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JAPAN : THE FINAL AGONY.

Coox, Alvin, · 1970

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No.9', an account of the final year of the war against Japan ...

ZERO FIGHTER.

Caidin, Martin (intro. by Saburo Sakai), · 1970

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War', Weapons Book No. 9, an account of the merits of the legendary Japanese Zer...

ME 109 : WILLY MESSERSCHMITT'S PEERLESS FIGHTER.

Caidin, Martin, · 1973

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 160pp, double page line ill. and numerous half tone ills. in text, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll - Weapons Book' series, a history of the German fight...

SICILY : WHOSE VICTORY.

Blumenson, Martin, · 1969

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Macdonald, London, 1969, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, maps and numerous half tone ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 3', illustrated account of the first assault on Europe by the Allies, the invasion ...

SICILY : WHOSE VICTORY.

Blumenson, Martin, · 1969

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Macdonald, London, 1969, 1st edn. UK, large format (trade) paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, pictorial wrappers, in Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 3', illustrated account of the first assault on Europe by the Allies, ...

THEIR FINEST HOUR - The Story Of The Battle Of Britain 1940.

Bishop, Edward, · 1968

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Macdonald, London, 1968, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book, No. 2', an account of summer, 1940 when ".. 'The Few', a dwindling, gall...

THEIR FINEST HOUR - The Story Of The Battle Of Britain 1940.

Bishop, Edward, · 1968

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macdonald, London, 1968, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book, No. 2', an account of summer, 1940 when ".. 'The Few', a dwindling, gall...

B29 : THE SUPERFORTRESS.

Berger, Carl, · 1976

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Ballantine, New York, 1976 3rd US edn., trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps/diagrams, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial wrappers, the development of the B29 Superfortress and a history of its air operations ag...

PEARL HARBOR.

Barker, A. J., · 1970

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macdonald, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnell's 'History of the Second World War', Battle Book No. 10, an account of pre-war Japanese-American relations and of the ...

SUFFOLK MEMORIES.

Shirreff, David and Sharman, Arthur (compiled by), · 1999

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

The Yard Press, Sudbury, 1999, reprint, paperback, xvi, 324pp, half tone photo ills. and maps/ diagrams in text, large format (8 x 6 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, a compilation of the WW2 experiences of Walberswick and Blythburgh residents ...

THE NIGHT BLITZ 1940-1941.

Ray, John, · 2004

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Castle Books, Edison, NJ, 2004, US edn., 288pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the night bombing campaign by the German Luftwaffe against the industr...

IN ENEMY HANDS - Revealing true stories behind wartime Allied aircraft losses.

Philpott, Bryan (foreword by Sir Douglas Bader), · 1981

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, 1981, 1st edn., 89pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis and in text ills., half tone photo pictorial endpapers, photo pictorial montage boards, from his research in the Bundesarchive the author discovered numerous half tone photographs of Allied a...

TALES FROM THE MESS - A Military Miscellany.

Noonan, Miles, · 1983

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hutchinson, London, 1983, 1st edn., 176pp, in text line drawings, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, an affectionate and thoroughly amusing collection of anecdotes about various units of the British Army, from the Boer war until almost the present ...

SS AND GESTAPO - Rule by Terror.

Manvell, Roger, · 1972

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Pan/Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine 'History of World War II' series, the birth and establishment of the police state in Germany and the ro...

SPRINGBOARD FOR OVERLORD - Hampshire and the D-Day Landings.

Kemp, Anthony, · 1984

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Milstrone Publications, Horndean, 1984, 1st imp., paperback, 72pp, diagram and half tone photo ills. in text, pictorial stapled card wrappers, the story of the preparations for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy in 1944, and how they affected South Hampshire as mass...

GOODBYE MUM! - More tales of the Seconnd World War Evacuation.

Brooks, Christopher J., · 1992

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Privately published, Lowestoft, 1992, paperback, 32pp, half tone photo ills. in text, half tone photo pictorial wrappers, a supplementary volume to the author's 'When will I see you Again?' first published in 1991, containing the recollections of the experiences of the evacue...

REACH FOR THE SKY - The Story of Douglas Bader D.S.O., D.F.C..

Brickhill, Paul, · 1955

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1955, 8th imp., 384pp, half tone photo frontis, 12pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, the life story of Douglas Bader, the legless RAF fighter pilot, incl. his accident, battle to return to flying, enthusiasm for 'the big wing...

DUNKIRK - The Great Escape.

Barker, A. J., · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Book Club Associates, London, 1977, club edn., 240pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps and half tone photo ills. in text, maps at endpapers, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), orange cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated in blind upper board, wraparou...

CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS No. 20 - Douglas A-20 Havoc U.S.A.A.F. 1940-1945.

, · 1940

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Ducimus Books, London, ND, paperback, 20pp in wrappers paginated 170-191, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx)., pictorial wrappers, detailing the camouflage variations and marking of the Douglas A-20 Havoc in use by the U....

THE SPIRIT OF LOWESTOFT - A Town At War 1939-1945.

Holmes, John (ed.),, · 1994

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Privately Published, Lowestoft, ND (copyright 1994), paperback, 70pp, half tone photo ills. in text, oversize (11.5 x 8 inches approx.), pictorial wrappers, a collection of personal recollections of Lowestoft during WW2 with in text half tone photo illustrations, covering the...