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BOMBER INTELLIGENCE - 103, 150, 166, 170 Squadrons Operations and Techniques '42 - '45.

Jones, W. E., · 1983

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Midland Counties Publications, Earl Shilton, 1983, 1st edn.,304pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., map and diagrams in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, the author served as RAF intelligence officer in WW2 and describes h...

THE SECRET DREAM - an essay on Britain, America and Russia,.

Priestley, J. B., · 1946

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Turnstile Press Ltd., London, 1946, 1st edn., paperback original, 38pp, paper wrappers, cream wrappers with lettering and decoration in blue, red and black by 'Scarfe', an essay on the need for shared liberty, equality and fraternity between the three major nations, wrappers ...

THE ARTS UNDER SOCIALISM - being a lecture given to the Fabian Society with a postscript on 'What the Government should do for the Arts Here and Now',.

Priestley, J. B., · 1947

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Turnstile Press Ltd., London, 1947, 1st edn., paperback original, 32pp, paper wrappers, stapled cream wrappers with lettering and decoration by Brian Robb, wrappers are a heavy matt paper that picks up every grain of dust, lightly rubbed and faintly creased in places, no ser...

THE RED ORCHESTRA.

Tarrant, V. E., · 1998

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cassell, London, 1998, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 224pp, in text maps, pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of the most effective spy ring of WW2, the Russian 'Red Orchestra' conducted by Leopold Trepper, a variety of loose groups of agents from diverse backgroun...

BLACK SATURDAY.

McKee, Alexander, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, 173pp, diagram in text, [iii]ads., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by Chris Mayger, an account of the sinking of the battleship Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy's Home Fleet base in the Orkney Islands, by U-47 ...

OPERATION SEA LION - An Account of the German preparations and the British counter-measures (originally published as Invasion 1940).

Fleming, Peter, · 1984

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Pan Books, London, 1984, trade paperback, 333pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., facsimiles and line drawings in text, [iii] ads., wraparound cover map with pictorial panel upper wrapper, an account of the British civilian and military preparations for invasion after Dunkirk, and...

THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.

Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H., · 1983

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1983, trade paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, wraparound cover map with pictorial panel upper wrapper, in the Grand Strategy Series, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armie...

FIELDS OF FIRE.

Webb, James, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Mayflower, London, 1981, paperback, 443pp, map in text, [iv] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, a saga of the war in Vietnam and the experiences of a group of soldiers, slight roll to slightly creased spine, a little rubbed at extrems., creasing to wrappers, slight surface ...

WOMEN BEYOND THE WIRE.

Warner, Lavinia and Sandilands, John, · 1983

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hamlyn, London, 1983, 1st in imprint, paperback, [xiv], 289pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., map and facsimile documents in text, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the experiences of the women internees of the Japanese in Sumatra, most of whom were refugees from the last-m...

RAF BIGGIN HILL.

Wallace, Graham, · 1958

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Four Square, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 221pp, 8pp photo ills., [iii] ads., coloured pictorial wrappers, a history of the famous RAF fighter station, from the early days of 1917 when occupied by the RFC and the home of the Wireless Experimental Establishment, po...

THE WARRING SEAS (originally published as Dynamite for Hire).

Sellwood, A. V., · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Tandem, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 237pp, iii ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the maritime career of Lt. Cdr. Hein Fehler, from his early years as a boy seaman in sailing merchant vessels in the Baltic and further afield, flirtation with th...

THE RUSSIAN CONVOYS.

Schofield, B. B., · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan Books, London, ND (circa 1985), reprint, trade paperback, 237pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and plans in text, [ii] ads., pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), in the Pan Grand Strategy series, the story of the convoys to Russia during WW2, including material dr...

ATLANTIS.

Mohr, Ulrich (as told to A. V. Sellwood), · 1973

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New English Library, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 206pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., wrap-around coloured pictorial wrappers, by Paul Wright, an account by Captain Rogge's ADC, Ulrich Mohr, of the exploits of the German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis (o...

STRATEGIC DECEPTION IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Howard, Michael, · 1992

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Pimlico, London, 1992, paperback, [xiv], 271pp, 4pp maps, large format (9 x 6" approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, originally published by HMSO as volume 5 of the 'Official History of British Intelligence in the Second World War', the author explains how a successful ...

BARBAROSSA - The Russian-German Conflict 1941-1945.

Clark, Alan, · 1996

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Phoenix, London, 1996, 1st in imprint, paperback, xxii, 522pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 15pp maps, 4 charts in text, , large format (8.5 x 5.5" approx.), photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of the German campaign on the Eastern Front from the initial invasio...

THE MARNE.

Blond, Georges (trans. by H. Eaton Hart), · 2002

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Prion, London, 2002, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 5 in text maps, photo pictorial wrappers, in August 1914 over one million German troops invaded Northern France through Belgium in a modified version of the Schlieffen plan and threatened ...

CITIZEN SOLDIERS - The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Surrender of Germany.

Ambrose, Stephen E., · 2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pocket Books, London, 2002, trade paperback, 528pp, 48pp half tone photo ills., 9 in text maps, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, drawn from hundreds of interviews with members of the US Army, from the high command to the ordinary soldier, the author recreates the war...

PBY CATALINA IN ACTION.

Scarborough, Captin W. E., · 1983

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Squadron / Signal Publications, Carrollton, Texas, 1983, 1st edn. US, paperback original, decorated title, 50pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills in text, large landscape format (8 x 11" approx.), stapled coloured pictorial wrappers, a detailed account of the Cons...

COLOGNE - THE FIRST 1000-BOMBER RAID.

Messenger, Charles, · 1982

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ian Allan, London, 1982, 1st edn., paperback original, 64pp, half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, large format (9 x 7" approx.), pictorial montage wrappers, in the Crucial Battles of World War 2 series, an account of the background to the first ever 1000 bomber a...

BRISTOL BLENHEIM IN ACTION.

Mackay, Ron, · 1988

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Squadron / Signal Publications, Carrollton, Texas, 1988, 1st edn. US, paperback original, decorated title, 50pp inc. 1pp ads., line drawings, coloured and half tone ills in text, large landscape format (8 x 11" approx.), stapled coloured pictorial montage wrappers, a detail...