Search Results: Military from Compass Books

Napoli, 1945. An original self-published magazine compiled by members of the 114 RAF Maintenance Unit, stationed somewhere in Italy. It is a stapled edition, with the central pages loose but present, and rusting to the staple. It has some general wear, rubbing to edges, creasing and general darkening, but all pretty unsurprisinfg considering the age of the publication, and the circumstances in which it was published. Staff listed on the back cover are - Don Fleming, Arthur Miller, Eddie Hilton, Peter Eyre Jackson and Sid Clough. Artists are - R. Young, Alan J. Coe, James C. Davies and John Brown. Magazine contains editorial, poems, stories, and pictures of the pin-ups of the day. A beautiful little copy of a rare magazine. Please contact for images.. First Edition.. Magazine. Good.

London: Chas. Knight & Co, 1940. A lovely little beige booklet with light shelf wear and a band of fading to rear cover. Has the word unofficial in the top left corner of the front cover. P/o has written 'this deals with the .300 american type' on the top right hand corner of the front cover. Slight tanning to pages, but a really lovely little copy. Please contact for images.. Presumed First Edition.. Booklet. Very Good.

London: The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1981. Has light shelf wear and rusting to staples. Slight discolouration to covers.. First Edition. Booklet. Very Good.

London: The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1982. Has light shelf wear and rusting to staples. Slight discolouration to covers.. First Edition. Booklet. Very Good.

London: The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1983. Appears unread with slight shelf wear.. First Edition. Booklet. Near Fine.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997. Diaries reproduced in a hand-written style from the man who owned the "Aerobleu" jazz club in paris, after leaving the canadian airforce. Comes in metal slipcase.. First Edition.. Hard Back. Near Fine/Metal Slipcase.

London: Juvenile Productions Ltd. Landscape format book with paper covers. Covers are loose but present. Front depicts a Boeing Fortress, with a "miles Master" on the rear cover. Some general rubbing and ageing to the book. Shows colour pictures of the various plabnes, along with silouettes.. Presumed First Edition.. Paperback. Fair.

London: Corgi, 2000. Unread with some tanning to page edges.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. Book and wrapper have light shelf wear. Wrapper has a small area of fading to rear, and some darkening and creasing to rear fold-over.. First Edition.. Hard Back. Very Good +/Very Good.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. Book is bound in plain brown paper with a label stuck to the front cover stating it is an uncorrect proof copy for probable publication in August 1956. First 10 or so pages have a small area of wear to bottom right hand corner, resulting in a little loss. Book has some general shelf wear with creasing to the spine. A good copy of a rare uncorrected proof edition. Please contact for images.. Uncorrected Proof.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket.

Lopn: Hmso, 1849. Lacks binding, but pages are sewn with a little tanning to edges, but considering the age of it, it is in remarkably good condition! The final section at the rear has come away from the stitching, band has a small tear, but is present. Please contact for images.. First Edition. Unbound. Good.

Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2002. Book and wrapper have a small bump to bottom right hand corner of front board, o/w fine. Has been signed 'Tony Freeborn, with grateful thabnks for your input. Barry Jones'.. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine.

East Sussex: The Naval and Military Press Unread in fine condition. Presumed First Edition. Hard Back. Fine/Fine.

London: Fontana, 1971. Book has some general shelf wearwith light rubbing to extremities, cleasing to spine, and tanned pages.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Julian Friedmann, 1978. Book has black boards with bumping to corners and spine ends, o/w fine. Wrapper has a faded spine with very light shelf wear. Please contact for images.. First Edition. Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good +.

No publishing information, so possibly a proof copy. Please contact for images.. Presumed First Edition. Paperback. Fine.

East Sussex: S. B. Publications, 1997. Some fading to spine and spine edges. Inscribed by author on inside of front cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: T. Egerton, 1799. A large format book with red / burgundy leather boards with gilt tooling and lettering to spine and front & rear boards. Rubbing and bumping to corners, edges, spine ends and hinges. Grazing to hinges. A little general darkening to boards commensurate with age. Marbled fep with p/o bookplate. Some damp marks to top corner of first 5 pages and last 4 pages., Some foxing to first couple of end pages. Some image transfer from frontispiece to first page. Map between pages 16 & 17. A really beautiful copy of an exceedingly rare book. PLease contact for images.. First Edition. Leather Boards. Very Good.

Gloucester: Campden People, 2008. Slight shelf wear to book and wrapper, and insctibed on title page "to John best wishes Paul Nov. 2008". Is a heavy book so please ask for a postage quote.. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine.

East Sussex: The Naval and Military Press Unread in fine condition. Presumed First Edition. Hard Back. Fine/Fine.