Ryan, Cornelius,

A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Coronet, London, 1976, 4th imp., paperback, 576pp, 8pp half tone ills., 10 maps, chart of command, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of Operation Market-Garden, an account of Operation Market-Garden, the airborne operation in September 1944 which planned to drop the US 101st and 82nd Airborne and the British 1st Airborne Divisions with the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade and seize the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem, holding them until relieved by the armoured column of XXX Corps, designed to gain access to the heart of Germany and thus shorten the war but failing in the final objective, resulting in greater casualties than in the Normandy landing, sl. roll to spine with light vertical creasing, a little rubbed at extrems., faint creases upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 42025

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: airborne parachute campaign arnhem ww2 operation market garden

Ryan, Cornelius,

A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Coronet, London, 1977, 7th imp., paperback, 576pp, 8pp half tone ills., 10 maps, chart of command, pictorial wrappers, an account of Operation Market-Garden, an account of Operation Market-Garden, the airborne operation in September 1944 which planned to drop the US 101st and 82nd Airborne and the British 1st Airborne Divisions with the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade and seize the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem, holding them until relieved by the armoured column of XXX Corps, designed to gain access to the heart of Germany and thus shorten the war but failing in the final objective, resulting in greater casualties than in the Normandy landing, roll to verticaly creased spine, rubbed at extrem,s., edges tanned and a little fioxed, very good,

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Book number: 45671

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 airborne parachute campaign arnhem market garden

Small, Ken with Mark Rogerson,

THE FORGOTTEN DEAD.

Bloomsbury, London, ND (circa 1992), reprint, paperback, [viii], 241pp, [vii] blank, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, on the night of 27th April, 1944, German E-boats intercept Exercise Tiger, one of the rehearsals for the D-Day landings. This is an account of why 946 American servicemen died off the coast of Devon and of one man's effort to provide a suitable memorial, inscribed and signed by author on half title, author's personal label lower wrapper, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, ink name/date inside upper wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 38449

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy army d-day tiger e-boats sherman signed

Small, Ken with Rogerson, Mark,

THE FORGOTTEN DEAD.

Bloomsbury, London, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, [viii], 241pp, [vii] blank, 8pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, on the night of 27th April, 1944, German E-boats intercept Exercise Tiger, one of the rehearsals for the D-Day landings. This is an account of why 946 American servicemen died off the coast of Devon and of one man's effort to provide a suitable memorial, light vertical creasing in spine, a little rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41891

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 army navy d-day tiger sherman e-boats devon

Small, Ken with Rogerson, Mark,

THE FORGOTTEN DEAD.

Bloomsbury, London, 1999, 3rd hardback edition, x, 198pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, edges coloured (9.5 x 6.5" approx.), on the night of 27th April, 1944 Exercise Tiger took place off the Devon coast, a rehearsal to simulate the forthcoming Normandy landings, in which Convoy T-4, consisting of eight LSTs carrying US vehicles and combat engineers of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade, were attacked by six E-boats of the 5th E=boat Flotilla resulting in horrendous losses which, because of the imminence of the Normandy Invasion, were never admitted at the time. This is an account of why 946 American servicemen died off the coast of Devon and of the memorial to their memory, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45256

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 army navy tiger e-boats devon

Timpson, Alastair with Gibson-Watt, Andrew,

IN ROMMEL'S BACKYARD - A Memoir of the Long Range Desert Group.

Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2010, paperback, xxii inc. 3 double page maps and Glossary, 182pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, Alastair Timpson belonged to that generation of young men who were propelled straight from boarding school into the Second World War, inured from quite an early age to discomfort, discipline, indifferent food and absence from home, it appeared an effortless transition from peace of their upbringing to the dangers of front line soldering via the Scots Guards and into the Long Range Desert Group, the most romantic of special force units, with all the daring, dash and incredible feats of endurance and navigation deep behind enemy lines they were the eyes and ears of the Eighth Army, road-watching and reporting enemy movement; they destroyed enemy aircraft, supply dumps and vehicles; and transported other special forces and agents to their objectives. Fortunately the author kept a meticulous record of all his activities and after his death it was offered for publication, fine,

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Book number: 41622

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 army scots guards special forces lrdg

Turner, John Frayn,

INVASION '44 - The Full Story of D-Day.

George G. Harrap, London, 1959, 1st edn., 253pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib), the story of the greatest ever invasion from the sea as 130,000 men of the Allied forces overcame Germany's Atlantic Wall in Normandy, the start of the final phase of the war in Europe, edges lightly foxed, catalogue number final fep., dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with light edge creasing and several short edge tears, internally repaired, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 26361

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 france normandy invasion

Turner, John Frayn,

INVASION '44 - The Full Story of D-Day.

George G. Harrap, London, 1959, 1st edn., 253pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), the story of the greatest ever invasion from the sea as 130,000 men of the Allied forces overcame Germany's Atlantic Wall in Normandy, the start of the final phase of the war in Europe, lightly bumped at head of spine, upper edge dusty, edges tanned and a little foxed, light foxing to prelims. and endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped, upper and lower edges protected with aged and brittle sello, spine sl. sunned, very good in a poor dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35671

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 france normandy invasion anlantic wall

Turner, John Frayn,

INVASION '44 - The Full Story of D-Day.

Corgi Books, London, 1974, paperback, 238pp, [ii] ads., 5 maps in text, pictorial wrappers, the story of the greatest ever invasion from the sea as 130,000 men of the Allied forces overcame Germany's Atlantic Wall in Normandy, the start of the final phase of the war in Europe, lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing to spine and lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41915

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 france normandy invasion

Verney, Peter,

ANZIO 1944 : An Unexpected Fury.

B. T. Batsford, London, 1978, 1st edn., 265pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 21 in text maps, maps at front endpapers, dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the near disaster at Anzio, the amphibious landing designed to relieve the stalemate in the main Allied advance in central Italy, but although the landing was almost unopposed the breakout from the beachhead delayed allowing additional defensive measures to be taken, and for the attrition that became the Battle of Anzio, lightly bumped at tips, edges tanned,a few faint fox marks at endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped but with publishers price label added, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35674

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 army italy anzio assault landing beachhead battle clark lucas highway rome naples

Waldron, T. J. and Gleeson, James,

THE FROGMEN - The Story of the Wartime Underwater Operators.

Pan Books, London, 1956, reprint, paperback, 160pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., line drawings in text, pictorial upper wrapper , the work of the Royal Navy frogmen in WW2, both defensive in mine clearance from ships and harbours and offensive, attacking the enemy from 2-man torpedoes (chariots) and midget submarines (X craft), slight roll and slant to spine, rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44436

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 navy diver frogman submarine mine chariot xcraft x-craft

Waldron, T. J. and Gleeson, James,

THE FROGMEN - The Story of the Wartime Underwater Operators.

Pan Books, London, 1954, reprint, paperback, 160pp, 8pp half tone ills., diagrams in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the work of the Royal Navy frogmen in WW2, both defensive in mine clearance from ships and harbours and offensive, attacking the enemy from 2-man torpedoes (chariots) and midget submarines (X craft), slight slant to spine, edges tanned and lightly foxed, very good,

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Book number: 45679

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 navy diver frogman submarine mine chariot xcraft x-craft

Warner, Philip (foreword by David Stirling),

THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICE.

William Kimber, London, 1982, 5th imp., 285pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the Special Air Service 1941-71, from the pioneer raiders who wrought havoc in the Western Desert, Sicily where they went in ahead of the invasion force, the Aegean and Adriatic where small groups tied down much larger forces, to Italy, France and North West Europe where they worked behind enemy lines and after WW2 in Malaya, Borneo and Aden, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned with a few faint fox marks, dustwrapper: unpriced, light foxing to flaps, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35675

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 sas sbs stirling lewes lrdg libya italy france malaya borneo aden

Woodward, David,

THE TIRPITZ.

New English Library, 1974, 1st in imprint, paperback, 173pp, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), the story of the various attempts by the British by air and sea to neutralise the most powerful ship of the German Navy, the 42,000 ton battleship Tirpitz, rubbed at extrems., numerous light vertical creases to spine, edges tanned, bookseller label lower wrapper, good,

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Book number: 42042

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 german navy tirpitz battleship norway xcraft x-craft raf bomber

Woodward, David,

THE TIRPITZ.

Kimber, London, 1955, pocket edn., paperback,190pp,4pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, the story of the various attempts by the British by air and sea to neutralise the most powerful ship of the German Navy, the 42,000 ton battleship Tirpitz, sister ship to the Bismarck, covering the abortive attacks by air and sea, the partial success of the midget submarines and the final assault with 10,000 bombs by the RAF, includes the destruction of the Scharnhorst, spine a little sunned, rubbed and a little creased at extrems., edges tanned, lacks half title, ink scribble inside lower wrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 45201

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 german navy tirpitz battleship norway xcraft x-craft raf bomber scharnhorst