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DAY OF INFAMY.
Lord, Walter, · 1963
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Bantam, New York, 1963, reprint, paperback, 245pp, [i], 16pp photo ills. maps/plans in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the attack by aircraft of the Japanese navy on the ships of the United States navy in their naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawai, roll and ...
A THOUSAND SHALL FALL.
Habe, Hans, · 1964
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Panther, London, 1964, reprint,paperback, 319pp, wrap-around pictorial wrappers, in May 1940 the author, a Hungarian, was serving in the 21st Foreign Volunteers Regiment of the French Army. He relates the collapse of the French Army and being taken prisoner by the invading G...
THE BLITZ.
Fitzgibbon, Constantine, · 1959
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Ace Books - The Harborough Publishing Co. Ltd., London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 207pp, [i], pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the civilians and civil defence personnel and how they coped with the London Blitz in which more than 20,000 were killed, during the win...
THE ROYAL MARINES.
HMSO, · 1944
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, stapled paper wrappers, an official account of the Royal Marines in WW2 including a short history, recording their role in Norway, Holland, France, C...
THE ROYAL MARINES.
HMSO, · 1944
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, stapled paper wrappers, an official account of the Royal Marines in WW2 including a short history, recording their role in Norway, Holland, France, C...
THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS 1940.
Hay, Ian, · 1941
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback, 63pp, 3 maps in text and maps inside both wrappers, stapled cream wrappers lettered and decorated in red and black, in 'The Army at Wa' series, the official account of the British Expeditionary Force under French command in France and ...
THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS 1940.
Hay, Ian, · 1941
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback, 63pp, 3 maps in text and maps inside both wrappers, stapled cream wrappers lettered and decorated in red and black, in 'The Army at Wa' series, the official account of the British Expeditionary Force under French command in France and ...
THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AT WAR - An Official Record of Service in Two Hemispheres 1939-1945.
HMSO, · 1944
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn. UK, paperback, 72pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, stapled photo montage wrappers, 8 x 5", first published in Australia, this UK edition reprints the account of the Australian army at war in Europe, North Africa, South-East Asia and at...
TARGET : GERMANY.
, · 1944
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
HMSO, London, 1944, paperback, viii, 120pp, numerous half tone ills., maps and diagrams in text, half tone pictorial endpapers, stapled pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., the US Army Air Force's official account of the VIII Bomber Command's first year over Europe, an account...
SCIENCE AT WAR.
Crowther, J. G. and Whiddington, R., CBE, FRS, · 1947
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
HMSO, London, 1947, 1st edn., paperback original, [vi], 185pp, 44pp half tone photo ills., many diagrams and line ills. in text, photo montage wrappers, a report from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on the British scientific advances that helped in the pr...
ROOF OVER BRITAIN : The Official Story of Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences 1939-1942.
[Cotterell, Anthony], · 1943
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 88pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., stapled pictorial wrappers by A. Games, about 8 x 5 inches, the official story of Britain's anti-aircraft defences 1939-1942, covers the aspects of air defence other than the fighter squadrons...
ROOF OVER BRITAIN : The Official Story of Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences 1939-1942.
[Cotterell, Anthony], · 1943
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 88pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., stapled pictorial wrappers by A. Games, about 8 x 5 inches, the official story of Britain's anti-aircraft defences 1939-1942, covers the aspects of air defence other than the fighter squadrons...
MANPOWER - The Story of Britain's Mobilisation for War.
[Priestley, J. B.], · 1944
£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)
HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 60pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo ills. inside wrappers, stapled photo montage wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5", an account of the mobilisation of the British civilian population to supplement the manpower lost to the arme...
MANPOWER - The Story of Britain's Mobilisation for War.
[Priestley, J. B.], · 1944
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 60pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo ills. inside wrappers, stapled photo montage wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5", an account of the mobilisation of the British civilian population to supplement the manpower lost to the arme...
COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-42.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1943
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 32pp half tone photo ills. and 7 maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, text and images printed by The Amalgamated Press, side stapled, photo pictorial wrappers, 8 x 5", report to date of the exploits under the Comb...
COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-42.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1943
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 32pp half tone photo ills. and 7 maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, text printed by Alabaster, Passmore and Sons, Ltd.. and images by Harrison and Sons, Ltd., London, side stapled, photo pictorial wrappers, 8 x ...
COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-42.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1943
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 32pp half tone photo ills. and 7 maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, text printed by Whitefriars Press, images by Harrison and Sons, Ltd., London, side stapled, photo pictorial wrappers, 8 x 5", report to date of...
BY AIR TO BATTLE - The Official Account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions.
[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], · 1945
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback original, 144pp, 7 maps in text, stapled pictorial wrappers (9 x 5.5" approx.), with Pegasus design [by Edward Seago], a history of the birth, training and use of British parachute and glider troops, with an account of their missions in...
NORFOLK AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
Smith, Graham, · 1999
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Countryside Books, Newbury, 1999, reprint, paperback, 288pp, maps, half tone photo ills. and facsimiles in text, decorative chapter heads, large format (8 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, with an area of just over 2000 square miles the County of Norfolk...
DOG BOATS AT WAR - A History of the Operations of the Royal Navy D Class Fairmile Motor Torpedo Boats and Motor Gunboats 1939-1945.
Reynolds, Leonard C. OBE, DSC (foreword by Admiral of The Fleet Lord Lewin), · 2009
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
The History Press, Stroud, 2009, 1st in imprint, paperback, x, 289pp, oversize (9.5 x 7 inches approx.) but a slightly smaller format to the earlier Sutton publication, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the development and service of the the Fairmile Co. type 'D...