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A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR 1940-1945 VOLUME THREE: TUNISIA AND THE END IN AFRICA NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943
Written by Christopher Shores; Giovani Massimello; Russell Guest; Frank Olynyk; Winfried Bock.
Stock no. 1825996
Published by Grub Street.
1st
2016.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The background to the first major Anglo-American venture - Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. Green pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 680 pages. ISBN: 9781910690000. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased with a few minor marks to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- TUNISIA
- AFRICA
A HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR 1940-1945 VOLUME ONE: NORTH AFRICA JUNE 1940 - JANUARY 1942
Written by Christopher Shores; Giovani Massimello; Russell Guest.
Stock no. 1825698
Published by Grub Street.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Light brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781908117076. A few minor marks to vertical edge of text block.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Harry Johnston.
Illustrated by Harry Johnston; et al..
Stock no. 1825648
Published by Hutchinson & Co..
1st
1904.
Very good condition.
An attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley and between the first degree of South latitude and the fifth degree of North latitude. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour plates, maps and numerous b/w illustrations. A very heavy set. Both volumes rubbed and scuffed to boards, top & tail of spines worn. Text block a little grubby. Name in ink to half-title pages. All colour plates & maps present. Some hinges lightly pulled. Rear joint of volume 2 is cracked exposing cloth beneath but is still quite firm.
THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR
Written by John Laband; Ian Knight.
Stock no. 1825552
Published by Bramley Books.
1st thus
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An account exploring the war as it appeared to the professional and amateur war correspondents who covered it in extraordinary depth in both the British and Colonial press. Glazed pcitorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1858337321. Text block slightly grubby. Otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased at top of spine and rear panel, rear panel lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- MILITARY
ZULU THE TRUTH BEHIND THE FILM
Written by Paul Raby.
Stock no. 1324748
Published by Paul Raby.
Circa
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Follow the dialogue of the film and read personal notes and quotes from the defenders, together with the historical facts about this famous battle. Cardwraps. 103 pages. ISBN: 9780956430106. Light rubbing to cover edges. Publication details missing (printing error? it doesn't look like there are any actual pages missing).
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- FILM
- ZULU
BWANA DRUM
Written by Dennis Holman.
Stock no. 2140313
Published by W.H. Allen.
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. The author hunted, arrested and killed Mau Mau extremists. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks; some foxing.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AFRICA
- KENYA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
BRINGING AFRICA TOGETHER
No author listed.
Stock no. 2138586
Published by Ethiopian Airlines.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. The Story of Ethiopian Airlines. Colour and b/w photos. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapepr is edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AFRICA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
THE STORY OF THE ZULU CAMPAIGN
Written by Waller Ashe; E.V. Wyatt-Edgell.
Stock no. 2138556
Published by N. & S. Press.
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Ango-Zulu War Series. Introduction by John Laband. Brown covers with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0620142502. Page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- MILITARY
FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY
Written by Rodney Ashwood.
Stock no. 2138406
Published by Serendipity.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Zulu war diary of Lieutenant Wilfred Heaton 24th Regiment of Foot 1879. B/w maps. ISBN: 1843941635. SIGNED by author to title page. Wrapper spine is faded.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- MILITARY
SISTER JANET NURSE AND HEROINE OF THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR
Written by Brian Best; Katie Stossel.
Stock no. 2138334
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
In an age when convention dictated otherwise, Janet Wells (or Sister Janest as she became known) embarked on two perilous ventures. She was only 18 years old when decorated for her nursing service durin gthe 1878 Balkan War. Undeterred by the experience, the following year, she became the only nurse to serve at the front during the Anglo-Zulu War. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781844154258.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- NURSING
- MILITARY
THE CURLING LETTERS OF THE ZULU WAR
Written by Brian Best; Adrian Greaves.
Stock no. 2138135
Published by Leo Cooper.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
'There Was an Awful Slaughter'. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850528496. Light foxing/browning to outer page edges and a few to endpapers. Wrapper has creased front flap.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
ZULU FRONTIERSMAN
Written by C.G. Dennison; Ron Lock; Peter Quantrill.
Stock no. 2138132
Published by Frontline Books.
1st thus
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Originally published in 1904 in abridged form, this is the author's riveting memoirs that have been reworked by Lock and Quantrill. This new edition reinstates many details missing from the previous account, including his life growing up on the frontier; the early wars in southern Africa and crucially, his experiences during the Anglo-Zulu wars. ISBN: 9781848325180.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- BOER WAR
- BIOGRAPHY