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HUNTING THE BISMARCK.

Forester, C. S., · 1959

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Michael Joseph, London, 1959, 1st edn., 110pp, incl 8 maps, dark blue cloth lettered in white at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a reconstruction of the events involving the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck in May, 1941, the dramatic sinking of the world's largest cap...

BRITAINS'S BEST KEPT SECRET - Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park.

Enever, Ted, · 1999

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Bramley Books / Quadrillion, London, 1999, 1st in imprint (previous issue by Sutton), vi, 90pp, half tone and line ills. in text, laminated pictorial boards with matching pictorial dustwrapper, an account of Bletchley Park, as it was and as it is today, the home during WW2 of...

CASSINO THE HOLLOW VICTORY - The Battle for Rome January-June 1944.

Ellis, John, · 1984

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Andre Deutsch, London, 1984, 2nd imp., xviii, 587pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., line drawing and 18 maps in text, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a detailed account of the campaign to take Monte Cassino, the citadel barring the road to Rom...

THE LUFTWAFFE ALBUM - Fighters and Bombers of the German Air Force 1933-1945 (originally published as two separate volumes).

Dressel, Joachim and Greihl, Manfred (trans. by M. J. Shields), · 1999

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,481)

Brockhampton Press / Hodder Headline, London, 1999, 1st thus, in two parts separately paginated: 164pp and 192pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, coloured photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, oversize (11 x 9 inches) and heavy, a comprehensive p...

THE WAITING YEAR.

Dimbleby, Richard, · 1944

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1944, 1st edn., 186pp, heavy oatmeal cloth lettered in red at spine and upper board, coloured lettered dustwrapper, written by the BBC's first war correspondent, an account of Britain in 1943 as seen by a war correspondent just returned from the ...

VE DAY - The Album.

Delaney, John, · 1995

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Limited Editions / Randon House, London, 1995, 1st in imprint, 144pp, frontis and numerous in text half tone photo ills., oversize 11 x 8.5 inches, laminated pictorial boards, matchiong pictorial dustwrapper, using photographs drawn from the archives of the Imperial War Museu...

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor), · 1978

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., 303pp, 16pp photo ills. and charts, maps, etc., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sket...

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Deighton, Len, · 1979

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1979, 1st edn., 319pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text drawings, diagrams and maps in line and 2 colours, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge col'd, decorative headband, col'd decorative lettered dustwrapper...

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Deighton, Len, · 1979

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1979, 2nd imp., 319pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text drawings, diagrams and maps in line and 2 colours, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, decorative headband, decorated and lettered dustwrapp...

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Deighton, Len, · 1979

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Book Club Associates, London, 1979, club edn., 319pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., numerous in text drawings, daiagrams and maps in line and 2 colours, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated and lettered dustwrapper, a history of Hitler and the N...

BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Deighton, Len, · 1980

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1980, 1st edn., 224pp, numerous in text colour and half tone ills. and diagrams, large format (10 x 7.5 inches), blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, a companion to the author's highly acclaimed and more technical history...

THE LINZ FILE - Hitler's Plunder of Europe's Art.

de Jaeger, Charles, · 1981

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Webb and Bower, Exeter, 1981, 1st edn., 192pp incl. 32pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the vast collection of looted art objects that were accumulated by the Nazi's as a...

GERMAN ARMY HANDBOOK 1939-45.

Davies, W. J. K., · 1973

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Military Book Society, London ND (copyright 1973), , 176pp, 4pp col'd ills., frontis and numerous in text half tones, line drawings and diagrams., red cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an overall picture of the German army during WW2 with basic i...

DECEPTION IN WORLD WAR II.

Cruickshank, Charles, · 1979

£19.50 (€23.37 | $25.76 | ¥4,114)

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979, 1st edn., [xiv], 248pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 3 maps in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, an account of the various attempts at deceiving and/or misleading the Germans during WW2 to disguise th...

EAGLE DAY - The Battle of Britain August 6 to September 15 1940.

Collier, Richard, · 1968

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Pan Books, London, 1968, 2nd imp., paperback, 332pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, pictorial wrappers by 'Ettridge', with dustwrapper by Glenn Steward in the format of the publishers 'Battle of Britain' series, Eagle Day ('Adler Tag') was Göring's designated date ...

EAGLE DAY - The Battle of Britain August 6 - September 15 1940.

Collier, Richard, · 1966

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1966, 2nd imp., 316pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in white and gilt at spine, decorated in white upper board, pictorial dustwrapper by Peter Calcott, Eagle Day ('Adler Tag') was Göring's designated dat...

1940 - THE WORLD IN FLAMES.

Collier, Richard, · 1979

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1979, 1st edn., 258pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound montage dustwrapper by Brian Knight, recounts major episodes of WW2 during 1940, covering such events as the fighting in Finland, the bombing to destr...

THE SPIRIT IN THE CAGE.

Churchill, Peter, · 1954

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1954, 1st edn., 251pp, map and 1 plate, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated dustwrapper by Val Biro, after four clandestine missions to wartime France the author was captured in April, 1943. This third book of war memoirs relates his ...

THE SPIRIT IN THE CAGE.

Churchill, Peter, · 1954

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1954, 1st edn., 251pp, map and 1 plate, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated dustwrapper by Val Biro, after four clandestine missions to wartime France the author was captured in April, 1943. This third book of war memoirs relates his ...

COVER OF DARKNESS.

Chisholm, Roderick, CBE, DSO, DFC, · 1953

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Chatto and Windus, London, 1953, 1st edn., 222pp, frontis and 18pp photo ills., deep turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author began operations with RAF night fighters in 1940 and saw the development of night flying techniques under...