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THE LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ.

Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1955, revised edn., 1st in imprint, paperback, 320pp, double page plan of castle and 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 esc...

HITLER AND NAZISM.

Snyder, Louis L., · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Bantam Books, New York, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, [iv], 151pp, [i] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, edges coloured, a biography of the German Fuehrer and the rise and fall of the Nazi Party, a little rubbed and creased at extrems., slight roll and slant to spine, good ...

THE WAR AND UNCLE WALTER - The Diary of an Eccentric Walter Musto.

McCulloch, Art (compiled by), · 2005

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Bantam, London, circa 2005, reprint, paperback, 320pp, in text line drawings byDavid Eccles, photo pictorial upper wrapper, the diaries of Walter Musto, made from the first day of January1939 and recording the day to day throughout WW2 until May 1945, discovered by his great ...

UNBROKEN.

Mars, Alastair, DSO, DSC*,, · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1955, reprint, paperback, 160pp, 4pp ills. incl. half tone photos and map and line sectional drawing, pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, the commander's account of one year of service of the submarine Unbroken in the Mediterranean in 1942, during which...

JUTLAND.

Macintyre, Captain Donald, DSO**, DSC, RN, · 1960

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, 2 double page maps and several plans/diagrams in text, [ii] ads.,pictorial wrappers, account of the greatest naval event of WW1, the meeting of the German High Seas Fleet with the British Grand Fleet at Jutland, in Ma...

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE LUSITANIA.

Hoehling, A. A. and Mary, · 1959

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 188pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., #G234, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the loss of the British Cunard line 'Lusitania' in May 1915, an unarmed passenger liner torpedoed without warning by a German submari...

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE POCKET GUIDE 1994/95.

Heyman, Charles (ed.), · 1994

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Leo Cooper/R and F (Defence PublicationsLondon, 1994, 1st edn., paperback, 139pp, coloured pictorial wrappers, a pocket guide to the organisation, equipment and tactics of the Royal Air Force of 1994, with sidee and head-on silhouettes of many aircraft types and side views of...

HIROSHIMA.

Hersey, John, · 1958

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1958, reprint, paperback, 127pp, Penguin orange and white livery, an account of the experiences of six people who were in Hiroshima when the atom bomb dropped, lightly rubbed at tips, spine heavily sunned, edges tanned, very good,

CAPTURED IN TIBET.

Ford, Robert, · 1958

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 255pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, [i] ads., #G164, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the experienxces of the author, an ex RAF offivers who had served in Tibet during WW2, He returned on a 2 year contract in...

CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE.

Eton, Peter and Leasor, James, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1962 1st in imprint, paperback, 253pp, maps in text, [iii] ads., #X143, pictorial wrappers, allegedly true accounts of two hordes of treasure - millions of pounds worth of gold bullion, discovered in a road check during the German invasion of Yugoslavia in ...

GESTAPO.

Crankshaw, Edward, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Panther, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 188pp, [ii] acknowledgements and ad., #679, pictorial montage wrappers, an account of Germany's political police, created by Goering but taken over by Himmler, the organisation responsible for enforcing the political will of t...

THE SAVAGE TRUTH.

Clarke, Comer, · 1961

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Consul, London, 1961, 4th imp., paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone phoyo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, the story of Karl Adolf Eichmann, an Austrian born in 1906 who joined the Austrian Nazi Party in 1931 and the SS 1934, studied the language and customs of the...

BOMBER PILOT.

Cheshire, Group Captain Leonard, VC, DSO, DFC, · 1943

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Arrow, London, ND, 298th thousand, paperback, 191pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of '...the experiences of a young bomber pilot, from his first tentative operations to the awesome responsibilities of captaincy...' first publi...

THE DAM BUSTERS.

Brickhill, Paul, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1963, 14th imp., paperback, 252pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattributed), the story of the exploits of 617 squadron, formed specially for the 'Dam Buster' operation against the Moehne and Eder dams it went on ...

THE DAM BUSTERS.

Brickhill, Paul, · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1955, 10th imp., paperback, 252pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, the story of the exploits of 617 squadron, formed specially for the 'Dam Buster' operation against the Moehne and Eder dams it went on to become...

THE DAM BUSTERS.

Brickhill, Paul, · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1955, 7th imp., paperback, 252pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Carl Wilton, the story of the exploits of 617 squadron, formed specially for the 'Dam Buster' operation against the Moehne and Eder dams it went on to become ...

ESCAPE - OR DIE : Authentic stories of the RAF Escaping Society.

Brickhill, Paul (commentary by. H. E. Bates, foreword Air Chief Marshall Sir Basil Embry KBE, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC, · 1963

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1963, 10th imp., paperback, 190pp, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, authentic stories of eight escapes by members of the RAF during WW2, rubbed at extrems., chip at tail of lightly rolled spine, edges tanned, slight flaking at spine edges, light...

DOWN IN THE DRINK - True Stories of the Goldfish Club.

Barker, Ralph, · 1958

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Pan Books, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 206pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [ii] ads., pictorial wrappers (by RexA), a collection of accounts of the experiences of those allied aircrews of WW2 who either ditched or baled out into the sea, thus becoming...

LADY OF QUALITY.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1972

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Bodley Head, London, 1972, 1st edn., 255pp, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Edward Mortelmans, edges tanned, personal bookplate front pastedown, dustwrapper lightly rubbed at tips, relined at head of spine, very good plus in a very good pl...

CHARITY GIRL.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1970

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Bodley Head, London, 1970, 1st edn., 254pp, russet cloth lettered in gilt at spine, Barbosa pictorial dustwrapper, edges tanned, light horizontal crease affecting last few leaves but not lower board, dustwrapper rubbed with slight loss to extrems., relined to reverse, spine a...