Search Results: Military, War from Lawrence Jones

Wien: Verlagsanstalt Amon Franz Goth, 1935. HEAVY. VOLUME ONE/ERSTE BAND/BAND 1 ONLY. xvii, 492pp, index, bw ills. Or green cloth titled in gold with red eagle. Spine and edges faded, place/year written on half title page, clipping taped to front free endpaper-internally clean and tight. This first volume of an excellent history of the Tyrolean Rifle Regiment covers 1914 to 1915. Scarce and important regimental history. Austro-Hungarian infantry in WWI. Text in German/auf Deutsch.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 4to.

United Kingdom: The Regimental Trust Princess Marys Own Gurkha Rifles, 1990. 209pp, num bw ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Or green cloth in jacket. Moderate edge wear to jacket. One hundred years of a regiment that has won an outstanding reputation as a fighting Regiment.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong Folio.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2015. xii, 370pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. or boards in jacket. Near new. The bizarre nazi plot to make Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, a puppet king, the alleged affair between Wallace Simpson and the German foreign minister and top-secret correspondence about Edward and Nazi high command. A saga of intrigue, betrayal and deception suffused with sex and suspicion.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Greenhill Books, 2005. 368pp, index, sources, order of battle, appendices, bw ills, maps. Or boards in jacket. Near new. Revealing new study of Napoleon's greatest victory.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: William Heinemann, 2013. xxix, 704pp, index, bibliography, notes/references, appendices, bw ills, maps. Or boards in jacket. Page edges tanned. In 1914 European leaders chose war and brought about the death of the old world-here we get a clear sense of what happened and why.. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Battle of Britain International, 2002. VERY HEAVY-will require additional postage to most destinations. 2 volume set in slipcase-complete. 736pp (in total), indexes, 2300+ bw ills, maps. Or pictorial glossy boards in jackets presented in black cloth slipcase. A couple of tiny page corners turned in Vol 1 otherwise as new. An exceptional account of Operation Market Garden- a failed offensive by the Allies against the Germans in September 1944.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Sydney: 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment., 1968. HEAVY. 2 volume set in slipcase. 175pp, index, bw & col plates, 16 folding maps, pictorial endpapers. Black cloth with both regimental badges and title in gilt to both front covers; in padded bevelled slipcase also embellished with gilt regimental badges. Remnant of label (?) on rear blank of each volume, both volumes lacking a blank page at front, slipcase and both spines rubbed. Both volumes are first editions. The second (map) volume is particularly scarce and was NOT reproduced in the later reprint... First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to.

London: New Burlington Books, 2002. HEAVY. 2 volume set in slipcase. Or pictorial card covers. As new. Each volume includes eyewitness accounts, strategic battle plans and maps of the area today.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine/Slipcase. 4to.

London: Royal United Service Institution, 1945. 34pp, folding map. Stapled card title in blue with red, white and blue insignia to front. A little light toning but overall a very nice copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1963. 378pp, index, roll of honour, nominal roll, bw ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket water stained, rubbed at folds with several very short tears to edges. Slight damp mark to top margin of first approx 90pp, prev owner detail on front pastedown. The 2/24 Battalion was known as the Rats of Tobruk. They served in the Western Desert, New Guinea and Borneo.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

Perth: John Burridge Military Antiques, 1983. xv, 219pp, appendices, folding maps, bw ills. Or green cloth, no jacket as issued. Some of gilt titling worn off, some foxing to edges and endpapers, moderate foxing to maps and adjacent pages. Publishers label on front free endpapers with associated offset toning. #116 of an edition of 200 copies. This volume was the only one produced-plans for further volumes were never fulfilled.. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1882. 3 VOLUMES-COMPLETE. ix, 487, appendix, maps; xx, 492pp, appendix, maps; xxiv, 487pp, appendix, maps. Brown cloth titled in gilt. Some minor wear to covers, endpapers of first volume water stained and minor wrinkling of cloth, several endpapers creased, page edges evenly toned, a few page corners creased. Overall a pleasing set. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Canberra: The Author, 2000. 265pp, appendices, bibliography, bw ills, maps (some folding). Pictorial card. Near new. The 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade was part of Australia's northern defences during WWII both in Darwin and Townsville.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Rennes, France.: Editions Oest-france 134pp, bw ills, maps. Or pictorial card with integral flaps. No date-c2000. New and revised edition of the 1984 work which won the Prix Marechal Foch.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Cleveland: 361st Infantry Regiment, 1919. 276pp, roster, honor roll, appendices, bw ills, folding map, folding photograph of officers, original order form loosely inserted. Or green cloth with title and regiment emblem in gold to front. Small scuff to spine, rubbed at corners. The folding plate of officers lacking most of the final panel (of 4). No date- foreword dated 1919. Excellent WWI regimental history of the 361st Infantry including action at the Argonne, Meusse-Argonne, Belgian front, Ypre-Lys; Lys-Scheldt.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Australian Military History Publications., 2001. xvi, 288pp, index, appendices, nominal roll, glossary, maps, bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. As new. The 61st Australian Infntry Battalion was sent to Milne Bay in mid-1942 and within weeks found itself in the front line against the Japanese. The inexperiencedmilitia battalion soon learned on the job, as they slowed and stopped the first attacks. They played a key role in the defeat of the Japanese and later saw further action on Bougainville. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. Small 4to.

Perth: John Burridge Military Antiques, 1980. title continues: Australia to England. Volume ICover title: the 7th F.A.B. Yandoo. 37, 53, 200pp, bw ills. Or green cloth, no jacket as issued. Light foxing to edges. No date-1980s. Limitation not stated but probably 200-300 copies.. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Kingscliff, NSW: 9RAR Association, 2006. xvi, 292pp, index, endnotes, sources, annexesbw ills. Or card covers. Small crease to top front corner, bumped/creased at top edge of rear cover and slightly faded at spine. 9th Battalion RAR joined the 1st Australian Task Force in Vietnam in November 1968. This volume provides an historical sketch of the Battalion after its return from Vietnam at the end of 1969 until its colours were laid up and its name removed from the Order of Battle. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: D. Wall, 1990. 152pp, order of battle, chronology, index, references, bw ills, map. Or grey cloth in jacket. Covered in clear adhesive plastic, front free endpaper removed. Australians as prisoners of war of the Japanese at Sandakan.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo.

London: Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2002. xxx, 306pp, bw ills. Or card covers. Light even toning to page edges, otherwise near new. The men and women who built, serviced and flew warplanes for the RAF in the Second World War.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.