Search Results: Militaria from Lawrence Jones

Stuttgart-Unterturkheim.: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft., 1942. 107pp, bw ills. Cream card. Spine chipped at bottom but complete. Original official parts list for wartime Mercedes Benz wagon. Text in German/auf Deutsch.. Edition G.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1993. 207pp, index, bw ills. Or tan papered boards with gray cloth spine in jacket. Very light marking to page edges. Places the Norman conquest in the context of the entire dramatic year it took place. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Floyd, Gareth.. 8vo.

Washington D.C.: War Department, 1947. 242pp, index, references, num bw ills. Card covers. Old sticker removal mark to front, surplus parts dealer stamp on title page. Being ex-surplus supply explains the excellent condition. Originally published in 1944, this copy a 1947 reprint.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966. viii, 312pp, index, bibliography, maps, bw ills. Or brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Black lines on top and bottom edges, something removed from rear free endpaper ( possibly ex-lib). Jacket price clipped and flaps trimmed close to print. Eyewitness acounts of Napoleon's defeat in Russia.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Kurrajong: RMT Publishing, 1992. 299pp. Some foxing of prelims, endpages and edges. This epic story, blending fact and fiction, of the Kokoda Campaign in the jungles of Papua New Guinea includes a vivid description of the crossing of the Owen Stanley Ranges by the intrepid 'B'Company.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Hill and Wang., 1980. 254pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Small mark to cloth on front cover, prev owners name on front free endpaper. Front flap slightly creased, small scrape and crease to rear jacket panel, spine faded. An account of the crucial Allied military decisions of 1943 which reveals major Allied miscalculations in prosecuting the war.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2009. 128pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. New but slight yellowing of spine. Took over from the Flying Tigers in the CBI in 1942 and went on to score more victories than any other US unit in the CBI.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2007. 128pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. New.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Sydney: The 36th Battalion (St George's English Rifle Regt.) Assocoaition, 1967. xvi, 210pp, roll of honour, maps, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Very light even toning to page egdes. The story of the battalion from its formation in pre-war days to the end of WWII. The battalio, known as Ike's Marines, took part in numerous actions in Papua New Guinea and New Britain including Sanananda-Gona, Wau, Lae, Buna-Oro Bay and more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Gold Coast: Ian D. Skennerton, 1993. 126pp, index, references, num bw photographs, line drawings. Pictorial card. Near new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: The Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers., 2002. HEAVY (over 4kg) 4 volume set-complete. xviii, 203pp; xix, 232pp + maps; xix, 432pp + maps; xxi, 978pp; indexes, references, maps, bw ills. 1cm tear to bottom of rear jacket panel of Vol 4, otherwise very nice indeed. Scarce as a complete set. Vol 1 3rd Impression 2001 (1977); Volume 2 2nd Impression 2001 (1979); Vol 3 2nd Impression 2001 (1982) and Vol 4 1st edition 2002. . Various Editions . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2007. 128pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. New.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2009. 128pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. New but slight yellowing of spine. 29 aces, 430 kills claimed and a Presidential Unit Citation in 1944.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2008. 128pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. New but slight yellowing of spine. Longest serving US Fighter Group in WWII.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2011. 128pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. New. First to fight in North Africa, and pioneered fighter-bomber tactics used to this day. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Cleveland: 361st Infantry Regiment, 1919. 276pp, roster, honor roll, appendices, bw ills, folding map, folding photograph of officers, original order form loosely inserted. Or green cloth with title and regiment emblem in gold to front. Small scuff to spine, rubbed at corners. The folding plate of officers lacking most of the final panel (of 4). No date- foreword dated 1919. Excellent WWI regimental history of the 361st Infantry including action at the Argonne, Meusse-Argonne, Belgian front, Ypre-Lys; Lys-Scheldt.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

London: Parkgate Books, 1998. 64 pages, illustrated with numerous contemporary photographs and line drawings. Illustrated laminated boards in dust-jacket. Jacket faded at and around spine. Through the skilful use of 13 8.8cm Flack 16 and 36 guns the Germans stopped the British Operation Battleaxe in North Africa 'killing' 123 of the 238 attacking tanks.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute / US Army Command and General Staff College., 1986. v, 70pp, bibliography, notes, bw ills, maps. Or stapled card covers. Covers moderately foxed, light internal foxing. US Army Command and General Staff College book on the confrontation between the 9th Australian Division and tanks of the Afrika Korps at Tobruk. A valuable historical context for evaluating how light infantry forces can confront armoured attacks. Also reveals how light forces operated and were supported and sustained in a desert environment.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1983. 96pp, 58 col & bw plates, bibliography. Or black cloth in jacket. Near new.. The paintings of A. Henry Fullwood, who in 1918 was chosen as one of Australia's first war artists. This is the first book on Fullwood, and the first in a series of books on paintings by major artists held by the Australian War Memorial.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Oblong 8vo.

Beaudesert, Qld: Church Archivists' Press (P & A Jackson), 2001. xiii, 256pp, b/w photos, facsimiles, three appendices, indexes of people and places. On the Copyright page a sticker giving the editors' details covers the publication details. SIGNED by the editors on the title page with an inscription from the editors dated 2001 on the dedication page. This is a collection of diaries and letters written by an Australian pilot and edited by his two children. John F Jackson was a Queensland grazier and businessman who joined the RAAF in 1939. He served with 3 Squadron in the Middle East. Returning to Australia, he was given command of 75 Squadron. He met his death leading that squadron in its heroic defence of Port Moresby early in 1942.. Signed. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback.