Biografia

PRELUDE TO DOWNFALL - Hitler and the United States 1939-1941.

Friedlander, Saul (trans. by Aline B. And Alexander Werth), · 1967 · A Book for all Reasons

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Chatto and Windus, London, 1967, 1st edn. UK, xii, 328pp, [x], black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, originally published in French and revised and updated for this English edition, an account of German foreign policy towards USA during WW2 until Pearl...

HITLER - The Path to Power.

Flood, Charles Bracelen, · 1989 · A Book for all Reasons

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,060)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1989, 1st edn. UK, xiv, 686pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo pictorial dustwrapper, heavy, an account of Hitler's early years beginning in 1919 with Germany in financial ruin...

GERMANY CALLING - A Personal Biography of William Joyce, 'Lord Haw-Haw'.

Kenny, Mary, · 2003 · A Book for all Reasons

£21.50 (€25.77 | $28.41 | ¥4,537)

New Island, Dublin, 2003, 1st edn. Ireland, xx, 300pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., Joyce family pedigree in text, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, black endpapers, photo pictorial dustwrapper, dustwrapper: unpriced, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

HITLER.

Stone, Norman, · 1985 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Coronet, London, 1985, 2nd imp., paperback, 240pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, a biography of Adolf Hitler, a shrewd and vivid portrait of Hitler by an award-winning porofessor of history, light creasing in spine, rubbed at extrems.,...

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

Montgomery, Field-Marshal the Viscount, of Alamein, · 1974 · A Book for all Reasons

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Collins, London, 1974, 6th imp., 574pp, frontis portrait, 38pp half tone photo ills. and maps, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the autobiography of a leading soldier which covers much personal detail including his boyhood and early days ...

HORROCKS - The General Who Led From The Front.

Warner, Philip, · 1984 · A Book for all Reasons

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1984, 1st edn., xi, 195pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, light green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, biography of General Sir Brian Horrocks, covering his army career from 2nd Lietenant in the Middlesex Regi...

INNOCENT MEN.

Howard, Peter, · 1941 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Heinemann, London, 1941, 1st edn., [vi], 161pp, dark green cloth lettered in white at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a political journalist's benign investigation of 'The Oxford Group', Frank Buchman's UK evangelical campaign for 'Moral Re-armament', controversial beca...

WAR DIARIES - Politics and War in the Mediterranean January 1943-May 1945.

Macmillan, Harold, · 1985 · A Book for all Reasons

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

Macmillan Papermac, London, 1985, paperback, xxiv, 804pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, based on letters written to his wife, this diary by the British Minister Resident in North Africa 1943-45 present...

BENITO MUSSOLINI - A Biography.

Hibbert, Christopher, · 1963 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Reprint Society, London, 1963, club edn., 415pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., family tree, quarter bound in maroon paper covered boards with black paper backed spine, red title panel at spine lettered in gilt, top edge coloured, a biography of the life of the Fascist dictator ...

ON BORROWED TIME - How World War II began.

Mosley, Leonard, · 1971 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1971, 1st in imprint, paperback, xvix, 490pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 3 maps in text, [i] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, an historical narrative and exhaustive study of the political machinations behind the Munich agreement and in the period up ...

PATTON - THE COMMANDER.

Essame, H., · 1974 · A Book for all Reasons

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

B. T. Batsford, London, ND (copyright 1974), viii, 280pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., cartoon and 8 maps in text, lime green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, photo pictorial dustwrapper, biography of George S. Patton Jr., including his early life but mainly...

MONTGOMERY - A Biography.

Moorehead, Alan, · 1947 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1947, 2nd imp., 255pp, frontis port. and 15 other photo plates, folding map and 2 others in text, maps at endpapers, russet cloth lettered in gilt at spine, plain lettered dustwrapper, biography of the controversial and eccentric British soldier, incl...

MOUNTBATTEN - Hero of our Time.

Hough, Richard, · 1981 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Club Associates, London, 1981, club edn., 335pp, 32pp half tone ills., family tree at endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, life story of Mountbatten including chapters on HMS Kelly, Combined Operations and Supreme Command, edges...

1943 - THE VICTORY THAT NEVER WAS.

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

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Eyre Methuen, London, 1980, 1st edn., 255pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an examination of WW2 from Pearl Harbor, of the relationship between Roosevelt and Churchill, and a re-appraisal of the poli...

HISTORY OF THE SS.

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

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,216)

Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., [xii], 244pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., tables of SS structure, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, woven round the life of Heinrich Himmler the author reveals little known aspects of the milita...

BLACKMAIL OR WAR.

Tabouis, Genevieve (trans. by Paul Selver), · 1938 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1938, 2nd imp., paperback, 246pp, 40 in text ills. by Joss, [viii] ads., #S3, Penguin orange and white wrappers with matching dustwrapper, a Penguin Special, a political commentary by the diplomatic editor of the French newspaper l'Oeuvre, a study of ...

THE WAR AND COLONEL WARDEN.

Pawle, Gerald (foreword Averell Harriman), · 1963 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

George G. Harrap, London, 1963, 2nd imp., [vi], 427pp, half tone frontis port., 22pp half tone photo ills., folding map, street plan, 2 maps and facsimiles in text, dichromatic red/black cloth with black title panel lettered and bordered in gilt at spine, based on the recolle...

THE COMING OF WAR IN 1939.

Medlicott, W. N., · 1969 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Routledge and Kegan Paul for The Historical Association, London, 1969, reprint, paperback, 31pp, [i] ads., stapled light grey paper wrapper lettered and decorated in red and blue, by the Stevenson Professor of International History, University of London, an examination of the...

THE COMING OF WAR IN 1939.

Medlicott, W. N., · 1963 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Routledge and Kegan Paul for The Historical Association, London, 1963, 1st edn., paperback, 31pp, stapled light grey paper wrapper lettered and decorated in red and blue, by the Stevenson Professor of International History, University of London, an examination of the politica...

ROMMEL.

Young, Desmond, · 1950 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Collins, London, 1950, 3rd. imp., 288pp, frontis port. and 7 half tone plates, maps in text, maps at eps., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine with gilt swastika emblem upper board, lower edge uncut, col'd lettered dustwrapper, account of the life, military record and death...