A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA

THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND - A Chronicle of the Year 1939.

Kee, Robert, · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Sphere Books, London, 1985, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xvi], 395pp, 28pp half tone photo ills., map in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of world events during the year 1939 relating the build-up to WW2 and how the events were perceived at the time,...

ESCAPE TO NOWHERE.

Jones, Francis S., · 1977

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Triad / Mayflower, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 236pp, maps in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an army private, captured in Greece 1941, and his attempts at escape he travels through Italy and Germany, where his final escape brings him withi...

THE TRAIL OF THE FOX - The Life of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel.

Irving, David, · 1978

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Futura, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 511pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), a biography of Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, using for the first time the Rommel family papers and photographs, from his early military days in Italy in WW1...

HITLER'S GENERALS.

Humble, Richard, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 173pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a study of Hitler and his generals in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of the Nazi system of command and the effect on the conduct of WW...

THE LONGEST BATTLE - The War at Sea 1939-45.

Hough, Richard, · 1987

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 371pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, a wide ranging account of the war at sea during WW2, 1939-1945, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, rubbed at extrems. with creasi...

DEFIANCE AT SEA - Dramatic Naval War Action.

Guttman, John, · 1998

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 1998, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell Military Classics series, account of 14 naval actions from 1591-1982, from Grenville's battle in 'Revenge' with multiple Spanish galleons to the ...

HISTORY OF THE SS.

Graber, G. S., · 1994

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Diamond Books, London, 1994, 1st in imprint, paperback, 244pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper by John Knights, woven round the life of Heinrich Himmler the author reveals little known aspects of the military wing of the Nazi Party, the Schutzstaffel or SS, their rituals, the f...

THE NIGHT WILL END.

Frenay, Henri, · 1977

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Coronet, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 430pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the memoirs of the French army captain who surrendered to the Germans as part of the 43rd Army Group in June, 1940, was taken prisoner but when...

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

Frank, Anne (foreword Storm Jameson), · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, ND (1980's), 69th imp., paperback, 224pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the story of the Jewish girl Anne Frank and her family, hiding in secret rooms in Amsterdam for over 2 years until discovered in August 1944 by the Du...

HUNTING THE BISMARCK.

Forester, C. S., · 1966

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Mayflower-Dell, London, 1966, 2nd imp., paperback, 118pp, 8 maps in text, [i] ads., pictorial wrappers, a reconstruction of the events involving the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck in May, 1941, the dramatic sinking of the world's largest capital ship, the battlecr...

ON WINGS OF EAGLES.

Follett, Ken, · 1986

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi Books, London, 1986, 6th imp., paperback, 475pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., tv tie-in, decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), true account of a Green Beret rescue in Iran, faint vertical creasing to spine, light diag. creases to cnrs., lightly rubbed at tips an...

COMMANDO EXTRAORDINARY.

Foley, Charles, · 1988

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Grafton, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 288pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Special Forces Library series, the story of Otto Skorzeny, the Commander of Germany's Special Troops who had studied the successes of the British Commandos and SAS, put these lesson...

COMMANDO EXTRAORDINARY.

Foley, Charles, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1957, 2nd imp., paperback, 251pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [v] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the story of Otto Skorzeny, the Commander of Germany's Special Troops who had studied the successes of the British Commandos and SAS, put these lesso...

SURFACE RAIDER.

Farrell, F. L., · 1939

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Trojan, London, ND, paperback, [152pp], wrap-around pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), account of the battle between the cruisers Exeter, Achilles and Ajax with the German pocket-battleship Graf Spee, December 1939, and the subsequent scuttling of the German vessel, lightly rub...

THE FALKLANDS WAR.

Eddy, Paul; Linklater, Magnus and Gillman, Peter (The Sunday Times Insight Team), · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sphere Books, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [x inc. 2 double page maps], 274pp, 18pp half tone photo ills., maps, diagrams and line drawings in text, [ii] ads., pictorial wrappers, an account of the Falklands War from the diplomatic manoeuverings prior to the...

THE DEVIL'S VIRTUOSOS : German Generals at War 1940-5.

Downing, David, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

New English Library, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 22 maps in text, pictorial wrappers, an account of '.. the decisive European campaigns through the eyes of those German generals who directly influenced the planning, direction and...

SELECTED TO LIVE.

Dobschiner, Johanna-Ruth, · 1980

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pickering and Inglis, London, 1980, 15th imp., paperback, 256pp, pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the experiences of a Dutch Jewish girl, resident of Berlin where her family had been since 1884 they left for Amsterdam in 1935 to escape the persecution o...

BLITZKRIEG - From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Deighton, Len, · 1981

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Triad / Granada, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, 382pp, 32pp, half tone photo ills., numerous in text maps, diagrams and drawings, [i] ads., decorated upper wrapper (unattrib.), a history of Hitler and the Nazi party, together with an account of the development of w...

LAST LETTERS HOME.

Day-Lewis, Tamasin (ed.), · 0

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan Books, London, ND, reprint, trade paperback, viii, 262pp, wraparound photo pictorial montage cover art, a selection of letters and diary entries written to separated loved ones during WW2, relating lives transformed by bombing, battle and internment, capturing the spirit ...

1940 - THE WORLD IN FLAMES.

Collier, Richard, · 1980

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1980, 2nd imp., paperback, 352pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., pictorial upper wrapper by Lawrence Bradbury, recounts major episodes of WW2 during 1940, covering such events as the fighting in Finland, the destruction of Coventry, the sinking of the Fren...