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EL ALAMEIN - Desert Victory.
Strawson, John, · 1981
£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)
J. M.Dent, London, 1981, 1st edn., 191pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and line maps/diagrams, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the background to the first major Allied victory of WW2 and an examination of the mili...
THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR TWO - A Reference Guide to the Kriegsmarine, 1935-1945.
Showell, Jak P. Mallmann, · 1979
£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)
Arms and Armour Press, London, 1979, 1st edn., 224pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps and digrams in text, large format (10 x 10 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a comprehe...
GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II.
Shepherd, Christopher (intro. Adolf Galland), · 1979
£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)
Book Club Associates, London, 1979, club edn., 144pp incl. 48pp in full colour, numerous in text illustrations, large format (10 x 7.5 inches), maroon cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an alphabetical index of German aircraft in operatio...
ADVENTURES IN MY YOUTH - A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45.
Scheiderbauer, Armin (trans. C. F. Colton), · 2003
£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)
Helion / Book Club Associates, London, 2003, club edn., xiv, 208pp, [i] ads., photo pictorial paper covered laminated boards, decorative head and tail bands, the author's experiences in the German army in ww2, called up in August 1941 and after training posted in July 1942 as...
FUBAR - Soldier Slang of World War II.
Rottman, Gordon L., · 2007
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Osprey, Botley, Oxford, 2007, 1st edn., 296pp, cartoons in text, coloured endpapers, coloured decorated cloth, decorative head and tail bands, a glossary of US, US marine, British, Commonwealrth and German army slang from WW2, ex British Army library at Wattisham, several can...
GERMAN WEHRMACHT PANZER DIVISIONS 1939-45.
Rosado, Jorge and Bishop, Chris, · 2005
£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,692)
Spellmount, Staplehurst, 2005, 1st edn., 192pp, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, a definitive study of the Wehrm...
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN JULY - OCTOBER 1940 - An oral history fo Britain's 'Finest Hour'.
Parker, Matthew, · 2000
£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)
Headline, London, 2000, 1st edn., x, 342pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., map in text, decorated chapter heads, coloured endpapers, tv tie-in, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tails bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, written to accompany a Uni...
THE MEMOIRS OF FIELD-MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, KG.
Montgomery, Field-Marshal the Viscount, of Alamein, · 1958
£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)
Collins, London, 1958, 1st edn., 574pp, half tone frontis portrait, 24pp half tone photo ills., 14pp maps, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, the autobiography of a leading soldier which covers much personal detail including his boyhood and early days ...
A SPUR CALLED COURAGE - SOE Heroes in Italy.
Ogden, Alan, · 2011
£19.50 (€23.37 | $25.76 | ¥4,114)
Bene Factum, London, 2011 1st edn., x, 299pp, half tone pictorial title, half tone ills., line drawings, maps and diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, an account of the exploits of seventeen SOE officers who, during WW2 ...
IRIS MURDOCH A WRITER AT WAR - Letters and Diaries 1938-46.
Murdoch, Iris (ed. and intro. by Peter J. Conradi), · 2011
£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)
Short Books, London, ND (circa 2011), 3rd imp., 303pp, line drawing and half tone photo ills. in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, the never before published intimate writings Iris Murdoch comprising a diary of a journal she kept as a t...
ATLANTIC MEETING.
Morton, H. V., · 1944
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Methuen, London, 1944 4th edn., 160pp, coloured frontis, 16pp half (almost sepia) tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, dark green cloth lettered in yellow at spine, marked third edition on title and fourth edition on verso of title, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, when Winston...
UP PERISCOPE.
Masters, David, · 1942
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, circa 1942, 176pp, half tone photo frontis, 14pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, some of the early exploits of British submarines and submariners in WW2 including the return of the 'Spearfish', torpedoing the 'K...
UP PERISCOPE.
Masters, David, · 1942
£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)
Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1942 2nd imp.,176pp, half tone photo frontis, 14pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, some of the early exploits of British submarines and submariners in WW2 including the return of th...
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF TANK FACTS AND FEATS - A record of Armoured Fighting Vehicle Achievement.
Macksey, Kenneth (ed. and compiled by), · 1976
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Guinness Superlatives, Enfield, ND (copyright 1976), 2nd edn., 256pp, coloured photo pictorial frontis, photo pictorial title, coloured and half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), yellow cloth lettered in gilt at...
POPLAR MEMORIES.
Hector, John, · 2002
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
Sutton, Thrupp, Stroud,2002 1st edn., 121pp, half tone illustrated title, half tone ills. throughout, half tone photo-pictorial endpapers, large format (10.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), sepia photo pictorial montage laminated boards, the author's account of the East End of London i...
RÉSISTANCE - Memoirs of Occupied France (Notre Guerre).
Humbert, Agnès (trans. and notes by Barbara Mellor), · 2010
£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)
Bloomsbury, London, ND (circa 2010), reprint, xii, 372pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., cream cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, first published in French in 1946 and not in English until 2008, the author was a respected art historian at the ...
WAR PLANES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR - FLOATPLANES - Volume Six.
Green, William (line drawings by Dennis I. Punnett), · 1962
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Macdonald, London, 1962, 1st edn., 207pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings throughout, small format (5 x 5.5inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, covering the floatplanes of all nations from Canada to Yugoslavia, with details of their design and dev...
WAR PLANES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR - FIGHTERS - Volume Four.
Green, William (line drawings by Dennis I. Punnett), · 1962
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Macdonald, London, 1962, 2nd imp., 208pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings throughout, small format (5 x 5.5inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, covering the fighters of the USA and Yugoslavia, with details of their design and development and with ...
MASTER OF NONE - The Life Enriched Reminiscences of a 20th Century Survivor.
Goddard, Major Douglas (MBE FCIS RA), · 2009
£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)
Matador / Troubador, Leicester, ND (copyright 2009), review copy, xvi, 605pp, xlpp coloured and half tone photo ills., half tone ills., maps and diagrams in text, dark green cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, an autobiography of a retired Army o...
THE FINAL BETRAYAL - Mountbatten, MacArthur and the Tragedy of Japanese POWS.
Felton, Mark, · 2010
£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)
Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2010, 1st edn., 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, an examination of General Douglas MacArthur's command to delay the liberation of Japanese occupied territories until he ha...