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Military: 159 books

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1. Aitken, Leslie : Massacre on the Road to Dunkirk
Northamptonshire, Patrick Stephens 1988 2nd edit.
Black cloth cover. VG+ / VG+
Ref: 629 Price: £12.50

2. Allen, Charles : Soldier Sahibs The Men Who Made the North West Frontier
London, Abacus 2001
Softback ( 5" x 8" ). Bright colour pictorial covers. No inscription. Very clean and tight. 23 b/w illustrations. A nice copy. VG
Ref: 3604 Price: £6.00


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3. Anglesey, The Marquess of F.S.A. : A History of the British Cavalry 1816- 1919 Volume 5 : 1914- 1919
London, Leo Cooper 1994 1st edition
Hardback. Bright red cloth covers with titles and decoration in gilt on spine. No inscription or name. Exceptionally clean and tight. Maps on endpapers. There are 27 maps, 47 photographs and 11 other black and white text illustrations. Attractive colour pictorial dustwrapper which has been price-clipped. Fine / VG+
Ref: 5019 Price: £40.00


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4. Anglesey, The Marquess of F.S.A. : A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919 Volume 4 : 1899-1913
London, Leo Cooper / Secker & Warburg 1986 1st edition
Hardback. Maroon cloth covers with titles in gilt on spine. Attractive small cream and brown bookplate on the inside of front cover. Very clean and tight. Maps on endpapers. There are 10 maps, 62 photographs and 16 other black and white text illustrations. Attractive colour pictorial dustwrapper, very slightly creases at top of spine. Not price-clipped. Fine / VG+
Ref: 5018 Price: £40.00


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5. Anglesey, The Marquess of F.S.A. : A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919 Volume 2: 1851-1871
London, Leo Cooper 1989
Hardback. Bright red cloth covers with titles and decoration in gilt on spine. Attractive small cream and brown bookmark on the inside of front cover. Very clean and tight. There are 15 maps, 45 photographs and 17 other black and white text illustrations throughout book. Attractive colour pictorial dustwrapper. VG+ / VG+
Ref: 5016 Price: £40.00


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6. Anglesey, The Marquess of F.S.A. : A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919 Volume 1: 1816-1850
London, Leo Cooper / Secker & Warburg 1983
Hardback. Dark red cloth covers with titles and decoration in gilt on spine. Small,attractive cream and brown bookmark on the inside of front cover. Very clean and tight. There are 17 maps, 34 photographs and numerous black and white illustrations throughout book. Attractive colour pictorial dustwrapper, not price-clipped. VG+ / VG+
Ref: 5015 Price: £40.00

7. Balfour, Michael : The Kaiser and his times
London, The Cresset Press 1964 1st
Sl. marked black cloth cover. No inscr. Twenty - seven illust's. VG
Ref: 624 Price: £7.50

8. Barr Dr Niall, Hart Dr Russell. : Panzar, The Illustrated History of The German Armour in WW11.
London, Aurum Press, 1999.
Hard back complete with d/w, pictorial glazed boards, 290mm x 220mm, 176 pages, includes over 200 previously unpublished photographs, VG+/VG.
Ref: 1945 Price: £12.00

9. Bartimeus : The Turn of the Road
London, Chatto and Windus 1946
Blue cloth cover, quite grubby and corners sl. bumped. Small book 8"x5". Very clean internally. The story of the part played by the Royal Navy in the landings in Algeria and French Morocco of combined British and U. S. forces on 8th Nov.1942 and the final destruction of the Axis forces in North Africa. Three folding maps and five diagrams. VG
Ref: 620 Price: £11.00

10. Bishop Edward. : Hurricane.
Shrewsbury, Airlife, 1986
Hard back complete with d/w, VG/VG.
Ref: 1944 Price: £10.00

11. Blunt, Wilfred : Desert Hawk
London, Methuen 1st 1947
Beige cloth cover, clean and tight. Very sl. rubbing down spine. Small mark inside front cover where label has been removed. 16 gravure plates and a map. Endpapers dec. with maps. VG
Ref: 954 Price: £17.50

12. Brereton, J.M. : A HISTORY of the 4th / 7th ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS and their predecessors 1685 - 1980
Catterick, Published by the Regiment 1982 1st edition
Heavy hardback ( 7 1/2" x 10" ). No d/w. Dark red cloth covers with silver star emblem on front cover and titles in silver on spine. Small neat bookplate (sailing ship) on inside of front cover. Very slight rubbing to ends of spine and corners. Very clean and tight. 494 pages.There are 94 illustrations, many in colour and maps and diagrams in the text. A Very Good copy.
Ref: 5357 Price: £35.00


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13. Brett-James, Antony edited by : Edward Cstello Military Memoirs The Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns
London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1967 1st edition
Hardback. Dark green cloth covers with titles in gilt on spine. 172 pages. No inscription or name. Very clean and tight. Double-page map of Spain and Portugal. Green and white pictorial d/w with crease down spine and on inside front leaf. Spine ends are chipped anda small repair at top spine. Very slightly rubbed at corners. Not price-clipped. VG+ / G
Ref: 4209 Price: £30.00

14. Buckton, Henry : Birth Of The Few
Shrewsbury, Airlife 1998 1st
16th October 1939 - RAF Spitfires win their first battle with the Luftwaffe. F / F
Ref: 822 Price: £14.50


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15. Catton, Bruce : This Hallowed Ground
London, Book Society in assoc'n with Victor Gollancz 1957
Hardback. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles on spine. No inscription. Very clean and tight. 7 full-page maps. Endpapers have navy blue maps at front and rear. Quite grubby, chipped and repaired d/w with some tiny pieces missing on edges. Not price-clipped. VG / G
Ref: 3593 Price: £10.00

16. Catton, Bruce : Mr Lincoln's Army The Army of the Potomac Trilogy
New York, Anchor 1990
Softback ( 5" x 8" ).Blue and white pictorial covers. No inscription. Very clean and tight. VG
Ref: 3605 Price: £7.00

17. Chant Christopher. : Handbook of British Regiments.
London, Routledge, 1988.
Hard back c/w dw, blue cloth boards, 240 x 160 mm, 313 pages, a very clean copy in a torn and repaired dw, VG+/G.
Ref: 1774 Price: £13.00

18. Chant Christopher. : The History of The RAF 1939-1989.
London, Chevprime, Trodd, 1990.
Hard back c/w dw, 310 x 230 mm, 183 pages, F/VG.
Ref: 1771 Price: £13.00

19. Chinnery, Philip : Desert Airforce - Davis Monthan A.F.B. Arizona
London, Airlife 1989 1st
F / F
Ref: 814 Price: £16.50

20. Chinnery, Philip : Desert Boneyard - Davis Monthan A.F.B. Arizona
London, Airlife 1987 1st
F / F
Ref: 813 Price: £16.50

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