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FIGHTER PILOT - A Personal Record of the Campaign In France 1939-1940.

Richey, Wing Cdr. Paul, D.F.C. and Bar (edited by Diana Richey), · 2004

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 2004, reprint, trade paperback, 176pp, half tone photo ills., map and diagrams in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, originally published anonymously in 1941 a personal record of the RAF campaign in France from Sept. 1939 - June 1940, by a Hurrica...

KELLY.

Poolman, Kenneth, · 1975

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New English Library, London, 1975, new edn., paperback, 220pp, [iv] ads., wraparound pictorial wrappers, HMS Kelly was one of a new class of destroyer, the leader of the fifth flotilla under the command of Mountbatten, which saw action in the Arctic, North Sea, Norway, Wester...

LONELY WARRIOR.

Offenberg, Jean DFC (preface by Group Captain Peter Townsend DFC*, DSO, edited by Victor Houart), · 1957

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Corgi, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 252pp, [iv] ads., #S448, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a contemporary account by a Belgian fighter pilot of his escape in 1940 from Belgium and and then France to England, joining the Royal Air Force in time for the Battle o...

THE SECRET LISTENERS - How the Y Service Intercepted German Codes for Bletchley Park.

McKay, Sinclair, · 2012

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Aurum, London, 2012, 1st paperback edn., paperback, [viii] incl. double page map, 354pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), an account of the life and experiences of the men and women of the British 'Y'...

"SO FEW" - The Immortal Record of the Royal Air Force.

Masters, David, · 1956

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Corgi, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 352pp, #G211, coloured pictorial wrappers by 'Richards', edges coloured, an account of men of all ranks of the RAF during WW2 '..all of whom have won distinctions and decorations for some hair-raising achievement..', a little ru...

CHURCHILL'S GENERALS.

Keegan, John (ed.), · 2001

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

AbacusLondon, 2001, reprint, trade paperback, xiii, 368pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] ad., photo upper wrapper, military historian John Keegan has gathered some other well versed military biographers to describe the careers of twenty British Generals serving during WW2 wh...

THE LAST ENEMY.

Hillary, Richard, · 1956

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan, London, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 184pp, [viii] ads., #397, coloured pictorial upper wrapper by 'Gordon', the classic account of an RAF Spitfire fighter pilot's experiences during the early days of WW2, being shot down and badly burned during the Battle of Britain...

THE CROSS AND THE ENSIGN - A Naval History of Malta 1798-1979.

Elliott, Peter, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Panther / Granada, London, 1982, Special Overseas Edn., paperback, 269pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper shows battleship King George V, a detailed account of the naval history of Malta over two centuries, from...

THE DEVIL'S VIRTUOSOS : German Generals at War 1940-5.

Downing, David, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

New English Library, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 22 maps in text, pictorial wrappers, an account of '.. the decisive European campaigns through the eyes of those German generals who directly influenced the planning, direction and...

LANCASTER TARGET - The story of a crew who flew from Wickenby.

Currie, Jack, · 1991

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Goodall Publications, London, 1991, 8th imp., trade paperback, 189pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, TV tie-in with the BBC TV documentary 'The Lancaster Legend', the story of a bomber crew, from their time training on Wellingtons to o...

BOMBER PILOT.

Cheshire, Group Captain Leonard, VC, OM, DSO, DFC, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Goodall, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the experiences of a young bomber pilot, from his first tentative operations in Whitleys and the awesome responsibilities of captaincy, conversion to Halifaxes a...

NIGHT FLYER.

Brandon, Sqn. Ldr. Lewis, DSO, DFC*, · 1992

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Goodall Publications, London, 1992, 1st in imprint, paperback, 208pp, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the story of a night fighter navigator who, with his pilot Wing Cdr. James Benson became on of the most successful night fighter partnerships in Beaufighters (1...

NIGHT FLYER.

Brandon, Sqn. Ldr. Lewis, DSO, DFC*, · 1992

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Goodall Publications, London, 1992, 1st in imprint, paperback, 208pp, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the story of a night fighter navigator who, with his pilot Wing Cdr. James Benson became on of the most successful night fighter partnerships in Beaufighters (1...

PATHFINDER - A War Autobiography.

Bennett, Air Vice-Marshal D. C. T. CB, CBE, DSO, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Goodall Publications, London, undated, paperback, 285pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., wraparound photo pictorial wrappers, the story of the Pathfinder squadrons of RAF Bomber Command, the brainchild of the author who realised the shortcomings of the main force in their bombing...

CHARITY GIRL.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1970

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Bodley Head, London, 1970, 1st edn., 254pp, russet cloth lettered in gilt at spine, Barbosa coloured pictorial dustwrapper, edges tanned, small bookseller label front pastedown, dustwrapper: laminated, near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

MORE ESCAPERS.

Williams, Eric, · 1970

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Fontana, London, 1970, 1st in imprint, paperback, 416pp, pictorial upper wrapper, stories of men and women, in war and peace, who feel themselves prisoners of the lives they lead and break free. Eric Williams has chosen eighteen escape stories, some from enemy territory durin...

THE FROGMEN - The Story of the Wartime Underwater Operators.

Waldron, T. J. and Gleeson, James, · 1956

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1956, reprint, paperback, 160pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., line drawings in text, pictorial upper wrapper , the work of the Royal Navy frogmen in WW2, both defensive in mine clearance from ships and harbours and offensive, attacking the enemy from 2-man to...

ANNE FRANK = The Biography.

Muller, Melissa, · 0

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Bloomsbury, London, reprint, trade paperback, xvii, double page pedigree, 330pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo picorial wrappers, this book is not 'Anne Frank's Diary' although it quotes extensively from it, rather it places the diary in context and tells the st...

BOLDNESS BE MY FRIEND.

Pape, Richard, · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 250pp, 4pp half tone ills., 4pp maps, [ii] ads., pictorial wrappers, the classic tale of an airman's WW2 bombing mission: the author was navigator in an RAF Stirling returning from a Bombing mission in Germany in 1941 when ...

THEY CAME TO KILL.

Rachlis, Eugene, · 1965

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Mayflower-Dell, London, 1965, 1st edn. UK, paperback original, 288pp, pictorial upper wrapper, account of two teams of German saboteurs, their training in Germany and transport by submarine to be landed on Long Island and in Florida, USA, their American contacts, eventual arr...