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THE WEST RIDING TERRITORIALS IN THE GREAT WAR
Written by Laurie Magnus.
Stock no. 1329372
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 324 pages. B/w plates and diagrams. Spine and corners bumped. Some wear to lower edge of front cover. Binding is unevenly faded. Front free-endpaper is missing. Some light foxing.

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OUR HEROES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829650
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mons to the Somme August 1914 - July 1916. This book contains photographs with biographical notes of Officers of Irish Regiments and of Irish Officers of British Regiments who have fallen in action, or who have been mentioned for distinguished conduct from August 1914 to July 1916. Originally published in 1916. This is a facsimile, undated. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. 243 pages. ISBN: 0948130113. A few scuff marks to boards. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Previous owner's address label to fly leaf. Else contents clean.

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THE GREAT WAR MEDAL COLLECTORS COMPANION
Written by Howard Williamson.
Stock no. 1829648
Published by Anne Williamson. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. The definitive reference work for collectors and researchers of Great War Campaign and Gallantry Medals. Limited edition to 3,500 copies. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780952754442. Boards lightly scuffed. Previous owner's address label to top gutter edge of front endpaper. SIGNED by the author to title page. This is copy 2,245 of 3,500. Contents clean.

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THE R.N.V.R.: A RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT
Written by J. Lennox Kerr; Wilfred Granville.
Stock no. 1829640
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A lively and provocative story of how a small band of amateur volunteers grew into the major part of the world's greatest navy. Navy blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 304 pages including index. Text block lightly browned, minor foxing. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears (no loss), scuffed and a little grubby.

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GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 1914-1918: THE HOLDERS OF THE ORDEN POUR LE MERITE
Written by Alan C. Wood; Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1829632
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Orden Pour le Merite, or 'Blue Max' as it was popularly known, was the highest decoration that could be won by a member of the Imperial German Armed Forces in the First World War. 81 illustrated biographies of all the German airmen who won the award. Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 1857532317. Front spine edge of boards is grubby, small patch of surface cloth missing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and slightly marked.

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THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1829631
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This history of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers covers the period between the wars, in outline, when for most of the time it was a normal infantry regiment, and in greater detail the war years from 1939 to 1945, when it was a machine-gun regiment. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w photos. Many fold-out b/w maps. xxii and 241 pages including index. Light rubbing to base of spine and lower corners. Else boards clean and bright. Text block browned. Pink scuff marks to front endpaper. Contents generally clean, perhaps one or two minor marks. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and worn at corners with some slight loss.

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HISTORY OF THE WELSH GUARDS
Written by C.H. Dudley Ward.
Stock no. 1829619
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Welsh Guards in the first world war. Facsimile edition of the 1920 edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. B/w maps. 505 pages. ISBN: 0948130121. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is faded to spine and edge-creased across the top.

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WITH THE CARRIERS IN KOREA: THE FLEET AIR ARM STORY 1950-1953
Written by John R.P. Landsdown.
Stock no. 1829616
Published by Square One Publications. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Forty years after a war which is seen by some as a lapse of taste or good judgement, With the Carriers in Korea now presents the first true account of the part played by the Royal and Commonwealth navies in Korea. A vital reference for the survivors and families of those involved and fascinating reading for historians. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 485 pages including index. ISBN: 1872017460. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is creased and slightly grubby.

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THE PARTISANS OF EUROPE IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Kenneth Macksey.
Stock no. 1829605
Published by Granada Publishering Limited. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book takes a long, cool look at the development of partisan and guerrilla warfare throughout Europe during the Second World War. Black cloth spine with gilt title, yellow sides. B/w photos. 271 pages including index. ISBN: 0246105747. Front board a little grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed, author name to spine is faded from red to pink.

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FAIREY SWORDFISH 1934-45 (ALL MARKS) (OWNER'S WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Jim Humberstone.
Stock no. 1829591
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

An insight into the history, development, production and role of the Second World War biplane torpedo bomber. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 156 pages including index. ISBN: 9780857333629. Grubby mark to front cover produced by a label which has been removed. Else a lovely copy.

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THOSE WHO DARED: A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WORLD WAR II ALLIED ESCAPERS
Written by G.A. Brown.
Stock no. 1829590
Published by Batteline Books. 1983. Very good condition.

When a member of the armed forces is captured by an enemy in time of war, it is his personal duty to escape. This book is a list of all those Allied escapers of World War II. Large format. Pale blue cardwraps. 331 pages plus index. SIGNED by the author and compiler at base of introduction. Covers are a little grubby and faded. Corners creased. Previous owner's gold address label to top of introduction page. Text block grubby. Crease to lower corner of contents page 163-178. Contents are clean.

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HEAD-DRESS BADGES OF THE BRITISH ARMY VOLUME TWO: FROM THE END OF THE GREAT WAR 1979
Written by Arthur L. Kipling; Hugh L. King.
Stock no. 1829582
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. x and 252 pages. ISBN: 1843425130. Slight lean to spine. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed with a few faint marks.

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