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Booksnz.CO.NZ Military Books [000180] Kincaid, Sir John BooksNZ.CO.NZ Military Books [000180] Kincaid, Sir John. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade. Hodder and Stoughton, Very Good / No Jacket. 237 pages, printed with help by the Herbert Strang Library. $60.00 [000194] Lack, Clem. Russian Ambitions in the Pacific. Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 1968. Soft Cover. Very Good 39 pages, Austrlian War Scares of the Nineteenth Century, from a paper presented on 22 Feb 1968. $20.00 [000223] Masefield, John. Gallipoli. William Heinemann Ltd., 1928. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 183 pages, blue cloth, new edition, foxing on edges $24.00 [000231] Rempel, Gerhard. Hitler's Children : The Hitler Youth and the S.S. University of North Carolina Press, 1989. Soft Cover. Very Good 354 pages $40.00 [000232] Redlich, Fritz. Hitler : Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet. Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine 448 pages $65.00 [000233] Kitchen, Martin. Nazi Germany at War. Longman, 1995. Soft Cover. Fine 329 pages, 2nd impression $60.00 [000234] SchoendBaum, David. Hitler's Social Revolution : Class and Status in Nazi Germany 1933 - 1939. W.W. Norton & Co., 1997. Soft Cover. Fine 324 pages, reprint of 1966 edition $30.00 [000237] Irving, David. Goring : A Biography. Macmillian, 1989. Fine / Fine. 573 pages, 1st english edition $90.00 [000238] Kurowski, Franz. Deadlock Before Moscow : Army Group Centre 1942 - 1943. Schiffer Military History, 1992. Fine / Fine. 375 pages, originally published under the title "Die Heeresgruppe Mitte 1942 - 1943" $85.00 [000239] Gilbert, Martin. The Holocaust : A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1986. Fine / Fine. 959 pages, published in conjunction with the Jewish Publication Society of America, First American Edition $85.00 [000240] Tieke, Wilhelm. The Caucasus and the Oil : The German - Soviet War in the Caucas 1942-1943. J.J Fedorowicz Publishing Inc, 1995. Fine / No Jacket. 381 pages, originally published in German as Der Kaukasus und Das Ol. $120.00 [000241] Sax, Benjamin and Dieter Kuntz. Inside Hitler's Germany ; A Documentary History of Life in the Third Reich. D.C Heath & Co., 1992. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine 522 pages $70.00 [000242] Flood, Charles, Bracelen. Hitler : The Path to Power. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine 686 pages $35.00 [000243] Scobie, Alex. Hitler's State Architecture : The Impact of Classical Antiquity. College Art Assoc / Penn State University Press, 1990. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 152 pages $110.00 [000270] Messimer, Dwight R.. The Merchant U Boat : Adventures of the Deutschland 1916 - 1918. U.S. Naval Institute, 1988. Fine / Fine. 234 pages $75.00 [000287] Oldham, Peter. Lieutenant Stephen Polkinghorn. New Zealand Historical Society Inc., Soft Cover. Very Good 64 pages $40.00 [000291] Padfield, Peter. Donitz : The Last Fuhrer. Portrait of a Nazi War Leader. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. First Edition. Ex-Library. Good / Good. 522 pages plus index, end paper torn out $22.00 [000345] Schom, Alan. Trafalger : Countdown to Battle 1803 - 1805. Michael Joseph, 1990. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 421 pages $40.00 [000355] Silverstone, Paul. U.S. Warships of World War Two. Ian Allan, 1970. First Edition. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. 304 pages $28.00 [000356] Smith, Paul. New Zealand at War. Hodder and Stoughton, 1995. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 192 pages $22.00 [000365] Stone, Scott C.S.. Pearl Harbour. Island Heritage Publishing, 1991. Soft Cover. Fine 64 pages, 19th printing $12.00 [000427] Wilinson, Norman. The Dardanelles (Colour Sketches from Gallipoli). Longmans, Green & Co., 1916. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 118 pages, 30 full page plates in colour reproduced from water colour drawings and a number of Black & White Illustrations $115.00 [000428] Wood, Derek. Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook. James Publishing Company, 1985. Soft Cover. Very Good 572 pages, revised edition $40.00 [000433] Bowyer, Chaz & Armand Van Ishoven. Hurricane, Messerschmitt. Promotional Reprint Co., 1993. Fine / No Jacket. 320 pages, reprint of 2 books 1974 & 1977 editions. $25.00 [000434] Joubert, Sir Philip. The Third Service (The Story Behind the Royal Air Force). Thames & Hudson, 1955. First Edition. Very Good / Very Good. 274 pages, small tear to D/J as well as a little foxing front & rear. $40.00 [000512] Adam-Smith, Patsy. The Anzacs. Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1979. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. 372 pages, reprint $36.00 [000578] Featherstone, Donald. Khaki and Red Soldiers of the Queen in India & Africa. Arms & Armour, 1995. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 160 pages $50.00 [000591] Dowdey, Clifford. The Seven Days : The Emergence of Lee. University of Nebraska Press / Bison Booked, 1993. Soft Cover. Very Good 380 pages, reprint $30.00 [000596] Driver, Robert J. Jr. 14th Virginia Cavalry. H.E. Howard, 1988. Fine / No Jacket. 221 pages, 2nd edition $50.00 [000604] Maurice, J.F. (Colonel). The Campaign of 1882 in Egypt. The London Stamp Exchange Ltd., Fine / Poor. 221 pages, reprint of 1887 edition, military book and medal specialist. $60.00 [000609] Camper, Charles & J.W. Kirkley. Historical Record of the First Regiment Maryland Infantry. Butternut & Blue, 1990. Cloth. Fine / No Jacket. 312 pages plus index, orange cloth $125.00 [000610] Gunston, Bill & Peter Gilchrist. Jet Bombers From The Messerschmitt M262 To The Stealth B2. Osprey, 1993. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 320 pages $120.00 [000634] Coward, B.R. & G. Haines. Battleship Cruiser Destroyer. Promotional Reprint Co., 1995. Very Good / Very Good. 368 pages, originally published as 3 seprate volumes by Ian Allan. $45.00 [000667] Hole, Tahu. Anzacs Into Battle. Hodder and Stoughton, 1942. First Edition. Very Good / No Jacket. 471 pages $40.00 [000685] Hart, Liddell. T.E. Lawrence (In Arabia and After). Jonathan Cape, 1948. Good / No Jacket. 491 pages, reprint, a little foxing $25.00 [000696] Helm, A.S. & J.H. Miller. Fights and Furloughs in the Middel East. Whitcombe & Tombs, 1944. Very Good / No Jacket. 301 pages, a story of soldiering and travel in Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Crete, Trans- Jordan, Syria, Irak and Iran $60.00 [000715] Churchill, Randolph S.. Winston S Churchill Young Statesman 1901 - 1914 Volume Two. Heinemann, 1967. First Edition. Very Good / Good. 775 pages, a few small chips to D/J $20.00 [000716] Seymour, William. Decisive Factors in Twenty Great Battles of the World. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 385 pages $25.00 [000717] Dunnigan, James F.. Digital Soldiers : The Evolution of High-Tech Weaponry and Tomorrow's Brave New Battlefield. St. Martins Press, 1996. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 309 pages $45.00 [000718] Gardiner, Noel 'Wig'. Briging Up The Rear - The Sequel to Freyberg's Circus (Further Reminiscences of a Kiwi Soldier). Ray Richards Publisher, 1983. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 169 pages $18.00 [000740] Stocker, Jeffrey. From Huntsville to Appomattox. University of Tennessee Press, 1996. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 318 pages, Voices of the Civil War Series $70.00 [000772] Liddle, Peter. Men of Gallipoli (The Dardanelles and Gallipoli Experience August 1914 to Janurary 1916). Allen Lane / Penguin Books, 1976. First Edition. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. 320 pages, PC D/J $50.00 [000783] Cassells. History of the War Between France and Germany 1870 - 1871 Volume One. Cassel, Petter and Galpin, Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 576 pages, illustrated, green cloth, gilt lettering $150.00 [000784] Page, Julia V.. Intelligence Officer in the Peninsula (Letters and Diaries of Major the Hon Edward Charles Cocks 1786 - 1812). Spellmount Ltd, 1986. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 255 pages $70.00 [000785] Jerrold, Walter. Earl Kitchener of Khartoum : The Story of His Life. London: Joseph Johnson, Cloth. Very Good / Good. 256 pages, D/J torn, S.F. on edges, blue cloth $40.00 [000786] Barker, A.J (Lt Col). Afrika Korps. Bisen Books, 1978. First Edition. Very Good / Very Good. 192 pages, S.F. $60.00 [000788] Parkinson, Roger. Tormented Warrior : Ludendorff and the Supreme Command. Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. First Edition. Very Good / Good. 251 pages, tear on D/J $40.00 [000818] Hart, Liddell. The Rommel Papers. Collins, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 545 pages, red cloth, occasional foxing, translated by Paul Findlay $30.00 [000819] Dixon, Thomas Benjamin. The Enemy Fought Splendidly (Being the 1914 -1915 Diary of the Battle of the Falklands & Its Aftermath By Surgeon T. B. Dixon RNUR of HMS Kent). Blandford Press, 1983. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 96 pages $50.00 [000866] Lockhart, J.G.. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte. Dent / Duttin (Everyman's Library No3), 1930. Very Good 512 pages, reprint, D/J repaired. $40.00 [000867] Loderhose, Gary. Far, Far From Home : The Ninth Florida Regiment in the Confederate Army. Guild Press of Indiana Inc., 1999. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 126 pages $50.00 [000868] Gardner, Brian. Mafeking A Victorian Legend. London: Cassel & Co, 1966. First Edition. Ex-Library. Very Good 246 pages, D/J has tapemarks. $75.00 [000869] Adam, Peter. Arts of the Third Reich. Thames & Hudson, 1992. First Edition. Fine / Fine. 332 pages $105.00 [000870] Davidson, Eugene. The Making of Adolf Hitler (The Birth and Rise of Nazism). University of Missouri Press, 1997. Soft Cover. Fine 419 pages. $50.00 [000871] Farmborough, Florence. Nurse at the Russian Front - A Diary 1914 - 18. London: Constable, 1974. First Edition. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. 422 pages, spine slight detaching. $35.00 [000872] Saunders, Hilary St George. The Green Beret - The Story of the Commandos. Michael Joseph, 1952. Good / Good. 362 pages, 9th impression of 1949 edition, tear on back of D/J, tape marks, name chipped. $65.00 [000873] Fest, Joachim. Plotting Hitler's Death : The German Resistance to Hitler 1933 - 1945. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996. Fine / Fine. 419 pages, 1st english edition, translated from German by Bruce Little.
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