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THE SOURCE BOOK OF THE R.A.F.
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1327222
Published by Airlife. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dealing comprehensively with all abbreviations used in primary sources and giving an in-depth guide to the RAF Order of Battle. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 308 pages. ISBN: 1853104515. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers are very slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

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STALINISM AND THE SOVIET-FINNISH WAR, 1939-40
Written by Malcolm L.G. Spencer.
Stock no. 1327219
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Crisis Management, Censorship and Control. St. Antony's Series. Red pictorial boards. 229 pages. A physical Print On Demand book printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 9783319946467. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine.

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FIRST WORLD WAR GRAVES AND MEMORIALS IN GWENT VOLUME 1
Written by Ray Westlake.
Stock no. 1327168
Published by Wharncliffe Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

War graves and monuments commemorating those who served and those who fell during the Great War 1914-1918. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871647789. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased.

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A DISTANT DRUM
Written by Captain J. Pereira.
Stock no. 1327147
Published by S.R. Publishers Ltd.. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

War memories of the Intelligence Officer of the 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 1944-45, a dedication to the Coldstreamers of the past, present and future. Originally published in 1948. 213 pages. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photo frontis of Captain Ian Liddell. ISBN: 0854097570. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is lightly browned.

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CHIPMUNKS AROUND THE WORLD: A ROYAL AIR FORCE EXPEDITIONARY FLIGHT
Written by Tony Cowan; Ced Hughes; Bill Purchase.
Stock no. 1327137
Published by Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. The cicumnavigation of the northeren hemisphere across Russia, North America and the North Atlantic. Colour photos. Limited to 1000 numbered casebound copies. ISBN: 1899808310. SIGNED by Cowan, Hughes and Purchase on book plate to front free-endpaper. This is copy no. 94. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and faded.

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THE DOUBLE-CROSS SYSTEM IN THE WAR OF 1939 TO 1945
Written by J.C. Masterman; M.R.D. Foot.
Stock no. 1327077
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by M.R.D. Foot. German agents serving the Allied cause. Dark blue spine, gilt title. B/w pictorial front cover. B/w photos. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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THE GURKHAS 200 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CROWN
Written by J.C. Lawrence.
Stock no. 1327052
Published by Uniform Press Ltd. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Gurkha service to the British crown. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. 244 pages. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781910500026. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly grubby.

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THEY WERE EXPENDABLE
Written by W.L. White.
Stock no. 1827640
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st UK 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The accounts of four survivors of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Small format. Spine lightly faded and gilt title dull. Text block browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby, browned, worn at corners with slight loss.

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BLOODY VERRIERES: THE I. SS-PANZERKORPS' DEFENCE OF THE VERRIERES-BOURGUEBUS RIDGES VOLUME I
Written by Arthur W. Gullachsen.
Stock no. 1827638
Published by Casemate Publishers. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operations Goodwood and Atlantic, 18-22 July 1944. The first of a two-volume set, a period of five days is examined to illustrate the attritional warfare of the Normandy campaign and cataclysmic battlefield collision of two armies, Panzergruppe West and the British Second Army, practicing entirely different operational doctrines. Black paper boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781636240022. Pale grubby mark to vertical edge of text block else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top edge.

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TOTAL DETAIL: SD KFZ 250/1 ALT VOLUME 1 'GD' LIVING HISTORY
Written by Richard Stone.
Stock no. 1327038
Published by Total Detail Publications Ltd. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Over 250 b/w photos and over 450 colour photos. See in and around the vehicle in a way that has not been possible before... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 311 pages. ISBN: 1904900003. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

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BRITISH OFFICERS' PEAK CAPS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Olivier C. Dorrell.
Stock no. 1327030
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An encylopedic introduction to British Officer's peak caps, exploring the caps' history and giving key introduction and alteration dates. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 176 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780764345784. Slight wear to corners of covers and a small brown spot to top edge of textblock else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly worn at corners, small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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WIND, SAND AND STARS
Written by Antoine De Saint-Exupery; Cecil Lewis. Illustrated by Linda Kitson.
Stock no. 1827515
Published by Folio Society. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Striking blue, black and silver decorated cloth. B/w illustrations. The author's experiences as a pilot in the first world war. Introduced by Cecil Lewis. Top edge blue. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuff marks (shelf wear).

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