WW2 History Book - With The Eighth (Army) In Italy - Leonard Melling
Paperback, 159pp, Publish date not given but paper is typical yellow post war austerity paper. A good tight copy with the owners name to inside page otherwise in good condition. A biography of the author's service mainly from the fall of Rome in 1943 onwards, but the earlier parts concern the exploits of an infantryman with the 56th (London) Division when serving with the 5th Army (appears t... read more
5.00 GBP
Specialist Reference Book - Military Insignia of Cornwall - Ivall & Thomas (1974)
A4, Card Covers, 69 pages, in good second hand condition, some sun fade to spine, all pages intact, no damage or annotations. Profusely illustrated with black and white drawings of Cornish military insignia. Long out of print. Please excuse the shadows from taking photos at night, I usually photograph books during day light hours.
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WW2 - A Short History of 21 Army Group by Hugh Darby and Marcus Cunliffe
First Edition 1949: Paperback, photographic covers, 120 x 185 mm., 400g., 147 pp., illustrated without with folding pull-out maps and bw. photographs. Some damage to spine and creases and fading to covers and browning to the paper, otherwise a clean tight copy of this impressive work, especially the many fold out maps.
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10.00 GBP
Fairclough, J.E.B. "The First Birmingham Battalion in the Great War" (Cornish Brothers Ltd) (1933)
An original hardbacked copy of this rare Pals Battalion History of the 14th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, published in 1933. 210pp. Includes Roll of Honour and a number of black and white photographic images of the Battalion in the Great War. Scarce.
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London Illustrated News Magazine for the Week of January 25th1902
No 3275 Vol CXX - A complete uncut bound weekly edition, large format. A dramatic front cover of Boer bitter-enders fleeing from the gunfire of an armoured train. The rest concerns itself pretty much with the new King and his Queen, EDVII and Alexandra, attending the State Opening of Parliament. Includes lots of interesting adverts and articles as well as having its 4 page supplement. In go... read more
20.00 GBP
Home Guard Training Manal - Reprint from 1940 original
A modern but faithful looking reprint of the 1940 original, in as new condition but slightly aged on covers to make it look more authentic. Pocket sized, 9 black and white plates. Useful for the historian and re-enactor alike.
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3.50 GBP
The Silver Bugle - Journal of the Light Infantry - Autumn 1992
Paper covers, 170 pages and quite heavy, good clean condition with minor wear to spine end. Old news and current. read more
5.00 GBP
Specialist Book Osprey No 16 - Britsh Tommy 1914 - 1918, Weapons, Armour, Tactics - Martin Pegler & Mike Chappell
In very good condition, second hand but a good clean copy. Card covers, 64pp, with a number of informative colour plates and black and white copy photos.
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8.00 GBP
Comrades In Captivity; a (WW1) record of life in seven German prison camps - Famous English Poet and Officer in the 5th Glosters
A rare hardcover first edition first published in 1920 by London, Sidgwick and Jackson. Octavo, 319 pages with 8 illustrations (by C.E.B. Bernard), several sketches, a map and a plan. Light grey cloth lightly rubbed and creased, two pages with some foxing marks (see photo of the illustration of Milkwaukee Bill"), otherwise a very good copy.
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65.00 GBP
Blandford Colour Series - Army Badges and Insignia of WW2 Book 2/ Volume 2 - Specialist Hardback Book - Guido Rosignoli
In good second hand condition complete with dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with colour illustrations, with explanatory notes for each item. Minor wear to jacket otherwise a good, clean tight copy with no damaged pages or annotations. 198pp. Indexed.
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5.00 GBP