Turner Donovan Military Books - The world’s finest selection of rare and out-of-print books on British military history from 1800 to 1945
  Stock last updated on 28 July 2026
 
   

Latest Books The most recently added books   30 Books
   1 2 3   
BEGG (Dr. R.C., MC, MD, FRCS) Surgery on Trestles: A Saga of Suffering & Triumph. 1st Ed., xii+259pp., 16 illus., 6 maps. VG in dw. Norwich: Jarrold (for the author). 1967  #70304
[HLMainPic] MO in Mesopotamia inc. advance after the relief of Kut &c., 1916-17, serving with 20th British Field Ambulance in the Meerut Division. An shocking account of the appalling climatic conditions & the dire mismanagement of of supplies & medical services at this stage of the campaign. VG in dw.   £25
DUROV (VA.) The Orders of Russia. 1st Ed., 160pp., 4to (283x218mm), col. frontis. col. illus. throughout. Moscow: Voskresenie. 1993  #70303
[HLMainPic] Definitive, fully illustrated guide to the Orders of Imperial Russia. Dual language, Russian & English. Orig. dec. green cloth, VG.   £30
BISHOP (Lt. H.C.W., IARO attd. 66th Punjabis) A Kut Prisoner. 1st Ed., xv+244pp., frontis., 8 plates, 3 maps. Bodley Head (On Active Service series). 1920  #70302
[HLMainPic] Bishop was commissioned in the IARO, attached to the 66th Punajbis & captured at the fAll of Kut. Includes account of the battle of Ctesiphon, Kut & captivity & the author's escape across the Black Sea with Edward Keeling. Appendices include Order of Battle of Kut Garrison, interesting statistics &c. Orig. blue cloth, blindstamped & titled in black, little worn, generally VG.   £75
KEMPSTER (Brig. F.) & WESTROPP (Brig. H.C.E.) Eds. Manchester City Battalions Book of Honour. 1st Ed., c.800pp., illus. throughout, 4to. Sherratt & Hughes. 1916  #70301
[HLMainPic] Manchester Pals of 90th & 91st Inf. Bdes., each bn. illustrated down to platoons, with rolls of all of them. Also rolls of the volunteers from numerous commercial companies. A fine record. Sp. chipped, covers somewha worn, old biro ownership inscrip. & details of Sergeant in 18th Manchesters, some tape residue, generally VG & sound throughout.   £75
MEAKIN (Lt. Walter) The 5th North Staffords & North Midland Territorials (The 46th & 59th Divisions) 1914-1919. 1st Ed., 175pp.,4to, portrait frontis., 350 portraits, 9 maps & plans. Longton, Staffs: Hughes & Harber. 1920  #70300
[HLMainPic] Western Front from March 1915 inc. Loos, Somme (Gommecourt), Cambrai, Final Advance &c., with a short interlude in Egypt at the beginning of 1916. Photos. include over 350 portraits of Staffordshire Regt. officers. Orig. red cloth, gilt, head of sp. chipped/torn, edges rubbed o/w VG.   £85
BOSTOCK (Lt. J., KOYLI & MGC) The Machine Gunners Handbook Including the Vickers, Maxim, Lewis, and Colt Automatic Machine Guns. 10th Ed., revised, 363pp., num. sketches/diagrams. Three cards in pocket. W.H. Smith & Son. nd (c.1916)  #70299
[HLMainPic] Excellent popular commercial manual. Includes pocket at front containing two printed Range & Trajectory cards & a small Graticule Card. Orig. dec. cloth covd. boards, VG.   £50
Engineer Training. 1912. (Reprinted with Amendments, 1914.) Orig. red cloth covd. boards, ix+178pp., 3 plates (2 fldg.). HMSO. 1914  #70297
[HLMainPic] Individual & collective training, equitation & driving, employment of engineers in war, &c. VG with erratum slip tipped in.   £45
CORBETT (Sir Julian S.) History of the Great War based on Official Documents... Naval Operations. Vol. I: To The Battle of the Falklands December 1914. Text & Mapcase 2nd Ed., revised, xix+470pp., 13 plans bound in, 18 in separate mapcase. Longmans, Green & Co. 1938  #70295
[HLMainPic] The far superior & scarcer 2nd Edition of the volume concerning early operations in the English Channel & on the Belgian Coast, Coronel & the Falklands. The 1st was published in 1920 & the new Preface to this Revised Edition states that: "A far more comprehensive study is now possible, notably in the issue of the German Official History... Many points that remained in doubt have been settled, details hitherto unknown added, the uncompleted accounts of incidents & operations elaborated, & the maps emended accordingly..." Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG, nice copies.   £145
MACKAY (Col. J.N., DSO) & BORROWMAN (Lt.-Col. C.G.) A History of the 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles: Volume III, 1938-1948. 1st Ed., xix+620pp., 4to, frontis. + 18 photos., 44 maps (some fldg.). VG in little chipped dw. Blackwood. 1952  #70291
[HLMainPic] Four battalions in WW2: three in Burma & one PAIFORCE, Egypt & Italy. Finely produced & very detailed history with appealing vignettes decorating the margins of every page. "All the WW2 campaigns... explained in splendid detail" - Perkins 501. Awards roll & officers' services. No. 141 of an edition of 350 copies. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, VG in little chipped dw & rare.   £350
History of 7th Armoured Division June 1943-July 1945. 1st Ed., [v]+171pp., num. photos., 11 fldg. maps in end pocket. AP&SS, BAOR.  #70290
[HLMainPic] Excellent contemp. account: Italy then North-West Europe campaign 1944-45. Well illustrated & excellent fldg. maps in end-pocket. Orig. grey cloth, titled in red, little chipped, VG.   £30

   1 2 3   




View Order/Checkout


 

 



Terms & Conditions  - Links  - Contact Us  - Newsletter
Turner Donovan Military Books, Flat 1, 22 Florence Road, Brighton BN1 6DJ