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RACZYNSKI] [Count
Polish Phrase Book. Compiled by The Polish Research Centre for the Polish Relief Fund. July 1940. Introductory verse by I.B. A RARE SURVIVAL
Polish Research Centre 1940. 8vo. First Edition; original printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good clean copy. Probably an initiative of Raczynski during his term 1940-1967 as Chairman of the PRC. A rare survival especially in this condition. Polish Research Centre, unknown
书商的参考编号 : 14464
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EASTWOOD Stuart
When Dragons Flew. An Illustrated History of the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 1939-1945. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
The Border Regiment Regimental Museum in association with Silver Link Publishing Carlisle 1994. Roy. 4to. First Edition with illustrated title 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped unevenly sunned dustwrapper. Splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. As one would expect about half the book is given over to the battalion's role in Operation MARKET. Includes battalion ROH honours and awards battalion roll for Arnhem operation orders for MARKET and much other data. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe p.293. The [Border Regiment] Regimental Museum in association with Silver Link Publishing, [Carlisle, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 14682
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LUNT James
Famous Regiments. 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Leo Cooper 1973. 8vo. First Edition with numerous illustrations in the text; red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe p.53. Leo Cooper, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15104
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ESSAME Major-General Hubert
The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1939-1945. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
William Clowes 1952. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece 35 plates on 22 and 21 maps on 13 folders; blue cloth upper board lettered with divisional emblem in gilt gilt back a bright 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 William Clowes, hardcover
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WALKER, ed G Goold
The Honourable Artillery Company 1537-1926. With a Foreword by the Earl of Denbigh and Desmond. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
John Lane Bodley Head 1926. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with coloured frontispiece 3 coloured plates 40 plates in monochrome and 35 illustrations and facsimiles in the text; small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original blue cloth badge in gilt on upper board gilt back red top a very good bright clean copy. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted. White p.198. John Lane, Bodley Head, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15566
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MCKENZIE Stuart C
Collecting Third Reich Recordings. NEAR FINE COPY
Ulric Publishing Church Stretton 2001. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with photographs in the text; original laminated card covers a near fine copy. Published in Ulric's 'Collecting' series. Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton], unknown
书商的参考编号 : 15653
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BARTHORP Michael
Famous Regiments. The Northamptonshire Regiment. The 48th/58th Regiment of Foot. Introduction by Lt.-Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Leo Cooper 1974. 8vo. First Edition with 25 plates on 12; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe p.293 Leo Cooper, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15712
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GRANT Ian Lyall
Burma: The Turning Point. The Seven Battles on the Tiddim Road which Turned the Tide of the Burma War. Foreword by Field Marshal Lord Bramall. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A.L.s
Zampi Press Chichester 1993. 8vo. First Edition with 48 plates on 24 8 coloured maps and 7 full-page maps in the text; original green cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE AND WITH A PRESENTATION A.L.s. FROM THE AUTHOR ON HIS PERSONAL LETTERHEAD TO DONALD EALES-WHITE. The first of Lyall Grant's masterly analyses of the Burma war and forerunner of 'The Japanese Invasion' co-written with Tamayama and similarly privately printed some six years later. In this outstanding analysis using extensive fresh information from both British and Japanese sources Grant produces the most authoritative history to date. Includes command structures OOB statistical appendices and bibliography. An outstanding contribution to the history of WWII. Signed copies are very scarce. Graham & Cole E20. Zampi Press, Chichester, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15737
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VERITY Hugh
We Landed by Moonlight. Secret RAF Landings in France 1940-1944. THIRD REVISED EDITION
Crecy Manchester 1998. 8vo. Third Edition with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers a near fine copy. The standard reference on the RAF squadrons that delivered and collected SOE and other agents. Bases included Tangmere and Tempsford; aircraft included Ansons Hudsons and the immortal Lysander. Includes detailed summary of operations and much other statistical data. Verity's classic account was first published in 1978. A revised edition appeared in 1995 and this is further augmented particularly in the detailed table of missions here. SCARCE. Enser p.206 recording the first edition. Crecy, [Manchester], unknown
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OATTS LB L B
Proud Heritage. The Story of the Highland Light Infantry. Volume One. The 71st HLI 1777-1881. Foreword by Major-General Alexander Telfer Smollett of Bonhill. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Nelson 1952. 8vo. First Edition with a portrait frontispiece 4 coloured plates a full-page illustration and 5 maps 2 double-page in the text and a large folding coloured chart some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original regimental green cloth crest blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back green top a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned and with minor loss not affecting lettering at head and tail of backstrip. Lovely copy of the first of four volumes of the author's standard history . Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe p. 373; White p.117. Nelson, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 16535
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KERSTEN Felix
The Kersten Memoirs 1940-1945. With an Introduction by H. .Trevor-Roper. Translated from the German by Constantine Fitzgibbon and James Oliver. First English Edition. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
Hutchinson 1956. 8vo. First English Edition some very light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth backstrip lettered in yellow yellow top a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned on predominantly white rear panel. With the erratum slip facing Contents. Felix Kersten was personal physician to Himmler and close to many of the Nazi leadership and these journals of meetings and conversations the majority written on the spot make fascinating reading. Towards the end of the war he was responsible for saving many thousands of Dutchmen Germans Norwegians Danes and Jews from his employer's clutches. Very scarce in this condition especially in the dustwrapper. Enser p.266. Hutchinson, hardcover
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BARRETT CRB C R B
History of the XIII Hussars. BRIGHT CLEAN CRISP COPY
William Blackwood 1911. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispieces original tissue guards present titles in red and black 6 coloured plates of uniform 78 plates in monochrome and numerous illustrations and 10 maps in the text some very light and inoffensive spotting; original regimental navy cloth upper boards with regimental badge blocked in gilt white and black gilt backs gilt tops uncut boards of second volume faded at lower edge else a very good bright clean crisp copy. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe p.80; White p.21. William Blackwood, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 16600
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LIDDELL Colonel RS R S
The Memoirs of the Tenth Royal Hussars Prince of Wales's Own Historical and Social. With Illustrations by Oscar Norie. BRIGHT CRISP COPY
Longmans Green & Co. 1891. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with fine portrait frontispiece in photogravure original tissue guard present title in red and black 12 fine chromolithographed pates showing uniforms all original tissue guards present 2 portraits in photogravure original tissue guards present and several monochrome illustrations in the text; original black diced cloth upper board with elaborate gilt frame border enclosing crest and motto blocked in gilt back gilt extra gilt top bevelled boards uncut marbled endpapers heightened with gilt neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down corners bruised else a very good bright clean copy. With an armorial bookplate on front paste-down. Decent copy of one of the best illustrated and most lavishly bound cavalry histories of the period; Norie's plates are particularly fine. Includes detailed account of the regiment's service in the Peninsular and at Waterloo. A remainder issue was published without plates. SCARCE. Sutcliffe p 68; White p.20. Longmans Green & Co., hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 16608
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POWNALL General Henry
Chief of Staff. The Diaries of Sir Henry Pownall. 1933-1944. Edited by B. Bond. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Leo Cooper 1972-74. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with 29 plates; blue cloth gilt backs a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: 1933-1940 by which time Pownall was CGS to the BEF in France; Vol. II: 1940-1944 CoS to Mountbatten. In the latter part of his career Pownall was Chief of Staff to Mountbatten then SACSEA. His remarkably frank diaries caused considerable controversy on publication not least because of his opinions of Wingate. Unaccountably scarce as a set especially in this condition. Graham & Cole L20; Enser p.268. Leo Cooper, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 16995
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STAFFORD David
Ten Days to D-Day. Countdown to the Liberation of Europe. AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO J H OWEN
Little Brown 2003. 8vo. First Edition with 33 plates on 16 and a double-page map in the text; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE EMINENT HISTORIAN J H HUGH OWEN WITH THE FORMER'S LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. With a copy T.L.s from Owen and another piece loosely inserted. Little Brown, hardcover
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TRUESDALE David
Brotherhood of the Cauldron. Irishmen in the 1st Airborne Division from North Africa to Arnhem. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Redcoat Publishing Newtownards 2002. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs and maps a number full-page in the text; brown cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The culmination of over ten years' research this fine study tells the story of around 300 men who served in or with 1 Airborne during WWII. Useful detail on the formation of the division North Africa. Italy and Sicily but naturally the bulk of the work is devoted to Arnhem. 'The Cauldron' is dealt with on a day-by-day basis with helpful maps and many excellent contemporary and modern photographs. An essential addition to all British airborne and Arnhem collections. Redcoat Publishing, [Newtownards], hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 17166
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PIGGOTT Juliet
Famous Regiments. Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. Introduction by Lt. General Sir Brian Horrocks. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Leo Cooper 1975. 8vo. First Edition with numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks Leo Cooper, hardcover
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GLUBB John Bagot
A Soldier with the Arabs. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Hodder & Stoughton 1957. 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. Bright copy of the personal story of Glubb Pasha. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
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FITZGERALD Michael
Storm-Troopers of Satan. An Occult History of the Second World War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Hale 1990. 8vo. First Edition; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver red endpapers a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Hale, hardcover
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BAZNA Elyesa
I Was Cicero. In collaboration with Hans Nogly. Translated by Eric Mosbacher.
Andre Deutsch 1962. 8vo. First English Edition with 10 plates on 8 some very faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter very lightly age-browned and rubbed at extremities. First published in Germany in the previous year this is the now well-known story of one of WWII's most unlikely and successful spies. A valet at the British Embassy in Ankara Bazna passed much secret information to the Germans and lived to tell the tale. Scarce in this condition. Enser p.108. Andre Deutsch, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 17522
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RAWICZ Slavomir
The Long Walk. Second Impression. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Constable 1956. 8vo. Second Impression with 2 full-page maps in the text page-edges browning; blue cloth a bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. Published in the same month as the first edition. The harrowing account of a young Polish officer's captivity under the Russians and his eventual break for freedom from Siberia across the Gobi to Tibet. Constable, hardcover
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GILES John
Flanders Then and Now. The Ypres Salient and Passchendaele. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
After the Battle 2001. 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. After the Battle, hardcover
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RICHMOND, Sir Herbert
War Pictures by British Artists. War at Sea with Blitz with R.A.F with Army. Series I complete. COMPLETE FIRST SERIES IN FULL MOROCCO
Oxford University Press 1942. 4 works in 1 vol. sm. 8vo. First Edition with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text three volumes with neat signatures on front free endpapers; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top ALL ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case a most attractive volume ideal as a gift or for presentation. No.1: War at Sea; No. 2: Blitz; No. 3: R.A.F.; No. 4: Army. Complete set of the first series with fine reproductions of paintings drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period including among many others Ardizzone Bawden Bone Kennington Moore Nash Piper Ravilious Rothenstein Spencer Sutherland Topolski and Worsley. A second series dealing primarily with the Home Front was published separately in the following year. UNCOMMON AS A SET AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Eads A43 recording H. E. Bates' introduction to 'RAF'. Oxford University Press, hardcover
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PIGGOTT Major-General Francis
Broken Thread. An Autobiography. With Preface by Field-Marshal the Lord Milne of Salonika and Rubislaw and Foreword by Lord Hankey.
Gale & Polden Aldershot 1950. 8vo. First Edition with a portrait frontispiece 90 plates on 32 and 3 full-page illustrations and 4 maps one full-page in the text some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth gilt gilt back small stain at lower margin of upper board else a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter moderately age-soiled and frayed with minor loss at upper edge of front panel. Piggott was a mainstay of Britain's relations with Japan for over a quarter of a century; his classic and detailed autobiography covers the progress of Anglo-Japanese diplomacy from the 1880s to WWII. The many fascinating photographs are largely from the author's private collection and therefore otherwise unpublished; they include valuable early studies of Japanese diplomatic and military groups and personalities later pre-eminent in WWII. SCARCE Gale & Polden, Aldershot, hardcover
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PLATT JRI J R I
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Prince of Wales's Own 1907-1967. WITH THE REGIMENT'S PRESENTATION SLIP
Garnstone Press 1972. 8vo. First Edition with a coloured frontispiece 53 monochromes plates on 32 and 7 maps 2 double-page in the text; regimental green cloth crest blocked in gilt on upper board gilt back yellow endpapers a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the regiment's presentation slip loosely inserted. The frontispiece shows the battle honours in colour. The Royal Wiltshire is Britain's oldest yeomanry regiment. Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe p.240. Garnstone Press, hardcover
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GRAHAM H
The Annals of the Yeomanry Cavalry of Wiltshire. Vol. II only. Being a Complete History of the Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment from 1893 to 1908. BRIGHT FRESH COPY
Geo Simpson Devizes 1908. 8vo. First Edition with a portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present 4 plates 3 portraits and 3 plates of sketch maps; regimental blue cloth upper board blocked in gilt and white and lettered in black gilt back black endpapers a very good bright fresh clean copy. The first volume 1886 concerns the period 1794 to 1886. Two thirds of this volume covers the service in the Boer War of 1st 2nd and 63rd companies of Imperial Yeomanry. All were sponsored by the Royal Wilts through the 63rd was raised in South Africa. Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe p.240; White p 174. Geo Simpson, Devizes, hardcover
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CHERRY Niall
Tunisian Tales. The 1st Parachute Brigade in North Africa 1942-43. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Helion Solihull 2011. 8vo. First Edition with illustrated and printed titles numerous photographs and 2 full-page maps in the text and 8 coloured maps; original green cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 627. Helion, [Solihull], hardcover
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AUBREY-FLETCHER Major H L
A History of the Foot Guards to 1856. NEAR FINE COPY
Constable 1927. 8vo. First Edition with 44 full-page maps in the text and 6 folding maps on japon a number coloured in outline at end; original navy blue cloth upper board blocked in gilt with the period badge of the Household Division gilt top uncut a near fine copy. A STANDARD REFERENCE AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe p.2; White p.41. Constable, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 18167
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MIKSCHE FO F O
Is Bombing Decisive A Study in the Organisation and Tactical Employment of Modern Air Fleets. WALTER CRONKITE'S COPY IN WWII
Allen & Unwin 1943. Sm. 8vo. First Edition; original yellow boards printed in black blue cloth back with printed paper label a very good bright clean copy in unclipped pictorial dustwrapper the latter wanting about one sixth of rear panel. WALTER CRONKITE'S COPY WITH HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The signature reads 'Walter Cronkite United Press' in blue ink. There is an additional signature in pencil on front paste-down. Cronkite joined United Press in 1937 after a year as sports announcer only his second job in broadcasting at KCMO in Kansas City Missouri. This switch from national to international status was effectively the birth of an American legend for Cronkite went on to become one of the best-known and most respected American reporters of WWII. After covering the North African theatre he turned his attention to Europe where he was one of eight journalists selected by USAAF to accompany B-17 bombing raids over Germany. During MARKET GARDEN he landed by glider with 101st Airborne and subsequently covered the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes. His extended post-war career as anchorman with CBS created an American icon. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF HIS BROADCASTING CAREER. THE WORK ITSELF IS SCARCE; THIS COPY IS VERY POSSIBLY UNIQUE. Allen & Unwin, hardcover
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BENSON Stella
Hope Against Hope and other Stories. EDITION LIMITED TO 670 SIGNED COPIES
Macmillan 1931. 8vo. First Edition. on laid paper; original marbled boards ivory buckram back lettered in gilt gilt top uncut a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 670 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Macmillan, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 18336
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HILLS RJT R J T
Famous Regiments. The Life Guards. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Leo Cooper 1971. 8vo. First Edition with numerous illustrations in the text some light offseetting to free endpapers; red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe p5. Leo Cooper, hardcover
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WOOD Herbert Fairlie
Famous Regiments. The King's Own Royal Rifle Corps. The 60th Regiment of Foot. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Leo Cooper 1967. 8vo. First Edition with numerous illustrations in the text; grey cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned at edges. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe p.337 Leo Cooper, hardcover
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10TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Illustrated Review of Company A 87th Infantry. Second Lieut. George E Weber Commanding. Camp Funston Fort Riley Kansas.
Walsworth Brothers Marcelline MO 1953. 4to. Sole Edition with very numerous portraits and illustrations a number in colour in the text and pictorial endpapers; regimental cloth a very good clean copy. Profusely illustrated review of staff headquarters personnel and activities. Includes a summary history of 10th Division. Uncommon; distribution was restricted to officers enlisted personnel and families [Walsworth Brothers, Marcelline MO, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3977
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RIDDELL Brig-Gen E
The Cambridgeshires 1914 to 1918. With an Introduction by Major G.B. Bowes. SOUND WORKING COPY
Printed for The Cambridgeshire Regiment by Bowes & Bowes Cambridge 1934. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with a frontispiece 13 plates on 7 and 3 folding maps endpapers heavily damp-marked; regimental cloth blocked in black with gilt crest gilt back covers heavily damp-marked but still a good sound working copy of a scarce unit history. Sold from an institution with neat stamp on title and traces of label on front paste-down. The introduction includes a short account of the Cambridgeshire RVC 1860-1914 and there is a brief note on the VTC. An exemplary record of the TA in action during WWI. Sutcliffe p.89; White p.180. Printed for The Cambridgeshire Regiment by Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge, hardcover
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FFRENCH-BLAKE RLV R L V
Famous Regiments. The 17th/21st Lancers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Hamish Hamilton 1968. 8vo. First Edition with illustrations in the text; grey cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the series 'Famous Regiments' edited by Lt.-Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe p. 101. Hamish Hamilton, hardcover
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ANGLESEY Marquess of
A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Leo Cooper 1973-1997. 8 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous plates illustrations in the text and maps throughout; cloth gilt backs a near fine set in the dustwrapper. VOLUMES ONE TO FOUR ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLES. Vol. 1: 1816-1850 1973; Vol. 2: 1851-1871 1975; Vol. 3: 1872-1898 1982; Vol. 4: 1899-1913 1986; Vol. 5: 1914-1919 Egypt Palestine & Syria 1994; Vol. 6: 1917-1918 Mesopotamia 1995; Vol. 7: Curragh Incident & Western Front 1914 1996; Vol. 8: Western Front 1915-1918; Epilogue 1919-1939 1997. Anglesey's monumental work now unlikely ever to be surpassed is the defiinitive history of the final phase of the British cavalry. Leo Cooper, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 2930
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RETALLACK John
Famous Regiments. The Welsh Guards. With a Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales Colonel Welsh Guards. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Warne 1981. 8vo. First Edition with 16 plates; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the concise 'Famous Regiments' series. Sutcliffe p.16. Warne, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5705
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TRUESDALE David
Brotherhood of the Cauldron. Irishmen in the 1st Airborne Division from North Africa to Arnhem. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Redcoat Publishing Newtownards 2002. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs and maps a number full-page in the text; cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The culmination of over ten years' research this fine study tells the story of around 300 men who served in or with 1 Airborne during WWII. Useful detail on the formation of the division North Africa. Italy and Sicily but naturally the bulk of the work is devoted to Arnhem. 'The Cauldron' is dealt with on a day-by-day basis with helpful maps and many excellent contemporary and modern photographs. An essential addition to all British airborne and Arnhem collections. Redcoat Publishing, [Newtownards], hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6612
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ROYAL FUSILIERS
The Royal Fusiliers in an Outline of Military History 1685-1938. Third Edition.
Gale & Polden Aldershot 1938. Roy. 8vo. Best Edition with a coloured portrait frontispiece 15 fine coloured plates including one of badge one of colours and 5 of uniform 2 plates toned in sepia and several illustrations and a full-page map in the text; regimental cloth badge blocked in gilt on upper board covers lightly marked else a very good clean copy. The first and second editions appeared in 1926 and 1932 repectively. Sutcliffe p.61; White p.58. Gale & Polden, Aldershot, hardcover
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JESSE F Tennyson
London Front. Letters written to America August 1939-July 1940. With Answers from Marion Balderston S.N. Behrman Carl and Sonia Hovey Grace Hubble and Alexander Woollcott. BRIGHT FIRM COPY
Constable 1940. 8vo. First Edition endpapers lightly spotted; oatmeal cloth a very good clean copy of a scarce work. Constable, hardcover
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BRANDER AMichael A M
Famous Regiments. The Royal Scots The Royal Regiment. Introduction by General Sir Peter Hunt. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Leo Cooper 1976. 8vo. First Edition with 15 plates on 8; green cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe p.21. Leo Cooper, hardcover
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RUST W
Britons in Spain. The History of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
Lawrence and Wishart 1939. 8vo. First Edition second impression with 18 plates and 6 maps fore-edges lightly browned; original cloth upper hinge weak but quite sound backstrip lightly faded else a very good copy of a very scarce work. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION TO ARCHIE BASSETT ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER Lawrence and Wishart, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 1933
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BRYANT Arthur
Jackets of Green. A Study of the History Philosophy and Character of the Rifle Brigade. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Collins 1972. 8vo. First Edition with 4 double-page coloured plates 13 monochrome plates on 12 illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original regimental green cloth with crest blocked in silver on upper board gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collins, hardcover
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The History of the Old 2/4th City of London Battalion The London Regiment of Fusiliers.
Westminster Press 1919. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with a portrait frontispiece 41 plates on 16 and 3 folding maps some light soiling throughout; original regimental cloth battalion badge in gilt on upper board gilt back covers moderately age-marked else a good sound copy. Includes register of officers and personnel. This territorial battalion served in Malta Alexandria Mudros Gallipoli October 1915-January 1916 and Rouen. It was disbanded in June 1916 and replaced by 3/4th battalion which then took its name. SCARCE. Sutcliffe p.62; White p.201 Westminster Press, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5707
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MEREDITH JLJ J L J
The Story of the Seventh Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry Prince Albert's. Collected and told by Captain J.L.J. Meredith. Designs and Illustrations by L.R. Stokes. A SCARCE SURVIVAL
Privately Printed Germany Hanover 1945. 4to. First and Sole Edition with several illustrations one full-page in the text and a folding map free endpapers lightly spotted; original boards printed coloured label incorporating battalion divisional and army crests mounted on upper board; cloth back boards mildly scuffed and age-marked backstrip lightly frayed at head and tail else a very good clean copy of a scarce unit history. With the printed exclusion slip 'This book is for the Somerset Light Infantry for the men of the Seventh Battalion and for their next-of-kin. It is not for public sale' bound in facing half-title. Includes ROH commanders and commanding officers officers and warrant officers and decoration and awards with extracts from citations. The battalion formed part of 214 Infantry Brigade in Thomas's renowned 43rd Wessex Division. As part of Horrocks' 30 Corps the division captured Mount Picon the key to Normandy forced the crossing of the Seine took part in Operation GARDEN were the first British troops to fight in Germany and turned the tide in the Reichswald enabling the Allies to close with the Rhine. IN THIS CONDITION A SCARCE SURVIVAL. Sutcliffe p.96; White p.66. [Privately Printed, Germany (Hanover?), hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5528
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SWINTON ED E D
Over my Shoulder. The Autobiography of Major-General Sir Ernest D Swinton. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
George Ronald Oxford 1951. 8vo. First Edition with a portrait frontispiece 13 plates and illustrations in the text; decorative green cloth gilt gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Perhaps most widely known as the originator of the tank Swinton was not only a remarkable soldier but a successful author and diplomat. His autobiography completed and published just after his death provides a vivid description of a period long since passed away including his service as an Irregular in the South Africa War and his diplomatic missions to the US after WWI. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. George Ronald, Oxford, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 7660
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LANGLEY Michael
Famous Regiments. The Loyal Regiment North Lancashire. The 47th and 81st Regiments of Foot. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Leo Cooper 1976. 8vo. First Edition with numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe p.287. Leo Cooper, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 7701
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BRANDER Michael
Famous Regiments. The 10th Royal Hussars Prince of Wales's Own. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Leo Cooper 1969. 8vo. First Edition with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with small scuff-mark not affecting illustration on front panel. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe p. 68. Leo Cooper, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8173
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WARD CHD C H D
History of the 53rd Welsh Division T.F. 1914-1918.
Western Mail Cardiff 1927. 4to. First Edition on laid paper with a portrait frontispiece divisional sign on title 29 plates on 17 5 maps in the text and 4 large folding maps on japon neat signature member of the Middlesex Regiment on front free endpaper some mild spotting mainly marginal and fore-edges; original divisional pebble-grained cloth divisional insignia blocked in gilt and blind on upper board gilt back patterned endpapers backstrip frayed at head and tail covers unevenly sunned rather more so at backstrip else a very good firm copy. Includes OOB embarkation postings of battalions corps and divisional orders the five battalions in France and roll of officers commanding. The division served at Gallipoli and under Allenby in Egypt Palestine and Sinai. Five battalions served in France. SCARCE IN ANY CONDITION. Enser p.61. Western Mail, Cardiff, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8412
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Historical Records of the First Regiment of Militia; or Third West York Light Infantry.
Richard Bentley 1876. 8vo. First Edition with a fine coloured frontispiece and 7 plates tinted in sepia; original regimental green cloth boards with double blind frame borders upper board blocked in gilt with regimental crest uncut neatly rebacked with original backstrip gilt laid down original endpapers preserved a very good clean firm copy. With errata leaf at end. The coloured frontispiece depicts the colours; the plates include two of uniform and two of regiment badges. Extensive appendices detail succession of officers alphabetical roll of officers bases annual enrolled strengths 1758-1875 and much other information. Includes records of First West York Supplementary Regiment from 1797-1799. In 1881 the unit was redesignated 3 Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Sutcliffe p.360; White p.156. Richard Bentley, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8710
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