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Image for Together Onward - A Short History of: The Canterbury Regiment. The Nelson Marlborough and West Coast Regiment. and the Second Battalion (Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Short Title: 2RNZIR 1845-1970

Together Onward - A Short History of: The Canterbury Regiment. The Nelson Marlborough and West Coast Regiment. and the Second Battalion (Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Short Title: 2RNZIR 1845-1970

By: N/A

Price: NZ$65.00

Publisher: Christchurch, 2RNZIR King Edward Barracks: 1970

Seller ID: 22201

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some rubbing to covers.; [vi], 96 pages. Illustrated card wrappers. Page dimensions: 221 x 171mm. Illustrated. New Zealand military history.;
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Cyprus Guerrilla - Grivas, Makarios and the British

By: Alastos, Doros

Price: NZ$180.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: (1960)

Seller ID: 22253

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

No signatures. Some foxing to page edges. Dust-jacket has an 18mm tear at corner, with small adhesive tape stain on reverse side of tear. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [12], 224 pages + frontispiece + 26 illustrations on 8 plates leaves. 1 full page map. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 196 x 128mm. "This account of the Cyprus revolt analyses its causes, and documents many of the incidents during the four dangerous and violent years before the Zurich Agreements were signed in London in February 1959. The author, a Cypriot, is able to reveal something ...
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The British Sumatra Battalion

By: Apthorp, A. A.

Price: NZ$94.50

Publisher: Lewes, Sussex, The Book Guild: (1988)

Seller ID: 22254

ISBN: 0863322883

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket

Front free endpaper has been torn out. Otherwise very good. No tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 181, [1 (blank)] pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 133mm. Military history, World War Two. "The Far East, 1942. The Imperial Japanese Army is everywhere triumphant, crushing all resistance in its path. The fall of Singapore is only a matter of time. When it comes the Allied forces must escape as best they can amid the chaos. For those that fall into enemy hands the fate is unknown horror and humiliation. Thi...
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Letters on Amphibious Wars

By: Aston, G. G. (Brigadier-General)

Price: NZ$135.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1911

Seller ID: 22252

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper and half-title page. Some foxing. Folding maps in very good condition. ; xv, [1], 372 pages + 8 folding map sheets (including 3 in pocket at rear). Total number of maps including small inset maps is 13 maps. Blue cloth boards wtih gilt lettering and decoration on spine, red lettering and decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 220 x 138mm.
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Defeat to Victory - No. 453 Squadron RAAF

By: Bennett, John

Price: NZ$55.00

Publisher: Point Cook, Vic., Royal Australian Air Force Museum: (1994)

Seller ID: 22202

ISBN: 0642197857

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Some minor staining to lower margins of covers.; xi, [1], 188 pages. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. Illustrated. ;
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Poor People Poor Us: Poveri Gen' - Poveri Noi

By: Broad, John E.

Price: NZ$120.00

Publisher: Wellington, Harry H. Tombs: [1946]

Seller ID: 22239

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

Previous owner's name and address in pencil. Some small 5mm chips at head of dust-jacket spine and top corners of dust-jacket. Some rubbing and foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; No date [1946]. [viii], 277, [1] pages + 5 illustrations on 4 plates leaves + 1 double page map. Pink boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 180 x 116mm. Military history, World War Two. Escape of three New Zealand soldiers from a Prisoner-of-War camp at Aqua Fredda, Italy. "Kiwi fugitives in burning sands of Libya and snow-clad Apennines of Italy". "Out of the wast...
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'Swift to Destroy' - An Illustrated History of 77 Squadron RAAF 1942-1992

By: Brown, Wayne et al.; revised by John Hutchison et al.; edited by Annette Donselaar

Price: NZ$67.50

Publisher: Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House: (1992)

Seller ID: 22203

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Inscription on front endpaper "To [. . .] / From the Boys at 77 SQN / "Howie" CPL HOWE / "Westy" FLTLT WEST".; Second edition. 108 pages. Illustrated boards. Page dimensions: 297 x 207mm. ;
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Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor

By: Cunningham, G. H.

Price: NZ$135.00

Publisher: Dunedin, A. H. & A. W. Reed: [1937]

Seller ID: 22332

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Fading to spine leather. Some fading to boards. No signatures.; This copy is number 67 of a "Special Extra-Illustrated De Luxe Edition", signed by G. H. Cunningham on the limitation leaf. 159, [1] pages + limitatation leaf (following the title leaf) + portrait frontispiece + 28 illustrations on 13 plate leaves. Publisher's green leather boards with gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped lettering on front board. Green bookmark ribbon. Top page edges dyed green. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Military history, biography, World War One. Selected chapter titles: Life in the Squadron; Experiences a...
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The Raider Kormoran

By: Detmers, Theodor

Price: NZ$100.00

Publisher: London, William Kimber: (1959)

Seller ID: 22247

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

Signs of label removal from front endpaper. Small bump to corner of front board. Dust-jacket with small chips and tears to margins. Some foxing and dust-stains to dust-jacket. Small adhesive tape stains to dust-jacket flaps. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 206, [2 (advertisements)] pages + plates. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 137mm. Text in English, translated from German by Edward Fitzgerald. "The Kormoran was an armed merchant raider, a converted Hamburg-America liner equipped with 5.99-inch guns, torpedo-tubes, mines and two seaplanes. Her...
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The Royal Montreal Regiment - 14th Battalion, C.E.F. 1914-1925

By: Fetherstonhaugh, R. C. (editor)

Price: NZ$87.00

Publisher: Montreal, The Royal Montreal Regiment: 1927

Seller ID: 22246

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some fading to spine. 10 x 3 mm chip to cloth near tail of spine. Some bruising to corners of boards.; xv, [1], 334, [2 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + plates + maps. Maroon cloth boards with gilt on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 233 x 150mm. Honour Roll on pages 296-308. Honours and Awards on pages 309-319. ;
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Tobruk to Tarakan - The Story of a Fighting Unit

By: Glenn, John G.

Price: NZ$108.00

Publisher: Adelaide, Rigby: (1960)

Seller ID: 22248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Poor dust jacket

Large piece missing from front panel and front flap of dust-jacket, with loss of the last few lines of text from the blurb on the front flap. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; ix, [1], 269, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 17 illustrations on 9 plate leaves. 11 maps within the pagination. Grey cloth boards with blue and white on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 213 x 131mm. Illustrated endpapers. Military history, World War Two. "The most highly decorated unit of the Second A.I.F. was in action in so many campaigns that a great deal of the drama of the conflict as exper...
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Spitfire Patrol

By: Gray, Colin

Price: NZ$74.00

Publisher: Auckland, Random Century: (1990)

Seller ID: 22365

ISBN: 1869410769

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

No signatures. Small stain to inside of front cover. Some rubbing to edges of covers.; [8], 166 pages + plates. Page dimensions: 230mm x 152mm. "Spitfire Patrol is the gripping autobiography of a New Zealand pilot's experiences in aerial fighting during the Second World War. Colin Gray joined the RAF in Britain in 1939. He fought over the Continent during the British Army's evacuation from Dunkirk in May 1940 and was in action during the Battle of Britian." - from the blurb on rear cover.
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The Sappers Association (N.Z.) Inc. - Your History 1960-1985 Your Heritage

By: Jack, Seymour J.

Price: NZ$47.00

Publisher: Auckland, The Sappers Association (N.Z.): (1985)

Seller ID: 22322

ISBN: 0473002973

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

No signatures. Some rubbing to edges of covers.; 242, [2 (blank)] pages + 4 colour plate leaves. Page dimensions: 209 x 143mm. Illustrated. Includes Roll of Honour on pages 221-242.
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Lions of Flanders - Flemish Volunteers of the Waffen SS 1941-1945

By: Landwehr, Richard

Price: NZ$67.50

Publisher: Silver Spring, Maryland, Bibliophile Legion Books: (1983)

Seller ID: 22364

ISBN: 0918184045

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

No signatures. Some rubbing to edges of covers.; 224 pages. Page dimensions: 229 x 152mm. Illustrated. Military history, World War Two.
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Narva 1944: The Waffen SS and the Battle for Europe

By: Landwehr, Richard

Price: NZ$74.00

Publisher: Silver Spring, Maryland, Bibliophile Legion Books: (1981)

Seller ID: 22370

ISBN: 0918184029

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Some rubbing to corners of covers. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.; 184 pages. Page dimensions: 230 x 150mm. Military history, World War Two. Illustrated. With illustrations by Ramiro Bujeiro.
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Pacific Commandos - New Zealanders and Fijians in Action - A History of Southern Independent Commando and First Commando Fiji Guerrillas

By: Larsen, Colin R.

Price: NZ$114.00

Publisher: Wellington, A. H. and A. W. Reed: (1946)

Seller ID: 22320

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Fading and rubbing to boards. Spine faded with foxing. Previous owner's signature. Lacking the dust-jacket.; 161, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 10 illustrations on 3 plage leaves. 5 full page maps. Yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 131mm. Military history, World War Two. Chapters include: Why Commandos were Formed in Fiji; Setting Up Commando Headquarters; Exploring Viti Levu; Commandos Attached to American Forces; Gurerrilla Gazette; First Commando Fiji Guerrillas; Guadalcanal; New Georgia - Jungle Fighting in Earnest; Critical Period of Campaisngs...
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The Leibstandarte III

By: Lehmann, Rudolf

Price: NZ$114.50

Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba, J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing: (1990)

Seller ID: 22339

ISBN: 0921991053

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Some shelf rubbing to ends of spine and lower edges of boards.; Text in English, translated by Nick Olcott. Cover subtitle: "1 SS PANZER DIVISION LEIBSTANDARTE ADOLF HITLER". vi, 468, [6 (blank)] pages. Red papered boards with white lettering ons pine and front board. Page dimensions: 229 x 152mm. Illustrated. This volume only, without the Mapbook for "The Leibstandarte II & III".
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The Leibstandarte IV/1; IV/2; IV/1 & IV/2 Mapbook

By: Lehmann, Rudolf & Ralf Tiemann

Price: NZ$240.00

Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba, J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing: (1993,1998)

Seller ID: 22340

ISBN: 0921991169

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

Two hardcover volumes IV/1 & IV/2 + the accompanying softcover mapbook. Three volumes in total. Publication dates are 1993 for IV/1 and the Mapbook, 1998 for IV/2. IV/1 has vi, 348, [4 (blank)] pages. IV/2 has xii, 458, [2 (blank) pages. The mapbook has [44] pages, with 33 maps, most in colour. Page dimensions: c. 229 x 151mm. Text in English, translated by Nick Olcott. ISBNs for the two hardcover volumes are 0921991169 (IV/1) and 0921991401 (IV/2).
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Popeye's War

By: Lucas, Lorie

Price: NZ$67.50

Publisher: Nelson, Published by the Author: 1996

Seller ID: 22244

ISBN: 047303512X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; This copy signed by the author on the title page "Lorie Lucas". [viii], 344 pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 209 x 146mm. Numerous b&w photographic in-text illustrations. Military history. A biography of the New Zealander aviator Frederick John Lucas, including his activities with the RNZAF during World War II. Selected chapter titles: Norway Invaded - Dunkirk; Berlin - BAT Flight; Flight to Genoa; Home to New Zealand; 40 Squadron is Born; Pacific Island Hopping; 4...
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Soochow the Marine

By: Owen, Reginald & Paul Lees

Price: NZ$67.00

Publisher: London, Putnam & Co.: (1951)

Seller ID: 22214

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Dust stains to boards. Dust-jacket with foxing and dust stains. Chips and tear to dust-jacket, with yellowing adhesive tape repairs on printed (front) side of dust-jacket at corners and at head and tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; vi, 218 pages. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 133mm. "Soochow the Marine is the true history of a famous gdog. Soochow went through the war with Japan not as a Police dog nor as a regimental mascot but as a properly enlisted member of the Fourth Regiment ...
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Category: Military History