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Hannibal's War.
Peddie, John, Sutton Pub Ltd, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750913363. 232 pages. 1.1Kg. 4to. Red cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE slightly edge-rubbed d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings. Instead of the destruction of Rome, The author argues that Hannibal's real aim was the re-conquest of Sicily.
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Henry VIII and the Development of Coastal Defence (Ancient monuments and historic buildings).
Dept.of Environment, Her Majesty's Stationery Office , 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0116707771. 44 pages, 140g. Oblong format soft card covers with 'Ring' mark to front, Near FINE with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings detailing the advances in coastal defence during the reign of Henry Viii.
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Hermann Goering - Hitler Paladin or Puppet?.
Paul, Wolfgang, Arms and Armour Press, 1998. First UK edition. ISBN: 1854094297. 286 pages. 750g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. The story of how Hermann Goering initially enjoyed the power and glory within the Nazi Party, but how eventually he became disenchanted and even hid away while Germany lost the war. Illustrated with b/w plates.
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Heroes for Victoria.
Walton, John; Duncan, John, Spellmount, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946771383. 192 pages. 1.0Kg. Green coloured cloth boards with a light bump to bottom fore-edge, o/w FINE in a FINE d/w. British Empire maps to end-papers, Supported by carefully-chosen illustrations and maps, and set against the social and political background of the times, this book throws fresh light on the astonishing achievements of a great nation in the full flood of its imperial power.
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£4.50
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The History Of World War II - Volume 2.
E Bauer , Orbis Publishing, 1983. 1st Thus. ISBN: . 90 pages, 460g. Soft card covers (4to) rather rubbed and creased, Very good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, includes large fold-out poster with WWII uniforms.
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The Hutchinson Atlas of Battle Plans - Before and After.
Holmes. Richard [ Editor ], Helicon Publishing, 1998. . ISBN: 1859862411. 237 pages. 730g. 4to. Contrasts battle plans with their actual outcome, from the Romans to the Second World War, featuring 18 battles illustrated with 36 maps. Red cloth boards. Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w
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An Illustrated Guide to - Modern Tanks and Fighting Vehicles.
Bill Gunston, Salamander Books, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0861010574. 160 pages, 310g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings.
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An Illustrated Record of the Development of the British Armoured Fighting Vehicle - Tanks 1940-1946, The Second World War with supplement..
, Royal Armoured Corps Tank Museum, 1967. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 36 pages, 70g. Stapled soft card covers with corners folded, but contents tight and clean, Near Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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An Illustrated Record of the Development of the British Armoured Fighting Vehicle - Tanks of Other Nations.
, Royal Armoured Corps Tank Museum, 1964. revised. ISBN: . 80 pages, 125g. Stapled soft card covers with contents tight and clean, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Imperial War Museum Book of the First World War - A Great Conflict Recalled in Previously Unpublished Letters, Diaries and Memoirs.
Brown, Malcolm., Book Club Associates / Sidgewick & Jackson, 1991. Book Club. ISBN: . 288 pages. 4to. 1.1Kg. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs.
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The Intelligence And Deception Of The D-Day Landings.
Jock Haswell, Batsford, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780713421224. 208 pages, 510g. Maroon cloth boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w with sunning to spine. Illustrated with maps and b/w photographs.
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Jane's Armour and Artillery Upgrades 1997-98 .
Chris Foss, Janes Information Group, 1997. 10th Edition. ISBN: 0710615434. 566 pages, 2.02kg. Pictorial glazed boards, internally DOAE/Ground Team in ink to rear paste-down, Near FINE. Illustrated with the usual b/w photographs and drawings plus adverts. Owing to the weight extra shiping overseas will be required.
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Jane's Dictionary of Military Terms..
Hayward, P.H.C. (Compiler), Book Club Assiciates, 1975. Book Club. ISBN: . 201 pages, 415g. Maroon cloth boards with slight age browning and spotting to prelims, Near FINE in a Good Only d/w which is worn and scuffed to top of slightly faded spine. An easy to use source of English military trems that are recognised throughout Nato.
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Knights of the Black Cross - Hitler's Panzerwaffe and Its Leaders.
Perrett, Bryan, Robert Hale, 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0709028067. 266 pages. 8vo. 750g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE with contents tight and clean in a Very Good slightly edge-rubbed d/w with sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w plates and maps. A well researched account of the story of the German Armoured Corps, covering this band of soldiers, the evolution of their tactics, and the development of their fighting vehicles.
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The Korean War (Pan Grand Strategy).
Max, Sir Hastings, Pan Books, 2000. Reprint. ISBN: 0330392883. 486 pages, 370g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The author draws on first-hand accounts of those who fought on both sides to produce this vivid and incisive reassessment of the Korean War, bringing the military and human dimensions of the conflict into sharp focus
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Kursk - The Greatest Tank Battle, 1943.
Barbier, M K, Ian Allan Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711028680. 176 pages. 1.04 Kg. Pictorial laminated Boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. An authoritative account of the greatest armoured battle of the Second World War.
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Letters from Two World Wars.
Sanger, Ernest, Alan Sutton, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750902949. 228 pages. 700g. brown cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A collection of extracts from letters which together give a narrative of events during both world wars.
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Military Badge Collecting.
Gaylor, John, Leo Cooper, 1996. New and Revised 6th Edition. ISBN: 0850525241. 294 pages, 620g. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w drawings.
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Military Errors of World War Two (Cassell Military Paperbacks).
Kenneth Macksey, Cassell, 2007. 1st Paperback Edition reprinted. ISBN: 0304350834. 252 pages, 255g. Soft card covers with a little age toning to top edge, FINE. Illustrated wioth b/w photographs.
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Military Mavericks: Extraordinary Men of Battle.
Rooney, David, Cassell, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0304353167. 251 pages. 650g. black cloth boards with slight foxing to page edges o/w Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w plates and maps.
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Mountbatten - Eighty Years in Pictures.
Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Macmillan Pub Co, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0333265580. 224 pages, 805g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with small repaired tear to base of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Mountbatten: Hero of Our Time.
Richard Hough, Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0297778056. 290 pages, 710g. Maroon cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Mounted Troops of the British Army..
Rogers, H. C. B., Seeley Service & Co., 1967. New Edition. ISBN: . 256 pages, 760g/ Red cloth boards FINE, in a chipped and worn price-clipped d/w now in clear removable wrap. Near Very Good. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates and detailed drawings,making this ideal for the military modeller or war gamer.
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Napoleon - The Last Campaigns, 1813-15.
Lawford, James and Peter Young. , Sampson Low, 1977. . ISBN: 0562000658. 160 pages. 1.05Kg. Folio. The story of Napoleon's war of survival after Moscow, his victories, defeats and final overthrow on the field of Waterloo. Illustrated in colour and b/w including maps. Tan cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE Slightly edge-rubbed d/w
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Napoleon on Napoleon - An Autobiography of the Emperor.
De Chair, Somerset. , Brockhampton Press , 1998. . ISBN: 1860198767. 288 pages. 4to. 1.1Kg. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a Near FINE slightly edge-rubbed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and colour plates. A account of Napoleon's life in his own words from his childhood in Corsica to his defeat at Waterloo in 1815.
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The Napoleonic Wars - An Illustrated History 1792- 1815.
Glover, Michael., book Club Associates / Batsford, 1980. Book Club. ISBN: . 232 pages. 4to. 900g. Blue cloth boards with slight sunning to top edge o/w FINE in a Near FINE price-clipped d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings & maps plus 8 pages colour plates. The author covers the greatest war in history recounting such classic battles as the Nile, Trafalgar, Austerlitz and Waterloo.
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The Nazi War Machine.
Chant, Christopher, Tiger Books International, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1855018306. 144 pages. 900g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Chapters on the German army, navy, air force and the dreaded military arm of the SS. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Nelson.
Hattersley, Roy, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0841502889. 223 pages. 900g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE lightly edge-rubbed d/w. Fully illustrated in b/w and some colour.
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Nelson : A Personal History.
Hibbert, Christopher, Viking Press, 1994. Reprint. ISBN: 0670843423. 472 pages. 1 Kg. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good chipped and edge-rubbed d/w. Based on a wide variety of manuscript and printed sources, this volume contains much fascinating material, published here for the first time.
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The Nelson Companion.
White. Colin. (Editor), Bramley Books, 1997. . ISBN: 1858337658. 228 pages. 900g. Pictorial laminated boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. with light creasing to edges. Complemented by a gazetteer and chronology, together with over 100 illustrations and 8 pages of colour plates, this is an indispensable guide to this enduringly fascinating subject.
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A New Guide to the Battlefields of Northern France and the Low Countries..
Glover, Michael., Michael Joseph, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0718127366. 240 pages, 820g. Black cloth boards FINE in a NEar FINE d/w slightly rubbed to corners. Illustrated with b/w photographs and location maps.
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The New State of War and Peace : An International Atlas - A Full Colour Survey of Arsenals, Armies and Alliances Throughout the World.
Kidron, Michael & Dan Smith, Grafton Books, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 024613867X. 127 pages. 560g. Red cloth boards, FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with colour maps. Looks at current conflicts throughout the world, first published as the 'War Atlas' in 1983 and now republished with new content.
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No Passing Glory: The Full and Authentic Biography of Group Captain Cheshire .
Boyle, Andrew, Collins , 1955. 3rd Impression. ISBN: . 384 pages, 540g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very good d/w with sun darkened spine.
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The Observer's Fighting Vehicles Directory, World War II.
Bart H Vanderveen, Frederick Warne, 1969. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0723210349. 340 pages, 540g. Brown cloth boards a little sun darkened. Very Good but No Dust Wrapper. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Operation Avalanche; The Salerno Landings, 1943.
Des & Smith, Gus Hickey, Heinemann, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0434334200. 379 pages, 760g. Red cloth boards with previous owners name in ink to top of free end-paper, so Very Good in a Very Good d/w with sunning to spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Personal Account of the Gulf War.
Peter Delabilliere, HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0002551381. 348 pages, 835g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Desert Storm was a war fought with weapons of a sophistication beyond anything previously seen in battle. This is a chronicle of war from the allied nerve centre, and the portrait of an exceptional commander in action.
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Plain Soldiering - a History of the Armed Forces on Salisbury Plain.
James. N.D.G., Hobnob Press, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0946418039. xix + 268 pages. 960g. Red cloth boards with light bump to top corners, FINE in a Near FINE d/w with 2 small repaired tears and light crease along top edge. Illustrated with b/w plates and drawings Now becoming a difficult title to find.
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Raj - A Scrapbook of British India 1877-1947.
Allen, Charles, Andre Deutsch, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0233969217. 142 pages. 780g. 4to. A portrait of life in the great years in India of the British Raj. Illustrated with photographs and drawings in sepia-tone. Brown cloth boards. Near FINE with contents tight and clean in a V.G. lightly edge-rubbed price-clipped d/w
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Reflections of Guernsey: Further Memories of Guernsey's War and Freedom Through the Years 1940 to 1993 (from the Author of "A Child's War").
Molly Bihet, Published by the author, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780951061916. 154 pages, 210g. Soft card covers Near FINE. SIGNED by the author to title page. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Regiments and Corps of the British Army..
Hallows, Ian S., New Orchard, 1994. Reprint. ISBN: 1858912377. 320 pages, 515g. Pictorial laminated boards Near MINT in a Near FINE d/w with small repaired tear to rear top corner. A reference book that enables the reader to look in detail at the battles and campaigns of the British Army, their regimental anniversaries and their battlehonours.
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Rommel Battles and Campaigns.
Kenneth Macksey, Book Club Assiciates, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0176007415. 224 pages, 785g. Olive cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps.
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The Roots of counterinsurgency - Armies and Guerrilla Warfare, 1900 - 1945.
Beckett. Ian. F. W. (Editor), Blandford Press Ltd, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0713719222. 160 pages. 660g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good d/w with light scratches to laminate. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Many campaigns and methods of fighting, with guides, maps and appendices.
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The Royal Air Force - An Illustrated History.
Sir Michael Armitage, Book Club Assiciates, 1993. Book Club. ISBN: 1854091239. 288 pages. 1.01Kg. Blue cloth boards. Near MINT in a FINE d/w. An authoritative account of 75 years of service. Illustrated with b/w photographs plus maps.
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The Royal Navy - Ships Aircraft & Missiles.
, The Royal Navy, 1995. . ISBN: . 42 pages, 90g. Stapled soft card covers Near FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs. Prepared for the Directorate of Naval Recruiting by the Central Office of Information.
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Rules of Engagement.
Tim Collins, Headline Book Publishing, 2005. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0755313747. 406 pages, 810g. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs. Describes in graphic and thrilling detail not only Tim Collins's time in Iraq in the lead up to war and during the war itself, but looks back on a life's experience in the army. He talks for the first time about the accusations of war crimes levelled against him and reveals the truth about US behaviour during the conflict.
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safety last.
Stirling, Lt-Col W. F., Hollis and Carter, 1953. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 251 pages, 465g. Red cloth boards with a little foxing and age toning to prelims. Very Good. No d/w. Illustrated with period b/w photographs. An autobiography that reflects the British military presence around the world, just after the death of Queen Vistoria, including dealings with Lawrence of Arabia.
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The Second World War in the West.
Messenger, Charles , Cassell, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0304352241. 224 pages. 1.05Kg. Black cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, maps and drawings.
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The Sharp End of War, the Fighting Man in World War Two.
Ellis, John, Book Club Assiciates, 1980. book Club / David & Charles. ISBN: . 396 pages, 935g. Green cloth boards with slight 'slump' to page block, Very Good in a Good sun darkened d/w with repaired tears to top of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The book looks at the human experiences of the men who served during WWII, giving an understanding of what the ordinary infantryman had to endure on the front-line.
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Simkins' Soldiers, the British Army in 1980 Volume 1 - The Cavalry and the Royal Artillery with a Special on the Royal Marines .
P. S. Walton, The Victorian Military Society, 1981. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0950688517. 132 pages, 345g. Card covers (8vo) marked to rear cover only, Very Good with the contents clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w photographs and detailed colour and b/w drawings for the modeller.
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The soldier's pocket book - 1955.
Thomas, Major R. C. W., Evans Brothers , 1955. Assumed 1st Edition. ISBN: . 160 pages, 145g. Red cloth boards small pocket (12mo) sized with gilt lettering on sun darkened spine, Very good with the contents clean and tight. No d/w. Explains the organisation of the Army, Enlistment and service liability, Pay and Allowances, Officer service, Military law, Daily life in the army, foreign service, Military customs & the army as a career.
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