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HITLER'S PLOT TO KILL THE BIG THREE.

Havas, Laslo (trans. from Hungarian by Kathleen Szasz, additonal material trans. Jean Ure), · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1971, 1st in imprint, paperback, and first thus, 274pp, decorated paper wrappers, account of the foiled assassination attempt on Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at their summit meeting in Teheran, 1943, revised with additional material for this edition, v...

HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Hart, B. H. Liddell, · 1980

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, ND (c1980), 10th imp., trade paperback, 825pp, vi ads., numerous maps, decorated wrappers, the author was one of the major military original thinkers, his published ideas between the two World Wars being required reading for leaders on both sides of the con...

ESCAPE TO HONOUR.

Harris, Larry and Taylor, Brian, · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Grafton Books, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, paperback, 320pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., decorated wrappers, the story of a young German anti-Nazi, his escape from a concentration camp in 1943, his work with the French resistance and after the liberation of France, his time ...

LAND GIRL - Her story of six years in the Women's Land Army, 1940-46.

Hall, Anne, · 1993

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ex Libris Press, Bradford on Avon, 1993, 1st edn., trade paperback original, 143pp, [i] ads., frontis and many in text half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, this is NOT an ex-library book but one from a publisher with an odd choice of name, an account of the author...

ARNHEM LIFT.

Hagen, Louis, · 1977

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Futura, London, 1977, paperback, 128pp, maps in text, decoarted wrappers, a personal account of the 1st Airborne Division's fight for Arnhem bridge in September 1944, as seen and recorded over nine days by a young glider pilot who was one of the lucky ones to escape over the ...

HISTORY OF THE SS.

Graber, G. S., · 1994

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Diamond Books, London, 1994, 1st in imprint, paperback, 244pp, decorative artwork, woven round the life of Heinrich Himmler the author reveals little known aspects of the military wing of the Nazi Party, the Schutzstaffel or SS, their rituals, the function as a business organ...

HISTORY OF THE SS.

Graber, G. S., · 1994

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Diamond Books, London, 1994, 1st in imprint, paperback, 244pp, decorative artwork, woven round the life of Heinrich Himmler the author reveals little known aspects of the military wing of the Nazi Party, the Schutzstaffel or SS, their rituals, the function as a business organ...

WHO DARES WINS - The Story of the Special Air Service 1950-1980.

Geraghty, Tom, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, viii, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [v] ads., lettered decoated upper wrapper, an account of the Special Air Service, disbanded at the end of WW2 and resurrected by the ex-commander of an SAS Brigade, Mike Calvert, ...

THE SINKING OF THE BELGRANO.

Gavshon, Arthur and Rice, Desmond, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1984, 1st in imprint, paperback, xvi, 238pp, 4pp half tone phooto ills., maps and facsimile messages in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an investigation into the facts and calculations behind the order to sink the belgrano, given whilst the p...

BRITAIN AT WAR.

Freeman, Roger A., · 1990

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Arms and Armour Press, London for Express Newspapers PLC, 1990, 1st edn., paperback original, 96pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, large format 11 x 8.5 inches, an account of WW2 as it affected the people in Great Britain, from the evacuatio...

ANNE FRANK : The Diary of a Young Girl.

Frank, Anne (intro Eleanor Roosevelt, preface George Stevens), · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pocket Books, New York, 1971, paperback, 258pp, photo pictorial wrappers, edges coloured, the story of the Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family, hiding in secret rooms in Amsterdam for over 2 years until discovered in August 1944 by the Dutch police and despatched to concent...

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

Frank, Anne (foreword Storm Jameson), · 1958

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1958, paperback, 224pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., pictorial design upper wrapper by CyWebb, the story of the Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family, hiding in secret rooms in Amsterdam for over 2 years until discovered in August 1944 by the Dutch police and...

TALES FROM THE SECRET ANNEXE.

Frank, Anne, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, 144pp, photo pictorial wrappers, a collection of the stories, fables and essays written by Anne Franks while she was in hiding in Amsterdam during WW2, lightly rubbed at tips, light creasing at upper hinge, edges tanned...

UNITED STATES TANKS OF WORLD WAR II IN ACTION.

Forty, George, · 1986

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Blandford Press, Poole - Dorset, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, half tone photo frontis, numerous half tone photo ills., drawings by John Batchelor in text, photo pictorial wrappers, oversize (11 x 8.5 inches), account of the tanks in use during WW2 with details of U...

RESISTANCE.

Foot, M. R. D., · 1979

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Paladin / Granada, London, 1979, trade paperback, xix, 346pp, [i] ads., double page map in text, decorated wrappers, an examination of resistance to the Nazis, 1939-45, covering who the resisters were, the forms it took, the politics and technicalities, what happened country ...

KLAUS BARBIE - The Untold Story.

De Hoyos, Ladislas (trans. by Nicholas Courtin), · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Star Book / W. H. Allen, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, paperback, 310pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., col'd lettered wrappers, originally published in French, the story of SS Hauptsturmfuehrer Klaus Barbie, the 'Butcher of Lyons', shedding new light on it by virtue of its Fren...

THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.

Cruickshank, Charles, · 1981

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Guernsey Press, Channel Islands, 1981, trade paperback format, 370pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, other maps/plans in text, decorated wrappers, the Official History of the occupation years 1940-45, from the demilitarization by the British and invasion by the Germans, the landin...

CELEBRATION OF VICTORY - VE-Day 1945.

Connaughton, Richard, · 1995

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Brasseys', London, 1995, 1st edn. UK, paperback about 9.5 x 7.5 inches, 175pp, many half tone photo ills. in text, pictorial wrappers, a brief summary of the causes and the conduct World War Two and a description of the celebrations once it was over, written to coincide with ...

DUCE! - The Rise and Fall of Benito Mussolini.

Collier, Richard, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 414pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), biography of Benito Mussolini, Fascist dictator of Italy, faint creasing to sunned spine, a little rubbed at extrems., pages tanned, top ...

THE SECOND WORLD WAR - 3. The Fall of France.

Churchill, Winston S., · 1964

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Cassell, London, 1964, 1st in imprint, paperback, 281pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, the third title in the twelve volume series, an account of the period from May, 1940 to Aug, 1940, spine rolled and sl. slanted with f...