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Modern Literary Editions, New York, (1968).. 317 pp, PB. Military fiction. "...the story of two remarkable young men. It begins with their gradutations from Princeton; it ends as they face each other in a duel to death in the skies over war-torn Europe - one a reluctant hero, the other a tr. aitor." Pages edges browning. Minor edgewear, spine browning but uncreased. VG. ... more information

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Popular Library, New York, (1967).. 160 pp, PB. Military Fiction. "Jonathan Tolliver, U.S.N., was a legendary leader of men, whose very presence generated electric excitement. A veteran of five brilliant war patrols, he was now on his final mission, cruising off the coast of Hokkai. do, Japan. Commander Tolliver had a plan that would cap his dazzling career. he would direct his submarine inthe wrecking of a Japanese train. Here is a novel packed with suspense, building to a climax that fair... more information

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Penguin, (Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1977).. 437 pp, mass market paperback. A collection of 21 sea stories. "Culled from Captains' logs, eyewitness reports and classic accounts, here are stories that breathe with the very life of the sea - its ships and sailors, rogues and heroes, and the fu. ry and beauty of the ocean. Some of the epic and bewildering true stories of the sea are contrasted with examples of superb fiction. With contributions ranging from Joseph Conrad to Ernest Hemingway, Ja... more information

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Red Fox, (London, 1994).. 286 pp, mass market paperback. "It is seventeenth-century Scotland, and the Covenanters - those wanting religious freedom from the dictates of English rule - are gathering strength. Hugh Herriott, fresh from a Covenanting background, finds himself. working for redcoat Colonel Claverhouse and his Lady Jean: first as the stable-lad and in later years, as galloper for Claverhouse. The tension mounts between the two sides of the divided country. Claverhouse, with Hugh alwa... more information

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Aurora, Nashville, Tennessee, 1977.. 265 pp + Appendix, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 876951744 "Conspiracy and intrigue surround this account of an actual World War II incident. The scene is Holland in the twilight of theThird Reich. In preparation for Hitl. er's last attempt to achieve a military victory, or a negotiated peace, two young German corporals are sent behind enemy lines to chart the bearing strength of the soil for the Panzer's path to Antwerp, th... more information

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(Osprey, London, 1994).. 96 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions, maps, battle plans, uniform studies. "Set against a background of intrigue, oriental dissimulation and downright treachery, the story . of Plassey has all the ingredients of fiction - Anglo-French rivalry for domination of trade in the vastly rich subcontinent; the 'atrocity' of the Black Hole of Calcutta; a fog-enshrouded march through the very mi... more information

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HarperCollins, (London, 1999), Ist edition.. 262 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. Jacket illus. by Geoff Hunt. 20th in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Dust jacket has minor edgewear, light rubbing/wrinkling, and 1 1/2" dia. advertising sticker ("Patrick O'Brian The New Aubry/Maturin Adventure") at bo. ttom corner of front panel. This is a new, unread book. NF/VG+. ... more information

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Leo Cooper, London, (1977), reprint.. 208 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0850522153 B&w maps, organization chart. "Tom Angus sets out to apportion no blame, nor does he seek to analyse the reasons for the failure of the operation. His aim is simply to describe w. hat it was like to be a 30-year old company commander during those eight days in hell. For obvious reasons, the characters are not all drawn straight from life. The names are changed and he does not speci... more information

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Jonathan Cape, London, 1951, first edition.. 320 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, 2 b&w battle plans. A fictionalized account with extensive notes at rear. "In the year between Blenheim and Ramillies, an English general landed in Spain, took Barcelona with a force n. o greater than the garrison, turned himself into a guerrilla chief and by a combination of luck, impertinence and deception drove before him for two hundred miles a French and Spanish army sometimes t... more information

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Manor House, Alexandria, Virginia, 1994, first edition.. 349 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0964066505 Maps. "....a well-researched biography of the brilliant Hannibal as seen through the eyes of an interesting, yet fictional, officer. It retains a close fidelity to known facts ab. out the life of one of the finest generals the world has ever known, but it reads like an historical novel....This book recreates the amazing life and times of this military genius, charismat... more information

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