Ackroyd, Peter.

Foundation: The History of England from its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors.

First U.S. edition. New York, Thomas Dunne / St. Martin’s Press, 2012. 16 x 24cm. 486 pages, with colour illustration plates. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

Adams, Geoffrey Pharaoh.

No Time for Geishas.

First Edition. London, Leo Cooper, 1973. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 217 pages. With B&W photos. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original, unclipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Agar-Hamilton, J.A.I. / Turner, L.C.F. (Editors).

The Sidi Rezeg Battles 1941.

First Edition. Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1957. 24 x 15 cm. xiv, 505 pages. With photographs, illustrations and maps (some fold-outs). Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. In original unclipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. With two tipped in cards: ‘With the Compliments of the Editor in Chief’ and ‘With the Compliments of the Secretary of the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa’. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Some edge wear to dust jacket.

Alanbrooke (Foreword).

The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939 – 1945.

First Edition. [London], G. Bell and Sons for the Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund, 1950. xli, 790 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Artists Impressions, photographs, maps and plates, many fold-outs. Original blue cloth with armorial gilt decorations to front board. Gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket and glassine wrapper. In sturdy card board box, as published. Very good condition. Mild staining to boards. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally, as new.

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Pegasus Bridge: 6 June 1944.

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1984. 14cm x 22cm. XX, 156 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Anders, W. (Wladislav).

An Army in Exile. The Story of the Second Polish Corps.

First UK Edition. London, Macmillan, 1949. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 319 pages. With maps and photographs. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket with minor edge wear, now in archival jacket. Internally bright and clean. Inscription by the author on the title page to Field Marshal Alanbrooke, dated 1949. With a letter by ? to Field Marshal Alanbrooke concerning the book.

Anon.

British Red Cross Register of Overseas Volunteers 1914-1918. Including Voluntary Aid Detachments, Order of St John, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, Friends Ambulance Unit, Serbian Relief Fund, Scottish Women’s Hospitals. Covering All Theatres of War.

London, Savannah, 2004. 21 x 16 cm. Hundreds of unumbered pages. Laminated, decorated boards. Hard cover. As new.

ANON.

Tales of a Field Ambulance 1914 – 1918. Told by the Personnel.

First Edition. Southend-on-Sea, Printed for Private Circulation by Borough Printing and Publishing, 1935. 21 x 14 cm. 282 pages. With B&W Photographs and small Illustrations in Text. Blue cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Blind decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine ends a little frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occassional mild foxing, but generally bright and clean.

ANON.

The Lead-Swinger. The Bivouac Journal of the 1/3 Riding Field Ambulance.

[First Edition]. Volume 1: No. 1-6 incl. Special Christmas Edition 1915 plus Supplement. No publishing information. 1915. 26 x 18 cm. (6), 16, 19, 29, 32, 32, 52, 12. Illustrated with B&W drawings and sketches. Quarter cloth over paper covered decorated boards. Good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Shaky. Free end papers appear to be missing. A few pages coming lose and some closed tears. Generally bright and clean. A good reading copy, which would benefit from rebinding.

Aris, George / Durtnell, C.S. (Editor) / Berney-Ficklin (Foreword).

The Fifth British Division 1939 – 1945. Being an Account of the Journey and Battles of a Reserve Division in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

First Edition. London, The Fifth Division Benevolent Fund, 1959. 21 x 14 cm. xi, 266 pages. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps (several fold outs). Original red cloth with B&W ‘Y’ Logo on front board. Gilt title on spine. Decorated end papers. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping, mild discoloration to binding. Some creasing and short closed tears to dust jacket (now in archival jacket). Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Signed (in green) by Major-General H. P. M. Berney-Ficklin, who wrote the Foreword. With a letter byEric [?], written on Mansion House stationary (home and office of the Lord Mayor of London).