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The Illustrated London News. Second World War. 5 Volumes. War Years. Jan 1943 - Dec 1945.

By: (ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS)

Price: £400.00

Publisher: London. Illustrated London News and Sketch. 1943 - 1946:

Seller ID: 84907

5 Volumes. Large, size approx 10 x 14.5 inches. Bound in beautiful bright publishers deep blue cloth covers, with gilt lettering to spines & boards. In very good conditions. A really bright run of volumes. Some very light rubbing and minor scratches to cloth. Jan-June Vol 1943 has two faint marks on front board. Inside pages very clean and tight throughout. Profusely Illustrated. Mainly b&w. With tinted and colour plates and double-page plates. Christmas numbers included.
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Image for Napoléon Raconté par L'Image D'Après Les Sculpteurs, Les Graveurs et Les Peintres. Ouvrage couronné par l'académie Française. Nouvelle Édition Remaniée. (Napoleon as told by the image. After Sculptors, Engravers and Painters. Book crowned by the French Academy. New Edition Remodeled.)

Napoléon Raconté par L'Image D'Après Les Sculpteurs, Les Graveurs et Les Peintres. Ouvrage couronné par l'académie Française. Nouvelle Édition Remaniée. (Napoleon as told by the image. After Sculptors, Engravers and Painters. Book crowned by the French Academy. New Edition Remodeled.)

By: (NAPOLEON) DAYOT, ARMAND:

Price: £325.00

Publisher: Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1902 New Edition:

Seller ID: 82403

Large hardback, 12 x 8 inches. Quarter bound in black morocco leather to spine and corners and grey cloth boards. Fine binding by “Zaehnsdorf.” Gilt lettering, raised banding and gilt decoration to spine, gilt line detailing to boards. Marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. In very good condition. Rubbing to edges and corners. A couple of minor rubbing marks to rear. Bookplate to front “Ethel Isobel Lindo.” Binders stamp to front endpaper “Bound by Zaehnsdorf.” Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout (paper is bright semi-gloss.) 384pp. With many B&...
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Napoléon Et Son Fils Limited Numbered Edition

By: (NAPOLEON) MASSON, Frederic:

Price: £925.00

Publisher: Paris, Goupil & Cie. / Manzi, Joyant & Cie. 1904 1st Limited Numbered Edition 728/800.:

Seller ID: 82425

Large hardback, 13 x 10 inches. Bound in full brown morocco leather binding. Gilt lettering, raised banding and gilt and extensive gilt decorations to spine and boards. In very good condition. Spine has been professionally rebacked and relaid. Spine darkened, small chip at top end. Rubbing to boards and edges, small bumps/chips to corners. Some fading to front board. Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout, Plates all guarded. A stunning copy. 294pp. Illustrated with 53 engravings and gravure plates, most full page, some coloured plates, and folding facsimiles.
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Nelson and his Captains: Sketches of Famous Seamen. With Portraits and a Facsimile Letter.

By: (NELSON) FITCHETT, W.H.:

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Smith Elder & Co. 1902 1st:

Seller ID: 85346

Hardback, approx 7 x 5 inches. In red full calf leather fine binding by “Relfe Brothers.” Decorative gilt paneled boards, raised banding and decorations to spine, with black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Gilt crest to front “Wellington House.” Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Some fading and minor rubbing to spine, dark mark across rear board. Mild foxing to endpapers. Neat inscription to front “John Kekewich, ‘Leaving Captain’, from Herbert Bull. 1904.” Binders stamp to corner above. Insdie pages and plates all v...
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No Time For Geishas Journeys of a Far East Prisoner of War.

By: ADAMS, Geoffrey Pharaoh; POPHAM, Hugh;

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Leo Cooper. 1973 1st:

Seller ID: 75280

Size approx 6 x 9 inches. In brown cloth with gilt to spine and original glossy illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (Spine faded?) Spine lightened on cloth with small mark to front board. Inside pages clean and tight throughout, else an excllent clean and tight copy. 217pp. With b&w photo illustrations.
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Men at Arnhem. A true account of a Parachute Battalion’s annihilation seen through the eyes of one of its forty-six survivors.

By: ANGUS, Tom:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London. Leo Cooper. 1976 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 84608

In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly creased at edges. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 208pp. With b/w maps. The author was a 30 year old company commander during the battle of Arnhem. He describes his experiences.
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British Military Greats Including Essays by Kate Adie, Max Arthur, Patrick Bishop, Len Deighton & more.

By: Annabel Merullo and Neil Wenborn

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Cassell Illustrated 2004 1st edition:

Seller ID: 72102

Size 7.7x10 inches. Hardback in green cloth with white lettering to spine. With original glossy illustrated dustwrapper. Very Good Condition. (DW very good, slight rubbing on rear) Inside pages very tight, clean and bright. 191p. With many Colour and B&W photographs and illustrations The need for such a small island to defend itself bravely and skilfully has given rise in Britain to one of the greatest military traditions of any country in the world. Experts and enthusiasts in the field of military history and culture examine 40 military figures, events and wartime objects that shaped and ...
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Air Aces With Biographical Notes by John Macadam.

By: ANTHONY, GORDON:

Price: £26.00

Publisher: London, Home & Van Thal Ltd. 1944 1st Edition:

Seller ID: 80186

Hardback, 9.5 x 7 inches. Light blue cloth with gilt to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW edges rubbed, chip to top of spine. In protective sleeve.) Some fading to top and bottom edges of cloth. Some heavy foxing to first few pages else a clean and tight copy. 40pp + 32 B&W photo plates.
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Black Jack. The Life and Times of Brigadier Sir Frederick Galleghan. Foreword by Sir Roden Cutler. Signed and dedicated copy.

By: ARNEIL, STAN:

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Macmillan. Australia. 1983:

Seller ID: 64131

8vo. In grey cloth covers with white lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Not price clipped). Small marks to front endpaper. Author’s dedicatory inscription to half title page. Occasional neat pencil marks and notes in margins. Else a very clean and tight copy. 178pp. With b/w photographs and illustrations. Biography of an Australian soldier who fought in two world wars and held a commissioned rank for fifty years. Brigadier ‘Black Jack’ Galleghan was even commended by the enemy, the Jap...
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Last Post. The Final Word from Our First World War Soldiers. Signed Copy.

By: ARTHUR, MAX:

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2005 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73476

Size 6.5 x 9.5 inches. In cream cloth covers with red lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Bookseller’s label to front. Price clipped). Author’s signature to main title page. A very clean and tight copy. 272pp. With b/w photographs. Interviews with the last survivors of WWI. Includes Harry Patch.
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Napoleon; An Outline

By: BALLARD, Brigadier-General Colin R.:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1924 1st ed (US):

Seller ID: 81242

Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front. In very good condition. Slight darkening to spine, some minor handling marks and rubbing to cloth at ends of spine. Neat inscription to front endpaper “DC MacDonald.” Glue repairs to hinges between endpapers. Some light foxing and minor tanning to inside pages else a clean and tight copy. 325pp. Illustrated with 24 coloured sketch maps.
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Shadows on the Sand, The Memoirs of Sir Gawain Bell. SIGNED COPY.

By: BELL, Gawain;

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, C. Hurst & Company, 1983 1st edition:

Seller ID: 77237

Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In green cloth with gilt to spine. In original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (DW minor rubbing to edges, price clipped.) Corners slightly bumped. SIGNED on main title page by Gawain Bell. With loose letter in front from Brigadier David J. Atkinson C.B.E. to Colonel J. E. M. Hughes O.B.E. (12, June 1984.) 258pp. With 15 b&w plates.
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Image for The Arab War. Confidential information for General headquarters from Gertrude Bell. Being Despatches reprinted from the Secret “Arab Bulletin”. Introd. by Sir K. Cornwallis.

The Arab War. Confidential information for General headquarters from Gertrude Bell. Being Despatches reprinted from the Secret “Arab Bulletin”. Introd. by Sir K. Cornwallis.

By: BELL, GERTRUDE :

Price: £650.00

Publisher: The Golden Cockerel Press 1940 LIMITED ED.(500): THIS NO. 329.:

Seller ID: 82535

LIMITED EDITION in LEATHER 4to. Blue hf. morocco gt.by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. 52 pp. Colour on spine a little sunned. A few small weak marks to front board. Else very good. A nice clean copy. Contents: The Basis of Government in Turkish Arabia / Note on the Tribal Authority of the Sheikhs of Muhammerah and Kuweit in the Occupied Territories / The Rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat / Ibn Saud / Tribal Fights in the Shamiyah / Ismail Bey / The Situation in Hail.
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Image for The Book of the Army Pageant held at Fulham Palace by kind permission of the Lord Bishop of London. 20th June to 2nd July, 1910. Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts.

The Book of the Army Pageant held at Fulham Palace by kind permission of the Lord Bishop of London. 20th June to 2nd July, 1910. Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts.

By: BENSON, F.R. / ALGERNON TUDOR (eds):

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Sir Joseph Causton and Sons Ltd. 1910 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 71963

Size 7.25 x 11.25 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with black lettering to spine and front. With colour plate pasted to front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Small marks. Corners slightly bumped.Slight browning to endpapers. Occasional old repairs to hinges. One colour plate missing. Slight browning to pages throughout. 153pp. With b/w and colour plates and line drawings in text.. The Army Pageant was held in 1910 to instill a sense of Patriotism in Britain and the Empire. Funds were raised for the Incorporated Soldier’s and Sailors’ Help Society. It consisted of a ...
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Topees & Red Berets. Saga of a Suffolk Officer 1914 - 1975.

By: BEVAN, SILVANUS:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: A Square One Publication, 1995 (1st.).:

Seller ID: 83518

Hardback, 9.5 x 6 inches. Black cloth with gilt to spine, in dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW some minor rubbing to edges, not price clipped.) Cloth clean. Authors inscription and signature to front endpaper. Pages all clean and tight throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 226pp. Illsutrsated with many B&W photos and a sketch Map.
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Tales of the R.I.C.

By: BLACKWOOD: Anon:

Price: £70.00

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1921:

Seller ID: 82247

Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Light green cloth with dark brown lettering to spine and dark green to front. In very good condition, some minor rubbing to corners and edges, small nick/chip to bottom front corner. Some slight darkening to endpapers with 2 tiny spots to top of title page, else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 314pp. Contents include: The Informer / On The Run / The Landing of Arms / The Red Cross / The R.M. / &c...
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Des Idees Napoleoniennes; Par Le Prince Napoleon-Louis Bonaparte.

By: BONAPARTE, Napoleon-Louis:

Price: £150.00

Publisher: London, Henri Colburn, 1839 1st:

Seller ID: 83963

Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound in black calf to spine and corners and marbled paper covered boards. Blind embossed decorative details to leather on boards. Gilt decoration to spine and gilt lettering to maroon leather spine label. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Extremities and boards rubbed, corners bumped. “P. Rolandi” bookseller label to front. A couple of minor light spots to endpapers else pages all very clean and tight throughout. No penned inscriptions or marks. Else a very clean and tight copy. 229pp. In French Language.
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Supper At Beaucaire. Translated into English for the First Time by Somerset De Chair.

By: BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON:

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1945 1st Limited Edition 201/500:

Seller ID: 83956

Small hardback, approx 6 x 4.5 inches (14.5 x 11 cm). Blue cloth with gilt lettering to front. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some small nicks and chips to corner sand ends of spine, in protective sleeve, not price clipped.) Some minor rubbing to corners of cloth with minor mark to rear board else cloth clean and smart. Bookplate to front endpaper “Phyllis Davies.” Inside pages all clean and tight throughout. Numbered on last page. 38pp. Illustrated with a B&W frontis portrait.
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Commentaires Sur La Cavalerie. Comments On The Cavalry

By: BOUSSANELLE, M. De:

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez Guillyn, 1758 1st:

Seller ID: 80985

Hardback, 6.5 x 4 inches. Halfbound in dark black/maroon leather, with maroon pebbled-cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering and banding to spine. Speckled page edges. In good condition. Some rubbing to boards; corners bumped and rubbed, spine rubbed at ends with small nick to top corner. Some fading to edge of cloth on rear side. Newer endpapers. Slight crack to front hinge. Some minor tanning to pages else pages all clean and tight throughout. In French Language. Illustrated with an engraved ‘horse’ vignette to title page and engraved headpiece to dedication page. Decorative head a...
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Cheshire V.C. A Study of War and Peace.

By: BRADDON, Russell;

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Evans Brothers Limited. 1954 1st edition:

Seller ID: 74932

Approx 6 x 9 inches in dark blue cloth with gilt to spine, in original dustwrapper ( loose in protective sleeve). In very good condition. Very slight rubbing to cloth and very tips of spine faded where exposed over dw. Neat inscription to front endpaper else a very clean and tight copy. 217pp. With b&w photo illustrations.
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