To commemorate his son's death in the Great War, Kipling set about writing a regimental history of the Irish Guards in WW1. A humble, serious piece, this is said to be Kipling's great forgotten masterpiece. This volume concerns the second Battalion. Infinit [more...]
Pre-World war two guide to surviving gas attacks. With b/w images. With ads to front and rear regarding products to help against gas, including Boots. Cloth spine. Wear commensurable with age. Tight and clean. Good condition. [more...]
A study of the many promising sportsmen who lost their lives in World War One as well as the war's effect on Sport in Britain. Some minor shelfwear, otherwise crisp and clean. Very good/near fine. [more...]
'Illustrated military and political history of the world's mightiest power: From the rise of the republic and the dominance of the Empire to the fall of the west'. Lavishly illustrated with colour images. 4to. Some light foxing to bottom edge. Contents cl [more...]
Fascinating exploration of 5th century BC Athens, often looked at through the eyes of Socrates. Mild shelfwear to DJ. Volume is crisp and clean. Very good/near fine. [more...]
Generously illustrated account of the golden age of sail with numerous colour images and full page cut-aways of notable ships. DJ has some mild bumping. Contents crisp and clean. Very good+ [more...]
Third Edition. Collection of humourous articles about military life that first appeared in Punch magazine. Some rubbing and tearing to top of DJ spine. Light marking and toning to covers. Mild foxing to top edge. Tanning to page edge but contents clean a [more...]
Handsome volume from the Active service series. With colour frontispiece. Some foxing to page edges. Bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Readable history of the Napoleonic Wars with ample b/w illustrations. DJ is price-clipped with some light shelfwear. Volume clean and prim. Very good overall. [more...]
Attractive Heron edition of the poet Blunden's traumatic WWI memoir. Dark Brown leatherette covers with lavish gilt design and titling. Decorated endpapers and silken ribbon marker. With original illustrations by David Whitfield. Foxing to top and fore ed [more...]
With colour illustrations. Pictorial covers. Rubbing to edges, slight cracking to front joint. marking to fore-edge. Binding sound. Contents clean. Fair. [more...]
From the Kingston Library series. With colour illustrations. No date but c. 1900. Rubbing and bumping and small tears to edges. Light foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Binding sound and contents clean. Good [more...]
Pictorial cloth covers. With b/w illustrations by D. H. Fristron. decorative end-papers. All edges gilt. Staining/toning to cover. , Rubbing to edges. Binding sound and contents clean. Fair. [more...]
Crane's affecting novel of a young soldiers experiences in the American Civil War, renowned for its "psychological portrayal of fear". Some light shelfwear, bumping to extremities and a few errant marks on spine. Slipcase is worn at extremities. Contents a [more...]
Second impression of Benson's account of stretcher-bearer Kirkpatrick's heroism during Gallipoli landings. Dust jacket has a small tear to top of spine and some marking. Foxing to fore-edge, else clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Half leather library binding with silk moire paper to boards. EX-Military-Library with numbers in gilt to spine. Library rules to front pastedown. Rubbing to leather. with loss to top of spine. Binding stout and contents clean. Fair/good overall. [more...]
