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20098vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; maroon cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of a greatly under-written aspect of WWII.
19588vo., First Edition, with 48 plates on 24, and 13 full-page maps (one double-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'airborne Pegasus' emblem, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy. This classic memoir by the commander of 1 Airborne Division remains the best eye-witness account of the most poignant (and by far the most documented) airborne operation in history. Includes transcripts of the airborne corps instruction, confirmatory notes of GOC's verbal orders, glider and unit allotments and 1 Airborne Div OOB. Enser, p.36.
20008vo., First English Edition, with numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first detailed account of the eighteen chaplains serving with 1 Airborne at Arnhem and their subsequent careers. First published in Dutch in 1998 as a tribute to Kate ter Horst. A pioneer study and a valuable addition to the growing recent literature of Arnhem.
19728vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
19998vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19758vo., with photographs and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19838vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, pp.224, 239.
19358vo., Seventh Impression; red cloth, upper board and backstrip ruled and lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 6pp publishers' catalogue bound in at end. First published in 1930. Apparently not recorded by Enser.
19828vo., Second Edition, with maps in the text; grey cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in red and black, gilt back, a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1949.
19158vo., First English Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, title in red and black, 118 plates and 4 maps (2 folding; 2 full-page), title lightly browned; elegantly bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, original backstrip gilt mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as gift or for presentation. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The author, better known as the Swedish explorer of Central Asia, spent two months with the German forces in France and Belgium early in WWI. His account, although criticised strongly for its apparent partiality, is nontheless valuable for its first-hand observations of the German Army at war, from command structures through to weapons and equipment. Many of the photographs are not easily available elsewhere. Enser, p.155.
19138vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates, maps in thre text and large folding coloured map at end; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, uncut, backstrip lettering lightly faded (but wholly legible), a remarkably bright, fresh copy. With the separately printed errata slip mounted facing text, and trade ticket of Rees of London on front paste-down. The author was Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph newspaper during the Balkan War of 1912. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19108vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; elegantly bound in dark red full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, upper board latter in gilt, ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED), a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The unit became the regiment's 1st Volunteer Battalion in 1885 and its 4th Battalion (the conversion) in 1908. Includes many valuable photographs. RARE. Not recorded by Sutcliffe or White.
19638vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and coloured and monochrome plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.
19228vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and plates; free endpapers and half-title lightly browned; original red cloth, sides framed in blind, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. 'Captain Bacon may be described as a typical Territorial officer, but it must be added that he is a lucky one. He went to India at the beginning of the War, and to Palestine in early 1917 where he took part in the Third Battle of Gaza and the operations leading to the capture of Jerusalem. Then to France in 1918 for the victorious offensive' (Falls). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.258; Falls, p.178.
19798vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and coloured folding maps; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, green endpapers, a near fine copy.
19508vo., First Edition; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in red, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Grindley of Leigh-on-Sea on rear paste down. VERY SCARCE.
19842 vols., roy. 8vo., Revised Edition; original red cloth, gilt backs, a fine set.
19888vo., Second Edition, with photographs and maps in the text, and illustrated endpapers; brown cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and blue, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1947. Enser, p.30 (recording the first edition). SCARCE.
19938vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
19738vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and chipped at upper edge of front panel and head of backstrip. WITH A LONG (4pp) T.L.s FROM GENERAL WALKER LOOSELY INSERTED, AND SEVERAL ITEMS OF PRINTED EPHEMERA RELATING IN PART TO HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL ASSISTANCE ORGANISATION. Walker commanded 4/8th Gurkhas in 7th Indian Division throughout the Burma campaign. Graham & Cole, L19; not recorded by Enser
1986Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two short closed tears.
19758vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal account by a Royal Engineers officer throughout WWII. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.124.
20038vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith p.78, 80; Sutcliffe, p.126.
19918vo., First Edition thus, with plates; grey boards, black cloth back lettered in red, red endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19998vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
