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Pictorial History of the War. [Vol. VI.] 12 June to 6 Auust 1940. [THIS VOLUME ONLY.]. Edited by Walter Hutchinson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

HUTCHINSON, ed. Walter · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Virtue & Co., [c.1940]. 8vo., with illustrated title-spread, double-page illustrations in the text and printed endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver and black, blue top, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case. Similar in principal t...

Assault Division. A History of the 3rd Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany. New Foreword by Michael Howard. Foreword to the First Edition by Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

SCARFE Norman · 0 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

Spellmount, Staplehurst, [2004]. 8vo., Second Edition, with 35 plates on 24 and 7 maps (one double-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine coy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed updated and extended reissue of the scarce original edition of 1947. The British ...

SOE and the Resistance as told in 'The Times' Obituaries. Edited by Michael Tillotson. Foreword by Professor Michael Foot. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

TILLOTSON, ed. Michael · 0 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Continuum, [2011]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Setting Europe Ablaze. Some Account of Ungentlemanly Warfare BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

DODDS-PARKER Douglas · 0 · Island Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,389)

Springwood Books, [Windlesham], [1984]. 8vo., First Impression, fore-edge tanning lightly as often; ivory cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.271.

The War the Infantry knew. 1914-1919. A Chronicle of Service in France and Belgium.[With the Second Battalion, His Majesty's Twenty-Third Foot, The Royal Welch Fusiliers: founded on Personal Records. [Second (First Trade) Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

DUNN Captain J. C. · 0 · Island Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,621)

Jane's, [1987]. 8vo., Second (First Trade) Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. This important work, to which Sassoon was a primary contributor, was first published priv...

I was There. The Human Story of the Great War of 1914-1918. Edited by Sir John Hammerton. NEAR FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

HAMMERTON, ed. Sir John · 1934 · Island Books

£344.00 (€412.33 | $454.47 | ¥72,551)

Waverley Book Company, n.d. [1934]. 4 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, title-vignettes and many thousands of remarkable photographs (many tinted or toned in sepia) and maps in the text; original publisher's binding of navy faux-morocco cloth grained in blac...

Welsh Guards at War. [Foreword by Field-Marshal Alexander of Tunis]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

ELLIS Major L. F. · 1946 · Island Books

£82.00 (€98.29 | $108.33 | ¥17,294)

Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1946. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 9 fine coloured plates by Augustus John, Rex Whistler and others, and very numerous photographs, illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers...

Nuremberg. A Personal Record of the Trial of the Major Nazi War Criminals in 1945-6. [Foreword by Rebecca West]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

NEAVE Airey · 0 · Island Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,498)

Hodder & Stoughton, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper Following his war service with MI6 and MI9, Neave was appointed to the British War Crimes Executive and served the Allied indictments o...

Gentleman and Warrior. The Legend of W.E. Fairbairn. The Shanghai Years. Research by Peter Robins and Nicholas Tyler. Compiled and edited by Paul R. Child. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS

ROBINS, Paul · 0 · Island Books

£940.00 (€1,126.73 | $1,241.88 | ¥198,249)

[CQB Publications, Harlow], [2005]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and very numerous illustrations in the text; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy. Surely the definitive account of Fairbairn's pre-war service with the Shanghai Municipal P...

The Spies of Winter. The GCHQ Codebreakers who fought the Cold War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

McKAY Sinclair · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Aurum, [2016]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The Paperclip Conspiracy. The Battle for the Spoils and Secrets of Nazi Germany. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BOWER Tom · 0 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

Michael Joseph, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front paste-down.

Prof: Alan Turing Decoded. A Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

TURING Dermot · 0 · Island Books

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History Press, [Stroud], [2015]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written biography of the 'Prof' of Bletchley Park by his nephew.

Wellington. The Years of the Sword [with] Wellington. Pillar of State. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

LONGFORD Elizabeth · 0 · Island Books

£76.00 (€91.10 | $100.41 | ¥16,029)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1969-72]. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps, and armorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt backs, yellow tops, a near fine set in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. The finest biography to date of the controversial soldier and sta...

My War in SOE. [Behind Enemy Lines in France and Burma.] SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

VERLANDER Harry · 0 · Island Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,621)

[Independent Books, Bromley], [2010]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Survival among the Jedburgh team...

The Men of the Line. Stories of the Thai-Burma Railway Survivors. NEAR FINE COPY

WRIGHT Pattie · 0 · Island Books

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Miegunyah Press, [Carlton, Victoria] [2008]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in blue and black, text in red and black, very numerous photographs and facsimiles (a number ful-page) throughout, and printed endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, backstrip lettered i...

Diary of a War Artist. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

ARDIZZONE Edward · 0 · Island Books

£84.00 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,716)

The Bodley Head, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, pale blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. Ardizzo...

The Tragedy of the Dardanelles. Translated by Winifred Ray. With an Introduction by General Sir Ian Hamilton. [First English Edition.] REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

DELAGE Edmond · 0 · Island Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,076)

John Lane The Bodley Head, [1932]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with full-page map on japon; original pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, fresh, crisp copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in ...

Detour. The Story of Oflag IVC [Colditz]. Edited by Lt. J.E.R. Wood., Drawings by Lt. J.F. Watton, Border Regt. THE COLDITZ PORTRAITS

WOOD, ed. J. E. R. · 1946 · Island Books

£142.00 (€170.21 | $187.60 | ¥29,948)

Falcon Press, 1946. 4to., First Edition, with fine coloured portrait frontispiece and 63 plates in colours and monochrome; original black cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. The plates include Wa...

The Trial of Major German War Criminals. Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal sitting at Nuremberg Germany. Taken from the Official Transcript. [23 Parts plus 4 Supplementary Volumes. Complete Extended Set of the UK Edition.] THE NUREMBERG TRIALS. COMPLETE EXTENDED SET OF THE ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS

NUREMBERG TRIALS · 1946 · Island Books

£1,480.00 (€1,774.00 | $1,955.30 | ¥312,136)

HMSO, 1946-1951. Together 27 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 2 large folding charts; original printed wrappers, one or two backstrips scuffed at head and tail else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set. The extended set comprises: Part 1: 20 Nov 1945 to 1 Dec 1945 (...

The Oxford Companion to the Second World War. General Editor: I.C.B. Dear. Consultant Editor: M.R.D. Foot. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

DEAR, ed. I. C. B. · 1995 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.