Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H.,

THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.

Pan Books, London, 1983, trade paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, wraparound cover map with pictorial panel upper wrapper, in the Grand Strategy Series, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armies from 7th June 1944, D-Day + 1, to the end of the savage battle for the Falaise Gap on 22nd August which opened the way to Allied victory in Western Europe..', rubbed at extrems., light creasing to spine and upper hinge, numerous faint impressed marks to wrappers, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 41683

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H.,

THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.

Pan Books, London, 1970, 2nd imp., paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Leech, in the British Battles Series, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armies from 7th June 1944, D-Day + 1, to the end of the savage battle for the Falaise Gap on 22nd August which opened the way to Allied victory in Western Europe..', sl. roll with faint vertical creasing to sl. sunned spine, lightly rubbed at tips, light diag. creasing cnrs. upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41939

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Belfield, Eversley and Essame, H.,

THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY.

Pan Books, London, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills, maps and diagrams in text, #T34, wraparound pictorial cover-art by Leech, in the British Battles Series, this account '..traces the fortunes of the British, Canadian, American and German armies from 7th June 1944, D-Day + 1, to the end of the savage battle for the Falaise Gap on 22nd August which opened the way to Allied victory in Western Europe..', sunning to spine, edges well tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45502

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Benes, Dr. Edward (President, Czech Republic); Chapman, Major G. P., OBE, MC, et. al.,

CURRENT AFFAIRS : issue 9 : January 17th, 1942 : A Background Bulletin.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1942, paperback, 16pp (including wrappers), stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in dark blue, 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 nine, featuring The War's Past and Future (The Czech President provides a survey of the war), Know Your Enemy (an account of Nazi rule of occupied Europe and their plans for England), lightly rubbed at tips, ink name upper wrapper, faint creasing, very good,

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Book number: 39851

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs germany france britain russia usa japan czechoslovakia poland nazi rule occupied europe

Bennett, Major Richard, RA, et. al.,

CURRENT AFFAIRS : issue 90 : March 10th, 1945 : The More We Are Together.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1945, paperback 16pp, in text line drawings and plans, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in dark blue (new format), a fortnightly bulletin of the background to current affairs issued to every officer for the information of his men, issue number ninety, featuring The More We Are together - Community Centres (a report about the power given by the National Government to local education authorities to set up Community Centres, with details of how they should be planned and the needs they should meet), a little rubbed at tips, ink stamp and ink and coloured pencil name upper wrapper, light creasing and soiling, very good,

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Book number: 39881

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs community centres british social history home front

Bierman, John and Smith, Colin,

ALAMEIN - War Without Hate.

Viking, London, ND (circa 2005), reprint, [xviii], 478pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., 13 in text maps, photo pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a study of the war in the Western Desert from the Italian invasion of Egypt in September 1940 until the surrender of the Axis forces in Tunis in May 1943, the key battle of the campaign being that at El Alamein in October 1942, the turning point of WW2 as far as Britain was concerned and where the mightiest war machine that the world had ever seen suffered its first major defeat, slightly cocked, edges lightl;y tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41466

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 army egypt el alamein western desert middle east egypt libya tunisia

Birch, Lt.-Col. Lionel, RA, et. al.,

CURRENT AFFAIRS : issue 87 : January 27th, 1945 : What Price Peace?.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1945, paperback 16pp, in text line drawings, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in dark blue (new format), a fortnightly bulletin of the background to current affairs issued to every officer for the information of his men, issue number eighty-seven, featuring Blueprint Against War, What Price Peace (a report on the Dumbarton Oaks conference in Washington, at which representatives of UK, USA, Russia and China drew up the blueprint for the United Nations), a little rubbed at tips, ink stamp and coloured pencil name upper wrapper, light creasing and soiling, good plus,

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Book number: 39880

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Birch, Lieut-Col. Lionel, RA,,

WAR : issue 92 : April 14th, 1945 : [News Facts for Fighting Men].

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1945, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), 2 maps in text, stapled paper wrappers about 8 x 5 inches printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Restricted', issue number ninety-two, featuring Italian Objectives - From Reggio to Ravenna (an account of the campaign in Italy covering the objects, methods, Italian armistice, the terrain, and the German defensive phases which kept 25 divisions from the northern Europe front), a little rubbed at extrems., ink stamp and handwritten pencil names upper wrapper, some overall soiling and light creasing, cnrs. inclined to curl, good plus,

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Book number: 39840

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 news hmso bulletin army current affairs italy reggio ravenna

Blamey, General Sir Thomas A., Commander in Chief, Australian Military Forces (foreword),

KHAKI AND GREEN - With The Australian Army At Home And Overseas.

Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1943, 1st edn., 204pp, coloured frontis, numerous coloured and half tone ills., half tone photos and cartoons in text, large format 11 x 8.5 inches approx., dark green cloth lettered in light green at spine and upper board, pictorial lettered endpapers, decorated coloured lettered dustwrapper, a collection of articles and illustrations from numerous members of the Australian Army relating their experiences mainly in the overseas WW2 theatres of the Middle East and South-West Pacific, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., edges tanned and a little foxed, foxing into margins of text on many pages, dustwrapper: unpriced, rubbed at extrems. with top two inches of spine chipped and several other small edge chips, several creases, internally repaired, good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 33620

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Blumenson, Martin,

SICILY : WHOSE VICTORY.

Macdonald, London, 1969, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps and numerous half tone ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 3', illustrated account of the first assault on Europe by the Allies, the invasion and eventual occupation of Sicily, the frictions between the Allies and evaluation of the result, a little rubbed at extrems., multi-currency label upper wrapper, small ownership label half title, very good,

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Book number: 43627

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 history italy messina catania palermo noto sicily purnells

Blumenson, Martin,

SICILY : WHOSE VICTORY.

Macdonald, London, 1969, 1st edn. UK, large format (trade) paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, pictorial wrappers, in Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 3', illustrated account of the first assault on Europe by the Allies, the invasion and eventual occupation of Sicily, the frictions between the Allies and evaluation of the result, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43731

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 history italy messina catania palermo noto sicily

Blumenson, Martin,

SICILY : WHOSE VICTORY.

Macdonald, London, 1969, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, maps and numerous half tone ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 3', illustrated account of the first assault on Europe by the Allies, the invasion and eventual occupation of Sicily, the frictions between the Allies and evaluation of the result, slight roll and slant to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, good plus,

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Book number: 43732

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 history italy messina catania palermo noto sicily

Blumenson, Martin,

SICILY : WHOSE VICTORY?.

Macdonald, London, 1969, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps and numerous half tone ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 3', illustrated account of the first assault on Europe by the Allies, the invasion and eventual occupation of Sicily, the frictions between the Allies and evaluation of the result, slight slant to spisne, a little rubbed at extrems., good plus,

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Book number: 44908

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

Keywords: war ww2 history italy messina catania palermo noto sicily

Boel, Geoff,

THE NORMANDY NOBODIES.

Blandford Press, London, 1988, 1st edn., 159pp, frontis and in text line drawings by the author, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the true story of a small unit of soldiers who landed in Normandy on D+10, tradesmen and specialists in support of the fighting troops, led by a Canadian Captain they united in an attempt to beat the red tape as they wheeled and dealed their way through Normandy to Brussels and Germany, ex public library with usual wear, soiling, marks and stamps, cocked, rubbed and bumped, lacks front free endpaper, dustwrapper: a little rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., several marks and stains, reading copy in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38996

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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Bulteel, Christopher M.C.,

SOMETHING ABOUT A SOLDIER - Th Wartime Memoirs of Christopher Bulteel M.C..

Airlife, Shrewsbury, 2000. 1st edn., x, 228pp, half tone photo ills.and maps in text, maps at endpapers, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine pictorial montage dustwrapper, the autobiography of a gentle man, who regarded himself as being wholly unsuitable to play the role of the military fighting man, the author was granted a commission in 1941 and posted to the 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, joining them shortly after the historic battle of El Amamein. He served with them in North Africa, Sicily and Italy winning the Military Cross there (Gazetted in January, 1944) before falling ill with malaria and hospitalised in Algeria, faintly bumped at lower tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, slight darking to uper edge, very good plus in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41094

Catalogue: WW2 - Army

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