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	ABU-SHARIF, BASSAM AND UZI MAHNAIMI Tried by Fire. The Searing True Story of Two Men at the Heart of the Struggle between the Arabs and the Jews London, Little, Brown. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316914525). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. x, 297pp, including index. With 42 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "This is the story of enemies who meet in Palestine and make peace. One branded an Arab 'terrorist', the other an Israeli army major. Bassam Abu-Sharif was a Palestinian hijacker, bent on liberating his country from Israeli occupation, and Uzi Mahnaimi worked as a spymaster for a secret unit of Israeli military intelligence. But both, for very different reasons, turned away from violence. ". Fine/Fine. GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 17.37 \| JP¥ 1494] Book number: 5958 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ADKINS, ROY Trafalgar. The Biography of a Battle London, Little, Brown. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316725110). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. On the endpapers the pattern of sails and the standing rigging, masts and decks of a 100-gun ship of line. xxiii, 392pp, including Ships and their Captains, Selected Reading, Bibliography and Index. With frontispiece, 10 colour, 32 black-and-white illustrations and maps and plans. In 1805 Nelson mastered the sea for the six hours of the Battle of Trafalgar, annihilating her French and Spanish opponents. The battle is described with first-hand accounts where sixty ships fought at terrifyingly close quarters, the scenes of jubilant celebration that followed the triumph of battle, and the hysterical mourning that greeted the tragedy of Nelson's death. Fine/Fine. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 6907 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ALLEN, PETER One More River. The Rhine Crossings of 1945 London, J.M. Dent. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0460043781). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, otherwise in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, 1" closed tear by front top spine edge Spine ends, top edge and outer corner edges are rubbed. 326pp, including Bibliography and Index. With 31 black-and-white photographs. The battle for the Rhineland, and the subsequent crossing of the Rhine in march 1945 by American, British and Canadian troops, saw some of the most desperately fought campaigns of all. First-hand accounts and archival material give the most detailed account of the closing stages of the war in Europe. Very Good/Good. GBP 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 US$ 19.02 \| JP¥ 1636] Book number: 6847 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANDERSON, CHARLES R The Grunts California, Presidio Press. 1984. (ISBN: 089141003 1). Hard Cover. Fifth printing. Book in very good plus condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly rubbed. xiv, 204pp. With illustrations at the start of each chapter by Cornelius Cole Smith, Jnr. This is a true story of what happened to one Marine company during one 58-day operation. It is the story of the individual infantryman, the grunt, who bore the brunt of the fighting in the Vietnam War. Price clipped. Dustjacket and book in very good condition. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 6066 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON Firm. The Magazine of the Worcestershire Regiment. Four Magazines for 1969 1969, First Edition. Soft Cover. Four volumes in very good condition, just a hint of dust? marks on back covers, otherwise in fine condition. For the year 1969. January: 63pp. April: 61pp. July: 71pp. October 72pp. Each magazine (9"hx 7¼"w) ((24.5cms x 18.5cms) approx. Very Good. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 7102 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ARCT, SQUADRON LEADER B Prisoner of War. My Secret Journal. Stalag Luft I. Germany 1944-45 Oxford, U.K, Past Times. 1995, Reprint. Hard Cover. Ill.: By Author. 138pp, plus 36 pages not numbered. With numerous coloured drawings throughout the book by the author, plus some maps. The author was born in Poland. In 1940 he to England and trained as a fighter pilot. In 1943, with a group of Polish pilots, he volunteered to go to North Africa where he and the others fought alongside the British 145 Squadron. In 1944 he was promoted to Squadron Leader of 316 Squadron. In September of 1944, during a flight over Holland, his plane caught fire and he was forced to bale out. He was captured and taken to Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp. It was during the seven months in this camp that he wrote what he called his â€˜Log Bookâ€™ Prisoner of War. The journal was done by Arct purely to amuse his fellow inmates and to provide release and relaxation for himself. During his war service he received two important Polish decorations for bravery in the field, the Virtuti Militari and the Krzyz Walecznych, the latter four times. Fine. GBP 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 US$ 19.02 \| JP¥ 1636] Book number: 6850 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ARTHUR, MAX There Shall Be Wings. The Raf: 1918 to the Present London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 034058761X). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good plus condition, top spine edge and top outer corner edges very slightly rubbed. xiv, 412pp, including index. With 20 black-and-white photographs. The history of the Royal Air Force, which ranges from the RFC pilot of a SE5 on the Western Front in 1918 to the first Hercules to land in Sarajevo in 1992. Covering the aircrews who flew against the German advance into France and in the Battle of Britain, and includes an account front the highest scoring survivor of the battle. From interviews with over 150 members of the Royal Air Force. April 1993 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the birth of the Royal Air Force. Fine/Very Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 6739 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ARTHUR, MAX The True Glory. The Royal Navy: 1914-1939 London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340623012). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in very good condition, both very slightly bumped at spine ends. xii, 292pp, including Chronology of Naval Events 1914-1939 and Index. With 29 black-and-white photographs. The author interviewed survivors of the First World War Royal Navy - Jutland, Gallipoli, Zeebrugge, Q ships, K boats and flying in the RNAS. Vivid accounts from the men who fought at Jutland, and from two privates of the Royal Naval Division who tell of the horrors of trench fighting at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. A Royal Marine officer reveals details of the mutiny of his men during the 1919 North Russian campaign against the Bolsheviks. There is action in China. The book ends at the start of the Second World War with the sinking of the Royal Oak and the heroic fight by the Exeter, Ajax and Achilles at the Battle of the River Plate. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16 US$ 23.98 \| JP¥ 2063] Book number: 6868 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BALLINGER, ADAM The Quiet Soldier London, Chapmans. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 1855926067). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, very slightly rubbed at spine ends. 236pp. The author writes about his time with the Special Air Service. Fine/Good. GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 17.37 \| JP¥ 1494] Book number: 5510 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL Hitler's Jewish Spy. The Most Extraordinary True Spy Story of World War II London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 028399293X). Hard Cover. Book in very good plus condition, spine ends slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped. Price clipped. 228pp, including index. With illustrations. Paul Ernst Fackenheim is the only Jew to have been released from a concentration camp during WWII. His First World War service, when he won the Iron Cross, his acknowledged patriotism, and his Jewish blood, made him a suitable candidate to spy on the British in Palestine. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 6259 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARCLAY, BRIGADIER C.N Armistice 1918 London, J.M. Dent. 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends just very slightly bumped, small white label on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in good condition, slightly rubbed at spine sides and at spine ends. Price clipped. xviii,155pp, including Index. With 16 black-and-white photographs and 7 maps. Appendices include: The 'Fourteen Points - The Armistice Agreement with Germany - The Peace Treaty between the Associated Powers and Germany. Very Good/Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 6869 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARLOW, R.A. AND H.V. BOWEN (EDITED BY) A Dear and Noble Boy. The Life and Letters of Louis Stokes 1897-1916 London, Leo Cooper. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0850524253). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, slightly bumped at bottom spine edge, otherwise in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, bottom spine edge very slightly bumped. ix, 190pp, including index. With 14 black-and-white photographs. Through his letters Stokes gives an insight into his schooldays at Rugby and to the horrors of trench warfare on the Western Front. He was with the Royal Marines Light Infantry when he met with a tragic and untimely death on the Somme in November 1915. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 6327 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARNES, B. S. This Righteous War Huddersfield, U.K, Richard Netherwood. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1872955002). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, top of spine very slightly rubbed. 172pp, including Appendices: Appendix One: Victoria Cross Awards - Appendix Two: War Graves - Appendix Three - The Schlieffen Plan, and Bibliography. With 66 black-and-white photographs, and 6 maps. This is the story of one town's efforts and sacrifice during the First World War and the part played by the Hull Pals of the East Yorkshire Regiment. (9Â¾"h x 7"w) (24.5cms x 17.5cms) approx. Fine/Very Good. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.46 \| JP¥ 2277] Book number: 6270 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARNES, B. S. This Righteous War Huddersfield, U.K, Richard Netherwood. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1872955002). Hard Cover. Book in very good plus condition, only fault, slightly rubbed at corners of bottom spine edge, otherwise in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, has tiny piece missing at back top edge (see picture). 172pp, including Appendices: Appendix One: Victoria Cross Awards - Appendix Two: War Graves - Appendix Three - The Schlieffen Plan, and Bibliography. With 66 black-and-white photographs, and 6 maps. This is the story of one town's efforts and sacrifice during the First World War and the part played by the Hull Pals of the East Yorkshire Regiment. (9Â¾"h x 7"w) (24.5cms x 17.5cms) approx. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 6271 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARTLETT, C.P.O. SQUADRON LEADER DSC. EDITED BY HIS SON NICK BARTLETT In the Teeth of the Wind. Memoirs of the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War London, Leo Cooper. 1994, Reprint. (ISBN: 0850523184). Hard Cover. Revised edition. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. 159pp, including Index. With 30 black-and-white photographs, 1 map, and diagram of the Gnome and Le Rhone 110 HP rotary engine. Philip Bartlett's account of a pilot's life in the dawn of aerial warfare and, as history, of the first use of the bomber in war by the Navy's aircraft. He flew 101 missions, with attacks on the U-boat bases to bombing the German Gothas as they prepared to raid London, and then to the support of Haig's drive to the coast which ended in the mud at Passchendale. In March 1918 his squadron finds itself directly in the path of Ludendorff's massive thrust, which broke the British 5th Army and nearly decided the War. Attacked by Richthofen's aces, No. 5 Squadron RNAS flew continuous and desperate missions against the advancing troops . Fine/Fine. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 6272 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEASANT, JOHN Stalin's Silver London, Bloomsbury. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747523444). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, pages just very lightly tanned along edges, otherwise pages are clean and bright. A very good tight copy. Dustjacket in very good condition, front cover has some light indentations by spine near front top edge. 216pp, including Appendix One: The Significance of U859's Secret Cargo - Appendix Two: The Key Documents, and Index. With 29 colour and 4 black-and-white photographs and one cartoon. From d/j flap - " On the 28 August 1944 three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian Sea. The holds of the ship contained three million silver Saudi riyals worth 80 million dollars and over 30 million dollars in silver bullion. The 7200-ton ship broke into two pieces and sank to a depth of one and a half miles. A team led by Jean Roux recovered the treasure. It is a story of politics and intrigue between governments during World War II. The story of the John Barry is recreated with the help of living survivors, including one of the German U-boat officers. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 6291 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEATTIE, C.N My Wartime Escapades Edinburgh, Pentland. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 09462702422). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly rubbed. Price clipped. x, 42pp. With frontispiece and 2 black-and-white photographs. The author went to Spain and 'toured' the battle area in the Civil War on a bicycle. In the Second World War he served with our Mission to Tito in Yugoslavia and later helped escaping prisoners in Italy, and in his sixtieth year he organised his own expedition to Mount Everest. Fine/Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 6284 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BECKETT, IAN F.W The Victorians at War London, Hambledon and London. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852852755). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. xv, 272pp, including Notes, Bibliographical Note and Index. With 12 black-and-white photographs. The men of the Victorian army ruled a large part of the world. The variety of tasks it had to undertake gave its officers and men an extraordinary range of challenges and experiences: putting down the Indian Mutiny, fighting in the jungles of West Africa, facing a Zulu impi and Boer sharpshooters, or garrisoning the many outposts of empire. The author looks at the men from a variety of angles, using incidents and battles to show how the army lived and fought. Fine/Fine. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 6923 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEER, EDITH HAHN, WITH SUSAN DWORKIN The Nazi Officer's Wife. How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust London, Little, Brown. 2000, First U.K. Edition. (ISBN: 0316848476). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. 305pp. With 16 pages of illustrations. From the d/j flap - "The author was studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her mother into a ghetto, issuing them papers branded with 'J'. She was then taken to a labour camp, and when she returned home, her mother had been deported. Edith took off her yellow star and went underground, and then she fled to Munich, were she met a Nazi party member who fell in love with her and married her, even though he knew she was a Jew. She lived in constant fear of being found out. Her husband was then captured by the Russians and sent to Siberia. Edith was then bombed out of her house and had to hide in a closet with he daughter as drunken Russian soldiers roamed the streets.". Fine/Fine. GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.19 \| JP¥ 1565] Book number: 5954 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEESON, GEORGE Five Roads to Freedom London, Leo Cooper. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0850522307). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, page 49 has a few spots of foxing, no foxing on other pages which are in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends and back top and bottom edges very slightly rubbed, spine very slightly faded. xii, 123pp. With 10 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "The author was a genius among escapers in the Second World War. He escaped and was captured a number of times before he finally succeeded. He describes the horror of the eastern camps, the long battle of wits with his later captors and his extraordinary adventures with the French Resistance. "A very good read" - bookseller's comment. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 US$ 19.02 \| JP¥ 1636] Book number: 5742 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEGG, R. CAMPBELL, ILLUSTRATED BY MEMORY JAMES Surgery on Trestles. A Saga of Suffering and Triumph Norwich, U.K: Jarrold, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover in near fine condition, just tips of spine ends very slightly faded. Dustjacket in near fine condition, bottom end of spine very slightly bumped. ix, 259pp, including index. With 16 full-page drawings, and 6 maps. From d/j flap - 'A whole division of the British Army found itself marooned on a narrow strip of land, six miles long and two wide, between the Tigris and the Suwaikieh marsh. It was hemmed in by the Turkish Army in front and hostile Arab tribes behind. For ten months men and animals had to endure the scorching sun and bitter weather of the Mesopotamian summer and winter.". GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 4460 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BELCHEM, MAJOR-GENERAL DAVID All in the Day's March London, Collins. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002113686). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, small light mark on front edge, no marks on pages, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, two Â½" closed tears at bottom front edge, top front edge slightly rubbed. 320pp, including bibliography and index. With 24 black-and-white photographs and 21 maps. The author took part in Wavell's campaigns in the desert and in the disastrous expedition to Greece in 1941. He was head of Monty's Operations staff in Sicily, Southern Italy and for the invasion of western Europe, and gives an account of the Ardennes Battle. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 5661 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BELCHEM, MAJOR-GENERAL DAVID All in the Day's March London, Collins. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002113686). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, small mark on front and back endpapers where cellotape has been removed, otherwise pages are in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, small mark on front and back inside flap where cellotape has been removed, on the back flap the removal of the cellotape has taken off four words. Price clipped. 320pp, including Glossary, Bibliography and Index. With 24 black-and-white photographs and 21 maps. Belcham's military career began at Sandhurst and when he left the army he was its youngest General. He saw service in Palestine, and was in the Middle East to take part in Wavell's campaigns in the desert and in the disastrous expedition to Greece in 1941, when became head of Monty's Operations in Sicily, Southern Italy, and for the invasion of Western Europe. He also gives an account of the Ardennes Battle, and gives first-hand description of what a desert battle was actually like. Bookseller's comment - "This book is a very good read.". Very Good/Very Good. GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.19 \| JP¥ 1565] Book number: 6325 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BENNETT, RICHARD M Espionage. An Encyclopedia of Spies and Secrets London, Virgin. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852279427). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. xii, 371pp, including index. With 38 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "Containing over 500 entries covering every aspect of modern-day intelligence gathering and counter-terrorism, along with a comprehensive overview of its history. Focuses in particular on developments in the field of intelligence since the end of the Cold War. With entries on individual spies, politicians, diplomats, from the players to the patsies and profiles of the key historical events and scandals from the history of spying.". Fine/Fine. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 5948 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BENNETT, LIEUT-COL. IAN H.W Eyewitness in Zululand. The Campaign Reminiscences of Colonel W.A. Dunne, Cb, South Africa, 1877-1881 London, Greenhill Books. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 1853670332). Hard Cover. Signed by the author on the title-page. 192pp, including Bibliography and Index. Appendix: Awards for Rorke's Drift. With frontispiece, 40 illustrations and 6 maps. Colonel Dunne was a young commissary in his mid-twenties, and was unique among Imperial officers in that he was engaged in all the wars fought during 1877-81 period - the last Kaffir War, the Zulu War, the Sckukuni War and the first Anglo-Boer War. These reminiscences were written for the first issues of the Army Service Corps Journal in 1891, and provide an insight into some seldom recorded aspects of the campaigns in South Africa. (8¾"h x 5½"w) (22cms x 14cms0 approx. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author. GBP 34.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.5 US$ 56.24 \| JP¥ 4838] Book number: 7138 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.

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	ABU-SHARIF, BASSAM AND UZI MAHNAIMI Tried by Fire. The Searing True Story of Two Men at the Heart of the Struggle between the Arabs and the Jews London, Little, Brown. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316914525). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. x, 297pp, including index. With 42 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "This is the story of enemies who meet in Palestine and make peace. One branded an Arab 'terrorist', the other an Israeli army major. Bassam Abu-Sharif was a Palestinian hijacker, bent on liberating his country from Israeli occupation, and Uzi Mahnaimi worked as a spymaster for a secret unit of Israeli military intelligence. But both, for very different reasons, turned away from violence. ". Fine/Fine. GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 17.37 \| JP¥ 1494] Book number: 5958 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ADKINS, ROY Trafalgar. The Biography of a Battle London, Little, Brown. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316725110). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. On the endpapers the pattern of sails and the standing rigging, masts and decks of a 100-gun ship of line. xxiii, 392pp, including Ships and their Captains, Selected Reading, Bibliography and Index. With frontispiece, 10 colour, 32 black-and-white illustrations and maps and plans. In 1805 Nelson mastered the sea for the six hours of the Battle of Trafalgar, annihilating her French and Spanish opponents. The battle is described with first-hand accounts where sixty ships fought at terrifyingly close quarters, the scenes of jubilant celebration that followed the triumph of battle, and the hysterical mourning that greeted the tragedy of Nelson's death. Fine/Fine. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 6907 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ALLEN, PETER One More River. The Rhine Crossings of 1945 London, J.M. Dent. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0460043781). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, otherwise in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, 1" closed tear by front top spine edge Spine ends, top edge and outer corner edges are rubbed. 326pp, including Bibliography and Index. With 31 black-and-white photographs. The battle for the Rhineland, and the subsequent crossing of the Rhine in march 1945 by American, British and Canadian troops, saw some of the most desperately fought campaigns of all. First-hand accounts and archival material give the most detailed account of the closing stages of the war in Europe. Very Good/Good. GBP 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 US$ 19.02 \| JP¥ 1636] Book number: 6847 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANDERSON, CHARLES R The Grunts California, Presidio Press. 1984. (ISBN: 089141003 1). Hard Cover. Fifth printing. Book in very good plus condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly rubbed. xiv, 204pp. With illustrations at the start of each chapter by Cornelius Cole Smith, Jnr. This is a true story of what happened to one Marine company during one 58-day operation. It is the story of the individual infantryman, the grunt, who bore the brunt of the fighting in the Vietnam War. Price clipped. Dustjacket and book in very good condition. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 6066 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ANON Firm. The Magazine of the Worcestershire Regiment. Four Magazines for 1969 1969, First Edition. Soft Cover. Four volumes in very good condition, just a hint of dust? marks on back covers, otherwise in fine condition. For the year 1969. January: 63pp. April: 61pp. July: 71pp. October 72pp. Each magazine (9"hx 7¼"w) ((24.5cms x 18.5cms) approx. Very Good. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 7102 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ARCT, SQUADRON LEADER B Prisoner of War. My Secret Journal. Stalag Luft I. Germany 1944-45 Oxford, U.K, Past Times. 1995, Reprint. Hard Cover. Ill.: By Author. 138pp, plus 36 pages not numbered. With numerous coloured drawings throughout the book by the author, plus some maps. The author was born in Poland. In 1940 he to England and trained as a fighter pilot. In 1943, with a group of Polish pilots, he volunteered to go to North Africa where he and the others fought alongside the British 145 Squadron. In 1944 he was promoted to Squadron Leader of 316 Squadron. In September of 1944, during a flight over Holland, his plane caught fire and he was forced to bale out. He was captured and taken to Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp. It was during the seven months in this camp that he wrote what he called his â€˜Log Bookâ€™ Prisoner of War. The journal was done by Arct purely to amuse his fellow inmates and to provide release and relaxation for himself. During his war service he received two important Polish decorations for bravery in the field, the Virtuti Militari and the Krzyz Walecznych, the latter four times. Fine. GBP 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 US$ 19.02 \| JP¥ 1636] Book number: 6850 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ARTHUR, MAX There Shall Be Wings. The Raf: 1918 to the Present London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 034058761X). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good plus condition, top spine edge and top outer corner edges very slightly rubbed. xiv, 412pp, including index. With 20 black-and-white photographs. The history of the Royal Air Force, which ranges from the RFC pilot of a SE5 on the Western Front in 1918 to the first Hercules to land in Sarajevo in 1992. Covering the aircrews who flew against the German advance into France and in the Battle of Britain, and includes an account front the highest scoring survivor of the battle. From interviews with over 150 members of the Royal Air Force. April 1993 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the birth of the Royal Air Force. Fine/Very Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 6739 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	ARTHUR, MAX The True Glory. The Royal Navy: 1914-1939 London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340623012). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in very good condition, both very slightly bumped at spine ends. xii, 292pp, including Chronology of Naval Events 1914-1939 and Index. With 29 black-and-white photographs. The author interviewed survivors of the First World War Royal Navy - Jutland, Gallipoli, Zeebrugge, Q ships, K boats and flying in the RNAS. Vivid accounts from the men who fought at Jutland, and from two privates of the Royal Naval Division who tell of the horrors of trench fighting at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. A Royal Marine officer reveals details of the mutiny of his men during the 1919 North Russian campaign against the Bolsheviks. There is action in China. The book ends at the start of the Second World War with the sinking of the Royal Oak and the heroic fight by the Exeter, Ajax and Achilles at the Battle of the River Plate. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16 US$ 23.98 \| JP¥ 2063] Book number: 6868 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BALLINGER, ADAM The Quiet Soldier London, Chapmans. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 1855926067). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, very slightly rubbed at spine ends. 236pp. The author writes about his time with the Special Air Service. Fine/Good. GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 17.37 \| JP¥ 1494] Book number: 5510 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL Hitler's Jewish Spy. The Most Extraordinary True Spy Story of World War II London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 028399293X). Hard Cover. Book in very good plus condition, spine ends slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped. Price clipped. 228pp, including index. With illustrations. Paul Ernst Fackenheim is the only Jew to have been released from a concentration camp during WWII. His First World War service, when he won the Iron Cross, his acknowledged patriotism, and his Jewish blood, made him a suitable candidate to spy on the British in Palestine. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 6259 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARCLAY, BRIGADIER C.N Armistice 1918 London, J.M. Dent. 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends just very slightly bumped, small white label on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in good condition, slightly rubbed at spine sides and at spine ends. Price clipped. xviii,155pp, including Index. With 16 black-and-white photographs and 7 maps. Appendices include: The 'Fourteen Points - The Armistice Agreement with Germany - The Peace Treaty between the Associated Powers and Germany. Very Good/Good. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 19.85 \| JP¥ 1707] Book number: 6869 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARLOW, R.A. AND H.V. BOWEN (EDITED BY) A Dear and Noble Boy. The Life and Letters of Louis Stokes 1897-1916 London, Leo Cooper. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0850524253). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, slightly bumped at bottom spine edge, otherwise in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, bottom spine edge very slightly bumped. ix, 190pp, including index. With 14 black-and-white photographs. Through his letters Stokes gives an insight into his schooldays at Rugby and to the horrors of trench warfare on the Western Front. He was with the Royal Marines Light Infantry when he met with a tragic and untimely death on the Somme in November 1915. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 6327 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARNES, B. S. This Righteous War Huddersfield, U.K, Richard Netherwood. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1872955002). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, top of spine very slightly rubbed. 172pp, including Appendices: Appendix One: Victoria Cross Awards - Appendix Two: War Graves - Appendix Three - The Schlieffen Plan, and Bibliography. With 66 black-and-white photographs, and 6 maps. This is the story of one town's efforts and sacrifice during the First World War and the part played by the Hull Pals of the East Yorkshire Regiment. (9Â¾"h x 7"w) (24.5cms x 17.5cms) approx. Fine/Very Good. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.46 \| JP¥ 2277] Book number: 6270 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARNES, B. S. This Righteous War Huddersfield, U.K, Richard Netherwood. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1872955002). Hard Cover. Book in very good plus condition, only fault, slightly rubbed at corners of bottom spine edge, otherwise in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, has tiny piece missing at back top edge (see picture). 172pp, including Appendices: Appendix One: Victoria Cross Awards - Appendix Two: War Graves - Appendix Three - The Schlieffen Plan, and Bibliography. With 66 black-and-white photographs, and 6 maps. This is the story of one town's efforts and sacrifice during the First World War and the part played by the Hull Pals of the East Yorkshire Regiment. (9Â¾"h x 7"w) (24.5cms x 17.5cms) approx. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 6271 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BARTLETT, C.P.O. SQUADRON LEADER DSC. EDITED BY HIS SON NICK BARTLETT In the Teeth of the Wind. Memoirs of the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War London, Leo Cooper. 1994, Reprint. (ISBN: 0850523184). Hard Cover. Revised edition. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. 159pp, including Index. With 30 black-and-white photographs, 1 map, and diagram of the Gnome and Le Rhone 110 HP rotary engine. Philip Bartlett's account of a pilot's life in the dawn of aerial warfare and, as history, of the first use of the bomber in war by the Navy's aircraft. He flew 101 missions, with attacks on the U-boat bases to bombing the German Gothas as they prepared to raid London, and then to the support of Haig's drive to the coast which ended in the mud at Passchendale. In March 1918 his squadron finds itself directly in the path of Ludendorff's massive thrust, which broke the British 5th Army and nearly decided the War. Attacked by Richthofen's aces, No. 5 Squadron RNAS flew continuous and desperate missions against the advancing troops . Fine/Fine. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 6272 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEASANT, JOHN Stalin's Silver London, Bloomsbury. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747523444). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, pages just very lightly tanned along edges, otherwise pages are clean and bright. A very good tight copy. Dustjacket in very good condition, front cover has some light indentations by spine near front top edge. 216pp, including Appendix One: The Significance of U859's Secret Cargo - Appendix Two: The Key Documents, and Index. With 29 colour and 4 black-and-white photographs and one cartoon. From d/j flap - " On the 28 August 1944 three torpedoes from the German submarine U-859 sank the American merchant ship USS John Barry in the Arabian Sea. The holds of the ship contained three million silver Saudi riyals worth 80 million dollars and over 30 million dollars in silver bullion. The 7200-ton ship broke into two pieces and sank to a depth of one and a half miles. A team led by Jean Roux recovered the treasure. It is a story of politics and intrigue between governments during World War II. The story of the John Barry is recreated with the help of living survivors, including one of the German U-boat officers. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 6291 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEATTIE, C.N My Wartime Escapades Edinburgh, Pentland. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 09462702422). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly rubbed. Price clipped. x, 42pp. With frontispiece and 2 black-and-white photographs. The author went to Spain and 'toured' the battle area in the Civil War on a bicycle. In the Second World War he served with our Mission to Tito in Yugoslavia and later helped escaping prisoners in Italy, and in his sixtieth year he organised his own expedition to Mount Everest. Fine/Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 6284 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BECKETT, IAN F.W The Victorians at War London, Hambledon and London. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852852755). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. xv, 272pp, including Notes, Bibliographical Note and Index. With 12 black-and-white photographs. The men of the Victorian army ruled a large part of the world. The variety of tasks it had to undertake gave its officers and men an extraordinary range of challenges and experiences: putting down the Indian Mutiny, fighting in the jungles of West Africa, facing a Zulu impi and Boer sharpshooters, or garrisoning the many outposts of empire. The author looks at the men from a variety of angles, using incidents and battles to show how the army lived and fought. Fine/Fine. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 6923 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEER, EDITH HAHN, WITH SUSAN DWORKIN The Nazi Officer's Wife. How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust London, Little, Brown. 2000, First U.K. Edition. (ISBN: 0316848476). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. 305pp. With 16 pages of illustrations. From the d/j flap - "The author was studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her mother into a ghetto, issuing them papers branded with 'J'. She was then taken to a labour camp, and when she returned home, her mother had been deported. Edith took off her yellow star and went underground, and then she fled to Munich, were she met a Nazi party member who fell in love with her and married her, even though he knew she was a Jew. She lived in constant fear of being found out. Her husband was then captured by the Russians and sent to Siberia. Edith was then bombed out of her house and had to hide in a closet with he daughter as drunken Russian soldiers roamed the streets.". Fine/Fine. GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.19 \| JP¥ 1565] Book number: 5954 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEESON, GEORGE Five Roads to Freedom London, Leo Cooper. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0850522307). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, page 49 has a few spots of foxing, no foxing on other pages which are in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends and back top and bottom edges very slightly rubbed, spine very slightly faded. xii, 123pp. With 10 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "The author was a genius among escapers in the Second World War. He escaped and was captured a number of times before he finally succeeded. He describes the horror of the eastern camps, the long battle of wits with his later captors and his extraordinary adventures with the French Resistance. "A very good read" - bookseller's comment. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 US$ 19.02 \| JP¥ 1636] Book number: 5742 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BEGG, R. CAMPBELL, ILLUSTRATED BY MEMORY JAMES Surgery on Trestles. A Saga of Suffering and Triumph Norwich, U.K: Jarrold, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover in near fine condition, just tips of spine ends very slightly faded. Dustjacket in near fine condition, bottom end of spine very slightly bumped. ix, 259pp, including index. With 16 full-page drawings, and 6 maps. From d/j flap - 'A whole division of the British Army found itself marooned on a narrow strip of land, six miles long and two wide, between the Tigris and the Suwaikieh marsh. It was hemmed in by the Turkish Army in front and hostile Arab tribes behind. For ten months men and animals had to endure the scorching sun and bitter weather of the Mesopotamian summer and winter.". GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 4460 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BELCHEM, MAJOR-GENERAL DAVID All in the Day's March London, Collins. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002113686). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, small light mark on front edge, no marks on pages, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, two Â½" closed tears at bottom front edge, top front edge slightly rubbed. 320pp, including bibliography and index. With 24 black-and-white photographs and 21 maps. The author took part in Wavell's campaigns in the desert and in the disastrous expedition to Greece in 1941. He was head of Monty's Operations staff in Sicily, Southern Italy and for the invasion of western Europe, and gives an account of the Ardennes Battle. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 5661 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BELCHEM, MAJOR-GENERAL DAVID All in the Day's March London, Collins. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002113686). Hard Cover. Book in very good condition, small mark on front and back endpapers where cellotape has been removed, otherwise pages are in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, small mark on front and back inside flap where cellotape has been removed, on the back flap the removal of the cellotape has taken off four words. Price clipped. 320pp, including Glossary, Bibliography and Index. With 24 black-and-white photographs and 21 maps. Belcham's military career began at Sandhurst and when he left the army he was its youngest General. He saw service in Palestine, and was in the Middle East to take part in Wavell's campaigns in the desert and in the disastrous expedition to Greece in 1941, when became head of Monty's Operations in Sicily, Southern Italy, and for the invasion of Western Europe. He also gives an account of the Ardennes Battle, and gives first-hand description of what a desert battle was actually like. Bookseller's comment - "This book is a very good read.". Very Good/Very Good. GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.19 \| JP¥ 1565] Book number: 6325 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BENNETT, RICHARD M Espionage. An Encyclopedia of Spies and Secrets London, Virgin. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852279427). Hard Cover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. xii, 371pp, including index. With 38 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "Containing over 500 entries covering every aspect of modern-day intelligence gathering and counter-terrorism, along with a comprehensive overview of its history. Focuses in particular on developments in the field of intelligence since the end of the Cold War. With entries on individual spies, politicians, diplomats, from the players to the patsies and profiles of the key historical events and scandals from the history of spying.". Fine/Fine. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.16 \| JP¥ 1992] Book number: 5948 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.
	BENNETT, LIEUT-COL. IAN H.W Eyewitness in Zululand. The Campaign Reminiscences of Colonel W.A. Dunne, Cb, South Africa, 1877-1881 London, Greenhill Books. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 1853670332). Hard Cover. Signed by the author on the title-page. 192pp, including Bibliography and Index. Appendix: Awards for Rorke's Drift. With frontispiece, 40 illustrations and 6 maps. Colonel Dunne was a young commissary in his mid-twenties, and was unique among Imperial officers in that he was engaged in all the wars fought during 1877-81 period - the last Kaffir War, the Zulu War, the Sckukuni War and the first Anglo-Boer War. These reminiscences were written for the first issues of the Army Service Corps Journal in 1891, and provide an insight into some seldom recorded aspects of the campaigns in South Africa. (8¾"h x 5½"w) (22cms x 14cms0 approx. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author. GBP 34.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.5 US$ 56.24 \| JP¥ 4838] Book number: 7138 Click here to order or inquire at Clent Books of Bewdley.