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Bridgeman, Brian
The Flyers
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright blue cloth boards with minor indent to front and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor indent to front and traces of handling. 255pp. This is the true story of British, Commonwealth and American pilots who flew in wars and revolutions during the period between the two World Wars. They flew in the Spanish Civil War, in South America in the 1930s, in the War Lord era in China in the 1920s and in the 1930s wars against Japan as well as helping the Finns against the invading Russians in 1939. This book is for both air enthusiasts and historians and is the only definitive record of these men, their roles and their machines.
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Dupuy, Trevor N.
Asian and Axis Resistance Movements
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small nicks and chips to upper edge. 88pp. The story from the Second World War of the bands of men who fought behind the lines to free their countries from the Japanese invaders in south-east Asia and from their own Fascist and Nazi rulers in Europe.
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Girbig, Werner; Simpkin, Richard (Gerbig)
Six Months to Oblivion : The Eclipse of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force
No marks or inscriptions. Very faint crease to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with fading to spine and general traces of handling. 140pp. This book covers the last chapter, the decline and end of the air defence in Germany during the Second World War. Illustrated.
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Bleaney, C. H. and Lawless, Richard I.
The First Day of the Six Day War
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 64pp. How the Israelis threw almost all their planes into an attack on Egypt's military airfields on 5 June 1967 and within three hours had destroyed some 264 combat planes. This first strike of the Six Day War effectively decided its outcome and redrew the map of the Middle East. This outcome is still with us and still affecting the world as Israel governs what happens in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and the plight of the Palestinians. A scarce book.
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Vanlint, E.G.
When Pigeons Come Home to Roost
Book in mint condition. 218pp. Appears unread. This book tells the story, at first hand, of young men sent to police a worn torn Germany, a population of women, children and of men on the verge of starvation. From the last months of World War II until the Berlin Airlift, with bankrupt Britain trying to cope with dismantling its Empire, whilst finding employment for its war weary veterans, these teenage soldiers were upholding British prestige in Berlin during the worst winter of the century. Very scarce.
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Hatfield, Charles F.
A Sheffielder's Song : Recollections of Charles F Hatfield
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean tight copy with very lightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nick to top of spine and well handled. A scarce book.
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Williamson, Gordon
The SS : Hitler's Instrument of Terror
Book in mint conditon save for tiny bump to lower front edge. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with traces of storage. 256pp. The full story of Nazi Germany's SS from street fighters to the Waffen-SS.
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Hitchcock, Raymond
Sea Wrack
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked black cloth boards, one page corner lightly creased and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 190pp. Dramatic story from the Second World War as the German officer conspiracy against Hitler entrusts a file which gives the details of the ultimate horrors of Nazism to an English academic who must get it to England, somehow.
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Thompson, T.
Lancashire Laughter
Previous owner's name and address on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with a little rubbing and traces of label removal from front. 112pp. During WWII, Thompson decided to leave the monopoly of misery to others and releive tension where possible by making people laugh. This gathering of his short stories is evidence of that.
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Kinross, John
Discovering Battlefields of England and Scotland
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very tiny piece missing from lower rear corner of cover and no other bumping to corners. 184pp. A guide to 69 battle sites describing each battle and what can be seen there today.
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Hooper, Major A. S.
Through Soviet Russia (Signed By Author)
Signed on dedication page by author. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 98pp. Travels through Soviet Russia from 1937 to 1943 with a positive slant on the country and its politics.
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Johnson, J. H.
1918 : The Unexpected Victory
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and extremely tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to edges and traces of handling. 208pp. Soon after the British commanders were saying that the First World War would go on for some time yet, an armistice was signed. How and why did this happen ? This study looks at the contributory factors of the 'unexpected victory'.
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Bower, Tom
Heroes of World War II : The Men and Women Who Won the War
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 144pp.
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Laffin, John
Damn the Dardanelles ! : The Agony of Gallipoli
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 224pp.
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Cruickshank, Charles Grieg
Greece, 1940-1941
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very faint indenting. 206pp. A study which includes the German and British efforts to win the support of the Balkan countries in 1940-41 and Hitler's diplomatic campaign to preserve peace in the Balkans and thus secure his right flank for the projected invasion of Russia.
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Langer, Howard J.
The World War II 100 : A Ranking of the Most Influential Figures of the Second World War
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 335pp.
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Mayer, S. L.; Tokoi, Masami
'Der Adler' : The Luftwaffe Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased and signs of storage. Unpaginated. pp. A unique collection of articles and photographs from German magazine De Adler which was published before and during World War II by the German Air Force. It was designed to publicize the growing might and power of the new Luftwaffe for the attention of the ranks of the Air Force, throughout Germany and the world.
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Collier, Ron
Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 192pp. This revised, updated and expanded edition tells the stories of twenty-six aircraft crashes in Derbyshire's Peak District.
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Home Office Staff
Air Raid Precautions Handbook No. 1: Personal Protection Against Gas (1st Edition)
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright very faintly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 100pp.
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Hurst, Gerald B.
With Manchesters in the East
No unintentional marks or inscriptions (see below). No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with red cloth damp marked boards (no effect on contents), slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. All photographic plates present. 104pp. Contains a few notes obviously made by someone who was in the Manchester Battalion on active service, eg. the frontispiece shows the Officers in August 1914 and those who were killed in action have been indicated in ink. Very scarce.
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Poynder, Charles
Of Frigates and Fillies (Signed By Author)
Signed by author on dedication page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with nick to upper rear corner and slight creasing to edges. 203pp.
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Istituto storico della Resistenza senese;Siena (Italy : Province);Siena (Italy)
Siena 1944--Guerra E Liberazione: Mostra Fotografica, Siena, 3 Luglio-16 Agosto 1994
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 189pp. A lavish volume with black & white photographs of the liberation of Siena in Italy in 1944 by Allied troops towards the end of the Second World War. Introduction in Italian, photographic captions in English, French, German and Itanian.
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Manning, Ian
Nottingham's War : A Celebration of 50 Years of Peace
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 119pp. Nottingham during World War Two.
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Spagnoly, Tony and Smith, Ted
Salient Points One (1) : Cameos of the Western Front Ypres Sector, 1914-18
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 178pp. Stories about men, actions and places in the Ypres Sector of the old Western Front during World War One.
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Stinton, Harry
Harry's War : A British Tommy's Experiences in the Trenches in World War One
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 223pp. A front-line memoir of the First World War on the Western Front.
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Williams, Edward Stanley and Williams, Trevor (editor)
In the Pink : A Teenager's Year at the Front in the Great War
Mint unread booklet. 94pp. This study sets the background of the First World War and of Private Edward Willams from Hull. It then gives transcripts of his letters home and comment on these over the period 1917-1918. A scarce book.
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Patrick, Rembert W.
Florida Under Five Flags
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to lower edge/corner. Dust jacket price clipped and lightly marked with nicks and chips to upper and lower edges. 140pp. Printed and illustrated on very good quality paper, this study shows Florida's development through its history under five varying cultures. Scarce in the UK.
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Grimshaw, Captain Roly
Indian Cavalry Officer,1914-1915
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright navy cloth boards, tiny rub to upper rear edge and very minor bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tear to upper rear corner. 224pp. From the diary of Captain Grimshaw, which was begun on the day the First World War was declared which provide an unusual sidelight on the relationships of British officers and Indian soldiers in native regiments and a new perspective on the military system in the British Raj of that period.
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Selwyn, Victor (editor)
More Poems of the Second World War (Signed By Editor)
Inscribed from Victor Selwyn to Peter Townsend to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to upper front edge and upper corners and a trace of browning to page edges. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight bumping to upper edge. 379pp. An anthology of Second World War poems with an emphasis on first-hand experiences and eye-witness accounts, combined with poetic quality. Also tucked-in is a personal letter from the Editor to Professor Townsend. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
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Rowley, Eric E with Lees, Colin
The University of Manchester at War 1939-1946
No marks or inscriptions and no bumping to corners. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely very clean crisp very tight copy with bright burgundy leather-cloth boards with very clear gilt lettering/embossing on the front and spine. 286pp. This book discusses the events shaping life at the University during the war plus Times Remembered following responses from over 400 Alumni. The In Memorium section lists a Roll of Honour.
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The Editor
Memories of Swansea at War
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with small label removal mark to front and no bumping to corners. 48pp. Letters and photographs form the Second World War previously published in the South Wales Evening Post.
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Hirst, Derek
Authority and Conflict : England, 1603-1658
Previous owner's name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 390pp. England during crisis and revolution, the most turbulent years of its history.
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Ireland, Bernard
The Battle of the Atlantic
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of handling and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 232pp. A new study of the campaign which held the key to victory or defeat for the Allies in the Second World War.
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Sheffield, Gary
The Western Front Experience 1914-1918 (in slipcase with copies of original documents)
The flaps on the internal pockets holding the copies of original documents etc are very slightly creased, otherwise both book and slipcase are in fine condition. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Slipcase in excellent condition. The facsimiles of original WWI items (maps, letters from the trenches, posters, command orders etc) are all present in the internal pockets. 63pp. The story of the First World War in text and pictures and original documents and memorabilia of dramatic first-hand accounts.
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Griffiths, David & Smith, Dan
How Many More ? : The Spread of Nuclear Weapons
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. The debate of nuclear disarmament.
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Smith, Stephen D.
Forgotten Places: The Holocaust and the Remnants of Destruction - A Photographic Essay
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 86pp. The stories of the places of the Holocaust in Poland and Germany with many words from survivors and a wealth of photographs.
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Lever, Charles
Charles O'Malley : The Irish Dragoon
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright bevelled edge boards, a very small number of pages badly cut and very minor bumping to some corners. Clear gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top of page edges, other edges dusty and end papers tanned. 632pp. The story of Charles O'Malley, military dragoon. Routledge's Hearth & Home Library series. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery
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Iredale, Will
The Kamikaze Hunters: Fighting for the Pacific, 1945
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor rubbing to spine ends. 386pp. The story of how, in the final days of the Second World War, the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare, the suicide pilots or kamikaze.
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Falvey, Denis
A Well-known Excellence: British Artillery and an Artilleryman in World War Two
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with a little creasing to upper and lower edges. 224pp. The story of British Artillery Regiments in the Second World War. The title of the book came from the mouth of one of their chief protagonists, Erwin Rommel. It includes a fair amount of technical coverage.
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Alan Townsin
The Best of British Buses - No 8 The Utilities
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked glazed laminated boards surface storage rubbing and no bumping to corners. 96pp. The story of British buses specifically built for wartime service, many of which were unexpectedly still in use in the 1960s. Very well illustrated.. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Galea, Michael
Malta Diary of a War 1940-1945
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very small rub to front and no bumping to corners. 307pp. This diary of the day-by day events of the time provides a lasting tribute to the garrison and the civilian population of Malta who have either fallen victims during or survived the epic siege of World War Two. Illustrated.
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Melchior, Ib
Order of Battle
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 302pp. A novel based on fact from Germany in the last days of the Second World War and the Werewolf organisation. Scarce British First Edition.
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The Editor
51st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment : British Army of the Rhine 1919-20
Stains to covers and end papers. No effect on photographs. Name to title page. Light creasing to covers. Unpaginated. Single-sided 17pp. Photographs of soldiers and officers. Includes full page photographs of each of The Officers, The Sergeants, The Corporals, The Band, The Guard, The Signallers, The Regiment, Headquarters Company, 'A' Company, 'B' Company, 'C' Company, 'D' Company, The Transport, The Football Team plus a view each of Cologne and Mulheim.. Extremely scarce.
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Forty, George
Fifth Army at war
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very tiny bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge. 144pp. The story of the Fifth Army in the Second World War, assembled in 1943 and comprising American plus a mixture of British, New Zealand, Indian, Canadian, South African, French, Brazilian and Italian soldiers. Very well illustrated.
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Devlin, Gerard M.
Paratrooper: Saga of Parachute and Glider Combat Troops During World War II
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bumping to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with sunning to edges and spine, scratching to small part of spine and a little rubbing to upper edge. 717pp. Detailed accounts of every air assault or land battle fought in Europe and the Pacific during World War II by airborne troops of all nations. Begins with a short evolution of the parachute. Very well illustrated.
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Harris, Paul
Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland at War: A Pictorial Account, 1939-45
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. pp. With an introduction and 236 captioned photographs taken during World War 2 around Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland.
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Bush, G. & Forster, H. & Lawton, E.
A History of Old Dalby Station - in pictures and Words
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 60pp. Stapled typed study of the Old Dalby Station for vehicles, machine and weapons base in Leicestershire, established in 1940 to assist in the Second World War. Many photographs of buildings, personnel and vehicles. Extremely scarce.
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Douglas, Alton; Douglas, Jo
Birmingham at War: Vol. 1 (Signed By Author)
Signed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 112pp. A pictorial account of how the Second World War affected Birmingham and its people with an introduction and captions.
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Ken Hills
1940s (Take Ten Years)
Previous owner stamp inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 47pp. A concise review of the 1940s globally, very well illustrated covering all aspects of society.
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Norman A. Graebner; Richard Dean Burns; Joseph M. Siracusa
Reagan, Bush, Gorbachev: Revisiting the End of the Cold War
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a small cut to the centre of the spine. 177pp. An Analysis of the Policy and Rhetoric of the United States and Soviet Union in the Cold War Period of the 1980s.
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