Orgill, Douglas,

T-34 RUSSIAN ARMOUR.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War', Weapons Book No. 21, the story of the Russian T-34 tank from its earliest stages, learning from the 60 British tanks that they purchased in 1930 they incorporated the qualities of the chassis of the fast 10 ton 40mph tank developed by the American J. Walter Christie. Wityh a powerful high velocity gun, sloped armour, speed and stability the T-24 appeared as a great surprise to the Germnans in 1941 who had previously encountered nothing to beat their own tanks. Described by Guderian of the 2nd Panzer Army as 'very worrying' and by von Kleist of the 1st Panzer Army as 'the finest tank in the world', rubbed at extrems., multi-currency price pabel upper wrapper, edges and pages tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44095

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 russia purnells tank armour

Owen, Frank and Atkins, H. W.,

THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS.

HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback, 72pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, double page 2 colour maps of the North African campaign 1942/3, separate map of Tunisia, cap badges of regiments inside wrappers, stapled coloured pictorial wrappers by Eric Kennington, 9 x 7", a brief history of the tank and more detailed accounts of the development and use of armour, the training of officers and men of the Royal Armoured Corps and their deployment during WW2, account of the campaign in the Western Desert October 1942 to May 1943 with maps, and the start of the European campaign with ill. of a Churchill Crocodile flame throwing tank in action, rubbed and a little creased at extrems., tape reinforcement to tail of spine, cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, good

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Book number: 45765

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Keywords: war ww2 hmso tank armour armor afvhmso north africa egypt libya tunisia western desert grant churchill crusader tiger

Parkinson, Roger,

THE WAR IN THE DESERT.

Hart-Davis MacGibbon, London, 1976, 1st edn., 200pp, double illustrated title, 8pp col'd ills. and numerous half tone and line ills. and maps in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, an illustrated account of the fluctuating fortunes of the campaign in the North Africa, from June 1940 to May 1943 on a moving front of nearly 4000 miles, very lightly bumped lower cnrs., dustwrapper: a little rubbed at tips, spine sl. sunned, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28051

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

Payne, Robert,

GENERAL MARSHALL - A Study in Loyalties.

William Heinemann, London, 1952, 1st edn., xii, 335pp, half tone frontis portrait, 4pp half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine and upper board, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a full length portrait of the American soldier from his days as a military cadet through his experiences in France 1916-18, and time in planning and training in and at the Staff College, as Chief of Staff in 1939 when his widsom and tact played no small part in eventual Allied victory in WW2, his failed mission to China and his time as Secretary of State with one of his greatest contributions, his adminstration of funds to support post-war Europe which became known as the 'Marshall Plan', lightly rubbed at extrems., edges well tanned, light tanning to endpapers, dustwrapper: well rubbed at extrems., loss at spine ends and cnrs., many nicks and creases, overall soiling, repaired to reverse, very good in a fair dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42538

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Phillips, C. E. Lucas,

ALAMEIN.

Heinemann, London, 1962, 1st edn., xii, 414pp, half tone photo frontis, 32pp half tone photo ills., 19 in text maps and diagrams drawn by Miss Audrey Frew, ARCA, black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, wraparound photo pictorial dustwrapper, the background of events and conditions prior to the battle and an account of the battle of El Alamein itself in October/November 1942, fully documented from personal and official sources, a little rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned and faintly foxed, 6 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, faint foxing to title, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35646

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Keywords: war ww2 army alamein western desert libya egypt north africa

Pitt, Barrie,

CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS - Their Finest Hour.

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1988, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 223pp, numerous maps and line drawings in text, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in the Battle Standards series, an account of the events upon which the BBC-Le Vien TV play, by Ian Curteis, titled 'Churchill and the Generals' was conceived. On 10th May 1940 when Churchill became Prime Minister he retained the role of MInister of Defence for himself which gave him personal control of the appointment of the Army's generals, which he exercised depending on his perception of their performance. Churchill had inherited some army commanders untried in battle and it took some time to select what would become a winning team, sl. slant to spine, light vertical creasing at spine and upper hinge, sunned at upper edges, a little rubbed at tips, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 42016

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Keywords: war ww2 army churchill alexander brooke wavell montgomery

Pitt, Barrie (Editorial Consultant: Jack Le Vien),

CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS.

Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1981, 1st edn., 196pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the events upon which the BBC-Le Vien TV play, by Ian Curteis, titled 'Churchill and the Generals' was conceived. On 10th May 1940 when Churchill became Prime Minister he retained the role of MInister of Defence for himself which gave him personal control of the appointment of the Army's generals, which he exercised depending on his perception of their performance. Churchill had inherited some army commanders untried in battle and it took some time to select what would become a winning team, slightly cocked, foxing to upper edge and light foxing to fore and lower edges, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., repaired three corner tear at tail of spine, small abrasion to centre of upper panel, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45533

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army churchill alexander brooke wavell montgomery

Pitt, Barrie,

THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR - Western Desert 1941.

Book Club Associated, London, 1980, club edn., xx, 506pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, coloured maps at endpapers, brown cloth with red title panel lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorated dustwrapper, an introductory background history of the presence of British forces in the Western Desert at the outbreak of WW2, details of the units deployed and their commanders, and an account of the conflict from the first tentative skirmishes with the Italians from June 1940 through to the end of 1941, by which time Rommel's Afrika Corps joined the battle and had been found to be a different proposition, heavy, a little rubbed at extrems., tanning to edges, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., with some creasing at edges, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40966

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Polyakov, A.,

WESTBOUND TANKS.

Hutchinson, London, ND [1943], 100pp, frontis and 6pp half tone photo ills., beige cloth lettered in black at spine, an account of a Soviet tank unit of 5 KV1 tanks, from their building at the havy tank plant in the Urals, transfer to the command of Lt. Astakhov and put through their paces at the Tank Instruction Centre, to operational use on the front line across the frozen Lake Ilmen against the 16th German Army blockading Leningrad, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., cloth lightly soiled, edges tanned, ink mark top cnr. front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 36845

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army russia soviet tank armour armor afv leningrad kv-1

Pond, Hugh,

SALERNO.

William Kimber, London, 1961, 1st edn., 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, an account of the Battle of Salerno, the first opposed large-scale landing of WW2, designed to relieve the stagnated advance of the Allies in central Italy but which became one of the fiercest and bloodiest actions of the war so far, a day by day account of the battle from invasion to D+11 in September, 1943, sl. cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned and foxed, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 35648

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army italy clark armistice invasion

Quarrie, Bruce,

HITLER'S SAMURAI - The Waffen-SS in action.

Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1986, revised edn., paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and double title, line drawings, facsimiles and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 8 inches approx.), pictorial wrappers, revised third edition, an account of the birth, recuitment, training and growth of the Waffen-SS, their uniforms and equipment and the Waffeb-SS at war, appendices include details of the Britische Freikorps and the foreign divisions, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 35982

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Keywords: war ww2 germany army waffen ss

Quarrie, Bruce,

WEAPONS OF THE WAFFEN-SS : From Small Arms to Tanks.

Guild Publishing, London, 1988, club edn., 168pp, decorated half title, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills. throughout, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, large format (9.5 x 8 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured decorated dustwrapper, described as a comprehensive, fully illustrated study of the range of weaponry employed by the waffen-SS, from their early days when they made-do with weapons not wanted by the army to the later stages of WW2 when they were the first to receive the best weapons available, covering edged wepaons, small arms, arrtuillery, armoured cars and armoured fighting vehicles, slight rub to front free endpaper, dustwrapper: faint crease in laminate at tail of spine, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39608

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 german army waffen-ss weapons edges smallarms artillery tank armour armor afv

Rhodes, Anthony,

SWORD OF BONE.

WDL, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, an epic story of the fight for the beaches of Dunkirk, slight roll to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45745

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Keywords: autobiography war ww2 army royal engineers british expeditionary force france belgium bef dunkirk

Ripley, Tim,

STEEL STORM - Waffen-SS Panzer Battles on the Eastern Front 1943-1945.

Sutton, Stroud, 2000, 1st edn., 224pp, half tone photo ills. maps and line drawings in text, large format (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, an account of the battles of the Waffen-SS panzer divisions in the East, when just seven divisions had an influence out of all proportion to their strength, from the recapture of Kharkov in early 1943 to the last desperate attempts to hold the Red Army in front of Berlin in 1945, heavy, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41123

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army panzer germany russia eastern front waffen-ss kharkov berlin

Rogers, Colonel H. C. B. OBE,

TANKS IN BATTLE.

Seeley Service, London, 1965, 1st edn., 240pp, coloured photo frontis, 48 half tone plates, 8 in text maps, red cloth with black title panel lettered and bordered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, photo pictorial dustwrapper, Volume Vlll in the Imperial Services Library series, a study of the development of the tank in warfare, covering the original role of 'heavy cavalry', which it replaced, history of other war vehicles from the chariot to the early armoured car, the first tanks of 1914 and and account of the military and politcial decisions behind their development through two world wars, details of specifications, armaments., different marques, etc., and accounts of some of the major tank battles, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. bumped upper cnrs., pale foxing at edges and endpapers, bookseller label front pastedown, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed at extrems., pale foxing to flaps and to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35651

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 army history tank tanks armour armor afv motorised warfare armament engines principles