Military And War from Spafford Books

Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House (GSPH) [1-896182-15-1] 1995. (Mass market paperback) 235pp. Near fine. 8vo. A record, accounts, of what happened to Canadian soldiers in the spring of 1945, their heroic acts of courage and perseverance in the Battle of the Rhineland and the liberation of the Netherlands. Signed by author to title page.… Read more about this item

Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books [0-88833-246-7] 1987. (Mass market paperback) 289pp. Near fine. Originally published 1889. Peel 1102..

London: The Folio Society NONE [NONE] 2015. (hardcover) xxi, 291pp. Fine. 4to. Red buckram, titles and decoration in gilt and black to front and spine. Frontispiece. Housed, as issued in sturdy black slipcase on which there is a single line (mark) to one panel, but is otherwise in fine condition. Frontispiece. Sepia toned photographs. Fine… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited NONE [NONE] 1943, 1st edition, 1st printing. (hardcover) ix, 230pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Very scarce in jacket. First edition, first printing. The remarkable story of a Canadian woman who spent 15 months on a crowded Nazi prison ship and in a number of… Read more about this item

New York: New Century Publishers NONE [NONE] 1948. (Mass market paperback) 112pp. Very good. 12mo. Notes from the Gallows, also published as Report from the Gallows, is a collection of notes originally on pieces of cigarette paper as written by the author, an anti-Nazi, communist journalist who had been imprisoned by the Gestapo in Prague… Read more about this item

Ottawa, Ontario: BuschelBooks [1-894543-03-3] 2000. (Mass market paperback) 303pp. Very good. 8vo. The story of the Canadian Wing of the Guinea Pig Club, an exclusive group of WWII wounded airmen, established at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex. In place since 1941, the 'club' had (at one point) more than 640 members, 176… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books, Perseus Books Group [0-465-07204-6] 2005. (hardcover) xlv, 137pp. As new in as new dust jacket. 12mo. Originally written as a set of principles designed to maximize the chances for military victory, with its philosophies extracted by later generations. As new. Translated with Historical Introduction and Commentaries by Ralph D. Sawyer… Read more about this item

Boston Toronto: Little, Brown and Company [0-316-78703-5] 1984. (Mass market paperback) xvii, 654pp. Very good. 8vo. An account of Hitler's Germany as told by someone who bore witness to the events that transpired. Black and white photographs. Wrappers show some wear, markings. The fore edge is lightly spattered. Internally clean and bright..

Kingston, Ontario: Canadian Defence Academy Press [0-662-43251-7] 2006. (Mass market paperback) vii, 257pp. Fine. 8vo. The first book to provide a detailed examination of disobedience in the military and the reasons behind why, though expected to follow legal order, there are members of military service who disobey and break that protocol. As such, this provides… Read more about this item

New York: Barnes & Noble Books [1-56619-298-6] 1994, Gift edition. (hardcover) 375pp. As new in near fine dust jacket. 8vo. Originally written as a set of principles designed to maximize the chances for military victory, with its philosophies extracted by later generations. Book as new. Jacket shows light wear at the upper edge but remains… Read more about this item

Rome, Italy: No.2 Canadian Public Relations Group NONE [NONE] 1945, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) 63pp. Very good. 8vo. A portfolio of cartoons about the Italian campaign drawn for The Maple Leaf, the Canadian Army newspaper. Light markings and wear to the wrappers, as may be anticipated. Internally, there are some light smudges, but remains… Read more about this item

Thunder Bay, Ontario: Lake Superior Art Gallery / James Stevens 978-0-9865482-4-6 [978-0-9865482-4-6] 2013. (hardcover) iv, 86pp. As new in as new dust jacket. 8vo. Signed. Unnumbered, the title page states 'First Canadian Edition: 300 copies'. The story of some of the men in the RAF Bomber Command (World War II), a group in which the… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc. [0-7710-2927-6] 1994. (hardcover) 399pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. The history of the BCATP, the politicians who negotiated its creation, the officers and airmen of the RCAF and the RAF, and of the citizens who made it work from day to day. Remainder mark to bottom edge.… Read more about this item

Montreal, QC: Desbarats & Co 1901, 1st edition. (hardcover) 98 (2). Near fine, no dust jacket. Gilt decorated brown cloth coers show minimal wear to corners. Else clean and tight. Related ephemera laid in..

Calgary, AB: Tumbleweed Press Ltd. NONE [NONE] 1980. (hardcover) x, 334pp. Very good. 8vo. Carcoal grey cloth, Silver titles stamped to front and spine. Decoration stamped, in silver as well to top board. No dust jacket. In World War I and World War II, Canad operated prisoner of war (POW) camps; two of the largest… Read more about this item

Ottawa: King's Printer NONE [NONE] 1941. (hardcover) 166pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Quarter bound. Red cloth, with red paper boards, faded as may be anticipated. First printed in 1929 and again in 1939 with amendments, this copy was printed in Canada in 1941. Previous owner's name printed, neat and small, to the inside… Read more about this item

Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center / University of Regina [0-88977-157-X] 2004. (Mass market paperback) xviii, 197pp. Near fine. 8vo. A collection of letters, that now 7 decades later, still speak to youth, love, family, friends, confidence and hope. There is a name penned (small) to the half title page; else is clean, bright, tight,… Read more about this item

New York: the MacMillan Company 1917, 2nd printing. (hardcover) xiii, [3], 367pp, [9]. Very good plus, no dust jacket. 12mo. In original green cloth boards, lettering in dull-gold to spine, top and bottom boards with simple double-ruled border in blind. Lacking exceedingly scarce jacket. Light bumping to head and heel of spine. Else, boards with… Read more about this item

Fredericton, Nb; Edmonton, AB: Goose Lane Editions / Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 978-0-86492-675-3 [978-0-86492-675-3] 2013. (hardcover) 144pp. As new in as new dust jacket. 4to. 8vo. The story of the Patricias and their instrumental battles and storied efforts in every 20th century war and military conflict in which Canada has taken part. Jacket is… Read more about this item

London, England: Bison Books [0 86124 013 8] 1987. (hardcover) 256pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. 4to. The history of the Third Reich, told by acclaimed historian once incarcerated by the Nazi, then later, the Communist, authorities. An authoritative text on Nazi Germany, with maps as hundreds of photographs in both colour and black… Read more about this item