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THE SECRET WAR.

Johnson, Brian, · 2004

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2004, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 352pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and frontis, numerous in text half tone photo and line illustrations, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches), photo pictorial wrappers, expanded from the BBC TV series ...

THE SECRET WAR.

Johnson, Brian, · 2004

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2004, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 352pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and frontis, numerous in text half tone photo and line illustrations, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches), photo pictorial wrappers, expanded from the BBC TV series ...

TO WIN A WAR - 1918 The Year of Victory.

Terraine, John, · 2008

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Cassell, London, 2008, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 284pp, 32pp half tone phptp ills., half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, the classic narrative of the final year of WW1, the defensive victories of the Allies against the German Spring offensive, then Foch’s c...

THE DAMBUSTERS RAID.

Sweetman, John, · 2012

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Cassell, London, 2012, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxiv, 296pp, 32pp half tone photo ills, maps/diagrams in text, photo montage upper wrapper, the Dambusters Raid, Operation Chastise, was undertaken by 19 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on the night of 16 May 1943 and was the ...

BACKROOM BOYS - Personal Stories of Britain's Air War 1939-1945.

Smithies, Edward, · 2012

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Cassell, London, 2012, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxx, 306pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, originally published as 'War in the Air' by Viking 1990, compiled from interviews with over 250 of those involved, anecdotes from behind the ...

BACKROOM BOYS - Personal Stories of Britain's Air War 1939-1945.

Smithies, Edward, · 2012

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 2012, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxx, 306pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, originally published as 'War in the Air' by Viking 1990, compiled from interviews with over 250 of those involved, anecdotes from behind the ...

ADOLF HITLER - My Part in his Downfall.

Milligan, Spike, · 1972

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 144pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, pictorial upper wrapper, the author's recollections of his WW2 service in the Royal Artillery from enlistment until he landed at Algiers in 1943, said in the text ...

OPERATION MINCEMEAT -The True Spy Story that changed the course of World War II.

Macintyre, Ben, · 2010

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Bloomsbury, London, 2010, 1st in impprint, trade paperback, xiii, 414pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., facsimiles and maps in ext, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the British WW2 deception plan Operation Mincemeat, originally described by one if its plann...

THE RAILWAY MAN.

Lomax, Eric, · 1995

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Vintage, London, 1995, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [viii], 278pp, map in text, lettered and decorated upper wrapper, described by the Sunday Times as one of the most moving accounts to come out of the second world war, a story of innocence betrayed and punished by the nc...

VICTORY AT SEA - Tales of His Majesty's Coastal Forces.

Lawrence, H., · 1990

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

McCelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1990, 1st in imprint Canada, paperback, 322pp, [ii] ads, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the experiences of members of the Royal Canadian Navy in WW2, during their service in RN Coastal Forces, in Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunb...

WAR IN A STRINGBAG.

Lamb, Commander Charles DSO, DSC, RN, · 1978

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Arrow, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 344pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dec. chapter vignettes, maps in text, [vii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappes, the experiences of a Swordfish pilot during WW2, a survivor of the sinking of HMS Courageous, the attack...

AND SO TO BATTLE - A Sailor's Story.

Jones, Captain Basil, D.S.O.*, D.S.C., R.N. (Ret'd), · 1976

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Privately Published by author, Battle, East Sussex, [1976] 1st., paperback, 128pp, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (8 x 6" approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, the origianal edition (some pirated extracts exist), the experiences of Captain Basil Jone...

BOMBSITES AND LOLLIPOPS - My 1950s East End Childhood.

TO WIN A WAR, · 2015

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

John Blake, London, ND (circa 2015), reprint, trade paperback, xvi, 240pp, half tone photo ills. in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, Briitish social history of the late 1940s and early 1950s, in the East End of London, with WW2 over millions were startiung to wonder if pe...

WAR IN THE AIR - Men and Women Who Built, Serviced and Flew War Planes Remember the Second World War.

Smithies, Edward (compiled by), · 1990

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Viking, London, 1990, 1st edn., xxx, 306pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, compiled from interviews with over 250 of those involved, anecdotes from behind the scenes of the RAF from the people who designed, b...

WING LEADER.

Johnson, 'Johnnie', (Group Captain J. E. Johnson, DSO**, DFC*), foreword by Group Captain Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO, DFC, · 1958

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

The Reprint Society, London, 1958, club edn., 320pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., red cloth with black leather title label at spine lettered in gilt, upper edge coloured, geometric design dustwrapper, the story of an RAF fighter pilot, from a raw Volunteer Reserve sergeant pilo...

BOMBER GROUP AT WAR.

Bowyer, Chaz, · 1981

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Ian Allen, Shepperton - Surrey, 1981, 1st edn., 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., appendices in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, oversize (12 x 9 inches), in the 'At War' series, an illustrated account of Bomber Command's No. 5 Gr...

THE R. N. V. R. - A Record of Achievement.

Kerr, J. Lennox and Granville, Wilfred, · 1957

£21.00 (€25.18 | $27.75 | ¥4,432)

George G. Harrap, London, 1957, 1st edn., 304pp, frontis and 22pp half tone photo ills., line drawing in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorated lettered dustwrapper, a history of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and an account of their exploits from ...

WAR IN THE AIR - The Men and Women who Built, Serviced and Flew War Planes remember the Second World war.

Smithies, Edward, · 1990

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Vikiing, London, 1990, 1st edn., xxx, 306pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, compiled from interviews with over 250 of those involved, anecdotes from behind the scenes of the RAF from the people who designed, ...

THE SECRET NAVIES.

Hampshire, A. Cecil, · 1980

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Sphere, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 318pp, 8pp, half tone photo ills., maps and diagram in text, [i] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of three naval units specialising in clandestine activities during WW2: the 15th Motor Gunboat Flotilla...

LILLIPUT FLEET.

Hampshire, A. Cecil, · 1976

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

New English Library, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 204pp, [iv] ads., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by Chris Mayger, an account of the setting up of the Royal Naval Patrol Service at Lowestoft in 1939, first known as Pembroke 'X' and then as HMS Europa, of ...