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8vo., First Edition, text in German, with photographs, illustrations and diagrams in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations of insignia in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable standard reference in an age of accelerating defence reviews. It provides detailed if concise summaries of all regiments and corps, including history, battle honours, awards, memorials, dress, marches, museums and regimental histories.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Written by an acknowledged airborne forces historian, this is the first major biography of the legendary airborne forces commander. Hill led 1 Para in North Africa, 9 Para, 3 Parachute Brigade (D-Day, Merville Battery, Rhine Crossing) and 1 Parachute Brigade.
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured plates of insignia and monochrome insignia in the text; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1946.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. It took Patton's Third Army, primarily the Fifth Division, over three months to subdue the German garrison in Autumn 1944.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and coloured pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The author served in the South Pacific, primarily in the Philippines. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with 19 plates on 12 and 4 maps in the text; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The conception and establishment of the first 'commandos'. Good background on the birth-pains caused by a powerful military Establishment which frowned on their very existence
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, coloured plates, numerous monochrome photographs in the text, and photographic endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, covers very lightly faded else a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter creased and frayed with minor loss at edges. Sutcliffe p.85.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Sutcliffe, p.86.
8vo., First UK Edition, with plates; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. A vividly-written memoir of four decades with the British Army
2 cols., 8vo., printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Much-needed facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1905.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first published account of the Devons & Dorsets on the Somme. Four battalions of the Devons and three battalions of the Dorsets fought in virtually all phases of the battle (there were no fewer than five battalions in action on the first day). Includes much valuable vernacular material.
8vo., First Edition, with 42 plates on 16 and 4 maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with coloured photographic title-spread and very numerous coloured photographs (several full-page) in the text, free endpapers very lightly browned; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Oblong 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, small blind-embossed personal book-stamp on front free endpaper; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Revised version of a work first published in 1970 as the first volume in the well-known Olyslager Auto Library.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; original wrappers printed in red, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Unusually well-preserved copy. Supersedes the editions (and related supplements) of 1937, 1939 and 1941. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and plans (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Considerably enlarged version of this standard reference, first published in 1969.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; riginal pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. In September 1916 over 200 men of the Herefordshrie Regiment were transferred to 11 Border Regiment to make up for losses on the Somme. Fify-four died at Redan Ridge. Sutcliffe, p. 214.
8vo., First Edition, with 41 plates on 16 and 5 maps (several full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With two relevant cuttings loosely inserted. The landings at Dieppe (Operation JUBILEE) remain one of the most controversial operations of WWII and a landmark both in Canadian military history and in the development of amphibious warfare. This important modern reassessment incorporates much first-hand material and some recently declassified official records. Whitaker was awarded the DSO as an infantry captain during the action.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Large Roy. 8vo. (24,5 x 18 cm). In Turkish. B/w and color ills. Signed and inscribed by author. [4], 171, [1] p. Heroes of Seddulbahir, Gallipoli (1914-1915-1916) and Gallipoli battlefield guide. Çanakkale, 1914-1915-1916 Seddülbahir kahramanlari. Ezineli Yahya Çavusun öyküsü ve Çanakkale savas alanlari gezi rehberi.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). [ix], 386 p., 30 folding maps, plans. Turkish War of Independence Vol 2. Türk Istiklâl Harbi Vol.2: Bati Cephesi 6th chapter 1st book. Büyük Taaruza hazirlik ve Büyük Taarruz.
Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 305 p. Ce qu'il faut savoir de l'infanterie.
Very Good English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). B/w ills. [xvi], 731, [5] p. Mülkiye tarihi ve mülkiyeliler. Vol.1: Tarihçe: 1859-1949 M.M. ve S.B.O.
Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Crhiping to wraps and textblock. Pages uncut. ; 451 pages; 446 pp. with index and fold-out map