Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies Canada (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Very slight wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is good with slight edge wear and the front free end paper miissing in a good dust jacket with edge wear, creases at edges and small tears at edges.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 274 pages. List of background reading. Abbreviations. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Signed and inscribed atop title page by author to fellow military academic Reg (Reginald H. Roy) of the University of Victoria. "The story of Canada's scientists and engineers who toiled endless hours in the name of the war effort. The stories in this book, many of them first-hand accounts, give us a glimpse of their hard work and triumphs during a war they had to win." - from back cover. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. "Concentrates on the Second World War exploits of the CBH, although it also traces the history of The Cape Breton Highlanders from its establishment as the Victoria Provisional Battalion of Infantry, through its days as the 94th Victoria Regiment, the First World War experiences of the 85th and 185th infantry battalions, to the 1920 establishment of The Cape Breton Highlanders and the subsequent renaming in the mid-1950s as The Second Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton). Featuring first-hand accounts by veterans, this work pays homage to the patriotism and daring of all who served in The Cape Breton Highlanders." - dust jacket. x, 410 p. Black and white photographic plates, maps, footnotes, Roll of Honour, List of Officers, Honours and Awards, Glossary and Select bibliography. Minimal wear to original scarlet cloth handsomely adorned in gilt. Presentation bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright, tight and unmarked. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this proud history. ; 8vo.…