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THE GERMAN SNIPER 1914-1945
Written by Peter R. Senich.
Stock no. 1828536
Published by Paladin Press.
1st USA
1982.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Scharfschutzen - or sharpshooter - of the German military machine during the twentieth century is a fearsome and special figure in the history of modern warfare. He was cold and nerveless while stalking his human prey. This book presents a complete photographic survey of these master snipers, and teh remarkable weapon systems they used with such deadly efficiency. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos throughout. xiv and 445 pages. ISBN: 0873642236. Minor discolouration to top of spine. Foxing to text block. Tape marks to pastedowns and dustwrapper flaps. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is rubbed at corners and worn at top & tail of spine, tape repairs to top & tail of spine and edges.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- WORLD WAR II
- NAZIS
- INFANTRY
A LANCASTER AT PEACE (PA474)
Written by R.E. Leach.
Stock no. 1828529
1st
1975.
Very good condition.
Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Spine lightly faded. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- WORLD WAR II
THE MARINE MACHINE
Written by William Mares.
Stock no. 1828523
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc..
1st
1971.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The making of the United States Marine. A vivid chronicle of ten weeks of Boot Camp as seen by a young professional photographer who once shared it. With pen and camera he followed a 75-man platoon through every aspect of basic training, a world of intense mental and physical suffering dominated by a man who is teacher-priest-guard-father-mother hen, and for the recruits, sadistic jailer - the Drill Instructor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 139 numbered pages. Boards a little marked, mainly to lower edges and spine. Text block lightly browned. Front joint pulled between front free-endpaper and half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby and scuffed, lightly worn at edges with a few minor chips.
1ST DERBYSHIRE YEOMANRY SCRPBOOK 1939-1947
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828522
1st
1947.
Very good condition.
A reminder to those who were with the Regiment during the years 1939-1946 of some of the more exciting and in some cases amusing incidents that filled those years. A collection of essays by various members. Blue cloth boards, gitl title to front, no title to spine. B/w photos, colour maps, some folding. xii and 183 pages. A few minor marks to front board. A couple of score marks to rear board and light scuffing. Minor foxing to front free-endpaper. Else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- WORLD WAR II
FIGHTER ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE
Written by Raymond F. Toliver; Trevor J. Constable.
Stock no. 1828516
Published by Aero Publishers Inc.
1st thus
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An account of Germany's greatest aces in action. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 432 pages including index. ISBN: 0816857903. Tape marks to pastedowns and dustwrapper flaps. Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few light foxspots and is lightly rubbed at corners. Musty odour to book.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
CONWAY'S ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1947-1995
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1828513
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st thus
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Single volume, revised edition covering all the world's navies from the Second World War to the present. Large format. B/w photos and line drawings. The Western Powers. ISBN: 0851776051. Boards lightly scuffed. Text block slightly grubby as are the endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly creased across top edge, lightly scuffed.
BIRDS EYE WARTIME LEICESTERSHIRE 1939-1945
Written by Terence C. Cartwright.
Stock no. 1828511
Published by T.C.C. Publications.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A synoptic view of wartime Leicestershire Maps & Luftwaffe, U.S.A.A.F. & R.A.F. Aerial photo's. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 54 pages. ISBN: 0953449718. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- EAST MIDLANDS
- LEICESTERSHIRE
- WORLD WAR II
- MILITARY
- RAF
- AIR FORCE
BRITISH AFVS 1919-40 (ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD VOLUME 2)
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1828503
Published by Profile Publications.
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
British tanks and armoured cards of the inter-war period. Black cloth spine with gilt title, yellow and black mottled boards. B/w photos and colour illustrations. viii and 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0853830010. Light browning to endpapers and text block. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a 1" closed tear to top of front panel and is a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TRANSPORT
- TANKS
ARMOUR IN PROFILE NOS. 1-24
Written by Stevenson Pugh.
Illustrated by Michael Roffe; et al..
Stock no. 1828502
Published by Profile Publications.
1st thus
1968.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
24 monographs bound in one volume. A comprehensive selection of the world's outstanding armoured fighting vehicles described, technically and in battle, and illustrated in b/w photos and colour illustrations. Red cloth spine with gilt title, black cloth boards with gilt vignette of tank to front. White pictorial dustwrapper lightly browned. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TANKS
AMERICAN AFVS OF WORLD WAR II (ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD VOLUME 4)
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1828501
Published by Profile Publications.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The development, production, and use of American AFVs from 1919 through World War II - on to the Korean War and the U.S. tanks of the 1950s. Black cloth spine with gilt title. Yellow & black mottled boards. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0853830037. Light crinkling to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TANKS
- WORLD WAR II
THE U-BOAT
Written by Eberhard Rossler.
Stock no. 1828500
Published by Arms & Armour Press.
1st UK
1981.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Large, square format. The evolution and technical history of German submarines. 384 pages. B/w photos and technical diagrams. ISBN: 0853681155. Light wear to edges of top & tail of spine. Text block grubby & browned. Tape marks to endpapers and dustwrapper flaps. Contents lightly browned else clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is strengthened to back panel, both inside and out, with tape, is browned and creased at front spine edge.
AFVS OF WORLD WAR ONE (ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF THE WORLD VOLUME ONE)
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1828497
Published by Profile Publications.
1st
1970.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Title to spine is: Armoured fighting Vehicles of World War One Volume 1. Tanks of the first holocaust called the Great War. Includes a section in colour on the uniforms of the men who fought in the Tanks. Black cloth spine, gilt title, yellow & black mottled boards. B/w photos. Base of spine lightly worn. Text block lightly foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- WORLD WAR I
- TANKS