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HITLER'S SPIES - German Military Intelligence in World War II.

Kahn, David, · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing, New York, 1985 1st in imprint, paperback, xiii, 671pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps, facsimiles and line drawings in text, large format (9x 6 inches approx.), decorated wrappers, an account of the work of German Intelligence Agencies du...

FULL CIRCLE- The Story of Air Fighting.

Johnson, Air Vice Marshall J. E. 'Johnnie', CBE, DSO**, DFC*, · 1968

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1968 1st in imprint, paperback, 303pp, 12pp plates some in colour by David Shepherd, many in text line ills. and plans, [i] ads.,, #T45, coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of combat flying and fighter tactics 1914 - 1953, from the Royal Fly...

DUNKIRK - The British Evacuation, 1940.

Jackson, Robert, · 2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell Military, London, 2002 trade paperback, [viii], 206pp, 8 maps, photo pictorial wrappers, a detailed account of the confusion and incompetence which lost the battle for France and the defence and holding action which permitted Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the maj...

WARSHIPS AT WORK.

Hardy, A. C., · 1941

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmonsworth, 1941 reprint, paperback, 144pp, numerous in text line drawings by Lawrence Dunn, landscape format, {4 x 7 inches approx.], pictorial wrappers, a Naval Notebook explaining in text and with line drawings and silhouettes the principal types of warships, des...

GRIMSBY'S FIGHTING FLEET - Trawlers and U-Boats during the Second World War.

Hutson, Harry C., · 1990

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hutton Press, Beverley, 1990 1st edn., paperback original, 108pp, a number of half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, large format (9.5 x 6.5 approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, an account covering all those trawlers which were part of the Grimsby fleet before being r...

GRIMSBY'S FIGHTING FLEET - Trawlers and U-Boats during the Second World War.

Hutson, Harry C., · 1990

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hutton Press, Beverley, 1990 1st edn., paperback original, 108pp, a number of half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, large format (9.5 x 6.5 approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, an account covering all those trawlers which were part of the Grimsby fleet before being r...

TUMULT IN THE CLOUDS.

Goodson, Lt. Col. James A., · 1989

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow, London, 1989 reprint, trade paperback, 238pp,16pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., coloured pictorial wrappers, a dramatic personal account of air combat in WW2, the author served in the RAF Eagle Squadron and after Pearl Harbour joined the USAAF in the Fourth Fighter G...

ENEMY COAST AHEAD - UNCENSORED - The Real Guy Gibson.

, · 2017

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Crécy, Manchester, 2017 reprint, paperback, 288pp, 4pp coloured photo ills., half tone photo ills., facsimiles and line drawing in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial wrappers, Guy Gibson's classic account of his RAF career restoring some of hi...

ENEMY COAST AHEAD - UNCENSORED - The Real Guy Gibson.

Gibson, Guy VC DSO DFC, · 2017

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Crécy, Manchester, 2017 reprint, paperback, 288pp, 4pp coloured photo ills., half tone photo ills., facsimiles and line drawing in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial wrappers, Guy Gibson's classic account of his RAF career restoring some of hi...

THE SECRET WAR IN ITALY - Operation Herring and No. 1 Italian SAS.

Fowler, William, · 2010

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Ian Allan, London, 2010 1st edn., trade paperback original, 288pp, 16pp coloured and half tone photo 4 in text maps, ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, secret operations on the Italian front during WW2, an account of how, backed by the Allies, the parrtisans, SAS,...

SOE - An outline history of the Special Operations Executive 1940-46.

Foot, M. R. D., · 1993

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Mandarin, London, 1993 1st in imprint, paperback, xiv, 402pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., double page map, coloured decorated upper wrapper, tie-in with major BBC television series on the SOE, an account of the section of the British Secret Service responsible for supporting r...

FIGHTING THEM ON THE BEACHES - The D-Day Landings 6 June 1944.

Cawthorne, Nigel, · 2005

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Index, Kettering, 2005 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 240pp, maps in text, pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of the invasion of Normandy in 1944, from the build-up of the invasion, the airborne assaults and a narrative of the landings beach by beach, Gold, Sword, J...

PATHFINDER - A War Autobiography.

Bennett, Air Vice-Marshal D. C. T., C.B., C.B.E, D.S.O.,, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sphere, London, 1972 1st in imprint, paperback, 287pp, 8pp half tone photo illls., wraparound photo pictorial cover-art, 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 a...

CRETE - The Battle and the Resistance.

Beevor, Antony, · 1939

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

John Murray, London, ND, reprint, trade paperback, xiv inc. maps, 383pp,12pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [i] ad., photo pictorial wrappers, an account of Crete during WW2. Britains guarantee of Greek independence dated from April 1939 when the Italians had invaded A...

WILD BLUE - 741 Squadron - On A Wing And A Prayer Over Occupied Europe.

Ambrose, Stephen E., · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pocket Books, London, ND (c2003), reprint, paperback, half tone pictorial title, 300pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the WW2 experiences of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew, concentrating on 'Dakota Queen' of the 741st Bomb Sq...

PEGASUS BRIDGE - D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid.

Ambrose, Stephen E., · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pocket Books, London, 2003 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xvi, 233pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] note, [v] ads., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, the account of the taking of the bridges over the Orne river and adjacent Caen canal, by the glider forces of Oxfordshire...

PEGASUS BRIDGE - D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid.

Ambrose, Stephen E., · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pocket Books, London, 2003 reprint, trade paperback, xvi, 233pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] note, [v] ads., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, the account of the taking of the bridges over the Orne river and adjacent Caen canal, by the glider forces of Oxfordshire and Bu...

BATTLE FOR BRITAIN.

Allen, Wing-Commander H.R. 'Dizzy', DFC, · 1975

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Corgi, London,1975 1st in imprint, paperback, 206pp, [ii] ads., 4pp half-tone photo ills., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), first published by Arthur Barker in 1973, the recollections of an RAF Spitfire pilot, who joined his first squadron in May 1940 in 12 Group, two mont...

SERVICE MOST SILENT - The [Royal] Navy's Fight against Enemy Mines.

Turner, John Frayn, · 1955

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

George G. Harrap, London, 1955, 2nd imp., 200pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., other in text figures, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the story of the department of the Royal Navy responsible for Rendering Mines Safe (RMS), work essential so as to ...

THE COAL-SCUTTLE BRIGADE.

McKee, Alexander, · 1957

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Souvenir Press, London, 1957, 1st edn., 223pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, during WW2 Britain's power economy was based on coal to produce electricity and for domestic heating. Great tonnages of coal had to ...