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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
Collier, Basil, · 1970
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Fontana, London, 1970, 2nd imp., paperback, 636pp, numerous maps and tables in text, decorated upper wrapper, a 'short' (600+ pages) but authoritative and lucid account of WW2 with over 60 maps, tables of strengths, armaments and casualties, that covers the essential aspects ...
THE FALL OF CRETE.
Clark, Alan, · 1981
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Efstathiadis, Athens, 1981, 1st edn., Greece, paperback, 192pp, 2 maps and 4pp half tone photo ills. in text, wraparound photo pictorial cover art, an English text account of the battle for Crete in May, 1941, when German parachutists managed to defeat a much larger defensive...
THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL.
Caskie, Donald, · 1974
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Fontana, London, 1974, 13th imp., paperback, 256pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the Minister at the Scots Kirk in Paris since 1935, at the fall of France in 1940 the author escaped from immediate German influence to Marseilles in Vichy France and as pastor of the Bri...
THE TARTAN PIMPERNEL.
Caskie, Donald, · 1972
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Fontana, London, 1972, 11th imp., paperback, 256pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the Minister at the Scots Kirk in Paris since 1935, at the fall of France in 1940 the author escaped from immediate German influence to Marseilles in Vichy France and as pastor of the Bri...
EL ALAMEIN.
Carver, Michael, · 1976
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Fontana, London, 1976, 3rd imp., paperback, 224pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps and plans in text, wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), an account of the Battle of El Alamein in October/November 1942 which began to turn the tide against the Germans in North Africa, ...
GESTAPO.
Butler, Rupert, · 1981
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Hamlyn, London, 1981, 1st edn., paperback original, 319pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., lettered and decorated upper wrapper, an account of the Gestapo under the leadership of Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich, light vertical creasing to sl. sunned spine, lightly...
GESTAPO.
Butler, Rupert, · 1988
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Arrow Books, London, 1988, 2nd imp. in imprint, trade paperback, 319pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., lettered and decorated upper wrapper, an account of the Gestapo under the leadership of Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich, light vertical crease at spine and upper hinge, l...
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.
Burt, Kendal and Leasor, James, · 1959
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Fontana Books, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib,), the story of the only successful POW escape from British hands, Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the Me 109 pilot shot down during the bat...
THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.
Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H., · 1970
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan Books, London, 1970, 2nd imp., paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Leech, in the British Battles Series, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armies from 7th ...
SUBMARINE.
Beach, Commander Edward L., · 1974
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Coronet, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 301pp, [i] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), highlights of the operational patrols of a number of US Submarines in the Pacific in WW2, by the submarine officer who served as Executive Officer in Trigger and Tir...
SINISTER TWILIGHT - The Fall of Singapore.
Barber, Noel, · 1988
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Arrow Books, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 286pp, 8pp half tone photo ills. as called for (plus 4pp), maps in text, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the ineptitude, bad decisions and wrangling that led to the speedy fall of Singapore to the J...
ROMMEL.
Young, Desmond, · 1965
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Fontana Books, London, 1965, paperback, 316pp, pictorial wrappers, account of the life, military record and death of the legendary Afrika Corps commander incl. his service in WW1 and between the wars, sl. spine roll and slant, rubbed and creased at extrems., lightly soiled, s...
ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES.
Young, Commander Edward, DSO, DSC, RNV(S)R, · 1982
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Mayflower / Granada, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 336pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Peter Jones, the author's submarine career during WW2, from RNVR Sub-lieutenant third officer to Lt. Cdr in command, w...
ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES.
Young, Commander Edward, DSO, DSC, RNV(S)R, · 1983
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Granada, London, 1983, reprint, paperback, 336pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., in text diagrams and maps, the author's submarine career during WW2, from RNVR Sub-lieutenant third officer to Lt. Cdr in command, with a brief patrol to the Arctic before seeing service in the Nort...
THE HOME FRONT - Britain 1939-1945.
Yass, Marion, · 1973
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Wayland, London, 1973, 2nd imp., large format paperback, 128pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, in the Wayland Documentary History series, (with extensive bibliographical notes aimed to encourage research from primary sources), a summary of the conditions in England between...
THE THIRD REICH.
Williamson, D. G., · 1983
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Longman Group, Harlow - Essex, 1983, trade paperback, 108pp, map in text, photo pictorial panel upper wrapper, in the 'Seminar Studies in History' series, an account of the Third Reich, from the Nazi seizure of power to the end of WW2, with numerous refernces for further rea...
THE TUNNEL.
Williams, Eric, · 1985
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1985, 1st in imprint, paperback, 222pp, plan in text, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Colin Backhouse, the author describes various escape attempts prior to the successful escape from Stag Luft III described in 'The Wooden Horse', again writing ab...
THE TUNNEL.
Williams, Eric, · 1971
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Fontana Books, London, 1971, 7th imp., paperback, 251pp, plan in text, [v] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the author describes various escape attempts prior to the successful escape from Stag Luft III described in 'The Wooden Horse', again writing about true event...
NO TIME TO WAVE GOOD-BYE.
Wicks, Ben (intro. Michael Caine), · 1989
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Bloomsbury, London, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, xi, 228pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, moving personal records of the experiences of children who were evacuated during WW2, light diag. crease lower wrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, edges ta...
SINGLE OR RETURN?.
Wentzel, Fritz, · 1975
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
New English Library, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the author knew the subject of this story, Luftwaffe pilot Lt. Franz von Werra, as one of his fellow POW's and here relates the account of the only German pow to escape f...