Search Results: Military History from Black Sheep Books

Edinburgh: C.J. Cousland & Sons Ltd., 1949. A Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/-. Roll of Honour record of the former pupils Royal High School of Edinburgh serving in WWII. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, gilt decoration on front, three page fold-out in colour of the stained glass Memorial Windows, many black and white photographs of the Service men. Several small light spots on front cover, corners and spine ends very slightly worn, spine is cracked at title page and page 24, slight foxing on end papers 129 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Dodewaard: Van Eck & Oosterink, 2004. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Book commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem. It is written in Dutch and English. Yellow titling on colourfully illustrated cover, yellow titling on black spine, illustrated end papers, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. With the exception of a very slightly cocked spine, this handsome book is in great shape. 176 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall - Oblong

Paris: Robert Laffont, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. Ancient Art of Warfare, Volume 1: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance 1300 B.C. - 1650 A.D. from Ramses to Vauban; Volume 2: Modern Ages 1700 to our times From Peter the Great to Eisenhower, Soldiers of cannosn, tanks and planes. Both volumes red cloth with gilt decoration to front, gilt titling to spines, illustrated endpapers, richly illustrated throughout, red ribbon marker, volume 1 - 539 pages, volume 2 - 543 pages, in black slipcase with gilt decoration to front and back. Slipcase has some scratching. Books show light sunning to spines and some light scratching to covers. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Bison Books Ltd.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The long development of arms and armour in the Samurai's seven hundred year history is fully detailed in this book. Black cloth with silver titling on spine, black end papers, colour illustration on title page, illustrated throughout with over three hundred colour and black & white photographs, 192 pages. There is a 4" by 1.5" white sticker on end paper. Dust jacket has light edge wear with some light creases to upper spine end, light shelf wear. This is a handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good/-. An instructional book on the five most common throwing weapons such as knives, spears, tomahawks, shurikens, and boomerangs. Light purple cover with black and white illustration to front, black titling to front and spine, black and white photographs throughout, 102 pages. Sunning to spine, mionr shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1990. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Ashes to Ashes: The Phoenix Program and the Vietnam War. Cover for Assassination or Effective Counterinsurgency. Yellow cloth, free endpapers show map of South Vietnam, a cluster of black and white photographs, 331 pages. Very minor edge wear and a few pressure marks to back cover. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, shows very minor edge wear, some scratching and pressure marks to back. It is now protected in a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Salt Spring Island: Joth Press, 2013. Soft cover. As New/-. Bronze Medal Award from the Military Writers Society of America. Remembering war, finding peace; a poignant story set in a beatiful, bewildering country. Illustrated soft cover, signed by both authors to title page, two clusters of full colour photographs, 341 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Regina: School Aids and Text Book Publishing Col, Ltd., 1945. Second Printing. . Card Cover. Good to Very Good. A collection of ballads, written in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. Red paper-covered rigid card cover with white titling and purple illustration on front, inside of cover and first and last free end papers have an overall green and white design, staple binding, illustrated with black and white photographs and a line drawing, 61 pages. Cover has light edge wear, some chipping of top layer of paper on spine, light shelf wear, two small spots of front endpaper missing top layer. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Private Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-. This Book is for Private Circulation Only and has Been Written for Relatives and Friends." A biography of three of the four Bradford Brothers: George Nicholson Bradford, V.C., Royal Navy; James Barker Bradford, M.C., The Durham Light Infantry; and Brig.-General Roland Boys Bradford, V.C., M.C., The Durham Light Infantry. Dark blue cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titling on spine and upper board along with gilt crest of the Durham Light Infantry, photogravure frontispiece is triple fold-out portraits of the three Bradford brothers each with facsimile signatures, printed in sepia, 146 pages. Tucked into the book are two newspaper death notices, a page from the British Dominion Year Book 1918 and several pieces of correspondence pertaining to the book or the Bradford family. Cover has light edge wear, corners lightly bumped, cloth and gilt are clean and bright, upper text block edge darkened, minor foxing spots to end papers and occasionally in text,… Read More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Very Good-. This study seeks to fill a gap in the bibliography concerning the making of Britain's strategy and its relationship with foreign policy in the inter-war period." Blue hard cover with gilt titling on spine, 419 pages. Corners lightly bumped, upper text block edge slightly darkened and has a few tiny, dark specks, red ink stamp on end paper, last third of text block has light crease to upper corner of pages. The first chapter, which is seventy pages, has pencil markings on several pages. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has light edge wear and light shelf wear. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Langley, B.C.: Stagecoach Publishing Co. Ltd., 1977. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Book covers Canada's often violent history. Yellow cloth with black titling on spine and front, illustrated end papers, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout, 248 pages. Text block edges slightly darkened, otherwise book is in great shape. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has edge wear and light shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Russia (?), 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Written in Russian and English, this odd piece of flotsam, from the dissolution of the USSR, reports on the findings of a joint Russian-American inspection; included are several photos and line drawings of artillery projectiles, rockets and missle warheads used to deliver chemical weapons. Grey boards with gilt titlilng (in Russian) on front, subtitling on title page: "Soviet/U.S. Exchange Visit" at top of page and "In Confidence" at bottom, black and white illustrations, text printed only on one side of each page, 109 pages. Lower corners bumped, a few light pressure marks at lower front edge, a few tiny, faint dark spots near lower front edge, text is clean and tight. This is a good-looking book, in nice condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be… Read More

Reading, England: Newspaper Archive Developments Limited, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Of all the works published on the [Second World] War, none has proved to be more useful than this., published by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, [and] it is for this reason that we have decided to reprint it." Book is a consolidated edition of the Chronology; the passage of time has made possible a re-assessment of the relative importance of the events recorded in the original issues, and some details have been omitted, particularly in entries dealing with military operations. It has also been possible to include information which for security reasons was withheld during the war, and to give the actual dates of many events. Green hard cover with gilt titling on spine and front, 446 pages. Upper front corners lightly bumped, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the… Read More

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.. Hardcover. Very Good. Foreword by Captain Channing M. Zicker, U.S. Navy. The author has meticulously researched, documented, and described contacts between Navy ships and civilian vessels over a span of two centuries. Blue cloth with silver titling, 307 pages. Upper text block edge has some very pale smudges, otherwise this handsome book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Kirkby-Marlton Press, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good-. Compiled by David K. Riddle and Donald G. Mitchell, book is a catalogue of those Canadians who served in the First World War, and were recognized as worthy of this prestigious award. Red soft cover with white titling, SIGNED by David Riddle on title page, 304 pages. Cover has minor shelf wear, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Holberg, U.K.: New English Library, 1975. Soft cover. Good. Subtitled on cover: The Incredible Story of a German Night Fighter Pilot. Originally published by William Kimber and Co. in 1957. "The author, a former Messerschmitt pilot, recounts his story of the war years.[tracing] the story of the ace fighter pilots from the first development of radar by the Germans to the Battle of Britain." Colourfully illustrated soft cover with white titling, 157 pages, publisher's advertising at back. Cover has edge wear, shelf wear including a few light creases, slightly darkened text block edge, small dark mark on upper text block edge, a few notes in pencil inside back cover, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over… Read More

London: Trade & Travel Publications Ltd. Hardcover. Good/-. Campbell, G.A. & W. Kerry. Blue cloth, gilt titling and decoration on spine and front, bevelled edges, blind-stamped simple border on front, top edge of text block was coloured, decorated endpapers, colour frontispiece, one black and white fold-out map, illustrated with black and white plates, line drawings and maps throughout, 207 pages. There are spots of discolouration covering cover, spine is sunned and gilt is nearly illegible, top text block edge are darkened, bottom corners and spine ends are bumped, significant bump to upper rear edge, some foxing spots in text, otherwise interior is clean and binding is firm. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Edinburgh: Pentland Press Limited, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is the autobiographical tale of Miles Rivett-Carnac detailing his early life and family history. Black cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs, 163 pages. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear, otherwise book is great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. A comprehensive and fully researched biography of George Monck, in which Monck is shown to be a "man of considerable ability and intense loyalties, equally devoted to Oliver Cromwell and Charles II." Red cloth with gilt titling on spine, upper text block edge is red, grey end papers, 316 pages. Cover has multiple tiny specks of discolouration, primarily along lower front edge and rear and front gutter. Dust jacket has minor edge and shelf wear. This is a handsome book - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Compiled by Cyril Tawney, well-known folk singer, book is a compilation of one hundred fifteen Navy songs from the author's personal collection. Blue boards with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs, thirteen page introduction, four appendices, list of sources, glossary, index, etc., 177 pages. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has negligible shelfwear - this is a handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall