Search Results: Military Books & Warfare from NEXUS BOOKS

Adelaide, Australia: Rigby Limited, 1966. First edition; hardcover in dustjacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page: "With every good wish for the future. 'Peace on thy walls & prosperity within thy palaces.' Ken Harrison, Sept. 1967." A Near Fine copy: clean, bright and firmly bound; in a VG+ dustjacket which is slightly faded on the spine. Scarce signed/inscribed..

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1978. First edition. With seventeen maps and diagrams, appendices, glossary, bibliography and index. Deals with the three strands that made up Britain's Army in India: the regular regiments, the Honourable East India Company's European regiments, and the Sepoy Army. A Near Fine hardcover copy (one corner slightly creased) in a Near Fine dustwrapper. A surprisingly scarce book..

Toronto: Royal Military College Club / University of Toronto Press, 1982. Second printing. With numerous b.& w. photographic illustrations. A Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper..

Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 1981. First edition. With 38 b.& w. illustrations and three maps. During the Second World War, at the request of two British secret services, almost one hundred Canadians volunteered to go behind enemy lines in Europe and Asia. Ink name at top of front endpaper, else a Near Fine hardcover copy in a Near Fine dustwrapper. An excellent copy..

Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 1989. First edition, 466 pages. Stuart Ramsay Tompkins' letters to his wife from 1912 to 1919, chronicling his service in World War One and his subsequent participation in military expeditions to Russia and China. "An eloquent record of his courtship and marriage; sharp observations of government and politics, both military and civil; an articulate participant's view of the war in the trenches; and discerning and sensitive reactions to Siberia and China in 1919" - front flap. A Fine "as new" hardcover in a Near Fine dustjacket (spine slightly faded); an excellent copy of an interesting and well produced book..

Zella-Mehlis / Meiningen: Heinrich Jung Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1997. First edition; hardcover published without dustjacket. Although published in Germany this is an ENGLISH language book. A Near Fine copy in original illustrated boards. No inscription or book-plate; text completely clean and free of any markings. A really nice copy of a scarce book..

Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. First edition. With b.& w. illustrations, notes, a bibliography, and index. A Fine "as new" hardcover copy in a Fine flawless dustwrapper..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, 328 pages. A Fine, brand new copy in original blue cloth binding, in a Fine dustjacket..

London - New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1968. Second printing, printer's code reads "818.668". The red lettering between the books illustrated on the back panel of the dustwrapper reads: "Illustrations are of previous editions now all sold." A Near Fine copy in original cream boards. No inscription or internal markings, a very sound, tight copy, with a tiny corner clip off the front free endpaper. In a VG+ price-clipped dustwrapper which is bright and unrubbed with only the merest hint of edge wear. A lovely copy..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993 First edition. A Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper..

London: George Philip & Son Limited, 1963. Reprint of 1960 edition, with enlarged Supplement. One of the standard general reference works in this field. Shows over six hundred ribbons in colour, in addition to three hundred and fifty b.& w. illustrations of decorations within the text. A Near Fine hardcover copy in a price-clipped VG+ dustwrapper which has miniscule edge-wear and very slight age-dulling along spine. Overall, a bright, pleasing copy..

Hamilton, R.C.A.F. (W.D.) Association, 1974 Second printing. Dedication page corner-clipped, else a Fine copy in decorated navy-blue boards without dustwrapper, as issued..