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Paperback. Condizione: New. New softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (8.11 x 0.71 x 5.24 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes an index. 176 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Among the numerous books that have been written about the First World War, Hunger stands out for its focus on the role of food in this bloodiest and most gruesome of conflicts. Dutch historian Rick Blom has created a fascinating and absorbing narrative from a wide range of source material, including personal diaries by active servicemen and civilians, historical accounts, food manuals, recipe books, and interviews with veterans. Direct quotes from diaries are deftly merged with an account of the war's progress from the standpoint of the three principal nations involved: Britain, France, and Germany. Interwoven are vivid descriptions of the author's own attempts at experiencing at first hand what it must have been like to be active in combat. Working as a sous-chef in a recreated field kitchen, he takes part in a re-enactment and later spends three cold, hungry, solitary days and nights in a restored trench. Throughout, the author's focus remains firmly on food, or rather the lack of it, and everything related to it: production, distribution, preparation, quantities, and how these issues influenced the outcome of the war. Recipes from wartime sources conclude each chapter. Hunger makes for a gripping and at times harrowing read. Written by a historian from a country that was neutral during the war, this work offers a new perspective on the conflict on the centenary of the armistice.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Collector's Edition, Near Fine/VG Slipcase, decorated hardcover is clean & bright, slipcase has some light wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Small 8vo, 132 pages, black and white illustrations, book in fine condition with near fine dust-wrapper )short repaired tear at the foot of the spine).

12mo (17.5x11.5cm), hardback, unpaginated (28 chapters). Goodish condition. No dustwrapper. Blue with black lettering to spine. General wear, bumped, rubbed at right rear edge, a few light marks, hinges cracked, missing free front endpaper, age-toned, some foxing, marks to page edges. Contents clear and legible. Pictures available on request.

First edition. Large paperback. 24.5cm x 20.2cm x 2.3cm. pp.382 . ** Excerpt from press release: "Bad Teeth No Bar takes you and your bicycle to the most challenging cycling environment of all War. 100,000 British soldiers used bicycles in the Great war. Even more French and Belgians rode bikes, and the Germans used even more than anyone else. See the bikes, read the stories, and imagine how you would have coped if you were one of the many patriots who enlisted to fight for King and Country.".

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback in dustwrapper.With a preface by author Jim Davies,and an introduction by Lucinda Gosling.416 pages. Illustrated endpapers. The book is well illustrated with the entire First World War collection of Matania's work each picture with accompanying commentary.Included in the book is an extract from "The Art of the Illustrator" from 1925 by Percy Bradshaw entitled "F. Matania and His Work". Plus a 16 page section of Matania's illustrations in colour.9.25 X 11 inches.Very good book in a very good dustwrapper with some rubbing to corners.The dustwrapper is in a clear paper lined removable clear protective jacket.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condizione: very good condition. First Edition - - Date: 11 May 1941 - Location: Berchdesgaden. - The day after Rudolf Hess took off from Augsburg and hadn't - yet returned or sent any signal, Adolf Hitler had to say - something to justify Hess' so far unexplained disappearance. - Not least for the benefit of the German nation and his - then trading ally, Soviel Russia. - Consequently he authorised a statement saying that Hess was suffering from a mental derangement and had succeeded - in obtaining an aeroplane against the strict orders of the - Führer. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, - but an explanation had at least been proffered before British - Propaganda commenced. The unlikely explanation has however proven durable, some still believing it to be true 80 years later. - In this, their eighth book on the affair, Harris and Wilbourn - demonstrate that far from being a random act, the flight had - been meticulously planned, using state of the art German radio - technology. Using contemporary equipment, maps and charts - they demonstrate the true nature and character of the flight - and explam what went wrong, leading to the sensational and - very public arrival of Rudolf Hess in Scotland at 23.09hrs - on May 10th 1941. 158 p. with photos, maps and technical illustrations.

1st Ed. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. 319 PP with 1 colour painting and b/w illustrations: diagrams, drawings, sketches, maps (Christmas, Malden, Penrhyn, Pitcairn , postal stamps and photos. Illustrated stiff covers with flaps. Dedicatory note dated and signed by one of the ten National Servicemen. Fine (as new condition). 24.5 x 20.3. Tale of 10 young men brought together through National Service in the Royal Navy, taking part while serving on HMS Warrior to Britain's secret thermonuclear weapons tests, near Christmas Island, Line Islands, Central Pacific. .