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THE REGIMENT - The Definitive Story of the SAS.

Asher, Michael, · 2018

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin, London, 2018, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxvi inc maps, 588pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo montage upper wrapper, an in-depth study of SAS operations and personalities, the author is a former soldier in 2q3 SAS Regiment reconstructs in detail gre...

A WRITER AT WAR - Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945.

Beevor, Antony and Vinogradova, Luba (ed. and trans. by), · 2012

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pimlico, London,ND (circa 2012), reprint, paperback, xxi, 378 pp. half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. in text, coloured map inside front cover, phto pictorial wrappers, the author was deemed unfit for military service against the germans when they invaded Russia in...

THE SOUND OF HISTORY - EL ALAMEIN 1942.

Doherty, Richard, · 2002

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 2002, 1st edn., xvii, 254pp., 8pp.half tone photo ills., maps in text, pictorial dustwrapper, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, an account of the Battle of El Alamein, one of the three major turning points of WW2, ...

ARDENNES 1944 - HITLER'S LAST GAMBLE.

Beevor, Anthony, · 2015

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin/Viking, London, 2015, 1st edn., xix, 451 pp. 24 pp. half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, a very readable account of the German Ardennes offensive in December 1944, when three field armies, spearheaded by the 6th panzer Army,...

THE TIGER KILLS.

[Hingston, Lt.-Col. W. G. and Stevens, Lt.-Col. G. R.], · 1944

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 195pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, pictorial wrappers, 8 x 5" approx., a sequel to 'The Tiger Strikes', the story mainly of the 4th Indian Infantry Division in North Africa, the forma...

THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS.

Owen, Frank and Atkins, H. W., · 1945

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback, 72pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, double page 2 colour maps of the North African campaign 1942/3, separate map of Tunisia, cap badges of regiments inside wrappers, stapled coloured pictorial wrappers by Eric Kennington, 9 x 7", a...

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, · 1944

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by LTA Robinson Ltd., London, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an...

THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AT WAR - An Official Record of Service in Two Hemispheres 1939-1945.

HMSO, · 1944

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn. UK, paperback, 72pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, stapled photo montage wrappers, 8 x 5", first published in Australia, this UK edition reprints the account of the Australian army at war in Europe, North Africa, South-East Asia and at...

SWORD OF BONE.

Rhodes, Anthony, · 1958

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

WDL, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, an epic story of the fight for the beaches of Dunkirk, slight roll to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

THE SANDS OF DUNKIRK.

Collier, Richard, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Fontana, London, 1974, reprint, paperback, 255pp, 8pp half tone photo ills. (complete), double page map of evacuation in text, [i] ad., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers, written 20 years after the event and based on first hand testimony of those who survived Dunkirk, th...

ARNHEM.

Urquhart, Major-General R. E., CB, DSO, · 1960

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 221pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps/plans in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, by the commander of the 1st Airborne Division that had the task of seizing the final bridge over the Neder Rhine at Arnhem in Operati...

WITH ROMMEL IN THE DESERT.

Schmidt, Heinz Werner, · 1965

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Panther, London, 1965, reprint, paperback, 192pp, maps in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, the author a young Lieutenant, joined Lieutenant General Rommel's staff in March 1941 from Eritrea and remained in North Africa until shortly after the promoted Field-Marshal Rommel...

MAN OF ARMOUR - A study of Lieut.-General Vyvyan Pope and the development of armoured warfare.

Lewin, Ronald, · 1976

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Lee Cooper, London, 1976, 1st edn., 152pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the military career of Vyvyan Pope who joined the 1st Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment and served in Ireland, at ...

CORPS COMMANDER.

Horrocks, Sir Brian with Belfield, Eversley and Essame, Major-General H. Essame, · 1977

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1977, 1st edn., xvi, 256pp, half tone photo frontis portrait, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and maps, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, sign of XXX Corps in gilt upper board, pictorial montage dustwrapper, after spending 14 months rec...

DIEPPE TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH.

Whitaker, Brigadier General Denis DSO and Bar, CM, ED, CD and Whitaker, Shelagh, · 1952

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Lee Cooper, Barnsley, xix, 372pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, lettered dustwrapper, a re-assessment of the Dieppe raid that saw 3000 Canadians killed, wounded or taken pri...

CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS.

Pitt, Barrie (Editorial Consultant: Jack Le Vien), · 1981

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1981, 1st edn., 196pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the events upon which the BBC-Le Vien TV play, by Ian Curteis, titled 'Churchill and the ...

THE LONELY LEADER - MONTY 1944-1945.

Horne, Alastair with Montgomery, David, · 1994

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Macmillan, London, 1994, 1st edn., xxvii, 381pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in white at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a re-assessment of Field Marshal Mongomery as a leader as well as a narrrative of the campaign...

EL ALAMEIN.

Carver, Michael, · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Fontana, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps and plans in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Battle of El Alamein in October/November 1942 which began to turn the tide against the Germans in North Africa, with...

THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.

Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H., · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, #T34, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Leech, in the British Battles Series, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armi...

D-DAY - The Battle For Normandy.

Beevor, Antony, · 2010

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin, London, 2010, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xv, 592pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, half tone pictorial upper wrapper, an account by the award winning historian of the Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day, 1944, involving by far the lar...