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THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY.
Smith, Peter C., · 1976
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
New English Library, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., double page col'd ill. inside upper wrapper, map and 3 battle plans in text, appendices of task forces, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art, coloured front endpapers (unattr...
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH - A History of Nazi Germany.
Shirer, William R., · 1964
£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)
Pan Books, London, 1964, 1st in imprint, paperback, 1436pp, [iv] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, the classic history of the Third Reich by the former Germany correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and Columbia Broadcasting Service, one of the last to leave Berlin in 1941, he...
U-BOAT 977.
Schaeffer, Heinz (trans. George Edinger and Godfrey Wilson, pref. by Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl of Cork and Orrery, GCB, GCVO, foreword by Nicholas Monsarrat), · 1957
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
William Kimber, London, 1957, pocket edn., 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., pictorial upper wrapper by 'Blandford', the title of this book is a misnomer as two thirds of the book are the experiences of the author, from his early naval training to h...
U-BOAT 977.
Schaeffer, Heinz (trans. George Edinger and Godfrey Wilson, pref. by Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl of Cork and Orrery, GCB, GCVO, foreword by Nicholas Monsarrat), · 1975
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Tandem, London, 1975, 2nd imp., paperback, 190pp, map in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the title of this book is a misnomer as two thirds of the book are the experiences of the author, from his early naval training to his first posting to a submarine i...
HOSTAGES AT COLDITZ (first published as The Privileged Nightmare).
Romilly, Giles and Alexander, Michael, · 1973
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Sphere Books, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 237pp, map in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the experiences of two 'prominente', prisoners with high level connections who were kept at Colditz castle during WW2, the nephew of Winston Churchill, ...
THE COLDITZ STORY.
Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1973
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Coronet, London, 1973, 16th imp., paperback, 223pp, double page plan in text, [i] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escaper...
THE COLDITZ STORY.
Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1973
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Coronet, London, 1973, 11th imp., paperback, 223pp, double page plan in text, [i] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escaper...
THE COLDITZ STORY.
Reid, P. R., MBE, MC, · 1974
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Coronet, London, 1974, 14th imp., paperback, 223pp, plan in text. [i] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, cu...
CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS - Their Finest Hour.
Pitt, Barrie, · 1988
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1988, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 223pp, numerous maps and line drawings in text, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in the Battle Standards series, an account of the events upon which the BBC-Le Vien TV play, by Ian Curteis, titled 'Chur...
THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
Overy, R. J., · 1987
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Longman, London, 1987, 1st edn., trade paperback original, vii, 129pp, maps and tables in text, pictorial cartoon upper wrapper by Low, in the Seminar Studies in History series, an re-assessment of the origins of WW2 by the Lecturer in History at Kings College, University of ...
THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE THIRD REICH.
Neumann, Robert, with Koppel, Helga, · 1962
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Bantam Books, New York, 1962, paperback, 224pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, coloured pictorial wrappers, a brief account of the rise and establishment of the Nazis as the rulers of Germany with 240 captioned photographs of political and of WW2 events, sl. roll and slant...
THEY HAVE THEIR EXITS.
Neave, Airey, · 1972
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Coronet Books, London, 1972, 4th imp., paperback, 189pp, double page map and three plans, [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 castle, ...
THEY HAVE THEIR EXITS.
Neave, Airey, · 1955
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1955, 2nd imp., paperback, 221pp, double page map and three plans in text, [iii] ads., #329, 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 Coldit...
ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT.
Moss, W. Stanley, · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Sphere Books, London, 1978, reprint, paperback, 143pp, maps in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an account of the abduction, on 26th April 1944, of Major-General Karl Kreipe, Commander of the German forces in Crete, by two young British officers and a few Cretan par...
YOU'LL DIE IN SINGAPORE.
McCormac, Charles DCM, · 1976
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1976, 6th imp., paperback, 192pp, key to escape route, map and plan in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), stationed in Singapore during 1942 the author, an RAF Sergeant, was captured by a Japanese patrol. With 16 others he broke out from his prison ...
HERMANN GÖRING.
Manvell, Roger and Fraenkel, Heinrich, · 1968
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
New English Library Mentor, London, 1968, revised edn., 1st in imprint, paperback, 283pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, biography of Hermann Göring, veteran airman of WW1 and one of the earliest members of the Nazi Party, seriously wounded at the Munich putsch, founder ...
GOODBYE, DARKNESS - A Memoir of the Pacific War.
Manchester, William, · 1982
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Panther Books, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 413pp, maps and line ills. in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Pacific War but also a personal memoir of the one-time marine, revisiting the islands where he lost so many friends, haunted by th...
INVASION - The German Invasion of England July 1940.
Macksey, Kenneth, · 1981
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Corgi Books, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, 287pp, 8pp half tone photo ills. and 8pp maps, facsimile of leaflet 'If the Invader Comes', numerous other maps, line ills and diagrams in text, decorated lettered upper wrapper, written in the form of a campaign history, ...
MALTA - The Thorn in Rommel's Side.
Lucas, Laddie, · 1993
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1993, 1st in imprint, paperback, xxxvi inc. 2 maps, 311pp, 16pp half tone ills., [iii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, between June 1940 and December 1942 Malta was one of the most bombed places on earth and this book records the bravery and determinat...
ULTRA GOES TO WAR - The Secret Story.
Lewin, Ronald, · 1980
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Arrow Books, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 398pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, a history of the Enigma encoding machine, its developmnent and marketing, and an account of the work of Bletchley Park, the British 'Station X'...