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NIGHT ACTION - MTB Flotilla at War.

Dickens, Captain Peter, DSO, MBE, DSC, RN, · 1976

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Corgi, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 285pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., several diagrams in line, [iii] ads., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by B. Knight, the wartime experiences of the author, in the destroyer HMS Somali, a dutch vessel Doggersbank at Dunk...

CONVOY COMMODORE.

Creighton, Rear-Admiral Sir Kenelm, KBE, MVO (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO, · 1976

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Futura, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), for the numerous allied convoys of WW2, the post of 'Commodore of Convoy' was created to act as the Senior Officer of the merchant vessels, the buffer between the Naval Escort Command...

CONVOY COMMODORE.

Creighton, Rear-Admiral Sir Kenelm, KBE, MVO (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO, · 1976

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Futura, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), for the numerous allied convoys of WW2, the post of 'Commodore of Convoy' was created to act as the Senior Officer of the merchant vessels, the buffer between the Naval Escor...

NO MOON TONIGHT.

Charlwood, Don, · 1995

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Goodall, Wilmslow, 1995, reprint, paperback, 189pp, [i] ad., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, a record of a Royal Australian Air Force observer/navigator, trained under the Empire Training scheme in Victoria and Canada, this book records his service with Bomber Command...

NO MOON TONIGHT.

Charlwood, Don, · 1986

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Goodall, London, 1986, reprint, paperback, 189pp, [iii], coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Peter Coombs, a record of a Royal Australian Air Force observer/navigator, trained under the Empire Training scheme in Victoria and Canada, this book records his service with Bomber C...

WAR OF THE MOTOR GUN BOATS - One man's personal war at sea with the Coastal Forces 1943-1945.

Chapman, A. J. (Tony Chapman), · 2023

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Praetorian Press, Barnsley, 2023, 1st thus, paperback, xii, 163pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9 x 6" approx.), coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, the author's experiences in RN Coastal Forces 1943-1945, in the English Channel, North Sea, Mediterranean an...

DAS BOOT - The Boat (first published in Germany as 'Das Boot', first published in UK as 'U-Boat').

Buchheim, Lothar-Gunther, · 2013

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Cassell, London, 2013, reissued edn., Trade Paperback, [viii], 563pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the classic account of life and death in a U-boat, based on the experiences of the author during WW2, lightly ruubed at tips, wrappers a little creased, edges tanned, good ...

WINGS ON MY SLEEVE.

Brown, Captain Eric, · 2007

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Phoenix, London, 2007, 1st printing thus, trade paperback, half tone photo frontis, 296pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, coloured upper wrapperr, the WW2 experiences of a young RNVR officer. When WW2 broke out the author was already a trained pilot of the RAFVR who ...

WINGS ON MY SLEEVE.

Brown, Captain Eric, · 2008

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Phoenix, London, ND (circa 2008), 4th printing, trade paperback, half tone photo frontis, 296pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, coloured upper wrapperr, the memoirs of a WW2 Royal Navy pilot who became a test pilot for the Royal Navy and the Royal Aircraft Establishm...

THE GATES OF HELL.

Brookes, Ewart, · 1973

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Arrow, London, 1973, new edn., paperback, 191pp, 8pp half tone ills., map, wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by Chris Mayger, "account of the merchant vessels and escorts of the arctic convoys supplying Russia in WW2, with details of many of the PQ convoys and particular...

ENGLAND'S HOUR - An autobiogrphy 1939-1941.

Britain, Vera, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Futura, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, xi, 226pp, coloured photo upper wrapper, the author of Testamant of Youth which related her experiences of WW1, this title records the grim, desperate but often inspiring years of WW2, remains of price laberls to wrappers, diag...

THE REGIMENT - The Definitive Story of the SAS.

Asher, Michael, · 2018

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin, London, 2018, reissued edn., trade paperback, xxvi inc maps, 588pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo montage upper wrapper, an in-depth study of SAS operations and personalities, the author is a former soldier in 2q3 SAS Regiment reconstructs in detail gre...

THE U-BOAT PERIL - A Fight for Survival.

Whinney, Bob, · 1985

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell & Co,London,1985, reprint, trade paperback, 160pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps, line drawings and half tone ill. in text, half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Paperbacks series, the memoirs of a naval officer, from cadet at Dartmouth, M...

FLYING IN, WALKING OUT - Memories of War and Escape 1939-1945.

Sniders, Edward, · 1999

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

ISIS Publishing Ltd. Oxford, 1999, large print reprint, paperback, 230 pp, double page map, line drawings in text, pictorial upper wrapper, the memoirs of an RAF Mosquito pilot, the author joined the Royal Air Force after one year at Magdalen College, Oxford with basic trainin...

Tankograd - Militarfahrzeng Spezial No 5009 - SCHWERE HAUBENZUGMASCHINEN UND SCHWERTRANSPORTER DER 1. FAHRZEUGGENERATION DER BUNDESWEHR = FIRST GENERATION MODERN GERMAN ARMY HEAVY PRIME-MOVERS AND TRACTOR- TRUCKS.

Peters, Heinz (trans. Marx Stefan, · 2005

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Tankograd Publishing, Erlangen, Germany, 2005, paperback, 64 pp., numerous in text half tone photo illustrations and three view line drawings, stapled pictorial wrappers, large format about 11.5 x 8.5 inches, text in German and English, a description of the heavy prime movers...

SPITFIRE - A VERY BRITISH LOVE STORY.

Nichol, John, · 2018

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Simon and Schuster UK LTD, London, 2018, 13th imp., 434 pp., 8pp. colour photos, in text half tone photo ills., col'd pictorial endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by David Moore.an account of the Supermarine Spitfire, the Roya...

LANCASTER -THE FORGING OF A VERY BRITISH LEGEND.

Nichol, John, · 2020

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Simon and Schuster UK LTD., London, 2020, 1st edn., hardback, 448 pp. 8 pp. coloured photos, in text half tone photo ills., col'd photo pictorial endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by David Moore.an account of the Avro Lancas...

SPITFIRE - PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND.

McKinstry, Leo, · 2007

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

John Murray, London, 2007, 1st in format, paperback, 435 pp,, 16 pp. half tone photo images, coloured wrappers illustrated by Wilf Hardy, and account of the Supermarine Spitfire from its design stages by R. J. Mitchell thriough its epic battles in WW2 to its final days with t...

SCHINDLER'S LIST (originally published as Schindler's Ark).

Keneally, Thomas, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

BCA, Kent, 1994, club edition, 429 pp, line drawings of street plan Cracow, and Plaszow camp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, a recreation of the story of Oskar Schindler, first told as 'Schindler's Ark' and Booker Prize winner of 1982,...

NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG VOLUME 5.

Johnsen, Frederick A., · 1996

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Specialty Press Publishers and Wholesalers, North Branch MN, USA, 1996, paperback, 100pp., in text line and half tone photo illustrations throughout incl. 2pp in colour, large format paperback about 11 x 8.5 inches, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in the Warbird Tech series...