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WALKER RN.

Robertson, Terence, · 1969

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books,London, 1969, 3rd imp., paperback, 207pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), the story of Capt. F. J. Walker, CB, DSO***, the Admiraly stated that '...the Battle of the Atlantic...was triumphantly won...(as) a result of ...

FIGHTER PILOT - A Personal Record of the Campaign In France 1939-1940.

Richey, Wing Cdr. Paul, D.F.C., · 1955

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Arrow, London, 1955, revised edn., 250th thousand, paperback, 192pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, originally published anonymously in 1941 a personal record of the RAF campaign in France from Sept. 1939 - June 1940, by a Hurricane pilot with N...

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Reid, P. R., M.B.E., M.C., · 1954

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1954, 4th imp., paperback, 223pp, plan in text, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by 'FVM', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape in 1942, ro...

THE LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ.

Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Coronet, London, 1972, 7th imp., paperback, 320pp, 3 plans in text, tv tie-in, pictorial upper wrapper shows Robert Wagner in the BBC TV and Universal TV production, continues the story started in The Colditz Story of the German POW high security camp for officer escapers at ...

COMMANDER CRABB.

Pugh, Marshall, · 1957

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

World Distributors, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, Lionel Philip Kenneth Crabb was an amiable drifter between jobs until he managed to join the Royal Navy in WW2. His previous attempts to join RNVR had been unsuccessful but i...

BOLDNESS BE MY FRIEND.

Pape, Richard, · 1955

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Pan Books, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 254pp, 4pp half tone photo ills, 5 plans/maps in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the classic tale of an airman's WW2 bombing mission: the author was navigator in an RAF Stirling returning from a Bombing...

TARANTO.

Newton, Don and Hampshire, A. Cecil, · 1974

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New English Library, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 173pp, map in text, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), an account of the raid on the Italian fleet in Taranto harbour on 11th November, 1940 by the 'fanatics' of the Fleet Air Arm, Swordfish cr...

THEY HAVE THEIR EXITS.

Neave, Airey (foreword by Lord Justice Birkett), · 1973

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Coronet Books, London, 1973, 6th imp., paperback, 189pp, double page map and three plans, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), captured at Calais in 1940, an account of the author's three escapes, the final being successful from Colditz and his subsequent service ...

THE WHITE RABBIT.

Marshall, Bruce (as related by Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC), · 1954

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1954, reprint, paperback, 268pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the British agent's work in co-ordination of the various resistance groups in WW2 occupied France culminating in his capture, torture and,...

H.M.S. THULE INTERCEPTS.

Mars, Alastair DSO, DSC and BAR, · 1958

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 221pp, maps and diagram in text, [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the sequel to Unbroken, an account of the author's experiences in command of HM Submarine 'Thule', commissioned in May 1944, after a short period opera...

THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE.

Landsborough, Gordon, · 1957

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Panther/Hamilton and Co. (Stafford) London, 1957, 3rd imp., paperback original, 160pp, 8pp photo ills., 4 maps and diagrams in text, #626, pictorial design upper wrapper, photo pictorial lower wrapper, the battle in December, 1939, between the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, ...

GREEN BEACH.

Leasor, James, · 1976

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Corgi, London, 1976, reissued edn., paperback, 288pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of one of the objectives of the Dieppe raid in 1942, the examination of the German radar at Pourville, codenamed 'Green Beach', by an RAF flight ...

THE FOUNDLING.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1948

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Heinemann, London, 1948, 1st edn., [iv], 432pp, mid-brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, blind stamped GH upper board, publishers device lower board, coloured endpapers, edges and endpapers tanned, lightly rubbed and faintly bumped at extrems., no dustwrapper, very good,

COTILLION.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1965

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Heinemann, London, 1965, 3rd imp., [vi], 338pp, salmon pink cloth lettered in maroon at spine and upper board, publishers device in blind lower board, uniform edition, edges tanned, ink name front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

THE UNKNOWN AJAX.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1961

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Heinemann, London, 1961, 2nd imp., [vi], 314pp, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, blind stamped GH upper board, publishers device lower board, Barbosa pictorial dustwrapper, very slightly cocked, edges tanned, old sello stains to endpapers, small ink check marks against...

THE FOUNDLING.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1949

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

The Book Club, London, 1949, club edn., [iv], 308pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), edges tanned and a little foxed, rubbed and bumped at extrems., head of spine repaired, ink name front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight ...

SIMON THE COLDHEART.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1978

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Heinemann, London, 1978, first reissued edn., 286pp, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, originally published 1925 and later suppressed by the author, a new issue with a foreword by her son, in a dustwrapper reproducing the Barbosa design, lightly bumped lower tips, dustw...

FRIDAY'S CHILD.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1944

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Heinemann, London, 1944, 3rd imp., [iv], 312pp, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, GH in blind upper board, publisher's device in blind lower board, in brown, cream and white lettered dustwrapper, a wartime production during paper rationing, edges a little tanned and fox...

H. M. SUBMARINES.

Kemp, Lieut.-Comdr. P.K. R.N., · 1960

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Four Square, London, 1960, 2nd imp., paperback, 192pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of the Royal Navy's submarine service, by the ex-submariner and Admiralty Archivist Lt-Cdr Peter Kemp. The account covers the period from th...

MOST SECRET WAR.

Jones, R. V., · 1979

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Coronet, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 702pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., line drawings/diagrams in text, coloured lettered upper wrapper, an account of the author's part in the work of British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945, uncovering and countering the German...