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SIEGFRIED - The Nazis Last Stand.

Whiting, Charles (aka Leo Kessler), · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Pan Books, London, 2003, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xx, 268pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 6 in text maps, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan Grand Strategy series, three months after D-Day, in September 1944, the allies had reached the German fortified frontier, the ...

ARDENNES : THE SECRET WAR.

Whiting, Charles (aka Leo Kessler), · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Pan Books, London, 2003, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [viii], 196pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 4 in text maps, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan Grand Strategy series, an account of one of the Allies greatest intelligence failures when a German army of 600,000 counter...

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG.

Thomas, Dylan, · 1948

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Guild Books / British Publisher's Guild / Dent, London, 1948, 1st in imprint, paperback, 128pp, lettered paper wrappers, a collection of short stories, lightly rubbed at tips with sl. (1/8 inch) loss at head of spine, wrappers sunned at spine and upper edge, light diag. creas...

NORWICH AND ITS REGION.

Briers, Frank (ed), · 1961

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

British Association for the Advancement of Science, ND (copyright 1961), , 1st edn., 224pp, in text half tone and line photos, drawings, maps, plans and tables, coloured endpapers, large folding colopured map loosely inserted in pocket at rear pastedown, cloth backed laminate...

U-BOATS - a pictorial history.

Hoyt, Edwin P., · 1987

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Stanley Paul, London, 1987, 1st edn., xii, 289pp, half tone photo ills., line drawings diagrams and facsimiles throughout, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a recreation of the Battle of the Atlanti...

GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Smith, J. R. and Kay, Antony, · 1978

£19.50 (€23.37 | $25.76 | ¥4,113)

Putnam, London, 1978, 3rd imp., xiv, 745pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. and line drawings by E. J. Creek throughout, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a brief account of the German aircraft industry a...

VOICES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

de Lee, Nigel, · 2004

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 2004, 1st edn. UK, 288pp, half tone photo frontis, double page map, half tone photo ills. in text, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the biggest land battle faced by the ...

SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE.

Compiled Regimentally, · 1916

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1916, 1st edn., [x], 48pp, half tone photo frontis, 18pp half tone photo ills. and line drawings, folding map, coloured endpapers, small format about 7.5 x 5 inches, dark green cloth lettered in black at spine, decorated in black upper board, borde...

SS 1 - THE UNLIKELY DEATH OF HEINRICH HIMMLER.

Thomas, Hugh, · 2001

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Fourth Estate, London, ND (circa 2001), reprint, xii, 276pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, in May 1945 Heinrich Himmler was captured by the Allies, committed suicide and was buried on ...

BRITISH NAVAL AIRCRAFT 1912-1958.

Thetford, Owen, · 1958

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,847)

Putnam, London, 1958, 1st edn., 426pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. and line drawings throughout, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, a companion volume to the author's 'Aircraft of the Royal Air Force' with three view drawings, nar...

HURRICANE - The War Exploits of the Fighter Aircraft.

Stewart, Adrian, · 1984

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

William Kimber, London, 1984, reprint, 336pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 4 in taxt maps, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Peter Endsleigh-Castle, a history of the Hawker Hurricane in its role in WW2 as fighter, fighter-bomber and a...

BIRTH OF A LEGEND : THE SPITFIRE.

Quill, Jeffrey with Cox, Sebastian, · 1986

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

Quiller Press, London, 1986, 2nd imp., 160pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, 8pp coloured ills., diagrams, line drawings and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwra...

THE BITTER YEARS - The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway April 1940 - May1945.

Petrow, Richard, · 1940

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,847)

Purnell Book Services, London, ND, club edn., [x], 403pp, 3 double page maps and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, [iii] blank, dichromatic dark/light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound photo pictorial dustwrapper, the definitive account of Denmark and Nor...

SPY AND COUNTER-SPY.

Newman, Bernard, · 1970

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Robert Hale, London, 1970, 1st edn., 255pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., light brown cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a history of the British Secret Service and Military Intelligence from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II, with accounts of many of t...

CASSINO - Portrait of a Battle.

Majdalany, Fred, · 1957

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Longmans Green, London, 1957, 2nd imp., 270pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 1 folding panorama, 8 maps in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the major stumbling block to the Allied advance on Rome was Cassino, the fulcrum of the Ge...

IRELAND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Wood, Ian S., · 2002

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,742)

Caxton Editions, London, ND (copyright 2002), 184pp, half tone photo ills. and facsimiles throughtout, decorative endpapers, large format (11.5 x 8 inches approx.), laminated photo pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, an account of the R...

HOOD AND BISMARCK.

Mearns, David and White, Rob, · 2002

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Channel 4 Books, London, 2002, paperback, 224pp, coloured and half tone ills., diagrams, maps and facsimiles throughout, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of the British battlecruiser HMS Hood and the German battleship Bismarck, t...

H. M. DESTROYERS.

Kemp, Lt. Cdr. P. K., FRHistS, RN, · 1956

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Herbert Jenkins, London, 1956, 1st edn., 237pp, [iii] blank and ads., 16pp half tone photo ills., red cloth lettered in black at spine, publishers device in black lower board, the Admiralty Archivist records the history and development of the Destroyer and describes a number ...

THE BURMA-SIAM RAILWAY - The secret diary of Dr. Robert Hardie 1942-45.

Hardie, Dr. Robert, · 1983

£11.50 (€13.78 | $15.19 | ¥2,425)

Imperial War Museum, London, ND (copyright 1983), 1st edn., 181pp, coloured and half tone ills. by the author and facsimile posters in text, [x] Biographical Index, coloured maps at endpapers, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloure...

RAF FIGHTER COMMAND 1936-1968.

Franks, Norman, · 1992

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Patrick Stephens, Sparkford, 1992, 1st edn., 253pp, half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams throughout, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a history of Fighter Command, formed in 1936 and becomi...