Biografia

A FIELD-MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY.

Montgomery, Brian, · 1987 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Javelin, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xii, 372pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, decorated chapter heads, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an count of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein by his younger brother, himself a successful soldier, r...

HITLER 1889-1936 : Hubris.

Kershaw, Ian, · 2004 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin, London, ND (circa 2004), 3rd imp., trade paperback, xxx, 845pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., pedigree in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the first part of a two volume biography the author charts the rise of Adolf Hitler from being a bizarre misfit i...

ALMOST AN ENGLISHMAN.

Hannam, Charles, · 1979 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Andre Deutsch, London, 1979, 1st edn. UK, 206pp, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, an autobiographical account of a young boy, a German-Jewish refugee from Hitler's Germany, growing into a young man in England, and of the conflicts in his own m...

HITLER - A SHORT BIOGRAPHY.

Wilson, A. N., · 2012 · A Book for all Reasons

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Harper Press for The Book People, London, 2012, 1st in imprint, [viii], 200pp, coloured endpapers, grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a short but incisive biography of one of the major figures of the 20th century, Adolf Hitler, who le...

HITLER - A SHORT BIOGRAPHY.

Wilson, A. N., · 2012 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Harper Press for The Book People, London, 2012, 1st in imprint, [viii], 200pp, coloured endpapers, grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a short but incisive biography of one of the major figures of the 20th century, Adolf Hitler, who le...

ROMMEL - The End of a Legend.

Reuth, Ralf Georg (trans. by Debra S. Marmor and Herbert A. Danner), · 2005 · A Book for all Reasons

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

Haus Books, London, 2005, 1st edn., vi, 247pp, half tone photo ills. in text, coloured endpapers, [i] notes, red cloth lettered in white at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a new assessment of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, stripping ...

CHURCHILL.

Jenkins, Roy, · 2002 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Pan Books, London, 2002, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxii, 1001pp, 40pp coloured and half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a biography of Winston Spencer Churchill, from his early days as a young subaltern and journalist into politics and throug...

MY YEARS WITH CHURCHILL.

McGowan, Norman, · 1959 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, #G307, 156pp,. 4pp half tone photo ills., [iv], pictorial wrappers, memoirs and anecdotes of Winston S. Churchill from his valet of the late 1940's and early 1950's, a little rubbed at extrems., edges well tanned, lighht creasing ...

THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD-MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG.

Montgomery, Field-Marshal the Viscount, of Alamein, · 1958 · A Book for all Reasons

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Collins, London, 1958, 1st edn., 574pp, half tone frontis portrait, 24pp half tone photo ills., 14pp maps, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the autobiography of a leading soldier which covers much personal detail incl...

HITLER.

Toland, John, · 1998 · A Book for all Reasons

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Wordsworth Editions, Ware - Herts, 1998, 4th imp., trade paperback, xx inc. 2 double page maps, 1035pp, 64pp half tone photo ills., with glossary, bibliography and notes on sources, pictorial upper wrapper, a mammoth biography weighing 1.2kg, drawing on extensive research inv...

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH - A History of Nazi Germany.

Shirer, William R., · 1964 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Pan Books, London, 1964, 1st in imprint, paperback, 1436pp, [iv] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, the classic history of the Third Reich by the former Germany correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and Columbia Broadcasting Service, one of the last to leave Berlin in 1941, he...

THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Overy, R. J., · 1987 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Longman, London, 1987, 1st edn., trade paperback original, vii, 129pp, maps and tables in text, pictorial cartoon upper wrapper by Low, in the Seminar Studies in History series, an re-assessment of the origins of WW2 by the Lecturer in History at Kings College, University of ...

HERMANN GÖRING.

Manvell, Roger and Fraenkel, Heinrich, · 1968 · A Book for all Reasons

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New English Library Mentor, London, 1968, revised edn., 1st in imprint, paperback, 283pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, biography of Hermann Göring, veteran airman of WW1 and one of the earliest members of the Nazi Party, seriously wounded at the Munich putsch, founder ...

THE TRAIL OF THE FOX - The Life of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel.

Irving, David, · 1978 · A Book for all Reasons

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Futura, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 511pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), a biography of Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, using for the first time the Rommel family papers and photographs, from his early military days in Italy in WW1...

HISTORY OF THE SS.

Graber, G. S., · 1994 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Diamond Books, London, 1994, 1st in imprint, paperback, 244pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper by John Knights, woven round the life of Heinrich Himmler the author reveals little known aspects of the military wing of the Nazi Party, the Schutzstaffel or SS, their rituals, the f...

ROMMEL.

Young, Desmond, · 1965 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Fontana Books, London, 1965, paperback, 316pp, pictorial wrappers, account of the life, military record and death of the legendary Afrika Corps commander incl. his service in WW1 and between the wars, sl. spine roll and slant, rubbed and creased at extrems., lightly soiled, s...

THE THIRD REICH.

Williamson, D. G., · 1983 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Longman Group, Harlow - Essex, 1983, trade paperback, 108pp, map in text, photo pictorial panel upper wrapper, in the 'Seminar Studies in History' series, an account of the Third Reich, from the Nazi seizure of power to the end of WW2, with numerous refernces for further rea...

THE GOEBBELS DIARIES - The Last Days.

Trevor-Roper, Hugh (ed), · 1979 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Pan Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback trade edition, 368pp, double page map, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Minister of Propaganda kept a diary throughout his time as a member of the Nazi Party and this covers the period of the last weeks of WW2 from February-Apri...

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN.

Terraine, John, · 1970 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Arrow Books, London, 1970, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 32 pp half tone photo ills., photo-pictorial wrappers, tv tie-in with Rediffusion Television's production of the same name, an illustrated biography from childhood to retirement, including brief details of HMS Kelly...

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN.

Terraine, John, · 1980 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Arrow Books, London, 1980, new issue, trade paperback, 202pp, 64pp half tone ills., photo-pictorial wrappers, a larger format re-issue about 9 x 6 inches without mention of the earlier 1970 Arrow edition, with a postscript about Mountbatten's assassination by the IRA in 1979 ...