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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.
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- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- WORLD WAR I
- TANKS
THE CANADIAN ARMY 1939-1945: AN OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SUMMARY
Written by C.P. Stacey.
Stock no. 1828496
Published by Minister Of National Defence.
1st
1948.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. Endpapers are coloured maps. Folding maps, coloured plates. 354 pages. Spine bumped at top & tail. Boards a little dulled. Text block browned. Contents clean. All maps present. Red dustwrapper is heavily edge-worn with a few closed tears and small chips, grubby to rear panel, white tape strengthens corners to verso.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- ARMY
- CANADA
ARMOUR ON WHEELS TO 1942 (OLYSLAGER AUTO LIBRARY)
Written by Bart H. Vanderveen.
Stock no. 1828494
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Armoured vehicles including scout cars, reconnaissance cars, personnel carriers, observation posts and command vehicles. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 072321848X. Board edges lightly browned. Text block lightly foxed & browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.
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- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- ARMOUR
TOWNSHEND OF KUT: A BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES TOWNSHEND
Written by A.J. Barker.
Stock no. 1828493
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1st
1967.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. Lower edge of b oards lightly rubbed. Light vertical crease to spine. Foxing to text block. Includes a relevant newspaper cutting. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded and grubby, edge-rubbed.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- BIOGRAPHY
BANZAI, YOU BASTARDS!
Written by Jack Edwards.
Stock no. 1828492
Published by Souvenir Press.
1st UK
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This book takes the lid off one of the great untold stories of World War II. Allied prisoners of war on Taiwan faced starvation, beatings, torture, slave labour. There was an additional terror on Taiwan known as the 'hell mine' of Kinkaseki where the prisoners slaved underground in conditionss of extreme danger to dig the copper ore... Black boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 028563027X. Foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- TAIWAN
- COPPER
A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE OR A VOICE FROM THE RANKS
Written by T. Gowing.
Stock no. 1828490
1896.
Very good condition.
Revised and Enlarged edition. Showing the cost of war in blood and treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the standpoint of the ranks; the indian mutiny, and some of its atrocities the Afghan campaigns of 1863. Also Sketches of the lives and deaths of Sir H. Havelock and Captain Hedley Vicars. Together with some things not generally known. Black cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w plates. xv and 585 pages. All edges gilt. Board edges rubbed, rear board a little scuffed. Front joint cracked. Belongs to box completed with contemporary signature. Some pencil annotation. Not a bad copy!
NAVAL WARGAMING: FROM ANCIENT GALLEYS TO MODERN U-BOATS
Written by Paul Hague.
Stock no. 1828485
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited.
1st
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
From the very beginnings of maritime conflict to the present day, this book provides the historical background on the ships, their weapons and their tactics. In addition, wargaming rules for each period are provided. An essential manual for the hobby. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1852601434. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Else a lovely copy.
PADDLE WARSHIPS: THE EARLIEST STEAM POWERED FIGHTING SHIPS 1815-1850
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1828482
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1993.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Conway's Ship Types series. The introduction of steam power into naval warfare in the form of paddle propulsion. Large square format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations. ISBN: 0851776167. Tiny piece of surface loss to cloth on front board. Previous owner's name label to front pastedown. A few minor marks to endpapers. Contents clean. Remains of a small label to inside front flap of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper spine faded and a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- WARSHIP
- PADDLE STEAMERS
- NAVY
- MILITARY
THE HISTORY OF THE 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION 1939-1945
Written by J.B. Salmond.
Stock no. 1828479
Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd..
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette (logo) to front cover. B/w photos. 287 pages including index. Board corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned and lightly foxed. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, chipped to top & tail of spine, scuffing to rear panel, small pin-hole to front edge of spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- WORLD WAR II
- ARMY
- INFANTRY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
20TH CENTURY DEFENCES IN BRITAIN AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE
Written by Ian Brown; David Burridge; et al.
Illustrated by Roger Thomas; Medwyn Parry.
Stock no. 1328238
Published by The Council For British Archaeology.
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Handbook of the Defence of Britain Project. Practical Handbooks in Archaeology No 12 (Revised edition). Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1872414745. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- WORLD WAR II
BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH AFVS 1940-46
Written by Duncan Crow.
Stock no. 1328234
Published by Profile Publications.
1st
1971.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Volume 3 of the Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World Series. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853830029. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased with small tear to top edge of front panel.
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- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TRANSPORT
- TANKS
THE FIGHTING TANKS FROM 1916 TO 1933
Written by Ralph E. Jones; George H. Rarey; Robert J. Icks.
Stock no. 1828478
Published by We, Inc.
1st thus
1969.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
First published in 1933 and reissued in 1969. Yellow cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. Top rear corner of board bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small closed tears (no loss), rear panel is a little scuffed and grubby.
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- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- TANKS
- HISTORY