Strawson, John,

EL ALAMEIN - Desert Victory.

J. M.Dent, London, 1981, 1st edn., 191pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills. and line maps/diagrams, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the background to the first major Allied victory of WW2 and an examination of the military and political benefits, with reminiscences from those British, German and Italian soldiers who took part in the Battle of El Alamein, not decisive in relation to the war itself but a turning point after months of German dominence and the recent losses in the Far East, tanning to edges, very slight bow to boards, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips with tiny nick upper edge, repaired to reverse, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41520

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 alamein western desert north africa egypt libya tunisia rommel montgomery 8th army

Sydnor, Charles W., JR.,,

SOLDIERS OF DESTRUCTION - The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945.

Princeton University Press, Princeton, ND (copyright 1977), 1st edn. US, xvi, 372pp, 4 maps and 15 in text half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in metallic red and gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the SS Totenkopf Division (Death's Head), formed in October 1939 from SS elements guarding the concentration camps and from shadowy SS execution units working in Poland, both of which brought with them the brutal ethos to what became one of the most powerful and destructive SS Divisions, responsible for the massacre of 97 Norfolk Regiment prisoners at Paradis in 1940 France, resting and refitting in western France until the invasion of USSR in 1941, pulling out with 80% losses in October 1942 to France, reforming as Panzergrenadiers and helping to occupy Vichy France before returning to the Eastern front in February 1943 for the Kharkov-Kursk campaign, withdrawing via Warsaw and involved in Hitler's last-dtrch efforts to retake Budapest in 1945 before surrendering, edges tanned with a few fox marks to upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., 'V' shaped chip to head of spine cutting into author name, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39573

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Sydnor, Charles W., JR.,,

SOLDIERS OF DESTRUCTION - The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945.

Princeton University Press, Princeton, ND (copyright 1977), 1st edn. US, xvi, 372pp, 4 maps and 15 in text half tone photo ills., black cloth lettered in metallic red and gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the SS Totenkopf Division (Death's Head), formed in October 1939 from SS elements guarding the concentration camps and from shadowy SS execution units working in Poland, both of which brought with them the brutal ethos to what became one of the most powerful and destructive SS Divisions, responsible for the massacre of 97 Norfolk Regiment prisoners at Paradis in 1940 France, resting and refitting in western France until the invasion of USSR in 1941, pulling out with 80% losses in October 1942 to France, reforming as Panzergrenadiers and helping to occupy Vichy France before returning to the Eastern front in February 1943 for the Kharkov-Kursk campaign, withdrawing via Warsaw and involved in Hitler's last-dtrch efforts to retake Budapest in 1945 before surrendering, edges tanned and faintly foxed, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40937

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Thompson, R. W.,

D-DAY : SPEARHEAD OF INVASION.

Macdonald, London, 1968 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 1', an account of the first day of the greatest sea-borne invasion of WW2, relating the preparations, the special measures employed, the defences and the invasion itself, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers and sunning to spine, small area tippex upper wrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 43858

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Thompson, R. W.,

D-DAY : SPEARHEAD OF INVASION.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', an account of the first day of the greatest sea-borne invasion of WW2, relating the preparations, the special measures employed, the defences and the invasion itself, rubbed at extrems. with some surface abrasions and flaking at spine edges, sunning to spine, good plus,

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Book number: 43859

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Thompson, R. W.,

D-DAY : SPEARHEAD OF INVASION.

Macdonald, London, 1968, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No.1,' an account of the first day of the greatest sea-borne invasion of WW2, relating the preparations, the special measures employed, the defences and the invasion itself, spine sunned, near fine,

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Book number: 44949

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Tute, Warren; Costello, John and Hughes, Terry (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma),

D-DAY.

Pan Books in assoc. with Sidgewick and Jackson, London, 1975, revised edition reprint, large format paperback, 256pp incl 32pp in colour, over 200 in text half tone photo ills., maps, cartoons, drawings and diagrams in text, wraparound photo pictorial wrappers, 9.5 x 7 inches, a profusely illustrated account of the major steps that led to the invasion of Normandy in WW2, the preparations and specialist equipment that was employed, with a beach by beach account of D-Day itself, lightly rubbed at tips, ownership stamp inside upper wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 29248

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army d-day normandy beaches sword juno gold omaha utah

Tute, Warren; Costello, John and Hughes, Terry (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma),

D-DAY.

Pan Books in assoc. with Sidgewick and Jackson, London, ND (circa 1979), revised edition reprint, paperback, 256pp incl 32pp in colour, over 200 half tone photo ills., maps, cartoons, drawings and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 7" approx.), wraparound coloured photo pictorial wrappers, a profusely illustrated account of the major steps that led to the invasion of Normandy in WW2, the preparations and specialist equipment that was employed, with a beach by beach account of D-Day itself, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 40574

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Tute, Warren; Costello, John and Hughes, Terry (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma),

D-DAY.

Pan Books in assoc. with Sidgewick and Jackson, London, ND (circa 1979), 4th imp. of revised edition, paperback, 256pp incl 32pp in colour, over 200 half tone photo ills., maps, cartoons, drawings and diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), wraparound coloured photo pictorial wrappers, a profusely illustrated account of the major steps that led to the invasion of Normandy in WW2, the preparations and specialist equipment that was employed, with a beach by beach account of D-Day itself, light adhesive stain over price on lower wrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 44207

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Urquhart, Major-General R. E., CB, DSO,

ARNHEM.

Pan Books, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 221pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps/plans in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, by the commander of the 1st Airborne Division that had the task of seizing the final bridge over the Neder Rhine at Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, (the bridge 'too far'), and records the operation from briefing through to final withdrawal, with appendices of Airborne Division Operational Instructions, Glider Allotment, Parachute Aircraft and Order of Battle, a little rubbed at extrems., nicks to edges of wrappers, egs and text block well tanned, good,

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Book number: 45677

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Verney, John,

GOING TO THE WARS - A Journey in Various Directions.

Collins, London, 1955, 1st edn., 255pp, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by the author, the author's military experiences between 1937-45, with the North Somerset Yeomanry, the Royal Armoured Corps and the Special Air Service, with service in the Middle East and Italy, including capture in Sardinia after an attack behind the lines, escape during transfer in Italy and re-joining British forces, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned free endpapers lightly partially browned and foxed, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., sl. loss at spine ends and cnrs. with large chip head of upper hinge, tiny chip upper edge and sev. small edges tears, lightly sunned and soiled, internally repaired, good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 33614

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army quais-autobiography sas

Vickers, Lieut.-Col C. G., VC, et. al.,

CURRENT AFFAIRS : issue 7 : December 20th, 1941 : A Background Bulletin.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1941, paperback, 16pp (including wrappers), map lower wrapper, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in dark green, a fortnightly bulletin of the background to current affairs issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number seven, featuring The Economic War (Blockade: what it means, how it works, why is matters, etc), From Day to Day (war situation in the Far East and Russia), lightly rubbed at tips, staple mark upper wrapper, paperclip mark upper edge, very good,

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Book number: 39847

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs economy naval blockade

Walsh, Stephen,

STALINGRAD 1942-1943 - The Infernal Cauldron.

London, 2000, 1st edn., 176pp, half tone photo ills. and maps in text, coloured photo pictorial endpapers, large format (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), laminated half tone photo pictorial boards with matching dustwrapper, decorative head and tail bands, a comprehensive account of the battle for Stalingrad during WW2, from a description of the Eastern Front before Gedrman forces reached Stalingrad, the defensive preparations and the bombibng, the artillerty exchanges and the hand-to hand fighting in the rubble, the breakthrough of the German line allowing encirclerment and destruction of the 6th Army, with appendices of the Order of Battle and a chronology, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41128

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army germany russia stalingrad 6th army paulus barbarossa red army

Warner, Philip,

PANZER.

Arthur Barker, London, ND [1977], 144pp, numerous col'd and half tone photo ills., maps in text, pictorial eps., maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, oversize (11 x 8.5 inches), a history of the development and operational use of the tank by Germany, from the mock cardboard tanks of the 1920's to the highly respected Tiger 2 armed with the acclaimed 88mm gun, with numerous contemporary photographs and accounts tank battles and campaigns of WW2, faintly bumped at upper tips, edges tanned and a little foxed, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at extrems., some foxing on reverse, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 29290

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 germany blitzkrieg barbarossa rommel goering stalingrad moscow balkans tank armour armor afv

Watts, Lieut.-Col. J. C.,

SURGEON AT WAR.

George Allen and Unwin, London, 1955, 1st edn., 165pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis., 5 half tone plates, [iii] ads., red cloth lettered in black at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by 'Rudland', in 1937 the author was a house-surgeon at St. Thomas's when he was advised by his department head to join the Royal Army Medical Corps as 'there is going to be a war within three years'. He applied for a commission, joined in February, 1938, and relates his experiences of serving in Palestine, the Western Desert, Egypt, Syria, Italy, Normandy on D-day, Germany at the crossing of the Rhine, Singapore, Java and after WW2 in Korea, probably one of the most widely travelled army surgeons of WW2, edges tanned and foxed, tanning to free endpapers, marginal foxing on pages adjacent to plates, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at extrems., repaired to reverse, light overall soiling to lower panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44159

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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