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Wiesel, Elie, · 1978

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Fontana, London, 1978, 3rd imp., paperback, 126pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the author, a young Hungarian Jew, tells of his experiences in a hngarian ghetto and in the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, a little rubbed at extrems., edges lightly tanned, ...

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY.

Smith, Peter C., · 1976

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New English Library, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., double page col'd ill. inside upper wrapper, map and 3 battle plans in text, appendices of task forces, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art, coloured front endpapers (unattr...

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY.

Smith, Peter C., · 1976

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

New English Library, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., double page col'd ill. inside upper wrapper, map and 3 battle plans in text, appendices of task forces, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art, coloured front endpapers (unattr...

WITH THE OLD BREED - At Pelelui and Okinawa.

Sledge, E. B., · 0

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ballantine/Presidio Press, New York, paperback, xxvii, 353pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, the acclaimed account of experiences of a US Marine in the Pacific campaign of WW2, a little rubbed at extrems., vertical creasing to spine, edge...

WINGLESS VICTORY.

Richardson, Anthony, · 1956

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 254pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., map in text, {ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, in May 1940 the Wing Commander Basil Embry was in command of 107 Squadron of Bristol Blenheims based at Wattisham in Suffolk. Recently h...

ZERO!.

Okumiya, Masatake and Horikoshi, Jiro with Caidin, Martin, · 1958

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Corgi, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 412pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv], #G613, coloured lettered upper wrapper, an account of the Japese 'Zero' fighter and also that of the Japanese Navy Air Force from 1937 to 1945, covering theIr early successes with the Zero...

I WAS A KAMIKAZE.

Nagatsuka, R, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial wrappers by Brian Knight, an account of a young Japanese pilot's training to become a bomber suicide pilot during WW2, appendix of suicide plane attacks and results, a little...

FIRST OF THE MANY - The Story of Independent Force, RAF.

Morris, A, · 1969

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Arrow, London, 1969, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, by July 1917 the British government was under extreme political pressure to counter the German bombing of London with seeming impunity. The Prime M...

BUGLES AND A TIGER - A Personal Adventure.

Masters, John, · 1973

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Corgi, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 254pp, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the first volume of autobiography of the author and soldier, born in Calcutta he left Wellington School for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1933, served with the Duk...

THE WHITE RABBIT.

Marshall, Bruce (as related by Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC), · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1957, 5th imp., paperback, 268pp, 4pp half tone ills., [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, 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, under sentence o...

WINGS OF WAR - Airmen of All Nations tell their stories 1939-45.

Lucas, Laddie (ed.), · 1985

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Grafton Books, London, 1985, abridged edn., 1st in imprint, paperback, 560pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial wrapperrs, although an abridged version of the hardback edition this still has 560 pages of an anthology of WW2 in the air, 'a thrilling and unique rec...

FLYING COLOURS - The Epic Story of Douglas Bader.

Lucas, Laddie, · 1983

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Granada, London, 1983, 1st in imprint, paperback, 382pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., map in text, [ii] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, a biography of Douglas Bader by his RAF colleague and relation by marriage (Lucas married Bader's wife's sister), Laddie Lucas. Not ju...

FIVE CHIMNEYS.

Lengyel, Olga, · 1978

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Panther Books, London, 1978, reprint, paperback, 221pp, photo pictorial panel upper wrapper, the day to day record of a woman survivor of Auschwitz and Birkenau, slight slant to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., light vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

Frank, Anne (foreword Storm Jameson), · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1965, 17th imp., paperback, 224pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., pictorial design upper wrapper by CyWebb, the story of the Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family, hiding in secret rooms in Amsterdam for over 2 years until discovered in August 1944 by the Dutch...

THE BLITZ.

Fitzgibbon, Connstantine (ills. by Henry Moore), · 1974

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Corgi, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 270pp, 8pp half tone plates, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of the civilians and civil defence personnel and how they coped with the London Blitz during the winter 1940/41, illustrated with d...

OPERATION HELL-FIRE.

Dawson, J. F., · 1942

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Trojan, London, ND, paperback, unpaginated [153pp], coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, a novel of the commando element of the raid on St. Nazaire in March 1942, Operation Chariot, in which a destroyer packed with explosives was driven against the gates of the dry dock,...

EL ALAMEIN.

Carver, Michael, · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps and plans in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Battle of El Alamein in October/November 1942 which began to turn the tide against the Germans in North Africa, with...

THE DAM BUSTERS.

Brickhill, Paul, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1971, 24th imp., paperback, 252pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattributed), the story of the exploits of 617 squadron, formed specially for the 'Dam Buster' operation against the Moehne and Eder dams it went on...

THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.

Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H., · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, #T34, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Leech, in the British Battles Series, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armi...

THE MIGHTY EIGHTH IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Smith, Graham, · 2001

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Countryside Books, Newbury, 2001, 1st edn., paperback original, 300pp, half tone photo ills. in text, decorative chapter heads, large format (8 x 6" approx.), coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, the first elements of the newly formed Eith U. S. Army Air Force arrived in B...