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ONE MAN IN HIS TIME
Written by John Robson.
Stock no. 1326547
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The biography of David James, Laird of Torosay Castle, traveller, wartime escaper and Member of Parliment. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 240 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1862270368. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Spine slightly bumped. Some pale page browning. Dustwrapper is rubbed at spine and corners.

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THE ARNOLD SCHEME: BRITISH PILOTS, THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND THE ALLIES' DARING PLAN
Written by Gilbert S. Guinn.
Stock no. 1825827
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st UK 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The story of four thousand young Allied airmen, thousands of miles from home, who had but a short time to become trained combat pilots. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781862274464. A lovely copy.

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DIARY OF A NIGHT BOMBER PILOT IN WORLD WAR I
Written by Clive Semple; A.J. Mawby.
Stock no. 1325193
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Based upon the diary of Leslie Semple, found by his son after his death in 1971, and detailing his life between July 1917 and April 1919. Charting his life through training for the Royal Naval Air Service to his posting in France and his daring bombing raids. Edited by Wing Commander Mawby. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Over 200 b/w photos. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 9781862274525. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some slightly grubby marks to endpapers else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

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THE GUNS OF INDEPENDENCE: THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
Written by Jerome A. Greene.
Stock no. 1824432
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st UK 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781 was the single most decisive engagement of the American Revolution. This book offers a complete and balanced examination of the siege and the participants involved. The outcome marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 186227312X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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HITLER'S GAULS: THE HISTORY OF THE 33RD WAFFEN-GRENADIER DIVISION
Written by Jonathan Trigg.
Stock no. 2138358
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

3 maps. Book 1 in the Hitler's Legions Series. Der SS (Franzosische nr 1) Charlemagne. ISBN: 186227293x. Light browning to page edges and edges of wrapper.

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BERLIN DANCE OF DEATH
Written by Helmut Altner; Tony Le Tissier.
Stock no. 2138043
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. A teenager's vivid account of his experiences as a conscript during the final desperate six weeks of the Third Reich's existence. ISBN: 1862271429. Wear to spine; some browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with couple of inch repaired tear to base of spine.

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THE IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR: THE FIRST BATTALION
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 2136315
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited and compiled from the diaries and papers by Rudyard Kipling. B/w photos. ISBN: 1873376723. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of small nicks; faded to spine.

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THE RORKE'S DRIFT MEN
Written by James W. Bancroft.
Stock no. 2135383
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Heroes of the Zulu War. Red covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780752456928. Knocks along cover edges. Grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some nicks; repaired closed tear to rear panel.

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THE PENINSULAR WAR: ASPECTS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
Written by Ian Fletcher.
Stock no. 1818468
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

General Editor: Ian Fletcher. A team of distinguished historians examine some of the varied sides to this long, hard and often bloody conflict. Rec boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1873376820. Neat pencil inscription to front endpaper. Page 7/8 of text has a 3.5" closed tear affecting the text but quite readable and no loss from the bottom up and has a corner crease.

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THE M 16
Written by Jean Huon.
Stock no. 1816874
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The world's most famous assault rifle. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 1862272719. A few minor scuff marks to dustwrapper.

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OPERATION BIG BEN THE ANTI-V2 SPITFIRE MISSIONS 1944-45
Written by Craig Cabell; Graham A. Thomas.
Stock no. 1610617
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Operation Big Ben was one of the best kept secrets of the Second World War, in which clipped winged Spitfires were used to dive-bomb V2 rocket sites. ISBN: 1862273618.

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FOR KING AND COUNTRY THE LETTERS AND DIARIES OF JOHN MILLS, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, 1811-14
Written by John Mills; Ian Fletcher.
Stock no. 1806993
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Letters and Diaries of John Mills, Coldstream Guards, 1811-14. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1873376227. Top edge of text block lightly foxed.

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