ONE HUNDRED MASTERPIECES FROM THE
COLLECTION OF
DR. WALTER A. COMPTON
Edited by Sebastian
Izzard
An impressive volume illustrating
and describing one hundred Japanese Swords, Sword-Fittings and
Accoutrements, many in full colour. Dr Walter Compton was a
descriminating collector and this book illustrates and describes
some of his most prized items. The book includes descriptions of
the swords and has detailed pictures of the nakago, jihada, blades
and their makers. It does the same for the koshirae showing
different tsubas, menuki, and fittings. This beautiful book which
includes essays by Dr. Compton himself and William Tilley, is
presented in a fine, protective slipcase. The book we be an
invaluable accompaniment to any serious collection of Japanese
ceremonial swords.
As new in slipcase - Very large format, 321pp, 100 + colour & b/w
photos
Christie, Manson & Woods, 1992
ISBN 1880907003
SOLD
Web No
36330-01
£100.00
WINTER WAR: FORGOTTEN IMAGES
by Bair Irincheev
This new book is a collection of previously unpublished images
from the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of 1939-40. It also includes
bunker blueprints plus magnificent colour paintings. The author is a
WWII historian and professional guide and is an expert on the main
locations of the fighting. Drawn from Russian and Finnish archives,
this is a truly unique collection of unpublished photographs. The
images illustrate the Karelian battlefield and the book includes GPS
coordinates of the featured bunkers. The text is in four languages,
English, Russian, Finnish and Swedish.
New in illustrated
boards - Landscape format, 190pp, c800 b/w & colour photos, maps, plans &
paintings
The History of
Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung/ Brigade 210, The "Tiger's Head" Brigade.
Published by Waldemar Trojca, this is a text and photographic
history of this assault gun brigade which served entirely on the
Eastern Front, primarily with Army Groups Center and South.
Activated in March, 1941, the battalion went into action around
Suwalki in North Eastern Poland. In December of that year, in
temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celcius, it participated
in the advance on Moscow. This splendid volume is packed with
black and white photographs of vehicles and troops in action, as
well as sixteen full colour renderings of StuG.III Assault Guns.
English/German text and captions.
As new in illustrated boards - Large format, 320pp, c500 b/w & 16 colour
illustrations
AIRCRAFT OF THE THIRD REICH: VOLUME ONE ARADO TO
FOCKE WULF
by William Green
This new three volume series builds on the work of the late
William Green who was the founder, publisher and editor of AIR
International and AIR Enthusiast magazines. His writings on German
aircraft have previously been the most definitive works on the
subject. This new series will feature every aircraft flown during
Hitler's Third Reich from 1933 to 1945. Massively enlarged and
revised, the book features many new aircraft, including foreign,
impressed and captured aircraft such as the Czech Avia B.534
fighter and the American B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers operated by
KG 200.
New in d/w - Large format, 512pp, c1,000 b/w & colour photos, illustrations&
plans
WITH THE 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION IN PALESTINE
1945-1948
by Maj. General R. Dare Wilson, CBE, MC
The 6th Airborne Division was a major element of the British
Security Force in Palestine between September, 1945 and May 1948.
Faced with the unenviable task of upholding the law, the
individual British soldier had to face continual opposition from a
hostile Jewish community. General Wilson, then a Major, served
with the division during this period. The mission of British
forces was to locate illegal arms caches, limit Jewish-Arab
violence and capture dissidents who had attacked British
positions. The destruction of the King David Hotel, the most
famous terrorist attack of the Mandate period, is covered in
detail.
