Search Results: Military from Purpora Books

New York: Vantage, 1992. No. 103 of 200 copies printed for the author. Add for book laid-in, as is receipt for book. Oral histories related by 24 members of Vancouver's West Point Grey Branch 142 of the Royal Canadian Legion. These tales of conflict occur in both world wars. 219 pages. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper "26 Nov. 1992 / To my good friend / ___ with very best wishes / from the author Charles Young".. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine.

Chilliwack, BC: Chilliwack Museum & Historical Society, 1992. Large format, 8 1/2" x 11", 62 pages with index. History and illustrations from photographs; and a short section in French. Title on front cover replaces "Base" with "Camp" Chilliwack. . First Edition. Large Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

London: Gale & Polden Oblong, 8 3/4" x 5 1/2". A bit of normal soiling from use on inside of covers, staples are rusty, and rubbing along the spine fold. Undated. Unpaginated, but 24 pages. B&W and colour illustrations.. Booklet. Very Good..

Palo Alto, CA: Glencannon, 2000. Text originally published in 1943, this edition has a new preface by Walter W. Jaffee. Made into a movie in 1943 for which the author was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing, Original Story. 210 pages.. New Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket.

London: Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, 1977. 16 pages including the wraps. . First Edition. Wraps. Fine.. Program.

Dartmouth, NS: Writing and Editorial Services, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Canada, 1983. Modest edge wear to dust jacket including a 1/4" tear top of front panel. Signed on front free endpaper by a member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps. 397 pages including index and B&W illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine.

Victoria, BC: Self-Published, 1992. Corner crease bottom of rear cover also affecting adjacent pages, and previous owner return address label top of first page. Author joined the British army in 1940 and was a prisoner of the Japanese from early 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. 153 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine..

Richmond, Surrey, UK: Richmond Publishing, 1971. Short line of glue remnant top of gutter of front endpaper, otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket of pale blue uncoated paper is tanned on spine and along the fore edge margin of front panel, and has a tiny spot on front panel. Facsimile of book originally published in 1824; 85 pages plus Appendix.. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Very Good.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and has a tiny rub on the rear spine fold. Author enlisted as a private soldier in the Black Watch Regiment 1948-1953. 249 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

Ottawa: Canadian Battlefield Memorials Commission, 1929. Large oblong, 13 1/2" x10", bound in textured brown paper stamped in blue and gold on front cover. Cover split at spine folds top and bottom approximately 1/2", otherwise tightly bound. Published to acquaint the public with the steps taken by the Canadian Government to commemorate in France and Belgium the exploits of Canadian troops in the Great War. Text about the memorials and relevant battles with B&W illustrations from photos. 84 pages.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good Plus..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has minor edge wear top of spine panel. 229 pages plus 8 pages of B&W illustrations from photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. Illus. by Albert Orbaan.

Richmond, Surrey, UK: Richmond Publishing, 1975. Short line of glue remnant top of gutter of front endpaper, otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket is price-clipped and the uncoated paper has some light shelf soiling. Facsimile of book originally published in 1789; 306 pages.. Facsimile. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine.

Saint John, NB: Saint John Globe, 1916. Thin, rear flap is same size as booklet and folds back over; folded size of 5" x 3 1/2". Describes the origin of the Union Jack, being a combination of the original Scottish Cross (St. Andrew's Cross), the Irish Cross (Cross of St. Patrick), and the original English Flag (St. George's Cross). There are separate hinged cut-outs of each of the three crosses and when folded over each other form the Union Jack.. Booklet. Very Good Plus..

Canada: Gutta Percha & Rubber Limited Cover is rubbed and split along the spine fold and pages creased at top fore corner; internally unmarked. Undated, but before WWII. Colour illustrations of British and French military medals, etc. 16 pages including the covers.. Pamphlet. Good Plus..

Canada: Self-Published, 2007. Memoir of author's experiences as a ground crew member of the RCAF and the Canadian Forces Air Elements for 35 years. Inscribed, in an unsteady hand, on copyright page, and signed in initials, perhaps by Bob Hallowell, who wrote the Foreword. 192 pages with some B&W illustrations from photos.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Fine..

Washington, DC: Society of the First Division, A. E. F., 1928. Large format, 9 1/2" x 12 1/2', bound in grey cloth and black cloth backstrip, with lettering in black and design in gilt on upper board. Very minor tone-on-tone staining of the upper board; internally just about fine. Foreword by Charles Pelot Summerall, Major General U.S. Army. Pages xvii + 94. 2000 copies printed by the Plandome Press, New York.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing, 2005. Slightly sun faded on and around the spine, otherwise almost as new. 228 pages with index, bibliography and notes. Briefly inscribed by author on title page "To ___ / with very best wishes / Sylvia".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

India, 1943. Single side-staple. Republished from M. E. Training Pamphlet No. 9, Pt. VIII; distributed by the Manager of Publications, Delhi; Printed by the Manager Government of India Press; 9 pages.. Pamphlet. Near Fine..

Canada: Military Collectors' Club of Canada, 1995. Contains pp. 341 - 388 of this journal.. Booklet. Very Good Plus..

Comune Di Tavullia, 1997. Large format, 9" x 11 3/4", 117 pages. History of battles in text and maps plus section on Canadian regimental stories. Text side-by-side in Italian and English. First Edition. Large Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..