Official Admiralty Account of The Royal Marines and their Achievement 1939-43, Booklet printed 1944

88 pages, paper covers, with black and white photos and maps. It details operations in Norway, France and Holland, Singapore, Force Viper on the Irrawaddy, Madagascar, Dieppe and the invasion of Sicily.

Good clean condition with no pen marks. Some minor page tears to rear cover and bottom right of last few pages.  read more

Code: 52273

Three Spiral Bound photocopies of St George 's Gazette for 1924, 1938 and 1940 Annual bound volumes - Northumberland Fusiliers

Stiff Card Board covers with feint ink stamp in the form of a large RNF cap badge to front of each. Double sided photocopies of these hard to find volumes, especially 1940. Circa 27cm tall and 22cm wide, containing the 12 monthly editions for each of these three years. All complete and without tears to pages or pen marks. There is a lot of work and cost involved in putting together copies ...  read more

Code: 52270

St Georges Gazette 1903 Annual bound volume - Northumberland Fusiliers - Boer War Interest

Bottle Green hard bound large format book (circa 27cm tall and 22cm wide) containing the 12 monthly editions for the year 1903. Complete with the exception of one supplementary colour plate which has been removed (but you cannot tell) without tears to pages nor pen marks. Some pencil comments to inside front covers. Some minor water damage to frontis (see photo) but on the whole in great con...  read more

Code: 52267

Durham ( Public ) School Register, 1840 - 1907

Large hard backed green covers with gilt school crest and lettering to front. Some marks to covers, but generally very good condition. 306 pages. Scarce.

Regret post to UK mainland address only.  read more

Code: 51949

Blandford Colour Series - Army Badges and Insignia SINCE WW2 Book 1 / Volume 1 - Specialist Hardback Book - Guido Rosignoli

In reasonable second hand condition complete with dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with colour illustrations, with explanatory notes for each item. Minor tear to jacket (see photos) and light foxing / discolouration to page ends otherwise a clean tight copy with no damaged pages or annotations. 218pp, indexed.

Covers armies of:

Great Britain
Poland
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Code: 69520

WW1 9th Battalion ( Highlanders ) The Royal Scots - Standing Orders (or how to wear your sporran!) + small photo of Royal Scots Officer

A small WW1 hard bound red pocket sized book with gilt lettering and Royal Scots badge to front, 66 pages, in total. Some staining and fading marks to front cover but internally a good clean copy. It has been annotated in ink in the front pages as the property of W. F. Radford, 2090, E Company, No 3 Section as his address as 2 James Place. Leith. His Rifle number has also been noted as No 50...  read more

Code: 60001

Lifeboat Gallantry - RNLI Medals and how they were won

The bible for any saving life at sea medal collectors or those interested in this fascinating aspect of maritime and social history. Published by Spink and the RNLI in 1998, and edited by Barry Cox, who was honorary librarian of the RNLI.

The accounts of awards for each individual are printed in full and make incredible reading. It covers the period 1824-1996. Some very interesti...  read more

Code: 55590

The China Martyrs of 1900 - by Robert Coventry Forsyth

London, 1904. Hardcover. Condition: Religious Tract Society. Photographs (illustrator). In good overall condition, binding tight and pages clean, with occasional light foxing or minor edge wear.

An emotive account of the missionaries murdered by the Boxers in 1900 China Rebellion with 144 portraits and illustrations, indexed, 516pp. A heavy book so will post to UK address only...  read more

Code: 59928

HMSO WW2 Publication - RAF Coastal Command Book

The official air ministry account of the part played by RAF Coastal Command in the Battle of the Seas, 1939 - 1942, printed by HMSO/ Card covers and 143 pages. Minor wear, but in good clean and tight condition.  read more

Code: 55163

WW2 ' Merchantman At War ' HMSO Publication - The Official Story of the Merchant Navy: 1939 - 1944

Paper covers, 144 pages, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Contents in good clean condition with no pen marks or tears, except for the cover which is loose and worn with tear to spine and a 4 inch tear to the frontis page.  read more

Code: 52516