Catalogue
"THE CONQUEST OF NORTH AFRICA PREPARED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS AND FIRST-HAND REPORTS"
Illustr: Publ: BURKE PUBLISHING
Where: When: 0
Condition - book: - jacket: No D/W. 78
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . NO DATE OF PUBLICATION, BUT PRESUMABLY LATE WW2 OR JUST POST WAR. INSERT FAIR TO GOOD. WELL ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. SOFT COVERS VERY WORN, RUBBED AND GRUBBY. PIECES MISSING FROM SPINE. CORNERS CREASED. COVERS MAKE THIS LOOK TATTY. NO D/W. REDUCED POSTAGE IN UK.
Book no: 7976
Price: £ 3.50
"SWAHILI FOR EUROPEAN TROOPS"
Illustr: Publ: GOVERNMENT OF DAR ES SALA
Where: When: 1941
Condition - book: GOOD+
- jacket: No D/W. 30
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: STAPLED BOOKLET
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . SMALL SWAHILI DICTIONARY OF USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES, SUCH AS "WE SHALL BUY THIS OX FOR FORTY SHILLINGS
Book no: 15747
Price: £ 15.00
"ACTIVE SERVICE WITH AUSTRALIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST"
Illustr: Publ: THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT O
Where: When: 1941
Condition - book: GOOD
- jacket: NO D/W. 129
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . INSERT GOOD TO VERY GOOD. THE COVERS ARE UNEVENLY FADED ON REAR. CORNERS TURNED IN A BIT. LIGHT EDGEWEAR. NO D/W.
Book no: 12950
Price: £ 14.50
"A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT."
Illustr: Publ: RAF REGIMENT FUND
Where: When: 1971
Condition - book: Good
- jacket: No D/W. 70
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: SECOND EDITION
. Inscription: . INSERT VERY GOOD. BLUE COVERS FADED DOWN SPINE. CORNERS TURNED IN. SOME EDGEWEAR. A FEW PAGES HAVE PENCIL ANNOTATIONS. NO D/W
Book no: 7440
Price: £ 12.99
ADAIR R "BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY NORTH AFRICA 1940-43"
Illustr: Publ: ARMS AND ARMOUR PRESS
Where: UK
When: 1974
Condition - book: Very Good
- jacket: None/Card Covers. 32
pages. Binding: CARD
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . KEY UNIFORM GUIDES 3. A GOOD STUDY OF THE DRESS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE DESERT RATS. INCLUDES SOME COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
Book no: 7299
Price: £ 6.00
ANON "A SHORT HISTORY OF THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION. JUNE 1943 - JULY 1945"
Illustr: Publ: Where: When: 0
Condition - book: - jacket: No D/W. 0
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . NO DATE OF PUBLICATION OR PUBLISHER. PRINTED BY PRINTING AND STATIONERY SERVICE, BRITISH ARMY OF THE RHINE. 171 PAGES AND POCKET WITH 10 SHEETS OF MAPS AT REAR. END PAPERS BROWNED . SOME UNDERLINING IN RED PENCIL ON ABOUT 20 PAGES. OTHERWISE INTERNALLY GOOD. OWNER'S NAME IN INK ON FRONT END PAPER. GREY HARD BOARDS. TORN AT TOP OF SPINE. WEAR ON EDGES AND CORNERS. SPINE FADED.
Book no: 16141
Price: £ 9.75
BADMAN. P "NORTH AFRICA AT WAR 1940-1942. THE DESERT WAR. ( AUSTRALIANS AT WAR)"
Illustr: Publ: TIME LIFE
Where: When: 1988
Condition - book: GOOD TO VG
- jacket: Fair. 168
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: 0949118192
. Edition: . Inscription: . HARDBACK. GOOD TO VG BOOK IN A FAIR DUSTWRAPPER. THE D/W IS FADED ON THE SPINE. WORN ON TOP EDGE. WEIGHS 1KG UNWRAPPED.
Book no: 16216
Price: £ 12.99
BAHMANYAR M "DARBY'S RANGERS 1942 -45, Osprey Warrior No 69"
Illustr: Publ: OSPREY
Where: Uk
When: 2003
Condition - book: Fine/ New
- jacket: None/Card Covers. 64
pages. Binding: Card Cover
, Type: . ISBN: 1-84176-627-5
. Edition: . Inscription: . A SUPERB STUDY WITH DETAILED TEXT & 10 PAGES OF COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS, NUMEROUS BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED.
Book no: 4476
Price: £ 6.50
BAKER E "PATTLE Supreme Fighter in the Air "
Illustr: Publ: WILLIAM KIMBER
Where: Uk
When: 1965
Condition - book: GOOD
- jacket: GOOD. 207
pages. Binding: , Type: HARDBACK
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . OUTER EDGE OF PAGES DUST STAINED. LIGHT WEAR TO EDGES OF DUST JACKET. CONTENTS GOOD.PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME PLATE ON BLANK END PAPER.. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS.
Book no: 16408
Price: £ 18.50
BARCLAY. C. N "AGAINST GREAT ODDS"
Illustr: Publ: SIFTON PRAED
Where: When: 1955
Condition - book: - jacket: . 112
pages. Binding: Hardback EX LIBRARY
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . EX LIBRARY COPY. USUAL STAMPS. FRONT END PAPER MISSING. PAGES FAIR . THE BINDING IS A LIBRARY SPECIAL- PINK GEOMETRIC SWILRS, BONDED TO THE BOOK. LIBRARY NUMBER SELLOTAPED ON SPINE.
Book no: 7035
Price: £ 8.99
BARCLAY. C. N "AGAINST GREAT ODDS"
Illustr: Publ: SIFTON PRAED
Where: When: 1955
Condition - book: FAIR
- jacket: FAIR. 112
pages. Binding: HARDBACK
, Type: Ex PRIVATE LIBRARY
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . EX PRINCE CONSORT'S LIBRARY- STAMP ON HALF TITLE PAGE. PAGES A LITTLE SOILED ON EDGES BUT TEXT CLEAN. SOME WATERMARKING ON THE FOLD OUT MAPS AT THE END OF THE BOOK. D/W IS CHIPPED AND WORN ON EDGES. TEARS AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF FRONT AND REAR FLAP EDGES. 3 CM TEAR ON BOTTOM FRONT OF SPINE. SMALL HOLE RUBBED IN FRONT OF SPINE. REAR OF D/W GRUBBY. SMALL HOLE RUBBED IN REAR OF D/W.
Book no: 8831
Price: £ 14.00
BARKER. A. J. "AFRIKA CORPS"
Illustr: Publ: BISON BOOKS
Where: When: 1978
Condition - book: GOOD
- jacket: Good. 192
pages. Binding: , Type: HARDBACK
. ISBN: 0 86124 0006
. Edition: . Inscription: . EXCELLENT ACCOUNT OF THIS ELITE FIGHTING FORCE. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED. BIT OF WEAR TO TOP EDGE OF D/W. TOP OF BLOCK A BIT DUSTY.
Book no: 430
Price: £ 6.00
BARKER. A.J. "THE CIVILIZING MISSION"
Illustr: Publ: Cassell
Where: When: 1968
Condition - book: Good
- jacket: Good. 353
pages. Binding: , Type: HARDBACK
. ISBN: 304 932019
. Edition: FIRST
. Inscription: . THE ITALIAN- ETHIOPIAN WAR 1935-6. SUPERB STUDY WITH 12 MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. SLIGHT STAINING AT EXTREME EDGES OF PAGES. D/W RUBBED AT EDGES.
Book no: 431
Price: £ 14.50
BARTLETT. D. A. "NURSE IN WAR"
Illustr: Publ: MacMILLAN
Where: When: 1961
Condition - book: READING COPY.
- jacket: No D/W. 265
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: Ex LIBRARY
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . THE AUTHOR SAW SERVICE IN DAMASCUS, BAGHDAD, KIRKUK, PALESTINE AND NORTH AFRICA IN WW2. EX LIBRARY COPY. USUAL STAMPS. FRONT END PAPER MISSING. FRONT PASTEDOWN SCUFFED BY ITS REMOVAL. LIBRARY PLATE AND LENDING POCKET INSIDE FRONT COVER. PAGES BROWNED ON EDGES. SOME STAINS/GREASE SPOTS IN THE MARGINS, BUT ALL READABLE. LIBRARY BINDING WITH LAMINATED GEOMETRIC PATTERN. NO D/W. LIBRARY NUMBER SELLOTAPED TO SPINE. OK AS A READING COPY.
Book no: 15527
Price: £ 13.00
Battistelli P "ROMMEL'S AFRIKA KORPS Tobruk to El Alamein "
Illustr: Publ: OSPREY
Where: Uk
When: 2006
Condition - book: Fine / New
- jacket: No D/W. 96
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: 1841769010
. Edition: . Inscription: . Battle orders No 20. A well constructed guide and order of battle. Illustrated.
Book no: 13213
Price: £ 8.92
BIRKBY. C "UNCLE GEORGE. THE BOER BOYHOOD, LETTERS AND BATTLES OF LIEUT-GENERAL GEORGE EDWIN BRINK"
Illustr: Publ: JONATHAN BALL
Where: When: 1987
Condition - book: Good+
- jacket: Good+. 282
pages. Binding: , Type: HARDBACK
. ISBN: 0 86850 1395
. Edition: . Inscription: . MESSAGE FROM GIVER TO RECIPIENT IN INK ON FRONT END PAPER. SPINE LEANS SLIGHTLY. D/W HAS LIGHT CREASING ON TOP EDGE.
Book no: 5860
Price: £ 8.99
BLUMENSON. M "ROMMEL'S LAST VICTORY. THE BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS"
Illustr: Publ: GEORGE ALLEN AND UNWIN
Where: When: 1968
Condition - book: READING COPY.
- jacket: . 341
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: Ex LIBRARY
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . WELL USED EX LIBRARY COPY. USUAL STAMPS. LENDING RECORD ON FRONT END PAPER. LENDING POCKET INSIDE FRONT COVER. EDGE OF BLOCK SOILED THROUGH USE BUT THE OPEN PAGES ARE FAIRLY CLEAN. D/W IS IN A CLEAR PROTECTIVE WRAP AND SELLOTAPED TO THE BOOK ON THE FLAPS. THE SELLOTAPE HAS BROWNED AND LEFT MARKS ON THE OPPOSING END PAPERS. D/W IS CREASED AND WORN INSIDE THE WRAP. LIBRARY NUMBER SELLOTAPED ON TO SPINE.
Book no: 14474
Price: £ 4.49
BONNER R "The Ardwick Boys Went to Malta "
Illustr: Publ: FLEUR DE LYS
Where: Uk
When: 1992
Condition - book: NEW / FINE
- jacket: NO D/W. 139
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: 1873907002
. Edition: . Inscription: . A BRITISH TERRITORIAL BATTALION DURING THE SIEGE 1940-1943. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS.
Book no: 16268
Price: £ 6.99
BOWYER. C "Men of the Desert Air Force "
Illustr: Publ: WILLIAM KIMBER
Where: Uk
When: 1984
Condition - book: Very Good
- jacket: VERY GOOD. 256
pages. Binding: , Type: HARDBACK
. ISBN: 0 7183 05396
. Edition: . Inscription: . A TIDY COPY WITH PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME PLATE ON BLANK END PAPER.. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS.
Book no: 16397
Price: £ 11.99
Brayley M "THE BRITISH ARMY 1939-45 (2) Middle East & Mediterranean "
Illustr: CHAPPELL M.
Publ: OSPREY
Where: Uk
When: 2002
Condition - book: Fine / New
- jacket: None/Card Covers. 48
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: 9781841762371
. Edition: . Inscription: . A GOOD STUDY WITH 8 PAGES OF COLOUR UNIFORM PLATES.
Book no: 14075
Price: £ 18.99
Brayley M "THE BRITISH ARMY 1939-45 (2) Middle East & Mediterranean "
Illustr: CHAPPELL M.
Publ: OSPREY
Where: Uk
When: 2002
Condition - book: VERY GOOD
- jacket: None/Card Covers. 48
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: 9781841762371
. Edition: . Inscription: . A GOOD STUDY WITH 8 PAGES OF COLOUR UNIFORM PLATES. THIS IS A NEW BOOK WITH SLIGHT YELLOWING OF CARD COVERS. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS.
Book no: 16794
Price: £ 14.99
BRETT-JAMES. A "REPORT MY SIGNALS"
Illustr: Publ: HENNEL LOCKE
Where: When: 1948
Condition - book: - jacket: . 352
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: 2ND IMPRESSION.
. Inscription: . WAR MEMOIRS OF A SIGNALS OFFICER WITH THE 5TH INDIAN DIVISION. EL ALAMEIN TO RANGOON. TOP OF BLOCK DUST STAINED. END PAPERS AND PAGES TOWARDS EITHER END LIGHTLY FOXED, MAJORITY GOOD FOR AGE. HARD COVERS DISCOLOURED AND GRUBBY ROUND THE EDGES. D/W TORN AND MISSING SEVERAL PIECES- HELD TOGETHER IN A CLEAR WRAP, BUT POOR REALLY.
Book no: 9363
Price: £ 8.99
BREUER. W. B "OPERATION TORCH. THE ALLIED GAMBLE TO INVADE NORTH AFRICA"
Illustr: Publ: ST MARTINS
Where: When: 1985
Condition - book: Good
- jacket: ALMOST GOOD. 272
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: 0 312 58685 X
. Edition: FIRST
. Inscription: . THE GAMBLE OF THE INVASION OF FRENCH N W AFRICA IN 1942. 8 MAPS AND 2 PHOTO SECTIONS. LIGHT STAIN ON THE EDGE OF BLOCK PAGES 223 - 272.. D/ W CREASED ON TOP EDGE WITH SEVERAL SMALL REPAIRED TEARS. BOTTOM EDGE OF SPINE OF D/W CHIPPED.
Book no: 9069
Price: £ 8.50
BROOKS.S ( EDITOR) "MONTGOMERY AND THE EIGHTH ARMY."
Illustr: Publ: BODLEY HEAD FOR THE ARMY
Where: Uk
When: 1991
Condition - book: Good
- jacket: Good++. 418
pages. Binding: Hard Back
, Type: . ISBN: 0-370-31723 8
. Edition: . Inscription: . PAGES BROWNED ON EDGES, BUT OTHERWISE VG. D/W A BIT FADED ON SPINE.
Book no: 12579
Price: £ 6.99
Brown J "Retreat to Victory "
Illustr: Publ: Ashanti
Where: South Africa
When: 1991
Condition - book: Very Good
- jacket: Very Good. 301
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: 1874800243
. Edition: . Inscription: . Posted from the UK in a protective card wrap.
Book no: 14703
Price: £ 25.00
CARUANA. J "THE BATTLE OF GRAND HARBOUR"
Illustr: Publ: WISE OWL
Where: When: 2004
Condition - book: Very Good
- jacket: NO D/W. 63
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: . ISBN: 99932 32 53 X
. Edition: . Inscription: . MALTA SUFFERED ONE DIRECT NAVAL ATTACK DURING WW2. THIS WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE ITALIAN 10TH MTB FLOTILLA ON 26 JULY 1941.
Book no: 10238
Price: £ 16.99
CARVER. R. M. P. "A SHORT HISTORY OF THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION. OCTOBER 1938 TO MAY 1943"
Illustr: Publ: Where: When: 1943
Condition - book: - jacket: No D/W. 43
pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS
, Type: STAPLED BOOKLET
. ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . NO PUBLISHER STATED. PRINTED BY PRINTING AND STATIONERY SERVICE. M.E.F. 3 FOLD OUT MAPS AT REAR. THE MAPS ARE SPOTTED. PAGES ARE A BIT BROWNED AND SPOTTED- PROBABLY WARTIME ECONOMY PAPER. THE TEXT IS EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED IN INK. COVERS BROWNED AND SPOTTED. NAME AND REGIMENT IN INK ON FRONT COVER. REAR COVER CREASED. GENERAL EDGE AND CORNERWEAR. SCANS AVAILABLE. SCARCE COPY OF THE EARLIER WW2 CAMPAIGNS.
Book no: 16294
Price: £ 23.50
CHEETAM. A "UBIQUE"
Illustr: Publ: FRESHFIELD
Where: When: 1987
Condition - book: Very Good
- jacket: No D/W. 225
pages. Binding: , Type: PAPERBACK
. ISBN: 0 951 2853 00
. Edition: . Inscription: . THE EXPERIENCES OF A GUNNER IN N. AFRICA AND ITALY. NUMEROUS MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Book no: 433
Price: £ 9.00
CLARK. A "ALMOST A HERO"
Illustr: Publ: LIBRARIO
Where: When: 2002
Condition - book: VERY GOOD
- jacket: No D/W. 281
pages. Binding: Soft Cover
, Type: . ISBN: 1 904440 05 3
. Edition: . Inscription: . ONE MAN'S STORY- A ROYAL MARINE CAPTURED ON CRETE AND CONSIGNED TO A POW CAMP FOR THE REST OF THE WAR.
Book no: 10631
Price: £ 7.64
CLARKE. D "THE ELEVENTH AT WAR, BEING THE STORY OF THE XITH HUSSARS ( PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN) THROUGH THE YEARS 1934-1945"
Illustr: Publ: MICHAEL JOSEPH
Where: When: 1952
Condition - book: Good
- jacket: No D/W. 504
pages. Binding: Hardback
, Type: . ISBN: . Edition: . Inscription: . TOP AND EDGE OF BLOCK TANNED. MESSAGE IN INK ON HALF TITLE PAGE. LAST FEW PAGES ARE CREASED IN THE MARGIN. OTHERWISE THE INSERT IS GOOD. MAROON HARD BOARDS HAVE GILT CREST ON THE FRONT. GENERAL EDGE AND CORNERWEAR. FRONT HINGE CRACKED ON TOP INCH. SCANS AVAILBLE.
Book no: 16142
Price: £ 57.50
"FASHION MODE 1500-1954" Illustr: Publ: L'AVENTURINE- where: - when: 2003Condition - book: NEW- jacket: No D/W. 237pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS, Type: . ISBN: 2914199341. Edition: . Inscription: . Book no: 13317Price: £ 10.50
COOK J "Early Anglo-Saxon Buckets: A Corpus of Copper Alloy and Iron-bound, Stave-built Vessels" Illustr: Publ: OUSA - where: Uk- when: 2004Condition - book: FINE / NEW- jacket: NONE ISSUED. 128pages. Binding: HARD COVERS, Type: . ISBN: 094781664X. Edition: . Inscription: . NEW HARD BACK BOOK IN LAMINATED PICTORIAL BOARDS. POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS.Book no: 16904Price: £ 33.00
Heathcote T "The Afghan Wars " Illustr: Publ: SPELLMOUNT- where: Uk- when: 2007Condition - book: NEAR FINE- jacket: None / Card Covers. 218pages. Binding: SOFT COVERS, Type: SOFT COVERS. ISBN: 9781862274082. Edition: . Inscription: . A detailed history of the Afghan wars 1839-1919. Illustrated .Book no: 11658Price: £ 7.50
STRICKLAND. M. AND HARDY. R "THE GREAT WARBOW. FROM HASTINGS TO THE MARY ROSE." Illustr: Publ: SUTTON- where: - when: 2005Condition - book: NEW- jacket: VERY GOOD. 538pages. Binding: Hardback, Type: . ISBN: 0 7509 3167 1. Edition: . Inscription: . A SUPERB BOOK. FROM THE SHORT BOW TO THE LONGBOW AND THE CROSSBOW. NORMAN TO TUDOR. VERY HEAVY. PLEASE CHECK POSTAGE OPTIONS WITH US . THIS IS A NEW BOOK WITH SLIGHT EDGE WEAR TO THE DUST JACKET.Book no: 10111Price: £ 49.00