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CLASSIC RAF BATTLES FROM WORLD WAR ONE TO THE PRESENT.

By: Armitage, Michael, editor-in-chief. (Peter Kilduff, Peter Cooksley, Michael Burns, John Ray, Ray Sturtivant, John Maynard, Tony Mason, Michael Gething, Ron Dick, Ken Delve, Mike Spick, et al.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Arms and Armour: 1995

Seller ID: 9850

ISBN: 185409291X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

171 pp, oblong large 8vo (8 7/8" H x 11 1/4" D). B&w maps. "Forty superb full-colour paintings, accompanied by detailed background narratives, show the RAF in action, from the dogfights of the First World War to missions in the Gulf War. (Represents) work of some of the very finest aviation artists working today. Sir Michael Armitage has assembled a first-class team of RAF veterans, historians and aviation experts with the brief to write the background history of the action depicted in each painting - arranged chronologically within the decades of RAF service." Dust jacket ha...
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RED-TAPE AND PIGEON-HOLE GENERALS: ANDREW A. HUMPHREYS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

By: Arner, Frederick B., commentary. (William H. Armstrong.) Foreword by Charles T. Joyce.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Charlottesville, Virginia, Rockbridge: 1999

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24961

ISBN: 1883522153

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

378 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "Regarded as anonymously written fiction when it was originally published in 1864, this rollicking story of the way it was in the Union 's Army of the Potomac is a thinly disguised tale of truth. It is, in fact, a scathing attack on the character and military ability of Gen. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys. The author, Lt. Col. William H. Armstrong of the 129th Pennyslvania Volunteer Infantry, risked a libel action to send his message, yet he recognized that abuses within the system could not be addressed without first bei...
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REGIMENT: THE MILITARY HERITAGE COLLECTION. ISSUE FORTY NINE: THE QUEEN'S LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. PART II: 1881-2000.

By: Asquith, Stuart, editor.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Swanley, Nexus: 2000

Seller ID: 14476

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

66 pp, 11 5/8" H - magazine format. September/October 2000. "An Invaluable Source for Historians, Hobbyists and Model Makers." Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions, uniform studies. Contents: Soldiers of the Queen 1881-1902; The Great War Period 1903-1918; Between the Wars 1919-1939; The Second World War 1939-1945; The Post War Year 1946-1969; The Regiment Since 1970; The Volunteers and Territorial Army; Cadets; The Regimental Chapels; The Regimental Association; The Regimental Collection. Interior - minor browning to page edges, otherwise cle...
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REGIMENT: THE MILITARY HERITAGE COLLECTION. ISSUE TWENTY FOUR: THE GREEN HOWARDS (ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF WALES'S OWN YORKSHIRE REGIMENT) 1688-1997.

By: Asquith, Stuart, editor. Foreword by Brigadier F.R. Dannatt.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1997

Seller ID: 26084

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

66 pp, 11 5/8" H - magazine format. October 1997. "An invaluable source for historians, hobbyists and model makers." Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, reproductions, uniform studies. Contents: The Regiment Today; Buttons and Badges; The 17th Century; The 18th Century; The 19th Century; Queen Victoria's Late Wars; The Great War; Between the Wars; The Second World War; The Post War Years; The Museum and Regimental Headquarters. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light wear on spine, tiny crease at bottom corner of fron...
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REGIMENT: THE MILITARY HERITAGE COLLECTION. ISSUE THIRTEEN: THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS 1066-1996.

By: Asquith, Stuart, editor. Foreword by Colonel R.J. Sandy.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1996

Seller ID: 26078

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

66 pp, 11 1/2" H - magazine format. April/May 1996. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions, uniform studies. "An invaluable source for historians, hobbyists and model makers." Contents: A Brief History of the Corps 1066-1996; Uniforms of the Corps 1772-1996; Military Engineering; The RE Band; Volunteer and Territorial Army Units; The Corps Museum and Library. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light wear on spine, minor edge wear on covers, light browning to edges of pages.
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REGIMENT: THE MILITARY HERITAGE COLLECTION. ISSUE FOURTEEN: THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND SHERWOOD FORESTERS REGIMENT 1694-1996.

By: Asquith, Stuart, editor. Foreword by Lieutenant Colonels P.J. Mercer & M.W. Fielding.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1996

Seller ID: 26079

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

66 pp, 11 11/16" H - magazine format. June/July 1996 Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions, uniform studies. "An invaluable source for historians, hobbyists and model makers." Contents: The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment 1970-1996; 29th Foot 1694-1881; 36th Foot 1701-1881; 45th Foot 1741-1881; 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot 1823-1881; The Worcestershire Regiment 1881-1970; The Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) 1881-1902 - The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) 1902-1920 - The Sherwood For...
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REGIMENT: THE MILITARY HERITAGE COLLECTION. ISSUE TWENTY ONE: THE ROYAL GREEN JACKETS 1741-1881. PART 1.

By: Asquith, Stuart, editor. Foreword by Lieutenant General C.B.Q. Wallace.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1997

Seller ID: 26082

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

66 pp, 11 9/16" H - magazine format. May 1997. "An invaluable source for historians, hobbyists and model makers." Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, reproductions, uniform studies. Contents: The Regiment Today; The 43rd Foot 1741 -1881; Campaign and Regimental Medals; The 52nd Foot 1755-1881; The 60th Foot 1775-1881; The Rifle Brigade 1800-1881. Interior - small faint mark at top of the content column on page 5, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light wear on spine, minor edge wear on covers, light browning to edges of pages.
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REGIMENT: THE MILITARY HERITAGE COLLECTION. ISSUE TWELVE: THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS 1674-1996.

By: Asquith, Stuart, editor. Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir Jeremy Reilly.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Hemel Hempstead, Nexus: 1996

Seller ID: 26077

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

66 pp, 11 5/8" H - magazine format. February/March 1996. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions, uniform studies. "An invaluable source for historians, hobbyists and model makers." Contents: The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1968-1996; The 5th Foot 1674-1968; The 6th Foot 1674-1968; The 7th Foot 1685-1968; The 20th Foot 1688-1968; Volunteers and Territorials 1859-1966; The Regimental Museums. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear on spine, minor edge wear on covers, faint soft crease down rear co...
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BATTLE HONOURS OF THE BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH ARMIES.

By: Baker, Anthony.

Price: $32.50 USD

Publisher: Ian Allan, (Shepperton, 1986), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 14819

398 pp, 4to (11 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w photos, reproductions, maps. "...brings together in one comprehensive volume the story of the achievements of the British and Commonwealth armies over 300 years of service. It tells of and lists the battles fought, whether they were honoured or - equally important - whether they were not and are now largely forgotten, and which regiments were involved...sets out to ensure that...the Honours granted in the past, from 'Tangier' in 1662 to 'Falkland Islands' in 1982, and the regiments that won them are not forgotten...
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HITLER'S GENERALS.

By: Barnett, Correlli, editor. (Robert O'Neill, Klaus-Jurgen Muller, Brian Bond, Barry A. Leach, Walter Gorlitz, Earl F. Ziemke, Field-Marshal Lord Carver, Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., Shelford Bidwell, Martin Blumenson, Carlo D'Este, Martin Middlebrook, et

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1989).:

Seller ID: 13175

497 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, maps. "...(gathers) todgether an outstanding team of military historians to write about the characters and careers of twenty-six generals - the men in field-grey and carmine-red whose expertise enabled the Wehrmacht to win the early dazzling victories of 1939-41 and then to endure so long against such heavy odds...probes the central mystery of why a generation of able commanders and staff officers from the most deeply professional officer corps in the world became subservient to Hitler's purposes and why even the b...
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THE PARISH AND CATHEDRAL OF ST JAMES', TORONTO, 1797-1997: A COLLABORATIVE HISTORY.

By: Benn, Carl; Bryant, Giles; Cooke, William; Friesen, Paul H.; Hayes, Alan; McIntire, C. Thomas; Morris, Shirley.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: St James' Cathedral / Toronto University Press, Toronto, 1998.:

Seller ID: 21715

326 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0802047149 B&w and colour photographs, b&w drawings, plans, elevations. "St James' Cathedral can justly be called the Mother Church of the city of Toronto as well as of the Anglican diocese centred there. Its congregation perpetuates one that began worshipping in Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe's tent at the very founding of the town of York in 1793. Its grounds were set aside for a place of worship in 1797, and the wooden church tha t o p ened there ten years later was the first to be built in the town. Four successive Anglica...
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MAPLE LEAF AGAINST THE AXIS: CANADA'S SECOND WORLD WAR.

By: Bercuson, David J.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Stoddart: 1995

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 9078

ISBN: 0773728619

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

316 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs, maps. "Here, in all its passion and drama, is the story of how the Canadian Army, Navy, and Air Force fought during the Second World War, from the Battle of Hong Kong to the Rhine River crossing and the significant part Canadians played in the Allied victory. David Bercuson, one of Canada's top military historians, covers the war on the ground, the naval war in the North Atlantic and elsewhere, and the air war - both the bomber offensive and the story of those Canadians who flew everything from Canso Reconnaissance aircraft in the India...
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WOMEN FROM THE ANKLE DOWN: THE STORY OF SHOES AND HOW THEY DEFINE US.

By: Bergstein, Rachelle.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Harper: 2012

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29211

ISBN: 0061969613

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

284 pp, 9 1/4" H. Small b&w illustrations. "What is it about a pair of shoes that so enchants women of all ages, demographics, political affiliations, and style tribes? Part social history, part fashion record, part pop-culture celebration, (this book) seeks to answer that question as it unfolds the story of shoes in the twentieth century. The tale begins in the rural village of Bonito, Italy, with a visionary young shoe-maker named Salvatore Ferragamo and ends in New York City with a fictional socialite and trend-setter named Carrie Bradshaw. Along the way it stops in Hollywood, ...
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PRIVATE WORDS: LETTERS AND DIARIES FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

By: Blythe, Ronald, ed.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, Viking: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23312

ISBN: 0670832049

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

310 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). "The Second World War was, among other things, a great 'reading and writing' war. There was a passion for books of all kinds, and also a remarkable outpouring of personal writing in the form of letters and diaries. The latter were actually forbidden in the services because they might fall into enemy hands, but this did not prevent them from being kept in startling quantities. The young especially, whether on the Home Front or fighting abroad, became extraordinary self-examiners and communicators, finding all kinds of outlets for what was happening to the...
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THE VIETNAM WAR: DAY BY DAY.

By: Bowman, John S., general editor. Introduction by Fox Butterfield.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Mallard, New York, 1989.:

Seller ID: 17926

224 pp, 4to (12 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0792450876 Profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographs, maps. "....a detailed chronological account of this 'Thirty Years War' of the twentieth century. It traces the history of t he war from its earliest nineteenth-century origins to its gloomy aftermath in the 1980s. In so doing, it not only illuminates the interplay of policies, personalities, motives and strategies that shaped the war, but also the web of diplo m a t i c , p o l itical, social and ethical conflicts to which it gave rise and which, in the end, h...
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BELLEVILLE: A POPULAR HISTORY.

By: Boyce, Gerry.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage / Dundurn: 2008

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24510

ISBN: 1550028634

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

310 pp, square large 8vo (9" x 9"). B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. "(A) treasure trove of stories - 'glorious and not-so-glorious' - embodying the history of the city of Belleville (Ontario) and its beautiful surroundings. Gerry Boyce, the dean of the area's historians, has done a masterful job of pulling together the best of Belleville's storied past, episode by episode, decade by decade: here one learns about the Native roots of the place, its debatable 'discovery' by Champlain, its hot-headed pre-Confederation politics, its involvement in Spiritualism in the 1850s and ...
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ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA.

By: Bradley, John.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1968.:

Seller ID: 18546

251 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w maps. "The attempts by the Western powers to intervene in Russia after the Bolshevik coup d'etat of 1917, and the abortive attempt of the Red Army to destroy Poland, are subjects which have be en badly neglected by historians. John Bradley has consulted French and British archives for the first time, and his book provides a wealth of completely new material on the subject. As a result of this new research many hitherto accepte d i d e a s o f the intervention are challenged and a clearer perspective is given to this period o...
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BEYOND THE MYTH: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC.

By: Brooks, Polly Schoyer.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, J.B. Lippincott: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 27830

ISBN: 03973242257

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

176 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations. Signed by author on half title page. "Inspired by her love for France, by her determination to see the rightful king rule, and especially by her private visions and voices, Joan (of Arc) overcame the doubts of everyone from her parents to the king himself. Within a year Joan led the French to a resounding victory at Orleans and made possible the coronation of Charles VII in the cathedral of Reims. But after her glorious triumph, conflicts in the French camp, bad advice, and perhaps Joan's own headstrong nature brought her to defeat and finally ...
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LOOKING UP: A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.

By: Broughton, R. Peter.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28366

ISBN: 1550022083

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

288 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D). B&w photographs, reproductions. "One hundred and twenty-five years ago eight men met on December 1, 1868, to form the Toronto Astronomical Club. Among them were a tailor, a teacher and a cabinet-maker. How surprised these ordinary citizens would be to see that their little group has grown into an organization of over 3000 members in all parts of the country, in the United States and overseas. Twenty-two cities from St John's to Victoria have local chapters or 'Centres' of the RASC. Novices and naturalists, amateurs and professional scien...
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JOHN BUCHAN: A MEMOIR.

By: Buchan, William. (John Buchan).

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Griffin House: 1982

Seller ID: 23579

ISBN: 887601081

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

272 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. "John Buchan was a man of remarkably diverse achievements: writer, lawyer, politician, soldier, scholar and, finally, Governor-General of Canada. He was the friend of Roosevelt and of George V, of Henry James and T.E. Lawrence; indeed, there was scarcely a prominent figure of the twenties and thirties whom he did not know. His contemporaries are among the most successful men of their day; his novels, still widely read, dominated the market between the wars; his histories and biographies are much admired; his achievements in public offic...
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Keyword: Historians