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BOMBER COMMAND CONTINUES.

[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1942

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1942 1st edn., paperback original, 56pp, 8pp photo ills., maps inside wrappers, stapled coloured lettered wrappers, 8 x 5", the Air Ministry account of the offensive against Germany July 1941 to June 1942, after the first well illustrated publication 'Bomber Comm...

BOMBER COMMAND.

[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1941

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback original, 128pp, many half tone photo ills, text printed by Odhams (Watford) Ltd., photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., the Air Ministry account of Bomber Command's offensive against the Axis Sept. 1939 to July 1941, well illustrat...

BEFORE WE GO BACK.

HMSO, · 1944

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback, 64pp, half tone photo ills throughout, pictorial endpapers, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", published on behalf of the Royal Norwegian Government in exile, a pictorial record of Norway's fight against Nazism, both inside and ...

ATLANTIC BRIDGE.

[Pudney, John], · 1945

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback original, 76pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps at endpapers, stapled pictorial wrappers, 9" x 6", the official account of RAF Transport Command's 'Ocean Ferry'; with the demand for more heavy aircraft in Europe and their production in ...

ARK ROYAL.

[Dorling, Capt. H. Taprell ('Taffrail')] attributed to, · 1942

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback, 64pp, many half tone photos and 2 maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", relates the history of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, built 1937 and involved in the search for the Graf Spee, the campaign in Norway incl. an attack on...

TOWARDS ZERO.

Christie, Agatha, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana,London, 1986, 12th imp., paperback, 192pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, edges tanned, light creasing, very good,

THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY.

Christie, Agatha, · 1985

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Fontana,London, 1985, 16th imp., paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, edges tanned, near fine,

THE A B C MURDERS.

Christie, Agatha, · 1985

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Fontana,London, 1985, 14th imp., paperback, 192pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an Hercule Poirot mystery, edges tanned, near fine,

HICKORY DICKORY DOCK.

Christie, Agatha, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana,London, 1986, 18th imp., paperback, 192pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an Hercule Poirot mystery, edges tanned, faint creasing, very good plus.

DUMB WITNESS.

Christie, Agatha, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana,London, 1986, 11th imp., paperback, 255pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an Hercule Poirot mystery, edges tanned, light roll and creasing to spine, very good

WODEHOUSE AT WAR.

Sproat, Iain, · 1981

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Milner and Co., London, ND (copyright 1981), 1st edn., 167pp, red cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper with on the lower panel a phptograph of PGW with his wife and daughter leaving Waterloo Station for America, McIlvaine H35, an account of Wodehou...

SPITFIRE INTO BATTLE.

Duncan Smith, Group Captain W. G. G., DSO DFC RAF (Ret) (foreword by Jeffrey Quill), · 1981

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

John Murray, London, 1981, 1st edn., xviii, 235pp, half tone frontis portrait, 16pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the personal experiences of RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot ...

THE WAR OF THE LANDING CRAFT.

Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry, · 1976

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

W. Foulsham, London, ND (copyright 1976), 1st edn., 256pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, at the outbreak of WW2 in 1939 Britain had only 40 small assault craft designed to be slung in the derr...

THE ROYAL NAVY OFFICER'S HANDBOOK, 1944.

Lavery, Brian (compiled and intro. by), · 2017

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Osprey, Oxford, 2017, 3rd imp., 144pp, half tone ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, pictorial endpapers, dark brown simulated leather cloth lettered and decorated in white at spine and upper board, during WW2 over 400,000 officers were recruited to the Royal Navy by v...

THE ROYAL NAVY OFFICER'S HANDBOOK, 1944.

Lavery, Brian (compiled and intro. by), · 2017

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Osprey, Oxford, 2017, 3rd imp., 144pp, half tone ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, pictorial endpapers, dark brown simulated leather cloth lettered and decorated in white at spine and upper board, during WW2 over 400,000 officers were recruited to the Royal Navy by v...

LILLIPUT FLEET.

Hampshire, A. Cecil, · 1957

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

William Kimber, London, 1957, 1st edn., 204pp, frontis and 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., blue/black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by W. R. Dalzell, an account of the setting up of the Royal Naval Patrol Service at Lowestoft in 1939, first know...

AN EIGHTH ARMY ODYSSEY.

Griffin, H. J., · 1997

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Pentland Press, Bishop Auckland, 1997, 1st edn., x, 214pp, maps and half tone photo ills. in text, loosely inserted erratum slip, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Geoff Hobbs, the author's recollections of his service with the 73rd medi...

CHINK - A Biography.

Greacen, Lavinia, · 1989

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Macmillan, London, 1989, 1st edn., xxi, 392pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Robert Ballagh, a well research biography of Major-General Eric (Chink) Dorman-Smith, an origina...

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor), · 1977

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1977, 2nd imp., 304pp, 40pp half tone photo ills. and 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, top edge coloured, coloured decorative headlands, the acclaimed and comp...

CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE.

Colvin, Ian, · 1951

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Gallancz, London, 1951, 1st edn., 224pp, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, declared by the author as not biography of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the Chief of Military Intelligence in the Third Reich, but a comprehensive investigation into the...