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THE POUR LE MERITE AND GERMANY'S FIRST ACES

By: Angolia, John R., and Hackney Jr., Clint R.,

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Friendswood, TX., U.S.A., Hackney Publishing Co.: 1984

Seller ID: 013800

ISBN: 0961339209

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

288pp. Illustrated throughout: colour plates, b/white halftone plates (many include portraits of the aces), and line-drawings. Book clean and sqaure. Bright gilt title and decoration over undamaged spine and black faux-leather boards. Security sticker affixed to inner rear pastedown, else textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with several short, closed tears. This fascinating book is about German WWI air aces and the coveted 'Blue Max' medal that they were awarded . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Author Bio's, Author's Request. Introductio...
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THE WEAPONS DETECTIVE : The Inside Story of Australia's Top Weapons Inspector

By: Barton, Rod

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Black Inc/Schwartz Publishing: 2006

Seller ID: 007875

ISBN: 0975076957

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

x., + 278pp., plus 8 page, b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. " . . . tells of a professional life replete with adventure, urgency and achievement. From the chaos of Somalia to the inner sanctums of the UN, Barton has more than once been in the eye of the historical storm . . . describes the fascinating chess-game of weapons inspection, with its mixture of detective work, scientific analysis and mind-games . . . reveals an unsung Australian hero and sheds new light on a vital chapter...
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A RUDDY AWFUL WASTE: Eric Lock DSO, DFC and BAR. The Brief Life of a Battle of Britain Fighter Ace

By: Brew, Steve, with Bradbury, Mike

Price: $42.75

Publisher: Hitchin, Herts., U.K., Fighting Hire Ltd.: 2016

Seller ID: 013191

ISBN: 0993415237

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine

xvii, + 246pp., front and rear endpaper portrait of this British fighter ace, two unpaginated b/white plate sections (photographs: archival and private sources), plus intext tables. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped backstrip. Plain blue boards ditto bumped. Textblock pristine. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected lightly edgeworn only. This book tells the amazing story of British WW2 fighter ace, Eric Lock DSO, DFC and BAR, who joined his first operational unit, 41 Squadron, in late June, 1940, just prior to the Battle of Britain commencement. Showing incredible s...
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THE BOYS WHO CAME HOME: Recollections of Gallipoli

By: Broadbent, Harvey

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia, ABC Enterprises: 1990

Seller ID: 013514

ISBN: 0733300332

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

xiii, + 140pp., intext, b/white halftone plates and line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm, trivially faded. Illustrated (montage style) card wrapper minimally bumped on foredge corners. Textblock unmarked. 'The Boys Who Came Home' is a compilation of personal narratives recalling individual experiences on Gallipoli by soldiers if the A.I.F., Lancashire Fusiliers and Regiment, plus several who were members of the Turkish 5th Army. From Harold Barker, DCM, Lance-Corporal, 7th Battalion, A.I.F., to Stan Watson, CBE, DSO, MC, Lieutenant, Royal Australian Engineers, AIF, all came home ...
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CALLSIGN HADES

By: Bury, Patrick

Price: $15.20

Publisher: London, Simon & Schuster: 2010

Seller ID: 012286

ISBN: 1847378609

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

303pp., plus 1 x 8 page colour photographically-illustrated section, two b/white maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edge-rubbed only, faint price-sticker ghost to front panel. From the rear panel: "As part of Ranger Company, a hand-picked group of 1 Royal Irish soldiers, Patrick deployed to Sangin, Afghanistan's most dangerous town . . . This powerful and thoughtful book places the reader in an infantry officer's boots, sharing every thought, ache, smell and taste of life on the frontline. He describes modern warfare in a way that create...
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THE WORLD IS SIX FEET SQUARE

By: Caillou, Alan

Price: $12.35

Publisher: London, Peter Davies: 1954

Seller ID: 003440

Binding: Original Cloth Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

214pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Lightly tanned leaves. Art-illustrated, loose plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, mildly edgeworn and smokey on spine. A story of capture, escape, recapture and finally to 'slip away' in the general confusion of the Italian collapse and safety of the advancing British lines, by Intelligence Corps Officer, Alan Caillon, and his friend, Frank.Captured in the Western Desert, by the Italians, in February, 1943, they were given a death sentence. However.Book weight approx. 320g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packe...
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FIGHTING THE BOLSHEVIKS : The Russian War Memoir of Private First Class Donald E. Carey, U.S. Army, 1918-1919

By: Carey, Donald E. (Edited By: Neil G. Carey)

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Novato, California, U.S.A., Presidio Press: 1997

Seller ID: 007716

ISBN: 0891416315

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine

(xvii) + 240pp., facsimile frontispiece, general area maps, plus an unpaginated b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over firm black spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Pictorially-illustrated (author portrait on rear panel) loose-plastic protected dustjacket near fine. Most people, save for families and military historians, are unaware of a period in 1918-1919 during which 5,600 American soldiers and sailors fought Russian Bolshevik revolutionaries in Northern Russia and Siberia. They were destined to fight more than the determined Bolshe...
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MY WAR 1939-1945

By: Clarke, Michael

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Toorak, VIC, Australia, Michael Clarke Press: 1990

Seller ID: 012386

ISBN: 0731695127

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Good +

viii, + 527pp., b/white, author-portrait frontispiece, intext halftone plates and two colour-maps, throughout. Book clean. Bright gilt title over mildly canted and bumped spine. Plain ochre-brown boards lightly edgeworn. Textblock flecked on edges, else leaves clean. Portrait-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket slightly edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. " . . . utterly candid, personal story of a young Australian artillery officer during WW2." Describing his active role in the Battle of Britain, hectic and bloody campaigns in North Africa, Greece and Crete, where he was t...
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WARLORD : A Life of Churchill at War, 1874-1945

By: D'Este, Carlo

Price: $26.60

Publisher: London, Allen Lane (Penguin): 2009

Seller ID: 011238

ISBN: 0713997532

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

xix, + 935pp., plus 2 x 8 page, b/white photographically-illustrated sections. Ten b/white maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain black boards bumped on one lower foredge corner. Previous owner's gift inscription to ffep., remainder stripe to textblock head, else leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edge-creased, two tiny closed tears. From the jacket flap: "Carlo D'Este's startlingly fresh biography examines the life of Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: the descendent of ...
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WEARY : The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop. Volume 2 (Large Print)

By: Ebury, Sue

Price: $13.30

Publisher: Rozelle, N.S.W., Australia, Sage Book Publishing: 1995

Seller ID: 011252

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

Volume II, pages 367-819. 1 x 12 page, b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, fine reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Previous owner's name to inside front cover of illustrated card wrapper, which is mildly surface indented. Contents of this volume two of the large print edition include the full contents page, and commence at Part Three (1942-1945), chapter 16, closing at Part Five, chapter 31, Acks., and Abbreviations. Australian surgeon and Japanese prisoner-of-war Colonel Sir Edward (Weary) Dunlop was born at Wangaratta in 1907, and passed away in Melbourne, 1993. ...
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JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS

By: Faramus, Anthony

Price: $19.00

Publisher: London, Grafton Books (Collins): 1990

Seller ID: 008970

ISBN: 0246134909

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

310pp,., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Flecked edges, else text-block clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn and nipped along head. Giving an inordinate amount of space to colourful descriptions of his sexual prowess, never-the-less, the author's wartime experiences on the British island of Jersey during the German occupation, and later imprisonment in France's Fort de Romainville, then Buchenwald, Mauthausen . . . Contents include: Foreword by Greville Jann...
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VERY ORDINARY OFFICER: The Social and Navy Story of a Yorkshire-born Australian

By: Feasey, Geoff

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Fisher, A.C.T., Australia, Author (Geoff Feasey): 1999

Seller ID: 013418

ISBN: 064636815X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

(vii), + 318pp., one unpaginated colour plate section, plus an unpaginated b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly chipped. Art-illustrated (Geoff Feasey, Caribbean,1967 by Mrs Marian Melin) card wrapper slightly edgeworn, and has a sticker ghost on front wrap. Minimal fleck on head of textblock, else leaves unmarked. In his own words, 'Very Ordinary Officer' is Geoff Feasey's story of his life in naval service - first in the Royal Navy, and later in the Royal Australian Navy . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword, Author's Note, 23 chapters. Book weight ...
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BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS: Australia's WWII Remembered by the Men and Women Who Lived It

By: Geddes, Margaret

Price: $23.75

Publisher: Camberwell, VIC, Australia, Viking (Penguin): 2004

Seller ID: 013441

ISBN: 0670040894

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

viii, + 503pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Patterned endpapers: security bar affixed to rear pastedown. Book clean and square. Red title over lightly bumped spine. Plain beige boards undamaged. Textblock edges flecked, leaves tanned. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. " . . . brings together the first-hand accounts of more than seventy-five ordinary Australians who did extraordinary things during World War II. P.O.W's, airmen, nurses, land girls, internees, schoolchildren, soldiers, sailors and more share their m...
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THE GEHLEN MEMOIRS: The First Full Edition of the Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen 1942-1971

By: Gehlen, Reinhard

Price: $14.25

Publisher: London., Collins,: 1972

Seller ID: 001229

ISBN: 0002112930

Binding: Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]

Condition: Good+.

381pp. Unpaginated halftone plates throughout. Book negligibly askew, covers lightly colour faded. Light foxing spots to ep's, else leaves clean. Illustrated, edgeworn, loose-plastic protected dustjacket tanned beneath laminate. " I know the true facts in all their details", claims the author, head of Intelligence Operations in Russia and the Balkans. Before he retired in 1968 he was in supreme command of the German Secret Service. First published in a shorter edition, V. Hase und Koehler, Verlag, Mainz, Germany, 1971. Translated by David Irving. weight approx. 620gms.
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YOUNG DIGGER. (Signed Copy)

By: Hill, Anthony

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Australia, Penguin Books: 2002

Seller ID: 007357

ISBN: 0141000627

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

283pp., plus four pages, b/white maps, and 3 x 4 page, b/white, photographically illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author's dated and signed inscription ('With every good wish, Anthony Hill, 2002) to title page, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. "A small boy, an orphan of the First World War, wanders into the Australian airmen's mess in Germany, on Christmas Day in 1918. A strange boy, with an uncertain past and an extraordinary future, who became a mascot for the air squadron and was affectionately named 'Young Digger'. And, in on...
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RESCUED FROM VIETNAM: A Veteran's Recovery from PTSD (Signed Copy)

By: Hosking, Michael

Price: $30.40

Publisher: Australia, Xlibris: 2016

Seller ID: 013620

ISBN: 1514442671

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

xii, + 258pp., b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, but mildly canted. Colour-illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped only. A brief ('To W . . . '), dated personal inscription, signed by author on title page, else textblock very good. The author, in this engrossing book, relates his early years, his time in the Australian Army as an intelligence infantryman in Vietnam, the losses he encountered there, and later his personal battle with, and recovery from, PTSD . . . Contents include: Prelims., Dedication, Preface, 18 chapters. Acks. Glossary of Aussie Slang....
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I FLEW FOR THE FUHRER

By: Knoke, Heinz

Price: $20.90

Publisher: London, Evans Brothers: 1953

Seller ID: 013840

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Good+

187pp. B/white, author portrait frontispiece, and unpaginaed like halftne plates throughout (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Slightly patinated gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain black cloth boards undamaged. Textblock flecked on edges, else mildly tanned. Colour-art illustraed (H. Harry Sheldon), loose-plastic protected dustjacket noticeably edgeworn, nipped, chipped, with several open tears. Translated (from the German) by John Ewing, this book is the autobiography of a German WW2 Air Ace, Heinz Knoke (b.1921- d.1993), who is credited with a score ...
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AGAINST THE SUN: The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont

By: Lanchbery, Edward

Price: $20.90

Publisher: London, Cassell and Company: 1955

Seller ID: 013899

Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Condition: Good+

270pp. Unpaginated b/white halftone plates throughout, including frontispiece (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over minimally bumped and colour-flecked spine. Blue cloth boards very good. No dustjacket. A former owner's name on front pastedown, a faint, original seller's stamp on front free endpaper, else textblock unmarked. 'Against The Wind' is the remarkable story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C. RAF WW2 fighter pilot and later test pilot for the Canberra Bomber . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword. Prologue...
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ONE COMMON ENEMY. The Laconia Incident: A Survivor's Memoir

By: McLoughlin, Jim (with Gibb, David)

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Kent Town, SA, Australia, Wakefield Press: 2006

Seller ID: 011403

ISBN: 1862546908

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

200pp., plus 1 x 12 page b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "Jim McLoughlin recounts how the chaos and carnage of war at sea in the Norwegian and Mediterranean campaigns led him to a fateful rendezvous with a much-loved ship from his boyhood, the passenger liner 'Laconia'. Nostalgia turned to disaster when 'Laconia' was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the South Atlantic. Despite a remarkable rescue attempt by a courageous, compassionate foe, Jim was condemned to a drifting lifeboat and a harro...
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KNIFE FIGHTS: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice

By: Nagl, John A.

Price: $22.80

Publisher: New York, The Penguin Press: 2014

Seller ID: 013371

ISBN: 1594204985

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

(xv), + 269pp., line-drawn maps (Jeffrey L. Ward), plus intext b/white halftone plates throughout. Book clean. Vivid silver title over slightly canted spine. Grey boards nominally bumped on upper foredge corner of rear board. A small brown remainder dot on head, else textblock unmarked. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. 'Knife Fights' is the biography of a First Gulf War and Afghanistan veteran - counterinsurgency specialist, Lt. Col. John A. Nagl, U.S. Army (Ret.). Contents include: Prelims., Preface, 8 chapters, Epilogue. Acks., Notes, more. Index. Book wei...
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Category: Military Biography