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THE BOMBING OF NUREMBERG.
Campbell, James, · 1977
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Futura, London, 1977, reprint, paperback, xii inc. map, 194pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] ad., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, an account of the Bomber Command raid on Nuremburg on the night of 30th March, 1944 which turned into the RAF's heaviest defeat by the Lu...
ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES.
Young, Commander Edward, DSO, DSC, RNV(S)R, · 1955
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1955, reprint, paperback, 311pp, viii, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and plans in text, standard orange Penguin livery, the 1000th Penguin title, the author's submarine career during WW2, from RNVR Sub-lieutenant third officer to Lt. Cdr in command,...
ROMMEL.
Young, Desmond, · 1956
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Fontana, London, 1956, 3rd imp., paperback, 316pp, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, account of the life, military record and death of the legendary Afrika Corps commander incl. his service in WW1 and between the wars, a little rubbed at extrems., slight roll to sp...
A TEST TO DESTRUCTION.
Williamson, Henry, · 1984
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Panther, London, 1984, revised edn., paperback, 377pp, [vi] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the eighth of the author's fictional 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', a novel in fifteen volumes covering the story of Phillip Maddison and his family and friends through the first ha...
THE TUNNEL.
Williams, Eric, · 1973
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Fontana, London, 1973, 8th imp., paperback, 251pp, plan in text, [v] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the author describes various escape attempts prior to the successful escape from Stag Luft III described in 'The Wooden Horse', again writing about true events in a fi...
GREAT ESCAPE STORIES.
Williams, Eric, · 1967
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Peacock, Harmonndsworth, 1967, reprint, paperback, 256pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a collection of escape stories of twelve different men and women who were involved in the Second World War, including André Devigny's escape by rope over the roof of Montluc military ...
THE MEANING OF TREASON.
West, Rebecca, · 1956
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 314pp, [vi] ads., #GP53, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, first pubished by Macmillan in 1949 and revised for this paperback edition, a study of British subjects who have betrayed their country, mainly those working for the Axis ...
HITLER.
Stone, Norman, · 1982
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Coronet, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 240pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an authorative account of the life of Adolf Hitler by the award winning historian Dr. Norman Stone, who portrays the Fuhrer as not clear-s...
THE SHIP WITH TWO CAPTAINS.
Robertson, Terence, · 1966
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Four Square, London, 1966, 1st in imprint, paperback, 206pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrspper, launched in May, 1942, and based with the 8th Submarine Flotilla at Gibralter, HMS (USS) Seraph was commanded by both British and United States...
CHANNEL DASH.
Robertson, Terence, · 1959
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., #G273, pictorial upper wrapper by BlamFord, an account of the events leading to the escape through the English Channel of the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eu...
SKY COMMAND.
Richler, Anton, · 1980
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Trojan, London, ND (circa 1980's), paperback, 153pp (unpaginated), coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, a fictional story of a German fighter pilot during the last days of Hitler's Germany, edges tanned, near fine,
WINGLESS VICTORY.
Richardson, Anthony, · 1965
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Pan, London, 1965, reset edn., paperback, 254pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., map in text, {ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, in May 1940 the Wing Commander Basil Embry was in command of 107 Squadron of Bristol Blenheims based at Wattisham in Suffolk. Recently heavi...
THE LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ.
Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1957
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan, London, 1957, reprint, paperback, 320pp, double page plan of castle, double page plan of French tunnel and single page of glider, pictorial wrappers by 'Sax', continues the story started in The Colditz Story of the German POW high security camp for officer escapers at Co...
EYE WITNESS WORLD WAR II BATTLES.
Oleck, Major Howard (compiled by), · 1963
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Belmont, New York, 1963, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., half tone pictorial upper wrapper, a compilation by a combat historian on the US General Staff containing cameos of actions from many theatres of WW2, including Omaha, Midway, USAAF 100th Heavy Bombardment Group, Kasserin...
THE SKY SUSPENDED - The Battle of Britain.
Middleton, Drew, · 1963
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan Books, London, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback,189pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [iii] ads., #X181, pictorial montage upper wrapper, a brief history of the RAF up to WW2 and an account of the Battle of Britain and the postponement of the proposed German inva...
BATTLE OF THE BULGE (previously published as The Battle of the Ardennes).
Merriam, Robert E., · 1965
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Panther, London, 1965, reprint, paperback, 192pp, maps in text, film tie-in, wrappers with wraparound images from Warner Bros feature of the same title, written by a member of the historical section of the US War Department who was with the Intelligence section of the 7th Arm...
VIMY RIDGE.
McKee, Alexander, · 1968
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan, London, 1968, 1st in imprint, paperback, 267pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [v] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the author served in rhe London Scottish and the Gordon Highlanders in WW2 and with the Candian Army in Normandy and so is familiar with ...
THE WHITE RABBIT.
Marshall, Bruce (as related by Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC), · 1954
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan Books, London, 1954, 1st in imprint, paperback, 268pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., #GP26, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the work of the British agent codenamed 'the white rabbit' in the co-ordination of the various resistance groups in WW2 occupied Fran...
THE JULY PLOT.
Manvell, Roger and Fraenkel, Heinrich, · 1966
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)
Pan Books, London, 1966, 1st in imprint, paperback, 251pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., diagram in text, [v] ads., #M145, pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of the plot to kill Hitler in the map-room of the Wolf's Lair, the German Fuhrer's headquarters in R...
EASTERN APPROACHES.
Maclean, Fitzroy, · 1956
£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)
Pan, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 413pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 3 double page maps in text, [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, covering the experiences of an extraordinary man in three parts; (Part one) opening during his time in the Diplomatic Serv...