Military History British (See also various biographies, wars & weapons catalogs)

[7300] Baynham, Henry. From the Lower Deck. The Old Navy 1700-1840. Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1970. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0827170017. Clean, tight binding, previous owner's bookplate inside front cover, dust jacket mylar protector, 200pp., illus. $16.00 [6019] Carver, Michael. Britain's Army in the Twentieth Century. London, United Kingdom: Pan Books Ltd, 1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0330372009. 550pp. British Army history with sections; From The Boer War To The Great War, The Great War, Between The Wars, The Hard Road To Alamein, From Low Ebb To High Tide, Beating Retreat & The Wind Of Change. $10.00 [7262] Dobson, Christopher; Miller, John. The Day They Almost Bombed Moscow; The Allied War in Russia 1918-1920. New York NY: Athemeum, 1986. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 617884445195. No names or marks. 288pp., illus., maps. Royal Air Force, British and Allied forces in Russia, 1918. $4.00 [5341] Eddy, Paul (ed.). War in the Falklands : The Full Story. NY: Harper & Row, 1982. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0060150823. Dust jacket price clipped, previous owner's inscription inside front cover, 281pp., illus., By The Sunday Times of London Insight Team. $8.00 [4788] Hastings, Max and Jenkins, Simon. The Battle for the Falklands. NY: W.W. Norton, 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0393301982. Number on bottom page edge o/w fine clean copy, 399pp., illus., maps. $5.00 [4238] Hastings, Max and Jenkins, Simon. The Battle for the Falklands. NY: W.W. Norton, 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 0393301982. Cover corner crease, bottom of page light moisture curl pp 1-50, 399pp., illus., maps. $5.00 [6701] Hattersley, Roy. Nelson. New York NY: Saturday Review Press, 1974. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0841502889. No tears, marking or names, 223pp., illus. Biography of Admiral Horatio Nelson. $12.00 [7164] Henderson, James. The Frigates: An Account of the Lighter Warships of the Napoleonic Wars. ill. Yelf, Earnest E.. New York NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. No names or marking to text, dust jacket edge wear, 176pp, illus. RN frigates from 28 to 44 long gun in the era 1790 to 1814. $4.00 [4165] Keegan, John. The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare. NY: Penguin, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0140096507. Name stamp inside front cover, some underlining, 353pp. Battles of Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway, and Atlantic Convoys SC122 & HX229. $3.00 [1340] Lewin, Ronald. Montgomery as Military Commander. NY: Stein and Day, 1971. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Light dj scrapes and chips on edges, 371pp., illus., maps. Field Marshal Montgomery story. $8.00 [3729] Murfett, Malcolm H.. Hostage on the Yangtze: Britain, China, and the Amethyst Crisis of 1949. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0870212893. Dustjacket closed tear, 313pp., illus. HMS Amethyst sent up the Yangtze to protect British citizens of Nanking. Enroute captured by Chinese Communists and the crew held hostage. Excellent review of British naval presence in China from 1630's to founding of PRC 1949. $20.00 [5000] Pakenham, Thomas. The Boer War. New York, NY: Random House, 1979. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-394-42742-4. Name on half title page, 718pp., illus. $12.00 [6782] Pearcy, Arthur. Lend-Lease Aircraft in World War II : An Operational History. Saint Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Company, 1996. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0760302596. Dust jacket price clipped, clean, no marks, no tears, 176pp. illus. b/w photos. Detailed story of the 1941 US - UK Lend-Lease contracts for aircraft. Complete lists of aircraft, contract numbers, and serials where known. $25.00 [4939] Usherwood, Stephen; Usherwood, Elizabeth. The Counter Armada Fifteen Ninety-Six. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0870211358. 176pp. $15.00 [4619] Warner, Oliver. With Wolfe to Quebec. Toronto: Collins, 1972. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0002119420. Light edge wear to corners and lower spine of dust jacket, 224pp., illus., end maps. Story of James Wolfe attack with the British forces against the French with Montcalm as they battled over Lower Canada in 1760 $15.00 [4919] Ziegler, Philip. Mountbatten. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-394-52098-x. Library stamps and stickers, 784pp. $9.00

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