Warfare

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PUBLISHERHarper & Brothers Publishers.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear and scuffing, and are faded at edges....

PUBLISHERPrinted for private circulation by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd. The University Press, Glasgow.
BINDINGGrey woven cloth boards with green leather title patch on spine with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONA good copy of this rare memoir. Boards have some general wear to edges, corners bumped. Slightly faded /...

For the six years of WWII, Mollie Panter-Downes covered the war in her "Letter from London"  for The New Yorker magazine. These fortnightly reports are compiled here by New Yorker editor William Shawn.

Intended as in instructional manual for the use of Army and RAF Personnel and revised at the outset of WWII. A most comprehensive and fascinating volume.

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PUBLISHERHeraldry Today, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just some slight signs of wear and bumping to edges of boards. Printed pages and images are...

PUBLISHERSouvenir Press, London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little wear to edges. Printed pages are clear with very few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETWorn at edges, a few marks, back cover discoloured.
EDITIONFirst British edition 1961.
DESCRIPTIONThe account of a German political prisoner, who...

PUBLISHERFaber & Faber Limited.
BINDINGIllustrated paper covered boards, with dust jacket, in an illustrated card slipcase. Gilt top block edge. Illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. Boards have a little wear to edges. Binding secure. Uneven opened page edges. Printed pages and images remain clear and...

PUBLISHERLongmans, Green, and Co. London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and embossed border.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn , with some scuffing and bumped corners. Several marks and scratches, especially on vol. II. Bindings feel secure. Both volumes are affected throughout by foxing, although the text remains...

A history of the role of mercantile shipping during WWI.

A history, based on the unique experiences of individual seamen, of the role of the Merchants' Service during WWI.

PUBLISHERAirlife Publishing. The United States Naval Institute.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards. Charts on endpapers. 
BOOK CONDITIONGood, slight wear to very edges of boards. A little browning / foxing to block edges. Printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSlight creasing around edges, spine a...

PUBLISHERKineton: The Roundwood Press.
BINDINGGrey cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little wear and fading to edges. Text, illustrations and fold out pages remain clear and largely unmarked.
DUST JACKETSome wear around edges, general scuffing and mostly faint discolouration. Preserved in removable book wrap.
EDITION1972, of...

The personal account of a surgeon with the Red Cross serving in Belgium, who was arrested and held captive by the invading German army, contrary to previous rules of engagement.

PUBLISHERRobert Hale Limited, London.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear at edges, a few patches of scuffing. Some foxing and browning mostly affecting outer leaves and block edges. Text and images remain clear and little marked. Ex W.H. Smith library edition, one sticker inside front...

The memoires of an officer in Napoleons army, from his enlistment aged 16. A fascinating and lively picture of that army in victory and defeat.

The story of the role the New Zealand Shipping Company's merchant vessels played during the six years of WWII, the largest maritime war the world had ever seen.

PUBLISHERSeeley and Co. Limited, London.
BINDINGRusset cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have general wear and a few marks commensurate with age. Front hinge partially split, but binding feels secure. Some browning and foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Otherwise printed pages and images remain largely...

PUBLISHERReynal & Hitchcock, New York.
BINDINGCream / tan cloth boards with red and blue lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are rather worn, corners bumped. General fading / discolouration and some foxing and other small marks. Binding secure. There is a little browning to pages throughout, although mainly affecting endpapers and...