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WE SPEAK FROM THE AIR.

HMSO, · 1942

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original , 72pp, oversize paper wrappers, coloured decorated wrappers sl. larger than text block, 7 x 5" approx., a selection of twenty-three short contemporary BBC radio broadcasts given by RAF and WAAF personnel to give the public a t...

TRANSPORT GOES TO WAR - The official story of British transport, 1939-1942.

HMSO, · 1942

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., with the dispersal of population and industry because of the war British transport needed complete re-organisation and this is an ...

FRONT LINE 1940-41 - The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain.

HMSO, · 1942

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 160pp, many in text half tone photos and maps, photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the official story of the Civil Defence of Britain, an account of the air attacks on London, the provinces and the ports, and the arrangements to...

A WORKER'S DAY UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION.

Griffiths, Jim (foreword by ), · 1942

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Liberty, London, 1942, 4th printing, paperback, 15pp, 5 in text half tone photo ills., pictorial stapled wrappers, based on official and unofficial sources an account of life under German occupation for a typical Polish family in Warsaw, lightly rubbed and soiled, tiny chip ...

ARK ROYAL.

[Dorling, Capt. H. Taprell ('Taffrail')] attributed to, · 1942

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 64pp, half tone photo ills. and 2 maps in text, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", relates the history of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, built 1937 and involved in the search for the Graf Spee, the campaign in Norway i...

WINGED VICTORY.

Yeates, V. M. (tribute and preface by Henry Williamson), · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Buchan and Enright, London, 1985, 1st in imprint, paperback, [vi], 456pp, large format 8.5 x 5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the classic novel about air warfare on the Western Front in World War One, describing the everyday life of a Royal Flying Corps sq...

THE DAMBUSTERS RAID.

Sweetman, John, · 1993

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Arms and Armour, London, 1993, reprint, paperback, xiv, 219pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., diagrams and maps in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers (from a painting by Dugald cameron), a new account of Operation Chastise, the Bomber Command ...

LOOKING INTO HELL - Experiences of the Bomber Command War.

Rolfe, Mel, · 2000

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 2000, 1st in pmprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a collection of twenty accounts by RAF Bomber Command aircrew of their experiences on operations during WW2; flying through skies criss-crossed ...

AERIAL DOGFIGHTS OF WORLD WAR II.

Pearl, Jack, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Monarch, Derby, Connecticut, 1962, paperback, 138pp, [vi] ads., coloured photo pictorial wrappers, edges coloured, tales of battles between the fighter aircraft of the Allies and Axis countries in the British, African, Pacific and European theatres of WW2, roll and slant to s...

THE SCHWEINFURT-REGENSBURG MISSION - American Raids on 17 August 1943.

Middlebrook, Martin, · 1987

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 1987), reprint, trade paperback, 363pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, [iii] ads., pictorial montage wrappers, a detailed account of the USAAF 8th Air Force operation against the Messerschmitt factory at Regensburg and...

THE NUREMBERG RAID 30-31 March 1944.

Middlebrook, Martin, · 1975

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Fontana, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 369pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, photo montage wrappers, a background history of Bomber Command's raids on Germany up to March 1944 and a meticulous account of the raid on Nuremberg on 30-31 Marc...

COCKLESHELL HEROES.

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, OBE, MC (with the co-operation of Lt. Col. H. G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten, KG), · 1942

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan Books, London, ND, paperback, 255pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, [i] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Trus Stories of World War ll series, account of the raid on shipping in the German occupied harbour of Bordeaux in December 1942...

AIRCREW - The Story Of The Men Who Flew The Bombers.

Lewis, Bruce, · 1994

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Orion, London, 1994, 1st in imprint, paperback, xvi, 187pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, a veteran of 36 operations over Germany in lancasters the author described the experiences of the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command and USAAF 8th Air Force, who ...

KENNEALLY VC.

Kenneally, John Patrick, · 1991

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Kenwood, Huddersfield, 1991, 1st edn., paperback, [iv], 204pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., London Gazette extract in facsimile in text, errata slip loosely inserted, large format (11.5 x 5.5 inches approx.), pictorial upper wrapper, the memoirs of a deserter from the Royal Art...

TRUE STORIES OF THE SAS - The Special Air Service.

Hunter, Robin, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Virgin, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, x, 132pp, decorated upper wrapper, an account of the Special Air Service, originally raised in Egypt in July 1941 by Lieutenant David Stirling and designated 'L' detachment, it has become one of the most proficient armed units ...

FIGHT FOR THE SKY.

Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore, · 1986

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1986, 1st edn., paperback original, 224pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. map and line drawings in text, large format (8.5 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, stories of the Royal Air Force fighter pilots from al...

UNCOMMON VALOUR.

Goulding, Sqn. Ldr. A. G., DFM, · 1996

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Goodall / Air Data Publications, Wilmslow - Cheshire, 1996, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, the story of RAF Bomber Command 1939-1945, drawing on de-classified material, as well as relating the building of this most...

THE SILENT WAR.

Falla, Frank (foreword by Russell Braddon), · 1991

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Burbridge, St. Martin's, Guernsey, 1991, reprint, paperback, 172pp, 4pp half tone ills., [iv] ads., coloured decorated upper wrapper, an account of the occupation of the Channel islands by a Guernsey journalist, a contributor also to the underground newsheet, leading to his b...

BITTER VICTORY - The Battle for Sicily July-August 1943.

d'Este, Carlo, · 1989

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Fontana, London, 1989, paperback, [ii], 666pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [ii] blank, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, the definitive history of the campaign to invade and take Sicily, the first step to the taking of Italy, combining detailed accounts ...

BOMBER HARRIS - The Story of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, Bt, GCB, OBE, AFC, LLD, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (sic), Bomber Command, 1942-1945.

Saward, Dudley, · 1984

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,059)

Cassell - Buchan and Enright, London, 1984, 1st edn., 347pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, the authorised biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris and ...