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Title Author Edition Publisher ISBN Comments Price Book List This edition was created in July 2021 To check availability of items please contact us either by using the 'Contact Us' button on our website (www.grosmontbooks.co.uk) or call +44(0)1947-895170 Title Author Edition Publisher ISBN Comments Price Loose & Bound Magazines, many issues available, send your list of requirements for us to check Purnell's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Modern Weapons and Warfare Phoebus Scale Aviation Modeller International World Airpower Journal Book List:- 'Watch Opened’ – A brief history of RAF aircrew in the air communications and electronics Card cover, some rubbing role R V Bradford 1980 to outer cover 6.00 hardback, picture covers, (omnibus) The Iron Pirate, In Douglas Chancellor page edges slightly tanned, Danger's Hour, Killing Ground Reeman 1994 Press 1851527141 overall good 2.00 paperback, cover rubbed Richard Penguin along spine, spine faded, 1940 the World in flames Collier 1980 Books 0140053417 otherwise good 1.50 24 Hours at Agincourt – 25 Hardback, dust cover, very October 1415 Michael Jones 2015 WH Allen 9780753555453 good 5.00 8 drawings of Guards produced for The Queen's Silver Jubilee (Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Grenadier Guards, Blues & Royals, Welsh Guards, Life some v slight marks, Guards, Coldstream Guards, HM otherwise good, suitable Queen Elizabeth II) 1977 for framing 4.00 A brief history of fighting ships, ships of the Line and Napoleonic Constable & sea battles 1793 - 1815 David Davies 2002 Robinson 1841194697 softback, new 2.99 A Brief History of Medieval Warfare Peter Reid 2008 robinson 9781845295349 Paperback, good 2.50 Training Group A Brief History Of The Royal Air Defense Force, Ap 3003 2004 Services Paperback, very good 6.00 A Century of Air Warfare with gordon Nine (IX) Squadron RAF thorburn 2014 Pen & Sword 1783036346 Hardback, dust cover, NEW 3.99 A Century of Manned Flight, a Richard pictorial historyof powered Townshend Bramley hardback, picture covers, aircraft Bickers 1998 Books 1858338514 good 2.00 A concise encyclopedia of the Book Club hardback, dust jacket spine Second World War Alan Reid 1975 Associates faded, otherwise good 1.50 Ing. Jaromir hardback, picture covers, A Concise Guide in colour Ships Kozak 1975 Hamlyn 0600379728 good 2.00 Douglas paperback, well discoloured A dawn like thunder (fiction) Reeman 1997 Pan Books 0330341952 & used, reading copy 0.50 A Foreign Field, a true story of love and betrayal during the Ben Great War Macintyre 2002 Harper Collins 0006531717 paperback, good 1.25 A Handbook of the Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road SE1, 1914 to the present day 1963 HMSO card cover, good 4.00 Australian Barney War hardback, dust jacket & A kind of cattle Roberts 1985 Memorial 0642994781 book good 7.00 A photographic history of World War II including the Battle of Britain M Wilkinson 2010 Parragon 9781407596167 hardback, new 7.99 Douglas paperback, well discoloured A prayer for the ship (fiction) Reeman 1985 Arrow Books 0099078902 & used, reading copy 0.50 A river runs to war,the Clyde's historic, thrilling – and top secret hardback, dust jacket poor, – role in the Allied victory, now John D minor foxing to page edges, told for the first time Drummond 1960 WH Allen overall OK 6.00 A Seaman's Pocket-Book June hardback, no dj, slightly 1943 1943 HMSO grubby, otherwise good 2.00 Douglas paperback, well discoloured A ship must die (fiction) Reeman 1987 Arrow Books 0099226006 & used, reading copy 0.50 hardback, no dj, edges Donald Andrew rubbed, pages well tanned, A student in arms Hankey 4th 1918 Melrose Ltd acceptable ++ 2.00 A very special Lancaster, a Pitkin history of Lancaster MkI R5868 FE Dymond Pictorials 0853722056 card cover, good 2.00 hardback, dust jacket top William N edge slightly ruffled, A-20 Boston at war Hess 1979 Ian Allan 0711009651 otherwise good 7.00 card cover, edges lightly abc aircraft of World War I John Lloyd 2nd 1960 Ian Allan rubbed, otherwise good 4.00 Peter R March abc Military Aircraft Markings & Howard J 2000 Curtis 2000 Ian Allan 0711027080 card cover, good 2.00 abc Military Aircraft markings Howard J Midland 2010, revised 31st edition Curtis 2010 Publishing 9781857803273 card cover, good 2.00 abc Military Aircraft Markings Howard J 2014 Curtis 35th 2014 Ian Allan 9780711037939 card cover, new 8.00 card cover, edges rubbed, a few minor markings abc Military Aircraft recognition John WR throughout, owners details 1953 Taylor 1953 Ian Allan inside front, overall OK+ 5.00 Above and Under Hatches,being Naval recollections in shreds and edited by The patches with strange reflections Christopher Batchworth hardback, dust jacket edges by James Anthony Gardner RN Lloyd 1955 Press quite poor, book good 5.00 Act of war, the fight for freedom paperback, well creased, is a battle without limits Dale Brown 2006 Harper Collins 9780007842476 acceptable 1.00 paperback, cover edges Act of war, the fight for freedom lightly rubbed, spine is a battle without limits Dale Brown 2006 Harper Collins 9780007214792 creased, otherwise OK 2.00 Admiral Lord Nelson & his Cecil J homeland Isaacson 1983 Los Angeles card cover, good 0.50 Roger Aeroguide 1 British Aerospace Chesneau and Linewrights Hawk T Mk 1 Ray Rimell 1984 Ltd 0946958009 card cover, good 8.00 Aeroguide 7 EE Canberra B Mk Linewrights 2/T Mk 4 1984 Ltd 0946858068 card cover, good 6.00 Aeroguide Classics Number 2 ME Linewrights 109 Messerschmitt BF 109E Ray Rimell 1986 Ltd 0946958181 card cover, good 8.00 Aeroguide Classics Number 4 Linewrights Fairey Swordfish Mks I-III Ray Rimell 1988 Ltd 0946958297 card cover, good 8.00 Agincourt Juliet Barker 2010 abacus 9780349119182 Paperback, good 2.50 Agincourt, the King, the campaign, the battle Juliet Barker 2009 Abacus 9780349119182 paperback, good 1.25 Air Force Blue – The RAF in WW2 Patrick Bishop 2017 william collins 9780007433155 Paperback, NEW 4.99 Air Power, from Kitty Hawk to Gulf War II: a history of the people, ideas and machines that transformed war in the century Stephen card cover, rear corner of flight Budiansky 2004 Penguin 014100830X rubbed, otherwise good 1.50 Air Rescue, saving lives Stateside Barry D Smith 1989 Osprey 0850459273 card cover, good 2.00 Guild Air War Hanoi Robert F Dorr 1988 Publishing Hardback, dust cover, good 4.00 Robert Airlife Air War Korea 1950-1953 Jackson 1998 Publishing 1853108804 Hardback, dust cover, good 3.00 hardback, dust jacket torn top of spine, leading edges Aircraft carriers, the illustrated Richard Michael rubbed & faded, otherwise history Humble 1982 Joseph 0718121503 OK 2.00 Seweryn Aircraft Monograph 10 Ar 234 Fleischer, card cover, edges vv lightly Blitz Marek Rys 2004 AJ-Press 8372371482 rubbed, otherwise good 30.00 Aircraft Monograph 2 Heinkel Robert Books He111 Michulec 1994 International 8386208074 card cover, good 10.00 Squadron / Aircraft No. 15 F-106 Delta Dart Captain Don Signal in action Carson 1974 Publications 0897470141 card cover, good 10.00 Aircraft of World War 2, 600 full- Octopus colour illustrations Bill Gunston 1980 Books 0862730147 card cover, good 2.00 Francois Aircraft Photo File Lock On No 2 Verlinden, general dynamics F-16 Fighting Willy Peeters, Verlinden card cover, cover lightly Falcon Hans Wilms 1984 Publications 9070932032 rubbed, otherwise good 7.00 Airfix Magazine annual 1973 for edited by Patrick hardback, picture covers, modellers Chris Ellis 1972 Stephens Ltd 0850590957 good 2.00 hardback, picture covers, Airfix Magazine Guide 18 USAAF Patrick spine area discoloured, camouflage of World War 2 Jerry Scutts 1976 Stephens Ltd 085059233X otherwise good 2.00 hardback, picture covers, Airfix Magazine Guide 23 Patrick spine area discoloured, German fighters of World War 2 Bryan Philpott 1977 Stephens Ltd 0850592577 otherwise good 2.00 Airfix Plastic Kits, celebrating 50 years of the greatest plastic kits hardback, dust jacket & in the world Arthur Ward 1999 Harper Collins 0004723279 book good 3.00 Airplanes, our quest to reach the hardback, dust jacket edges skies Gary Reyes 1990 Magna Books 1854220934 ruffled, otherwise good 2.00 All the World’s Battleships 1906 to the Present Ian Sturton 1996 conway 0851776914 Hardback, dust cover, good 2.00 Allied Armoured Fighting Vehicles – World War 2 AFV George stackpole Plans – 1:72 Scale Bradford 2009 books 9780811735704 soft cover, very good 6.00 Allied Tanks of the Second Michael World War Green 2017 Pen & Sword 1473866766 Soft cover, NEW 6.99 American Machinist Memories, selected articles from early issues of American Machinist Magazine - Ordnance 1900-01, revealing the history, design details, and manufacturing techniques of various types of Lindsay ordnance 2002 Publications 1559182717 card cover, good 6.00 an account of the 5th Green Howards at the Battle of St Great Julien, during the Second Battle Northern of Ypres, April 1915 Mark Marsay Publishing 0953520404 card cover, good 3.00 Walter P Blackie and An Ocean Adventurer (fiction) Wright pre 1908 Son hardback, no dj, OK++ 2.00 Andy McNab, Seven Troop – His Paperback, a few scuffs, Explosive true story Andy McNabb 2008 Corgi Books 9780552158664 good 2.00 Anthem for Doomed Youth, edited by Lyn The Folio poets of the Great War Macdonald 2000 Society hardback, in slipcase, vgc 5.00 paperback, covers edges rubbed, some creasing, cover nearly detached, Ark Royal, The Admiralty Ministry of musty smell, otherwise well account of her achievement Information 1942 HMSO acceptable 5.00 Arms and armour – picture reference 21, or, Picture card covers, lightly rubbed, reference book of arms and Boswell Brockhampto owners name on title page, armour Taylor 1974 n
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