Military History from Black Sheep Books

Stratford, ON: Pasdeloup Press, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good/-. An illustrated memoir. Red card cover, black titling and drawing to front, brown textblock, illustrated with the author's drawings, 135 pages. Light scratch to back cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good/-. An instructional book on the five most common throwing weapons such as knives, spears, tomahawks, shurikens, and boomerangs. Light purple cover with black and white illustration to front, black titling to front and spine, black and white photographs throughout, 102 pages. Sunning to spine, mionr shelf wear. For some… Read more about this item

Sturbridge, MS: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1990. Card Cover. Very Good-/-. Card cover, black and white titling, staple binding, many black and white photographs, one double page full colour illustration, 32 pages. Light shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country,… Read more about this item

1995. Soft cover. Very Good/-. HMCS Discovery is the longest serving Naval Reserve Division in Canada's history. White soft cover with black titling to front and spine, many black and white photographs, unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to… Read more about this item

Rome, Italy: No. 2 Canadian Public Relations Group, 1945. First Edition. . Card Cover. Another Maple Leaf Album. A portfolio of cartoons drawn on the Italian battle front especially for The Maple Leaf, Canadian Army newspaper. Cartoons reprinted from "The Maple Leaf". Used by original owner as a kind of autograph album - contains about 50 signatures followed by… Read more about this item

London, UK: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1959. Hardcover. A Chronicle of war (from Alamein to the invasion of Sicily) from a point of view other than that of Montgomery of Alamein's Memoirs. This is a personal account of the experiences of a lieutenant in the Eighth Army: the sense of futility because most of the fighting was done by the… Read more about this item

Holberg, U.K.: New English Library, 1975. Soft cover. Good. Subtitled on cover: The Incredible Story of a German Night Fighter Pilot. Originally published by William Kimber and Co. in 1957. "The author, a former Messerschmitt pilot, recounts his story of the war years.[tracing] the story of the ace fighter pilots from the first development of radar by the… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Winnipeg. Second Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hamilton, Mary Riter. Catalogue was published in conjunction with an exhibition of forty of Mary Riter Hamilton's battlefield paintings of 1919 - 1922, held at the University of Winnipeg's Gallery 1C03, co-sponsored by The War Amputations of Canada, University… Read more about this item

Mississauga, Ont.: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd., 2011. Second Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Book contains "a detailed, inside account. of Canada's role in the war, told in the first-person by award-winning defence correspondent Murray Brewster.the first comprehensive account of the five most significant years of the war and the key moments which shaped history." Black… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Kirkby-Marlton Press, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good-. Compiled by David K. Riddle and Donald G. Mitchell, book is a catalogue of those Canadians who served in the First World War, and were recognized as worthy of this prestigious award. Red soft cover with white titling, SIGNED by David Riddle on title page, 304 pages. Cover has… Read more about this item

London: Private Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-. This Book is for Private Circulation Only and has Been Written for Relatives and Friends." A biography of three of the four Bradford Brothers: George Nicholson Bradford, V.C., Royal Navy; James Barker Bradford, M.C., The Durham Light Infantry; and Brig.-General Roland Boys Bradford, V.C., M.C., The Durham Light Infantry. Dark blue cloth,… Read more about this item

Reading, England: Newspaper Archive Developments Limited, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Of all the works published on the [Second World] War, none has proved to be more useful than this., published by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, [and] it is for this reason that we have decided to reprint it." Book is a consolidated edition of the Chronology;… Read more about this item

Salt Spring Island: Joth Press, 2013. Soft cover. As New/-. Bronze Medal Award from the Military Writers Society of America. Remembering war, finding peace; a poignant story set in a beatiful, bewildering country. Illustrated soft cover, signed by both authors to title page, two clusters of full colour photographs, 341 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. A comprehensive and fully researched biography of George Monck, in which Monck is shown to be a "man of considerable ability and intense loyalties, equally devoted to Oliver Cromwell and Charles II." Red cloth with gilt titling on spine, upper text block edge is red, grey end… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Pentland Press Limited, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is the autobiographical tale of Miles Rivett-Carnac detailing his early life and family history. Black cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs, 163 pages. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear, otherwise book is great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Very Good-. This study seeks to fill a gap in the bibliography concerning the making of Britain's strategy and its relationship with foreign policy in the inter-war period." Blue hard cover with gilt titling on spine, 419 pages. Corners lightly bumped, upper text block edge slightly darkened and has a… Read more about this item

Vancouver, B.C.: Condor Publishing, 1990. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed autobiography of a German-born ex-prisoner-of-war in Canada who eventually emigrated to Canada. Blue hard cover with gilt titling on spine, signed by author on end paper, black and white illustrations throughout, 357 pages. Upper text block edge has a couple of tiny specks; dust jacket… Read more about this item

London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. Book was first published in 1907; this is a 1982 re-issue. This edition includes a well-researched afterword by Geoffrey Embleton presenting some startling evidence in the form of a letter from Witton to his defence counsel, that was not opened until 1970. Brown hard cover with white titling… Read more about this item

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.. Hardcover. Very Good. Foreword by Captain Channing M. Zicker, U.S. Navy. The author has meticulously researched, documented, and described contacts between Navy ships and civilian vessels over a span of two centuries. Blue cloth with silver titling, 307 pages. Upper text block edge has some very pale smudges, otherwise this handsome… Read more about this item

London: Bison Books Ltd.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The long development of arms and armour in the Samurai's seven hundred year history is fully detailed in this book. Black cloth with silver titling on spine, black end papers, colour illustration on title page, illustrated throughout with over three hundred colour and black & white photographs, 192 pages. There… Read more about this item