A collection of books and printed ephemera focused primarily on military and naval history, as well as local history concerning the Channel Islands. The lot includes David Rolf, Prisoners of the Reich: Germany’s Captives 1939-1945 (trade paperback); Rick Jolly and Taff, Jackspeak: A Guide to British Naval Slang & Usage (thick softcover); and a Jarrold publication titled Jersey Occupation Remembered (softcover). Additionally, the collection contains a hardcover edition of A General History of the Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson, published by Conway Maritime Press, which includes its original pictorial dust jacket. The volumes are modern trade editions, bound in publisher’s pictorial wraps or cloth. Accompanying the books are several items of paper ephemera, including a large-format pamphlet or folder featuring orange numerals 30 on the cover. The books are octavo to quarto in size. Visible spine transcriptions include DAVID ROLF Prisoners of the Reich, RICK JOLLY & Taff JACKSPEAK, JERSEY OCCUPATION REMEMBERED, and A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE PIRATES.
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