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MILITARY HISTORY LAND WARFARE GENERAL
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 | SEELY, Maj Gen The Rt Hon J E B - ADVENTURE(Heinemann, London
, 1931) pp.326 Pages Boer War and WWI memoirs. Frontispiece and photographs. An attractive copy in better than usual condition. VG+ red cloth brds hardcover, lightly bumped one cnr, small inscr on fly, no d/w Price: $15.40 |
| Pretorius, Fransjohan - ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902, THE(Struik Publishers
, Cape Town, 1998 (1985)) pp 96 Pages `Here are Boer life on commando, the British Tommy`s experience of a hostile veld and the role of blacks in the warfare - an aspect until recently unprobed.` Pretorius is professor of history at the University of Pretoria. (View image) VERY FINE (UNUSED). Pictorial paper covers. Price: $16.50 |
| Barthorp, Michael - ANGLO-BOER WARS, THE(Blandford, London
, 1988 repr) pp 176 Pages The British and Afrikaners 1815-1902. Also covers earlier conflicts such as the first Boer War of 1880-81. Attractively illustrated, endpaper maps. 19x25 cms Hardcover cloth brds Very fine in unmarked pictorial dustwrappers. Price: $26.40 |
| von Pivka, Otto - ARMIES OF EUROPE TODAY, THE(Osprey, UK
, UK 1974) pp.232 Pages Well illustrated. NATO WARSAW PACT Good, sound copy. Cloth brds, minor marks, lacks front and endpapers Price: $ 9.90 |
| van Wyk Smith, M. - DRUMMER HODGE The Poetry of the Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902(Clarendon Press, Oxford
, 1978) pp 354 Pages Anglo-Boer War of 1899 - 1902 and its relationship with literature of the time by Professor of English at Rhodes Univerity in South Africa. Illustrations. (View image) 14x22 cms Cloth brds. Fine in very good d/w with small tears. Price: $15.40 |
| Ashley, Maurice - ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, THE(Sutton, London
, 1990 rev ed (orig 1974)) pp 202 Pages `Copiously and imaginatively illustrated ... an physically attractive volume ... an intelligent introduction` (History Today) Battle maps and illustrations. 17x26 cms (View image) Very fine Cloth brds in pictorial dustwrapper(creased). Price: $26.40 |
| Martin, Paul - EUROPEAN MILITARY UNIFORMS A Short History(Hamlyn / Spring Books
, 1968 2nd impr) 128 + 8 pages of colour plates Pages 44 pages of detailed colour plates. 22.5x28.5cms (View image) VG+ Cloth brds in VG (chipped) pict d/w Price: $16.50 |
| Beevor, Anthony - FALL OF BERLIN, THE(Viking
, 2002, 1st edition) pp.xxxvii, 489 Pages SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Illustrated Hardcover in d/w. Very Fine/Fine Price: $33.00 |
| Castle, Ian and Ian Knight - FEARFUL HARD TIMES : The Siege and Relief of Eshowe, 1879(Greenhill
, 1994) pp.256 Pages Anglo-Zulu War. In 1879, Colonel Charles Pearson`s 1800 men withstood a 72 day siege by the Zulu army at Eshowe. Illustrations and appendices.(View image) Fine cloth brds in d/w Price: $22.00 |
| Graves, Philip - FOURTEENTH QUARTER, THE : Jan.1st - Mar 31st 1943(Hutchinson
, 1943) pp.v,290 Pages Contemporaneous account of WWII incl the defeat of Feldmarschall von Paulus on the Eastern Front, Far East and North Africa. VG hardcover cloth brds in frayed d/w Price: $13.20 |
| Mercer, Patrick - GIVE THEM A VOLLEY AND CHARGE! : The Battle of Inkermann, 1854(Spellmount
, 1998) pp.xiv, 194 Pages Crimean War battle of Britain vs Russia and France. 5 battle maps. Very Fine (unused) cloth brds in d/w Price: $26.40 |
| Wavell, Field Marshall Earl - GOOD SOLDIER, THE(Macmillan
, 1948) pp 215 Pages Collection of insightful military history essays written by Wavell between 1928 and World War II. 13x19 cms Good, sound copy (fhinge cracking). Cloth brds, some markings to front and bookplate. Price: $15.40 |
| Maule, Henry - GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II(Hamlyn
, 1972) pp 448 Pages Excellent illustrations. Large format 23x30 cms Cloth brds. Fine (No d/w) Price: $15.40 |
| Hogg, Ian - GREAT LAND BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II(Blandford
, 1987) pp 192 Pages 10 different types of battle incl (airborne) Crete, (armored) `Crusader`, (siege) Corregidor, (combined ops) Dieppe, (jungle) Kokoda, (amphibious) Tarawa, (invasion) D-Day, (infantry) Normandy, (mobile) Patton, (artillery) `Veritable`. Large format and well illustrated. 23x28 cms. (View image) Very fine in pictorial dustwrappers. Price: $19.80 |
| Young, Peter & Adair, John - HASTINGS TO CULLODEN Battles of Britain(Sutton
, 1996 rev 3rd ed) pp 294 Pages Classic survey by two of Britain`s foremost military historians looking in detail at all major campaigns and battles to have taken place on British soil since the Norman Conquest incl. Hastings, Bosworth, Flodden, Edgehill, Naseby, Dynbar, Culloden. Maps. 15x23 cms (View image) Very fine (uncreased spine). Large format paperback edition. Price: $26.40 |
| Suvurov, Viktor - INSIDE THE SOVIET ARMY(Hamish Hamilton
, 1982, 1st edition) pp. viii, 296 Pages Analysis of Soviet Army Order of Battle at height of Cold War and the Warsaw Pact confrontation with NATO. Illustrated. Still the standard military reference on the era. On the subject of Equipment, Suvurov makes a strong case for the efficiency of simple-to-produce and thus simple-to-repair weaponry up to and including the Mig Fighterplane. Hardcover VG+ cloth brds in edgeworn unclipped d/w; no inscripts Price: $ 9.90 |
| Hastings, Max - KOREAN WAR, THE(BCA EDITION
, 1987) pp 476 Pages `Max Hastings` narrative combines incisive historical interpretation with descriptions of the action that are second to none for flair and vivid accuracy.` Profusely illustrated. Appendices, chronology, notes, bibliography. 16x24 cms HARDCOVER Very fine in pictorial d/w Price: $22.00 |
| Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques - LIEUTENANT IN ALGERIA(Hutchinson
, 1958) pp.206 Pages French Army in the Algerian Crisis. De Gaulle Vg cloth brds, no d/w Price: $13.20 |
| Walter, John - LUGER STORY, THE(Wren`s Park Pub
, 2001) pp.256 Pages Excellent detailed illustrations of all models in Luger range incl diagrams. The indispensable and standard reference work on the Luger, covering all variants from over ten manufacturers. Very Fine (unused) hardcover cloth brds in d/w Price: $27.50 |
| David Chandler (ed) - MILITARY MEMOIRS OF MARLBOROUGH`S CAMPAIGNS 1702-12(Leventhal
, 1998 repr) pp. xxiv, 276 Pages Captain Robert Parker, Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland and the Count of Merode-Westerloo, Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire. Maps & Illustrations. Incl an interesting appendix on the conduct of war in this period. 14x22cms (View image) Very Fine hardcover. Cloth in pict. d/w Price: $28.60 |
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