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WESTLAKE Ray
The Territorials 1908-1914. A Guide for Military and Family Historians. 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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SELBY John
The Thin Red Line of Balaclava. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at extremities. Published simultaneously with the US edition [titled 'Balaclava: Gentlemen's Battle']. Turan 528.
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AIRCRAFT PROFILES
Aircraft Profiles of WWI. [44 Profiles in all, bound alphabetically by manufacturer/aircraft.] FINE CUSTOM-BOUND COLLECTION OF WWI AIRCRAFT PROFILES
44 parts in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; strongly bound in maroon buckram, gilt back, ALL ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, all fine copies. The Profiles are bound in alphabetical order of manufacturer/aircraft. The collection comprises (series number in brackets) : Albatross DI-DIII (127); Albatross D V (9); O. Aviatik (Berg) D1 (151); B.E.2, 2a & 2b (133); Breguet 14 (157); Bristol Scouts C&D (139); Bristol Fighter (21); Bristol M.1 (193); Curtiss JN-4 (37); de Havilland D.H.2 (91); American D.H.4 (97); de Havilland D.H.4 (26); de Havilland D.H.5 (181); de Havilland D.H.9 (62); de Havilland D.H.10 (145); Fokker Dr.I (55); Fokker D.VII (25); Fokker D.VIII (67); Fokker Monoplanes (38); Gotha GI-GV (115); Hanriot HD1 (109); Junkers Monoplanes (187); Martinsyde Elephant (200); Nieuport I7 (49); Nieuport N.28C-I (79); Pfalz D III (43); Pfalz D XII (199); Phonix Scouts (175); R.E.8 (85); Roland C II (163); S.E.5 (103); S.E.5A (1); Short 184 (74); Siemens Schuckert D III & IV (86); Sopwith Camel F.I (31); Sopwith Dolphin (169); Sopwith Pup (13); Sopwith 7F.I Snipe (50); Sopwith 1&1/2 Strutter (121); Sopwith Triplane (73); Spad XIII C.1 (17); S.V.A. (Ansaldo) Scouts (61); Thomas-Morse Scout (68); Vickers F.B.27 Vimy (5). A SPLENDID COLLECTION SAFELY PRESERVED FOR THE FUTURE.
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LARRAZABAL Jesus Salas
Air War over Spain. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret A. Kelley. English Translation edited by David Mondey. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The Spanish edition appeared in 1969. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ROBINSON Anthony
Nightfighter. A Concie History of Nightfighting since 1914 FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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WYKEHAM Peter
Fighter Command. A Study of Air Defence 1914-1960. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter chipped and creased at edges. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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KAPLAN Chaim A.
Scroll of Agony. The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A Kaplan. Translated and edited by Abraham I Katsh. [First English Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Kaplan's astonishingly detailed diary was found hidden in a paraffin tin more that twenty years after the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto. It is a unique and harrowing day-by-day account of life in the Ghetto from September 1939 to August 1942 when Kaplan saved his diary even when he knew he could not save himself.
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OWEN David
Battle of Wits. A History of Psychology and Deception in Modern Warfare. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, small neat inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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EHRENGARDT, C.J.
Les Aiglons. Combats Aeriens de la Drole de Guerre. Septembre 1939 - Avril 1940. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy., 8vo., First Edition, text in French, with photographs throughout and pictorial endpoapers; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SCHAEDEL Charles
Men and Machines of the Australian Flying Corps 1914-1919. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial laminated boards, backstrip scuffed at head else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
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SMITH Felix
China Pilot. Flying for Chiang and Chennault FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RALEIGH Sir Walter
The War in the Air. Being the Story of the Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Vol. I. [Facsimile reissue]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with maps in the text; series binding of blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, grey endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Much-needed facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1922. Enser, p.19 (recording the original edition).
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TALL Commander J.J.
HM Submarines in Camera 1901-1996. Foreword by Rear Admiral J.F. Perowne. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Superb collection of photographs (exteriors, interiors and, particularly for WWII, personalities), many not easily available elsewhere.
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TISDALL E.E.P.
Mrs Duberly's Campaigns. An Englishwoman's Experiences in the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver and orange, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Biography of Fanny Duberly based on her published journals and previously unpublished letters to her sister Selina. The majority of the works covers her experiences as 'Queen of the Crimea'; during the Mutiny she was dubbed 'leader' of the Rajputana Column. Sorsky 1066; Turan 583.
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O'CONNOR Neal W.
Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I and the Men who earned them. Volume VII: The Aviation Awards of Eight German States and the Three Free Cities. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; laminated pictorial boards, marbled endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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SLOAN Jr James J.
Wings of Honor. American Airmen in World War I. A Compilation of all United States Pilots, Observers, Gunners and Mechanics who flew against the Enemy in the War of 1914-1918. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in lighter grey, marbled endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ROBERTS Leslie
There shall be Wings. A History of the Royal Canadian Air Force. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip.
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SCHWARTZ Seymour L.
The French and Indian War 1754-1763. The Imperial Struggle for North America. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., with numerous maps and plans throughoutl blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BRITISH ARMY.
Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (including the Militia) 1900. With an Introduction by W.Y. Carman. [Facsimile reissue]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed etar at lower edge of front panel.
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WARNER Philip
Army Life in the 90s. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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SMACZNY Henryk
Ksiega Kawalerii Polskiej 1914-1947. Rodowody. Barwa. Bron. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, text in Polish, with numerous coloured plates, numerous illustrations and charts in the text, and pictorial endpapers; maroon cloth, upper board lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed OOB covering WWI and WWII. SCARCE.
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MANSFIELD H.O.
Charles Ashe Windham. A Norfolk Soldier (1810-1870). NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; white cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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HISTORIC AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHS.
From the Archive Collections of Alfred Kruger, JM Bruce, FJ Cable and Wilfrid Dancy. Sale Catalogue. 6 November 2003 FINE COPY
8vo., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Kruger archive, lots 1-103; Bruce archive, lots 104-112; Cable archive, lots 113-115; Dancy archive, lots 116-121.
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HISTORIC AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHS.
From the Archive Collections of Amedee Gautier, Alfred Kruger and J.M. Bruce. Sale Catalogue. 21 May 2003 FINE COPY
8vo., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Gautier Collection, lots 1-44; Kruger Collection lots 45-148; Bruce photographs, lots 149-166.
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TURNER William
The Accrington Pals. The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment. A Pictorial History researched, written and compiled by William Tuner. GOOD WORKING COPY IN WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, coves moderately age-marked else a good working copy. A history of the battalion raised from Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley & Chorley. Sutcliffe, p. 186.
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CHAMBERLAIN, Peter
German Anti-Tank Weapons 1916-1918 and 1930-1945. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
Folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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SPIELBERGER Walter J.
Die Halbkettenfahrzeuge des Deutschen Heeres 1909-1945. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
Roy. 4to., text in German, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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LARGE Lofty
One Man's War in Korea. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PICKERING Major Jim
Soldier of the Sixth. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and plates in monochrome; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. A lifetime's service, including both world wars, in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
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WORSLEY T.C.
Fellow Travellers. A Memoir of the Thirties. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written portraits of five very different British volunteers leaving pre-war Britain to fight in Spain.
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TERRAINE John
The Smoke and the Fire. Myths and Anti-Myths of War 1861-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MOYNIHAN, ed. Michael
A Place called Armageddon. Letters from the Great War. Edited with an Introduction by Michael Moynihan. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; purple cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SMYTH VC Sir John
Leadership in Battle 1914-1918. Commanders in Action. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Concerns primarily the campaigns in France, Gallipoli and Palestine. Mulholland & Jordan S68.
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TURNER E. S.
Dear Old Blighty. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BARBUSSE Henri
Under Fire. [Translated by Fitzwater Wray. Introduction by Brian Rhys]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., original series binding of red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, red top (faded), patterned endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. With 8pp series catalogue bound in at end. 'Under Fire is the spirit of the infantry war in France, the letter and the spirit of reality' (Henry Williamson). EL 798; Seymour 68.0.
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THOMAS Edward
Essays of To-Day and Yesterday. [Introductory Note by F.H. Pritchard]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, free endpapers lightly browned, one or two leaves mildly spotted; original brown faux-morocco boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. Collects eight essays with bibliography. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Eckert, pp.252-3.
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PALMER Alan
The Kaiser. Warlord of the Second Reich NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, small signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MOYNIHAN, ed. Michael
Greater Love. Letters Home 1914-1918. Edited by Michael Moynihan. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Letters from several fronts written by six British combatants.
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WESTWOOD John
Railways at War. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Norman Wilkinson.
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MATAS David
Justice Delayed. Nazi War Criminals in Canada. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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OVERY Richard
Interrogations. The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MASER Werner
Nuremberg. A Nation on Trial. Translated from the German by Richard Barry. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in orange, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip. Published two years after the German edition. Enser, p.237.
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MONTYN Jan
A Lamb to Slaughter. [First US Edition] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; buff boards, black cloth back, lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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OLSEN Jack
Silence on Monte Sole. [First UK Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with endpaper maps; ivory cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The little-known story of the massacre of some 1800 civilians on the slopes of Monte Sole during the German retreat in WWII. Enser, p.229.
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PARKINSON Roger
A Day's March Nearer Home. The War History from Alamein to VE Day based on the War Cabinet papers of 1942 to 1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Third and final volume of Parkinson's history of WWII based on newly-released War Cabinet papers.
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SHIROYAMA Saburo
War Criminal. The Life and Death of Hirota Koki. Translated by John Bester. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WILLIAMSON Henry
The Patriot's Progress. Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock. Illustrated by W. Kermode. [Third Impression.] BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Third Impression, with numerous illustrations in the text; original burgundy buckram, gilt back, red top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately browned at backstrip and with minor loss (not affecting lettering at tail of backstrip. Published a month after the first edition. In the trade issue three of Kermode's illustrations are different from those in the limited edition; the present arrangement was maintained in all subsequent UK editions. Gretton 13; Matthews A13; 1930b (both recording the first trade edition).
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NEILLANDS Robin
The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WESTMAN Stephen K.
A Surgeon's Story. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author served in the German Army in WWI and in Britain during WWII.
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WINTER J.M.
The Experience of World War I. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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