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Image for At the Sharp End -Volume ONE 1914 to 1916 -by Tim Cook ( World War I and Canada )( WWI ) (inc. Ypres; Festubert; Life in the Trenches; St Eloi; Mount Sorrel; The Somme; Courcelette; Thiepval Ridge; etc)

At the Sharp End -Volume ONE 1914 to 1916 -by Tim Cook ( World War I and Canada )( WWI ) (inc. Ypres; Festubert; Life in the Trenches; St Eloi; Mount Sorrel; The Somme; Courcelette; Thiepval Ridge; etc)

By: Cook, Tim

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Viking Canada / Penguin Group, 2007, 1st edition, First Printing: 2007

Seller ID: 164246

ISBN: 0670067342

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 599 pages, b&w photos, ---"At the SHARP END covers the harrowing early battles of World War One, when tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands, died, before the generals and soldiers found ways to break the terrible stalemate of the front. It provides both an intimate look at the Canadian men in the trenches and an authoritative account of the slow evolution in tactics, weapons, and advancement. Featuring never-before-published photographs, letters, diaries, and maps, this recounting of the Great War through t...
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Image for Canada in the World Wars / Canadian War Museum ( WWI / WWII )(inc. Facsimiles of Maps, Recruitment Posters, Letters, Booklets, Pamphlets; Aerial Photos; Pilot's Log Book; Trench Newspapers; German U-Boat Handbook; Postcards; Telegram Bing Coughlin Poster)

Canada in the World Wars / Canadian War Museum ( WWI / WWII )(inc. Facsimiles of Maps, Recruitment Posters, Letters, Booklets, Pamphlets; Aerial Photos; Pilot's Log Book; Trench Newspapers; German U-Boat Handbook; Postcards; Telegram Bing Coughlin Poster)

By: Cook, Tim; Jeff Noakes; Nic Clarke / Canadian War Museum (nice Bing Coughlin Poster Cartoon )

Price: $67.43 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK / Ottawa, ON: Sevenoaks / Canadian War Museum, 2016, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2016

Seller ID: 163520

ISBN: 1781774765

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 10.5w x 12h inches, a Near Fine example, no dustjacket as issued, 132 pages, packed with colour and b&w images from both world wars, this book contains 4 pouches with each containing 7 items from the time period all produced in facsimile, a wonderful production with much attention to detail, would be a great teaching tool but also of indispensable use to the military collector and historian, by any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Back Bearings: A Navigator's Tale, 1942 to 1974 -by Group Captain eric Cropper ( RAF / R.A,F. / Royal Air Force )

By: Cropper, Group Captain Eric

Price: $16.13 CAD

Publisher: Barnsley, England, Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Aviation, 2010, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2010

Seller ID: 156217

ISBN: 1848841515

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 346 pages, b&w photos, CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION. STARTING. LEARNING. LEARNING AGAIN - THE HARD WAY. D-DAY AND AFTER. STAFF NAVIGATOR. AN END AND A BEGINNING. MAHOGANY BOMBER. SPECIALIST NAVIGATOR. BACK TO LINCOLNSHIRE. WITH THE BOFFINS. WHITEHALL WARRIOR. LEARNING YET AGAIN. NORTHERN EXCHANGE. CRANWELL. 'CROPPER'S ISLAND'. A FLYING COMMAND. FROM NAVIGATION TO AEROSYSTEMS. END OF STORY. BLIOGRAPHY.INDEX., ---"Eric Cropper's RAF career started in 1943 and ended in 1968. It covered a period when the navigation of aircraft chan...
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Image for History of the Polish Air Force, 1918 - 1968 -by Jerzy B Cink ( Sily Powietrzne / Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej )( Poland Air Defense / P.A.F. / PAF )

History of the Polish Air Force, 1918 - 1968 -by Jerzy B Cink ( Sily Powietrzne / Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej )( Poland Air Defense / P.A.F. / PAF )

By: Cynk, Jerzy B ( Bogdan )

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Reading, England, Reading, Berkshire, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1972, 1st edition, First Printing: 1972

Seller ID: 155617

ISBN: 085045039X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, about 7.5 x 10 inches, a Near Fine copy in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket, 307 pages, b&w photos, ---"This detailed account of the Polish Air Force - its birth in revolution, its brief but heroic period as the air arm of an independent nation, and its present status as one of the principal weapons in the armoury of the Soviet bloc - fills a serious gap in published aviation history. It is the first complete coverage of the subject to appear anywhere in the world. --The survey is divided into six parts: the birth of the Polish Air Force, up to 1918; the P. A. F. s p...
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Image for D-Day Dodgers: The Canadians in Italy 1943 - 1945 -by Daniel G Dancocks ( WWII / World War II / Italian Campaign from landing to the final / First Canadian Infantry Division )

D-Day Dodgers: The Canadians in Italy 1943 - 1945 -by Daniel G Dancocks ( WWII / World War II / Italian Campaign from landing to the final / First Canadian Infantry Division )

By: Dancocks, Daniel G (preface contributions By Farley Mowat, Strome Galloway, Jimmy Quayle, Bill Swinden, Bill Matheson, Doug How, Vic Bulger, Tom Gilday, Stan Scislowski )

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart ( M&S ), 1991, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1991

Seller ID: 166157

ISBN: 0771025440

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------hardcover, a near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 508 pages, b&w photographs, from the front flap: When the troops of the First Canadian Infantry Division waded ashore in southern Sicily in July 1943, it marked the first time - aside the few bloody hours on the beach of Dieppe - that Canadian soldiers had gone into combat in Europe since the start of the war., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Le Gnral de Castelnau: Le Soldat, l'Homme, le Chrtien -par Patrick De Gmeline / Editions Charles Herissey ( Noel Edouard, Vicomte De Castelnau )

By: de Gmeline, Patrick ( FRENCH LANGUAGE EDITION )

Price: $67.43 CAD

Publisher: France, France: Editions Charles Herissey, 2014, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2014

Seller ID: 165842

ISBN: 2914417489

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------hardcover, a Very Good+ example, small bump along bottom edge of front board, no dustjacket as issued, 244 pages, colour and b&w photos and illustrations, ALL TEXT is in FRENCH ---, ---"General de Castelnau (1851-1944) was one of the greatest French leaders of the First World War. This Aveyronnais started his career as a second lieutenant in 1870, to end as Commanding General of the Army Group. Nicknamed the "Savior of Nancy," he defeated the Germans in Lorraine and particularly Charmes and Grand Couronne. He then lead the Battle of Champagne before becoming General Joffre's Chief o...
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Image for Those Splendid Girls: The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War, 1914 - 1918 -by Katherine Dewar ( PEI / WWI / World War One )/ Nursing History )

Those Splendid Girls: The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War, 1914 - 1918 -by Katherine Dewar ( PEI / WWI / World War One )/ Nursing History )

By: Dewar, Katherine // University of Prince Edward Island ( UPEI ) - Island Studies Press

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI: University of Prince Edward Island ( UPEI ) - Island Studies Press, 2014, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2014

Seller ID: 157822

ISBN: 0919013805

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 6.5 x 9.5 inches, a Near Fine copy, feels unread, 235 pages, b&w photos, ---"Over 115 women from Prince Edward Island women served as nurses in the First World War. They were fullblooded, complex women living in a tumultuous time in our history, doing their duty on distant battlefields. Their courage, and the courage of all Canadian nurses, is saluted in a powerful new book about wartime nursing called Those Splendid Girls. It features many wartime nursing photos from private albums, a 35-page biography section, an index, and bibliography"---, any image directly bes...
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Image for STICK to the GUNS: A Short History of the 10th Field Battery, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, St Catharines Ontario -by Colin K Duquemin - a Signed Copy ( Regimental History )

STICK to the GUNS: A Short History of the 10th Field Battery, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, St Catharines Ontario -by Colin K Duquemin - a Signed Copy ( Regimental History )

By: Duquemin, Colin K ( Keates ) (signed)

Price: $53.93 CAD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, St Catharines, ON: Norman Enterprises, 1996, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1996

Seller ID: 157077

ISBN: 0969899424

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy with a wee bit of very light rubbing, 134 pages, b&w photos, signed without inscription by Duquemin, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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i carabinieri 1814 - 1980 ( Italian Edition )( Italy Police Force / Carabinieri )( national gendarmerie of Italy )( History )

By: Edizione a Cura Paola Di Paola; Forewords By C A Pietro Corsini and Mario Soldati ( Diretto Dal Gen. B Mario De Sena, Oscar Scaffidi, Vincenzo Pezzolet Dell 'Ufficio )

Price: $67.43 CAD

Publisher: Italy, Rome ( Roma ), Italy: Ente Editoriale Per L'Arma Dei Carabinieri, 1980, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1980

Seller ID: 162670

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------hardcover, about 9.75w x 13h inches, weighs over 9 pounds, overseas shipping (anywhere outside of Canada and the USA ) will require additional charges, a solid Good to Very Good example, foxing and some age toning to paper, gift inscription dated 1980, in an attractive Good to Very Good dustjacket with some edge wear and rubbing, all text is in Italian, 617 pages, colour and b&w images and photos throughout, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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Image for Canada's Black Watch: An Illustrated History of the Regular Forces Battalion, 1951 - 1970 / The Black Watch ( Royal Highland Regiment ) of Canada ( Regimental History )

Canada's Black Watch: An Illustrated History of the Regular Forces Battalion, 1951 - 1970 / The Black Watch ( Royal Highland Regiment ) of Canada ( Regimental History )

By: Falconer, Simon; Forewords By His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Commander in Chief, The Black Watch ( Royal Highland Regiment ) of Canada; Lieutenant-General Duncan A McAlpine

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB: Goose lane Editions, 2008, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2008

Seller ID: 160547

ISBN: 0864925212

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 10.5 x 8.75 inches, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 165 pages, colour and b&w photos throughout, ---"Nothing brings to mind the romance and camaraderie of the army more than the Highland Regiments - the most storied and well-respected fighting units in the world. Among these soldiers, one regiment stands out above the others: The Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment. --In Canada, the Regular Force battalions of the Black Watch were formed during 1951 in response to the Cold War. Drawing on five reserve units based in Toronto, Montre...
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The Forgotten Army: A Burma Soldier's Story in Letters, Photographs and Sketches -by James Fenton ( Burmese / WWII / World War II )

By: Fenton, James

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: England, UK: Fonthill, 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2012

Seller ID: 156202

ISBN: 1781550476

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover,a Near Fine copy, a tight square clean copy, in a Near Fine dustjacket, 255 pages, b&w photos, colour images/illustrations by the author, ---"The Forgotten Army consists of the letters, photos and sketches of a soldier fighting the Japanese in Burma that were sent home to the author's parents in Lancashire. Call-up documents, medical certificate, service pay book, discharge papers, letter index, family tree, news cuttings, leaflets, and 440 letters spanning military service in the army at home, India, Burma and Malaya. Copies of sketches, illustrations, photographs and p...
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HARVARD: The North American Trainers in Canada (with Errata Slip ) ( RCAF Related / The T-6 ) ( BCATP - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan )

By: Fletcher, David C; Doug MacPhail; Foreword By General Paul D Masson, CMM, CD

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: British Columbia, San Josef, BC: DCF Flying Books, 1990, 1st edition, 1st Printing: 1990

Seller ID: 165133

ISBN: 0969382502

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

---------hardcover, about 9w x 11.25h inches, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 208 pages, b&w photos, errata slip laid in, ---"The definitive history of the Harvard, Yale and AT-6 Texan as used in Canada and the only fully accurate source of the difference between the variants of these significant aircraft. ---The first book to take a comprehensive look at the Harvard & its variants in Canada - the only country to produce, import & export large numbers of the type. "The Yellow Bird" is described with 50,000 words of authoritative but readable text, personal reminisc...
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The Red Baron's Last Flight: The Red Baron ---with a 3 Page Errata Sheet Provided By Bennett ( Baron Manfred Von Richthofen )

By: Franks, Norman and Bennett, Alan

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, St. Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell, 1997, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1997

Seller ID: 147555

ISBN: 1550680463

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unread, 143 pages, an in depth study of Richtofen's last flight using a cache of letters which had lain undiscovered for 50 years. - many were eyewitness accounts, dated and written from the 1930's. - profusely illustrated with many photos, reproductions of letters, & maps. - nice wraparound cover art by Barry Weekley of the Red Baron's distinctive tri-plane chasing W.R. May's Sopwith Camel over the rooftops of a French village, ---this copy has a copy of the 3 page errata sheet dated April 2004, any image directly beside this listing ...
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Image for Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces: Bohme, Muller, von Tutschek and Wolff: The Complete Record of Their Victories and Victims ( Erwin Bohme; Max Muller; Adolf von Tutschek; Kurt Wolff / German Fighters WWI )( Volume 3 in the Under the Guns Trilogy )

Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces: Bohme, Muller, von Tutschek and Wolff: The Complete Record of Their Victories and Victims ( Erwin Bohme; Max Muller; Adolf von Tutschek; Kurt Wolff / German Fighters WWI )( Volume 3 in the Under the Guns Trilogy )

By: Franks, Norman; Hal Giblin

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Grub Street, 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 159441

ISBN: 1904010024

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 8.75w x 10.25h inches, a Near Fine copy, in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 192 pages, b&w photos, ---"Following their imaginative, popular and successful approach to identifying and describing all the airmen who were claimed by Manfred von Richthofen in Under the Guns of the Red Baron, and by Immelmann, Voss, Goring and Lothar von Richthofen in Under the Guns of the German Aces, air historians Franks and Giblin have put four more equally distinguished German aces of World War One under the microscope. In doing so, they profile not only the aces themselves, all...
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Camouflage and Markings Series # 15: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt U.S.A.A.F., E.T.O. And M.T.O. 1942 - 1945 ( United States of America Air Force )

By: Freeman, Roger A / Camouflage and Markings Series

Price: $16.13 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Ducimus Books, NO DATE (circa 1975 ), 1st Edition, First Printing: 1975

Seller ID: 159532

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, about 7.5w x 9.75h inches, a Very Good+ copy, a bit of light rubbing, 31 pages, b&w photos, colour illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE ///
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Mighty Eighth War Diary -by Roger A Freeman ( 8th )( USAF / U.S.A.F. / United States Air Force )

By: Freeman, Roger A; Alan Crouchman; Vic Maslen

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England / New York, N.Y., London, UK / N.Y. New York / Sydney, AU: Jane's / Janes, 1981: , 1st Edition, First Printing: 1981

Seller ID: 157811

ISBN: 0531037355

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 8.75 x 11 inches, a Near Fine copy with some small glue marks from old tape on endpapers and jacket flaps, in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket, 508 pages, b&w photos, ---"The US 8th Air Force was based in England in the second half of World War II, from where it flew fighter and bomber missions over Europe. In addition to a veteran support back home, the Eighth and its aircraft have been avidly studied in the postwar years. This work chronicles each action which the units flew, the aircraft which took part and the results"--- any image directly b...
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Kriegsmarine: Admiral Raeder's Navy - A Broken Dream -by Joseph Gilbey ( Z Plan )( Graf Spee / Langsdorff related)( Erich Raeder )

By: Gilbey, Joseph

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: Hillsburgh, Ontario, Hillsburgh, ON: Joseph Gilbey, 1995, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1995

Seller ID: 156099

ISBN: 0968599419

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------trade paperback, a Near Fine copy, 232 pages, b&w photos, ---"Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933 while Admiral Erich Raeder was chief of the Reichsmarine. Hitler authorized production of capital warships in 1937 to give Germany a powerful battle fleet. If completed, the Z-Plan would restore Germany's naval prestige that deteriorated in the First World War. Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939 and demolished this dream. -- 'Kriegsmarine: Admiral Raeder's Navy' outlines the history of the Z-Plan. The book records the fate of Germany's capital warships in t...
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Image for 2 VOLUMES Navy Marine 100: The Naval Service of Canada 1910 to 2010, The CENTENNIAL STORY /and/ Citizen Sailors, Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve 1910-2010 ( RCN / R C N / Royal Canadian Navy )

2 VOLUMES Navy Marine 100: The Naval Service of Canada 1910 to 2010, The CENTENNIAL STORY /and/ Citizen Sailors, Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve 1910-2010 ( RCN / R C N / Royal Canadian Navy )

By: Gimblett, Richard H (ed.), Intro By Alec Douglas, Foreword By Michaelle Jean ( Roger Sarty; Harold Merklinger; William Johnston; bill Rawling; Donald E Graves; Marc Milner; Pat Jessup; isabel Campbell; Richard Oliver Mayne; Peter T Haydon; James Boutilie

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press, 2009 and 2010, 1st edition, Later and First Printing: 2009

Seller ID: 164701

ISBN: 1554884705

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-----------2 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE although extra shipping may be required depending upon destination -if an issue please inquire before ordering ), hardcovers, both volumes are Fine examples in Fine dustjackets, a lovely, likely unread set, 230 and 249 pages, b&w and colour photos and illustrations, contents include: (SERVICE) Foreword by Michaelle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada; Preface by Gimblett; Intro by Douglas ---- Toward a Canadian Naval Service, 1867 to 1914 by Sarty; Maritime Research and Development to the End of WWI by Merklinger; The RCN and The ...
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The Stretcher Bearers-by David A Gordon -a Signed Copy ( Royal Canadian Medical Corps / WWII / World War ii )

By: Gordon, David A (signed); Foreword By Major-General J W B Barr

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Stroud, ON: Pacesetter Press, 1995, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1995

Seller ID: 164201

ISBN: 0969731728

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------softcover, about 8.5w x 11h inches, a Very Good+ to Near Fine example, a wee bit of light rubbing, faint crease on front panel, signed without inscription by the author who has also identified himself in a WWII group photo, 127 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Tragedy of War: Memoirs of a Canadian Private Soldier, 1939 - 1945 a Signed Copy (includes: Sicily, Orotona; Liri Valley )

By: Graham, William C (signed) ( Carl )

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Ancaster, ON.: Self Published / William Carl Graham, No Date (circa 1993 ) 1st edition, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 146941

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, a bout 8.5 x 11 inches, a Very Good+ copy, signed by the author and artist, 129 pages, b&w illustrations, not a very professional publication but a first hand account from Graham's enlisting upon hearing about the sinking of the Athenia to his return home, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE ///
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Category: Military History