Kee, Robert,

THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND - A Chronicle of the Year 1939.

Cardinal / Sphere Books, 1989, trade paperback, [xvi], 395pp, 28pp half tone photo ills., map in text, [v] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, a narrative of everyday life during the year 1939, set in the context of world events during the build-up to WW2, and how those events were perceived at the time, a unique social record, lightly rubbed at tips, faint crease top cnr. lower wrapper, spine sunned, edges tanned, small ownership label half title, very good plus,

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Book number: 41764

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 1939 social history

Kee, Robert,

THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND - A Chronicle of the Year 1939.

Sphere Books, London, 1985, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xvi], 395pp, 28pp half tone photo ills., map in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, an account of world events during the year 1939 relating the build-up to WW2 and how the events were perceived at the time, a unique social record, faint vertical crease in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, light diag. crease upper cnrs, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41985

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 1939 social history

Keegan, John,

THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Pimlico, London, 1997, 1st in imprint, paperback, [x], 514pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., in text maps, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, a major one volume study of the Second World War by the one-time senior lecturer in military history at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, faint vertical crease in spine, very good,

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Book number: 39209

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2

Kennedy, Paul,

ENGINEERS OF VICTORY - The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide In The Second World War.

Penguin, London, 2014, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xxvi, 436pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, an accouint of some of the Allies' logistical challenges of WW2 and how they were overcome, including protecion of convoys, command of the air, combatting the German Blitzkrieg, how to assault an enemy-held shore, etc., very slight roll to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, light foxing, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45462

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 torch neptune blitzkrieg strawberry hedgehog

King-Hall, Stephen,

HISTORY OF THE WAR - Volume1 The Cause Of The War.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1939, 1st edn., 128pp, map at front endpapers, pocket size, magenta cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, an account of the causes of WW2, covering the Nazi regime, siezure of the Rhineland, annexation of Austria, the Sudetan Germans, Munich, the annexation of Czechoslovakia and the invasion of Poland, lightly rubbed at tips, tiny nick tail of spine, edges a little dusty and foxed, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., lightly soiled, two short closed edge tears, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 31006

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 nazi lebensraum rhineland munich sudetan czechoslovakia poland

Lamb, Richard,

WAR IN ITALY 1943-1945 A Brutal Story.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1995, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xvi], 335pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 5 maps, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, the author, who took part in the Italian campaign as one of the few Italian speaking British officers of the 8th Army describes it from the fall of Mussolini until final victory, drawing on captured Mussolini documents and on British, Italian and Vatican archives. In particular highlighting an unbroken sequence of German infamies, how German troops massacred in cold blood many thousands of surrendering Italians in the Aegean Islands, the deportation of Italian Jews to Auschwitz, the wholesale killing of Italian hostages and the fate of 600,000 Italian prisoners of war sent to labour camps within Germany.lightly ruubbed at tips, wrappers creased, edges tanned, good

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Book number: 43479

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 italy mussolini cassino kesselring partisans pows

Longmate, Norman,

WHEN WE WON THE WAR - The Story of Victory in Europe, 1945.

Hutchinson, London, 1977, 1st edn., 192pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., map in text, blue cloth lettered in silver, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a record of the summer of 1945, when no-one apologized for being patriotic, of the crushing military victories, the death of Hitler and the great surrender ceremonies, of the bureaucratic muddles with different countries of liberated Europe celebrating on different days, but with a central thread of the numerous ordinary people and their victory celebrations, book cased upside down in boards otherwise near fine, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good reading copy in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 26022

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 liberation surrender victory celebration

Longmate, Norman,

WHEN WE WON THE WAR - The Story of Victory in Europe, 1945.

Hutchinson, London, 1977, 1st edn., 192pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., map in text, dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a record of the summer of 1945, when no-one apologized for being patriotic, of the crushing military victories, the death of Hitler and the great surrender ceremonies, of the bureaucratic muddles with different countries of liberated Europe celebrating on different days, but with a central thread of the numerous ordinary people and their victory celebrations, lightly rubbed at tips, tippex to top crnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40960

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 liberation surrender victory celebration

Lucas, Laddie,

MALTA - The Thorn in Rommel's Side.

Stanley Paul, London, 1992, 1st edn., xxx incl. 2 maps, , 205pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, between June 1940 and December 1942 Malta was one of the most bombed places on earth and this book records the bravery and determination that allowed Malta to become the key to the Allied victory in North Africa, lightly rubbed at tips, paper lighly tanned, slight ripple to fore-edge some leaves, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39915

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 mediterranean malta siege

Lucas, Laddie,

MALTA - The Thorn in Rommel's Side.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1993, 1st in imprint, paperback, xxxvi inc. 2 maps, 311pp, 16pp half tone ills., [iii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, between June 1940 and December 1942 Malta was one of the most bombed places on earth and this book records the bravery and determination that allowed Malta to become the key to the Allied victory in North Africa, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical creasing to spine, edges stanned, very good,

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Book number: 41031

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 mediterranean malta

Lucas, Laddie,

MALTA - The Thorn in Rommel's Side.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1993, 1st in imprint, paperback, xxxvi inc. 2 maps, 311pp, 16pp half tone ills., [iii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, between June 1940 and December 1942 Malta was one of the most bombed places on earth and this book records the bravery and determination that allowed Malta to become the key to the Allied vistory in North Africa, faint vertical creasing in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, two deleted lines in ink inside upper wrapper, small ink scribble inside lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41990

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 malta siege

Lucas, James,

THE THIRD REICH.

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1990, 1st edn., 192pp, 48pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a companion volume to the British 'Experiences of War' trilogy, a history of Germany's WW2 through the words of the men and women who served with the Army, the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe; who experienced the devastating bomb raids or the revenge of the Red Army; and of the women members of the anti-aircraft defence system, lightly rubbed at tips, upper edge faintly foxed, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35953

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 germany army kriegsmarine luftwaffe flakhelferein

Lucas, James,

THE THIRD REICH.

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1990, 1st edn., 192pp, 48pp half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a companion volume to the British 'Experiences of War' trilogy, a history of Germany's WW2 through the words of the men and women who served with the Army, the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe; who experienced the devastating bomb raids or the revenge of the Red Army; and of the women members of the anti-aircraft defence system, sl. cocked, a little bumped at upper cnrs. and lightly rubbed at tips, upper edge faintly foxed, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35954

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 germany army kriegsmarine luftwaffe flakhelferein

Lynn, David (ed., ills. by David McLoughlin),

LAUGHTER FOR HOME AND FRONT.

Kangaroo Books, London, ND (circa 1940's), paperback, unpaginated [32pp], line drawings and half tone ills. throughout, stapled coloured pictorial paper wrappers, a collection of cartoons and jokes illustrated by David Mcloughlinrubbed at extrems., overall light soiling, pages tanned, staples a little rusty, good,

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Book number: 42586

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: war ww2 humour cartoons

Lynn, Dame Vera,

SOME SUNNY DAY - My Autobiography.

Harper, London, 2010, trade paperback, viii, 311pp, 16pp coloured and half tone photo ills., [i] ad., photo pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 42789

Catalogue: WW2 - General

Keywords: autobiography performing arts singer forces sweetheart