Warfare

Gerald Toghill
£45.00

Royal Navy Trawlers (two volumes)

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PUBLISHERMaritime Books, Liskeard, Cornwall.
BINDINGVol. 1 pale blue and vol. 2 grey cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, slight shelf wear to very edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear and unmarked.
DUST JACKETA little wear to edges, otherwise well preserved. 
EDITION2003.
DESCRIPTIONPart One:...

Desmond Young
£22.00

Rutland of Jutland

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A Biography of Squadron-Commander F. J. Rutland, famous for his courage and feats of daring whilst serving in the R.N.A.S in WWI. His speciality was flying reconnaissance planes off from the turret tops of cruisers, before the development of Aircraft Carriers. However, the mysterious circumstances of his arrest and long period of detention without trial during WWII are strange and disquieting.

William Matthews and Charles Knighton, Transcribers
£25.00

Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War: Pepys White Book and Brooke House Papers

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These documents, printed for the first time from manuscripts preserved by Pepys in his library, are among the most important records relating to the Second Dutch War.

Saburo Sakai, as told to Martin Caidin
£5.00

Samurai

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The story of Japan's most successful fighter pilot during WWII, the war in the Pacific.

Friedrich Ruge
£20.00

Sea Warfare 1939-1945: A German Viewpoint

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Written by a German vice Admiral, an analysis of German Navy tactics during WWII.

Winston Churchill
£25.00

Secret Session Speeches, Delivered by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill

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Compiled by Charles Eade, the five speeches given by Churchill in secret sessions of the House of Commons during WWII. These were never officially recorded and are reproduced here from the Prime Ministers own notes.

Sir Campbell Stuart
£15.00

Secrets of Crewe House: The Story of a Famous Campaign

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Tells the remarkable story of British propaganda in enemy countries during 1918; under the command of Viscount Northcliffe at Crewe House.

W.E. Fairburn and E.A. Sykes
£50.00

Shooting to Live: With the One-Hand Gun

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PUBLISHEROliver and Boyd, Edinburgh and London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONSome wear and fading to edges, especially spine. Corners bumped. Slight foxing and browning to outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear and little marked. Small previous owners name on flyleaf.
DUST JACKETIn poor condition,...

Harold Nicolson
£40.00

Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart. First Lord Carnock: A Study in the Old Diplomacy

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PUBLISHERConstable & Co. Ltd. London.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear and scuffing, corners bumped. Slight browning and a few foxing spots on block edges. Printed pages remain largely clear and little marked. Tissue guard to frontispiece is intact, but browned with some...

Elmer Keith
£150.00

Sixguns: The Standard Reference Work (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERThe Stackpole Company, Pennsylvania.
BINDINGTwo-toned green cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear and fading to edges. Corners and ends of spine bumped. Binding secure. Some browning to outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear and little marked. 
DUST JACKETIn poor condition with extensive...

Lord Beaverbrook (foreword) Soviet Artists
£30.00

Spirit of The Soviet Union: Anti-Nazi Cartoons and Posters

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PUBLISHERThe Pilot Press.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with black lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn, with scuffing, fading and some discolouration. Binding secure. Some foxing and browning mainly affecting endpapers. Images and text are largely clear and little marked. 
DUST JACKETIn damaged condition, with large parts torn away, and...

H.B. Boothby
£15.00

Spunyarn (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERG.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd. London.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and faded, with some white paint spots. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Uneven opened pages. Some browning and foxing throughout, although mostly affecting outer leaves. 
DUST JACKETIn very worn...

Colonel G.A. Tokaev
£40.00

Stalin Means War

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The memoires of a former officer in the Soviet Army and head of the Aerodynamics Laboratory, who defected from the USSR.

Geoffrey Moss
£32.00

Standing Up to Hitler

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After "Munich," the author travelled through Eastern Europe witnessing early struggles to resist the German invasion. 

James B. Donovan
£20.00

Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel

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An account of the trial and subsequent exchange of Soviet spy Col. Abel with a US pilot on the border of East and West Berlin. The basis of the film Bridge of Spies.

Edward Ingram
£40.00

The Beginning of the Great Game in Asia 1828-1834

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PUBLISHEROxford University Press.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONLight shelf wear. Some marks to block edges. Binding tight. Ex-library with stamps to flyleaf and title page. Printed pages clear with very few, if any discernable marks. 
DUST JACKETSome creases and light scratches to gloss surface. Small tears...

S. Elliott Napier
£40.00

The Book of the Anzac Memorial, N.S.W.

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The official book produced to commemorate the opening of the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney N.S.W. Including chapters on the history of Australian forces in WWI, and the conception and building of the memorial. A Handsome volume.

J.D.P. French
£90.00

The Complete Despatches of Lord French, 1914-1916

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Comprising despatches from the First Expeditionary Force, led by the author Field Marshall Sir J.D.P. French. 

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