MILITARIA Non-fiction from Fortuna Books

London: Odhams, 1957 red cloth faded at head of spine and top of lower board, small split to front hinge, offset browned half title, some foxing to closed edges. DW surface rubbed and with some tears and small chips to edges. DW spine rubbed with white crease down centre, large closed tear at head. , it is price clipped… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Angus & Robertson, 1957 first reprint February 1957 (After Jan 1957 first edition) unclipped DW has rubbing creasing and some chipping to edges and ends and slight soiling, pictorial endpapers, 216pp + plates, closed top edge foxed, name to half title, and in pencil to verso of frontis. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Elek, 1955 bottom edge of upper board small nick, name to fep, small damp mark at head of book spine and on the facing dust jacket, unclipped dust jacket some light edge wear and corner rubbing, German mine layer which successfully mined Auckland harbour, 200pp+ plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: William Kimber, 1964 second impression of first edition, spine ends and joints rubbed, call number to spine, a few discrete library stamps, lacks dust jacket, 320pp + plates, in depth historical research on the V-Weapon programme of the Nazi military producing flying bombs and rockets . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Collins, 1958 name stamp to endpapers and title page, some foxing to prelims and closed edges, light wear to spine ends, dust jacket is heavily chipped to the spine ends, rear panel has a tear across it, some foxing to DW, 320pp + frontis, book otherwise tidy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7? -… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1918 tan cloth with black titling, lower joint split, spine attached by upper joint, name to fep, some foxing, both hinges showing binding mesh, 301pp + portrait frontis. + 5 plates Memoirs of a Canadian pilot in First World War. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Thames Methuen, 1981 price clipped DW, x 368pp illustrated with b&w photographs. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 1995 small gift inscription to paste down, corners lightly bumped, vii 226pp, illustrated with photos, British lad migrated to Australia aged 15, served with AIF in North Africa, Greece, Syria, New Guinea and Borneo, includes his post war life as a rouseabout. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1965 unclipped DW , book has some insect damage to the lower edge of the boards, minimal and not conspicuous, 130pp + plates, much respected commander of New Zealand forces in the North African campaign against Italians and Rommel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Arthur Barker, 1958 cream buckram a little foxed, name to fep, minor age toning, DW complete and unclipped but with short chips or tears to spine ends, as well as short tear at top of front panel. An actor signs up in the air force at the start of the war and in these memoirs can hardly… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Secker & Warburg, 1964 VG book, small bumps to top and bottom edge, DW is price clipped and VG except faint cup ring to cover showing as white on the green colour. 400pp , map end papers, Wendell Fertig spent three years with the Philippinnes resistance during WWII. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder, 1919 seems to have been in a fire, or boiler room! Blue cloth with titling to spine and cover, the two boards cloth is bubbled and lifting, all edges are smoke blackened, very minor intrusion of smoke to the edges of the end papers, the book text seems untouched, one instance of faint water mark to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Cassell, 1955 very tidy unmarked book in similar unclipped DW just with mild edge rubbing and slight sun fading to the yellow paper stock, xii 260pp + plates, includes piracy, treatment of captive civilian populations, partisans, slave labour, concentration camps and final solution of the jewish problem. reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder, 1916 sunned spine, lightly soiled boards with some stains, titled to upper board, small piece torn from top edge of half title, aged feps, vii 239pp + 6 plates incl col frontis, one page small marginal tear, pp13 has a 'clean' horizontal tear across the page, illustrated by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. First Edition. Cloth.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Collins, 1959 ex library, cancelled stamps and slips etc, some surface scuffing etc to endpaper maps, tape residue to boards, rubbed to edges, browned closed edges, , DW rubbed to edges, chipped to spine ends and corners with loss at head and tail, also the margins of the fold in flaps have been trimmed losing some text, … Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hutchinson orange cloth, spine lightly faded and slight lean, corners lightly rubbed, paste down and fep tape residue browning, a few rubber stamps to fep and former owner details in pencil dated 8/12/34, half title offset browning. light scattered foxing generally to closed edges, rear paste down tape residue. offset browning to last page of index. 288pp… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Harrap, 1970 name whited out to fep, DW clipped with chipping to spine ends and corners, rubbed to edges, 556pp + plates and folding map. Massive work on the German conflict against Bolshevism on the Eastern front. Taken from many German and Russian sources. Heavy book. Extra shipping may be requested for delivery outside New Zealand.. First Edition. Hard… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Jarrolds, 1954 excellent blue cloth boards gilt arms device to upper board, titled spine, map endpapers two very small brown specks, minimal adhesive residue to extreme lower margin of fep, 544pp + plates. An American recruit to the british Royal Navy during WWII attained rank of Commander and OBE RNVR.. reprint. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Batsford, 1971 contains bibliography, index, and 31 illustrations. Includes chapters on "Test Of Command"; "Approach To High Command"; "Defeat In Flanders"; "Triumph Of Generalship"; and "Alexander As A Commander". dust jacket is edge worn, unclipped, book VG with ink inscription to fep 344pp + plates maps etc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? -… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: Heinemann, 1969 dust jacket is price clipped and worn to edges and spine ends. a few edge tears, small hole where spine has been scuffed. 202pp + plates, book shows minor scattered foxing. A freelance journalist and photographer in Vietnam, she spent much time with Australian troops, as well as Australian and American medical teams. Also the… Saber más sobre este artículo