BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military from JimsOldBooks

Lerwick, Shetland: The Shetland Times Ltd, 1973. Some creasing and small tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of blue-gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Anecdotal memoirs by the author, including service in the Great War in France in the artillery and in Shetland during WW2 as a medical… Read more about this item

Hartlepool: Printability Publishing Ltd, 2003. Minor scuffing to spine ends and very slight creasing to outer corners of cover, a mark on title page where orginal owner's address label has been removed, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book dealing with the author's service in the RAF during WW2. He… Read more about this item

Bognor Regis: Woodfield Publishing, 1999. Slight scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, a previous owner's address label and date (Dec 01), but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The author's memories of her wartime service in the WAAF, serving in England and later in Ceylon. 172pp, a few… Read more about this item

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Spellmount, 1991. Unclipped dustwrapper is a little bit disfigured due to creases in the clear plastic covering it (NOT added by a previous owner, just a manufacturing error at the printers, I would think), but no creasing to the dustwrapper itself. Minor bumping to spine ends of red boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy… Read more about this item

London: Greenhill Books, 1991. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, very slight bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the author's Wartime experiences. He was the first Commando soldier in the British Army and led 3 Commando, taking part in raids on Norway and… Read more about this item

London: Book Club Associates, 1993. Book Club edition. Minor creasing to edges of dustwrapper, original owner's name on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1992, the author's account of his Warime experiences as a junior officer in the Wehrmacht during WW2. He served in France, Italy and on… Read more about this item

Wellingborough, Northants: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1989. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small tear to bottom edge of same. Minor bumping to corners of black boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of his journey through Occupied France after his Halifax bomber… Read more about this item

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Dunbar Publications, 2004. Some creasing to spine and to lower corners of cover, a previous owner's name on first page, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author's account of his Wartime service in the German Army, mostly on the Eastern Front, his time after the War as a captive of the Americans,… Read more about this item

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1955. A reprint from 1955 (same year as the first printing)Unclipped dustwrapper is in poor condition, torn in two at the right-hand side of the spine and with the lower part of spine missing, other tears and creases to the edges. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some… Read more about this item

London: Bickers & Son, 1890. "Revised, Condensed and Completed" edition from 1890. No dustwrapper, green bevelled-edged boards have minor wear to outer corners and rather more so to the spine ends, with a quarter-inch tear to the middle of top end of spine. Slight fading to spine, but gilt decoration thereon is still bright, as is the gilt… Read more about this item

Lerwick, Shetland: The Shetland Times Ltd, 2002. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a few marks to front and back panels of same where other books and similar have lain on it. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Also published in Norwegian as… Read more about this item

Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucs: The Windrush Press, 1999. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. An account by a German soldier from Wurttemberg who served in the French army in Poland, Austria, and in Russia in 1812, surviving the Retreat from Moscow. His… Read more about this item

Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2009. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. Originally published in German in 1846, the memoirs of Friedrich Lindau, who served in the 2nd Light Battalion of the Kings German Legion between 1809 and 1816, seeing action in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. Translated and edited by… Read more about this item

Derby: Breedon Books, 2004. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with Joe Lee, a Dundee-born writer and journalist who served in France with the Black Watch during the Great War. He was captured in December 1917 and spent the rest of the War as a PoW.… Read more about this item

London: Leo Cooper, 1989. Some creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Letters sent by Ralph Verney, an officer in the Rifle Brigade, to his family from South Africa during the Boer War, Australia where he was ADC to the Governor of Queensland,… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2005. A small scuff-mark to top end of spine, otherwise a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. A collection of autobiographical anecdotes from the author's life as a US Marine during Vietnam and later as a reservist, serving five terms as a Republican in the… Read more about this item

New York: NAL Caliber, 2004. Very slight scuffing to bottom end of spine, otherwise a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. The author's account of the First World War sevice of his father, Charles H Woolley, who served as a pilot in the US Army Air Corps in… Read more about this item

London: Hamilton & Co, 1998. Some scuffing to spine ends, a crease to the top corner of front cover, otherwise still a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author's account of his service in the Royal Army Pay Corps in Malta between 1943 and 1946. Signed by the author on title page ''With Best… Read more about this item

Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1997. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. The WW1 diaries and letters of Norman Ellison, edited by David R Lewis. The author served in the 6th (Rifle) Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment from 1914 onwards, serving in Belgium and France in 1915-17 before being invalided Home. The… Read more about this item

Bishop Auckland, Durham: Pentland Press, 1995. A very good copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book dealing with the Wartime service of the author, who served in Coastal Forces (RN) as an Anti-Aircraft gunner for the first four years of WW2. 284pp, some b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item