Search Results: History - Military from W. Fraser Sandercombe

New York: Ballantine Books, 1959. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 152 pp. Ballantine Book 278K. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; some minor discolouration on the upper right corners of the pages; no other interior markings. The Chapters are: Algiers; The Check-back; The Stage Is Set; In Contact; The Bait Is Taken; Moon Drop; The Big Plan; Wardour Street; The Dutch Patriots; The Plot Thickens; Kidnap in London; The Final Move; and The Moment of Truth; followed by Notes on the Historical Background by Charles V. P. von Luttichau..

Whitby, Ontario: McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xii) 307 pp. Blue boards lettered in silver on the spine; blue endpapers; headband; illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a small faded patch at the lower edge of the boards on the front panel; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Wolrd War I; World War II; Korea; Epitaph; Glossary and Propwash; and a Name Index..

Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xi) 191 pp. Blue boards lettered in silver on the spine; blue endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Lightly rubbed on the corners; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: foreword by Vice-Admiral D. N. Mainguy; The Indian Mutiny; The Royal Canadian Navy in World War I; The RCN Against Germany; and The RCN in Korea; followed by an epitaph and a name index..

Ottawa, Ontario: Government of Canada Veterans Affairs, 1984. Book. Illus. by Eric Aldwinckle;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing. 8vo. 48 pp. This is in English and in French. Staple-bound in pictorial card covers. Light edge and corner wear with some minor rubbing on the covers. Aviation painting on the cover by Eric Aldwinckle. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a four-colour map. The Contents are: Preface by W. Bennett Campbell; The Landings in Normandy June 6 1944; The Assault Plan; Preparation for the Assault; The Assault; Normandy Cemeteries and Memorials; Canadian Memorials - D-Day Area; Canadian Forces Associated with D-Day Landings; Canadian Army Units; 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade; and Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons..

London: Grub Street, 1999. Book. Illus. by J. S. Bailie;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (vi) 218 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by J. S. Bailie. The Chapters are: The Luigi Torelli and the Leigh Light; U373 - 12th Time Lucky; Happy Birthday Wolf; Battles in the Bay; Fighting Back; Shot Down; Eleven Days in a Dinghy; US Navy Cats and Libs; Into the Teeth of Flak; Catalinas in the Indian Ocean; Operation Swamp; U415; Mosquito Bites; Mosquito Mayhem; and Epilogue; followed by an index of personal..

Middlesex, England: Pelican Books - Penguin Books, 1963. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 384 pp. Pelican Book A618. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside; no other interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. The Chapters are: Lord Fitzroy Somerset; The Finest Army; Scutari; Varna; Clamita Bay; Alma; Flank March; Sebastopol; Bombardment; The Battle of Balaclava; The Beginning of Winter; Inkerman; Aftermath and Storm; Chaos; The Private War; Nightmare; The Aristocratic Staff; Canrobert and Pelissier; Malakoff and Redan; The Dying Man; followed by an Epilogue; Notes on Military Terms; Sources; References; and an Index..

Canton, Ohio: Daring Books, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 304 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on gray boards; lettered in silver on the spine; headband. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a small rubbed patch on the upper right of the front panel; price intact; no interior markings. The true adventures of a combat veteran/journalist throughout the Middle East and the Far East..

Newton Abbot, Devon: David and Charles, 1980. Book. Illus. by C. Cundall;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 143 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the front and a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The cover features The Evacuation from Dunkirk under Air Attack by C. Cundall. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Chapters are: The Front Crumbles; 'We Always Start with a Retreat'; Operation Dynamo; Monday 27 May; Tuesday 28 May; Wednesday 29 May; Thursday 30 May; Friday 31 May; Saturday 1 June; Home and Dry; followed by an Appendix: Compostition of the BEF 1939-40; Bibliography..

Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 157 pp. Light edgewear with some creasing on the upper right of the front cover and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Introduction; The First Blows; Refugees; Packed to the Rafters; This Was the Lifeline; The Toll of War; Give Us the Ships; Distinguished Visitors; Fire Below Decks; The Home Front; The Short Heroic Cruise that Saved Halifax; and War's End..

New York: Rand McNally and Company, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 239 pp. Blue cloth lettered in pale gray on the spine; headband. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some scuffing along the spine; price intact; no interior markings. In the fall of 1941, German submarines roamed the oceans at will. American merchant ships, filled with arms and men, were sailing into an Atlantic graveyard... The Contents are: Foreword; The Lost and Lonely; Raids and Rewards; Gray Lady; Nations on Board; Ship Personalities; Escorts at Work; Stormy North; Around the Isles; To the Strait and Beyond; Crossroads of Egypt; Pets Afloat; Dour Scotland; The Battered British; The Land of Wind; Weird and Unknown; Under Pressure; Medical Chart; The Shadow War; Action Below; Action Above; The Rising Crest; and Rendezvour; followed by an index..

London: Pan Books, 1962. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 190 pp. New Edition - Pan Book G532. Light edgewear with some creasing on the corners and spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: Island of Resistance; The Women Who Took a Hand; The Men Who Would Not Die; Miracle in the Desert; The Man Who Went Prepared; He Rode with the Cossacks; It Feels Like This; and Escape - or Die..

London: Fontana Books - Collins, 1977. Book. Illus. by J. M. W. Turner;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 160 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; some darkening inside but no interior markings. Illustrated with maps. The Contents are: Introduction; Battles of Pre-History; The Battles Against the Romans; The Battles for Supremacy; The Battles Against the Normans; The Battles of Owen Gwynedd; The Battles of Llywelyn ap Iorweth (Llywelyn Fawr); The Battles of Llwelyn the Last; The Battles of Owain Glyndwr; The Battles of the Civil War; and The Battle of Fishguard; followed by Postscript; Appendices; and an index..

London: Pan Books, 1970. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 48, 64 pp. First and Second Printings in a oblong trade paperback format. Both books have been illustrated in colour and in black and white, and with maps. Both books have light wear on the corners with flat uncreased spines; no interior markings. The Chapters for Waterloo are: The Protagonists; The Beginning; The Battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny; June 17th; The Battle of Waterloo; The Men; The Weapons; Aftermath; The Anglo-Allied Army; List of Anglo-Allied Army Regiments and Units; The Prussian Army; The French Army; and Strength of the Armies. The Chapters for Trafalgar are: The Protagonists; The Campaign; September 14th - October 20th, 1805; The Battle; October 22nd - December 24th, 1805; The Men; The Ships; and Aftermath..

London: Four Square Books, 1961. Book. Illus. by Roger Hall;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 192 pp. Four Square Book 281. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Roger Hall. Illustrated with maps and diagrams. The Chapters are: The Promotion of the Captain; Preparation for Departure; The Admiral Blunders; The Admiral is Unrepentant; Withdraw Your Fleet at Once; The Fleet Stagnates; Reinforcements from Home; Battle Flags Are to be Sent Up; The Meeting at Donkey's Ears; The Admiral is Transferred; The Admiral Reaches Harbour; and The Admiral Returns Home..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 143 pp. Blue boards lettered in pale blue on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword by Air Commodore Leonard J. Birchall; The Beginning; World War I; Between the Wars; World War II; The Cold War Years; and The Years of Detente; followed by an index of aircraft and a glossary of ranks..

London: Trojan Books, 1970. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. Unpaginated. Undated but circa 1970s. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The story of the men who, after landing at Normandy, helped to repel the Nazis from occupied Europe. The Chapters are: Farewell to Safety; Beach Landing; Bridgehead Established; Objective Gained; Attack Repulsed; The First Evening; D-Day Plus One; Only the Soul Survives; Counter-attack; Consolidation; Beneath the Shadow of Wings; The Dead Are Lonely; Retreat; Bridgehead Expanded; and Air Attack; followed by an epilogue..

London: Arrow Books, 1988. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 210 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a small hole punched in the lower right corner of the front panel, a faint crease on the front cover; a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword by Major-General Frank Richardson; Introduction; Odell Dobson; George Paine; Helmut Steiner; and Antonio Benetti..

London: Constable and Co, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo. (vii) 138 pp. Beige boards matching the dustjacket. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; previous owner's name inside. The Contents are: Translator's Note; A French Soldier Speaks; The Cattle Leave Lorraine; Christmas Eve 1940; The Marseillaise; The Treason of the Elite; and The Quest of Lost Valley..

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 76 pp. Trade paperback format. Very light rubbing at the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Presentation slip dropped in that reads: With the compliments of Professor W. Macneile Dixon (University of Glasgow). The Contents are: Frightfulness in Retreat; Proceedings of the French Senate, March 31st, 1917 - translated from the Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise; and Official Report of the French Commission Appointed to Investigate Acts Committed by the Enemy in Violation of the Law of Nations..

New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First American Edition. 282 pp. Ballantine Book U6012. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings..