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19778vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE, AND BY HORROCKS ON HALF-TITLE VERSO. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.326.
19768vo., 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.
19678vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. Darroch & Taylor 1129; Sutcliffe, p.71.
19688vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND HORROCKS ON TITLE. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.359.
19568vo., First Edition, with a fine portrait frontispiece, 11 plates on 8, 7 full-page maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth, regimental badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The 2 and 1/7 Bns landed in Normandy; 1 Bn served in India and Burma; 2 Bn fought across North-West Europe. Includes index of officers and men, and separate index of places and events. Sutcliffe, p.53; White, p.57.
20108vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Written by an acknowledged airborne forces historian, this is the first major biography of the legendary airborne forces commander. Hill led 1 Para in North Africa, 9 Para, 3 Parachute Brigade (D-Day, Merville Battery, Rhine Crossing) and 1 Parachute Brigade.
19808vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece,8 full-page maps, 13 large folding maps and pictorial endpapers; original regimental cloth, badges blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small nick at front panel and unevenly faded at rear panel. A presentation copy from the author with his long signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper verso. The 98th served in France, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Holland; the 144th served in Africa, Sudan, Abyssinia, Eritrea, Egypt, Libya, Cyrenaica, Persia, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Notable actions include Alamein, the Sangro, Cassino, Gothic Line, Keren, Tobruk, CRUSADER and Gazala. Includes ROH, honours and awards, glossary and bibliography. Scarce, especially in this condition. Not recorded by Enser.
20038vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Smith p.78, 80; Sutcliffe, p.126.
20008vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith, p.85; Sutcliffe, p.127.
19914to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the King’s Own from its formation as the 2nd Tangier Regiment in 1680 to its amalgamation with the Border Regiment in 1959. Sutcliffe, p.42.
2009Roy. 4to., Second Revised Edition, with illustrated title, 4 full-page coloured maps and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded edition of the splendid pictorial history based on a huge compilation of photographs from public and private records. First published in 1994, this is the book which began the 'new wave' of Arnhem unit photographic documentaries. 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. This edition includes more than 135 new photographs, minor corrections, additions to the Battalion ROH and detailed additions to the Battalion roll. Sutcliffe, p.293 (recording the first edition of 1994)
19708vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-browned dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.183.
19698vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND HORROCKS ON TITLE. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.341.
19728vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; 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.42
20108vo., 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.
19678vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE AND BY HORROCKS FOLLOWING HIS SERIES INTRODUCTION. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.30.
20118vo., Second Edition, with 16 coloured and 80 plates in monochrome; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the scarce original edition of 1950. Enser, p.85; Sutcliffe, p.140 (both recording the first edition)
19728vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND HORROCKS ON TITLE. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.196.
19768vo., First Edition, with 18 plates on 8; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE AND BY HORROCKS ON HALF-TITLE VERSO. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.287.
19718vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series, edited by Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.207.
20108vo., First Edition, with 37 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Astonishingly, the first biography of 'Boy' Browning. Mead throws fresh light on the failure at Arnhem, and details Browning's close post-war relationship with the Royal family. In the light of Buckingham's recent critical assessment Browning comes off here very lightly.
20108vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Astonishingly, the first biography of 'Boy' Browning. Mead throws fresh light on the failure at Arnhem, and details Browning's close post-war relationship with the Royal family. In the light of Buckingham's recent critical assessment Browning comes off here very lightly.
19698vo., 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.89.
19688vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise Famous Regiments series edited by Lt.-Gen. Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.300
19688vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND HORROCKS ON TITLE. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.300.
