Books for sale - updated 12/04/21

Distinction of the badges · May 1, 2020

idler said: ↑

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).

War Office Historical Monographs aka Staff Histories aka Red Books:
All sound ex-institutional-library copies:
View attachment 267249 Ordnance Services £65
View attachment 267248 Military Engineering (Field) £80
View attachment 267245 Development of Artillery Tactics and Equipment £120
View attachment 267247 Maps and Survey £160

View attachment 267308 Omaha Beach: D-Day June 6, 1944. Balkoski.
If you only buy two books on Omaha, this should be one of them. And, of course, I mean this very one... A detailed account of the land with a fair hearing given to the RN who took a lot of them in. Near new. £16

View attachment 267309 View attachment 267310 Omaha Beachhead: 6-13 June 1944. Army Forces In Action Series.
This is the second - an oldie but goodie and an unusual original, not one of the many reprints. Slight foxing in places but otherwise sound and in good condition, including the maps. Yes, the text is online but you wouldn't be looking if you didn't appreciate real books. £32

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The Rock of Anzio: From Sicily to Dachau - A History of the US 45th Infantry Division. Whitlock.
The title says it all. DJ is a bit tatty but book is sound. £16

View attachment 267305 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

View attachment 267306 SOE In The Low Countries. Foot.
The official history - what more needs to be said. £10

View attachment 267307 A Share of Time. Low.
Memoirs of a Troop Commander in 72 A/Tk Regt RA in Tunisia and Italy, initially with towed 6-ps, later M10s. The regiment KO'd of the first Tiger in Tunisia at Robaa and there is a short second-hand description of the event. £12

View attachment 267251 The Sign of the Double-T. Barnes.
Clean, sharp near new paperback. This seems to be going for silly money at present, so an uncharacteristic bargain at £20

View attachment 267244 The History of the South Wales Borderers and The Monmouthshire Regiment: Part II: The 2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers: D-Day 1944-1945. Boon, 1955.
Not quite as rare as 6 SWB's entry in the series but still a bugger to find. Clean internally, not ex-lib but has original owner's name and address on endpaper. £100

View attachment 262605 The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1939-1945. Godfrey. This is the 1966 first edition in cream DJ (patched in this case), not the 1994 red-jacketed hardback reprint. Covers and pages are bright, but some dust staining to external edges. £45

View attachment 259844 The Scots Guards 1919-1955; Erskine. Slightly-tired but solid (physically and narratively) first edition with minor foxing towards the ends. £25

View attachment 259841 View attachment 259842 The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1919- 1956; Sellars. Some sunning to tips of spine but otherwise rather nice. Sunned DJ has had a few minor repairs. £50

View attachment 262604 Four Five: Story of 45 Commando, Royal Marines, 1943-1971. Clean ex-lib copy with decent DJ. Usual stamps and labels. £15

View attachment 246519 The History of the Tenth Foot 1919-1950. Gates, Griffin. The Lincolnshire Regiment's history. Ex lib. spine and cover worn but binding sound and in quite good condition internally, especially the foldout maps. £35

View attachment 245853 View attachment 245852 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

View attachment 267250 History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1919-1945. Molesworth.
An almost pristine copy of the NMP reprint. £12

View attachment 267252 From the Desert to the Baltic. Roberts.
Clean copy, not ex-lib. £25

View attachment 243339 The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939-1945. Good condition. £65. Most of that will be postage as it's a beast.

View attachment 243343 The Devons: A History of the Devonshire Regiment 1685-1945. Spine replaced. Apart from a bit of foxing on the flyleaves it's quite crisp. Do not be deterred by the subtitle, 220 of the 300 pages of text are devoted to the Second World War. £30

View attachment 243342 The Tanks: The History of the Royal Tank Regiment, Vol. 2, 1939-1945. Liddell-Hart. This is a library rebind, a touch grubby but sound. Most maps OK but one or two have been improperly refolded. £15

View attachment 243776 View attachment 243777 View attachment 243778 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

View attachment 243779 The British Battalion in the Malayan Campaign (Revised Edition 2002). Chye Kooi Loong. ISBN 9679935183. Softback. 1 LEICESTER and 2 SURREY's withdrawal down the West coast of the Malay Peninsula. As new but a few storage scuffs on the cover. £40

View attachment 245854 The History of the 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment: Sherdil-Ki-Paltan (Late XXIX Punjabis) by Pigot. This is the NMP softcover reprint of the 1946 original and is fairly described as 'mint'. It's a 'whole history' covering 1758-1945 with about 45 pages covering our bit including their campaign in Malaya. INA fans will recognise a few of their Indian Officers... £13

View attachment 244160 9 Gurkha Rifles: A Regimental History 1817-1947. Choudhuri. Vision Books. The warrier bits from earlier, bigger, pricier and even scarcer tomes. Typical Indian materials and binding quality aside, the only significant issue is a neatly-penned list of Great War awards on the rear endpaper. About half the book is devoted to 1939-45. £80

View attachment 244161 Solah Punjab: The History of The 16th Punjab Regiment. Lawford / Catto. Gale & Polden. Clean ex-library copy. £40

Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45. History of the Indian Air Force, 1933-45; Gupta. First edition, ex-lib. Protected DJ. Clean, solid copy with the usual stamps and labels. £55

View attachment 262606 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

View attachment 259845 Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-1991; Gaylor. Useful regimental compendium with potted regimental histories. Clean copy. £15

View attachment 262607 Official History of the Second World War 1939-1945: The War in France and Flanders; Ellis. Decent ex-lib first edition rebound in sand-coloured cloth (Dunkirk – makes sense). Pocketed map at back present , crisp and clean. £25

View attachment 246513 Orders of Battle: United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War 1939-1945. Joslen. 2 vols. Tempted by the NMP reprint? Well, this is the 2nd impression 1968. No dustjackets but they've done their job - covers pretty clean with just a few dings. Ex-lib so occasional 'The Southport Public Libraries' stamps throughout and front endpapers removed, otherwise very clean inside. (Don't expect much in the way of colonial formations and units, or British units in colonial formations for that matter; perhaps there was meant to be a third volume?) £40

View attachment 259843 Khaki Drill and Jungle Green: British Tropical Uniforms 1939-1945 in Colour Photographs; Brayley/Ingram. Minor blemishes only. £20

View attachment 259846 The Universal Tank: British Armour in the Second World War: Part 2; Fletcher. Surprisingly clean and crisp, ex-ref-lib copy, just a bit of sunning and tanning with a few stamps and labels. £30
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Hi
May I ask you about the details of the book " Ordnance services", please? I am interested to buy. Before buying it, can you please share the table of contents?
Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards
Shams

idler · May 1, 2020

Hi Shams. Let me dig it back out and I'll get some shots.

Distinction of the badges · May 1, 2020

idler said: ↑

Hi Shams. Let me dig it back out and I'll get some shots.
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Thanks. That will be great.

idler · May 1, 2020

Here we go:

idler · May 13, 2020

And some more...

Charley Fortnum · May 13, 2020

idler said: ↑

And some more...
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Four Five: Story of 45 Commando, Royal Marines, 1943-1971.

How much does this have on their time in Hong Kong & Malaya (1949+)?

idler · May 13, 2020

From the contents:
Hong Kong from Jan 46 p129-156
Malaya from mid-1950 to March 1952 p158-191

idler · May 16, 2020

Kensingtons, East Lancashires and Grenadier Guards - both vols - added.
Even found a photo for the RIAF history!

idler · Jul 26, 2020

Today's additions: The Navy's War With Japan set (bit off more than I could chew with that one), two of the hard-to-find West African short histories and the REME red books have surfaced...

dryan67 · Jul 27, 2020

Do you still have the 9th Gurkha Rifles history and, if so, are you willing to ship to the USA?

idler · Jul 27, 2020

Yes and yes - PM on its way to you...

idler · Apr 12, 2021

Had a bit of a tidy-up and added a few new ones:

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