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Spears, Edward L:
Prelude to Dunkirk July 1930- May 1940
VG . no dj. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. unmarked, tight copy internally.
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Godfrey Lias:
Glubb's Legion
VG . no dj. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. unmarked, tight copy internally. A history of the Arab Legion and of John Glubb
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Jeffery Page:
SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES
VG Softcover. No significant faults with the book. Octavo 207pp with B&W photographs. A personal account of one of "the few" in the Battle of Britain and the air war.
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Nick Richardson:
No Escape Zone
VG/VG . faint crushing to top edge of dj, but no cuts/splits. price-clipped dj with no inscriptions. clean black cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine, a very good clean crisp copy octavo . First British edition. On 16th April 1994, Nick Richardson was shot down over the beseiged Bosnian Muslim town of Gorazde, his plane hit by a surface-to-air missile. NO ESCAPE ZONE is the story of Richardson's journey to the Bosnian theatre of war and his descent into the hell of the war-torn Balkans. It recounts in graphic detail the rigorous training as his aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal steamed full tilt to the Adriatic, his missions over Bosnia and the dramatic shootdown itself. But that was merely the beginning. Picked up by Muslim forces, he rapidly learnt that nothing was what it seemed in the former Yugoslavia. When the Serbs stormed Gorazde, Richardson - now teamed with a crack SAS unit - found the Muslims turning against them. A dangerous escape became their only option, because capture meant almost certain death
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Russell Braddon:
CHESHIRE VC
VG/VG FIRST EDITION (dj has slight isolated edgewear. Neat gift inscription on front endpaper) Octavo. 215pp illustrated. The story of Group-Captain Leonard Cheshire VC DSO DFC
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WHITING, Charles:
Siegfried; The Nazi's Last Stand
An account of the last-ditch line of defence before the march to Berlin. Photographs and contemporary records piece together the desperate fighting in the Hurtgen forest. Good second-hand condition, but the cover has somecrease marks, and the corners are a little rounded from use. Binding is solid and all pages are there. Size : 13 cms wide - 2 cm thick - 20 cms length Weight 220 grams 268 pages including pictures and artwork
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Ben Wicks:
WAITING FOR THE ALL CLEAR
VG/VG. First Edition. No damage to book. quarto. pp 209. True stories from survivors of the blitz including black and white photographs of the events.
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George Goldsmith Carter:
LOOMING LIGHTS
Vg (no dj, pale blue cloth a little darkened on spine and narrow band at top of front board,no marks or inscriptions, few small faint speckles back endpaper else a good sound copy with pages clean and unmarked throughout) 12mo 167pp. Monochrome frontispiece. Lightships and their origins, and the author's personal experiences on lightships before and during the second world war.
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Charles Whiting:
THE BATTLE FOR TWELVELAND An Account of Anglo-American Intelligence Operations within Nazi Germany 1939-1945
Vg/near fine (clean bright undamaged unclipped dj, black cloth with bright gilt title on spine, small faint ink smudge front free endpaper and small crayon numerals back fixed endpaper, internally all clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 240pp. First edition.
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Michael Gannon:
BLACK MAY the epic story of the Allies' defeat of the German U-Boats in May 1943
Vg/Vg (clean unclipped dj with minimal edgewear, clean black cloth with bright silver titles on spine,a very crisp tight bright copy with no marks or inscriptions, slightly shelf-cocked) octavo 492pp. First edition. 16pp b/w photographs.
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tom hickman:
CHURCHILL'S BODYGUARD THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF WALTER THOMPSON
VG/ VG near fine. First edition.Not price-clipped. Octavo 3125pp with numerous photographs. An account of the bodyguard to churchill - and a wealth of anecdotes and vignettes of those famous times along the way
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HAINING, Peter. Compiled by.:
The Spitfire Log. 50th Anniversary Tribute.
VG/VG edges are a little creased/rounded - but no loss or cuts - just shelf-life. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. crisp and clean. A study of the famous fighting plane of the "few" - with construction and historic details.not a coffee-table book - this is for serious researchers and fans of the area. Well illustrated throughout, using drawing and B & W photographs
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Yallop, David:
Unholy Alliance
VG/VG slight rounding to edges of dj on spine and corners. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. 1st edition. Very nice copy.
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COLLECTIF:
Titi Parant
VG. no dj. slight rounding to edges on spine and corners.no inscriptions. 1st edition. Very nice copy. In-8 carré cartonnage éditeur illustré de 69 pages all text in french.
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William Sage:
The Claybornes
Vg (no dj, red cloth lightly worn head and tail of spine, gilt titles and two small gilt shields on spine, front board with large gilt titles and two heraldic shields in red/grey/white/gilt with gilt decorative surrounds,a clean sound copy with neat gift inscription front flyleaf, trace of erased pencil numerals front free endpaper, no other marks, hint of faint browning page edges) octavo 404pp. B/w frontis with clean tissue guard,still firmly attached but 1" tear at top inside edge. Novel of the American Civil War. First edition.
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Taylor, Brian:
Barbarossa to Berlin : November 1942 to May 1945
Hard Cover Illustrated Fine Fine The second of two volumes, this is a chronological account of the campaigns on the Eastern Front, following the Soviet counter-offensive around Stalingrad to the final destruction of the Ostheer. Having carefully mustered their forces for a counter-o
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georges blond:
Born To Fly: Exploits Of The War's Great Fighter Aces.
VG/GOOD+. DJ is rather tatty with splits to some edges and chipping. rear cream panel is tarnished. price-clipped. contents unmarked and tightly bound. no marginalia. the personal histories of the world's greatest fighter aces - from different countries
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yael dayan:
A SOLDIER'S DIARY
VG/VG Dark boards with gilt titling. Dj has edgewear and 2 small tears with minimal loss. The binding is tight and the pages are all present. Text is clean and bright with no marks, save slight foxing on rear endpapers. Prior owner's entry on front free endpaper. Octavo pp 130 pp with map and artwork. A record of one Division's part in the 1967 Sinai war, written by the daughter of a famous Israeli hero, Moyshe Dayan. The background, progress and conclusion of the different actions that led to victory.
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Bryan Perrett:
Armour in Battle: WAVELL'S OFFENSIVE
Vg/Vg (transparent protective wrapper to clipped dj lightly faded on spine,a very good clean tight copy with no marks or inscriptiolns) large octavo 96pp. Printed on gloss art paper throughout and profusely illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Strabolgi. Lord:
NARVIK AND AFTER
Good reading copy. no dj. ffeps and pre-title pages are foxed and mottled inscription and prior owner stamp to title page. hinge weakened, but all pages and photographs are tightly bound in. split to internal hinge. all sounds worse than it is - basically a good copy but with blemishes and history!
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Official publication United States Armed Forces:
GUIDE TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC
G (no dj, stapled paper covers with small tear top of spine, a good sound tight copy with light foxing first and last pages and light browning some page edges, few small neat annotations, neat signature reverse of front cover F. R. Williams, US Navy Air Base, Agana, Guam, 31 Aug 1945. ) octavo 140pp. Second edition. Restricted document for the use of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States of America. Guide to the Pacific Islands with maps and background information on people, customs, food, climate, wild life etc.
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Christabel Bielenberg:
THE PAST IS MYSELF
VG no dj. owner inscription to reverse of front board. no other marginalia. Author's life story from before the second world war right through the nazi era, the bombings and then the russians. superb
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Robert Harvey:
THE RETURN OF THE STRONG The Drift to Global Disorder.
Fine/fine (fine unopened copy in fine unclipped dj) octavo 350pp. First edition. Critique of the post-Cold War world, and the action needed to avert disaster.
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David Stafford:
SPIES BENEATH BERLIN
Fine/near fine (near fine unclipped dj with one tiny chip head of spine, a fine crisp tight bright copy with no inscriptions) octavo 211pp. First edition. The story of Operation Stopwatch/Gold, a joint M16/CIA project to build a tunnel under the Russian sector of Cold War Berlin. B/w photographs, notes and bibliography.
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Theo F Rodenbough editor:
The Photographic History of The Civil War THE CAVALRY
G/G (lightly discoloured/faded intact dj, black boards with grey cloth backstrip, one small mark to backstrip at top of front cover,a very good clean tight bright copy internally but heavy stain 1.5" deep across outside fore-edges) quarto 336pp. In-depth look at the Civil War's mounted men and the part they played in the war effort. Over 200 b/w photos.
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Leroy Thompson:
RAGGED WAR The Story of Unconventional and Counter-Revolutionary Warfare.
Fine/fine (new unopened copy in fine unclipped dj, tiny speckles top page edges, trace of erased pencil price front endpaper) octavo 192pp. Fully illustrated with action photographs. A historical study of guerilla warfare.
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Helene Moszkiewiez:
MY WAR IN THE GESTAPO
VG/VG (no significant faults with book or dj) Small octavo 189pp illustrated. In 1940 Helene Moszkiewiez, a twenty year old Belgian Jewess was recruited to work for the United Kingdom Secret Service. She then worked for the Brussels Gestapo Chief, Mueller. By day she typed death lists of prominent Belgian Jews. By night she risked her life in a frantic race to sabotage their arrests and save lives.
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John Cornwell:
HITLER'S POPE : The Secret History of Pius XII
VG/VG First edition. DJ is quite grubby with some small tears and some staining, otherwise no significant faults. Octavo 430pp. Good copy of the biography of Pope Pius XII, who became infamous for not speaking out against the Holocaust.
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BELCHEM MAJ-GENERAL DAVID:
ALL IN THE DAY'S MARCH
VG/VG. FIRST EDITION. DJ has a 1 inch vertical tear to top edge of back of dustwrapper, and some rubbing to edges - but has been generally well protected by a laminated cover. not price clipped. a neat jokey inscription by prior owner . Boards near fine. octavo, pp 320. the author was Monty's head of Operations Staff from 1943-1945 - a rich scource of background material to this decisive period of the second world war.
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Lesley Denny:
WATER FROM THE MOON After the fall of Singapore the story of the women who escaped
Fine/fine FIRST EDITION (no significant faults with book or dj). Tremendous escape novel
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paul kemp:
CONVOY DRAMA IN ARCTIC WATERS
VG/VG. no inscription not price-clipped. clean and bright text throughout. packed full of photographs a well-researched background work on the little-celebrated aspect of the 2nd world war navy contribution. a saga of bravery and loss - a sacrifice for political reasons
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Frank W Jessup:
A HISTORY OF KENT with maps and pictures
VG ( grey cloth-backed card covers with red/blue lettering, lightly discoloured at edges and light crease back cover, a good sound copy with a little faint spotting outside page edges and prelims) octavo 191pp. First edition. History of Kent from the Neolithic Age to the Twentieth Cenury. B/w illustrations and several maps.
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Ben Wicks:
NELLS WAR Remembering the Blitz
VG/VG (book and dj both no fault) octavo 252pp. The stories of Britons who endured the worst of the wartime blitz living in the East End of London near the docks and vital wartime factories, including the personal story of the author's mother Nell. 8pp b/w photographs.
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John Brown Myers:
Thomas J. Comber Missionary Pioneer to the Congo. By John Brown Myers, association secretary Baptist Missionary Society
Good +. no dj. Reed boards with gilt blind-stamped author details to front cover and his image. similar to spine, which is sunned. all corners rounded/rubbed but no loss. boards ahe some isolated tarnish marks. both ends of spine are rounded. corners bumped. full bookplate award from methodist school dated 1905 to reverse of front board. ffeps are notably tanned, and all text edges are also markedly tanned. no inscriptions or marginalia. all pages present a uncommon title - an account of Thomas Comber's missionary work in the congo.
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Asher, Michael:
The Real "Bravo Two Zero": The Truth Behind "Bravo Two Zero"
Vg/VG internally no fault. octavo First edition.. not price-clipped. the dj has a short tear to the top rear corner - easily repairable. an investigation on what really happened on the mission that made mcnab wealthy from a best-selling account. The Bravo Two Zero SAS operation in the first Gulf War by patrol commander "Andy McNab" did not seem to tally with the events as described by other participants. some things just did not happen in real life. Michael Asher, who also served in the parachute regiment and the SAS, went to investigate on the ground, to see what really happened. Includes eight pages of black & white photographs
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michael ridpath:
MONTY AT CLOSE QUARTERS
Vg/Vg. clean and crisp copy. not price-clipped. some edge-creasing to ends of dj over spine - shelf-life really. No inscriptions. Uk 1st edition.
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beevor a:
Stalingrad
Immense work of research and presentation of probably the most important battle of the European land war, with the destruction of the 6th army and the end of the "unbeatable" myth that surrounded the German forces. Excellent book in every way - just how historical writing should be done. A deserved bestseller. Good second-hand copy, with some very small rounding of one of the edges and minor creasing of the spine from use ( almost inevitable from the size and weight of the book ). The binding is solid and all pages are there. Size : 15 cms wide - 4 cm thick - 23 cms length Weight 720 grams 490 pages including pictures and artwork
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Jackson, Robert:
Churchill's Moat The Channel War 1939-1945
VG/VG faint creasing to dj at ends of spine. no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. 1st/1st. collectable. 159pp. Many b/w photographs. Tells the story of the Channel war from beginning to end
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Black, J:
War and The World, Military Power and The Fate of Continents
VG/G+ would be VG/VG except for a 2 inch odd tear to dj next to spine. would easily repair with invisible tape. no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. 1st/1st. collectable. A wide-ranging account of the nature, purpose, experience and effects of war over the last half-millennium. Illustrated in colour and mono
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WALTER. J:
Central Powers Small Arms of World War One
VG/VG near fine no inscriptions. not price-clipped. 208 PAGES. A detailed study covering all weapons from pistols to heavy machine guns,illustrated with diagrams and photo's.. no inscriptions. not a coffee-table book - detailed work of reference with cut-away diagrams and contemporary details
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Brown, J.D.::
Carrier Operations in World War II. Volume 1: The Royal Navy
VG no dj. not price-clipped. no inscription. Internally sound. In less than 6 years the Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force, limited in numbers, manpower and material, to a powerful strategic weapon as large as the pre-war RAF in terms of effective front-line aircraft. Carrier-based aircraft supported every major amphibious operation from the landings in Norway in april 1940 through to the re-occuaption of Singapore in september 1945. Complemented by many action photographs
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Atkins, Ronald:
Pillars of Fire Dunkirk, 1940
VG/VG. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. internally a lovely clean copy. First Edition.
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Graham Smith:
THE MIGHTY EIGHTH IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Vg (tight crisp paperback. internally fine, appears unread. the odd mark on the outside edge of the textblock, nothing internal - just shelf-life. no loss or staining. 12mo 300pp. The story of the Eighth U.S.Army Air Force during three years of bitter fighting above Germany and Occupied Europe in the second world war. B/w photographs, lists of airfields and other operational units.
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Esmond Wright:
The Fire Of Liberty. The American War Of Independence Seen Through The Eyes Of The Men And Women, The Statesmen And Soldiers Who Fought It.
VG/VG dj is clean and tidy. slight creasing to ends of dj over spine - but no loss. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. Octavo.
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Hood, John B:
Advance and Retreat
VG/VG no inscriptions. not price-clipped. First Edition. The memoirs of the Confederate General
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tony geraghty:
THE IRISH WAR
VG/VG First Edition. DJ is a little edge-creased , but no loss. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. Octavo 404pp. detailed analysis of the history of the conflict in northern ireland with particular detail on the development of specialist counter-terrorist street techniques. internment, political development and corresponding loyalist machinations - its all here.
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Captain J. L'Herminier:
Casabianca- The secret missions of a famous submarine
Good+ better than a reading copy though! no dj dark boards have rounding to corners and both ends of spine, but no significant loss. front board has whitened areas ( old splashes? ) but not unsightly. gilting to spine has dulled considerably - hard to read. internally the ffeps have significant area of browning ( old bookmark?), but no inscriptions.. ditto the rear endpapers. the title page notably foxed, as are the textblock edges. there are the odd tarnish spots in the text, but nothing unsightly. all inconsistent with age. a rare title. details the exploits of the french submarine Casabianca, commanded by the author, from the time of her escape from. Toulon in April 1942 to the liberation of Corsica in Sept 1943. with photographs and maps.
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P Pavlenko:
THE FOREST GUERILLAS a Story of the Partisans of Lake Ilmen
G (no dj, lightly soiled blue cloth with red titles on faded spine, faint spotting back endpapers, one ink blot outside page edges, internally a very good clean tight copy with no marks or inscriptions) 12mo 114pp. First English edition. Novel about Russian partisans behind the German lines in the early years of the second world war.
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B T White:
TANKS AND OTHER ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES OF WORLD WAR II
Vg/Vg (book and dj both no fault) octavo 327pp. Covers the years 1939-1945. Includes 160pp of colour illustrations, with authoritative text describing each vehicle in a concise and lively style.
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WALSHE, M. O'C.
RUSSIAN FOR THE SERVICES
London, George G. Harrap & Co., 1943. 160 p. 8º menor. Tela editorial ilustrada ligeramente rozada. Unos pocos subrayados a lápiz. Buen ejemplar. Raro. First edition. En inglés. Destinado a militares, como muestra la ilustración de la tapa. A dictionary designed for conscripts with no experience of learning a foreign language. Beginning with a guide to pronunciation, it includes ten short lessons and then a general and military vocabulary. This charming piece of World War Two ephmera includes subsections on medical terms, politics and smoking.
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