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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (Air Ministry Pamphlet 156).

Air Ministry, · 1943

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Department of the Air Member for Training, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback, 94pp, 1 double plate and 8pp half tone photo ills., stapled card wrappers, Air Ministry Pamphlet 156, size about 7.5 x 4.5 inches, not to be confused with the more ephemeral HMSO publication of the ...

REACH FOR THE SKY.

Brickhill, Paul, · 2001

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 2001, reprint, trade paperback, 384pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, the life story of Douglas Bader, the legless RAF fighter pilot, including his accident in which he lost his legs, his battle to return to flying, his en...

JOURNEY'S END - Bomber Command's Battle from Arnhem to Dresden and Beyond.

Wilson, Kevin, · 2012

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, ND (circa 2012), 3rd imp., trade paperback, x, 450pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, the third part of the author's account of the RAF's Bomber Command during WW2, folowing on from 'Bomber Boy...

FIRST LIGHT.

Wellum, Geoffrey, · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (c2003), 30th imp., trade paperback, xiv, 338pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial montage wrappers, the experiences of an RAF fighter pilot during WW2, joining aged 17 two months before the outbreak it covers his training and includes his...

NORFOLK AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Smith, Graham, · 2016

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Countryside Books, Newbury, 2016, 9th imp., paperback, 288pp, maps, half tone photo ills. and facsimiles in text, decorative chapter heads, large format (8 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, with an area of just over 2000 square miles the County of Norfol...

BATTLE OF BRITAIN : THE HARDEST DAY 18 AUGUST 1940.

Price, Alfred, · 1998

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 1998, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 223pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, pictorial wrappers, an account of the combat actions on the day of heaviest losses to both sides in the Battle of Britain, Sunday 18th August 1940, in which t...

A RAID OVER BERLIN.

Martin, John, · 2018

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Parthian, Cardigan, 2018, paperback original, trade paperback, 159pp inc. 6pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, the author volunteered for the Royal Air Force as a gtrainee wireless operator in 1941 at the3 age of nineteen. On completion of his training h...

SAS ITALIAN JOB - The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress.

Lewis, Damien, · 2019

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Quercus, London, 2019, reprint, trade paperback, xvi inc. maps/diagrams, 400pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of two SAS operations in Northern Italy in 1944/5, Operation Galia and Operation Tombola, re-constructed from recent...

ENGINEERS OF VICTORY - The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide In The Second World War.

Kennedy, Paul, · 2014

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin, London, 2014, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxvi, 436pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, an accouint of some of the Allies' logistical challenges of WW2 and how they were overcome, including protecion of convoys, co...

THE DAM BUSTERS.

Brickhill, Paul, · 1984

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan, London, ND (circa 1984), revised edn., trade paperback, 272pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Pan Grand Strategy Series, the story of the exploits of 617 squadron, formed specially for the 'Dam Buster' operation against the Moehne and Ed...

D-DAY - The Battle For Normandy.

Beevor, Antony, · 2010

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin, London, 2010, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xv, 592pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, half tone pictorial upper wrapper, an account by the award winning historian of the Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day, 1944, involving by far the lar...

THE 1,000 DAY BATTLE.

Hoseason, James, · 1979

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Gillingham Publications, Oulton Broad, 1979, 1st in format, paperback, 256pp, half tone double title, half tone photo ills., maps, diagrams and charts throughout, oversize (11.5 x 8 inches approx.), coloured photo pictorial montage wrappers, a profusely illustrated account of...

THE ARMY AT WAR ; TUNIISIA.

The Ministry of Information, · 1944

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 60pp, maps and numerous half tone photo ills in text, oversize stapled pictorial wrappers (14 x 9.5" approx.), unattributed jornalism in tabloid format, an account of the November 1942 landings in Vichy-French occupied north-w...

THEY SOUGHT OUT ROMMEL - A Diary of the Libyan Campaign from November 16th to December 31st, 1941.

Fielding, Capt. Sean, · 1942

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 72pp, 2 maps in text, oversize paper wrappers 7 x 5 inches, in the series The Army at War, yapp edges over sewn binding, an account in diary form of the campaign in the Western Desert 1941, the Eighth Army's first offensive an...

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

HMSO, · 1942

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

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 ...

THERE'S FREEDOM IN THE AIR.

[H. E. Bates], · 1944

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 36pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and map in text, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7 inches, the official story of the Allied Air Forces from the occupied countries of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, The Netherlands, ...

THE THREE YEARS OF FIGHTING FRANCE June 1940 - June 1943.

Combe, Felix de Grand, · 1943

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Wells Gardner, Darton and Co., London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 201pp, [ii] index, half tone ills. in text, decorative wrappers with flaps, sewn binding, the expression 'Fighting France' was the term agreed between the British Government and the French National Com...

THE ROYAL MARINES.

HMSO, · 1944

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, stapled paper wrappers, 8 x 5.5" approx., an official account of the Royal Marines in WW2 including a short history, recording their role in Norway, ...

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET - Greece to Tripoli.

[Ritchie, Capt. Lewis, RN (Bartimeus)], · 1944

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 95pp, many half tone photos, drawings and maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., the Admiralty account of naval operations in the Eastern Mediterranean from April 1941 to January 1943, starting where the publi...

THE FIRST TO BE FREED - The Record of British Military Administration in Eritrea and Somalia, 1941-1943.

Dower, K. C. Gandar, · 1944

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback, 72pp, 2 maps and a number of half tone photo ills. in text, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 5.5", after ther liberation from Italian occupation related in HMSO The Abyssian Campaigns this is an account of the peoples of Eritrea...