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COMMANDO - Hit-and-Run Combat in World War II.

Macksey, Kenneth, · 1991

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Jove Books, New York, 1991, 1st in imprint, paperback, xvi, [vii] maps, 250pp, 10pp half tone photo ills., 2pp cartoon, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Special Service Commandos '..the linchpin of Allied strategy in dozens of ...conflicts on every front throu...

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.

Macintyre, Donald, · 1969

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan Books, London, 1969, 1st in imprint, paperback, 190pp, 8pp half tone ills., maps in text, wrap-around pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), in the 'British Battles' series, 'the longest and most vital battle of WW2' was the battle against the u-boats from 1939 to 1943. This ac...

MY YEARS WITH CHURCHILL.

MacGowan, Norman, · 1960

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications, Greenwich - CN, ND (c1960), paperback, 143pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., #R1550, pictorial upper wrapper, memoirs and anecdotes of Winston S. Churchill from his valet of the late 1940's and early 1950's, a little rubbed at extrems., f...

MY YEARS WITH CHURCHILL.

MacGowan, Norman, · 1960

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications, Greenwich - CN, ND (c1960), paperback, 143pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., #R1550, pictorial upper wrapper, memoirs and anecdotes of Winston S. Churchill from his valet of the late 1940's and early 1950's, sl. slant to spine, a little r...

WE'LL MEET AGAIN.

Lynn, Vera (with Robin Cross and Jenny de Gex), · 1994

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1994, reprint, paperback, 192pp, numerous col'd and half tone photo ills., cartoons in text, photo pictorial wrappers, oversize (11 x 8 inches), the forces sweetheart's memoirs of WW2 and a social history of the 'home front', with numerous anecdo...

DAY OF INFAMY.

Lord, Walter, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi, London, 1971, paperback, ix, 245pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [i] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, drawn from interviews, eye-witness accounts, offical reports and newspaper ...

ULTRA GOES TO WAR - The Secret Story.

Lewin, Ronald, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow Books, London, 1980, trade paperback, 398pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., col'd lettered wrappers, a history of the Enigma encoding machine, its developmnent and marketing, and an account of the work of Bletchley Park, the British 'Station X' which deciphered the code an...

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AFRIKA KORPS.

Lewin, Ronald, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 268pp, [iv] ads., 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the professionalism of the German fighting force in the North Africa Desert during 1940-43 and the fluctuating fortunes of...

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AFRIKA KORPS.

Lewin, Ronald, · 1979

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Corgi Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 268pp, [iv] ads., 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the professionalism of the German fighting force in the North Africa Desert during 1940-43 and the fluctuating fortunes of...

MOMENTS OF REPRIEVE.

Levi, Primo (trans. by Ruth Feldman), · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Abacus / Sphere / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1987, 1st in imprint, paperback, 172pp, wrap-around pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), short stories classified by the publisher as fiction but explained by author as fact with names of the characters changed, based on his memories of A...

ALL THE DROWNED SAILORS.

Lech, Raymond B., · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1984, 1st edn. UK, paperback original, 224pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, col' decorated upper wrapper by George Sharp, in July 1945 the USS Indianapolis was sunk by torpedo and 800 of the crew of over 1100 abandoned the ship, only to be left u...

THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE.

Landsborough, Gordon, · 1956

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Panther, London, 1956, 2nd impression, paperback original, #626, 160pp, 8pp, maps and diagrams in text, pictorial design upper wrapper, photo pictorial lower wrapper, the battle in December, 1939, between HM ships Exeter, Ajax and Achilles with Germany's Graf Spee, a little ...

SBS - THE INVISIBLE RAIDERS.

Ladd, James D., · 1984

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Fontana, London, 1984, paperback, 381pp, iii ads., 8pp half tone ills., in text maps and drawings, decorated wrappers, the history of the Special Boat Squadron from WW2 to the present, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

SIX ARMIES IN NORMANDY - From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris.

Keegan, John, · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1983, reprint, trade paperback, xx, 365pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 9 maps in text, [iii] ads., col'd lettered upper wrapper, an account of the campaign from the invasion of Normandy to the Liberation of Paris but also an examination of the men, the...

THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND - A Chronicle of the Year 1939.

Kee, Robert, · 1989

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cardinal / Sphere Books, 1989, trade paperback, [xvi], 395pp, 28pp half tone photo ills., map in text, [v] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, a narrative of everyday life during the year 1939, set in the context of world events during the build-up to WW2, and how those ev...

WWll.

Jones, James, · 1976

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Ballantine Books, New York, 1976, 1st edn. US, paperback original, (iii insignia), 272pp, (iii insignia), 2 3fold col'd plates, numerous col'd and half tone ills., cartoons and maps in text, large oversize (12 x 9 inches) in pictorial wrappers, a collection of some of the fin...

ESCAPE TO NOWHERE.

Jones, Francis S., · 1977

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Triad / Mayflower, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 236pp, maps in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an army private, captured in Greece 1941, and his attempts at escape he travels through Italy and Germany, where his final escape brings him withi...

DUNKIRK.

Jackson, Robert, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Mayflower Books, London, 1979, paperback, 237pp, 8 maps in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a detailed account of the confusion and incompetence which lost the battle for France and the defence and holding action which permitted Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of t...

DUNKIRK.

Jackson, Robert, · 1980

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Playboy Press, New York, 1980, paperback, 250pp, [vi ads.], 8 maps in text, a detailed account of the confusion and incompetence which lost the battle for France and the defence and holding action which permitted Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the majority of the BEF fro...

SECRET ARMIES - Resistance Fighters in World War Two.

Healey, Tim, · 1989

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Purnell / Macdonald, 1989, paperback, 48pp, numerous col'd and half tone phot ills., maps drawings and diagrams in text, photo pictorial wrappers, large format about 12 x 8.5 inches, an account of the undercover groups who fought against the Nazis in WW2, their weapons, metho...