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By: Jacobsen, Annie
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Little, Brown and Co.: 2015
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012773
ISBN: 0316371769
Condition: Very Good
Red cloth (?) on boards. Faultless book and DJ, with no writing or damage. Prepare for a shock. 552 pp. View more info
Price: $60.00 USD
Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Jesperson Press, Limited: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012259
ISBN: 0-921692-55-2
Condition: Very Good
Photo-illustrated blue softcover. A highly-detailed account of operations at Argentia, from construction to 1993. A high point for me was the spying operations by Lt. Donna Geiger of the U.S. Navy. No marks or damage to the book. 120 pp. View more info
By: Johnson, D.F. / O'Leary, B.E.
Price: $75.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Daniel F. Johnson: 1989
Seller ID: 012581
Condition: Good Plus
First section of the book describes Canadian or New Brunswick units involved. The second section is pictorial, limited to pictures not previously published and/or difficult to find. The third and largest section contains alphabetical biographies 209 pp. plus index. View more info
By: Jones, M. (Ed.)
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.:
Seller ID: 009863
Condition: Fair
Green cloth on boards. Both hinges broken and glued. Two gatherings, pp. 65-94, glued back in. The editor has chosen two stories of adventure from earlier times, selected the important parts, and removed the dross. De Joinville was active in the 13th Century, and Froissart in the 14th. The editor is believed to be Dr. M.C. E. Jones, who wrote The Black Prince in 1871 and was himself a renowned English historian. Intended for young readers. 159 pp. View more info
Price: $85.00 USD
Publisher: Chicago, S.P. Rounds, Jr.: 1883
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 003502
Condition: Good Plus
Original yellow cloth decorated in black in checkerboard motif on boards. Author served in 24th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War, and was a poet of some reknown. Book is lightly soiled and worn outside, and has a thumb-sized hole through one preliminary leaf. Leaf-patterned endpapers. Interior clean and easily-readable. A Checkered Life has 300 pp. Poetic Waifs has 18 pp. View more info
By: Katcher, Philip
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: London, Arms and Armour Press: 1996
Seller ID: 011697
ISBN: 1-85409-333-9
Condition: Very Good
Colour softcover with b/w illustrations. Approx. 48 pp. This book shows a surprising number of variations in uniforms worn by both sides. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.: 1940
Edition: First Published 1940
Seller ID: 003856
Condition: Good Plus
Library rebind in red patterned cloth on boards. Card pocket and library stamps. Minimal underlining. Motives and restraints on aggression, Causes and motives of German aggression, Effort to establish collective security, Undermining of collective security, German success in aggression, Proximate cause of the war, Postcript, Index. 554 pp. with index. View more info
By: Kennedy, Paul M.
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1976
Edition: First Edition ( Number Line Begins in 1)
Seller ID: 011686
ISBN: 0-684-14609-6
Condition: Very Good
Tan cloth on boards. As early as 1580 Britain had the most powerful navy going, due to a variety of factors. Not the least of these was her geographical location, which afforded protection from aggresive neighbours. This author emphasizes the supportive effect of her general economic strength as well as many additional factors. 405 pp. with index. No writing or damage. View more info
By: Klaxon (John Graham Bower)
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: London, McBride, Nast, & Co.: 1917
Seller ID: 008933
Condition: Very Good
Original purple cloth on boards. Published for the Funds of the Union Jack Club Extension stated on title page. Eleven poems on ships and battles. Foxing to endpapers. 48 pp. Previous owner's name. View more info
By: Lawrence, T.E.
Price: $100.00 USD
Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1935
Edition: Third Impression
Seller ID: 010126
Condition: Good Plus
Brown cloth on boards. Hinges cracked. Previous owner's initials. The most unusual and nearly unbelievable account by one man of his service on behalf of the Arabs against the Turks while serving as a British officer during WWI. 672 pp. Very heavy book will need extra postage. View more info
By: Leacock, Stephen and Roberts, Leslie
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: Montreal, Alvah M. Beatty Publications, Ltd.: 1944
Edition: First Edition Stated
Seller ID: 009926
Condition: Good
Two volumes in one, bound in blue cloth. Well-used and somewhat shaken, but complete and clean. Previous owner's name. Canada and the Sea by Leacock is a history. Canada and the War at Sea concentrates on WWII. Heavy book will need extra postage. 155 and 99 pp. respectively. View more info
By: Lever, Charles
Price: $85.00 USD
Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited:
Edition: Deluxe Edition No. 32 of 500 Copies
Seller ID: 010201
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Green cloth on boards. Limited edition. First published 1841. No writing. Title page split at gutter 2 inches down from top of Vol. I. This set is one of the sought-after collections of military writing, as are Tom Burke and Jack Hinton, both listed separately. Formerly owned by a medical doctor, our Lever listings bear the same edition numbers, indicating that they were bought at the same time.. Each of the 2 volumes has 494 pp. Heavy books will need extra postage. View more info
By: Lever, Charles
Price: $60.00 USD
Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited:
Edition: First (No. 32 of 500 copies)
Seller ID: 010203
Condition: Very Good
Green cloth on boards, with paper spine labels. Limited edition. One of the sought-after military novels of this author. First written in 1844, it is the story of an Irishman who seeks glory serving under the colours of France. On graduating from a military academy, he enters the ranks of the 8th Hussars. By accident he becomes involved in political intrigue, which with further military action occupies the balance of his active life. He resigns briefly, then returns to the fray long enough to see Napoleon exiled. Offered a general's rank, he refuses to fight for the Bourbons and retires.... View more info
By: Lever, Charles
Price: $50.00 USD
Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited:
Edition: First (No. 32 of 500 copies)
Seller ID: 010204
Condition: Very Good
Green cloth with paper spine label on boards. Normal hand soil. No writing. Another of Lever's popular military novels - so popular that Dickens released one of his novels early - written in the 1840's. Influenced by Maria Edgeworth, Scott, and Balzac, the medical doctor/journalist gradually developed a more serious style about 1850. 299 and 291 pp. respectively, in the two volumes. Heavy books will need extra postage. View more info
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Longview, TX, The Conference on Faith and History: 1971
Seller ID: 012936
Condition: Very Good
Part I deals with "Christians as Subversives", while Part II is titled "Protestant Responses to the Hitler Regime". 140 pp. View more info
By: Lovatt, R.
Price: $18.00 USD
Publisher: Victoria, B.C., Rodd Hill Friends Society: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009890
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Blue photo cover paperback. Cover corner creased, with small tear repaired. Learn about the Pig War on San Juan Island and other signal events. Lots of photos to illustrate the text. 127 pp. View more info
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Londoon, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd.:
Seller ID: 007094
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original red cloth on boards. "This book contains a general account of tanks for that proverbial man-in-the-street, and for his wife to read at home in those few leisure hours which she can spare from the factory where she labours at 'work of national importance.' "- Introduction. 135 pp. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Slough, England, W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd.: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012534
ISBN: 0-572-01011-7
Condition: Very Good
Blue cloth on boards. No writing or damage. DJ in clear plastic jacket. A riveting story - between funny and fearsome. Forty minesweepers were left over from WW I, but were in mothballs at Malta and Singapore, thus useless to protect Britain's East Coast. Hundreds of fishing trawlers were pressed into substitute service as minesweepers, some pretending to be fishermen still ! 192 pp. A glossay would be helpful. View more info
By: MacGowan, S. Douglas/Heckbert, Harry/O'Leary, Byron E.
Price: $250.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Neptune Publishing Co., Limited: 1994
Edition: First Edition Stated
Inscription: Signed by Authors
Seller ID: 011799
ISBN: 1-896270-02-6
Condition: Near Fine
Dark blue cloth with emblem in gilt on boards. Flawless book and DJ. Signed by all three authors on bookplate. A complete, chronological account of WW I illustrated by many photos and maps. Miscellany; List of Killed, Missing, and Died of Wounds; Prisoners of War; Honours and Awards; List of Wounded; Nominal Roll; Glossary; Footnotes; and Bibliography. 428 pp. Large, heavy book will need extra postage. View more info
Price: $50.00 USD
Publisher: Old Saybrook, CT, AquaDoc Publications: 2007
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 012565
ISBN: 978--0-9787505-
Condition: Very Good
From minister's sons to battling brothers. Please allow for extra postage. 779 pp. View more info