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8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured and monochrome plates and 2 maps; blocked brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Published in the FS 'Great Battles' series.
8vo., Second Impression, with plates and double-page map; red cloth, gilt back, small fade mark at head of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately creased and age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with a few short closed tears and loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Published a month after the first edition. An SAS classic. In the war in North Africa, LRDG (Long Range Desert Group), forerunner of the SAS, won a reputation out of all proportion to its size and short existence. Lloyd Owen's classic account of Y2 Patrol is a key account. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.251 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs, illustrations and maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Second of two volumes reissuing Richards' very scarce original account published by HMSO in 1996. Vol. I covers sea operations to Brittany.
Book is in excellent condition, as new with bright red covers, white print at spine, map endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Heavily illustrated throughout with architectural drawings, floorplans, maps, interiors, exteriors, landscape maps, b&w photos of elevations, facades, ruins, details, etc. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Contents include: Greek gymnasium and the Greek bath, Bathing and baths in the Roman wold, Origins and early development of Roman baths, Thero-mineral baths, Thermae of Rome, Baths of North Africa, Baths and gymnasia in Asia Minor, Baths and bathing in the late antique and early Byzantine world, with four appendices, notes, etc. 501 pages. copyright Pistil Books, 2011
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps throughout; cloth (red/green/blue respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol I:: The Making of A General 1887-1942 (1981); Vol II: Master of the Battlefield 1942-1944 (1983); Vol. III: The Field-Marshal 1944-1976 (1986). Baxter 174A, 175A, 174B respectively; Enser, p.157.
4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with 58 plates on 25, 9 coloured maps (2 folding), numerous illustrations and maps (many full-page and some coloured in outline) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps coloured in outline; original cloth gilt, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, roan back framed, blocked and lettered in gilt, joints rubbed as usual, hinges tender (but binding entirely sound), a very good, clean copy. The deluxe binding of the standard account of the regiment's service in WWII. Includes list of pre-war camps, numerous personnel lists, honours & awards, and ROH. Scarce. Sutcliffe, p.240; White, p.174.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page map, tape marks on front free endpaper, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of an SAS classic. In the war in North Africa, LRDG (Long Range Desert Group), forerunner of the SAS, won a reputation out of all proportion to its size and short existence. Lloyd Owen's classic account of Y2 Patrol is a key account. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.251.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON TITLE. VERY SCARCE THUS.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous plates and folding maps (a number coloured); blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The original version of Richards' official and exhaustive account of the secret flotillas crucial to both SIS and SOE. It was revised and reissued as two volumes in 2004, retaining the overall 'Secret Flotillas' branding but retitled 'Clandestine Sea Operations' I and II.
4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with 58 plates on 25, 9 coloured maps (2 folding), numerous illustrations and maps (many full-page and some coloured in outline) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps coloured in outline; original cloth gilt, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The standard account of the regiment's service in WWII. Includes list of pre-war camps, numerous personnel lists, honours & awards, and ROH. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.240; White, p.174.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps throughout; cloth (red/green/blue respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol I:: The Making of A General 1887-1942 (1981); Vol II: Master of the Battlefield 1942-1944 (1983); Vol. III: The Field-Marshal 1944-1976 (1986). THIS SET WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF LT.-COL. S.P. FEARON: LOOSELY INSERTED IS A T.L. FROM FEARON TO THE AUTHOR, TOGETHER WITH A.L.s. FROM THE AUTHOR IN REPLY AND FURTHER T.L.s. FROM FEARON. The correspondence refers to clarifications in the text of the first volume (in particular to the timing of the Japanese invasion of Malaya and the Fall of Singapore). Lt.-Col. Sheppard Percy Fearon (1911-1984) served with 2 Bn Border Regiment and subsequently with 5 Bn 14 Punjab Regiment, Indian Army. {Baxter 174A, 175A, 174B respectively; Enser, p.157.
Paris, Furne & Cie, 1839. In-4 ; 160 pp avec la table des chapitres contenus dans ce volume et une table alphabétique et analytique des noms géographiques, des noms d'hommes, de tribus et d'ojets remarquables, mentionnés. demi-basane vert bronze à petits coins, dos à nerfs plats ornés de filets dorées, tranches marbrées. Texte sur deux colonnes. Bel exemplaire sans rousseurs, une coiffe un peu frippée. Complet. Illustré de 25 planches gravées hors texte, et de 2 grandes cartes dépliantes, une sur le continent asiatique, l'autre sur l'Afrique dressées par Dufour.
4 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, a near fine set to date in unclipped dustwrapper. Almost certain to become a definitive history, the series comprises Vol. One: North Africa, June 1940 - January 1942 (2012); Vol. Two: North African Desert, February 1942 - March 1943 (2014); Vol. Three: Tunisia and the End in Africa, November 1942 - May 1943 (2016); Volume Four: Sicily and Italy to the Fall of Rome, May 1943 - June 1944 (2018). A fifth and final volume is forthcoming.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 12 plates on 9 and 4 large folding maps coloured in outline; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 'Popski's Private Army' was the smallest independent unit in the British Army, yet the success of its exploits behind enemy lines in the Western Desert was out of all proportion to its size. Enser, p.482.
8vo., with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, and endpaper maps in red; full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made clip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Reasonably detailed history of the service (Middle East, Western Desert, Europe) of one of the most renowned allied armoured formations of WWII. Includes OOB, commanders and senior staff, and a fascinating account of the creation of the famous divisional emblem. Enser, p.35 ; Smith, p.273.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and 65 plates and maps (a number full-page) on 39; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. One of the key military memoirs of the twentieth century, this is as much an autobiography as a soldier's account of war. Written entirely by 'Monty' himself (in pencil, as so many of his official communications were composed), this characteristically straightforward (and often politically outspoken) account covers boyhood, early service with the Warwickshires, WWII and beyond (notably, about a third of the work covers his post-war career as CIGS and after). For technical military detail we look to the author's other works; here we find the simple account of a 'soldier who kept the faith'. A great read from one of the unforgettable leaders of his times. Baxter 268; Enser, p.277.
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, 10 plates on 7, 2 full-page maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made board slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The first dedicated biography was a huge success and has been many times reprinted and reissued. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p. 374.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and 65 plates and maps (a number full-page) on 39; original red cloth, gilt back, red top (lightly faded as often), a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. One of the key military memoirs of the twentieth century, this is as much an autobiography as a soldier's account of war. Written entirely by 'Monty' himself (in pencil, as so many of his official communications were composed), this characteristically straightforward (and often politically outspoken) account covers boyhood, early service with the Warwickshires, WWII and beyond (notably, about a third of the work covers his post-war career as CIGS and after). For technical military detail we look to the author's other works; here we find the simple account of a 'soldier who kept the faith'. A great read from one of the unforgettable leaders of his times. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Baxter 268; Enser, p.277.