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  London After the Bomb: What a Nuclear Attack Really Means
London, Oxford University Press. 1982. (ISBN: 0192851233) Mass Market Paperback. Former owners name and address sticker to inside cover, a little wear to edge and corners. 142pp. This is the first time that such detailed information has been made available to the general public. Five research scientists give a straightforward account of the consequences of a nuclear attack on a major city, using London as their prime example. Very Good.
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 005045
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  War Years 1939 - 1945 Eyewitness Accounts
London, Dealerfield. 1994. (ISBN: 1859270174) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No Inscriptions, slight wear to edge, a little wrinkling to dustwrapper. 272pp The complete story of World War II and its aftermath. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 21.59 | JP¥ 1908] Book number: 003415
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AGAR, HERBERT  Britain Alone : June 1940 - June 1941
London, Bodley Head, The. 1972, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0370103092) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Slightly twisted, some spotting to page ends. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, but some scribbling over price, a little wrinkling to edge. 227pp. From June 22, 1940, when France surrendered to the Germans, until June 22, 1941, when Hitler invaded Russia, Britain alone stood against the German conquest of Europe. That period of still hardly credible survival, which saved the Western world, is Herbert Agar's theme. Good/Very Good.
GBP 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 21.59 | JP¥ 1908] Book number: 004272
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AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.  Citizen Soldiers
London, Pocket Books. 2002, First Thus. (ISBN: 0743450159) Soft Cover. First Impression. No Inscriptions, slight crease to corners. 528pp. The author draws on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. Citizen Soldiers tells the real story of World War II - from the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany - from the perspective of the American men and women who fought it. Very Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 003524
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ARNOLD-FOSTER, MARK  World at War, the
London, Collins. 1974. (ISBN: 0002119528) Hard Cover with dust jacket. No Inscriptions, shelf-worn, spine-ends flattened, some staining to edge, pages tanning. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, creased and worn, nicks and chipe to edge. 340pp. The Second World War was the most massive and the most appalling military conflagration the world has ever known. It altered the balance of power, killed millions of people, destroyed much of the old Europe, and left behind a dramatic period of world history. Good/Fair.
GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.27 | JP¥ 1614] Book number: 007454
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ARTHUR, MAX  Last Post, the
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297846442) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. Authors signature to title page, slight bump to edge, UNREAD. 272pp. The final word from our First World War soldiers. New/New. Signed by Author.
GBP 43.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 71.42 | JP¥ 6310] Book number: 006310
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BALLARD, J. G.  Empire of the Sun
London, 1985, Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Black boards, gilt titles. No Inscriptions, lean to spine, some bumping and shelf-wear, a little staining to page edge. 290pp. Good/No Jacket.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 007998
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BARBER, NOEL  Daughters of the Prince, the
London, Guild Publishing. 1989. Hard Cover with dust jacket. 431pp. It is June 1938. The sun is shining on the terrace of the splendid Villa Magari in Settignano, below Fiesole, just outside Florence; and it shines too on the high spirits, hopes and dreams of three yound men. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 005793
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BARON, ALEXANDER  There's No Home
Bath, Cedric Chivers Ltd. 1976. (ISBN: 0859971651) Hard Cover. Blue boards, some shelf-wear. 361pp. Large print edition. The group of men who settle for a spell, to rest and refit in a Sicilian town, quickly make themselves at home with the inhabitants. Good/No Jacket.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 006075
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BARWICK, JAMES  Hangman's Crusade, the
London, Macmillan. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333278380) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, slight lean, some shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, a little wrinkling to edge. 318pp. Starting with the Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, taking us among other places to the Vatican where Pope Pius XII's motives for not speaking out against Nazi oppression are subtly unfolded; to London, where Churchill's obsession with Germany's total defeat leads him to the view that Heydrich must be killed. Good/Very Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 006703
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BINDING, TIM  Anthem
London, Macmillan General Books. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0330487450) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions. UNREAD. Dustwrapper not price-clipped. 407pp. In the Spring of 1982, when Argentina invades an obscure British colony off the South American coast, the Falklands, provoking a national crisis and a patriotic revival. The repercussions for the residents of Anglefield Road will reach far beyond the events of that momentous summer. New/New.
GBP 19.99 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.2 | JP¥ 2933] Book number: 005514
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BLAIR, EMMA  Forget-Me-Not
London, Little, Brown & Company. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316648213) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, slight lean, a little shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, some wear and a little creasing to edge. 375pp. Devon 1912 and Tim Wilson cannot believe his luck. He has landed the job of his dreams as a newspaper reporter on the Torquay Times. He is also captivated by Katherine Coates, the daughter of a business colleague of his late father. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 17.44 | JP¥ 1541] Book number: 005211
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BRICKHILL, PAUL  Great Escape, the
London, Arrow Books. 1984. (ISBN: 0099190206) Mass Market Paperback. Ill.: Kenyon, Ley. Slight lean, some creasing and wear to edge and corners. 255pp. Classic account of the heroic and tragic breakout from Stalag Luft III. Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 004015
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BURDETT, DAVID LLEWELLYN  Hix Nix Stix Pix
London, Jonathan Cape. 1984, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0224020234) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ex-Library, Usual library marks and stamps, library sale price to ffep, lean to spine, some shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, a little edge-wear, in protective wrapper, stuck to boards with sticky tape. 338pp. It is Hollywood in 1914. Handsome box-office draw Phillip Inshroin takes a film crew to the blood-bath in France and his war-footage ends up as about 40 seconds' backdrop for a soppy romance starring a writhing Olive West. This is a book about how America was not immortalized by Hollywood. Fair/Good.
GBP 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 21.59 | JP¥ 1908] Book number: 004850
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BURTON, BETTY  Consequences of War, the
London, Grafton Books. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246135913) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions. Slight bump to corners and top of spine, dustwrapper is very slightly creased accordingly, small corner torn from final page, well away from text. 320pp. This story of what happened to women - working-class, middle-class, gentry - when their men went to the War is warm, poignant, wholly compelling. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 000804
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BUTLER, DAVID  Lusitania
London, Macdonald. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0354041835) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ex-Library, First Impression, usual library marks and stamps, ffep missing, some shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, worn to edge, in protective wrapper, stuck to boards with sticky tape. 734pp. David Butler's majestic novel tells the story behind the outrage, when on Friday 7th May 1915, when she was hit by one German torpedo, without warning and within sight of the Irish Coast. Fair/Good.
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 005914
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CAMPBELL, K. M.  Honours of War
London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0048231762) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ex-Library, Usual library marks and stamps, library sale price to ffep, lean to spine, shelf-worn. Dustwrapper in protective cover, some wear to edge, stuck to boards with sticky tape. 205pp. Describing vividly both the background of the Peninsular campaign and the soldier's lot on active service in a country devastated by war - the boredom of camp, the slogging marches, the extremes of climate, the expectation and terror of battle and skirmish, the despair of retreat and death, and still the hope of ultimate victory. Fair/Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 004847
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CANIN, ETHAN  Carry Me Across the Water
London, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 2002, First Thus. (ISBN: 074755790X) Trade Paperback. First Impression. No Inscriptions, creasing to cover, a little edge and corner wear. 206pp. Telling the story of a man and his family forging their lives against the backdrop of World War II and the twentieth century. Good.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 007384
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CHANT, CHRIS  Aircraft of World War Two
Bristol, Dempsey-Parr. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 1840843292) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, a little shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, some creasing and edge-wear, remnants of adhesive sticker to front. 320pp. Over 300 entries, fully illustrated and with full specifications. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 010100
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON S  The Second World War Volume Iv the Hinge of Fate
London, Cassell and Company. 1951, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. 8vo. In black cloth covered boards with gilt title stamp to spine. Slight rubbing to boards. In patterned, unclipped, DJ with wrinkling and small tears at top of spine, and slight wrinkling at bottom. Spine of d/j miscoloured and small tears at top of d/j at rear, there is a small brown mark on d/j at rear. Contains fold-out maps and charts. In this volume Mr. Churchill has described with the broad sweep of the great historian, and with loving care for the revealing detail which only one in his unique position can command. Very Good/Good.
GBP 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 21.59 | JP¥ 1908] Book number: 000050
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CLEARY, JON  Climate of Courage, the
London, Collins. 1984. (ISBN: 0002211211) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ex-Library, Usual library marks and stamps, ffep missing, shelf-worn, lean to spine. Dustwrapper clipped, with publishers price sticker, worn to edge, in protective wrapper, stuck to boards with sticky tape. Reprint. 320p. A war novel telling the story of ordinary fighting men in heroic terms; of Middle East veterans returned to a Sydney changed by war, of the multiple threads of their home lives in war-time Australia, and of the sufferings which they had the qualities to surmount on the bitter battlefields of New Guinea. Fair/Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 005905
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COLLENETTE, ERIC J.  Capful of Glory, a
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, William Kimber & Co. Limited. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718307011) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, lean to spine, minor shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, a little surface scratching, minor wrinkling to edge. 189pp. Ben Grant is a war hero. By the time of the war in Korea, however, he is still not commissioned. It is by his own choice and a choice over which his conscience rages as the submarine Audacity of which he is coxswain races on to play a part in the war. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 21.59 | JP¥ 1908] Book number: 003873
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CORNWELL, BERNARD  Bloody Ground, the
London, HarperCollins Publishers. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 000225333X) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, lean to spine. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, some creasing to edge. 343pp. Nathaniel Starbuck, the northern preacher's son who fights for the Confederate South, is plunged into the most desperate battle of America's Civil War, the fight at Antietam, in this, the fourth novel in the Starbuck Chronicles. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 15.50 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 US$ 25.75 | JP¥ 2275] Book number: 008780
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CORNWELL, BERNARD  Rebel
London, HarperCollins Publishers. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002237199) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, very minor bump to corner. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, tiny tear at corner, and at rear. 309pp. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 22.95 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 US$ 38.12 | JP¥ 3368] Book number: 000489
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CORNWELL, BERNARD  Sharpe's Prey
London, HarperCollins Publishers, Limited. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002258757) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Impression. No Inscriptions, slight lean, a little bumping and shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, a little edge-wear. 261pp. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 23.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.75 US$ 38.2 | JP¥ 3375] Book number: 000047
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