Biografia

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

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

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Collins, London, 1958, 1st edn., 574pp, half tone frontis portrait, 24pp half tone photo ills., 14pp maps, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, the autobiography of a leading soldier which covers much personal detail including his boyhood and early days ...

ATLANTIC MEETING.

Morton, H. V., · 1944 · A Book for all Reasons

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Methuen, London, 1944 4th edn., 160pp, coloured frontis, 16pp half (almost sepia) tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, dark green cloth lettered in yellow at spine, marked third edition on title and fourth edition on verso of title, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, when Winston...

WHO'S WHO IN NAZI GERMANY.

Wistrich, Robert, · 1984 · A Book for all Reasons

£11.50 (€13.79 | $15.20 | ¥2,427)

Bonanza Books, New York, 1984, US edn., [vi], 359pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a reference guide to the leading 350 prominent or significant individuals of the German Third Reich, listed in alphabetic...

HITLER - A Study in Tyranny.

Bullock, Alan, · 1952 · A Book for all Reasons

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Odhams, London, 1952, 2nd imp., 776pp, half tone frontis portrait, 8pp half tone photo ills., pedigree and 3 maps in text, dark blue cloth probably once lettered in gilt at spine, a balanced and authoritative biography of Hitler and history of the Third Reich by a distinguish...

CHESHIRE V.C. - A Story of War and Peace.

Braddon, Russell, · 1966 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Arrow, London, 1966, 1st in imprint, paperback, 191pp, [i] ads., pictorial wrappers, Group Captain Leonard Cheshire was one of the major innovative flying brains of Bomber Command, serving with 102 squadron and in command of 76 and 617 squadrons, he introduced low level targe...

JOSEPH GOEBBELS.

Riess, Curt, · 1949 · A Book for all Reasons

£26.50 (€31.77 | $35.02 | ¥5,592)

Hollis and Caret, London, 1949, 1st edn., x, 460pp, coloured and lettered paper covered boards, a biography of Joseph Goebbels, based on unpublished speeches and pamphlets and on notes taken of interviews with his relatives and the people round him, the author is able to give...

THE ALEXANDER MEMOIRS 1940-1945.

Alexander of Tunis, Field-Marshal Earl (Ed. John North), · 1962 · A Book for all Reasons

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,748)

Cassell, London, 1962, 1st edn., xiv inc. double page map, 210pp, half tone frontis portrait, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, light brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the edited memoirs of the Commander-in-Chief Middle East, deputy...

DIARIES AND LETTERS 1939-45.

Nicolson, Harold (ed. by Nigel Nicolson), · 1968 · A Book for all Reasons

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Collins, London, 1968, 3rd imp.,511pp, frontis and 7 half tone photo plates, bright yellow cloth with black title panel lettered in gilt at spine, plain coloured lettered dustwrapper, Harold Nicolson, diplomat, writer, husband of Vita Sackville West, associate of Virginia Wo...

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN.

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

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

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 ...

BOMBER HARRIS - The Story of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, Bt, GCB, OBE, AFC, LLD, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (sic), Bomber Command, 1942-1945.

Saward, Dudley, · 1984 · A Book for all Reasons

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,060)

Cassell - Buchan and Enright, London, 1984, 1st edn., 347pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, the authorised biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris and ...

THE HUNT FOR MARTIN BORMANN - THE TRUTH.

Whiting, Charles (aka Leo Kessler), · 1996 · A Book for all Reasons

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Leo Cooper, London, 1996, revised edn., trade paperback, xvi, 222pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., pictorial wrappers, an account of the numerous hunts for Hitler's private secretary, one of the most powerful men of the Third Reich officially last seen running from the Fuhrer Bu...

HISTORY OF THE SS.

Graber, G. S., · 1978 · A Book for all Reasons

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,849)

Robert Hale, London, 1978, 1st edn., [xii], 244pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 4pp table of the structure of the SS in 1944 in text, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, woven round the life of Heinrich Himmler the author reveals little known a...

FIRE IN THE NIGHT - Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia and Zion.

Bierman, John and Smith, Colin, · 2000 · A Book for all Reasons

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Macmillan, London, 2000, 1st edn., [x], 434pp, half tone frontis portrait, 16pp half tone photo ills., in text maps, [i] acknowledgments, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, biography of the brilliant maverick covering his early life and his ti...

THE SS - Alibi of a Nation 1922-45.

Reitlinger, Gerald (with a new foreword by Martin Gilbert), · 1981 · A Book for all Reasons

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Arms and Armour Press, London,1981, 1st in imprint, xvi, 502pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, originally published by Heinemann in 1956, an account of the origin and rise of the SS -the Schutzstaffel, the Naz...

MEETING AT POTSDAM.

Mee, Charles L. Jnr., · 1975 · A Book for all Reasons

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Andre Deutsch, London, 1975, 1st edn., xiv, 370pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), through log books, eyewitness accounts and recently opened conference...

THE BRUTAL FRIENDSHIP - Mussolini, Hitler and the Fall of Italian Fascism.

Deakin, F. W., · 1962 · A Book for all Reasons

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,693)

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1962, 2nd imp., xiv, 896pp, large format (9.5 x 6 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, an account of the Fascist regime in Italy after the military setbacks in North Africa, and of the stages leading to th...

THE FULL MONTY - Volume 1 : Montgomery of Alamein 1887-1942.

Hamilton, Nigel, · 2002 · A Book for all Reasons

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Penguin, London, 2002, trade paperback, xxvii, [xiii], 902pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 14 maps on 13 pages, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, NOT a reissue of the author's previous 'Monty - The Making of a General 1887-1942' but a new examination of the life and caree...

SS 1 - THE UNLIKELY DEATH OF HEINRICH HIMMLER.

Thomas, Hugh, · 2001 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Fourth Estate, London, ND (circa 2001), reprint, xii, 276pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, in May 1945 Heinrich Himmler was captured by the Allies, committed suicide and was buried on ...

IRELAND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Wood, Ian S., · 2002 · A Book for all Reasons

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.18 | ¥2,743)

Caxton Editions, London, ND (copyright 2002), 184pp, half tone photo ills. and facsimiles throughtout, decorative endpapers, large format (11.5 x 8 inches approx.), laminated photo pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, an account of the R...

RAVENSTEIN - Portrait of a German General.

Ryder, Rowland, · 1978 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,216)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1978, 1st edn., x, 214pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, pictorial dustwrapper, winner of 'pour le mérite' as a subaltern in WW1, he was in command of an armoured unit in the invasion of Poland in...