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THE RELUCTANT ENEMIES - The story of the last war between Britain and France 1940-1942.
Tute, Warren, · 1990
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Collins, London, 1990, 1st edn., 334pp, 6 maps in text, a library rebind in unlettered blue cloth, original half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the tensions and in some cases real antipathy between former allies Britain and France, after the President Marshal...
ENGINEERS OF VICTORY - The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide In The Second World War.
Kennedy, Paul, · 2014
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Penguin, London, 2014, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxvi, 436pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, an accouint of some of the Allies' logistical challenges of WW2 and how they were overcome, including protecion of convoys, co...
THE THREE YEARS OF FIGHTING FRANCE June 1940 - June 1943.
Combe, Felix de Grand, · 1943
£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)
Wells Gardner, Darton and Co., London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 201pp, [ii] index, half tone ills. in text, decorative wrappers with flaps, sewn binding, the expression 'Fighting France' was the term agreed between the British Government and the French National Com...
THE FIRST TO BE FREED - The Record of British Military Administration in Eritrea and Somalia, 1941-1943.
Dower, K. C. Gandar, · 1944
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)
HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback, 72pp, 2 maps and a number of half tone photo ills. in text, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 5.5", after ther liberation from Italian occupation related in HMSO The Abyssian Campaigns this is an account of the peoples of Eritrea...
CHINK - A Biography.
Greacen, Lavinia, · 1989
£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.27 | ¥6,751)
Macmillan, London, 1989, 1st edn., xxi, 392pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Robert Ballagh, a well research biography of Major-General Eric (Chink) Dorman-Smith, an origina...
WAR WIVES - A Second World War Anthology.
Townsend, Colin and Eileen, · 1989
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Grafton, London, 1989, 1st edn., xvi, 297pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6" approx.), testimony of the unsung heroines of the Second World War: the 'ordinary housewives of Britain and Ger...
AN UNDERWORLD AT WAR - Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War.
Thomas, Donald, · 2003
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
John Murray, London, ND (copyright 2003), 4th impression, xvii, 429pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, decorative head and tailbands, (9.5 x 6" approx.), although WW2 produced numerous acts of heroism and se...
WOMEN WHO WENT TO WAR 1938-46.
Taylor, Eric, · 1988
£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,375)
Robert Hale, London, 1988, 1st edn., 254pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 4 in text maps, navy blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured endpapers, photo pictorial dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6.5" approx.), '...by 1945 nearly half a million British women, drawn from all classes,...
REPORT BY THE SUPREME COMMANDER TO THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF ON THE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE - 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945.
Eisenhower, Dwight D., · 1946
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
HMSO, London, 1946, 1st edn., paperback, 149pp, organisation chart and 11 maps in text, large format (10 x 6" approx.), grey/black paper wrappers lettered in white with coloured decoration, details of the directive from the Combined Chiefs, and account of the planning and pre...
CHURCHILL AND HITLER - In Victory and Defeat.
Strawson, John, · 1997
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Constable, London, 1997, 1st edn., xxxi, 540pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6" approx.), navy blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tailbands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, a portrrait...
AFTERMATH OF WAR - Everyone Must Go Home.
Mather, Carol, · 1992
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Brassey's (UK)London, 1992, 1st edn. UK, xxviii, 278pp, in line frontis, 16pp half tone photo ills., 6 in text maps, maps at endpapers, large format (9 x 6" approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured dustwrapper, an examination of the aftermath of the German su...
THE DAY THE WAR ENDED - VE-Day 1945 in Europe and Around the World.
Gilbert, Martin, · 1995
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Harper Collins, London, 1995, 1st edn., xxi, 473pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6" approx,), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tailbands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the li...
EYEWITNESS HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II - Vol 2 Siege.
Rothberg, Abraham, · 1966
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Bantam Books, New York, 1966, reissued edn., paperback, 215pp, [ix] ads. and blanks, half tone photo ills throughout, pictorial wrappers, volume two of a four pictorial volume history of WW2 covering the period of the Battle of Britain and the blitz, the war in the Mediterran...
EYE WITNESS WORLD WAR II BATTLES.
Oleck, Major Howard (compiled by), · 1963
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Belmont, New York, 1963, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., half tone pictorial upper wrapper, a compilation by a combat historian on the US General Staff containing cameos of actions from many theatres of WW2, including Omaha, Midway, USAAF 100th Heavy Bombardment Group, Kasserin...
THE JULY PLOT.
Manvell, Roger and Fraenkel, Heinrich, · 1966
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1966, 1st in imprint, paperback, 251pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., diagram in text, [v] ads., #M145, pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of the plot to kill Hitler in the map-room of the Wolf's Lair, the German Fuhrer's headquarters in R...
EASTERN APPROACHES.
Maclean, Fitzroy, · 1956
£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)
Pan, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 413pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 3 double page maps in text, [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, covering the experiences of an extraordinary man in three parts; (Part one) opening during his time in the Diplomatic Serv...
ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL - Men of Secrets.
Staffford, David, · 2000
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Abacus, London, 2000, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxix, 359pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an examination of the unique relationship between two leaders, President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States of Amertica and Prime Minis...
1938 - HITLER'S GAMBLE.
MacDonogh, Giles, · 2010
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Constable, London, 2010, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxii inc. map, 407pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, as at 1st January 1938 Germany was led by a Nazi dominated right wing coalition with Hitler as Chancellor, army commanders were...
CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE.
Eton, Peter and Leasor, James, · 1962
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1962 1st in imprint, paperback, 253pp, maps in text, [iii] ads., #X143, pictorial wrappers, allegedly true accounts of two hordes of treasure - millions of pounds worth of gold bullion, discovered in a road check during the German invasion of Yugoslavia in ...
GESTAPO.
Crankshaw, Edward, · 1957
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Panther, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 188pp, [ii] acknowledgements and ad., #679, pictorial montage wrappers, an account of Germany's political police, created by Goering but taken over by Himmler, the organisation responsible for enforcing the political will of t...