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Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Slough, England, W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd.: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012534
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
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
From minister's sons to battling brothers. Please allow for extra postage. 779 pp. View more info
Price: $45.00 USD
Publisher: Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Company:
Seller ID: 005902
Original dark green decorated cloth on boards. No writing. Light cover wear. Rear hinge cracked. Edge foxing. "The British Empire in India has recently been brought to the eve of dissolution by an extensive mutiny of its native troops." - Preface. Introductory sketch of the natural history of India, Hindoo period, Mohammedan period, European period, Memoir of Sir Henry Havelock. 512 pp. View more info
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1915
Seller ID: 010144
Blue leather on flexible boards. No. 15, Chronicles of Canada Series. Top edges gilt. No writing. A more luxurious binding than the red cloth ones, it will even fit into a large pocket. Earlier than Tecumseth, Pontiac fought on behalf of the other side, the French. Perhaps his greatest achievement was organizing various tribes against the British at the Battle of Detroit. 145 pp. View more info
By: Marteinson, John
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Montreal, Ovale Publications: 1992
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 003769
Original plasticized colour photo boards. Remainder mark on foot edge and faint liquid stain inside front cover are the only imperfections. Militia, Boer War, WWI, Between the wars, WWII, Korea, Post-war, Post-unification, Peacekeeping, Badges of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Badges of the Canadian Army Overseas 1939-1945, Organization, Bibliography, and Index. 509 pp. Heavy, so please inquire for postage before ordering. View more info
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Montreal, Ovale Publications: 1992
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 007176
Original laminated paper boards, illustrated. DJ duplicates cover. A very large, heavy book which will need extra postage. From 1627 at Port Royal to peacekeeping in Iraq and Kuwait in 1991. 511 pp. ISBN 2-89429-043-8. View more info
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: Canterbury,Kent, Regimental HQ: 1998
Edition: December, 1998
Seller ID: 007707
Original illustrated softcover periodical. 120 pp. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1981
Seller ID: 011559
Retelling the story of "The Great War" as experienced by the author's grandfather, James Mathieson of the 14th Brigade. Endpaper maps by Loris Lesynski. 338 pp. View more info
By: Maugham, Robin
Price: $18.00 USD
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall: 1947
Seller ID: 004945
Original beige cloth on boards. DJ lightly worn along head. Previous owner's name, with no additional marks or damage. A nephew of Somerset Maugham, Robin wrote this, his second book, from his war experience with tank troops in North Africa, during which he was wounded. He was praised for his bravery in saving the lives of several fellow soldiers. 243 pp. View more info
Price: $35.00 USD
Publisher: Washington, D. C., Zenger Publishing Co.: 1981
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 011948
Green cloth on boards. DJ protected by plastic wrapper. Previous owner's bookplate. Numerous items laid in. Very heavy book will need extra postage. 841 pp. View more info
By: Milberry, Larry
Price: $80.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, CANAV Books: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed and Signed By Author
Seller ID: 012501
Blue paper boards. No writing except author's signature. No damage to book or DJ. Generously illustrated by photos and drawings. 256 pp. View more info
Price: $60.00 USD
Publisher: Ottawa, RCHA History Committee: 1986
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 006630
Original red paper boards. No writing or damage. Interesting record of the organization of the NWMP by a few soldiers of the RCHA. Extensive text and dozens of photos. 303 pp. including Index of Names and General Index. Heavy book will need extra postage. View more info
By: Mollo, John
Price: $23.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., Sterling Publishing Col: 1991
Seller ID: 007936
Original dark blue softcover in excellent, clean condition. Pages and pages of color plates show every imaginable faction's uniform, as well as flags and weapons ! ISBN 0-8069-8240-3. 228 pp. View more info
By: Mordal, Jacques
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press: 1963
Edition: First Canadian Edition
Seller ID: 012094
Black cloth on boards. An account of the Allied attack of the German-occupied city on the northern coast of France on 19 August, 1942. No writing or damage except one short edge tear to top pf DJ. 285 pp. with bibliography. View more info
Price: $45.00 USD
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1959
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 005333
Original dark blue cloth on boards. Volume V of the History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Price-clipped DJ with no other damage and no writing. Admiral William F. Halsey is pictured in the frontispiece. Morison, a renowned Harvard historian, was commissioned by President Roosevelt to write the series, in the process of which he entered active service and served on eleven different ships. King Solomon's Isles, The Battle of Savo Island, Three We... View more info
By: Morrison, Alex / Slaney,Ted
Price: $60.00 USD
Publisher: Sydney, N.S., Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies/ Cape Breton Highlanders Assoc.: 1994
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 002460
Original bright red cloth brilliantly lettered in gilt. DJ missing small piece at tail of backstrip and taped repairs inside. Minor light tea stains to edges only. No names or other writing. 411 pp. View more info
By: Morton, Desmond
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1970
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 008807
Original scarlet cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. No writing or damage. Historian Desmond Morton needs no introduction to Canadian readers. Here he tackles the impossible attempt by Canadian policy makers to appoint a British colonel to command the Canadian militia. Finally, after 30 years and attempts by eight British officers, Canada changed the Militia Act to allow a Canadian commander. 257 pp. View more info
By: Moss, W. Stanley
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Folio Society: 2001
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 008029
Original black cloth decorated in red and silver on boards. Previous owner's brief note. No damage. In 1944, the Germans controlled the Greek Island of Crete. A small group of British commandos hatched a plan to kidnap the German general in charge. When he was transferred, they settled for his successor, General Kreipe, whom they transported to Cairo, where he was turned over to the British forces. One internet reference suggests that members of Kreipe's detachment w... View more info
By: Mowat, Farley
Price: $40.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, Limited: 1955
Edition: First Edition Stated
Seller ID: 012596
Grey cloth on boards. No writing except notes on last free endpaper. Farley Mowat grew up with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, named for adjoining counties in Ontario. His father, Angus Mowat, had been a librarian in Trenton and Belleville and had served in both World Wars as well as the Regiment. It was September 2, 1939, when the word came down: "Lt.- Col. S. Young - KM2 -Mobilize."- P. 2. If this book appeals you will want to read And No Birds Sang (... View more info