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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY 1816-1919 VOLUME 8: THE WESTERN FRONT, 1915-1918; EPILOGUE, 1919-1939
Written by The Marquess Of Anglesey.
Stock no. 1826871
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and maps. xxv and 397 pages including index. ISBN: 0850524679. Lower corners of boards lightly bumped. Top edge of text block is browned. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, alittle grubby and previous bookseller's barcode label to rear panel.

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OPERATIONS OF EIGHTH CORPS: ACCOUNT OF OPERATIONS FROM NORMANDY TO THE RIVER RHINE
Written by G.S. Jackson.
Stock no. 1826805
Published by St. Clements Press, Ltd.. 1st 1948. Good condition.

The part 8 Corps played in the invasion of Normandy. Light blue/grey cloth boards, red titles. 3 colour survey maps in pocket at rear of book. Cloth boards browned at edges and spine, base of spine worn. Small knock to vertical edge of boards. Name in ink to front pastedown. What looks like a browned damps stain running vertically at edges (margins) of prelims. A few margin marks to contents but generally clean. All colour maps present and in good condition.

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THE RIFLE BRIGADE CHRONICLE FOR 1934
Written by H.G. Parkyn.
Stock no. 1826614
Published by The Rifle Brigade Club And Association. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Forty-Fifth Year. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. Spine lightly browned and lightly rubbed at edges. Front endpaper missing. Joints starting to crack but binding firm. Some foxing present mainly to prelims, text block and gutter edges.

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FOCUS ON COURAGE: THE 59 VICTORIA CROSSES OF THE ROYAL GREEN JACKETS
Written by Christopher Wallace; R.D. Cassidy.
Stock no. 1826606
Published by The Royal Green Jackets Museum Trust. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An authoritative record and account of the extraordinary acts of bravery of the 59 Regimental recipients of the Victoria Cross, including photographs and biographical information. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine and regimental vignette to front. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0954937015. SIGNED by author Christopher Wallace to title page (no dedication). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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AN ARMY OF TRIBES: BRITISH ARMY COHESION, DEVIANCY AND MURDER IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Written by Edward Burke.
Stock no. 1826442
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

A study of Operation Banner, the British Army's campaign in Northern Ireland. Black pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781786941039. Light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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BLOOD, STEEL AND MYTH THE II. ZZ-PANZER-KORPS AND THE ROAD TO PROCHOROWKA, JULY 1943
Written by George M. Nipe.
Stock no. 1826250
Published by Rzm Publishing. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, silver titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780974838946. A nice copy.

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ZERO HOUR Z DAY 1ST JULY 1916: XIII CORPS OPERATIONS BETWEEN MARICOURT & MAMETZ
Written by Jonathan Porter.
Stock no. 1826160
Published by Jonathan Porter. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of XIII Corps and the successful assaults by 30th and 18th Divisions as the only Coprs to achieve all of its objectives for Z Day. Large heavy format. Brown paper boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and colour illustrations & maps. ISBN: 9780995691100. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). A few 'spots' to top edge of text block else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, lightly scuffed, and a few minor marks.

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MAILED FIST: 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION AT WAR, 1940-1945
Written by Ken Ford.
Stock no. 1825795
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Eyewitness accounts, Unit war diaries, and unpublished sources combine to provide a first history of the British 6th Armoured Division. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750935154. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, slightly scuffed to rear panel and has a tiny nick in surface paper to lower spine edge of front panel.

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NO TRIUMPHANT PROCESSION: THE FORGOTTEN BATTLES OF APRIL 1945
Written by John Russell.
Stock no. 1825674
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

April 1945: with World War Two in its final stages, for many the war was already over. But for the Brisith Second Army, the fighting continued. This book tells the story of those last weeks of war, of battles that history has all but forgotten as the British Second Army advanced from the Rhine to the River Aller. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 1854092340. Pictorial dustwrapper has very light scuff marks to rear panel else a lovely copy.

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THE RISE AND ASCENT OF "NUMBER TWO PLATOON"
Written by Harold Jager.
Stock no. 1824404
Published by Daily Post. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

"A" Company, 17th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Home Guard). Cloth spine, red paper boards with title to front board. B/w photos. 52 pages including names and addresses. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. Boards unevenly faded. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. Biro 'x's to list at end.

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THE THIRTY-FOURTH DIVISION 1915-1919
Written by Lt Col. Shakespear.
Stock no. 1824304
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, chequer board vignette to spine and front board. B/w photos and folding maps. Boards lightly unevenly faed with a few light marks. Frontis has been inserted next to contents page and tissue guard is missing. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots.

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NAVY & ARMY ILLUSTRATED VOL. I & II
Written by Charles N. Robinson.
Stock no. 1824289
Published by Hudson & Kearns; George Newnes Limited. 1985. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Black calf leather spine & corners, dark green textured cloth boards with gilt title to front. No title to spine. From volume I Friday December 20th 1985 through to volume II Friday 11th December 1896, complete in one volume. B/w photos throughout. Leather spine rubbed and scuffed, boards scuffed and worn at lower edges. New endpapers. Some pages not bound in (but present). Some title pages have loss/tape marks. Tape repair to width of page 139 now yellowed with age. A few margin marks and tears.

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