Major John Geoffrey Appleyard. Being the Story of "Apple" of the Commandos and Special Air Service Regiment. Pp. [vi]+192(last blank), frontispiece and 16 plates; post 8vo; blue cloth, lettered in dark red, edges of boards worn, corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges worn and slightly browned, with chips and..... More
Major John Geoffrey Appleyard. Being the story of "Apple" of the Commandos and Special Service Regiment. Pp. viii+192(last blank), frontispiece and 15 plates, printed pastedowns; small demy 8vo; brown and light green printed papered boards, with the Special Air Service badge on upper board; Blandford Press, London, 2018. Fund raising..... More
The truth behind Bravo Two Zero. Pp. 234(last blank), 8 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, closed tear in backstrip tape repaired on reverse; Cassell & Co, London, 2002. First edition. *Michael Asher (ex 2 Para and SAS) retraces the steps of the..... More
The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero. Pp. 160(last blank), 8 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges slightly worn; leaves browned; Century, London, 2002. *Michael Asher (ex 2 Para and SAS) retraces the steps of the ill-fated Bravo Two Zero SAS patrol in the first Gulf War..... More
The Real Story of the SAS. Pp. xxx+588, 24 plates, 13 maps, bibliography, notes, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards lightly marked, upper fore-corner bumped; dust wrapper; Viking Press, London, 2007. First edition. *A history of the first fifty years. An interesting and somewhat different analysis..... More
The Real Story of the SAS. Pp.xxx+588, 24 plates, 13 maps, bibliography, notes, index; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; leaves browned; Viking Press, London, 2007. First trade paperback. *A history of the first fifty years. An interesting and somewhat different analysis with some new information. More
A Soldier's Journey Through Violence. Pp. [x]+278(last blank); med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, backstrip lightly sunned; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Viking, London, 1990. First edition. *An account of the author's experiences in 2 Para and the SAS. More
A Soldier's Journey Through Violence. Pp. [x]+278(last blank); post 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; leaves lightly browned; Cassell, London, 2003. Cassell Military Paperbacks series. *First published 1990. An account of the author's experiences in 2 Para and the SAS. More
Pp. [viii]+236; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Chapmans Publishers, London, 1992. First edition. *On selection with 21 SAS. More
Pp. 96, frontispiece and coloured and black & white text illustrations, occasional map, chronology, further reading, index; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, worn and creased, edges a trifle split; Orbis Publishing, London, 1986. First edition. More
Pp. 208, 8 plates, text map; med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; AirLife Publishing Ltd, London, 1996. Second edition, with final chapter revised. *First published by Jarrolds, London in 1964. The story of Mike Calvert. With copy of relevant news clipping loosely inserted. More
The Secret War in Afghanistan. Pp. 282, 12 coloured plates; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Mainstream Publishing, London, 2001. *First published in 2000. An account of the author's alleged experiences in Afghanistan. Claiming to have served in the SAS, Tom Carew (pseudonym for..... More
The Secret War in Afghanistan. Pp. 282; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Macmillan, Sydney, 2000. *First published in 2000. An account of the author's alleged experiences in Afghanistan. Claiming to have served in the SAS, Tom Carew (pseudonym for Philip Sessarego) it was later shown that he had apparently..... More
Pp. viii+374, 16 plates; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly marked price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly worn; small erasure to fore-corner of upper free endpaper, leaves browned; Doubleday, London, 1997. First edition. *Signed by the author on the half-title page. The autobiography of Frank Collins, 22..... More
Pp. xiv+376(last blank), 16 plates (1 double page), glossary, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1998. Second impression. *A senior member of the SAS recounts his experiences. More
Pp. 192, coloured and black & white text illustrations, text maps, index; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Simon & Schuster, London, 1996. *First published in 1995. An account of the activities and actions in the First Gulf War with an emphasis on the SAS and the special forces..... More
Pp. xii+180(last blank), 8 plates; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; leaves browned; Bloomsbury, London, 1996. First edition. *Inside Iraq during the first Gulf War. More
Pp. 396(last blank), 16 coloured and black & white plates, glossary; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; leaves browned; Bantam Press, London, 1997. First edition. *The author's account of service in 2 Para and the SAS, the Falklands, the Gulf War and Bosnia. More
Pp. 174(last blank), 8 plates; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower fore-corners bumped; dust wrapper, edges a little worn and a trifle split; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown; Bloomsbury, London, 1994. First edition. *The story of the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight LH181 and its storming and capture..... More
The SAS in the Falklands War. Foreword by Sir Max Hastings. Pp. xxxviii+342(last blank), 8 full page coloured maps, glossary, appendix, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver, lightly marked, lower fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper, lower fore-corner of front wrapper correspondingly bruised; Hurst & Company..... More
Pp. xiv+254, glossary; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Blake Publishing, London, 2000. First edition. *'Inside the secret world of Britain's bodyguards' [wrapper blurb]. The author is ex-Parachute Regiment and 22 SAS. More
Pp. xvi+304, 16 plates, 2 maps, glossary; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver; dust wrapper, slightly worn at edges; Blake Publishing, London, 1999. First edition. *An account of Steve Devereux's activities after the SAS. He tells of his life in the SAS in his book Terminal..... More
22 Special Air Service Regiment in the Borneo Campaign, 1963-1966. Pp. [ii]+248, 16 plates, 3 double page maps, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Greenhill Books, London, 2003. *First published by Arms & Armour Press, London, 1983. The SAS provided Britain's eyes..... More
22 Special Air Service Regiment in the Borneo Campaign, 1963-1966. Pp. [ii]+248, 16 plates, 3 double page maps, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, lettering on backstrip faded; bookseller's sticker on the upper pastedown; Greenhill Books, London, 1991..... More
22 Special Air Service Regiment in the Borneo Campaign, 1963-1966. Pp. [ii]+248, 16 plates, 3 double page maps, bibliography, index; kerning28 green boards, kerning0 spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Arms and Armour Press, London, 1983. First U.K. edition. kerning28 *Published simultaneously by Methuen, Agincourt, Ontario. The SAS provided Britain's..... More