Military Fiction from Gilt Edge Books

This novel does full justice to an inspiring theme. It is the story of Poland - of the young men and women who were first to make a stand against the armies of Hitler - a desperate challenge - and who went underground in a secret army until the amazing epic of the "Rising In Warsaw" . It is the… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. Clive Cussler deftly mixes recent history with some of our deepest fears. He has created a mastepiece of suspense, in which it is once again up to the inimitable Dirk Pitt ( Cussler's brilliantly conceived hero) to defuse a terrifying threat to world peace. An immaculate As New book. Price-intact, illustrated dust… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1958. A story based on the abortive American Punitive Expedition of 1916 led into Mexico to chastise the famous revolutionary and bandit Francisco Villa. (It was during this campaign that the last cavalry charge was made by the US Army.) Although the episodes have an authentic and documentary flavour, the story is the timeless one of human behaviour… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Ryerson Press No date. Sir Philip Gibbs, author of Blood Relations, This Nettle, Danger, Broken Pledges, etc. Sons of The Others is a First Canadian Edition from the British plates. A great war novel. Offsetting to endpapers, short indent to ffep. Gilt title print to spine remains bright. The well illustrated dust jacket shows wear to front spine… Read more about this item

San Francisco, California: Mercury House Incorporated, 1984. In the chess game of international power politics there is a hidden line of attack, a shadow world where betrayal and conspiracy, subtle feints and moves-within-moves define the rules of play. This realm of intrique is described with stunning clarity and compelling reality in William M Brinton's geopolitical thriller, The Alaska Deception.… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1990. With vividly rendered scenes of the Europe of seventy years ago, with a cast of characters ranging from young Winston Churchill to the Kaiser's sadistic dentist, 'Blood Winter' is a compelling story of love and death, and entertainment of the highest order. Remainder stroke to bottom edge. A bright book in a price-intact… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1944. 1944 copyright. It is a dramatic piece of writing with many poignant episodes and covers the period after the victory in Tunisia, when the world waited for the invasion signal which, as Winston Churchill promised, would come " Before the leaves of autumn fall." Name to ffep. A clean respectable copy.. Hard… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1946. Sir Philip Gibbs has provided another novel of historical fiction dealing with the Second World War. A clean respectable book.. Second Canadian Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1944. 1944 to title page. Sir Philip Gibbs lays his scene partly in England and partly in the United States in this novel. The character John Barton, an American journalist marrys English beauty, Lady Anne Ede. In this novel Barton is the interpreter, who, after poignant and tragic experiences in England during the Blitz and the Battle… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. A wartime novel of suspense. An American ambulance plane is shot down over Albania by the Germans. This is a gripping story of survival in the Balkans during World War II. Illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, Second Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Warner Books, 1989. A second Korean War. Gripping, complex and frighteningly real, 'Red Phoenix' unfolds a chilling combat scenario in an area never before explored in military and political suspense fiction and one that establishes a bold new standard for the genre. Contents include maps, list of characters and glossary. Author' first novel. Jacket… Read more about this item

Toronto: MacmiIllan of Canada, 1989. The author worked as a director and screenwriter for a number of dramatic television series and features. In 1980 he traveled to Afghanistan to see conditions there for himself and to research the background for this novel. The Seventh Gate is set in the area in which he traveled and many of its characters are… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books, 1990. The return of Jake Grafton. This novel captures a chilling nightmare scenario, one that has already devasted Columbia and sent shock waves around the world. The war against drug lords is exploding within the borders of the United States. Remainder mark to bottom edge. A bright clean copy in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket..… Read more about this item

New York: St Martin's Press, 2003. A Jake Grafton Novel. Spymaster Janeos Ilin delivers a chilling message to Jake Grafton - a rogue Russian general has sold four nuclear warheads to a radical Islamic terrorist group which intends to detenate them in America. A bright clean book in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: St Martin's Press, 2001. A Jake Grafton Novel. USS America, the most technologically advanced nuclear-powered submarine ever built , is hijacked in front of hundreds of people gathered to watch its departure on its first operational cruise. Illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. For the first time the author brings war to American soil and dramatically portrays an all too plausible Mexico revolution - one that tragically and inexorably draws the United States into major battles on its border. Coyle raises to a new level, his powerful vision of the horrendous personal, military and political cost… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1957. The Rock of Gibraltar has been a British fortress and colony for more than two hundred and fifty years. As a bastion of British sea power, as the custodian of the entrance of the Mediterranean, it has always been a vital factor in British strategy. This novel is the story of Gibraltar in its… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. This novel of the last weeks of the WW II Allied drive into Germany derives from the author's own experiences and the files of the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps. The entire action takes place during the nineteen days between President Roosevelt's death and Hitler's suicide, and the story deals with ferreting out… Read more about this item

New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1989. A top secret fighter, a highly placed deep-cover KGB mole, unparalled aerial combat scenes and an appearance by the upgraded Old Dog are the elements of this high flying adventure. Some of the main characters from "Flight of the Old Dog" including Lt. Col. Patrick (Mac) McLanahan are back. A clean,… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1986. A story of espionage, intrigue and dangerous loves. Set in Afghanistan during the Russian invasion. Map endpapers. An immaculate book in a price-intact illustrated dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-688-05891-4. First Edition, Third Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Espionage Fiction + War Fiction + Afghanistan Fiction. Catalogs: Military Fiction.