Sheehan, Tim.

Execute Hostage Compton-Smith.

First Edition. Cork, Dripsey Press, 1993, 12.7 cm x 18.7 cm. 149 pages. Original paperback. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. This book is rare.

Sheldon, Jack / Professor Hew Strachan (Foreword).

The German Army at Ypres 1914 and The Battle for Flanders.

Yorkshire, Pen and Sword Military, 2010. 16 cm x 24 cm. XV, 382 pages. Several black and white photographs and maps throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Simpson, Andy.

The Evolution of Victory – British Battles on the Western Front 1914-1918.

London, Tom Donovan, 1995. 16 cm x 24 cm. 152 pages. With 15 photograph illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear, including slight foxing to paper edge. Out of print.

Simpson, Howard R.

The Paratroopers of the French Foreign Legion. From Vietnam to Bosnia.

Washington/ London, Brassey’s, 1997. 24cm x 16cm. XVI, 162 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Halftitle inscribed by the author to preowner.

Skirrow, Fraser.

The Massacre on the Marne. The Life and Death of the 2/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War.

Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 2007. 16 cm x 24 cm. XII, 276 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition. Out of print.

202. Steevens, G.W.

From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War. Edited by Vernon Blackburn.

First edition. Edinburgh / London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. 13 x 19.5cm. (8), 180 pages, with a map of the Country round Ladysmith and a large fold-out map at the rear, illustrating the Seat of War in South Africa. Includes a 32 page publisher’s catalogue to rear. Original clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Very good condition. Minor signs of external wear, including bumping to corner and small stain to front board. Front endpaper starting to tear. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

[Strong, George Crockett] The Secretary of War.

U.S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry, Including Infantry of the Line, Light Infantry, and Riflemen. [with vintage cabinet photograph / Carte de visite of Union Brigadier General George Crockett Strong, loosely inserted and his name signed and dated to endpaper on April 28, 1863 (3 months prior to his death after being wounded during his assault on Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina)]. Prepared under the direction of the War Department, and Authorized and Adopted by the Secretary of War, May 1, 1861. Containing The School of the Soldier; The School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; the General Calls, the Calls for Skirmishers, and the School of the Battalion; Including the Articles of War and a Dictionary of Military Terms.

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1861. 9.3 cm x 13.5 cm. Fold-out Frontispiece, 450 pages. 77 plates with illustrations of various stances and manoeuvres. 12 additional fold-out diagrams. Hardcover / publisher’s original blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and stamp on spine. Blind triple ruling and stamp on both boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners slightly bumped. Very minor abrasion to cloth at bottom front corner. Very minor closed tear to page 25. Minor foxing occasionally throughout. Signs of dampstaining evident throughout otherwise clean and bright volume. Binding good and firm and tight bookblock. Inked annotation to title page. Ownership annotation to front pastedown. Embossed stamp of Wm B Sprague Jr, 51 State St, Albany on front endpaper. Endpaper also carries pencilled signature of George C Strong dated April 28 1862. Carte de visite of General Strong also loosely inserted.

94. Stuart, J.

A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu’s arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing.

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Evaluation and Dissemination Section: G-2(Counter Intelligence Sub-Division).

The Allgemeine SS (The General SS): Basic Handbook.

Facsimile of Original Edition. Middlesex, World War II Investigator Limited. 2007. 21 cm x 30 cm. 138 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Tanham, George K.

Communist Revolutionary Warfare: From the Vietminh to the Viet Cong.

Revised Edition. New York, Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. 14.5cm x 21.5cm. XV, 214 pages. Original Hardcover. The front and back covers are damp stained. Otherwise good condition with only minor signs of external wear.