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19918vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of the Allied 'Transportation Plan' aimed at disrupting the German supply system as part of D-Day.
19944to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, and a folding plan; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Detailed and valuable account of the minesweeping component of Operation NEPTUNE by the founder of the Algerines Association. The narrative structure includes much eye-witness and other vernacular material not available elsewhere. An excellent contribution to a still largely forgotten (and largely thankless) aspect of the RN's operations in WWII. VERY SCARCE.
19778vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs and maps in the text; red cloth, 30 Corps emblem blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb record by Horrocks of his time (June 1944 to the Surrender) as commander of 30 Corps, one of the finest Allied fighting formations of WWII. Covers the Normandy breakouts and the action-packed drive through NW Europe. Horrocks' account of MARKET GARDEN, in which 30 Corps was effectively the spearhead of GARDEN, is a valuable addition to the Arnhem literature. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.13.
20198vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations, maps in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, black cloth back lettered in red and white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
19468vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map coloured in outline, 3 folding diagrams (one coloured in outline) and 46 maps on 45 (the majority folding and coloured in outline) in pockets at front and back; red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Baxter, 269; Enser, p.476.
19948vo., First Edition, with plates, page edges tanned; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19848vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; red boards letterd in gilt, black cloth back lettered in gilt, top lightly spotted else a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.50.
19798vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.162.
19868vo., with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.79 (recording the first edition).
19648vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, red endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at edges and sunned at backstrip. An Allied Intelligence agent masquerades as a German general in order to plant false plans for the Normandy invasion on German High Command in Paris.
19658vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An Allied Intelligence agent masquerades as a German general in order to plant false plans for the Normandy invasion on German High Command in Paris. Published a year after the US edition.
19998vo., First Edition thus, with plates; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
19998vo., First Edition, with numerous maps, charts and tables in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hesketh's detailed account of FORTITUDE - arguably the greatest deception scheme ever devised - was written originally during the three years following demobilisation in 1945. Rated top secret, it was not declassified until 1976 and even by the time of the author's death in 1987 many of the names of double agents who had participated in the operation had still not been disclosed. An invaluable record of the most complex double-bluff of WWII.
19918vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first history of the Divison to feature contributions from Other Ranks. Includes six OOBs for various stages of the war. Smith p.275.
19478vo., Second Impression, with large folding map as frontispiece; red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Published two months after the first edition. Baxter, 269; Enser, p.476 (recording the first edition).
19768vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. This work remains the most comprehensive single-volume guide to the various types of landing craft, support ships and amphibians developed for seaborne landings. Enser, p.11; Law 1092
20048vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and maps throughout; original laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. Battle Zone Normandy 9.Sutton's valuable 'Battle Zone Normandy' series provides an innovative historical survey of the Normandy landings and immediate aftermath. Each of the fourteen volumes is divided into four parts: a general introduction by series editor Simon Trew, a descriptive account by a recognised authority; detailed battlefield tours, and guides for further research. The series is well illustrated and particularly well mapped.
1929Sm. 8vo., Twentieth Edition, with folding coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and 7 folding coloured maps, contemporary signature on front paste-down; original red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements, 16p of advertisements at front and 64pp of advertisements at rear.
19288vo., Fourth Edition, with frontispiece, plates and front endpaper map; original series binding of red cloth, upper board framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper. With 4pp series catalogue at end.
20098vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid narrative account by an acknowledged master. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19468vo., First Edition, with full-page plan and 11 full-page maps in the text; original coloured printed wrappers, backstrip lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. The official SHAEF account of operations in Europe from D-Day to the German surrender.
19608vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates and 14 and 10 maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed and creased at edges and chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. First edition of the acclaimed autobiography of one of the most outstanding corps commanders of WWII. His renowned 30 Corps was widely regarded as one of the finest fighting formations throughout North-West Europe (including a central role in Operation GARDEN). SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE. Enser, p.266.
20098vo., Seventh Impression, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid narrative account by an acknowledged master. Published in the same year as the first edition.
20038vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The Anglo-French 4 Commando was one of the longest serving units of British special forces. This excellent history covers, among other actions, Lofoten, Dieppe, D-Day and Flushing
1999Oblong 4to., with very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. An analysis of the tank battle in which 7th Armoured Division (the Desert Rats) took on German panzers and were heavily defeated. The text bases its arguments on photographs taken in the aftermath and the testimony of German tank ace Michael Wittmann (whose grave was discovered during research for Lefevre's 'Panzers in Normandy' from the same publisher).
