A pictorial history of Submarine Command of the Royal Navy.
From the first submarine, which arrived in the Fleet in 1902,
through WWI and WWII to the nuclear powered Attack submarines and
SSBNs of the Cold War.
Very good in rubbed d/w - 264pp,
200 photos, drawings, index
General Charles George Gordon, 1833-1885, was a Victorian hero.
This is an account of the extraordinary life of "Chinese" Gordon,
Gordon of Khartoum - a patriot who spent most of his life in the
service of foreign powers. A devout Christian, he was eccentric in
behaviour and lifestyle. He served in the Crimea, China and the
Sudan, where he met his spectacular death at Khartoum at the hands
of the Mahdi's Dervishes.
TRIED AND VALIANT: THE HISTORY
OF THE BORDER REGIMENT 1702-1959
by Douglas Sutherland
The history of the Border Regiment (The 34th and 55th Regiments
of Foot) from 1702 to 1959. The book features the units noteworthy
campaigns and battle honours from the Caribbean, the Peninsular,
the Crimea, the Boer War and through to France and Flanders, and
Gallipoli and Macedonia in the Great War. There is a colour
frontispiece illustrating the Queen's Colour and the Regimental
Colour of the 4th Battalion.
This is the story of Marshal of the Soviet Union, Georgiy
Konstantinovich Zhukov in pictures. The majority of the book is
dedicated to WWII, but there are other sections showing Soviet
military from the Russian Civil War to the Krushchev era. Includes
almost 400 never-before published pictures!
Russian Text. English translation of picture captions included
separately.
V/ good/fine in Red Boards with gilt motif - Large Format. 248
glossy b/w & colour pages. c400 photos & illustrations
The impact of technology on warfare from the 18th Century.
Includes the development of cartridges, shells, automatic weapons,
aircraft, armoured vehicles, signals, electronics and
intelligence. With the aid of outstanding artwork, Macksey
identifies the key developments.
Near fine in d/w - 224pp, 44 colour photos, 117 b/w illustrations,
25 colour maps.
