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WINSTON CHURCHILL.

Broad, Lewis, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hutchinson, London, ND, xvi, 364pp, half tone frontis portrait, 24pp ads., dark blue cloth lettered in white at spine, a biography of Winston S. Churchill set out chroniologically, from his youth to the date of publication in the middles of WW2, by a biographer who admits to ...

THERE SHALL BE WINGS - The RAF: 1918 to the Present.

Arthur, Max, · 1993

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1993, 1st edn., [xviii], 412pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial endpapers,navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, published to coincide with the 75th a...

MOMENTS OF REPRIEVE.

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

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

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

MONTY - Volume 1: The Making of a General 1887-1942.

Hamilton, Nigel, · 1989

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Sceptre, London, 1989, reprint, trade paperback, xviii, 828pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [ii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, the first of a three volume biography of Bernard Law Montgomery, winner of the Whitbread Award in 1981 for the best bio...

DECISION IN NORMANDY - The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign.

D'Este, Carlo, · 1984

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1984, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 557pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial panel upper wrapper, in the Pan Grand Strategy series, although Montgomery was only one of many military planners of Operation Over...

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor), · 1993

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1993, Pluriform edn., paperback, xxiv, 261pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, [ii] ads., large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an exami...

THE SECOND WORLD WAR - Vol. I - The Gathering Storm.

Churchill, Winston S. (intro. by John Keegan), · 1985

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1985, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxxiv, 724pp, maps in text, [iv] ads., photo pictorial panel upper wrapper, volume 1 of Churchill's classic history of WW2, quoting from his own minutes and letters, covering the military and political situation b...

SINISTER TWILIGHT - The Fall of Singapore.

Barber, Noel, · 1988

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Arrow Books, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 286pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps in text, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the ineptitude, bad decisions and wrangling that led to the speedy fall of Singapore to the Japanese, thought of as a f...

STALINGRAD 1942-1943 - The Infernal Cauldron.

Walsh, Stephen, · 2000

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)

London, 2000, 1st edn., 176pp, half tone photo ills. and maps in text, coloured photo pictorial endpapers, large format (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), laminated half tone photo pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, a comprehensive account o...

HERALDRY - CUSTOMS, RULES AND STYLES.

Von Volborth, Carl-Alexander, · 1991

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

New Orchard, London, 1991, 1st in imprint, [viii], 229pp, coloured, half tone and line ills. by the author throughout, large format (11 x 8 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured decorated dustwrapper, a lavishly illust...

BATTLEGROUNDS - Geography and the History of Warfare.

Stephenson, Michael (ed.), · 2003

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)

National Geographic, Washington, ND (copyright 2003, 288pp, pictorial double title, maps in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), red paper covered boards backed with black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated and lettered in silver upper board, decorative hea...

BATTLEDRESS - The Uniforms of the World's Greatest Armies 1700 to the present.

Schick, I. T. (intro. Alun Chalfont), · 1983

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Peerage, London, 1983, 1st in imprint, 256pp, coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured pictorial endpapers, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), maroon cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated in black upper and lower boards, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the d...

STEEL STORM - Waffen-SS Panzer Battles on the Eastern Front 1943-1945.

Ripley, Tim, · 2000

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,426)

Sutton, Stroud, 2000, 1st edn., 224pp, half tone photo ills. maps and line drawings in text, large format (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, an account of the battles of the Waffen-SS panzer divisions in the East, ...

THE SCOTTISH REGIMENTS 1633-1996.

Mileham, Patrick, · 1996

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1996, new edition, 304pp, half tone photo pictorial half title, half tone pictorial double title, 40pp coloured ills., double page map and half tone ills. in text, large format (11 x 8 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative...

QUEEN BOUDICCA'S BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Hunt, Richard, · 2003

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 2003, 1st edn., xii, 140pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 6 in text maps, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, presenting new perspectives on many aspects of the events in one of the m...

THE SEVENTY GREAT BATTLES OF ALL TIME.

Black, Jeremy (ed.), · 2005

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

Thames and Hudson, London, 2005, 1st edn., 304pp, half tone photo pictorial half title, coloured pictorial double title, maps, coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured endpapers, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine publisher's...

AMERICAN INDIAN WARRIOR CHIEFS - Tecumseh Crazy Horse Chief Joseph Geronimo.

Hook, Jason, · 1998

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Brockhampton Press, London, 1998, 1st in imprint, 192pp, frontis portrait in line, 16pp coloured ills., half tone ills., line drawings and maps in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and ...

THE LOCAL HISTORY COMPANION.

Friar, Stephen, · 2001

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Sutton, Stroud, 2001, revised edn., vi, 506pp, 8pp coloured photo ills., half tone ills., line drawings and maps in text, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured montage dustwrapper, a working reference source equally useful for t...

TRACING YOUR FAMILY TREE - The Complete Guide to Discovering your Family History,.

Cole, Jean A. and Armstrong, Michael, · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Guild, London, 1989, club edn., 208pp, half tone photo ills. line drawings and facsimiles in text, dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a guide to help you successfully trace your family tree, with guidance on where to look for and ...

SNIPER.

Brookesmith, Peter, · 2000

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 2000, 1st edn., 192pp, half tone photo pictorial half title, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, coloured endpapers, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), laminated coloured photo pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, decorati...