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NO TIME TO WAVE GOOD-BYE.

Wicks, Ben (intro. Michael Caine), · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Bloomsbury, London, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, xii, 228pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, moving personal records of the experiences of children who were evacuated during WW2, a little rubbed at extrems., light vertical creasing to spine, ed...

THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE LUFTWAFFE - The Suicide Attack on the Eighth Air Force, 7 April 1945.

Weir, Adrian, · 2004

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell, London, 2004, reprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 3 maps in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Paperbacks series, an account of the author's research into the Luftwaffe crews of Sonderkommando or Schulunges...

WORLD WAR TWO - The Untold Story.

Warner, Philip, · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 2003, reprint, trade paperback, [xii], 308pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Paperbacks series, an account of the progress of WW2 covering the major events and also the ba...

D-DAY.

Tute, Warren; Costello, John and Hughes, Terry (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma), · 1979

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Pan Books in assoc. with Sidgewick and Jackson, London, ND (circa 1979), revised edition reprint, paperback, 256pp incl 32pp in colour, over 200 half tone photo ills., maps, cartoons, drawings and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 7" approx.), wraparound coloured photo pi...

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN.

Terraine, John, · 1980

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Arrow Books, London, 1980, new issue, trade paperback, 202pp, 64pp half tone ills., photo-pictorial wrappers, a larger format re-issue about 9 x 6 inches without mention of the earlier 1970 Arrow edition, with a postscript about Mountbatten's assassination by the IRA in 1979 ...

HOSTAGES AT COLDITZ (first published as The Privileged Nightmare).

Romilly, Giles and Alexander, Michael, · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sphere Books, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 237pp, map in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the experiences of two 'prominente', prisoners with high level connections who were kept at Colditz castle during WW2, the nephew of Winston Churchill,...

THE TASTE OF BATTLE - Front Line Action 1914-1991.

Perrett, Bryan, · 2001

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell, London, 2001, reprint, trade paperback, 255pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Paperbacks series, commissioned to illustrate how the horror of some of the 20th Century's major battles might have appeared to...

IRON FIST - Classic Armoured Warfare.

Perrett, Bryan, · 2000

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell, London, 2000, reprint, trade paperback, 222pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, [i] ad., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Paperbacks series, the transition of the most mobile striking force of an army from the cava...

SECRET WARFARE - The Battle of Codes and Cyphers.

Norman, Bruce, · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1989, trade paperback, 187pp, maps, line drawings and diagrams in text, coloured photo pictorial panel upper wrapper, in the Battle Standards Military Paperbacks series, an account codes and cyphers from the time of the Greeks to the present d...

SECRETS OF GERMAN ESPIONAGE.

Newman, Bernard, · 0

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cherry Tree / Withy Grove Press, London, ND, paperback, 224pp, coloured decorated upper wrapper, the author was a proliific writer of fiction and non-fiction, an ex-British Army Captain who served in WW1 and became a lecturer on espionage and European affairs he served as a l...

THE BRUNEVAL RAID - Stealing Hitler's Radar.

Millar, George, · 2002

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell, London, 2002, 1st in imprint, paperback, xviii, 221pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, coloured photo montage wrappers, a description of the Bruneval raid, one of the early assaults by the newly formed parachute regiment in 1942, but with much detail on the b...

KOMMANDO - German Special Forces of World War Two.

Lucas, James, · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 2003, reprint, trade paperback, 245pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., diagrams and line drawings in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Paperback series, an account of the achievements won in secret operations by German agent provacat...

A HISTORY OF WARFARE.

Keegan, John, · 1993

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Hutchinson, London, 1993, paperback, xvi, 432pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, a history of warfare and an analysis of world history, the role that man's impulse to make war has played in it, how wa...

THE HUNTING OF FORCE Z - The Sinking of The Prince of Wales and The Repulse.

Hough, Richard, · 1999

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell, London, 1999, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 159pp, pictorial montage upper wrapper, an examination of the value of capital ships and an account of the development of naval defence against aerial attack. This book records the sending of 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repul...

THE VISITOR'S GUIDE TO NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES - Memorials and Museums.

Holt, Tonie and Valmai, · 1990

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Moorland Publishing, Ashbourne, 1990, reprint, paperback, 256pp, coloured and half tone ills, maps and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a comprehensive guide to the Normandy D-Day landing beaches of 1944 with eye-witness accounts, places of interest, the mu...

PARA! - Fifty Years of The Parachute Regiment.

Harclerode, Peter, · 1998

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Orion, London, 1998, reprint, trade paperback, 415pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, a history of the British Parachute Regiment, from is conception and early training in WW2, through expansion and formation of the Regiment, ...

THE FALL OF CRETE.

Clark, Alan, · 2004

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cassell, London, 2004, reprint, trade paperback, 211pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the battle for Crete in May, 1941, when German parachutists managed to defeat a much larger defensive force (but with such s...

THE DAM BUSTERS.

Brickhill, Paul, · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1955, 10th imp., paperback, 252pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, the story of the exploits of 617 squadron, formed specially for the 'Dam Buster' operation against the Moehne and Eder dams it went on to become...

D-DAY 50 YEARS ON.

Dewar, Colonel Michael and Thompson, Maj Gen Julian (editorial chairmen), · 1994

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Tri-Service Publications, London, ND (copyright 1994), paperback, 191pp inc. ads., maps, coloured and half tone ills. in text, , photo pictorial wrappers, 11.5 x 8 " approx., a commemorative volume the first two thirds of which is devoted to a description of many different as...

D-DAY - 50th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings.

Guttridge, Roger, Hamilton, Keith and Hoskins, John, · 1993

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Southern Newspapers, Southampton, 1993, anniversary edn., paperback, 160pp, coloured and half tone photo ills., facsimiles, maps, diagrams and ads. throughout, coloured pictorial wrappers, 11.5 x 8.5" approx., the official guide to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day with a nu...