Military from JimsOldBooks

Pickering, East Yorks: Blackthorn Press, 2003. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to unclipped dustwrapper and no bumping to blue boards, of this hard-cover book. Looks at the Battle of Marston Moor (2nd July 1644). The "Five Armies" of the title refers to the two Royalist (one commanded by Prince Rupert, the other by the Marquis of… Read more about this item

Cromford, Derbyshire: Scarthin Books, 1992. A small hole to the front panel of unclipped dustwrapper about an inch down from the top, next to the spine. Slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with events in Derbyshire during the English Civil War and shortly after. 155pp, a… Read more about this item

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2007. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to unclipped dustwrapper and no bumping to black boards, of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Battle of Marston Moor (2nd July 1644) and with the events of the six months leading up to this in the north of England. 227pp, 8pp b&w illustrations,… Read more about this item

Warwick: Helion & Company, 2019. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper and with no bumping to black boards of this hard-cover book. A day-by-day account of the combat activity of the German military units in Austria between Sunday April 1st and just after the end of the War. A heavy book, packaged weight is around 1300g,… Read more about this item

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2004. A very good clean tight copy with no bumping to brown boards or creasing to unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. Looks at twelve Royalist commanders of the English Civil War, namely: Lord Forth, Prince Rupert, Jacob Lord Ashley, Prince Maurice, Ralph Lord Hopton, George Lord Goring, John Lord Byron, Sir Richard Grenville, William… Read more about this item

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… 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… 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… Read more about this item

London: Bell & Hyman, 1984. Some creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, original owners gift message on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with war correspondent William Howard Russell's coverage of the Crimea, the Indian Mutiny, American Civil War, Franco-Prussian War , accompanying the… 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: 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 & 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 in 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