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HITLER'S GREATEST DEFEAT - The Collapse of Army Group Centre, June 1944.

Adair, Paul, · 2004

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Rigel, London, 2004, 1st in imprint, 192pp, 16pp matt half tone photo ills., in text maps, coloured pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, in the World of War series, an account and analysis of the German and Russian armed forces as they faced each other on the...

THE MUGGER.

McBain, Ed, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1980, 4th imp., paperback, 158pp, [i] ad., decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), an 87th Precinct novel, slant to spine with light creasing at spine and wrappers, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good,

THE MCBAIN BRIEF.

McBain, Ed, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, ND (circa1984), 3rd imp., paperback, 283pp, [v] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Colin Thomas, twenty short stories, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

THE MCBAIN BRIEF.

McBain, Ed, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, ND (circa1984), 3rd imp., paperback, 283pp, [v] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Colin Thomas, twenty short stories, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

McBain, Ed, · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sphere, London, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, [vi], 248pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a Matthew Hope novel, sl. slant and roll to spine with light vertical creasing at spine and upper hinge, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good,

LADY KILLER.

McBain, Ed, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1984, 4th imp., paperback, 172pp, [iii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Peter Williams, an 87th Precinct novel, slant to spine with light vertical creasing at spine and hinges, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

KING'S RANSOM.

McBain, Ed, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1980, 3rd imp., paperback, 172pp, [iii] ads., decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), an 87th Precinct Novel, slant to spine with light vertical creasing at spine and hinges, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good,

JIGSAW.

McBain, Ed, · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1983, 7th imp., paperback, 159pp, [i] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an 87th Precinct novel, slant to spine with light vertical creasing, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good,

EIGHT BLACK HORSES.

McBain, Ed, · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, paperback, [vi], 250pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper by Colin Thomas, an 87th Precinct novel, sl. roll and slant to spine with light vertical creasing at spine and hinges, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good plus,

DEATH OF A NURSE (originally published as Murder in the Navy under the pseudonym Richard Marsten).

McBain, Ed, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 198, 2nd imp., paperback, 187pp, [iii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Peter Williams, roll and slant with light vertical creasing at spine and hinges, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good,

COP HATER.

McBain, Ed, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1984, 6th imp., paperback, 171pp, [iv] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Peter Williams, an 87th Precinct novel, sl. slant with light vertical creasing at spine and hinges, lightly rubbed at tips, light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, binding ...

CINDERELLA.

McBain, Ed, · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sphere, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, paperback, [vi], 218pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a Matthew Hope novel, sl. roll and slant with light vertical creasing at spine and hinges, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good plus,

CALYPSO.

McBain, Ed, · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1983, 5th imp., paperback, 192pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper by Colin Thomas, an 87th Precinct novel, sl. slant with light vertical creasing at spine and hinges, lightly rubbed at tips, light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good plus,

CANDYLAND.

Hunter, Evan and McBain, Ed, · 2001

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Orion, London, 2001, paperback, [x], 352pp, pictorial wrappers, published as a joint effort by the author in his real name (changed from his origional name of Salvatore A. Lombino) and in his pseudonym, sl. roll to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, e...

THE ESCAPERS.

Williams, Eric, · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1973, 6th imp., paperback, 443pp, in text diagrams, [v] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, eighteen escape stories from history, including John Garard who climbed from the Tower of London in 1597, Casanova who fled across the roofs of Venice in 1756, Winston Chur...

GRAF SPEE.

Powell, Michael, · 1973

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New English Library, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, wraparound pictorial cover art by Paul Wright, written by the director of the feature film 'The Battle of the River Plate', the story of the hunting of the German pocket battleship Graf Spey by HM Ships Exet...

FULL CIRCLE- The Story of Air Fighting.

Johnson, Air Vice Marshall J. E. 'Johnnie', CBE, DSO**, DFC*, · 1969

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan Books, London, 1969, 5th imp., paperback, 303pp, 12pp plates some in colour by David Shepherd, many in text line ills. and plans, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of combat flying and fighter tactics 1914 - 1953, from the Royal Flying Corps to Kor...

FULL CIRCLE- The Story of Air Fighting.

Johnson, Air Vice Marshall J. E. 'Johnnie', CBE, DSO**, DFC*, · 1969

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1969, 5th imp., paperback, 303pp, 12pp plates some in colour by David Shepherd, many in text line ills. and plans, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of combat flying and fighter tactics 1914 - 1953, from the Royal Flying Corps to Kor...

HEAVEN NEXT STOP.

Bloemertz, Gunther, · 1974

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New English Library, London, 1974, reprint, paperback, 143pp, [i] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), the personal experiences of a Luftwaffe fighter pilot from 1940 to 1945, edges tanned, very good plus,

GREAT TRUE SPY ADVENTURES.

Perlès, Alfred (selected and edited by), · 1958

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

Arco, London, 1958, new edn., x, 210pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a selection of twenty six of the most exciting and baffling spy adventures of modern times, including Mata Hari, Odette, the work of Colonel Buckmaster and Lieut. Col Pinto, B...