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Image for TWO VOLUMES: Combat Aircraft of World War II, 1942 - 1943 and 1943 - 1944 -Poster Books (inc. Nakajima, Kawasaki, Focke Wulf, Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire, Messerschmitt, Curtiss, Junkers, Fairey Barracuda, Avro Lancaster, etc)

TWO VOLUMES: Combat Aircraft of World War II, 1942 - 1943 and 1943 - 1944 -Poster Books (inc. Nakajima, Kawasaki, Focke Wulf, Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire, Messerschmitt, Curtiss, Junkers, Fairey Barracuda, Avro Lancaster, etc)

By: Angelucci, Enzo; Paolo Matricardi

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Military Press, 1988, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1988

Seller ID: 164285

ISBN: 0517665786

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------2 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE), softcovers (no hardcover editions), about 10.5w x 15h inches, both are Near Fine examples, look new, 62 and 62 pages, colour illustrations, b&w photos, , 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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Nor Iron Bars a Cage: The Adventures of Three British Prisoners of War, 1940 - 1942 ( POW / POW's )

By: Aston, W H, Introduction By Captain G F Collie, MBE

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: MacMillan, 1946, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1946

Seller ID: 149326

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

---------hardcover, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of very light wear, no dustjacket, ink name and date, portion of front flap has been tipped-in to the front endpaper, 218 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Cap Badges of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, 1914 - 1919 ( WWI - World War I )( C.E.F. / CEF )

By: Babin, Lenard L

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: Rochester, New York, Rochester, NY: Lenard L Babin, no Date ( 1957 - 1960 ), 1st Edition, 1st Printing: 1957

Seller ID: 165998

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, a Very Good example with some light wear, small pull at one staple, short tear at lower spine tip, ink name and address on verso of front cover, ink name and address on first page ( Capt. J C M Kirk / Muskoka / Waldron / Heayhfield / Sussex / England ), 21 pages plus ads, b&w badge 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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Image for EYEWITNESS NAM Number 1: Harrowing Accounts of the War in the Words of the Men Who Fought Nam -by Mark Baker ( Volume # / No. One )( Vietnam War History Series )

EYEWITNESS NAM Number 1: Harrowing Accounts of the War in the Words of the Men Who Fought Nam -by Mark Baker ( Volume # / No. One )( Vietnam War History Series )

By: Baker, Mark (author) Peter Way; Wayne Leal, Tim Page, Lynette Coutts, David Williams, Nigel Cawthorne (eds.)

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: England, Berkshire, UK: Orbis Publishing, 1988, 1st Edition thus, First Printing: 1988

Seller ID: 164479

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, about 9.25w x 11.75h inches, a Very Good+ example, a bit of light rubbing, some very faint creases, 64 pages, colour and b&w photos, entire issue is taken from baker's book about first-hand experiences in Vietnam, 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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The British Army on Campaign, 1816 - 1902 ( 4 ): 1882 - 1902 / Osprey Men-at-Arms Series

By: Barthorp, Michael, Edited By Martin Woodrow / Osprey Men-at-Arms Series

Price: $12.08 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Osprey Publications, 1989, 1st edition, 2nd Printing: 1989

Seller ID: 152892

ISBN: 0850458498

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------oversized soft cover, about 7.25 x 9.5 inches, a Near Fine copy with a bit of very light wear, 48 pages, colour and b&w illustrations and photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Australia at Arms (inc. War Along the Waikato; in the Sudan; Submarine in the Dardanelles; First Hours at Gallipoli; Ridge at Pozieres; A Pill-Box East of Ypres; At Bardia and Derna; Rats of Tobruk; Bridge at Parit Sulong; Bang at Sabang; etc)

By: Bartlett, Norman / Edited for the Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial ( Paul Brickhill; High V Clarke; Frank Griggs; Ronald McKie; Chester Wilmot; Ralph Honner; J D Rutherford; Gilbert Mant; Bruce Harding; W J Lambie; H G Stoker; et al

Price: $22.88 CAD

Publisher: Canberra, AU, Canberra, Australia: Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial, 1955, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1957

Seller ID: 155820

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------hardcover, about 7 x 9.75 inches, a Very Good+ to near Fine copy, in an attractive Good dustjacket with some chips and tears, 265 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Before 1914: War Along the Waikato by Norman Bartlett; Australians in the Sudan by W. J. Lambie; The Advance on Johannesburg by J. H. M. Abbott ; The Contingent of Handy Men by Bruce Haring -----1914-1918: Submarine in the Dardenelles by H. G. Stoker, DSO, RN ; First Hours at Gallipoli by C. E. W. Bean; Mischance in Mesopotamia by T. W. White DFC, VD ; The Ridge at Pozieres by E. J. Rule MC, MD ; Winter on the...
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Image for THREE VOLUMES: The British Army in Ulster, Volume 1 2 & 3 (inc. Londonderry [ Derry ]; Belfast, RUC -Royal Ulster Constabulary; Parachute / Prince of Wales Own [ Yorkshire } Regiments; Bomb Disposal; IRA; Black Watch; SAS; etc)

THREE VOLUMES: The British Army in Ulster, Volume 1 2 & 3 (inc. Londonderry [ Derry ]; Belfast, RUC -Royal Ulster Constabulary; Parachute / Prince of Wales Own [ Yorkshire } Regiments; Bomb Disposal; IRA; Black Watch; SAS; etc)

By: Barzilay, David

Price: $67.43 CAD

Publisher: Belfast, Northern Ireland, Belfast, UK: CSL / Century Books, 1978 for all, 1st Edition, First and Later Printing: 2006

Seller ID: 166004

ISBN: 0973248882

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------3 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE -extra shipping might be required depending upon destination --if an issue please inquire before ordering ), hardcovers, all are Near Fine examples, all are in Very Good+ to Near Fine lightly rubbed dustjackets, all 3 books are in uniform format, 253, 256 and 240 pages, all with b&w photographs, 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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Starfighter: A loving Retrospective of the CF - 104 Era in Canadian Fighter Aviation 1961 - 1986 ( Canadair C F 104 / CF104 )

By: Bashow, David L

Price: $44.48 CAD

Publisher: Stoney Creek, Ontario, Stoney Creek, ON: Fortress Publications, 1991, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1991

Seller ID: 165837

ISBN: 0919195121

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine example with a bit of light rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards, in an attractive Good dustjacket with a taped repair to the front panel, ---223 pages, b&w as well as colour photos, b&w schematics, contents include: Preface; Genesis; Big Plans - First Steps; In Full Stride; Halcyon Days; Different Strokes; Slipping the Surly Bonds; Goodbye to Some; Home Fires Burning; Passing the Torch; Some Close Calls; War Stories and Miscellaneaous Ramblings; Epilogue, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GU...
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DILEAS: A History of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1929 - 1956 ( Regimental History / Allied with the Gordon Highlanders )( The Glamour Boys )

By: Beattie, Kim; Foreword By Lieutenant-General H D Graham ( Howard ) / 48th Highlanders of Canada ( aka: The Glamour Boys )

Price: $107.93 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1957, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1957

Seller ID: 161245

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------hardcover, red cloth, a solid Very Good+ copy, ---in a FAIR only dustjacket with chips and tears, old tape repairs on the verso of the jacket, ---laid into this copy is a program for the 48th Highlanders of Canada Presentation of Colours Parade May 18th 1991 Varsity Stadium, ---, 847 pages, b&w photos; numerous maps, contents include: Foreword; Preface ---The Decade of Militia Adversity; War and Mobilization; The New Regiment is Born; By Troopship to the Clyde; ---ENGLAND: i) Aldershot; ii) When all Seemed Catastrophe; iii) Foray to France; iv) Defending the Embattled Island; v) In...
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Image for The War Letters: Reg Beckett: A Canadian Soldier in the great War ( World War One / WWI )( Hamilton Ontario Related )(chapters Inc.algonquin Park; Camp Petawawa to the Western Front; Vimy Ridge; Amiens to Cambrai; Armistice, etc)( Field Artillery )

The War Letters: Reg Beckett: A Canadian Soldier in the great War ( World War One / WWI )( Hamilton Ontario Related )(chapters Inc.algonquin Park; Camp Petawawa to the Western Front; Vimy Ridge; Amiens to Cambrai; Armistice, etc)( Field Artillery )

By: Beckett, John D (signed letter); Reg Beckett

Price: $53.93 CAD

Publisher: Ohio, Elyria, OH: John D Beckett, 2015, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2015

Seller ID: 164062

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, about 12w x 9h inches, a Near Fine example, 60 pages, colour and b&w photos, laid into this copy is a signed letter from John D Beckett detailing the genesis of this book, Reg Beckett was a member of a wealthy Hamilton Ontario family, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED letter ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Cowan's War: The Story of British Naval Operations in the Baltic 1918 - 1920 -by Geoffrey Bennett ( RN / Royal Navy / Operation Red Trek )( Lithuania and Latvia )( Rear-Admiral Walter Cowan )

Cowan's War: The Story of British Naval Operations in the Baltic 1918 - 1920 -by Geoffrey Bennett ( RN / Royal Navy / Operation Red Trek )( Lithuania and Latvia )( Rear-Admiral Walter Cowan )

By: Bennett, Geoffrey ( Captain Geoffrey Martin Bennett DSC FRHS )( Walter Cowan related)

Price: $37.73 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Collins, 1964, 1st edition, First Printing: 1964

Seller ID: 163559

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, about 5.75w x 8.5h inches, a Near Fine example, in an attractive Very Good price clipped dustjacket, some light wear and rubbing, a couple of small nicks, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, 254 pages, b&w photos, contents include: The Baltic Scene; Red Waters; Walter Cowan; Libau; Biorko Sound; Operation RG ; Bermondt and Yudenitch; A SUDDEN FLOOD OF MUTINY; The Prize of Admiralty; --APPENDIX: The Price of Admiralty; Notes on Warships employed in the Baltic; Geographical Glossary, ---The British Campaign in the Baltic 1918 - 19 was a part of the Allied interv...
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Blood on the Hills: The Canadian Army in the Korean War

By: Bercuson, David J

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press / UTP, 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 148517

ISBN: 0802009808

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, feels unread, 269 pages, b&w photos, ---"The Korean War represented a series of firsts for Canadian soldiers - their first military action under UN auspices, their first under U.S. corps and army command, their first in Asia as ground troops, and their first in which people at home initially ignored their efforts, and then forgot about them. David Bercuson evokes the tastes and smells, the frustrations, the unfamiliar terrain, the international complexities, and the heroism that made the Korean War an unforgettable experience...
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Blood on the Hills: The Canadian Army in the Korean War

By: Bercuson, David J

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press / UTP, 1999, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 151306

ISBN: 0802009808

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 269 pages, b&w photos, ---"The Korean War represented a series of firsts for Canadian soldiers - their first military action under UN auspices, their first under U.S. corps and army command, their first in Asia as ground troops, and their first in which people at home initially ignored their efforts, and then forgot about them. David Bercuson evokes the tastes and smells, the frustrations, the unfamiliar terrain, the international complexities, and the heroism that made the Korean War an unforgettable experience for those who...
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Image for Long Night of the Tankers: Hitler's War Against Caribbean Oil -by David J Bercuson and Holger H Herwig / University of Calgary Press - Beyond Boundaries, Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies Series

Long Night of the Tankers: Hitler's War Against Caribbean Oil -by David J Bercuson and Holger H Herwig / University of Calgary Press - Beyond Boundaries, Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies Series

By: Bercuson, David J; Holder H Herwig / University of Calgary Press - Beyond Boundaries, Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies Series

Price: $29.63 CAD

Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press - Beyond Boundaries, Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies Series, 2014, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2014

Seller ID: 158761

ISBN: 1552387593

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------softcover, about 6 x 9 inches, a Near Fine copy, 344 pages, b&w photos, ---"Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a lesser-known but critical component of the Atlantic naval theatre during World War II. Using war diaries, after-action reports, and first-hand accounts, authors Bercuson and Herwig examine the story behind Operation Neuland, the German plan to interrupt vital oil supplies from reaching the United States and the United Kingdom by preventing Allied oil tankers from leaving refineries in the Caribbean. The story begins in February 1942 and follows th...
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Image for Marching as to War: Canada's Turbulent Years 1899 - 1953 ---a Signed Copy ---by Pierre Berton (inc. Sam Steele, Lord Strathcona Horse; Arthur Currie, Canadian Corps; Beorge BUZZ Beurling WWII Fighter Pilot; MAD JIMMY Jacques Dextraze, Korean War )

Marching as to War: Canada's Turbulent Years 1899 - 1953 ---a Signed Copy ---by Pierre Berton (inc. Sam Steele, Lord Strathcona Horse; Arthur Currie, Canadian Corps; Beorge BUZZ Beurling WWII Fighter Pilot; MAD JIMMY Jacques Dextraze, Korean War )

By: Berton, Pierre (signed and inscribed )

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2001

Seller ID: 164915

ISBN: 0385257252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by Berton "Pierre Berton To Paul -best wishes Oct/01", , 632 pages, ---"From the Introduction ---"I have called this period Canada’s Turbulent Years - turbulent not only because of the battles we fought on the African veldt, the ravaged meadows of Flanders, the forbidding spine of Italy, and the conical hills of Korea, but turbulent in other ways. These were Canada’s formative years, when she resembled an adolescent, grappling with the problems of puberty, often at odds with her parents...
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Marching as to War: Canada's Turbulent Years 1899 - 1953 ---a Signed Copy ---by Pierre Berton (inc. Sam Steele, Lord Strathcona Horse; Arthur Currie, Canadian Corps; Beorge BUZZ Beurling WWII Fighter Pilot; MAD JIMMY Jacques Dextraze, Korean War )

By: Berton, Pierre (signed without inscription )

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2001, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2001

Seller ID: 163941

ISBN: 0385257252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, signed without inscription by Berton, 632 pages, ---"From the Introduction ---"I have called this period Canada’s Turbulent Years - turbulent not only because of the battles we fought on the African veldt, the ravaged meadows of Flanders, the forbidding spine of Italy, and the conical hills of Korea, but turbulent in other ways. These were Canada’s formative years, when she resembled an adolescent, grappling with the problems of puberty, often at odds with her parents, craving to be treated as an adult, hungry for t...
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Spies and Other Secrets: Memoirs from the Second Cold War

By: Bethell, Nicholas

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Viking, 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1994

Seller ID: 147541

ISBN: 0670851612

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hard cover, Near Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket, illustrated with black and white photos, 398 pages, contents include: The Window Opens; the Translation of Cancer Ward; Solzhenitsyn in the West; After the Last Secret; Early Contact with the Sakharovs; Vladimir Bukovsky; Sakharov & the Helsinki Group; The Helsinki Agreement; Human Rights & Political Problems; My First try at the Pass; Two Lonely Soldiers; My Friend Oleg; Nelson Mandela; the Katyn Murder Mystery; Poland as a Russian Colony; The Fall of ' Sir Dracula '; Albania - the Last Domino to Fall; Andrey Sakharov's Arrest; Orl...
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Image for In Flanders Field: 100 Years: Writing on War, Loss and Remembrance ( WWI )(inc. The Torch; Soldier Surgeon, Surgeon Poet { John McCrae }; Poppies, Three Variations; Forged in Fire; etc) ( WWI )

In Flanders Field: 100 Years: Writing on War, Loss and Remembrance ( WWI )(inc. The Torch; Soldier Surgeon, Surgeon Poet { John McCrae }; Poppies, Three Variations; Forged in Fire; etc) ( WWI )

By: Betts, Amanda (ed)(inc. Romeo Dallaire; Tim Cook; Ken Dryden; Margaret Atwood; Wade Davis; Frances Itani; Jonathan Vance; Patrick Lane; Mary Janigan; Kevin Patterson; Joseph Boyden; George Elliott Clarke; Hannah Moscovitch ( John McCrae related)

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: Alfred A Knopf Canada / Penguin Random House, 2015, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2015

Seller ID: 163861

ISBN: 0345810252

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Fine example in a Fine dustjacket, 257 pages, colour and b&w illustrations and photos, ---"A beautifully designed collection of essays on war, loss and remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the writing of Canada's most famous poem. --In early 1915, the death of a young friend on the battlefields of Ypres inspired Canadian soldier, field surgeon and poet John McCrae to write "In Flanders Fields." Within months of the poem's December 1915 publication in the British magazine Punch it became part of the collective consciousness in North America and ...
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Airman at the Helm -a Wartime Look at a Special Branch of the RAF Air Sea Rescue ( R.A.F. / Royal Air Force )

By: Blackman, Eric

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: England, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK: Kenneth Mason, 1979, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1979

Seller ID: 149347

ISBN: 0859371670

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a short closed tear, 116 pages, b&w photos, ---"----"Bombing up" a Catalina flying boat. I was "promoted" to deck hand on bomb scow 34. During bad weather aircraft were towed into the shelter of the harbour mouth and moored to replenish depth charges. On one such occasion scow 34 was completing delivery of four charges under the instruction of two bomb armourers. As the charge was winched and secured to its rack under the aircraft's wing, the fusing device was connected. This looked like a large wire pap...
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Dicky Blood's War -by Geoff Blore -a Signed Copy ( Child Evacuees / Children Evacuation / World War II )

By: Blore, Dicky (aka Geoff )(signed)

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: Bridgnorth, England, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, UK: Laysard House / DreamStar Books, 2006, 1st Edition, 3rd Printing: 2006

Seller ID: 156815

ISBN: 1904166075

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------softcover, about 6 x 8.25 inches, a solid Very Good copy, light wear, spine is slifghtly cocked, quite nice overall, signed by Geoff Blore, 223 pages, b&w photos, ---"In 1941 Dicky Blood was evacuated from his working class home in a district of Birmingham and along with hundreds of others was transported to, what was for them, a new world-rural England. For Dicky, it was to the village of Yoxall in Staffordshire. 'In January of 1941 approximately one hundred pasty-faced, bag carrying, string-labelled, wide-eyed 'Brummies', average age of 9yrs, descended on Yoxall, a vilage of a...
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Category: Military History