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GHOST SOLDIERS - The Astonishing Story of One of Wartime's Greatest Escapes.

Sides, Hampton, · 2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Time Warner, London, 2002, reprint, paperback, [x inc. maps], 431pp, half tone pictorial double title, [v] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the experiences of the prisoners-of-war of the Japanese 1942-5 in the camp at Cabanatuan, on the Philippine peninsular of B...

THE BEST YEARS OF THEIR LIVES - The National Service Experience 1945-63.

Royle, Trevor, · 1997

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

John Murray, London, 1997, 1st in imprint, paperback, xv, 288pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial montage wrappers, an account of the experiences of National Service in Britain between 1945 to 1963, when service with t...

MASTERS OF DEATH - THE SS-EINSATZGRUPPEN AND THE INVENTION OF THE HOLOCAUST.

Rhodes, Richard, · 2002

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Perseus Press, Oxford, ND (copyright 2002), paperback, xii, 335pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [iii] notes, large format (9 x 6 inches), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Einsatzgruppen, the SS groups drawn often from the Police who followed up behind the co...

THE FIRST TO LAND.

Reeman, Douglas, · 1985

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Arrow Books, London, 1985, 1st in imprint, paperback, 294pp, [iv] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), the second novel in the series about the Blackwood family and the Royal Marines. 1900 and Captain David Blackwood in China at the Boxer rebellion, lightly rubbe...

NOT BY STRENGTH BY GUILE.

Mercer, Peter, · 2002

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Blake, London, ND (circa 2002), reprint, paperback, [x], 367pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, the experiences of a member of the Special Boat Service, described as 'the most difficult situations that even the SAS couldn't handle', in Nort...

COMPANY OF SPEARS.

Mallinson, Allan, · 2007

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Bantam, London, 2007, reprint, trade paperback, 508pp, in text map, wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by Chris Collingwood, the eighth Matthew Hervey story, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

A REGIMENTAL AFFAIR.

Mallinson, Allan, · 2002

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Bantam, London, 2002, trade paperback, 389pp, in text map, [x] notes and ads., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by Chris Collingwood, the third Matthew Hervey story, lightly rubbed at tips, ownership label inside upper wrapper, very good plus,

FROM TRENCH AND TURRET - Royal Marines Letters and Diaries 1914-1918.

Holloway, S. M., · 1990

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Royal Marines Museum, Portsmouth, ND (circa 1990), paperback, [ii], ii, 103pp, half tone photo ills., facsimiles, maps and diagrams in text, erratum slip, eight leaf manuscript facsimile of operational notes tipped onto inside lower wrapper, half tone photo pictorial montage ...

IMPERIAL WARRIORS - Britain and the Gurkhas.

Gould, Tony, · 2000

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Granta, London, 2000, trade paperback, xvi, 480pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 4 in text maps, coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, a history of the Ghurkas and of the relationship between Britain and the small fighting men of the independent Kingdom of Nepal, at the foo...

SPECIAL FORCES IN THE INVASION OF FRANCE.

Gaujac, Paul (trans. by Janice Lert), · 1999

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,480)

Histoire and Collections, Paris, ND (copyright 1999), paperback, 412pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., decorated half title and frontis, maps / diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 6 inches approx.), pictorial wrappers, in English, an account of the 170 Allied Special Forces te...

FIRST INTO ACTION - A Dramatic Personal Account of Life in the SBS.

Falconer, Duncan, · 2001

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Warner, London, 2001, reprint, trade paperback, xvi, 431pp, [i] ads., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of service with the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines equivalent of the SAS, on training exercises and operations, in Northern Ireland, the Falkland...

FIRST INTO ACTION - A Dramatic Personal Account of Life in the SBS.

Falconer, Duncan, · 1999

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Warner, London, 1999, paperback, xvi, 431pp, [i] ads., coloured lettered upper wrapper, an account of service with the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines equivalent of the SAS, on training exercises and operations, in Northern Ireland, the Falklands and the Gulf, lightl...

21ST PANZER DIVISION - Rommel's Afrika Korps Spearhead.

Ellis, Chris, · 2001

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Ian Allan, Hersham, 2001, 1st edn., paperback original, 96pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, coloured and half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams throughout, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, No. 1 in the Spearhead series,...

BROTHERS IN ARMS.

Duffy, Peter, · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Book Club Associates, London, 2003, club edn., paperback, xviii, 302pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, 16pp half tone photo ills., double page map in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, the story of the partisan brigade ...

BLINDFOLD AND ALONE - British Military Executions In The Great War.

Corns, Cathryn and Hughes-Wilson, John, · 2002

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

Cassell, London, 2002, paperback, 543pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 5 maps and 12 facsimiles in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper by Nick Castle, a collection of case histories of men executed in the First World War when, between 1914 a...

SECRET GERMANY - Claus von Stauffenberg and the Mystical Crusade against Hitler.

Baigent, Michael and Leigh, Richard, · 1995

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1995, 1st in imprint, paperback, xiv, 337pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., pedigree and 2 maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, an account Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the leaders and the driving force behind the crusade of a group of officers to res...

AN ARMY AT DAWN - The War in North Africa, 1942-1943.

Atkinson, Rick, · 2004

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,320)

Abacus, London, 2004, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xx], 681pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., Allied Chain of Command and 18 maps in text, pictorial montage wrappers, winner of the Pulitzer prize for history in 2003 this is an account of the climax of North African campaign...

LAST POST.

Arthur, Max, · 2006

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Cassell Military Paperbacks, London, ND (circa 2006), reprint, trade paperback, 272pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, compiled from interviews conducted in 2004 with the last British survivors of WW1, the ex...

WILD BLUE - 741 Squadron - On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe.

Ambrose, Stephen E., · 2003

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Pocket Books, London, ND (circa 2003), reprint, trade paperback, 300pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the WW2 experiences of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, concentrating on 'Dakota Que...

D-DAY - June 6, 1944 The Climactic Battle of World War II.

Ambrose, Stephen E., · 2004

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Pocket Books, London, ND (circa 2004), reprint, trade paperback, 655pp, [32pp half tone photo ills., 8 maps and double page diagram in text, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, by the author of 'Band of Brothers' and drawing on hundreds of interviews with US ...