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The South African Air Force At War: A Pictorial Appraisal

The South African Air Force At War: A Pictorial Appraisal

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Small tear on front title page. otherwise fine. Few institutions have shaped the military destiny of Southern Africa as profoundly as the...
Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Race For Tunis

Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Race For Tunis

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign includedIn the autumn of 1942, the fate of North Africa hung in the...
Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - North Africa 10 June 1940 To 12 February 1941

Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - North Africa 10 June 1940 To 12 February 1941

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign includedFew conflicts in the Second World War were as dramatic, as brutal, or...
The Australians At The Boer War (SIGNED)

The Australians At The Boer War (SIGNED)

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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: dj within mylar, taped to boards; some glue residue on the pastedown; binding slightly shaky;...
A Savage War Of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962

A Savage War Of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodOne of the most brutal and politically charged conflicts of the twentieth century unfolds in Alistair Horne's magisterial A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962...
Good-Bye Dolly Gray: The Story Of The Boer War

Good-Bye Dolly Gray: The Story Of The Boer War

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the turn of the twentieth century, the British Empire sent its soldiers marching into the...
General Gordon

General Gordon

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most celebrated and controversial figures of the British Empire, General Charles George Gordon — Gordon...
Sudan To Vietnam

Sudan To Vietnam

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched deserts of the Sudan to the dense, rain-soaked jungles of Vietnam, Sudan to Vietnam charts the arc of modern military conflict...
The World's War

The World's War

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhen the guns of August 1914 began to fire, the conflict that erupted was not merely a European war — it was a truly...
Five Years Hard: Being An Account Of The Fall Of The Fulani Empire And A Picture Of The Daily Life Of A Regimental Officer Among The Peoples Of The Western Sudan

Five Years Hard: Being An Account Of The Fall Of The Fulani Empire And A Picture Of The Daily Life Of A Regimental Officer Among The Peoples Of The Western Sudan

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the dust of the Western Sudan to the collapse of one of...
North Africa 1940-1942: The Desert War

North Africa 1940-1942: The Desert War

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew theatres of the Second World War captured the imagination quite like the scorching sands of North Africa, where Allied and Axis forces clashed...
The Alternate Luftwaffe: Volume 3: North Africa & The Middle East

The Alternate Luftwaffe: Volume 3: North Africa & The Middle East

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Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if the Luftwaffe had gone to war with an entirely different arsenal of aircraft — machines that...
A Good Dusting: A Centenary Review Of The Sudan Campaigns 1883-1899

A Good Dusting: A Centenary Review Of The Sudan Campaigns 1883-1899

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the scorching deserts of northeastern Africa, a forgotten chapter of British imperial history played out in blood and sand — A Good Dusting...
Milestones Of History 9: Nations And Empires

Milestones Of History 9: Nations And Empires

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of an era defined by conquest, diplomacy, and the relentless march of empire, Milestones of History 9: Nations and Empires chronicles...
Speaking From The Desert: A Record Of The Eighth Army In Africa

Speaking From The Desert: A Record Of The Eighth Army In Africa

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the blazing heat of the North African theatre, one BBC war...
Jan Christian Smuts

Jan Christian Smuts

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew lives have bridged the chasm between battlefield and statecraft as dramatically as that of Jan Christian Smuts — soldier,...
Britain And France In The Middle East And North Africa

Britain And France In The Middle East And North Africa

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of empire and ambition, Britain and France in the Middle East and North Africa chronicles...
The Boer War

The Boer War

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the British Empire launched what its commanders promised would...
Noble Six Hundred: The Story Of The Empire Air Training Scheme With Particular Reference To 674 Australians Who Trained In Southern Rhodesia

Noble Six Hundred: The Story Of The Empire Air Training Scheme With Particular Reference To 674 Australians Who Trained In Southern Rhodesia

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the skies over Southern Rhodesia during the Second World War, a remarkable chapter of Allied aviation history was quietly written —...
Wild Justice; Cry Wolf; A Sparrow Falls

Wild Justice; Cry Wolf; A Sparrow Falls

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: faded, no tears. Page Condition: yellowed with sogns of ageing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Three of Wilbur Smith's most pulse-pounding novels unite...
Power Of The Sword (SIGNED)

Power Of The Sword (SIGNED)

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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. DJ - worn showing signs of delamination. Clean text.A sweeping...
The Triumph Of The Sun: A Novel Of African Adventure (SIGNED)

The Triumph Of The Sun: A Novel Of African Adventure (SIGNED)

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Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedA sweeping historical adventure novel, The Triumph of the Sun chronicles the harrowing Siege of Khartoum in...
Forgotten War

Forgotten War

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'We are at war with them,' wrote a Tasmanian settler in 1831. 'What we call their crime is what in a white man we should call patriotism.' Australia is dotted...
YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD, IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. In A Series of Letters from Java, Singapore, China, Bengal, Egypt, The Holy Land, The Crimea and Its Battle-Grounds, England, Melbourne, Sydney, etc., etc.

YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD, IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. In A Series of Letters from Java, Singapore, China, Bengal, Egypt, The Holy Land, The Crimea and Its Battle-Grounds, England, Melbourne, Sydney, etc., etc.

$150.00 AUD
Author: George Francis TrainBinding: HardbackPublished: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1857Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Damaged green...
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning

Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning

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The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived...
Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History

Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History

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Author: Thomas J. Barfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times. The world's first great empires...
Forgotten War: new edition

Forgotten War: new edition

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Author: Henry Reynolds Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'We are at war with them,' wrote a Tasmanian settler in 1831. 'What we call their crime is what in a...
Letters from the Veldt: The imperial advance to Pretoria through the eyes of Edward Hutton and his brigade of colonials.

Letters from the Veldt: The imperial advance to Pretoria through the eyes of Edward Hutton and his brigade of colonials.

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Author: Craig Stockings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 286 The South African War - or Boer War - running from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 -was the largest...