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Grantham, Lincolnshire: Adastral , 2011. Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, BRIAN LUCAS. Inscription reads, 'For my good friends/-------- and ----- ---/with my very best wishes/Brian Lucas/1st January 2011'. (4),iv,274pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs. The autobiography of British Anglican priest Brian Lucas (born 1940) who served as Chaplain-in-Chief for the RAF from 1991 to 1995. With Index. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, BRIAN LUCAS. . Presentation Copy Inscribed & Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine.

Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate, 1998. Fine/Fine. First Hardback Edition, First Printing. SIGNED TWICE BY AUTHOR. FIRSTLY AS A PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'vii.99/For -------,/some 'scribbled forms drawn with a pen'./with best wishes from the author.' And secondly SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE WITHOUT DEDICATION OR INSCRIPTION 'Nick de Somogyi'. With Notes On Procedures, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Bibliography, Index. This book concludes with a sustained account of 'Hamlet', a play which both dramatizes the Elizabethan context of war fever, and embodies in its three variant texts the war and peace that shaped its production. By affording scrutiny to each of its title's components, 'Shakespeare's Theatre Of War' provides a compelling argument for reassessing the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries within the enduring context of the military culture and wartime experience of his age. A… Leer más

Edinburgh: AK Press, 2011. Fine. First Paperback Edition. (v),278pp. The members of the Iron Column were among the most notorious anarchists in the Spanish Civil War. They were intransigent in the face of the fascist revolt, but also in defence of the revolution's gains. With Appendices, Bibliography and Index. Abel Paz (1921-2009) was a fifteen-year-old anarchist when the Spanish Revoltion began. After the revolution's defeat, he spent several years in exile, returning to Spain in 1942 as a querrilla fighter against the Franco regime. No underlining or highlighting. A fine copy of a FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine.

London: BBC Books, 2003. VG/VG. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price-clipped. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, DAN CRUIKSHANK AND DAVID VINCENT, wthout dedications or inscriptions. A powerful and timely account of the author's search for lost treaures during times of conflict. The quest begins in Afghanistan in 2002, then Iraq and on to Israel in 2003. Illustrated with photographs and maps. With Bibliography and Index. There is a non-authorial signature on the front endpaper; some creasing to head of spine; light bruising to bottom edge of rear cover; minor lean to spine; d/w has some creasing to head of spine, with short edge tear (10mm) to front panel; else a very good copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, DAN CRUIKSHANK AND DAVID VNCENT. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Signed by Both Authors, Dan Cruikshank . First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good.

Solihull: Helion & Company, 2004. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A well-researched and authoritative history of the Aden Protectorate Levies 1927 to 1961 and the Federal Regular Army of South Arabia 1961 to 1967. With Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Light spotting to top-edge; light dusting to endpapers and paste-downs; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON first edition, first printing. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Wingham, Kent: Wingham Press, 1991. VG+/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR, NORMAN FRANKS. without dedication or inscription on a bookplate affixed to front endpaper, Profusely illustrated with photgraphs. There was a handful of Americans in the RAF prior to the birth of the American Eagle Squadrons. Those first Americans have their story and so have those Eagle pilots who remaied in the service of the Royal Air Force once the three Eagle Squadrons became the US 4th Fighter Group of the mighty 8th Air Force in September 1942. With Appendixes and Index. Light sunning to spine of d/w; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR, NORMAN FRANKS. . Signed by Co-author, Norman Franks. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.

Canterbury, Kent: Harrop Press, 1990. Fine/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JAMES A GOODSON, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Illustrated with photographs. Autobiography of American World War Two fighter pilot Lt-Colonel James A Goodson; Presidential Citation, Distingushed Flying Cross (8 times), Silver Star and Purple Heart. He was one of the first American volunteers to join the Royal Air Force and transfered to the United States Army Air Force in 1942. He flew Spitfires, P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51D Mustangs: (1921-2014). A fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JAMES A GOODSON . Signed By Author, James A Goodson. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

London: Arrow Books, 2017. VG+. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR, HENRY HEMMING, 2018, without dedication of inscription. xiv,400pp. Illustrated with photographs. The biography of Maxwell Knight, MI5's greatest spymaster, (1900-1968) and reputedly the model for the James Bond character 'M' - with index references for Ian Fleming. With Bibliography and Index. Light reading creasing to spine; else a very good plus copy of a SCARCE first paperback edition, first printing SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR, HENRY HEMMING.. Signed By Author, Henry Hemming . First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very Good Plus.

Perth: Words Of Perth, 1985. VG+. Revised Edition. Small Paperback, 11cms by 13.6cms. Illustrated with line-drawings and photographs. 138pp. A regimental history of The Black Watch. Minor spotting to top and bottom-edges; else a very good plus copy of a SCARCE revised edition.. Revised Edition. Small Paperback. Very Good Plus.

London: Allen Lane, 2008. VG/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ANDREW ROBERTS, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Describes four titanic figures shaped the strategy of the West during the Second World War; Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt, General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C Marshall. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. With Appendixes, Bibliography And Index. With two small bumps along lower edge of front cover; else a very good copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR ANDREW ROBERTS. D/w now protected in a detachable. non-adhesive, clear sheaf. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST.. Signed by Author,Andrew Roberts. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Near Fine.

Salisbury: Hobnob Press, 2008. VG. First Paperback Edition. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, REX SAWYER. Inscription reads, 'To -----/With thanks for all your help/over the years!/Rex/March 2008'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. In 1943 the villagers of Imber were all required leave, so that the village could be handed over to the army for military training. With Bibliography and Index. A very good copy of a SCARCE first paperback edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR, REX SAWYER.. Presentation Copy Inscribed & Signed. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Stroud, Gloucestershire: History Press, 2014. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, CLARE UNGERSON, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To ------/Clare Ungerson/Sandwich, 2014'. Illustrated with photographs. In November 1938 about 30,000 German Jewish men were taken to concentration camps were they were subjected to torture, starvation and arbitrary death. The author tells here the remarkable story of how the grandees of Anglo-Jewry persuaded the British Government to allow them to establish a transit camp in Sandwich, East Kent, to which up to 4,000 men could be brought while they waited for permanent settlement overseas. With Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Some light spotting to top-edge; else a fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.

Brighton: Reveille Press, 2014. Fine. First Edition, First Printing. No d/w, (as published). PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED DURING CANTERBURY WEEK 2014. Signing reads, 'To ----/Best Wishes/Paul Lewis/Canterbury Week 2014'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A record of the contribution made by the Kent Cricket Club during the First World War. Recording previously unpublished records of bravery and valour. With Bibliography. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PAUL LEWIS, . Presentation Copy Signed & Inscribed. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine.

Whitstable, Kent: Bygone Publishing, 2014. Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Large format paperback.SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JUDITH GAUNT, without dedication or inscription on titl-page. 120pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs of men who died during the First World War who came from Deal, Sandwich and district in Kent. With Bibliography and Index. A fine copy of the SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, JUDITH GAUNT.. First Edition, First Printing. Large format Paperback. Fine.

Liskeard, Cornwall: Exposure Publishing, 2006. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 7,v,517pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A well-researched and authoritative account of the 56th (1st London) Division attack on Gommecourt on 1st July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. With Appendixes, Bibliography and Index. Including an Appendix 'Roll Of Honour Of The 56th Division'. A near fine copy of an UNCOMMON first edition, first printing. NO inscriptions., underlining or highlighting. A near fine copy of an UNCOMMON first edition, first printing.. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Near Fine.

United States Of America: Purdue Research Foundation, 1994. VG. 1994 First Edition, First Printing. No d/w, now protected in adhesive plastic covering. Illustrated with maps and line-drawings. A well-researched and authoritative historical study of the naval policy of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918. With Appendixes, Bibliography and Index. No inscriptions, or notes, else a very good copy of the UNCOMMON 1994 first edition, first printing.. 1994 First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good.

London: William Collins, 2014. VG/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PADDY ASHDOWN. Inscription reads, 'To ---- & -----/Best wishes/Paddy Ashdown, (1941-2018). Illustrated with maps and photographs. A well-researched and authoritative military history of the French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors. Together with Annexes, Bibliography and Index. A very good copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PADDY ASHDOWN. TOGETHER WTH A TICKET FOR ENTRY TO BOOKSHOP (JULY, 2014) AND A NEWSPAPER CUTTING FOR THE BATH CHRONICLE 26.JUNE.2014. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST.. Presentation Copy Signed By Author, Paddy Ashdown. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good Plus.

Ramsgate, Kent: East Kent Maritime Trust/Ramsgate Maritime Museum, 1999. VG+. Revised edition. Oblong paperback, size 30 by 21 cms. 32pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. Details of the port, concentrating on the First World War developments. Light chipping to head and tail of spine, and spine; else a very good plus copy of the SCARCE revised edition. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting.. Revised Edition. Oblong Paperback. Very Good Plus.

Honolulu: Hawaii University, 2005. NrF. 2005 Updated Edition. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JEROME T HAGEN, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'Jan. 17. 2006/Pearl Harbor/To: -----/Thanks ----- , for your service/in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment/and service in northern Ireland./Temper Fidelis/Jerome T Hagen/B.Gen. USMC (Ret)'. xii,346pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A well-researched and authoritative account of America At War during the Second World War. With Bibliography and Index. Some spotting to edges; else a near fine copy of a 2005 Updated Edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The chapters on "Other" Surrender Ceremonies and "Independent Forces And Unnecessary Battles" reveal new information never before published. Additional material, including four new chapters and numerous graphics, have been completed and are included in this edition. . Presentation Copy Inscibed And Signed By Autho. 2005 Updated Edition.… Leer más

Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword, 2011. VG+/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, BRIAN PARRITT. Inscription reads, 'To/Norman/an Old Friend/and a/True Korean Veteran/With Kind Regards/Brian/Dec 2011'. Illustrated with photographes. A memor of the Korean War. With Bibliography and Index. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy Inscribed & Signed. First Edition, First Printing.. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Near Fine.