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EAST ANGLIA 1945.

Brown, R. Douglas, · 1994

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Terence Dalton, Lavenham, 1994, 1st edn., x, 152pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, half tone photo ills., maps, facsimiles and cartoons in text, coloured lettered endpapers, large format (9 x 7 inches approx.), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound half tone pho...

A WARTIME CHRISTMAS.

Hubert, Maria and Andrew (compiled by), · 1999

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1999, reprint, paperback, x, 146pp, half tone photo ills., cartoons and facsimiles in text, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, a collection of accounts about how Christmas was celebrated during the Sec...

A WARTIME CHRISTMAS.

Hubert, Maria and Andrew (compiled by), · 1999

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1999, reprint, paperback, x, 146pp, half tone photo ills., cartoons and facsimiles in text, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, a collection of accounts about how Christmas was celebrated during the Sec...

THE PEOPLE'S WAR.

Gardiner, Juliet, · 1991

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Collins and Brown, London, 1991, 1st edn., paperback original, 96pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial montage wrappers, in the Pictures from the Past series, a collection of captioned photographs mainly from the...

CASTLES IN THE AIR - The Story of the B-17 Flying Fortress crews of the US 8th Air Force.

Bowman, Martin W., · 1985

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1985, paperback, 211pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (9 x 7.5 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor agreements between USA and Great Britain for joint military s...

WAFFEN SS.

Windrow, Martin, · 1973

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Osprey, Reading, 1973, reprint, paperback, 40pp, half tone ills. line drawings and 8pp coloured ills. by Michael Roffe in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Men-at- Arms series, an illustrated account of the Waffen-SS, the maj...

DUEL IN THE DARK.

Townsend, Peter, · 1988

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Arrow Books, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 224pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, following his account of the battle of britain in Duel of Eagles the fighter pilot author gives his account of the transfer of his sqadron to night fighter...

LANCASTER TO BERLIN.

Thompson, Walter R. DFC and Bar, · 1985

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Goodall, London, 1985, 1st edn., paperback original, [x], 242pp, [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Peter Coombs, joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, this is an account of the author's experiences after posting to the UK in 1942, as a Lancaster pilot with 106 Sq...

WOMEN WHO WENT TO WAR 1938-46.

Taylor, Eric, · 1989

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Grafton, London, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, 365pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [ii] ads., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, '..By 1945 nearly half a million British women, drawn from all classes, were in the Forces. From '..vivid, first-hand accounts and...

WARTIME WOMEN - A Mass-Observation Anthology 1937-45.

Sheridan, Dorothy (ed.), · 2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Phoenix, London, 2002, reissued edn., trade paperback, xvi, 268pp, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, a selection of the many contributions written by women and accumulated by the mass-observation movement during WW2, recording those women's experiences as they took ov...

ONLY OWLS AND BLOODY FOOLS FLY AT NIGHT.

Sawyer, Group Captain Tom, DFC, · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Goodall, London, 1985, London, 1991, 2nd imp., paperback, 191pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Geoff Perrott DFC, an account of the build-up of Bomber Command, from the outbreak of WW2, when the author was a Squadron Leader i/c of a training flight and had a t...

WHEN MALTA STOOD ALONE (1940-1943).

Micallef, Joseph, · 1981

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

privately published, Malta, 1981, 1st edn., paperback original, [viii inc. map], 190pp, 6pp half tone photo ills., large format (8 x 5.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the experiences of the island of Malta during WW2 based on archive ...

MALTA - The Thorn in Rommel's Side.

Lucas, Laddie, · 1993

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1993, 1st in imprint, paperback, xxxvi inc. 2 maps, 311pp, 16pp half tone ills., [iii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, between June 1940 and December 1942 Malta was one of the most bombed places on earth and this book records the bravery and determinat...

THE REAL DAD'S ARMY - The Story of the Home Guard.

Longmate, Norman, · 1974

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Arrow, London, 1974, 1st edn., paperback original,128pp, frontis and numerous in text half tone photo ills. and cartoons, large format (8 x 5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Home Guard, originally the Local Defence Volunteers, and t...

MOSQUITO PORTFOLIO.

Howe, Stuart, · 1984

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Ian Allan, London, 1984, 1st edn., paperback original, 79pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, line drawings in text, large format (9 x 6.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the de Havilland Mosquito, the WW2 'wooden wonder' of which nearly 80...

DUNKIRK - The British Evacuation, 1940.

Jackson, Robert, · 2002

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Cassell Military, London, 2002, reprint, trade paperback, [viii], 206pp, 8 maps, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a detailed account of the confusion and incompetence which lost the battle for France and the defence and holding action which permitted Operation Dynamo,...

LAST LIFT FROM CRETE.

Fullerton, Alexander, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, 254pp inc. postscript, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Stephen Crisp, a Nick Everard story, May 1941 and the evacuation of stranded troops and a field hospital on Crete, lightly rubbed at tips, faint crease u...

THE CROSS AND THE ENSIGN - A Naval History of Malta 1798-1979.

Elliott, Peter, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther / Granada, London, 1982, Special Overseas Edn., paperback, 269pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper shows battleship King George V, a detailed account of the naval history of Malta over two centuries, from...

HENRIETTA'S WAR: News From The Home Front 1939-1942.

Dennys, Joyce, · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1987, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 167pp, title and numerous in text line drawings by the author, [viii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a humourus fictional account in the form of letters about life on the rural Home Front, first published...

CORSAIRVILLE - The Lost Domain of the Flying Boat.

Coster, Graham, · 2001

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 2001, trade paperback, [xii], 276pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., 2 maps and half tone ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the salvage one of Imperial Airways 'Empire' flying boats, the 'Corsair', which was damaged in landing when off...