Military History
THE PUZZLE PALACE America's National Security Agency and its Special Relationship with Britain's GCHQ
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (top edge stained - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (flaps a little tanned, small stain on lower flap - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxxiv + 465 (no inscriptions). More
TACTICS MADE EASY
Gale & Polden, 1912. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (boards a little discoloured and previous owner's neat inscription on at top edge). Pp. 118 + adverts (previous owner's pencil inscription on front endpaper). More
THE THREE WORLDS OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
Macmillan, 1964. 1st edn with the author's handwritten 1965 letter loosely inserted. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (top edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (spine faded and wear at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 553, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions)..... More
THE VAINGLORIOUS WAR 1854-56
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970. 0297002155. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth, top edge red (lightly bumped at head of spine - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xix + 348, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions)..... More
ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY The Royal Navy in the Second World War
Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (page edges and endpapers lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (some light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xviii + 1052, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions)..... More
THE SWORD-BEARERS Studies in Supreme Command in the First World War
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth top edge red (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 386, illus with b&w photos, maps and map endpapers (fore-edge and endpapers lightly spotted; previous owner's neat inscription on half title). More
RECONSTRUCTION TO REFORM Texas Politics 1876 - 1906
Southern Methodist University Press, 2000. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xx + 327, illus with b&w photos and folding maps (no inscriptions). More
CONTESTING THE NEUTRAL SPACE A Thematic Analysis of Military Humanitarianism
Land Warfare Studies Centre Commonwealth of Australia, 2010. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. 38 (no inscriptions). More
THE LIFE OF GEORGE LORD ANSON
John Murray, 1839. 1st edn. 8vo. New gilt lettered blue buckram cloth (Fine). Pp. xxxiv + 484 (new endpapers; small library stamp on edge of frontispiece and title page with some light water-stains to prelims), illus with b&w frontipiece. More
THE EVENTFUL HISTORY OF THE MUTINY AND PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF H.M.S. BOUNTY Its Causes And Consequences
Folio Society, 1977. 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (Fine), no slipcase. Pp. 261, illus with b&w plates and endpaper maps (no inscriptions). More
THE ATLANTIKWALL AS MILITARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE L'Atlantikwall Come Paesaggio di Arceologica Militare
Syracuse: Lettera Ventidue Edizioni, 2011. 9788862420419. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine in protective cover,). Pp. 207, illus with figures in text and b&w and coloured photos (no inscriptions). [English and Italian text]. More
A LORD LIEUTENANT IN WARTIME The Experiences of the Fourth Earl Fortescue during the First World War
Devon and Cornwall Record Society [&] Boydell Press, 2018. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (some wear at edges). Pp. x + 267 (no inscriptions). More
SURGEON IN THE JUNGLE WAR.
William Kimber, 1979. 0718300572. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 196, illus with b&w photos drawings and maps (no inscriptions). More
RUSSIA From the Varangians to the Bolsheviks
Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1918. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (edges rubbed and library plate on upper board). Pp. xxiv + 601, illus with folding map (inner hinges loosened; ex academic library with usual stamps). More
CALL TO ARMS Buckinghamshire's Citizen Soldiers.
Barracuda Books, 1985. 086023245X. Limited numbered 1st edn (253). Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 144, illus with b&w photos (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
THE BATTLE FOR SPAIN The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. 1st edn 2nd printing. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (some faint spotting on top edge - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xxxii + 526, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions). More
THE MYSTERY OF OLGA CHEKHOVA Was Hitler's Favourite Actress A Russian Spy?
Viking Penguin Books, 2004. 0670915203. 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt letterered black cloth (top edge a little tanned - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, price clipped). Pp. 300, illus with b&w plates and maps (no other inscriptions). More
THE UNEVEN ROAD
John Murray, 1955. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered tan cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks and tears at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. viii + 334, illus with b&w plates and maps(no inscriptions). More
SOLDIER'S GLORY Being Rough Notes of an Old Soldier
G. Bell & Sons, 1956. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped and rubbed at extrems - in protective wrapper). Pp. ix + 325, illus with b&w frontispiece and maps (top and fore-edge and endpapers spotted; no inscriptions). More
IN HARM'S WAY
Hamish Hamilton, 1995. 024113577X. 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), duswrapper (some light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 274, illus with b&w photos and map (previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper; no..... More
THROUGH THE GATES OF FIRE A Journey into World Disorder
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003. 0297847481. 1st edn 2nd printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (VG), duswrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 232 (no other inscriptions). More
GENERAL SKETCH OF THE EUROPEAN WAR The Second Phase
Thomas Nelson, 1916. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blind-ruled red cloth (bright VG). Pp. 404 (fore-edge spotted; no inscriptions), illus with b&w maps. More
THE ROYAL NAVY AT GIBRALTAR
Maritime Books [&] Gibraltar Books, 1992. 9780907771494. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (lightly spotted on top edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xvi + 271, illus with b&w photos and maps (previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper). More