, upper board framed in black, backstrip lettered in black, uncut, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. Includes service in WWI. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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ELLIS R.
The Royal Navy at Malta. Volume I: The Victorian Era 1865-1906 [with] Vol. II: 1907-1939. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 4to., First Edition, with very numerous fine photographs throughout; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb collection of photographs of HM ships (with detailed descriptions) taken by the Ellis family in Malta
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GIRLING Richard
Sprigg's War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CARVER Michael
Harding of Petherton. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 18 plates on 8; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HIGGINS Jack
Exocet. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JEFFORD C. G.
The Flying Camels. The History of No. 45 Sqn, RAF. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with over 690 illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. By far the most comprehensive and detailed history of any RAF squadron yet published. The work includes schedules of commanding officers, squadron movements, ROH, aircraft deployed, aerial victories and much more. A milestone in the literature of military aviation.
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MARDER Arthur J.
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 5 portrait frontispieces, 66 plates on 40, 7 illustrations and charts in the text, 22 folding or double-page charts (the majority coloured in outline) bound in, and 16 folding charts coloured in outline in pocket at end of third volume; navy cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), the wrappers to fourth and fifth volumes lightly rubbed at extremities. With the publisher's compliment slip, and separately printed corrigenda sheet, loosely inserted in first volume. The set comprises Volume I: The Road to War, 1904-1914 (1961); Volume II: The War Years: to the Eve of Jutland (1965); Volume III: Jutland and After (May 1916-December 1916) (1966); Volume IV: 1917: Year of Crisis (1969); Volume V: Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919) (1970). THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO AND DURING THE GREAT WAR. Arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Mahan. SCARCE AS A COMPLETE SET, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPERS. Enser, p.310
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MARTENS Allard
The Silent War. Glimpses of the Dutch Underground and Views on the Battle of Arnhem. With Daphne Dunlop. NEAR FINE COPY UNCLIPPED IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and 2 full-page maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter heaveily sunned at backstrip. With the trade ticket of George's of Bristol on front paste-down. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Enser, p.212.
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MCCUE Paul
SAS Operation Bulbasket. Behind the Lines in Occupied France in 1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 44 plates on 16 and 2 pages of maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first detailed account of this little-known SAS operation carried out during and after D-Day. Only now, with the release of hitherto classified documents and thanks to a remarkable amount of painstaking research and detective work by the author, can anything like the full story be told. Very scarce, especially in this condition
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