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HOW GREAT GENERALS WIN.

By: Alexander, Bevin.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Avon: 1995

Seller ID: 24258

ISBN: 0380724367

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

320 pp, 7 7/8" H. B&w photographs, maps. "Undaunted by Hannibal's elephants, Scipio Africanus ordered his outnumbered cavlary to charge directly toward the massive beasts - and, by doing so, saved Rome. Stonewall Jackson struck like lightning throughout the Shenandoah Valley, with occasional feints toward Washington - and so frustrated a numerically superior Union Army. Despite few resouces and even less support from the German High Command, The 'Desert Fox', Erwin Rommel, conducted one of the most spectacular and successful campaigns in military history. In wars throughout the centur...
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WAR PHOTOGRAPHY: IMAGES OF CONFLICT FROM FRONTLINE PHOTOGRAPHERS.

By: Barfield, Thomas, editor.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Magpie: 2006

Seller ID: 27451

ISBN: 1845292707

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

320 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w and colour photographs. Contents: Introduction; The Break-Up of the Old World Order; Civil Strife; A World at War; The Age of Superpowers; Wind of Change; The Middle East and the Modern World. "A collection of striking images of conflict from the world's most talented and courageous war photographers. These photographs of battle from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day - many of them rarely seen before - convey the horror and the pity of war as seen by those who were there to document it. From images of compassion and companionship, suff...
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FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE: THE BATTLE OF THE HOOK, KOREA 1953.

By: Barker, A.J.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Leo Cooper: 1974

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 16856

ISBN: 0850521084

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

170 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs, maps. "The Battle of the Hook was probably the last full-scale infantry battle, fought on traditional lines, that the world will ever see. It was also a classic set-piece example of a battalion in defence and was, in terms of steel, the biggest battle of the Korean War, and the most concentrated confrontation of artillery support and engineering effort since the First World War. In it the Black Watch and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment defeated and completely routed a fanatical Chinese army who attacked them over a period of some fifteen days...
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DEADLOCK IN KOREA: CANADIANS AT WAR, 1950-1953.

By: Barris, Ted. Introduction by Joe Schlesinger.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan: 1999

Edition: 2nd Printing

Seller ID: 24233

ISBN: 0771576757

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

326 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographss and maps. "In 1950, nearly 25,000 Canadians signed on for a UN-sponsored 'police action' to stop the Communist incursion into South Korea. They joined a multi-national expeditionary force that quickly found itself embroiled in a full-scale war. Members of the Canadian navy, airforce and infantry fought with distinction and endured months of bloody stalemate that ultimately stopped the Communists but failed to reunite the people of the Korean peninsula - with consequences that continue to haunt the world today. Ted Barris interviewed hundred...
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THE SPIRIT OF THE REGIMENT: AN ACCOUNT OF THE 48TH HIGHLANDERS FROM 1956 TO 1991.

By: Batten, Jack.

Price: $37.50 USD

Publisher: Privately Printed: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23176

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

172 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H). Dark green cloth with silver lettering/insignia on front board. B&w photographs. "Kim Beattie's book 'Dileas' takes the history of the 48th to the year 1956. This present book, a more informal work than Beattie's monumental record, picks up the story in 1956 and carries it forward to 1991. However, for the benefit of readers not familiar with the 48th's founding and its early years, the first two chapters recount the pre-1956 history of the regiment in abbreviated form." Minor wear at bottom of spine.
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THE SPIRIT OF THE REGIMENT: AN ACCOUNT OF THE 48TH HIGHLANDERS FROM 1956 TO 1991.

By: Batten, Jack.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Privately Printed: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29463

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

RIDLEY: THE STORY OF A SCHOOL. 2 VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE.

By: Beattie, Kim. With collaboration in research by A.H. Griffith Introduction by Arthur L. Bishop.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, Ridley College: 1963

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28679

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

Volume One: 612 pp.- Volume Two's pagination runs 613-1265, 9 1/4" H, black boards with gilt lettering and school crest on front boards, orange spines with black title blocks/gilt lettering. Black endpapers with illustration by Edward Goodall. B&w photographs, reproductions. A history of Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario. Light rubbing and soiling on boards and spines. Volume One has minor discoloration at top corner of front board. Volume Two has faint foxing marks on front board, one slight corner bump. Slipcase has moderate wear and rubbing, one top rear corner is bumped.
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BLOOD ON THE HILLS: THE CANADIAN ARMY IN THE KOREAN WAR.

By: Bercuson, David J.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1999

Seller ID: 23174

ISBN: 0802009808

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

269 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). B&w photographs, maps. "(T)he first full, non-official history of the Canadian army's operations in the Korean War. The book covers the period from the start of that war to the cease-fire in July 1953 and describes and analyses the mobilization of the Canadian contingent, its training, manning, and equipment, and its efforts in combat. David Bercuson focuses on the many consequences of the army's unreadiness for combat in Korea and on the army's lack of success in learning lessons from its experiences in an active theatre of war." Wrinkling at bottom...
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THE PATRICIAS: THE PROUD HISTORY OF A FIGHTING REGIMENT.

By: Bercuson, David J.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Stoddart: 2001

Seller ID: 23173

ISBN: 0773732985

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

347 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, maps. "In the early days of World War I, Hamilton Gault of Montreal funded the raising of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, named after Princess Patricia of Connaught. Over the course of the war, the Patricias, as they came to be known, fought valiantly and suffered great loss. From the blood-soaked trenches of Ypres Salient to the hard-fought battle of Vimy Ridge, the Patricias earned the respect of the world's armies, and started a tradition that would last into the next century. In World War II, the Patricias were instru...
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MARCHING AS TO WAR: CANADA'S TURBULENT YEARS, 1899-1953.

By: Berton, Pierre.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Doubleday Canada: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22478

ISBN: 0385257252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

632 pp, large 8vo (9 5/8" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w maps. "The first war of the century, which took Canadian soldiers to South Africa, and the last, which sent them to Korea, bracket the tumultuous years of the (20th) century's first half like bookends on the shelf of history. They have a good deal in common, these two minor conflicts, whose chronicles pale when compared to the bloodbaths of the two world wars. Canada's wartime days are long past, and for many, the scars of war have healed. Vimy has been manicured clean, its pockmarked slopes softened by a green mantle of Canadian p...
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TRUE CANADIAN HEROES OF THE AIR.

By: Bishop, Arthur. Foreword by Lieutenant-General F.R. Sutherland.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Prospero / Key Porter, Toronto, 2004.:

Seller ID: 20901

307 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 1552678679 B&w photographs. "....offers a significant contribution to understanding our nation's role in the great wars through the very Canadians who, from all walks of life, served with distinction and won i nternational respect for their bravery and sacrifice. With an exciting and compelling journalistic style, Arthur Bishop brings to life the stories of those who fought in the air in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The drama, t h e c h i v alry, the honour of warfare in the air, as well as the danger and horror of battle, ar...
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COURAGE IN THE AIR. VOLUME I: CANADA'S MILITARY HERITAGE.

By: Bishop, Arthur. Foreword by Lieutenant-General F.R. Sutherland.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson: 1992

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24374

ISBN: 0075513765

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

307 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs. "These biographies bring to life the stories of those who fought in the air in the most spectacular of modern wars - World War I and II, and Korea. The drama, chivalry and honour of warfare in the air, as well as the danger and horror of battle, are captured in these pages. With an exciting and compelling journalistic style, Bishop has provided a worthy tribute to Canada's bravest and best air force veterans." Minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light rubbing, a few small shallow dints, a few areas of light edge wrinkling.
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COURAGE AT SEA. VOLUME III - CANADA'S MILITARY HERITAGE.

By: Bishop, Arthur. Foreword by Vice-Admiral D.N. Mainguy, CMM.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson: 1995

Seller ID: 25922

ISBN: 0075516403

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

191 pp, large 8vo 9 1/2" H). B&w photographs. Contents: The Indian Mutiny; The Royal Canadian Navy in World War I; The RCN Against Germany (includes: The Newfoundland Escort Force; Paukenschlag; The Mid-Atlantic; Mediterranean Duty; Battling the U-Boats; Battles in the Bay (Biscay); Policing the Pipeline to Invasion; Titanic Test for the Tribals; MTB Battles; Corvettes Courageous, etc.); The RCN in Korea. Slight bump at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has come very light edge wrinkling, very light rubbing - mainly on rear panel.
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CANADA'S GLORY: BATTLES THAT FORGED A NATION.

By: Bishop, Arthur. Foreword Hon. Hartland de M. Molson.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson: 1996

Edition: First Printing

Seller ID: 25368

ISBN: 0075528096

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

309 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w maps, photographs, reproductions. "Spanning over 200 years of Canadian history and over 30 major battles, (this book) includes: The War of 1812, when Upper Canada and Lower Canada united to defeat the American threat, giving Canadians a true sense of nationalism for the first time; The Boer War in South Africa, from 1899 to 1902 where Canadian troops first fought and won overseas; World War I and its grim trench warfare, including the Battle of Vimy Ridge - a classic in terms of planning and strategy - described in unforgettable detail; World War II, ...
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THE TRIBALS: BIOGRAPHY OF A DESTROYER CLASS.

By: Brice, Martin H. Foreword by Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: H.M.C.S. Iroquois Veterans Association, Victoria, B.C., 1993, reprint.:

Seller ID: 22903

256 pp, 4to (11" H), soft cover with cerlox binding. This is the reprint edition which was produced by photocopy with permission of the author. Unfortunately the photographs did not reproduce well. "Practically everyone knows of HMS Cossack's magnificent exploit in a Norwegian fiord in February 1940 when her crew rescued 299 captive British merchant seamen from the Altmark. Cossack was just one of 27 Tribal Class destroyers which served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian and Canadian Navies from 1938 to 1969. They were considered by many to be the finest of their type. The Tri...
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F-106 DELTA DART IN ACTION. SQUADRON/SIGNAL AIRCRAFT NO. FIFTEEN.

By: Carson, Don, Captain and Lou Drendel.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Squadron/Signal, Carrollton, TX, 1974:

Seller ID: 24252

50 pp, oblong (8 1/4" H x 11" D) soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, two pages of color illustrations. Interior - small ink smudge at bottom inside edge of rear cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small ink smudge on bottom of text block, minor edge wear, rubbing/soiling on rear cover. Very Good-
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THE CANADIAN ARMY AT WAR. OSPREY MEN-AT-ARMS SERIES 164.

By: Chappell, Mike. Editor: Martin Windrow.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Osprey, London, (1988), reprint.:

Seller ID: 16508

48 pp, 9 3/4" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps, 8 pages of color uniform studies. Contents: Introduction; Canada and her Army; 1900-14: The Growing Commitment; 1914-18: Attrition; 1939-45: The Global War; 1950-53: United Nations Involvement. Interior - light browning to margins of pages and inside of covers, light cigarette odor. Exterior - light browning to covers and to edges of textblock, slight soiling on bottom of textblock, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. VG-
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WEEKEND WARRIORS.

By: Cooper, Paul L.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Manhattan, Kansas, Sunflower University Press: 1996

Seller ID: 23069

ISBN: 089745202X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

248 pp, 8vo (9" H). B&w photographs. "(Paul Cooper) was called to active naval service in 1950 and served as an enlisted man aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier 'Princeton' (CV-37) during the Korean War." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edgewear, small sticker pull on front cover.
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THE FORKED ROAD: CANADA, 1939-1957.

By: Creighton, Donald.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28339

ISBN: 077102360X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

319 pp, 9 1/4" H. One of 'The Canadian Centenary Series'. B&w plates. "Canada's declaration of war against Germany in 1939 marked the beginning of the most significant eighteen-year period in the history of this nation. By the end of the Liberal regime in 1957 the country had undergone immense growth in human and material resources. The experience of the Second World War had been followed by participation in the Korean War and ten years of the Cold War. The Great Depression had given way to a boom which had continued through the exchange crisis, serious inflation and minor recess...
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MARINE! THE LIFE OF LT. GEN. LEWIS B. (CHESTY) PULLER, USMC (Ret.).

By: Davis, Burke.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Bantam: 1977

Edition: 7th Printing

Seller ID: 25847

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good -

369 pp. "Chesty Puller, the roughest, toughest Marine of them all, had one simple, brutal rule: 'Kill or be killed!'. The greatest fighting man ever to pull on Marine boots enlisted in the Corps in 1918. He loved to fight, fought over a hundred combats in the Banana Wars, commanded the Horse Marines in Peking in the '30s, battled his way from island to bloody island in the Pacific in World War II, and bulled his way through the savage Korean War. Finally, as the most praised and cursed and controversial figure in the Marines, he was forced to retire at age 57." "The only Marin...
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Keyword: Korean War