BENAMOU, GEORGES-MARC

The Ghost of Munich

London, Quercus. 2008, First. (ISBN: 9781847242891). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New Dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 280 pages. On September 29th 1938 the fate of a country was sealed at Munich, Hitler, Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain and the President of France, Edouard Daladier, negotiated the handover of the Sudetenlands, and with it came the betrayal of a nation by the great European powers. Chamberlain claimed 'Peace with honour'. Daladier returned to Paris a hero, the man who saved France from another disastrous war with Germany. Yet he knew he had failed. 'I had been knocked out of the ring' he says in this extraordinary novel based on historical research. Scene bt scene, hour by hour, the reader accompanies daladier from his departure to Munich to his triumphant but ultimatly tragic return to Paris. History made Daladier the Ghost of Munich. D4A. As New/As New.

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Book number: 010999

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: Edouard Daladier, Second World War, Munich, Paris, Hitler, Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain 9781847242891

BORY, JEAN-LOUIS

Fragile

London, Staples Press. 1951, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gold title on red cloth boards which have a small mark to spine, gentle bumping to corner tips and no wear. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a small loss to spine centre, wear to edges, some tape repairs and marks to back and is not price clipped. Translated by E.W. Dickes and Francois Duchene. Madeleine Robert like so many of the post-war generation is faced with the task of building her life anew - a few clothes, the memory of the man she loved, her own scarred hands are her pathetic legacy; but with blind courage she struggles against overwhelming odds to recapture the happiness she once knew. In a world of sordid reality, of hectic gaiety, of black marketeers and ubiquitous American soldiery, Madeleine's story unfolds. B2B. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 007608

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: World War II Fiction, Paris, American Gi

DRUMMOND, EMMA

The Savage Sky

London, Simon & Schuster. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0684819848). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good copy with some light foxing to closed edges else clean and unmarked with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel set in World War 2 where Rob Stallard leaves war-torn London for a Florida airbase along with a group of RAF pilot cadets. He quickly develops a great passion and talent for flying, despite the tough, rigorous conditions, but is not so happy when he encounters US cadet James Theodore Benson III, socialite, sportsman, womaniser and son of a senator. A powerful and moving account of allies who struggle to understand each other. 2. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005290

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: World War II Fiction, Florida, Raf, Usaaf 0684819848

GOULD, CAROL

Spitfire Girls - a Tale of the Lives and Loves, Achievements and Heroism of the Women Ata Pilots in World War II

Forfar, Scotland, Black Ace. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1872988121). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A passionate and unforgettable saga of the women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary in World War II. At the core of this powerful novel are the women who made up the first group of ATA pilots. Edith Allam, an American Jewess, developed a friendship with one of Germany's legendary photographers who, like Edith, is also an aviatrix. Edith's forbidden love affair with an African American, Errol Carnaby, is set against the turmoil of Friedrich Kranz, a wealthy Austrian-Jewish industrialist who escapes to Britain and falls deeply in love with Valerie Cobb, the British head of ATA who flew over 2000 missions. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB 14. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 007836

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: War Fiction, Air Transport Auxiliary, World War II, Edith Allam, Errol Carnaby, Friedrich Kranz, Valerie Cobb 1872988121

HOLMES, RONALD (EDITED BY)

Macabre Military Stories

London, Leo Cooper. 1979, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good dustjacket. A collection of 13 ghost stories, each with a military setting featuring stories by :- Washington Irving, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Barbara Softly, John Galt, B.W. Savile, James Grant, Capt. George Eliot, Arthur Machen, C.E. Montague, Robert Bloch, Seabury Quinn, Robert Sheckley. 23. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 003758

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: War Fiction, Ghost Stories

KANON, JOSEPH

The Good German

London, Little Brown. 2002. (ISBN: 0316851965). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small mark to lower closed edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel set in Berlin in 1945, where in Potsdam on the outskirts of the city, Churchill, Stalin and Truman are meeting to map out the future, but as the leaders arrive for a celebratory banquet, a body is washed up on the shore of the conference grounds. What is a US soldier doing in a Russian quarter with a pouch full of Occupation marks and a bullet hole in his chest? For journalist Jake Geismar, part of the American press corps, the murder of Lieutenant Tully is the story he is looking for, where he can use his crime investigation skills. Jake has another reason to stay in Berlin as he wants to find his former lover, Lena Brandt, and his investigations reveal that Tully was responsible for Lena's husband Emil, an eminent German scientist. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 21. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004087

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: Fiction, Berlin 1945, Potsdam, Jake Geismar 0316851965

ORNSTIEN, EDWIN J.

Shadow of Hanaki

London, Angus and Robertson. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0207959404). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket which has a touch of creasing to top. A gripping story of suffering and revenge which vividly conveys the horror and squalor of war as well as it's other side, the cameraderie that enabled men to survive. Based on a small incident during the construction of the 'Railway of Death' between Thailand and Burma. The author was himself held captive by the Japanese during the war. 11. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002587

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: Railway of Death, Burma, Japanese, World War Two 0207959404

REEMAN, DOUGLAS

The Iron Pirate / in Danger's Hour / Killing Ground

London, Chancellor Press. 1994, First Thus. (ISBN: 1851527141). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First collected edition. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards with near Fine dustjacket. Three authentic novels of the gruelling sea camapigns of the Second World War in one volume. The Iron Pirate is set in the last year of the war as Germany faces defeat on all fronts and the heavy cruiser Prinz Luitpold is keeping German naval pride alive. In Danger's Hour the fate of the British fleet minesweeper Rob Roy is followed during the desperate months between the summer of 1943 and D-Day from the English Channel to the Mediterranean. In Killing Ground the story is seen through the eyes of both German and British, of those who fought to protect and destroy the vital trans-Atlantic convoys of the Merchant Navy. C3A. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 002310

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: World War II Naval Fiction, Sea Campaigns 1851527141

VARIOUS

Call to Arms - a Collection of Classic War Stories

London, Octopus. 1984. (ISBN: 0706419642). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 346 pages. This exciting anthology combines in one volume many of the best war stories ever written, both real-life and fictional. From the romantic grandeur of the Napoleonic era to the dehumanising horrors of the two World Wars from Europe to Africa. Authors include Robert Graves, Nicholas Monsarrat, Alistair Maclean, H.G. Wells, Leo Tolstoy, H.E. Bates, Norman Mailer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST A1E. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 011259

Catalogue: War Fiction

Keywords: 0706419642