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Swastika over Guernsey, An Outline of the German Occupation and the Liberation of the Island. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY

COYSH Victor · 1955 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

[Guernsey Press Co., Guernsey, 1955]. 8vo., Second Impression, with 9 plates on 8; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Published in the same year as the first edition.

The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. A Pictorial History of the Final Days of WWII. Technical Adviser Dr. Hans-Adolf Jacobsen. Translated from the German by Arnold Pomerans.

DOLLINGER Hans · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Odhams, [1968]. Roy. 8vo., First English Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout, and front and rear photographic endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arranged chronologically by sector, this spectacular collection of phot...

Strange Fighters, We British!. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

EVANS Trevor · 1941 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Robert Hale, 1941. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth; backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly soiled dustwrapper. Fascinating review of Britain's industrial status (including the loss of production of munitions) early in WWII. The author was Indu...

The Passing of the Stewarts [1638-1748]. [Second Edition].

MACKENZIE Agnes Mure · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, [1958]. 8vo., Second Edition, with a folding pedigree and full-page map in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The fifth volume, complete in itself, of Agnes Mackenzi...

MI9. The British Secret Service that fostered Escape and Evasion 1939-1945 and its American Counterpart. Foreword by Field-Marshal Sir Gerald Templer. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

FOOT M. R. D. · 0 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Bodley Head, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and 4 illustrations and 5 maps (one double-page) in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The standard reference. Enser, p.76

Regiments of Gloucestershire.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT · 1991 · Island Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

[English Life Publications, Derby, 1991]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Well-illustrated general summary

The German Opposition to Hitler.An Assessment. Translated from the German by Lawrence Wilson. [First English Edition.] WERNER KNOPP'S COPY

ROTHFELS Hans · 0 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

Oswald Wolff, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition thus; black, cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. This copy was presented by Werner Knopp to the library at St. Antony's College, Oxford. It bears the College's bookplate on front paste-down and neat stamp on title. Dr. Werner K...

The Canaris Conspiracy. The Secret Resistance to Hitler in the German Army. FROM ST. ANTONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD

MANVELL R. · 0 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Heinemann, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with 11 plates on 4; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and bears its bookplate on front paste-down and neat stamp on title.

Destroyer from America. Illustrated by John Worsley. [Third Impression]. THE 'ENIGMA CAPTURE'; A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY

FERNALD John · 0 · Island Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

Jonathan Cape, [1942]. 8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial cloth blocked in black, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, firm copy in unclipped dus...

Les Accords Secrets Franco-Britanniques de Novembre-Decembre 1940. Histoire ou Mystification. A CHATHAM HOUSE COPY

SCHMITT G. · 1957 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1957. 8vo., First Edition; strongly bound in cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, London, and bears its cancelled bookplate on...

European Resistance Movements 1939-1945. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the History of the Resistance Movements held at Milan 26-29 March 1961. [Foreword by Andre Puttemans. Introduction by Ferrucio Parri]. A CHATHAM HOUSE COPY

PUTTEMANS, fwd.] [Andre · 1964 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Pergamon, 1964. 8vo., First Edition, with 11 plates on 4; strongly bound in red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of the Royal Institute of International Affair at Chatham House, London, and bears its bookplate on front paste-down...

Orders of Battle. United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War 1939-1945. Prepared for the Historical Section of the Cabinet Office. Based on Official Documents. [Third Impression]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

JOSLEN Lieut.-Col. H.F. · 0 · Island Books

£186.00 (€222.95 | $245.73 | ¥39,228)

HMSO, [1974]. 2 vols., sm. folio, Third Impression, with several gatefold leaves; original series binding of buckram gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-marked at backstrips ands fold-ins. The standard reference, published in the ...

Standing Orders of The Durham Light Infantry. With a short Record of the First and Second Battalions. Published under King's Regulations (1935) Para. 1651. [Preface by General Beauvoir de Lisle]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY · 1936 · Island Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,559)

Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1936. 8vo., interleaved with blanks throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; regimental green cloth, gilt badge on upper cover, red cloth back lettered in gilt, corners very lightly frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Appendic...

The Road to Yorktown.

SELBY John · 0 · Island Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Hamish Hamilton, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Objective review of the American War of Independence published to mark the...

Towards World Citizenship. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY: 225 COPIES WERE PRINTED

HARRISON G. · 0 · Island Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

[Privately Printed], Mexborough, [1949]. 4to., First and Sole Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers and a few leaves moderately dust-soiled else a good, firm copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 225 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 109). A PRESENTATION COPY FR...

Souvenir d'une Visite a la Colonne de la Grande Armee, Boulogne-sur-Mer. [Booklet of 10 postcards].

ANON · 1920 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Levy, Paris, n.d.] [c.1920]. Sm. oblong booklet containing two pages on introductory text in French and English, and 10 monochrome postcards perforated at inner margin (all with original tissue guards), captioned in French and English; original wrappers printed in gilt and bla...

Waterloo. Cartes Vues detachables.

ANON · 1920 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Nels, [Brussels, n.d.] [c.1920]. Sm. oblong booklet containing 10 monochrome postcards perforated at inner margin (all with original tissue guards), captioned in French and English; original printed wrappers in black, yapped edges, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very go...

Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo. [12 illustrated Post-cards explaining the Panorama].

ANON · 1925 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Nels, [Brussels, n.d.] [c.1925]. Sm. oblong booklet containing two pages of introductory English text, and 12 monochrome postcards perforated at inner margin (all with original tissue guards), captioned in English; original wrappers printed in blue, yapped edges, covers very l...

La Belgique Historique. Waterloo. Cartes-Vues choisies.

ANON · 1920 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Desaix, [Brussels, n.d.] [c.1920]. Sm. oblong booklet containing 10 monochrome postcards perforated at inner margin (all with original tissue guards), captioned in French; original wrappers printed in red, yapped edges, covers very lightly age-soiled else a near fine copy. The...

Waterloo. Principaux Monuments. Chief Monuments. Cartes-Vues detachables. Unbindable illustrated Cards.

ANON · 1920 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Nels, [Brussels, n.d.] [c.1920]. Sm. oblong booklet containing 9 monochrome postcards perforated at inner margin (all with original tissue guards), captioned in French and English; original printed wrappers in red and green, yapped edges, covers very lightly age-soiled else a ...