Drop me a PM if you see anything you fancy. Prices include UK postage. Overseas postage can be a significant extra. Payment can be made by bank transfer or Paypal (as friends/family or add the 4.5% fees, please). The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force Haywood & Clarke. Solidly-bound first edition. Dampstaining to exterior of covers only. Clean and quite crisp internally though top of block is a bit dust-stained. Sleeved DJ is quite worn but very nearly whole. £60 The Charge of the Bull: The Battles of 11th British Armoured Division for the Bocage, Normandy, 1944. Brisset/Bates. Like new. £20 The Path of the 50th: The Story of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division in the Second World War 1939-1945. Clay. Sound first edition copy without DJ. Some wear and marking to covers. Internally clean and crisp, some foxing on the endpapers. £75 Golden Arrow: The Story of the 7th Indian Division in the Second World War 1939-1945. Roberts. Tidy first edition without DJ. Clean internally with some foxing to endpapers. £60 The History of the 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment). Vol. 2 1920-1947. Bellers. Cosmetic dampstaining to top of covers and spine but this hasn’t affected the endpapers let alone the textblock. What has affected the bottom corner of pages 293-298 is someone’s coffee. This has also damaged the Thai corner of the general Burma map facing p296 (ground zero of the strike). The rest of the pages and battle maps are rather clean and crisp with no foxing to speak of. £70 Bugle and Kukri: The Story of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. Mullaly. Very good HB+DJ regimental reprint edition. £40 The War With Japan: This is the 1995 MoD reprint of the RN's six-volume set as four books. This is a set built up from odd ex-ref-lib copies so in rather good nick aside from the usual labels and stamps. The separate and often separated map folders can be a bugger to find, but they are here. £100 The East Lancashire Regiment 1939-1945. Burden. A pristine HB reprint of the original (yes – I succumbed to the temptation of an upgrade) from the now-defunct DP&G stable. £40 The Grenadier Guards 1939-1945. Forbes Vol I (BEF and NWE) and Nicolson Vol II (Mediterranean). No DJs. Both generally clean and crisp with foldout maps and overlays in good order. Some library markings on Vol I’s endpapers and tape residue where dustjacket was taped in. Quite a well-matched pair from different sources. £55 From Omaha to the Scheldt: The Story of 47 Royal Marine Commando. Forfar. Apart from a nick to the DJ, this one is in almost perfect nick. £35 The Story of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (The 16th Regiment of Foot): Volume I: 1688-1913; Volume II: 1914-1958. Barrow, French and Seabrook. 1986. Softcover A4 format, nearly 1200 pages with foldout maps. Moderate shelfwear. Note that I've included postage for these, I suspect most vendors will be levying extra as it's two-and-a-half reams of paper... £50 History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1919-1945. Molesworth. An almost pristine copy of the NMP reprint. £12 SOLD The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939-1945. Good condition. £65. A lot of that will be postage as it's a beast! 1st and 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry 1939-1946. A 1946 original, the covers are dampstained (back is the same as the front) but none has got through to the endpapers; there's no mould that I can see or, more importantly, smell. One significant internal stain that's barely noticeable on the map (yes – all the maps are this bright!). £40 The Hertfordshire Yeomanry Parts 2 and 3 This book covers their wartime HAA and searchlight units. It's well-illustrated and has some very useful photos of the hardware. Nearly-new condition. £20 Official History of the Indian Armed Forces: Campaigns in South-East Asia. Prasad. This is the recently-reprinted Pentagon Press edition. It's an almost new, almost unmarked ex-library copy. Not so heavy on the stategic background as the British official histories, it can concentrate more on the fighting. £18 Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45. East African Campaign, 1940-41; Prasad. First edition. Patched DJ. Clean, solid copy but significant brown staining from the glue used (appears to be a production issue from other listings), some of which has splashed the edges of the textblock. Foldout maps in good condition. £40 Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-1991; Gaylor. Useful regimental compendium with potted regimental histories. Clean copy. £15
Hi Idler, Have you any specifically on the Fall of Singapore? I could be very interested to add to my collection.
Christmas is over - you can treat yourselves now! The first post has been updated with some new surplus.
The one below is a different Scots Guards that i have. Which one is the first Edition? Have you seen it before? Not up for sale.
That's a smart one. I'm guessing it's a first edition that's been rebound either as a presentation or personal copy. The RAH is probably a clue but no idea what it might mean. I've seen other regimental histories produced in different bindings for presentation or subscribers' copies so it's not too unusual.
idler, not sure what the RAH means. Had a quick look & i cant see any explanation to what that acronym means.. I've only see reprints of which i stayed away from.. I just assumed that the copy i bought was the original. For those that want to buy a First Edition, then 25 sheets is a cracking price. Either of these copy's do not come up for sale on a regular basis. I've also seen a different binding when it came to the Middlesex Regiment History. How are you doing with the re-binding of the books that you have in your rather large collection? I would like you to do one if possible? Regards, Stu.
Nothing as flash as your Scots Guards! Done a few recasings now but still not feeling fully confident with allowances as everyone has their own system. I'm not really sure where I sit on the scale. I've done a couple of awkward buggers which needed me to scan, photoshop and reprint endpaper maps - they came out alright. The most recent one hasn't gone as well because lifting the cloth on the covers brought up a layer of the strawboard. It didn't go back down very neatly. It'd be good if it falls into the 'can't make it any worse' category - PM me a couple of photos and I'll have a look.
Any-chance of you selling a original copy of the The Sikh Regiment in the Second World War by F.T. Birdwood if you have a copy? I will PM you in time regarding the binding. I was going to ask about another, but it may be taking a liberty? R Stu.
The cheapest Sikhs I've ever seen went for a bit over a ton on Ebay - sadly not to me. I am, of course, tempted but mine's hardly original any more after its rebacking - I wouldn't want to take advantage . Still, at least NMP have reprinted it.