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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Later Edition. Originally published in 1943 and expanded through multiple editions, Kill or Get Killed stands as one of the most influential manuals on close?quarters combat, mob control, and defensive tactics for police and military personnel. Applegate, a U.S. Army officer trained under William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes, distilled wartime hand?to?hand methods into practical instruction for postwar law enforcement. The 1976 Paladin Press edition?your copy?represents the "New Revised and Enlarged Edition", incorporating expanded sections on mob control, armed and unarmed defense, and psychological conditioning for lethal encounters. It includes hundreds of step?by?step illustrations, tactical diagrams, and procedural notes drawn from Applegate's wartime experience and later police training programs. This edition is notable for its Pennsylvania State Police endorsement printed on the jacket, positioning it as an official reference text for institutional training. The red cloth binding with gilt titles and the Paladin imprint mark it as a mid?period edition, bridging the original military manual and the later reprints. THIS copy has very clean pages, but a poor dust jacket. Hard cover edition with dustjacket. 421 pages. Dimensions: 6" by 9". Published by Paladin Press, Boulder, CO. Original Copyright 1943: New/Revised Edition 1976: 1st printing, 1976. B&W illustrations. B&W photographs. Red binding. Dustjacket defect(s): Some chipping. Some tears. Missing pieces. 3 Pound Media Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Law Enforcement / Combat / Instruction / English. (B110).

24mo Oblong Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 135p. Contents are unmarked with some b/w photos and illustrations. Red wraps are bright and clean with lightly bumped corners. Binding is tight with an uncreased spine.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Revised and Expanded Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is the bookplaste of noted weapon collector Wilfrid Ward to the front paste down. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Initially written for the Police and Military, this book is the last word on mob control. Includes secrets of subduing individuals and mobs by a world authority on hand to hand fighting and mob control, for defence and law enforcement agencies. Armed and unarmed personal combat, self defence, controlling mobs. Step-by-step illustrations and instructions. Ref TFC.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover; Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author Rex Applegate on first free endpaper. Blue cloth boards with title in gold on front board and spine. Text pages are clean. Red illustrated dust jacket lightly chipped at corners and spine ends. Light rubbing/scuffing. Looks good in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Illus; 8VO.