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BY AIR TO BATTLE - The Official Account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1945
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 7 maps in text, stapled pictorial wrappers (9 x 5.5" approx.), with Pegasus design [by Edward Seago], a history of the birth, training and use of British parachute and glider troops, with an account of their missions in...
THE FROGMEN - The Story of the Wartime Underwater Operators.
Waldron, T. J. and Gleeson, James, · 1954
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
Pan Books, London, 1954, reprint, paperback, 160pp, 8pp half tone ills., diagrams in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the work of the Royal Navy frogmen in WW2, both defensive in mine clearance from ships and harbours and offensive, attacking the enemy from 2-man to...
A BRIDGE TOO FAR.
Ryan, Cornelius, · 1977
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
Coronet, London, 1977, 7th imp., paperback, 576pp, 8pp half tone ills., 10 maps, chart of command, pictorial wrappers, an account of Operation Market-Garden, an account of Operation Market-Garden, the airborne operation in September 1944 which planned to drop the US 101st and...
GREEN BEACH.
Leasor, James, · 1976
£7.00 (€8.38 | $9.42 | ¥1,488)
Corgi, London, 1976, reissued edn., paperback, 288pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of one of the objectives of the Dieppe raid in 1942, the examination of the German radar at Pourville, codenamed 'Green Beach', by an RAF flight ...
COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-42.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1943
£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 32pp half tone photo ills. and 7 maps in text, printed by Whitefriars Press, side stapled, photo pictorial wrappers, 8 x 5", report to date of the exploits under the Combined Operations Command including the formation o...
BY AIR TO BATTLE - The Official Account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1945
£12.00 (€14.37 | $16.14 | ¥2,550)
HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 7 maps in text, stapled pictorial wrappers (9 x 5.5" approx.), with Pegasus design [by Edward Seago], a history of the birth, training and use of British parachute and glider troops, with an account of their missions in...
THE WAR OF THE LANDING CRAFT.
Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry, · 1976
£24.00 (€28.75 | $32.28 | ¥5,100)
W. Foulsham, London, ND (copyright 1976), 1st edn., 256pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, at the outbreak of WW2 in 1939 Britain had only 40 small assault craft designed to be slung in the derr...
THE FORGOTTEN DEAD.
Small, Ken with Rogerson, Mark, · 1999
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Bloomsbury, London, 1999, 3rd hardback edition, x, 198pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, edges coloured (9.5 x 6.5" approx.), on the night of 27th April, 1944 Exercise Tiger took place off the Devon coast, a reh...
THE TIRPITZ.
Woodward, David, · 1955
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
Kimber, London, 1955, pocket edn., paperback,190pp,4pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, the story of the various attempts by the British by air and sea to neutralise the most powerful ship of the German Navy, the 42,000 ton battleshi...
THE FAR SHORE.
Ellsberg, Rear Admiral Edward, · 1964
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Panther, London, 1964, 1st in imprint, paperback, 318pp, maps, in text line drawings by James Macdonald [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, described in the introductory blub as a hard-hitting account of the massacre of Americans at Omaha Beach on D-Day, roll and sla...
COMMANDO.
Durnford-Slater, Brigadier John, · 1953
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
William Kimber, London, 1953, 5th pocket edn., paperback, 190pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., 6 maps in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of formation and training of the Commandos and of the operations and experiences of No.3 Commando from 1940-4...
THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL.
Phillips, C. E. Lucas, · 2001
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Pan Books, London, ND (circa 2001), reprint, trade paperback, xvi, 283pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps, plans and diagrams in text, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, account of Operation Chariot, the 1942 Commando raid on the Normandie Dock at St. Nazair...
DIEPPE AUGUST 19TH 1942.
Maguire, Eric, · 1974
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.40 | ¥1,169)
Corgi, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 185pp, 4pp half tone ills., maps in text, [vi] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, account of the attack on Dieppe in August, 1942, Operation Jubliee, from which only one third of those taking part returned, with detai...
COMMANDO.
Young, Peter, · 1970
£6.00 (€7.19 | $8.07 | ¥1,275)
Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps and numerous half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Weapons Book 7', in the darkest days of June, 1940 a new depart...
BY AIR TO BATTLE.
Macdonald, Charles, · 1970
£7.00 (€8.38 | $9.42 | ¥1,488)
Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Weapons Book No. 12', a history of the use of...
COMMANDO.
Durnford-Slater, Brigadier John D.S.O. and Bar, · 1953
£16.00 (€19.16 | $21.52 | ¥3,400)
William Kimber, London, 1953 1st edn., 222pp, half tone photo frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills., 6 maps in text, maps at endpapers, light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, an account of formation and training of the Commandos and of t...
BY AIR TO BATTLE - The Official Account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1945
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 7 maps in text, printed by The White Friars Press, London & Tonbridge, stapled pictorial wrappers with Pegasus design [by Edward Seago], a history of the birth, training and use of British parachute and glider troops, w...
COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-42.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1943
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 32pp half tone photo ills. and 7 maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, text and images printed by The Amalgamated Press, side stapled, photo pictorial wrappers, 8 x 5", report to date of the exploits under the Comb...
COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-42.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1943
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 32pp half tone photo ills. and 7 maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, text printed by Alabaster, Passmore and Sons, Ltd.. and images by Harrison and Sons, Ltd., London, side stapled, photo pictorial wrappers, 8 x ...
COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-42.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1943
£8.00 (€9.58 | $10.76 | ¥1,700)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 32pp half tone photo ills. and 7 maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, text printed by Whitefriars Press, images by Harrison and Sons, Ltd., London, side stapled, photo pictorial wrappers, 8 x 5", report to date of...