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THE BLACK ANGELS - The Story of the Waffen-SS.

Butler, Rupert, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hamlyn, London, 1978, 1st edn., paperback original, 276pp, 16pp half tone ills., decorated wrappers, the military arm of the SS, recruited from many nationalities, an account of the Waffen-SS as a fighting force, sl. spine roll and slant, a little rubbed at extrems., light cr...

THE BLACK ANGELS - The Story of the Waffen-SS.

Butler, Rupert, · 1982

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hamlyn, London, 1982, 4th imp., paperback, [x], 276pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., decorative design wrappers, the military arm of the SS, recruited from many nationalities, an account of the Waffen-SS as a fighting force, sl. spine roll, a little rubbed at extrems....

GESTAPO.

Butler, Rupert, · 1981

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Hamlyn, London, 1981, 1st edn., paperback original, 319pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., lettered and decorated upper wrapper, an account of the Gestapo under the leadership of Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich, well rubbed at tips, single vertical crease in sunne...

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.

Burt, Kendal and Leasor, James, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana Books, London, 1967, paperback, 256pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, decorated wrappers, the story of the only successful POW escape from British hands, Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the Me 109 pilot shot down during the battle of Britain who, after several...

HITLER - A Study in Tyranny.

Bullock, Alan, · 1962

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Pelican Penguin Books, Harmondsworth - Mddx., 1962, 1st thus, paperback, complete revision from the Odhams 1st hb edn., 848pp, 2 maps in text, a balanced and authoritative biography iof Hitler and history of the Third Reich by a distinguished Oxford historian, based on a larg...

THE TURN OF THE TIDE.

Bryant, Arthur, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Grafton Books, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 766pp, pictorial wrappers, a history of WW2 based on the War Diaries of Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, Chief of Imperial General Staff from 1941 and architect of the strategy for eventual victory in Europe, rol...

TOJO - The Last Banzai.

Browne, Courtney, · 1969

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1969, 1st in imprint, paperback, 286pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, a biography of the Japanese General and during WW2 Prime Minister of Japan, arrested in 1945 and hanged for war crimes 1948 it has been suggested that h...

ESCAPE - OR DIE : Authentic stories of the RAF Escaping Society.

Brickhill, Paul (commentary by. H. E. Bates, foreword Air Chief Marshall Sir Basil Embry KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC, · 1954

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1954, 1st in imprint, paperback, 190pp, [ii] ads., #292, pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, authentic stories of eight escapes by members of the RAF during WW2, light wrinkling to spine, rubbed at extrems., light creasing and foxing to wrappers, edges ...

THE PAST IS MYSELF.

Bielenberg, Christabel, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1988, reprint, trade paperback, 287pp, [i] ads., tv tie-in, photo pictorial upper wrapper shows Elizabeth Hurley in the BBC TV production, the autobiography of the English wife of a German lawyer, she took German nationality in 1934 on her marriage and ex...

THE PAST IS MYSELF.

Bielenberg, Christabel, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1988, reprint, trade paperback, 287pp, [i] ads., pictorial wrappers, the autobiography of the English wife of a German lawyer, she took German nationality in 1934 on her marriage and experienced the Third Reich and WW2 in Germany and relates her experienc...

THE LAST SECRET.

Bethell, Nicholas, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Futura, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 287pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), the account of Stalin's revenge on the Cossacks who returned from Nazi Germany after WW2, sl creasing to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned a...

THE LAST SECRET.

Bethell, Nicholas, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Futura, London, 1976, reprint, paperback, 287pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., pictorial design wrappers, the account of Stalin's revenge on the Cossacks who returned from Nazi Germany after WW2, slant and roll to spine, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name half title, goo...

THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.

Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H., · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1983, trade paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, wraparound cover map with pictorial panel upper wrapper, in the Grand Strategy Series, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armie...

THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.

Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H., · 1967

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, #T34, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Leech, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armies from 7th June 1944, D-Day +...

CLOUD NINETEEN.

Stanley, William, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Michael Joesph, London, 1980, 1st edn., 224pp, dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper after C. R. Fleming-Williams, war story involving code-breaking, U-boats and airships set in WW1, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbe...

KNIFE EDGE.

Reeman, Douglas, · 2004

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Heinemann, London, 2004, 1st edn., [viii], 279pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Geoffrey Huband, the fifth novel about the Blackwood family and the Royal Marines, very sl. cocked, dustwrapper: faint creasing head of spine, very good plus in a...

THE FIRESHIP.

Parkinson, C. Northcote, · 1975

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

John Murray, London, ND (copyright 1975), 1st edn., 187pp, [iv] maps in line, dark geen cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Victor May, the second Richard Delancey novel, the second Richard Delancey novel, as 2nd Lieutanant in the Glatto...

DARKNESS VISIBLE.

Golding, William, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Faber and Faber, London, 1979, 1st edn. UK, 265pp, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Russell Drysdale, sl. cocked, light bump head of spine, edges tanned, small ownership label top corner front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips,...

THE PRIEST - A GOTHIC ROMANCE.

Disch, Thomas M., · 1994

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Millenium / Orion, London, 1994, 1st edn., 310pp, bright red cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Les Edwards, pre-dates US 1st edition, very lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustw...

TORPEDO RUN.

Reeman, Douglas, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 290pp, wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by Chris Mayger, novel of an MTB flotilla in the Black Sea 1943, spine a little slanted, sunned and creased, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, small label...