Military from JimsOldBooks

Belfast: Operations Headquarters Northern Ireland, 1978. British Army issue Northern Ireland Operational Aide Memoire, Army code number 71138, 1978 edition with amendments from 1980. A set of cards in a small green binder. Originally issued to British troops serving in Northern Ireland, contains information relating to patrols, vehicle checks, observation, search and arrest of suspects, and more. … Read more about this item

Nicosia, Cyprus: Zavallis Press, 1971. Eleventh edition from 1971. Some creasing to corners and minor scuffing to spine ends, a rusty staple mark on back cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Intended for RAF personnel and ther families posted to Cyprus, includes information on the facilities and amenities on the various… Read more about this item

Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2016. A small half-inch tear to bottom of front fold of unclipped dustwrapper, original owner's gift message written inside front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the 1916 Battle of Jutland based on British and German accounts up-to-date (at the time of writing) research. The author is the grandson… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Folio Society edition in slipcase. Some marking to one side of brown slipcase, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 2006, this is a third printing from 2007. Deals with the 1916 Battle of the Somme, based on first-hand accounts from letters, diaries and interviews. … Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Mainstream, 2009. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book.. Looks at British boys comics from the late nineteenth century up to the late 1970s, specifically at those which were mainly or solely war comics, from Boys Own and Chums, through Wizard, Hotspur and Victor, to Warlord and Action,… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1946. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some fading to spine of same, and to gilt titles theron, but these are still readable. Some rubbing to the gilt HD on front board, binding just starting to split after last page of text, but otherwise otherwise a good clean copy of this hard-cover… 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

Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2014. A very good clean tight copy,with no creasing to the spine of covers, of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Images of War" series, this one looks at the Imperial Russian Army during the Great War up to 1917. 144pp, almost 200 b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"… 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: Macdonald & Co Ltd, 1971. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small piece missing at bottom edge of back panel. Very slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, a (South African) bookseller's label inside front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A history of… Read more about this item

London: C Arthur Pearson, 1918. Scuffing to spine ends of orange paper covers which have been damp at some point resulting tin the orange dye staining the front page and the back of the map inside back cover. Cover has come loose from text block but could be glued back on, and some of the stitching is a bit… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1943. Second Impression. Tears and creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A selection of talks given by the author, popularly known as the "Radio Padre" , during 1942. 116pp, b&w frontispiece.. Hard… Read more about this item

London: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1952. A lot of tears and creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrappe, with the bottom two inches missing at the spine, also a lot of wear to the folds. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, some fading to gilt titles on spine, some yellowing to the pages, but… Read more about this item

London: Allen Lane, 1976. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915, based largely on diaries and letters from the time. 320pp, 30 b&w illustrations, 5 maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo… Read more about this item

Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1977. Minor creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, part of the publisher's "Pocket Encyclopedia of World Aircraft in Colour" series. Originally published in 1968, this is a second, revised edition from 1977 with several aircraft… Read more about this item

London: I B Tauris, 2006. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of his forty-years in the Arab world, from WW2 service in North Africa, as a District Commissioner in the Sudan, and in the Diplomatic… Read more about this item

London: Readers Union, 1965. Readers Union edition from 1965. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of his time serving (as a cook) with a British Red Cross unit in Montenegro during the First Balkan War of 1912-13. … Read more about this item