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Brasseys, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. White glazed card covers with blue lettering to spine and front. Covers are generally in very good order. . Spine is intact and bright. Text block is tight, bright and clean. 219 pp. "This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of power projection ashore. Michael Evans describes all aspects of amphibious operations from planning to execution, including ship design, command and control and fire support for the landing force. With reference to many previous operations from Galipoli to Grenada, he demonstrates how they can be the key to unlock a military stalemate, if properly conceived and executed.". B/W illustrations. No inscriptions. Z1

1998. First edition. Hardback. Fine/fine. (Near as new) Hardback. plus fine wrapper. First edition. 250pp 4to hardback, many photos, some coloured. Account of a month spent by the authors in Hong Kong before & after the Handover. Neil Craig had spent his National Service in the Black Watch so was interested in the event. 250 pages, including bibliography B2

First edition. Hardback. Fine/fine. Pen & Sword Military, 2009: Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 168pp. illustrated. with b/w plates. Although over 330,000 British and French soldiers were evacuated from the Dunkirk beaches between 26 May and 4 June, many thousands remained in France, most under French command. Churchill, now the Prime Minister, and desperate to keep the French in the War, decided to form a Second BEF made up of 51 Highland, 1st Armoured and the Beauman Divisions, reinforced from the UK by a second Corps. He also ordered vital and scarce RAF fighter squadrons to France. Had these been lost the Battle of Britain might have had a very different result. General Alan Brooke was to command the second Corps comprising the only viable formations in the UK. Publishers black cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine. S1

THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS. JANUARY TO JULY 1918. VOLUME FIVE.Arthur Conan Doyle1919, 1st , Hardback.Hodder & Stoughton,, London,, 1919Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 349. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Volume five only. Very good indeed. with Maps. Small tears to some maps. Please See Photos for ConditionC1

First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. Hardback Signed by "J Beharry VC." on title page. Also inscribed to Will with further signature and dated, possibly by Nick cook. See Photos. First with un clipped wrapper. 370 pages. Illustrated with photographs and maps. The autobiography of Johnson Beharry, a private with the 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, who received the Victoria Cross for acts of gallantry in the Iraq War in 2004. During a series of explosive operations in Iraq, Private Johnson Beharry carried out two acts of outstanding heroism, saving the lives of thirty men. In the second action, a rocket-propelled grenade exploded inches from his head, yet he managed to drive out of the ambush before collapsing. Nobody thought he would survive. Amazingly, he did pull through, becoming the first living recipient of the Victoria Cross for nearly forty years. From a childhood of grinding poverty in Grenada to his remarkable road to recovery, this is his incredible story. A1

Canada: 2003. Softcover. Very Good. As in many other parts of the British Empire, Newfoundlanders greeted the coming of the Great War with great euphoria. Hastening to enlist for the "Great Adventure", they were to to take part in some of the war's most historic battles. They were at the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1st, 1916 - the most infamous day in British military history, at Arras in April, 1917 and later, at Cambrai. By the end of the war 4,253 Newfoundlanders had served on the Western Front and 1,200 had made the ultimate sacrifice. Signed by the author. S4

Fine Book and Wrapper
Scarce Hardback: 1st . Major Mike Norman , Mickael K. Jones, On 1 April 1982 Major Mike Norman, commander of Naval Party 8901, was looking forward to a peaceful year-long tour of duty on the Falkland Islands. But events turned out differently, for the next day the Argentinians invaded and he and his small Royal Marines garrison found themselves fighting for their lives. They took up defensive positions in and around Government House and on the approaches to Stanley to protect the Governor, Rex Hunt, and delay the enemy s advance. They were prepared to die executing these orders. After a desperate battle against vastly superior numbers, Hunt ordered them to lay down their arms. As the surrender took place, an Argentinian told a Marine: The Islands are ours now . The response was simple: We will be back . They were, and this is their story. The Royal Marines of Naval Party 8901 volunteered to join the Task Force and, some seventy-five days after the invasion, the men who were… Read More

Institution of Royal Engineers, 1977. Hardback. Fine / very good . slight wear to wraps. Clean no inscriptions. 553 pages, Maps, Hardcover with Wrapper. Scarce . 1977 reprint of the 1889 book. B8

2001. First edition. Hardback. Scarce First Hardback. Fine with Fine Wrapper. Clean. No Inscriptions. 224 Pages, Colour and Black & white illustrations. The German BISMARK Battleship and the British Battle cruiser HOOD. This book follows the expedition to find the ships. S2

FINE NEAR AS NEW USED BOOK.by Colin BuckenhamPublished by Data Tech D.T.P, Diss Norfolk (2011)Pictorial soft cover. Book Condition, fine as new. Appears unread,Landing Ship, Tank: Landing Craft AssociationPlease See Photos for ConditionA1

Very Good+ Book and wrapper. flat signed by the author.
Lonely Courage: The True Story of the Soe Heroines Who Fought to Free Nazi-occupied France. 'This compelling and complete account of the extraordinarily courageous women of SOE is at turns enthralling, edge-of-smart exciting and also heart-breaking. The way in which they were sent into Nazi-occupied Europe and left to face unspeakable danger remains astonishing and Stroud's book is a reminder and fitting testimony to their immense bravery.' James HollandOn 18 June 1940 General de Gaulle broadcast from London to his countrymen in France about the catastrophe that had overtaken their nation – the victory of the invading Germans. He declared 'Is defeat final? No! . . . the flame of French Resistance must not and will not be extinguished'.The Resistance began almost immediately. At first it was made up of small, disorganised groups working in isolation. But by the time of the liberation in 1944 around 400,000 French citizens, nearly 2 per cent of… Read More

2009.: Pen & Sword, Hardback. Hard Cover. Book Condition: NEAR FINE . Dust Jacket Condition Like New. First Edition. 400 pages, index, appendices, black & white photographs, colour illustration. As the definitive final volume of the history of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Marching with The Tigers covers events in that Regiment and its successor, the 4th Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, over the years 1955-75. During this period the Battalions undertook overseas and operational tours in Cyprus, Germany, Hong Kong, Borneo, Aden, Malta and Libya, Bahrain and Northern Ireland. No inscriptions, wrapper not price cut - as new condition. a heavy book. B1

2003. Paperback. Fine. Paperback . No inscriptions, clean.80 pages. One conscripts personal experience.in the Royal signals and in Korea.. Scarce book. Z4

2001. Book Guild. Hardback Very Good / Very Good. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. 2nd Printing 2002.. Hard Back. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine.. -Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. 286pp. 5 maps & 16 photographs. [author was a 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, the KOYLI in Burma 1942]. In November 1941, aged 22, second lieutenant Gerald Fitzpatrick was reluctantly posted co 'a tropical peace station in the east'. He had no idea of the turmoil that was to erupt within seventy two hours of his embarkation due to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.Three months later on 5 March 1942 he disembarked in Burma, joining what was to become known as Britain's 'Forgotten Army', withdrawing in disarray before the remorseless Japanese advance.Nearly sixty years later, with deep scepticism turned to incredulity, Captain Fitzpatrick recalls his feelings of betrayal and disillusionment towards those in authority over him and his… Read More

1989. First edition. Hardback. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine . 1st Edition. No inscriptions, clean. Wrapper price cut. Oblong quarto. Blue cloth boards with gilt title. 154pp. Illustrated throughout, some in colour. Bright, fresh copy S1

FINE Book .with VG Wrapper. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. With Drawings (illustrator). First Edition. vi, 125 pp, b/w ills with 8 pp of colour. The author, who obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander, was either at, or closely associated with, the Fall of Tobruk, the Invasion of Europe at Normandy on D-Day, the Rhine Crossing and other history-making war operations.Scarce in UK.Please See Photos for ConditionC1

Pie Powder Press, 1985. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. This book started out primary as picture book to accompany the exhibition of Will Wilder's drawings in Wallingford Museum . this was then linked to his diary. 1987 edition. very scarce. 60 pages plus covers. very good . no inscriptions, bright. B8

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Signed limited edition, this is copy no. 1193 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies signed by the compiler/editor. secondary inscription by editor, " To my lovely Polly, love Alexis Penny, 23.10.2014" colour illustrations, the WWII prisoner of war diary kept by Major A. T. Casdagli, internally very clean, binding firm. 264 pages; a very clean bright tight copy.Please look at photos for conditionB4

1998. paperback. Fine. Paperback 49 Pages B/W Photos. Diariy 1940's. World War two. A diary of a journey to Tobruk organised by Lady Avril Randell, 29th to May 8th 1997. Glbert Alec Gardner; The King's Dragoon Guards, No 7909386. Scarce. Y2

2005. First edition. Hardback.. Laminated Boards, Hardback First, Scarce : Fine Copy. As a 13 year old evacuee, Pat Keel-Diffey, began to keep a diary, . From September 1939 to June 1946. Z3