BALLOONS AT WAR: GASBAGS, FLYING BOMBS & COLD WAR SECRETS
Written by John Christopher.
Stock no. 1830834
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Barrage balloons helped prevent incursions by enemy aircraft and new, ingenious uses were found for balloons, including dropping bombs, destroying enemy aircraft, espionage and other clandestine operations. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 0752429957. A lovely copy.

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BRITISH FORCES MOTORCYCLES 1925-45
Written by C.J. Orchard; S.J. Madden.
Stock no. 1830832
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

All military motorcycles of British origin known to have been tested mainly by MWEE/MEE. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. vi and 186 pages. ISBN: 0750907770. Light shelf-wear to top and tail of spine. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, lightly faded to spine, small closed tear (no loss) to one corner.

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ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT
Written by W. Stanley Moss; M.R.D. Foot; Iain Moncreiffe; Patrick Leigh Fermor.
Stock no. 1830827
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

A non-fiction partly-autobiographical book written by W. Stanley Moss, a British soldier, writer and traveller. It describes an operation in Crete during the Second World War to capture German general Heinrich Kreipe. Introduction by M.R.D. Foot, Prologue & epilogue by Iain Moncrieffe, Afterword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Dark blue pictorial cloth. B/w photos. 214 pages. Previous owner's ex-lib stamp to half-title page (very neat and unobtrusive). Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has some white marks at ends.

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SAN MARTIN: ARGENTINE SOLDIER AMERICAN HERO
Written by John Lynch.
Stock no. 1830824
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Jose de San Martin (1778-1850) was an enigmatic figure - a revolutionary and a conservative; a professional soldier and an intellectual; and a taciturn man who nevertheless was able to inspire the peoples of South America to follow his armies and accept his battle strategies. One of the great leaders in the wars for independence, he was a pivotal force in the liberation of Chile and Peru from Spanish rule. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xiv and 265 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300126433. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has previous bookseller's price-label to rear panel.

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THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (3 VOLUMES)
Written by C.V. Wedgwood.
Stock no. 1208975
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Titles are: The Trial of Charles I; The King's Peace 1637-1641; The King's War 1641-1647. Colour plates. Pictorial cloth with black title label and gilt title to spine. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little shelf-scuffed.

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THE BADGES OF KITCHENER'S ARMY - INFANTRY
Written by David Bilton.
Stock no. 1830818
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is based on thirty years of research in museums, archives and collections. An exhaustive study of the development of the battalion, brigade and divisional signs of the thirty divisions raised by Kitchener's appeal for men. Brown cloth boards, with silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. xxx and 351 pages. ISBN: 9781473833661. Light rubbing of board corners. Top edge of boards a little scuffed. A few pages have crinkling to top margin where a page marker was placed. One or two minor marks to contents. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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A HISTORY OF THE REGIMENTS & UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
Written by R. Money Barnes.
Stock no. 1830813
Published by Seeley, Service & Co.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of the British Army as a fighting machine. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. 24 colour plates. 335 pages including index. Top edge red. A few marks to rear board caused by old selotape bleeding. Light foxing/browning to text block. A few minor foxspots to prelims and endpapers. Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, a few closed tears, slight wear to surface paper at front flap edge, rear panel is a little scuffed, tape marks to verso.

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MILITIAMEN AND SAPPERS
Written by Graham Watson.
Stock no. 1830802
Published by J.H. Hooper; E.D. Smeeden; R.J. Pope. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A History of The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), the senior regiment of Britain's Reserve Army, 1539-1996. Green leatherette covers. B/w photos. 233 pages including index. ISBN: 0952810204. Top edge of text block heavily foxed. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper has laminate covering which is taped to the verso and also on the flaps - the laminate is a little scuffed/grubby.

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THE AIR WAR 1939-1945
Written by R.J. Overy.
Stock no. 1330515
Published by Europa. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A general history of the Air War 1939-45. Blue buckram cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0905118537. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased.

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TRAFALGAR: AN EYEWITNESS HISTORY
Written by Tom Pocock. Illustrated by Reginarld Piggott; J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1830660
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Edited and introduced by Tom Pocock. Colour pictorial boards. Maps to endpapers. Colour illustrations. xxii and 238 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.

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BIGGIN ON THE BUMP
Written by Bob Ogley.
Stock no. 1830490
Published by Froglets Publications. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the most famous fighter station in the world. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour photos & illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 1872337058. Reprint. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light scuffing and creasing to covers. Contents clean.

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AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES LEGENDS OF WORLD WAR 2: FEATURING THE ACCLAIMED ARTWORK OF IAIN WYLLIE
Written by Tony Holmes. Illustrated by Iain Wyllie.
Stock no. 1830442
Published by Osprey Aviation. 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Showcasing the specially commissioned cover artwork of leading aviation artist Iain Wyllie, who has produced over 30 action-packed paintings for the world's most successful aviation series of recent years, Aircraft of the Aces. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 143 pages. ISBN: 1841351679. Reprint. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at spine and front spine edge, scuffed to spine and rear panel.

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