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SECRET NAVAL INVESTIGATOR.

Lincoln, Commander F. Ashe Q.C. R.N.V.R., · 1961

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

William Kimber, London, 1961, 1st edn., 207pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the account of one of the back-room brains of Allied counter intelligence in the fight against German ingenuity of design of mi...

WINGS OF THE PHOENIX - The Official Story of the Air War in Burma.

HMSO, · 1949

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

HMSO, London, London, 1949, 1st edn., 143pp, 32pp half tone photos and maps, map at front endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorated dustwrapper, prepared by the Air Ministry and the Central Office of Information, an account of the air war in Burma, ...

OPERATION NEPTUNE.

Edwards, Commander Kenneth R.N., · 1946

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Collins, London, 1946, 1st edn., 319pp, 16 half tone plates, facsimile letter in text, maps/plans at endpapers, black cloth lettered and decoated in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt upper board, lower edge uncut, coloured decorated dustwrapper, the naval element of Operation ...

WOMEN IN GREEN - The Story of the WVS.

Graves, Charles, · 1948

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

William Heinemann, London, 1948, 1st edn., 284pp, frontis and 24pp half tone photo ills., green cloth with red title panel lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the official history of the Women's Voluntary Services during WW2, the voluntee...

GIBRALTAR AND THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Garratt, G. T., · 1939

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1939, 2nd imp., 351pp, 9 in text maps, light blue cloth lettered in navy blue at spine, lower edges uncut, lettered dustwrapper, an account of the history of Gibraltar and how Britain came to acquire it, an examination of Gibraltar's strategic significa...

THE WATERY MAZE - The Story of Combined Operations.

Fergusson, Bernard, · 1961

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Collins, London, 1961, 1st edn., 445pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 11 in text maps, maps at endpapers, turquiose cloth lettered in pink at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, an account of Combined Operations, from its founding in 1940 to co-ordinate operations against the...

NIGHT ACTION - MTB Flotilla at War.

Dickens, Captain Peter, DSO, MBE, DSC, RN, · 1974

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Purnell Book Services, London, 1974, club edn., 242pp, 8pp half tone ills., diagrams in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the wartime experiences of the author, in the destroyer HMS Somali, a dutch vessel Dogg...

SEA WOLVES - The Extraordinary Story of Britain's WW2 Submarines,.

Clayton, Tim, · 2011

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Little, Brown, London, 2011, reprint, [xii] inc. maps, 436pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9.5 x 6 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured endpapers, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a comprehensive account of the development of the Royal N...

THE GATES OF HELL.

Brookes, Ewart, · 1960

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Jarrolds, London, 1960, 1st edn., 144pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in white and red, decorative lettered dustwrapper, a good introduction to the history of the WW2 convoys to Russia in which Allied and neutral merchant vessels and Al...

VIMY!.

Wood, Herbert Fairlie, · 1972

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Corgi, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback,173pp,16pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial wrappers, a re-appraisal of the battle for Vimy Ridge of the summer of 1915, re-constructed from hundreds of eye-witness accounts and supported b...

SLAVES OF THE SUN OF HEAVEN.

Whitecross, Roy H., · 1973

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Corgi, London, 1973, reprint, paperback, 255pp, maps in text, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the author served as a Private in the 8th Division, Australian Imperial Force, volunteering in 1941 and serving in Malaya until pushed back to Singapore and capture by the Japanes...

WINGATE IN PEACE AND WAR.

Tulloch, Major-General Derek, · 1976

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Futura, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, [iv], 300pp, map in text, wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers, the author was General Wingate's chief of staff durint the second Chindit operation in Burma and here tells the true story of the man who helped defeat Japan and...

THE LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ.

Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1972, reprint, paperback, 320pp, double page plan of castle, double page plan of French tunnel and single page of glider, photo pictorial wrappers with a still from the BBC TV series 'Colditz', continues the story started in 'The Colditz Story' of the WW2 G...

THEY HAVE THEIR EXITS.

Neave, Airey, · 1972

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Coronet, London, 1972, , 2nd imp., paperback, 189pp, double page map and three plans in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, foreword by Lord Justice Birkett: captured at Calais in 1940 the author relates his three escapes, the final being a successful from Colditz cast...

THE DIEPPE RAID (originally published as Forgotten Heroes).

Mellor, John, · 1979

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Coronet Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 204pp, [iv] ads., wraparound pictorial wrappers, account of the raid on Dieppe in August 1942. The originally planned Operation Rutter, a reconnaissance in force landing to outflank Dieppe, was changed by Montgomery to ...

A NURSE'S WAR.

McBryde, Brenda, · 1980

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Sphere, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 184pp, 8pp half tone ills., map in text, pictorial upper wrapper, experiences of a nurse who started training in Newcastle in 1938, experiencing the appalling conditions of student nurses at that time and seeing the effects of ...

THE WHITE RABBIT.

Marshall, Bruce (as related by Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC), · 1973

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pan Books, London, 1973, reprint, paperback, 266pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., 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 France, eventually...

CASSINO - Portrait of a Battle.

Majdalany, Fred (intro. by General Sir John Hackett), · 1981

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Star Books, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, ix, 270pp, 8 maps in text, [v] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the major stumbling block to the Allied advance on Rome was Cassino, the fulcrum of the German defensive Gustav Line. This account covers the four phases of the ...

THE RETREAT FROM BURMA.

Mains, Lt. Col. Tony, · 1974

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New Engliish Library, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 143pp, maps and diagram in text, [i] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, No. 4 in the publisher's Military History series, a personal day-to-day account of a junior staff officer in command of a small un...

THE BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Macintyre, Donald, · 1970

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1970, 1st in imprint, paperback, 234pp, 4pp half tone ills., maps in text, [vi] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, in the 'British Battles' series, from May 1940 to June, 1943 the Royal Navy battled to control the Mediterranean, covers the convoy...