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Military History

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1 Administrative Pamphlet No. 3: Preparation of Unit Orders
Ottawa King's Printer 1944 First Printing Printed Wraps Very Good  Military Manual 10" Tall 
Pamphlet supersedes Administrative Pamphlet No. 3, 1942. Parallel English and French language text. 169pp. Three-hole punched binding with cord tie. Stamp of Canadian Women's Army Corps to front cover as well as hanwritten name etc. Bright, clean interior. Wraps, with overlapping edges, show some wear. Weight, 240g.  
Price: 15.00 USD
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2 Admiralty Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy. Volume 1, Magnetism and Electricity
H.M.S.O., London, 1938 
This is the 5th printing, 1942, during WWII. 8vo, 7.25"x9.75", unpaginated (approx. 200pp). Hardcover in buff cloth. Clean and tight, VG  
Price: 23.00 USD
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3 American Use of War Gases and World Public Opinion
Hanoi Foreign Languages Publishing House 1966 Not Stated Printed Wraps Good + Pamphlet 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Vietnamese, anti-American pamphlet on the subject of the American use of poison gases in war. 36pp, photo illustrated. Clean copy with a sound binding. Crease down center where pamphlet once folded. Weight, 37g. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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4 Badges of the Canadian Forces
Ottawa Department of National Defence 1977 0-660-0/056-9 First Edition Laminated Pictorial Wraps Very Good  Government Publication 10.75" Tall 
National Defence of Canada Publication CFP 267. Substantial publication with detailed color illustrations of the Badges of Canada's Armed Forces as of the date of publication. Unpaginated. Heavy book weighing approx. 4.5lbs. Interior is very clean and bright. Binding is sound. Laminated card wraps show creasing and minor wear at fore-edge.  
Price: 65.00 USD
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5 Bloody Korea: Special War Edition
New York Press Association Inc. First Edition [presumed] Printed Wrappers VG+ Booklet 8.5" by 11" 
Collection of Press photos of killed & wounded and of various atrocities committed, mostly in the Korean conflict but also in WWII. Undated, circa 1953. An 'odd' little publication. 12pp, photo illustrated in a type of sepia coloring. Clean, unmarked copy with a sound, stapled binding. Weight, 35g. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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6 Camp Roberts Dispatch: Friday Dec 18, 1942
Paso Robles, CA Dispatch Publishing 1942 Vol II, No 32 Newsprint About VG Weekly Newspaper 18 
Single issue of a weekly newspaper from Camp Roberts, California for Friday, December 18, 1942. Large format, 6pp, 8 colums, p[hoto illustrated. Pages browned as usual but not brittle. Old folds present. Weight, 42g. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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7 Canadian Army Training Pamphlet No. 1: A General Instructional Background for the Young Soldier
Ottawa King's Printer 1952 New Edition Printer Wrappers Very Good  Military Handbook 7.75" Tall 
Introductory handbook for the young Canadian soldier 'joining up' in WW2. 196pp, photo illustrated, diagrams, color plates. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Slight vertical fold at center where it was once bent to fit a pocket. Tight, square binding. Weight, 230g.  
Price: 14.00 USD
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8 Civil War Ordnance - I
Washington American Ordnance Association 1961 First Printing Printed Wraps Very Good Softcover 8.25' x 11.25" 
An American Ordnance Association historical armament series reprint. Articles reprinted from issues of 'Ordnance' magazine from July, 1960 to December, 1961. 32pp, illustrated. Very clean copy with sound binding. Covers very lightly soiled. Small ink sig. to front cover. Weight, 96g. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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9 D-Day: 'Operation Overlord' from Its Planning to the Liberation of Paris
United Kingdom Salamander Books Ltd 1999 1840650958 / 9781840650952 First Printing Printed Wraps Near Fine  Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Collection of essays on aspects of 'Operation Overlord', from planning, through D-Day to the Liberation of Paris. 208pp, photo illustrated. Near new copy, bright and unmarked with a tight, square binding. Weight, 340g.  
Price: 7.50 USD
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10 Desert Victory
Britain War Office [?] 1942 Not Stated Stapled Wrappers VG+ Booklet 4.75 
Somewhat mysteriors booklet showing no publication details at all. oher than the title. Quite a substantial little booklet, unpaginated [144pp], aletrnating a full-page photograph with a page of text, white lettering on black pages. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Faint ink signature to front wrapper at top margin. Light crease to rear wrapper. Unusual and interesting with excellent photographs. Weight, 80g. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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11 Escape from the Swastika
London Marshall Cavendish 1983 0-85685-108-6 / 9780856851087 Later Printing Cloth, Gilt Titles Fine  Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Account of eight escapes by Allied POW's from German Prison Camps -Colditz, Hell camp, Stalag Luft III etc. 120pp, profusely photo illustrated. Bright copy with solid binding and unclipped dustjacket.  
Price: 14.00 USD
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12 Field Regulations Vol. II: Operations - General 1935
London His Majesty's Stationery Office 1935 First Printing of this Edition Cloth VG+  No Dustjacket Issued Military Manual 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 
British Military manual published just before the Second World War. xii, 256pp, xxiv ads. Bright copy with a tight, square binding. Above average copy  
Price: 22.50 USD
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13 First Blows: Britain's Fight Against Japan
Ottawa Infomation Services of the United Kingdom 1945 Not Stated Printed Wraps Good VG  Booklet 5 1/2" by 8" 
Official British Government account of the British conflict with Japan during the second World War. Published in early 1945. 32pp, photo illustrated. Clean copy with a sound binding. Tape along bottom edge of front cover though there is no damage for it to cover. Tip of one corner on back cover is lost.  
Price: 14.00 USD
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14 From Desk to Trench: The Making of a British Soldier
[London] [Illustrated London News] First Edition Stapled Wrappers Good Very Good Softcover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall S. Anderson 
Odd publication lacking any publication data. Magazine format. However, we are certain that it was published by the Illustrated London News in 1917. Bright, colorful cover art by S. Anderson. 24pp of b&w photographs with explanatory captions. One page of text on verso of front wrapper. Bright, clean and unmarked. About Display quality. Weight, 90g. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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15 Germany
United Kingdom No Publication Data 1944 First [presumed] Printed Wraps About VG  Booklet 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" 
Small booklet, printed in the United Kindom in November of 1944 giving British and Commonwealth troops guidance as to what to expect and how to behave in Occupied Germany. Good insight into prevailing attitudes towards the Germans in late WWII. This copy has a Maple Leaf printed on the front cover and a stamp impression indicating Canadian Legion War Services. 64pp, centre-pages map.Clean interior and a sound binding. Light soiling to covers and a tiny paint stain at top margin of front cover.  
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16 Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. Volume 1, 1921-1922
London Arms and Armour Press 1973 853683794 Reprint Edition Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles Fine  About Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Reprint of the editions of the journal for 1921-22. 272pp + 24pp, illustrated, maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, about 'as new. Weight, 700g.  
Price: 35.00 USD
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17 Khaki and Green: With the Australian Army at Home and Overseas
Canberra Australian War Memorial 1943 First [presumed] Cloth VG+  About VG 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
Book published in Australia during the Second World War to inform the Home Front as to the activities of the Australian Forces. 204pp, illustrated. Book is very clean and tight. Old signature on back of frontis. Dustjacket is clean with edge wear, small edge tears etc.  
Price: 14.00 USD
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18 Manual of Driving and Maintenance for Mechanical Vehicles [Wheeled], 1937
London His Majesty's Stationery Office 1939 First Edition, Later Printing Cloth G-VG  No Dustjacket Issued Government Publication 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 
Manual produced for the British Army just before the outbreak of the Second World War. Intended to co-ordinate efficient methods of driving, operation and first-line maintenance of mechanically-propelled wheeled vehicles. 612pp, well illustrated, ads. Generally clean copy with a sound binding. Small, 1/2" split to cloth at head of spine near front cover.  
Price: 16.50 USD
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19 Military Modelling
Feltham New Avenue Press 1977 Paper Wrappers Very Good  Magazine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 
A run of Eighty different issues of this British magazine featuring Military Modelling in all of its facets - figures, vehicles, aircraft, ships, ordnance etc.. Issues run between 1974 and 1986. All issues are clean, undamaged VG's.  
Price: 75.00 USD
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20 Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, 1863
Harrisburg, PA National Historical Society 1980 Facsimile Reprint Cloth, Gilt Titles Fine  No Dustjacket [None Issued?] 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 
Facsimile reprint of the Army Regulations of the Confederate States originally published in 1863. 420pp. Very bright, clean copy, about 'as new'. No wear to grey cloth boards. Weight, 660g.  
Price: 20.00 USD
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