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'BOMBER' HARRIS and the Strategic Bombing Offensive, 1939-1945.

Messenger, Charles, · 1984

£20.50 (€24.57 | $27.08 | ¥4,325)

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1984, 1st edn., 244pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 3 maps and 3 diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a dispassionate examination of the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command at the pinnacle of ...

CONVOY - The Battle for Convoys SC.122 and HX.229.

Middlebrook, Martin, · 1976

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Allen Lane, London, 1976, 1st edn., x, 378pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 8 maps and 3 diagrams in text, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, comprehensive account of two convoys, SC122 and HX229 (and HX229A), which in March 1943, at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic,...

SUEZ : THE DOUBLE WAR.

Fullick, Roy and Powell, Geoffrey, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Readers Union, Newton Abbot, 1979, club edn., xi, 227pp, 2 diagrams and 3 maps in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered dustwrapper, written with access to unpublished recollections of senior military offers as well as recent political memoirs, an account ...

THE BURNING BOYS.

Fuller, John, · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Chatto and Windus, London, 1989, 1st edn., 128pp, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured endpapers, pictorial montage dustwrapper by David Purdie with publisher's price label front flap, a novel of wartime (WW2) childhood in Lancashire, edges tanned, light impres...

PATTON - THE COMMANDER.

Essame, H., · 1974

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

B. T. Batsford, London, ND (copyright 1974), viii, 280pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., cartoon and 8 maps in text, lime green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, photo pictorial dustwrapper, biography of George S. Patton Jr., including his early life but mainly...

ACT OF BETRAYAL.

Sandys, Rosemary A., · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Robert Hale, London, 1989, 1st edn., 239pp, 1pp glossary, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Barbara Walton, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips with faint crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, sl. surface rubbing upper panel, fine in a very goo...

BROTHER CADFAEL'S PENANCE.

Peters, Ellis (pseud. Edith Pargetter), · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Headline, London, 1994, 1st edn., [viii inc. double page map and royal pedigree], 276pp, maps at endpapers, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper by Clifford Harper, the twentieth Brother Cadfael chronicle, light bum...

MALLORY'S ORACLE.

O'Connell, Carol, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hutchinson, London, 1994, 1st edn., [vi], 282pp, black cloth with silver title panel lettered in black and silver at spine, decorative head and tail bands, black endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper, edges tanned, dustwrapper: faint vertical scratch at title/author, light surface...

MRS. PRINGLE.

Miss Read (Dora Saint) (ill. John S. Goodall), · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Michael Joseph, London, 1989, 1st edn., 166pp, in text line ills. by John S. Goodall, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial endpapers, facsimile pictorial dustwrapper by John S. Goodall, lightly rubbed and faintly bumped at spine ends and cnrs., dustwrapper: no orig...

THE WAR LOVER.

Hersey, John, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1959, 1st edn., 384pp, red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Guy Fleming, novel of the crew of a Flying Fortress based on a British airfied, 1944, sl. cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., faint marks lo...

ROYAL ESCAPE.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1965

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Pan Books, London, 1965, 1st in imprint, paperback, 383pp inc. 2pp bibliography, [i] ads., #M101, pictorial upper wrapper by J. Oval, light wrinkling to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, faint diag. crease lower cnr., edges tanned, very good,

DAMNATION ALLEY.

Zelazny, Roger, · 1973

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sphere Books, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 157pp, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Gordon C. Davies, sl. slant to spine, sl. surface loss upper wrapper and lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

THE GIRL FROM TOMORROW.

Zeigfreid, Karl, · 0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Badger / John Spencer, London, ND, paperback, 158pp, [ii] ads., #SF 114, pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), lightly rubbed at tips, faint crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good plus,

THE OMEGA POINT.

Zebrowski, George, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1974, 1st edn. UK, paperback original, 155pp, [v] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), second book of a trilogy, sequel to Ashes and Stars, spine sunned, some surface rubbing to wrappers and lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good ...

ASHES AND STARS.

Zebrowski, George, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1978, 1st edn. UK, paperback original, 126pp, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Joe Petagno, the first book of a trilogy, rubbed at extrems., paper tanned, remainder groove lower edge, good,

ASHES AND STARS.

Zebrowski, George, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1978, 1st edn. UK, paperback original, 126pp, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Joe Petagno, the first book of a trilogy, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, paper tanned, good plus,

WHO SPEAKS OF CONQUEST?.

Wright, Lan, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Digit Books, London, ND (copyright 1957), paperback, 156pp, [iv] ads., #R 490, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), sl. slant to spine with faint vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

THE SPACE EGG.

Winterbotham, Russ, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Monarch Books, Derby Connecticut, 1962, 1st in imprint US, paperback, 140pp, [iv] ads., #252, pictorial upper wrapper by Jack Schoenherr, edges coloured, sl. slant to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

THE MEN FROM ARCTURUS.

Winterbotham, Russ, · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Consul Books, London, 1965, 1st edn. UK, paperback original, 172pp, [iv] ads., #1418, pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), spine sl. sun-darkened, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

TIME OUT FOR TOMORROW.

Wilson, Richard, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ballantine Books, New York, ND (copyright 1962), paperback, 159pp, [i] ads., #F 658, decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), edges coloured, added UK price label upper wrapper, twelve short stories, sl. slant and faint creasing to spine with tiny repaired nicks at tail, lightly ...