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The Skeleton Web: A History of the Carleton and York Regiment

By: Giddings, Major (Rev.) D. Lyman

Price: $140.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Self-published: 1986

Seller ID: 013109

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original maroon plasticized cloth lettered in gold on boards. Presentation copy from author's wife. Traces an Infantry Militia Regiment through 150 years of its history. The "Skeleton Web" is a belt with cross straps, to which the soldier attaches essential items; packs, water bottle, ammunition, and bayonet. York Regiment of Fredericton was joined with Woodstock's Carleton Light Infantry in 1936.
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Patriotism Prepaid

By: Gorin, Lewis J. (Jr.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott: 1936

Seller ID: 001387

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Original bright red cloth with soldier and lettering in black on boards. No DJ. Princeton undergrads calling themselves Veterans of Future Wars created this begrudging acceptance of the likelihood of what would become World War II. Thought-provoking and historically informative. 107 pp with index. "Humourus" line drawings.
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The British Army

By: Gorman, Major J.T.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: London, Wm. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd.: 1941

Seller ID: 010712

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

White cloth on boards. Several gutter strains, but holding together. Packed full of historical references as to mottoes, elements of dress, special honors and traditions of the Queen's Army. Various guns on endpapers. 72 pp.
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A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry with a Chronological Table Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress

By: Gough, Henry

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Heraldic Publishing Co., Inc.: 1967

Seller ID: 008794

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Original brown cloth on boards. Clear tape over spine. Library discard stamps. Otherwise clean and sound. 360 pp. with index.
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The Story of the Royal Regiment of Artillery

By: Graham, Brigadier-General C.A.L.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Woolwich, Royal Artillery Institution: 1962

Seller ID: 005476

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original brown card covers. No writing or damage. An updated version of the standard introduction to the regiment, covering the period 1716 to 1962. 88 pp.
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Canada's Ultimate Story; Liberating Normandy

By: Granatstein, J.L.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Kanata, Ontario, Canvet Publications, Ltd.: 2014

Seller ID: 012500

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Special Collector's Edition featuring the assault on Juno Beach in the battle of Normandy, June 6, 1944. Generously illusrated by photos and drawings. Cover creased. 96 pp.
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Illustrated History of 20th Century Conflict

By: Grant, Neil

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hamlyn/Reed Consumer Books: 1992

Seller ID: 011726

ISBN: 0-600-57464-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated paper on boards. Fully illustrated with descriptive text on every page. Lots of news not seen before, or long forgotten. Published in chronological order, which helps with recall. Large, heavy book will need extra postage. 400 pp. with index.
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NATO Major Warships - USA and Canada

By: Grove, Eric J.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Tri-Service Press: 1990

Seller ID: 000051

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial glossy cover. Tri-Service Pocketbook. 132 pp. Full specifications and technical data for each class, with silhouette drawing and B/W photo to illustrate same. A list of abbreviations used, as well as a complete index of vessels and classes, is included.
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The Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes; The Development and Specifications of All Active Military Aircraft

By: Gunston, Bill (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Enderby, Leicester, Blitz Editions: 1995

Seller ID: 011723

ISBN: 1-85605-290-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Glossy paper on boards. No writing or damage. A broad look at current aircraft used in war. Heavy book will need extra postage. 288 pp. with index.
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History of the War of 1812; Between Great Britain and the United States of America

By: Hannay, James (D.C.L.)

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: St. John, N.B., John A. Bowes: 1901

Seller ID: 013010

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Good Plus

Original black cloth on boards. No DJ. This is THE FIRST EDITION, although not stated.. Spine sunned. Large tear at top of spine. Previous owner's names . Hannay draws from Ryerson's History of the Loyalists, a work by Mr. James in 1818, and official dispatches from both sides. He is highly critical of the work of Benson J. Lossing. "Let us hope that we have seen the last of the ravages of war on the soil of Canada." - Preface. Patterned endpapers. 400 pp. with index.
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The Issue

By: Headlam, J.W.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Constable & Co., Ltd.:

Seller ID: 012592

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Foxed edges. 158 pp. The Issue is peace terms between Germany and England after WW I.
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World War II

By: Heiferman, Ronald

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Secaucus, N.J., Derbibooks: 1975

Seller ID: 001148

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Original pictorial cover trade paperback. Vivid closeups in colour and B/W as well as many drawings. Maps on EPs. 256 pp. with index. Photos I haven't seen elsewhere.
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The Age of Firearms; A Pictorial History

By: Held, Robert

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Bonanza: 1978

Seller ID: 000188

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black half-cloth on red boards. DJ has 1" or less tear upper right corner, taped inside. 192 pp.
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Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India

By: Hodson, Major W.S.R.

Price: $90.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Ticknor and Fields: 1860

Seller ID: 003134

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Original black stippled cloth blindstamped with T & F crest on boards. General edge wear. Front hinge cracked, and rear hinge apparently glued. Two ribbon bookmarks. Edited by the brother of Major Hodson, who captured the King of Delhi. Wikipedia suggests there were many less favourable incidents around the Major, who was killed at Lucknow in 1858, than this book records. 444 pp. plus catalog.
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Grenades and Mortars; Weapons Book No. 37 (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century)

By: Hogg, Ian

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Ballantine Books: 1974

Seller ID: 004312

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original colour photo soft cover. Previous owner's name the only fault. Clean and undamaged. 159 pp. plus bibliography.
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In the Day of Battle; Poems of the Great War

By: Holman, Carrie Ellen (Ed.)

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, William Briggs: 1916

Seller ID: 012464

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Brown paper boards backed in brown cloth. Pastedown titles on cover and spine. Previous owner's name. Clean and sound. 166 pp.
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G/C A.U. "Bert" Houle, DFC & Bar, The Man & The Aircraft

By: Houle, Albert U. And Lavigne, J.P.A. Michel

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Victoriaville, QC, Lavigne Aviation Publications: 2000

Seller ID: 013144

ISBN: 2-9806879-0-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original dark green laminated pictorial boards with cream, orange, and green titles. B/W and colour photos, black and white maps, and colour illustrations of the author, his wife and several aircraft. The author hailed from Massey, Ontario, and joined the RCAF in the fall of 1940 as a fighter pilot. Between September of 1941 and April of 1944, he flew on 338 operational sorties before being wounded and sent home as a hero. He was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and retired from the RCAF as a Group Captain in 1965. 192 pp. including Appendices and Index.
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One Village, One War 1914-1945. A Thinking About the Literature of Stone.

By: How, Douglas

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Hantsport, N.S., Lancelot Press, Limited: 1995

Seller ID: 013419

ISBN: 0-88999-563-X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good Minus

Black photographic cover paperback. Laminated cover. Previous owner's name. Wear to corners. The author sees it as one war with a break between the two parts. The typical Canadian village is Dorchester, New Brunswick. 374 pp.
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My Home in the Field of Honour

By: Huard, Frances Wilson

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart: 1916

Seller ID: 004245

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original green cloth with pastedown title on boards. A woman's account of living in an active theatre of war in Northern France. Drawings are by her husband, an official French artist. Light foxing. Some wear to head and foot of spine. Previous owner's name erased. 302 pp.
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Great Canadian Battles; Heroism and Courage Through the Years

By: Humphreys, Edward

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Arcturus Publishing Limited: 2008

Seller ID: 012622

ISBN: 978-1-84193-962

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Blue paper boards. DJ not clipped. This book covers the most important Canadian battles of the last four centuries. 208 pp. with index.
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