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310p. Plus index and color frontis. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. A great gift for wine lovers. Starting with a history of wine making and then going from country to country examining the history, varieties and techniques. Beautiful illustrations and photographs. Includes fifty international recipes for cooking with wine compiled by Madeleine Othenin-Girard. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WHISKEY 1.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; tan cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.421.
8vo., First Edition, with 3 large folding maps (one coloured in outline) and several diagrams in the text, front endpapers lightly spotted; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Concerned mainly with TORCH; but actually written in 1943 and not revised with hindsight. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.293; Law, 0363.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and map; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. An artillery officer retells his service in North Africa, Irasn and Burma during WWII.
Book in as new condition. 64pp. A railways system was first established in the small North African country of Tunisia in 1876, coming under French rule from 1881 until eventually all railways operations were established under a new company Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens or SNCFT one year after Independence in 1957. This study covers routes, rolling stock in details and industrial traffic. With a wealth of photographs in particular of the rolling stock.
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 3 maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Critically acclaimed study of the thinking and politics behind TORCH and its predecessor GYMNAST.
pp. xix, 931. Color map endpapers. Double column. Very XLib. 4to. Original full buckram binding, remnants of library call numbers on spine. Hardbound. Twenty-first edition. ISLAM BOX 1
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., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and 65 plates and maps (a number full-page) on 39, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear on front panel and lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. 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 our times. Baxter, 268; Enser, p.277.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and 65 plates and maps (a number full-page) on 39; red cloth, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. 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 our times. Baxter, 268; Enser, p.277.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
343p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. "I do not believe that the defeat of the Axis will automatically solve the Jewish problem with which Palestine is intimately and inextricable bound up." Coldwar/Economics 3
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, and endpaper maps in red; original black cloth, divisional emblem blocked in red on upper board, backstrip lettered in red, red top, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with closed tears repaired on inner surface. Published in the same month as the fist edition. 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., 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 plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first history of the Divison to feature contributions from Other Ranks. Includes six OOBs for various stages of the war. Smith p.275.
8vo., Second Edition, with 18 plates on 8; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. 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 was first published by Cassell in 1957 and now appears for the first time in the Special Forces Library. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.251 (recording the first edition).
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, 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, maps in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first major study of command in the Western Desert, this important work was recognised as at once authoritative and controversial. Montgomery, in particular, is called to account on several occasions, with Second Alamein criticised not only for its handling but as a needless engagement. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.293.
353p. Title page printed in red and black. Ownership inked out. Top edge red. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding, pictorial vignettes on spine and front cover. Original dust jacket, worn. Second printing. WWII 3
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.
