Warfare

PUBLISHERChatto and Windus, London.
BINDINGPaper pamphlet with two staples. 
BOOK CONDITIONIntact, but in fragile condition. The paper covers are folded and slightly torn at corners, there is a tear from the bottom of the spine to the first staple. Otherwise the binding is held fairly securely. Foxing affecting...

PUBLISHERSmith, Elder & Co. London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn and very faded, especially front cover and spine. Scuffing, cracking and some fraying to edges. Stained with many marks, some of which look like white paint splatter. Hinges are weakened but binding feels secure. Some browning...

PUBLISHERStackpole Books.
BINDINGBrown boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONA little general shelf wear to edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETSome wear and slight fading to edges. Faint scratching and a few scuff marks to gloss surface and a...

The third in the series, a well illustrated local history of the Humberside port and surrounding areas.

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PUBLISHERGale & Polden Limited, Aldershot.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt emblem and lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoth volumes have some general shelf wear around edges of boards....

Written by a Professor of Mathematics of the US Navy. Subtitled "A Study of the Principles and Practice of Exterior Ballistics, as Applied to Naval Gunnery, and of the Computation and Use of Ballistic and Range Tables."

PUBLISHERThe Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (privately printed)
BINDINGRoyal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Gilt block edges. Endpapers have a pattern of crests. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn generally worn condition commensurate with age. Scuffing around edges, corners bumped and some fraying at ends of spine....

The first full and authoritative account of the enormous task in identifying and commemorating a million dead soldiers of the British Commonwealth. With photographs of the beautiful memorials and cemeteries in the care of the Commission.

PUBLISHERSouvenir Press.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, boards are just a little worn and faded at edges. Browning / foxing affecting block edges and outer leaves, but text and images remain largely clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETWear and creasing at edges, especially along top. Some marks...

PUBLISHERFrederick Muller Limited, London.
BINDINGPale green cloth boards with red lettering. Maps on endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have a little general wear at edges, slight fading. Browning to endpapers, but text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETIntact but worn around edges, with creasing, scuffing...

PUBLISHERDavid and Charles, Newton Abbot.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little wear and slight fading to edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETSome creasing at edges, a small patch of delamination at top of spine. A little faint scratching...

Written and compiled by his Grandson, following the career of a typical infantry officer in the late-nineteenth century, through his letters home to his large family. Often stationed far from home across the Empire, Henry Cadogan rises to command the 1st Batallion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ill prepared for modern warfare, they are posted to Belgium in 1914.

A detailed history of the lesser known activities of the Royal Navy during WWI, in the Mediterranean area. One of a series by the publishers.

Written in the aftermath of WWII, a history of the development of the Soviet Air Force and it's part in the war, leading to the imposition of the Iron Curtain and uncertain future relations.

PUBLISHERHistory Book Club, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards. Maps on endpapers. 
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little shelf wear and slight fading to edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks. Fold out map is intact and well preserved.
DUST JACKETWorn at edges, with...

A History of the fifth Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and its parent regiments, written by a former colonel.

Produced by The Times Newspaper, a fascinating record of contemporary maps.

A history of the now gone Portsmouth naval base of HMS Vernon, with particular attention to it's role as a training school for the operation of torpedos.