Search Results: Military History from TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS

ENGLAND: AIRLIFE PUBLISHING. ACCOUNT OF THE AIR BATTLE FOR MALTA DURING WORLD WAR 2. EX-LIBRARY BOOK WITH A PLASTIC PROTECTIVE COVER OVER THE DUSTJACKET AND A LIBRARY CODING NUMBER ON THE DUSTJACKET SPINE. BOOK HAS MINOR SURFACE DAMAGE ON THE FIRST BLANK PAGE, PLUS A 'WITHDRAWN FOR SALE' STAMP ON THIS AND THE TITLE PAGE. SOME INTERIOR PAGES ARE SLIGHTLY SOILED ON THE EDGES. . Good. Hardcover. 1990.

LONDON: PORTRAIT. Non-fiction account of the capture of Singapore by the Japanese army in 1942 and the various military and political blunders that allowed this event to occur. Slight wear on dust jacket edges. No printed price on DJ. DJ has not been price clipped. Brown boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. First published in 2005. Black and white photograph illustration(plates). Location: LWT11 . Fine. Hardcover. REPRINT. 2006.

BARNSLEY, UK: PEN AND SWORD MILITARY. Large trade paprback. Slight wear/peeling on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illusration(plates). 841 pages with indexes. Location: CONE3 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Paperback. REPRINT. 2009.

LONDON: WEIDENFELD AND NICHOLSON. Large format hard cover. 160 Pages including index. Lavish colour and black and white illustrations. Features battle maps. Chapters on 'The Battle of Hastings(1066), Naseby(1645), Blenheim(1704), Plassey(1757), Quebec(1759), Bunker Hill(1775) and Yorktown(1781), Borodino(1812), Waterloo(1815), Sebastopol(1854-55), Gettysburg(1863), Spion Kop(1900), Cambrai(1917), Blitzkrieg(1940), The Ardennes(1944). Split on corners of Dust Jacket over board cover turning points. Slight age staining on top edges of DJ Flyleaves. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1976.

LONDON: Ted Smart/The Book People. First printing of this edition. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear/creasing on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Slight staining/soiling on the back of the DJ. Photo illustrated boards which match the dust jacket. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photograph illustration. Location: NBK1 . Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 2002.

LONDON: BLANDFORD PRESS. Large format hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. Creasing on top edge ofDJ, small tear on top corner edge. Not price clipped. Blue boards with gilt titles on board spine. Slight soiling on edges of one or two pages. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illustration. 160 pages with index. A history of the World War 2 fighter plane. Location: WREN1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1988.

LONDON: RIDER AND COMPANY. First printing. Hard cover with dust jacket. Small splits/tears/peeling and moderate surface wear on DJ. Not price clipped. Light blue boards with gilt titles on spine. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. Page edges are soiled and slightly foxed. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Black and white plates. A scare title. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1954.

LONDON: BUCHAN & ENRIGHT. Paperback. First published in 1950. First printing of this edition.The true story of the kidnapping of Generalmajor Karl Kreipe, who commanded the German forces occupying Crete in 1944. Describing the planning and carrying out of the operation. Based on Moss's diaries of the operation. Illustrated with black and white photographs(plates). Slight creasing on corner point of front cover. Slight wear on cover edges. Lightly tanned pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: CCB1/O . Very Good. Paperback. First Thus. 1985.

OXFORD: BODLEIAN LIBRARY, UNIVERSIRY OF OXFORD. Small hard cover. Beige boards with black text. Reproduces the text of a paper booklet issued to British forces serving in France following the D-Day landings of 1944. Advice on relating to the people of France, basic French, weights and measures etc. 56 pages. Preface by Mary Clapinson, Senior Research Fellow at St. Hugh's College, Oxford. Slight wear on board edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 2005.

LONDON: HMSO. Large format soft cover. Creasing and peeling on cover turning points. Soiling on page edges. Creasing/small folds on the tips of some pages. Otherwise clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. The story of Tee Emm the RAF's World War 2 'Aircraft Training Publication' and Pilot Officer Prune the cartoon pilot who acted as a guide on how to serve in the RAF(and how not to). Location: STC57 . Good. Paperback. Second Impression. 1992.

LONDON: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES. EX-LIBRARY BOOK. HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKETHISTORY OF THE PUNIC WARS BETWEEN ROME AND CARTHAGE. WITH BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. EX-LIBRARY BOOK WITH TRANSPARENT PLASTIC PROTECTIVE COVER OVER DUSTJACKET AND A LIBRARY CODING NUMBER ON SPINE. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL AREA OF SURFACE DAMAGE ON FIRST BLANK PAGE PLUS A 'WITHDRAWN FOR SALE' STAMP ON THIS AND THE TITLE PAGE. LOCATION: CONE2 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1980.

THRUPP, STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE: SUTTON PUBLISHING. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear/creasing on dust jacket edges. Not price clipped. Black boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black boards. Black and white photograph illustration(plates). First printing. Location: RED1 . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2006.

LONDON: ODHAMS. Undated. Probably late 1940s. Red boards with an illustration on the front board. Slight surface wear/peeling on board edges. Fold over tears on the side and bottom edges of the last few pages(text and photographs are not affected). Black and white photograph illustration. This series covers the Second World War. Location: MCV1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. First Edition..

LONDON: ODHAMS. Undated. Probably late 1940s. Red boards with an illustration on the front board. Slight wear on board edges. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photograph illustration. This series covers World War 2. Location: MCV1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition..

LONDON: ODHAMS. Undated. Probably late 1940s. Red boards with an illustration on the front board. Slight wear on board edges. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photograph illustration. This series covers World War 2. Location: MCV1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition..

LONDON: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES. Book Club edition. Hard cover with dust jacket. Moderate wear on DJ edges Flat creasing/scarring marks on front of DJ. No printed price on DJ, not price clipped. Blue boards with gilt titles on board spine. Tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white and colour illustration. 256 pages with index. Military history. Location: LWT10 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. 1980.

LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS. Classic account of the 1897-1898 Omdurman campaign. Undated edition. Blue boards. Gilt titles on spine. Slight staining on boards and wear on board edges. Gold gilt on top edges of book pages. Slight foxing on page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Map illustrations. Frontispiece photograph of Lord Kitchener. Location: LBS1 . Very Good. Hardcover.