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THE COLDITZ STORY.

Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Coronet, London, 1972, paperback, 223pp, photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own esca...

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Coronet, London, 1972, paperback, 223pp, photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape ...

THE DEVIL'S BIRTHDAY - The Bridges to Arnhem, 1944.

Powell, Geoffrey, · 1985

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Macmillan Papermac, 1985, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xii], 276pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, an account of Operation Market Garden, the attempt in September 1944 to secure an open road, 'Hell's Highway', through enemy occupied Holland to the ...

FIASCO - The Break-out of the German Battleships.

Potter, John Deane, · 1974

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan Books, London, 1974, paperback, [xiv] 239pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, wrap-around pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), in February, 1942 the German ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen had been blockaded in Brest for nearly a year but they were required...

THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE.

Pope, Dudley, · 1990

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Avon Books, New York, 1990, 1st in imprint, paperback, xix, 268pp, 8pp half tone photo ills.,chart and diagrams in text, pictorial upper wrapper by Joe Devito, in the British Battle series, an account of the battle in December, 1939, between HM ships Exeter, Ajax and Achille...

ARK ROYAL.

Poolman, Kenneth, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1978, new edn., paperback, 1st thus, 173pp, [iii] ads., pictorial cover-art by Chris Mayger, account of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, completed in 1938, Home and South Atlantic Fleet 1939, Home and Mediterranean Fleet 1940, Force H 1941 (Bis...

ARK ROYAL.

Poolman, Kenneth, · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1975, paperback, 173pp, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), account of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, completed in 1938, Home and South Atlantic Fleet 1939, Home and Mediterranean Fleet 1940, Force H 1941 (Bismarck and Mal...

ARK ROYAL.

Poolman, Kenneth, · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1975, paperback, 173pp, wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), account of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, completed in 1938, Home and South Atlantic Fleet 1939, Home and Mediterranean Fleet 1940, Force H 1941 (Bismarck and Malta), until t...

COCKLESHELL HEROES.

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, OBE, MC (with the co-operation of Lt. Col. H. G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, RM, foreword Admiral The Earl Mountbatten, KG, PC, GCB, GCS, GCIE, GCVO, DSO), · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1965, 2nd printing, paperback, 256pp, 8pp, half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the raid on shipping in the German occupied harbour of Bordeaux in December 1942, Operation Frankton, by ...

THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL.

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1967, 2nd imp., #M208, paperback, 316pp, [iv] ads., 4pp half tone photo ills., maps and plans in text, pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of Operation Chariot, the 1942 Commando raid on the Normandie Dock at St. Nazaire by HMS Cambeltown an...

SINK THE TIRPITZ!.

Peillard, Léonce, · 1983

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Granada, London, 1983, reprint, paperback, 348pp, 12pp half tone photo ills, line plans/maps in text, the story of the attempts by the British to neutralise the most powerful ship of the German Navy, by air and sea, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical crease in spine, edge...

THE FALL OF SINGAPORE.

Owen, Frank, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1972, paperback, 206pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the arrogance, complacency and incompetance, the unpreparedness and tactical blunders that led to the fall of Singapore to the Japenese in Feb...

THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Overy, R. J., · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Longman, London, 1987, trade paperback size, 129pp, 3 maps in text, pictorial cartoon upper wrapper by Low, in the Seminar Studies in History series, an re-assessment of the origins of WW2 by the Lecturer in History at Kings College, University of London, lightly rubbed at ti...

BY SEA AND LAND - The Story of the Royal Marines Commandos.

Neillands, Robin, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 429pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the Royal Marines Commandos from '..the bloody baptism of 40 Commando on the beaches of Dieppe in 1942, when they saw their Colonel die in...

BY SEA AND LAND - The Story of the Royal Marines Commandos.

Neillands, Robin, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 429pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the Royal Marines Commandos from '..the bloody baptism of 40 Commando on the beaches of Dieppe in 1942, when they saw their Colonel die in...

THEY HAVE THEIR EXITS.

Neave, Airey, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Coronet Books, London, 1972, paperback, 189pp, double page map and three plans, pictorial upper wrapper, foreword by Lord Justice Birkett: captured at Calais in 1940 the author relates his three escapes, the final being a successful from Colditz castle, and on his return to U...

THEY HAVE THEIR EXITS.

Neave, Airey, · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Coronet Books, London, 1973, paperback, 189pp, double page map and three plans, pictorial upper wrapper, foreword by Lord Justice Birkett: captured at Calais in 1940 the author relates his three escapes, the final being a successful from Colditz castle, and on his return to U...

I WAS A KAMIKAZE - The Knights of the Divine Wind.

Nagatsuka, R, · 1974

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New English Library, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art by Brian Knight, an account of a young Japanese pilot's training to become a bomber suicide pilot during WW2, appendix of suicide plane attacks and results, faint v...

ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT.

Moss, W. Stanley, · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Efstathiadis Group, Athens, ND (copyright 1985), trade paperback, 192pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, slightly oversize at 7.5 x 4.75 inches, photo pictorial upper wrapper by Linda Wade, an English text account of the abduction, on 26th April 1944, of Major-Gene...

DIEPPE - THE DAWN OF DECISION.

Mordal, Jacques, · 1969

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Panther, London, 1969, paperback, 288pp, 16pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Gino D'Achille, an account of the Allied assault on the beaches of Dieppe in August, 1942, based on much previously unpublished material of the con...