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LEE AND HIS GENERALS.

Snow, Captain Wm. P., · 1982

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

The Fairfax Press, New York, 1982, 500pp, half tone ills. in text, (string - hgfedcba)grey cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial montage dustwrapper, originally published anonymously in 1865 shortly after the end of the Ameri...

HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOUR.

Monsarrat, Nicholas (ill. James Holland), · 1952

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,425)

Cassell, London, 1952, 1st thus, 93pp, double pictorial title and 18 two colour in text illustrations by James Holland, large format about 10 x 8 inches, purple cloth covered boards lettered in white at spine, decorated in white upper board, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper b...

SUPREME COURAGE - Heroic Stories From 150 Years Of The Victoria Cross.

de la Billière, General Sir Peter, · 2004

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Little Brown, London, 2004, 1st edn., [viii], 387pp, 2pp coloured and 14pp half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of some of the winners of the Victoria Cross, the hi...

DUNKIRK - Fight to the Last Man.

Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh, · 2007

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,214)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND [2007], reprint, trade paperback, xviii, 701pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., 21 maps, [i] ad., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the British Expeditionary Force in France, of the German attack in May 1940, of the defensive actions and...

AT ALL COSTS! Stories of Impossible Victories.

Perrett, Bryan, · 1999

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Cassell, London, 1999, reprint, trade paperback, 223pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 12 in text maps / battle plans, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Classics series, a selection of accounts of victories snatched from the jaws of defeat, from historic...

STALINGRAD.

Beevor, Antony, · 0

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, reprint, paperback, xvii, 493pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 6 in text maps, [i], large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, a chronological account of the events leading to the battle for Stalingrad and a detaile...

THE FORGOTTEN DEAD.

Small, Ken with Mark Rogerson, · 1992

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Bloomsbury, London, ND (circa 1992), reprint, paperback, [viii], 241pp, [vii] blank, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, on the night of 27th April, 1944, German E-boats intercept Exercise Tiger, one of the rehearsals for the D-Day landings. This is an accoun...

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.

Maugham, W. Somerset, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 252pp, [iii] ads., #2646, coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), sl. roll to spine, a little rubbed at tips, light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, ink name/date inside upper wrapper, very good,

CATALINA.

Maugham, W. Somerset, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 239pp, [i] ads., #2671, coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper by Christopher Ridley, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, ink name/date inside upper wrapper, very good plus,

THE MAKING OF MODERN RUSSIA.

Kochan, Lionel, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 335pp, coloured lettered wrappers, sl. roll and slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing and soiling to wrappers, edges tanned, ink name/date half title, good,

THE AWKWARD AGE.

James, Henry, · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin Modern Classics, Harmondsworth, 1983, reprint, paperback, 383pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the text including the author's preface is taken from the New York edition of 1908, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name/date half title, very good,

EYELESS IN GAZA.

Huxley, Aldous, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1959, reprint, paperback, 383pp, Penguin orange and white livery, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, nicks at tail of spine, edges tanned, ink name/date half title, good plus,

FOCH : THE MAN OF ORLEANS - Volumes l and ll.

Hart, B. H. Liddell, · 1937

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1937, l. 1st in imprint, ll. 2nd imp., paperback, l. pp.1-272, 10 in text maps, ll. pp. 273-536, 6 in text maps, [vii] ads., #114 & #115, Penguin blue and white livery, biography of one of the major French military thinkers and commanders of the late 1...

UP THE JUNCTION.

Dunn, Nell, · 1966

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1966, reprint, paperback, 123pp, in text line drawings by Susan Benson, [v] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, sixteen short stories, slant and sl. roll to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

THE WATERFALL.

Drabble, Margaret, · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1975, reprint, paperback, 239pp, [i] ads., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper by Chris Yates, sl. slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name/date half title, very good

THE MILLSTONE.

Drabble, Margaret, · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1977, reprint, paperback, 172pp, [iii] ads., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper by Chris Yates, a little rubbed at extrems., creasing to upper wrapper, edges tanned, ink name/date inside upper wrapper, good,

JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN.

Drabble, Margaret, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1974, reprint, paperback, 206pp, [ii] ads., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper by Bruce Rae, a little rubbed at extrems., faint creasing at cnrs., edges tanned, ink name/date half title, good plus,

AN ASPIDISTRA IN BABYLON.

Bates, H. E., · 1964

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1964, 1st in imprint, paperback, 191pp, [i] ads., #2130, coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Robin Jacques, four short stories, sl. roll and slant to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, ink name half title, very good,

A KIND OF LOVING.

Barstow, Stan, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1963, reprint, paperback, 272p, Penguin orange and white livery wiith added cover art by John Sewell, spine slanted and slightly rolled, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, cnrs. inclined to curl, ink name/date half title, good,

ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

Ashley, Maurice, · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1965, reprint, paperback, 267pp, [iii] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, No. 6 in The Pelican History of England, sl. roll to spine, rubbed at extrems., small dent fore-edge, edges tanned, ink name/date half title, good plus,