Ellis, John (intro. by Max Hastings),

THE SHARP END - The Fighting Man in World War II.

Aurum, London, 2011, paperback, 380pp, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, account of all aspects of life of combat troops, through training and fighting, covering discipline, morale and casualties, from all theatres of ww2, described by General Sir John Hackett as "...the most comprehensive, best balanced, most sensitive and best informed study of the condition of the fighting man in our time", and by military historian Max Hastings, in his introduction to this edition, "...almost thrity years after its original publication this book has deservedly attained classic status", faint bump lower tip, near fine,

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Book number: 41580

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Elstob, Peter,

BASTOGNE : The Road Block.

Macdonald, London, 1968, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo and line ills., and maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book 4', an account of the Battle for Bastogne during the Ardennes offensive of December 1944, the encirclement and siege, the fierce fighting and eventual relief, spine sunned, a little rubbed at extrems., some creasing to wrappers, good plus,

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Book number: 43631

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Elstob, Peter,

BASTOGNE : The Road Block.

Macdonald, London, 1968 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps, numerous half tone photo and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 4', an account of the Battle for Bastogne during the Ardennes offensive of December 1944, the encirclement and siege, the fierce fighting and eventual relief, slight dlant tp spine, cnrs. a little rubbed, very good,

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Book number: 43739

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Elstob, Peter,

BASTOGNE : The Road Block.

Macdonald, London, 1968 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps, numerous half tone photo and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 4', an account of the Battle for Bastogne during the Ardennes offensive of December 1944, the encirclement and siege, the fierce fighting and eventual relief, spine sunned, cnrs. a little rubbed, light creasing upper wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 43740

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Elstob, Peter,

BASTOGNE : The Road Block.

Macdonald, London, 1968, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo and line ills., and maps, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book 4', an account of the Battle for Bastogne during the Ardennes offensive of December 1944, the encirclement and siege, the fierce fighting and eventual relief, light vertical crease in sunned spine, lightly rubbed at tips and very faint crease upper cnr., multi-currency price label upper wrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 43741

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Elstob, Peter,

BASTOGNE : The Road Block.

Macdonald, London, 1968 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps, numerous half tone photo and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Battle Book No. 4', an account of the Battle for Bastogne during the Ardennes offensive of December 1944, the encirclement and siege, the fierce fighting and eventual relief, a little rubbed at extrems., tanning to edges, very good,

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Book number: 44912

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Essame, H.,

THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY.

B. T. Batsford, London, 1970, 2nd imp., xii, 228pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 11 in text maps, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account and analysis of the conflict in Europe from September 1944, after the breakout from Normandy, until May 1945, including the Battle for the Scheldt, the Ardennes, crossing of the Rhine, and the advance to the Elbe and The Baltic, very slightly cocked, lichtly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39507

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Essame, Major-General H.,

NORMANDY BRIDGEHEAD.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 10', from D-Day plus 1 of the Normandy invasion, an account of the consolidation of the battle for a foothold in northern France, lightly rubbed at extrems., multi-currency label upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43632

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Essame, Major-General H.,

NORMANDY BRIDGEHEAD.

Macdonald, London, 1971 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps and numerous half tone photo and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 10', from D-Day plus 1 of the Normandy invasion, an account of the consolidation of the battle for a foothold in northern France, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, multi currency price label upper wrapper, pages tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 43742

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Essame, Major-General H.,

NORMANDY BRIDGEHEAD.

Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps, photo pictorial wrappers, Purnell's 'History of the Second World War, Campaign Book No. 10', from D-Day plus 1 of the Normandy invasion, an account of the consolidation of the battle for a foothold in northern France, rubbed at extrems., with light creasing to wrappers, edges well tanned, pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43743

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d'Este, Carlo,

BITTER VICTORY - The Battle for Sicily July-August 1943.

Fontana, London, 1989, paperback, [ii], 666pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [ii] blank, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, the definitive history of the campaign to invade and take Sicily, the first step to the taking of Italy, combining detailed accounts of the action with portraits of the individuals involved, with fourteen appendices of such data as the Orders of Battle of the Allied and Axis forces, organisation charts of the Allied and Axis forces, tables of Allied casualties, details of Axis strengths and losses, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, gaint vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 39946

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Keywords: war ww2 army mediterranean sicily messina italy alexander patton montgomery cunningham tedder vf44

D'Este, Carlo,

DECISION IN NORMANDY - The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign.

Pan Books, London, 1984, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 557pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial panel upper wrapper, in the Pan Grand Strategy series, although Montgomery was only one of many military planners of Operation Overlord the plan for the break-out from Normandy to the Seine, which was his alone, fell to him to carry out, one of the most debated and least understood strategems if his military career. The passage of time and the release of documentary evidence from British and American archives reveals previously unknown aspects of his intentions and strategy, with contributions from the many subordinate commanders who now feel able to comment, bringing greater understanding to how the campaign was fought, a little rubbed at extrems with cnrs. slightly inclined to curl, light vertical creasing at spine, edges tanned, small ownership label half title, very good,

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Book number: 41138

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Keywords: war ww2 army montgomery normandy break out falaise strategy caen eisenhower overlord

D'Este, Carlo,

DECISION IN NORMANDY.

Penguin Classic, London, ND (circa 2002), 2nd imp., paperback, 555pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 11 maps, [iv] ads., large format (8.5 x 5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the conception and execution of Montgomery's battleplan for Normandy following the D-Day landings in June 1944, drawing on diaries, papers and latters not available in Montgomerty's lifetime, and on interviews with senior officers involved in the campaign, from Churchill's first conception of an Allied invasion through the key battles that determined its outcome, lightly rubbed at tips, some vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43471

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Farrar-Hockley, General Sir Anthony (foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales),

THE ARMY IN THE AIR - The History Of The Army Air Corps.

Alan Sutton in assoc. with Army Air Corps, Stroud - Glos., 1994, 1st edn., ix, 268pp inc. 9pp maps, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large format 10 x 7.5 inches approx., black cloth lettered and insignia in gilt at spine, pictorial endpapers, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a history of aviation within the British army since the early days of the Balloon Section of the Royal Engineers in 1880, the Air Battalion and Royal Flying Corps of WW1, the Air Observation units of WW2 which spotted for the artillery to the current Army Air Corps, signed by author on title page, bumped at tail of spine and lower edge lower board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spine sl. sunned, good plus in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 33619

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Farrington, Karen,

THE SOLDIER'S WAR (previously published in 'Witness to World War II').

Blitz Editions / Bookmart Ltd., Enderby - Leicester, ND (copyright 1995), 80pp, numerous half tone photo ills., 2 maps in text, coloured photo pictorial laminated boards, decorative head and tail bands, oversize (11 x 9 inches), an illustrated account of all theatres of WW2 with descriptions of actions from Dunkirk to North Africa, Salerno to Normandy, Burma to the Philippines, etc., with eye-witness accounts of incidents as experienced by the ordinary foot soldier, tiny bump upper cnr. lower board, no dustwrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 29275

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