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MERLIN - THE POWER BEHIND THE SPITFIRE, MOSQUITO AND LANCASTER.

Hoyland, Graham, · 2020

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

William Collins, London, 2020, 1st edn.., 358 pp. in text and full page half tone photo ills., exploded line drwing of the 1280hp Merlin angine at endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, an account of the conception, bir...

OPERATION PEDESTAL - The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942.

Hastings, Max, · 2021

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

William Collins, London, 2021, 1st edn., 428 pp., 32pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo montage dustwrapper, an epic new account of the attempt to relieve the beseiged island of Malta in 1...

CHASTISE - THE DAMBUSTERS STORY 1943.

Hastings, Max, · 2019

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

William Collins, London, 2019, 1st edn., 364 pp. 24pp.half tone photo ills,, double page plan of outward and return routes, in text plans of flight path to Mohne and Eder dams, plazn of flood damage from Mohne dam, facsimile extracts from Gibson's flying log at endpapers, bla...

A WRITER AT WAR - Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945.

Beevor, Antony and Vinogradova, Luba (ed. and trans. by), · 2012

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Pimlico, London,ND (circa 2012), reprint, paperback, xxi, 378 pp. half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. in text, coloured map inside front cover, phto pictorial wrappers, the author was deemed unfit for military service against the germans when they invaded Russia in...

THE VOLUNTEER - One Man, an Underground Army and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz.

Fairweather, Jack, · 2020

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

WH Allen, London, 2020, 1st in imprint, paperback, xvix, 505pp, half tone photo ills., maps, diagrams and facsimiles in text, large format (7.5 x 5") approx., picttorial upper wrapper, account of a member of thwe Polish underground, Witold Pilecki, who undertook to infiltrate...

THE SOUND OF HISTORY - EL ALAMEIN 1942.

Doherty, Richard, · 2002

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 2002, 1st edn., xvii, 254pp., 8pp.half tone photo ills., maps in text, pictorial dustwrapper, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, an account of the Battle of El Alamein, one of the three major turning points of WW2, ...

BOMBER PILOT.

Cheshire Leonard, V.C., · 1975

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Mayflower, St Albans, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159 pp. ,16 pp. half tone photo ills., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by Peter Jones, an account of '...the experiences of a young bomber pilot, from his first tentative operations to the awesome responsibilities ...

WINGS ON MY SLEEVE.

Brown, Captain Eric 'Winkle' CBE DSC AFC RN, · 2006

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Weidenfeld & Nicholson,London,2006, revised and updated edition284 pp. half tone photo pictorial frontis, half tone photo ills., line drawings and facsimiles in text, extracts from flying log at endpapers, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, navy blue cloth lettered in silver at ...

ARDENNES 1944 - HITLER'S LAST GAMBLE.

Beevor, Anthony, · 2015

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin/Viking, London, 2015, 1st edn., xix, 451 pp. 24 pp. half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, a very readable account of the German Ardennes offensive in December 1944, when three field armies, spearheaded by the 6th panzer Army,...

TRANSPORT GOES TO WAR - The official story of British transport, 1939-1942.

HMSO, · 1942

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., with the dispersal of population and industry because of the war British transport needed complete re-organisation and this is an ...

THE TIGER KILLS.

[Hingston, Lt.-Col. W. G. and Stevens, Lt.-Col. G. R.], · 1944

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 195pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo ills. inside wrappers, pictorial wrappers, 8 x 5" approx., a sequel to 'The Tiger Strikes', the story mainly of the 4th Indian Infantry Division in North Africa, the forma...

THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS.

Owen, Frank and Atkins, H. W., · 1945

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback, 72pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, double page 2 colour maps of the North African campaign 1942/3, separate map of Tunisia, cap badges of regiments inside wrappers, stapled coloured pictorial wrappers by Eric Kennington, 9 x 7", a...

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET - Greece to Tripoli.

[Ritchie, Capt. Lewis, RN (Bartimeus)], · 1944

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 95pp, many half tone photos and maps in text, stapled pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., the Admiralty account of naval operations in the Eastern Mediterranean from April 1941 to January 1943, starting where the publication '...

THE EIGHTH ARMY.

HMSO, · 1944

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 103pp, numerous half tone photo ills. and maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, printed by LTA Robinson Ltd., London, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", in 'The Army at War' series, an account of the 8th Army as an...

THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AT WAR - An Official Record of Service in Two Hemispheres 1939-1945.

HMSO, · 1944

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn. UK, paperback, 72pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, stapled photo montage wrappers, 8 x 5", first published in Australia, this UK edition reprints the account of the Australian army at war in Europe, North Africa, South-East Asia and at...

RAF MIDDLE EAST.

HMSO, · 1945

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback original, 143pp, many half tone photos, aerial reconnaisance photos and 5 maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the official story of air operations in the Middle East from February 1942 to January 1943, Rommel's great advance...

MERCHANTMEN AT WAR.

[Hodson, J. L.], poems by John Masefield, · 1944

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 143pp, many half tone photos and maps, two original poems by John Masefield, large format (9 x 7 inches approx.), stapled photo pictorial wrappers, the official account of the Merchant Navy from 1939 to 1944, the ships and the...

MERCHANT AIRMEN.

HMSO, · 1946

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

HMSO, London, London, 1946, 1st edn., paperback original, 207pp, half tone photo ills. and maps in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, pictorial paper wrappers, 9 x 5.5", the Air Ministry account of British civil aviation 1939-44; at the outbreak of WW2 the civil aviat...

LAND AT WAR - The official story of British farming 1939-1944.

[Lee, Laurie], · 1945

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback original, 96pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., stapled wraparound photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7" approx., unattributed but written by Laurie Lee, an account of the intensification of British farming by mainly traditional meth...

FLEET AIR ARM.

HMSO, · 1943

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 127pp, many in text half tone photo ills., stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the official Admiralty account of naval air operations, covering the day-to-day working of carriers and their aircraft as well as catapult a...