THE PIG WAR The Most Perfect War in History
History Press, 2009. 9780752452272. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 223, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
Military History
THE PORTRAIT OF A GENERAL A Chronicle of the Napoleonic Wars
Michael Russell, 1980. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. ix + 246, illus with coloured portrait frontispiece and b&w maps (no inscriptions). [Biography of General Sir John Colville including service in Peninsula campaigns.]. More
EMMA HAMILTON Seduction & Celebrity
Thames & Hudson, 2016. 9780500252208. 1st edn signed by author on half title. 4to. Original silver gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. 279, illus with coloured photos throughout (no other inscriptions). More
CANARIS CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE
George Mann, 1973. 0704100231. 8vo.Original silver lettered turquoise cloth (very small mark on fore edge, top edge very lightly dust stained - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (nicked at head of spine, very slightly worn at top corners - otherwise VG). Pp. 223 (previous owner's book-plate on front free endpaper). More
THE MOST IMPORTANT COUNTRY The True Story of the Suez Crisis and the Events Leading to it
Cassell, 1957. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. xi + 240, illus with 2 b&w maps (some spotting to fore-edge; no inscriptions). More
CIVIL WAR TENNESSEE Battles and Leaders
University of Tennessee Press, 1996. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. viii + 106, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions). More
M MI5'S First Spymaster
Tempus Publishing, 2004. 9780752428963. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 287, illus with b&w plates (some biro marks in margin p. 227 and previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper). More
LAST BOAT FROM BERGEN
Andrew Reid, c. 1940. 1st edn. 8vo. Original card covers (VG) in red lettered printed wrapper (rather worn at edges). Pp. 72 (pages slightly wrinkled with some damp marks; previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper), with b&w photos. More
OUTLINES FROM THE OUTPOST
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Lakeside Press, 1961. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edge gilt (small indentations on fore edge - otherwise bright VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxix + 413, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard and b&w drawings throughout (no inscriptions). More
SYMBOL SWORD AND SHIELD Defending Washington During the Civil War
Shippensburg: White Maine Publishing, 1991. 0942597249. Revised edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth (VG; top and fore-edges lightly spotted), dustwrapper (VG, in protective wrapper; price clipped). Pp. xii + 305, illus with b&w plates incl. frontispiece (no inscriptions; front and rear pastedowns and free endpapers lightly tanned). More
CAIRO IN THE WAR 1939-1945
Hamish Hamilton, 1992. 9780241132807. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (some light creasing at spine - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xiii + 370, illus with 33 b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions). More
CAIRO IN THE WAR 1939-1945
Hamish Hamilton, 1989. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered orange cloth (spotting on page edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (faded with some wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 370, illus with 33 b&w photos and maps (previous owner's neat inscription on..... More
THE TENTH (IRISH) DIVISION IN GALLIPOLI.
Herbert Jenkins, 1918. 0716525178. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (spine ends bumped and scuffed; label and white lettering on spine; page edges spotted), no dustwrapper.Fine). Pp. 272, illus with b&w frontispiece and folding map at rear (prelims spotted; ex school library with bookplate on front paste-down and..... More
SUBMARINER
Leo Cooper, 1991. 085052198X. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG). dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 239, illus with b&w plates and plans (no inscriptions; pages a little musty). More
COLOSSUS The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers
Oxford University Press, 2006. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (top edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xvi + 462, illus with b&w plates, map and diagrams (no inscriptions). More
FIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS 1530-1816
Navy Records Society, 1905. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue/white buckram cloth (boards lightly marked and endpapers and prelims spotted). Pp. xvi + 366 (ex school library with ususal stamps and markings). More
PAPERS RELATING TO THE NAVY DURING THE SPANISH WAR 1585-1587
Navy Records Society, 1898. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated navy blue/white buckram cloth (boards spotted and marked with library accession number at tail of spine). Pp. l + 363 illus with b&w frontispice with tissue guard (prelims heavily spotted; ex school library with ususal stamps and markings)... More
THE SEVEN YEARS WAR A Study In British Combined Strategy
Folio Society, 2001. Tall 8vo. Original blue pictorial cloth (near Fine), slipcase (small scratch on lower side - otherwise VG). Pp. xxiii + 674, illus with coloured plates and b&w maps (no inscriptions). More
THE RETREAT FROM MONS By One Who Shared In It
Cassell and Co., 1917. 1st edn 8th impression. 8vo. Original gilt and blind titled dark red cloth (spine sunned and lettering dulled; extrems bumped; fore-edge spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. xvi + 255, illus with b&w frontispiece and fold out map at rear (title pages spotted; no inscriptions). More
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM Commanding The Desert Rats In The Gulf War.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. 0340682450. 1st edn 1st printing signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi, 272 + illus with coloured and b&w photos and maps (no other inscriptions). More
THE MARITIME COMPENDIUM An Encyclopedia of Designs and Motifs
Conway Maritime Press, 1998. 0851777147. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tears at head of spine and fore edge of upper cover - in protective cover). Pp. 192, illus with coloured plates and b&w drawings (no inscriptions). More
WATERLOO The History of Four Days Three Armies and Three Battles
William Collins, 2014. 9780007539383. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 352, illus with b&w illus and maps and pictorial endpapers (no inscriptions). More
HITLER'S POPE The Secret History of Pius XII.
Viking, 1999. 0670876208. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xi + 430, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
WILD LIFE ON THE PLAINS And Horrors of Indian Warfare.
Arno Press & The New York Times, 1969. Facsimile of 1891 edn. 8vo. Original red lettered grey cloth (boards lightly spotted), no dustwrapper. Pp. 592, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
MUD BLOOD AND POPPYCOCK Britain and the First World War
Cassell, 2003. 9780304359554. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 431, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More