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THE SHARP END - The Fighting Man in World War II.

Ellis, John (intro. by Max Hastings), · 2011

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Aurum, London, 2011, paperback, 380pp, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, account of all aspects of life of combat troops, through training and fighting, covering discipline, morale and casualties, from all theatres of ww2, described by Genera...

THE SHARP END - The Fighting Man in World War II.

Ellis, John, · 1993

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Pimlico, London, 1993, reprint, paperback, 412pp, [iv] blank, 32pp half tone photo ills., large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, account of all aspects of life of combat troops, through training and fighting, covering discipline, morale and casual...

GEORDIE - SAS Fighting Hero.

Doran, Geordie with Morgan, Mike (foreword by Chris Ryan), · 2011

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Spellmount, Stroud, 2011, trade paperback, xx, 252pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, Geordie enlisted as a private soldier in 1946, that start of a career of active service in Germany, Cyprus, the Korean War and Suez, he became an expert in jungle warfa...

SABOTAGE AND SUBVERSION - The SOE and OSS at War.

Dear, Ian, · 2010

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

The History Press, Stroud, 2010, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 252pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of specific operations relating the work of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the ...

ESCAPE AND EVASION - POW Breakouts and Other Great Escapes of Wolrd War II.

Dear, Ian, · 2010

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

The History Press, Stroud, 2010, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, with 15 maps/diagrams in text, coloured pictorial wrappers, the author examines the planning and execution of 18 WW2 escapes, and describes those who organised escape routes, covering mainly Allied prisoners i...

FOREIGN SHORES - A True Story.

Crocker, Stuart, · 2010

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Matador, Leicester, ND (copyright 2010), trade paperback, [vi], 361pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the experiences of a young German, brought up in Germany during the unstable economic times that brought the Nazis to power he joined the Hitler Youth and in 19...

SHERMAN TANK - A Pocket History.

Christopher, John, · 2011

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Amberley, Stroud, 2011, 1st edn., paperback original, 126pp, [ii] notes, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, small landscape format (5 x 6.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, an illustrated account of the worst tank that ever won the war, the Sherman tank was ne...

WORKING FOR VICTORY - A Diary of Life in a Second World War Factory.

Bruley, Sue (ed.), · 2010

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

The History Press, Stroud, 2010, trade paperback, xxvi inc. plan of factory, 226pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, during WW2 over 1.5 million women found themselves thrust into the previously male dominated domain of the workplace, having to qui...

A MAGNIFICENT DISASTER - The Failure of Market Garden, The Arnhem Operation, September 1944.

Bennett, David (foreword by Carlo D'Este), · 2011

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Casemate, 2011, paperback, xviii, 286pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial montage wrappers, described as a groundbreaking work which covers the overall strategy more thoroughly than previous works, this i...

PEGASUS BRIDGE - D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid.

Ambrose, Stephen E., · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pocket Books, London, 2003, reprint, paperback, xvi, 233pp, [i] note, [v] ads., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, the account of the taking of the bridges over the Orne river and adjacent Caen canal, by the glider forces of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and...

TEE EMM Vol. 3 No. 9.

, · 1943

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Air Ministry, London, December 1943, paperback original, p.201 to p.220, half tone ills. in text, stapled decorated paper wrappers, the RAF's 'Training Memorandum' which contains life-saving service tips in a humourous way often illustrated by Pilot Officer Prune doing it the...

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

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

HMSO, London, 1946, 1st edn., paperback original, 149pp, organisation chart and 11 maps in text, large format (9.5 x 6 inches approx.), grey/black paper wrappers lettered in white with coloured decoration, details of the directive from the Combined Chiefs, an account of the p...

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (Air Ministry Pamphlet 156).

Air Ministry, · 1943

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Department of the Air Member for Training, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 94pp, 1 double plate and 8pp half tone photo ills., stapled card wrappers, Air Ministry Pamphlet 156, size about 7.5 x 4.5 inches, not to be confused with either of the two more common HMSO...

FIRST VICTORY - Britain's Forgotten Struggle in the Middle East, 1941.

Lyman, Robert, · 2006

£38.50 (€46.15 | $50.86 | ¥8,122)

Constable, London, 2006, 1st edn., xiv, 336pp, 5 maps, light brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a narrative of a series of vital victories in the Middle East in the early years of WW2 which have been relegated to footnotes in history, which...

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.

Williams, Andrew, · 2003

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

BBC Worldwide, London, 2003, 2nd imp., 304pp, 32pp photo ills., coloured endpapers, tv tie-in, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, compiled to accompnay the BBC tv series of the same name and based on interviews and first hand accounts of U-b...

WEST WALL - The Battle For Hitler's Siegfried Line September 1944 - March 1945.

Whiting, Charles (aka Leo Kessler), · 1999

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1999, 1st edn., xxii, 199pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 5 in text maps, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the construction and use of the Siegfried Line, Germany's 'w...

PÉTAIN'S CRIME - The Full Story of French Collaboration in the Holocaust.

Webster, Paul, · 1990

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Macmillan, London, 1990, 1st edn., [x], 225pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] note, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the persecution and mass murder of Jews under Marshal Pétain's wartime Vichy government in France, without p...

LILLIPUT GOES TO WAR.

Webb, Kaye (ed.), · 1985

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Hutchinson, London, 1985, 1st edn. thus, 288pp, numerous half tone and line illustrations in text, repro. ads. at eps., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a selection from the war years of the mass circulation magazine Lilliput which was ...

RAF BIGGIN HILL.

Wallace, Graham, · 1957

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Putnam, London, 1957, 1st edn., 288pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, 14pp half tone photo ills., light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, a history of the famous RAF fighter station, from the early days of 1917 when occupied by the RFC and the home of the Wireless Exp...

EDWIN'S LETTERS.

Thomas, Edwin (ed. by David A. Thomas), · 2001

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cassell, London, 2001, 1st edn., 144pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., facsimiles in text, blue cloth l;ettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a poignant collection of letters and telegrams that give an account of the experiences ...