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122 libri di A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
TO WIN A WAR - 1918 The Year of Victory.
Terraine, John, · 2008
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Cassell, London, 2008, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 284pp, 32pp half tone phptp ills., half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, the classic narrative of the final year of WW1, the defensive victories of the Allies against the German Spring offensive, then Foch’s c...
THE LOUSIER WAR.
Tucker, W. A., · 1975
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
New English Library, London, 1975, new edn., paperback original, 125pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the experiences of a British solder who, after two previous attempts , managed to join the 15th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, swearing to be 19 when actually 17 years old...
FIRST OF THE MANY - The Story of Independent Force, RAF.
Morris, A, · 1969
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Arrow, London, 1969, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, by July 1917 the British government was under extreme political pressure to counter the German bombing of London with seeming impunity. The Prime M...
THE K BOATS.
Everitt, Don, · 1973
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
New English Library, London, 1973, 2nd imp., paperback, 142pp, maps, diagrams/line drawings in text, [ii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, between August 1816 and May 1918 the Royal Navy commissioned seventeen submersible destroyers, steam submarines designated a...
DARDANELLES PATROL.
Shankland, Peter and Hunter, Anthony, · 1978
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Mayflower, London, 1978, reprint, paperback,159pp, maps and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Chris Mayger, and account of the British submarine E11 in 1915 to spearhead '.. a mission to force the Dardanelles and give Allied Forces access to the Sea of Mar...
THE GREAT WAR AT SEA - A History of Naval Action 1914-1918.
Hoehling, A. A., · 1967
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Corgi, London, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 315pp, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, [v] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, the story of naval warfare during WW1 covers from the minor skirmishes to Jutland, the mine barrages and submarines, lightly rub...
JUTLAND.
Macintyre, Captain Donald, DSO**, DSC, RN, · 1966
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan, London, 1966, reset edn., paperback, 256pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., 2 double page maps and several plans/diagrams in text, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, account of the greatest naval event of WW1, the meeting of the German High Seas Fleet with the Briti...
THE LAST CRUISE OF THE EMDEN.
Hoyt, Edwin P., · 1969
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Mayflower, London, 1969, reprint, paperback, 250pp, [vi] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the exploits of the German cruiser Emden, part of Germany's Far East Squadron during WW1, sinking some 20 merchant ships as well as a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer until ...
PASSCHENDAELE - The Untold Story.
Prior, Robin and Wilson, Trevor, · 1996
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Yale University Press, ND (copyright 1996), paperback, frontis map, xvi, 237pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, co-written by a lecturer in history at the Australian Defence Force Academy and Pro...
THE KILLING TIME - The U-Boat War 1914-18.
Gray, Edward A., · 1975
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 244pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of the early days of submarine warfare when the opponent was as much the elements as the enemy, and the success of this new weapon of war whic...
THE KILLING TIME - The U-Boat War 1914-18.
Gray, Edward A., · 1975
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 244pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of the early days of submarine warfare when the opponent was as much the elements as the enemy, and the success of this new weapon of war whic...
OPENING MOVES : August 1914.
Keegan, John, · 1973
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
Pan/Ballantine, London, 1973, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine 'History of World War l' series, both France and Germany had pl...
WOMEN OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.
Chauncey, A., · 1918
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
W.R.A.F. Old Comrades' Association, ND, 1st edn., xviii, 107pp, half tone frontis portrait, 6pp half tone photo ills., coloured decorative endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), dark blue cloth with white title label on upper board decorated and lettered in blac...
ARMY SERVICE RECORDS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
Fowler, Simon, Spencer, William and Tamblin, Stuart, · 1996
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Public Record Office, Richmond, 1996, 1st edn., paperback original, x, 55pp, memorial scroll frontis, half tone photo ills., maps and facsimiles in text, large format (11.5 x 8" approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a guide to the WW1 army records held by the Pub...
COMMAND ON THE WESTERN FRONT - The military career of Sir Henry Rawlinson 1914-18.
Prior, Robin and Wilson, Trevor, · 1992
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
Blackwell, Oxford, 1992, 1st edn. UK, viii, 421pp, maps in text, large format (9 x 6" approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine. coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an examination of the command of the battlefield itself, where the war is won or lost, rather than of the ove...
THEY FOUGHT FOR THE SKY.
Reynolds, Quentin, · 1960
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan Books, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 285pp, 16pp photo ills., pictorial wrappers, the story of the First World War in the air, where, during the fiercer periods, the average life of a pilot was three weeks, slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., cnrs. inclined to ...
THE ROAD TO EN-DOR.
Jones, E. H., · 1955
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan Books, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 254pp, [ii] ads., #364, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, slightly abridged from the original 1919 edition, the classic POW escape story of WW1, covering the exploits of a young Welsh Lieutennant E. H. Jones with his Austrla...
VIMY RIDGE.
McKee, Alexander, · 1968
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan, London, 1968, 1st in imprint, paperback, 267pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [v] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the author served in rhe London Scottish and the Gordon Highlanders in WW2 and with the Candian Army in Normandy and so is familiar with ...
AMIENS: 1918.
Blaxland, Gregory, · 1981
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Star, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, xiv, 274pp, maps in text, pictorail upper wrapper, 1918 began with the British feeling defeated and demoralised having lost a quarter of a million men in the previous 6 months but Amiens was to be the fulcrum of the Allied line d...
JUTLAND.
Macintyre, Captain Donald, DSO**, DSC, RN, · 1960
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan Books, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, 2 double page maps and several plans/diagrams in text, [ii] ads.,pictorial wrappers, account of the greatest naval event of WW1, the meeting of the German High Seas Fleet with the British Grand Fleet at Jutland, in Ma...