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FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE.
Blyton, Enid, · 1974
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Knight Books / Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1974, 9th imp., paperback, 188pp, title and in text line drawings by Betty Maxey, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib), the eighth Famous Five title, pages tanned, faint crease upper wrapper, lightly rubbed at ti...
CHANNEL ISLANDS OCCUPIED.
Mayne, Richard (compiled by and with a commmentary by), · 1972
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Jarrold and Sons, Norwich, ND (copyright 1972), paperback, 64pp, facsimiles and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10 x6" approx), coloured pictorial montage wrappers, a pictorial record of the occupations of the Channel Island by Germany during WW2, with m...
WAITING FOR THE ALL CLEAR.
Wicks, Ben, · 1990
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Guild Publishing, London, 1990, club edn., [x], 211pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, reminiscences of firemen, police, home guard, air-raid wardens and the civilian population ab...
NELL'S WAR - Remembering the Blitz.
Wicks, Ben, · 1990
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Stoddart, Toronto, 1990, 1st edn., [iv], 251pp, [i] ads., 8pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo pictorial dustwrapper, (9 x 6" approx.), an account of the author's mother's experiences of the Battle of Britain...
TALKING ABOUT THE WAR ....
Valery, Anne, · 1991
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Michael Joseph, London, 1991, 1st edn., x, 166pp, numerous coloured and half tone photo ills. in text, dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, (10 x 7.5" approx.), a collection of of memoirs, observations and anecdotes, covering such topics as...
WAR WIVES - A Second World War Anthology.
Townsend, Colin and Eileen, · 1989
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Grafton, London, 1989, 1st edn., xvi, 297pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6" approx.), testimony of the unsung heroines of the Second World War: the 'ordinary housewives of Britain and Ger...
AN UNDERWORLD AT WAR - Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War.
Thomas, Donald, · 2003
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
John Murray, London, ND (copyright 2003), 4th impression, xvii, 429pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, decorative head and tailbands, (9.5 x 6" approx.), although WW2 produced numerous acts of heroism and se...
WOMEN WHO WENT TO WAR 1938-46.
Taylor, Eric, · 1988
£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)
Robert Hale, London, 1988, 1st edn., 254pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 4 in text maps, navy blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured endpapers, photo pictorial dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6.5" approx.), '...by 1945 nearly half a million British women, drawn from all classes,...
THE WEST END FRONT - The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels.
Sweet, Matthew, · 2011
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Faber and Faber, London, ND (copyright 2011), 3rd impression, xii, 362pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6" approx.), an account of the eclectic mix of patrons and staff of London's West End Hotels dur...
STATION X - The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park.
Smith, Michael, · 1998
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Channel 4 Books, London, 1998, 1st edn., [viii], 184pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., black cloth white at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6" approx.), the story of the Government Code and Cypher School, the cover name for the installation at Bletchley Park where ...
THE FORGOTTEN DEAD.
Small, Ken with Rogerson, Mark, · 1999
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Bloomsbury, London, 1999, 3rd hardback edition, x, 198pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, edges coloured (9.5 x 6.5" approx.), on the night of 27th April, 1944 Exercise Tiger took place off the Devon coast, a reh...
DANGER UXB - The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams.
Owen, James, · 2010
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Little, BrownLondon, 2010, 1st edn., xix, 364pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., diagrams at coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper (9.5 x 6.5" approx.), an account of the development and the extraordinary exploits of the members...
A PEOPLE'S WAR.
Lewis, Peter, · 1986
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Thames Methuen, London, 1986, 1st edn., vi, 250pp, numerous half tone photo ills., line drawings and cartoons in text, tv tie-in, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, (10 x 7.5" approx.), a volume to accompany the Thames Television...
ULTRA GOES TO WAR - The Secret Story.
Lewin, Ronald, · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., 398pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spsine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, ((9.5 x 6" approx.), a history of the Enigma encoding machine, its developmnent and marketing, and an account of the work ...
EAST ANGLIA AT WAR 1939-1945.
Johnson, Derek E., · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Jarrolds, Norwich, 1978, 1st edn., 160pp,half tone photo frontis and many half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, (8.5 x 6" approx.), account of WW2 as it affected the people of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex,...
DANGER UXB - The Remarkable Story of the Disposal of Unexploded Bombs during the Second World War.
Jappy, M. J., · 2001
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Channel 4 Books, London, 2001, 1st edn., 192pp, frontis in line, 8pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in silver at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper,(9.5 x 6" approx.), written to accompany the Channel 4 documentary Danger Unexploded Bomb, an account of ...
HELLFIRE CORNER - Reminiscences of Wartime in South-east England.
Humphreys, Roy (ed.), · 1998
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Budding Books, Stroud, 1998, 1st in imprint, viii, 184pp, in text half tone photo ills. and line drawings by Gos Wilson, coloured laminated photo pictorial montage boards with matching dustwrapper, (9.5 x 7" approx.), previously published by Alan Sutton in 1994, the events of...
CODEBREAKERS - The inside story of Bletchley Park.
Hinsley, F. H. and Stripp, Alan (eds), · 1993
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993, 1st edn., xxi.321pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., charts and diagrams in text, black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), an account of daily life of the men and women cons...
THE COUNTRYSIDE AT WAR.
Grant, Ian and Maddren, Nicholas, · 1975
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Jupiter, London, 1975, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone photo pictorial half title, half tone photo pictorial double title, cartoons, facsimiles and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, green cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, (10 x 7.5 " approx.)...
BRITAIN'S BEST KEPT SECRET - Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park.
Enever, Ted, · 1999
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Bramley Books, 1999, 1st in imprint, vi, 90pp, half tone photo ills. map, line drawings and diagrams in text, laminated pictorial montage boards with matchingl dustwrapper, (10 x 7" approx.), first published by Alan Sutton in 1994, an account of Bletchley Park, as it was an...