Fielding, Capt. Sean,

THEY SOUGHT OUT ROMMEL - A Diary of the Libyan Campaign from November 16th to December 31st, 1941.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 72pp, 2 maps in text, oversize paper wrappers 7 x 5 inches, in the series The Army at War, yapp edges over sewn binding, an account in diary form of the campaign in the Western Desert 1941, the Eighth Army's first offensive and the relief of Tobruk, as a group of war correspondents is conducted through the fighting by an army PRO, a little rubbed at extrems., light scratch to upper wrapper, very good,

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Flavell, Lieut-Col. E. W. C., MC, et al.,

WAR : issue 7 : December 13th, 1941 : News Facts for Fighting Men.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1941, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of the Campaign in Syria 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printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number seven, featuring How We Took Syria (an account of the campaign), British Parachutists (a battalion CO describes training and function), Life in a Troopship part 2 (an officers notes and advice), a little rubbed at extrems., ink name across upper wrapper, faint horizontal crease and light overall soiling, cnrs. inclined to curl, very good,

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Flavell, Lieut-Col. E. W. C., MC, et al.,

WAR : issue 7 : December 13th, 1941 : News Facts for Fighting Men.

Army Bureau of Current Affairs, London, 1941, paperback, 16pp (incl. wrappers), map of the Campaign in Syria 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printed in red, a fortnightly bulletin of war news issued to every officer for the information of his men, marked as 'Not to be Published', issue number seven, featuring How We Took Syria (an account of the campaign), British Parachutists (a battalion CO described training and function), Life in a Troopship part 2 (an officers notes and advice), lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasing, staples a little rusty, light soiling, very good,

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Fletcher, David,

TANKS IN CAMERA - Archive Photographs from the Tank Museum - The Western Desert 1940-1943.

Budding, Stroud, 2000, vi, 186pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, oversize (10.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), laminated half tone photo pictorial boards, lettered in yellow and white at spine and upper board, matching design dustwrapper, a chronologocal narrative of the phases of the campaign in the Western Desert in North Africa, drawing on the extensive archives of the Tank Museum at Bovington in Dorset which includes official photographs but also those taken unoffically by soldiers of both sides and it is these which have been selected as far as possible as they better illustrate the events described in the text, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41295

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Foley, John,

MAILED FIST.

Panther, London, 1957, 1st edition, paperback original, 190pp, [ii] ads., halftone photo ill. to rear wrapper, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a personal narrative of a young officer straight from Sandhurst, who takes over a troop of three Churchill tanks and after further training and preparations for the Normandy invasion, leads them from Normandy - Hill 112, Orne River, Falaise, Le Havre, Arnhem corridor, Eindhoven, Wuestwezel, Brembosch, Wouw, Breda, Brunssum, Tongres in support against the Ardennes breakout, Oirschot, to the Reichsweld Forest and the Siegfried Line, Germany, slight slant to spine, rubbed at extrems. with repaired damage to tail of spine, wrappers creased and soiled, fair,

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Forty, George,

AFRIKA KORPS AT WAR - 2. The Long Road Back.

Ian Allan, London, 1978, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills. maps and diagrams in text, oversize (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Deutsches Afrika Korps commanded by Erwin Rommel during the later period of the campaign in the Western Desert, covering in this second volume the period between January 1942 and the surrender of the Korps in May 1943, based on accounts by members of the Afrika Korps with many half tone photographs many of which have not previously been published, continued from volume 1 'The Road to Alexandria', edges tanned, dustwrapper: tanned at extrems., near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41297

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Forty, George,

DESERT RATS AT WAR - 2. Europe.

Ian Allan, London, 1977, 1st edn., 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills., maps, facsimiles and cartoons in text, oversize (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, continuing the history of the Division started in volume 1 'North Africa', they rested and refitted at Homs before a brief but hard fought campaign in Italy landing at Salerno and re-embarking at Naples to return to England where they took over a new, the Cromwell, and were the first armour into Normandy at Arromanches learning by experience a new skills of close country fighting in the bocage, from then on being in the fore-front of the advance across Europe through Belgium and Holland to Germany and Hamburg, also taking part in the Victory parade in Berlin, with personal anecdotes and many previously unpublished photographs, edges tanned, dustwrapper: tanned at extrems., near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41298

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Forty, George,

FIFTH ARMY AT WAR.

Ian Allan, London, 1980, 1st edn., 144pp, half tone photo pictorial half title, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills., maps, facsimiles and line drawings in text, oversize (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, an account of the US Fifth Army during WW2, formed in January 1943 with responsibility for the defence of Algeria and Morocco and while the Seventh Army invaded Sicily the Fifth took on the planning of the US element of the invasion of mainland Italy. It was formed from a mixture of Allied nationalities and first saw action at Salerno in September 1943, and remained in action against the Germans for nearly two years as they fought their way northwards, edges a little tanned, dustwrapper: spine sunned, a little rubbed at extrems., relined at head of spine, near fine in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43570

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Forty, George,

GERMAN INFANTRYMAN AT WAR 1939-1945.

Ian Allan, Hersham, ND (copyright 2002), 128pp, maps, coloured, half tone and sepai photo ills. in text, large format (12 x 8.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silve at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an illustrated description of the life of a German Infantryman during WW2, using many unpublished photographs taken by Gerhard Sandmann, who served in 1939 until he was captured in 1944, showing what was probably the best equipped army in the world an infantryman level but which was virtually unmechanised, with logistical and artillery support being horse drawn, small ownership labels to both pastedowns, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Forty, George,

GERMAN INFANTRYMAN AT WAR 1939-1945.

Ian Allan, Hersham, ND (copyright 2002), 128pp, maps, coloured, half tone and sepia photo ills. in text, large format (12 x 8.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an illustrated description of the life of a German Infantryman during WW2, using many unpublished photographs taken by Gerhard Sandmann, who served in 1939 until he was captured in 1944, showing what was probably the best equipped army in the world an infantryman level but which was virtually unmechanised, with logistical and artillery support being horse drawn, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41160

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Forty, George,

THE REICH'S LAST GAMBLE - The Ardennes Offensive, December 1944.

Cassell, London, 2000, 1st edn., 352pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., maps and charts in text, turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands., half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Third Reich's attempt to win back control of the campaign on the Western Front in 1944 with the counter-offensive that became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the armoured dribe through the Ardennes Forest to split the Allied forces and which started with some success, until the US Forces, caught by surprise eventually regained the momentum, describing the complex course of the battle with valuable background of the organisation, equipment and conduct of the opposing forces, upper edge faintly foxed, all edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Forty, George,

UNITED STATES TANKS OF WORLD WAR II IN ACTION.

Blandford Press, Poole - Dorset, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, half tone photo frontis, numerous half tone photo ills., drawings by John Batchelor in text, photo pictorial wrappers, oversize (11 x 8.5 inches), account of the tanks in use during WW2 with details of Unit Organisation, technical specifications, variants, etc, of the Honey, Stuart, Locust, Chaffe, Lee, Grant and Sherman, fine,

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Book number: 41722

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Foxall, Raymond,

AGAINST ALL ODDS (first published as The Amateur Commandos).

Sphere Books, London, 1982, 1st thus, paperback, [viii], 151pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the strange true story of Sgt. Peter King and Pvt. Leslie Cuthbertson, both non-combatants from the Army Dental Corps, untrained in any assault methods, who carried out an unauthorised commando raid, without any military assistance, during 1942. With stolen pistols, grenades and food they sailed to France and destroyed railway lines and communications before escaping in an open boat and surviving fifteen days at sea before being rescuded in a combined are/sea mission. Court-martialled both men were eventually transferred to combat units, slight slant to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., remains of label lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Fraser, General Sir David,

WARS AND SHADOWS - Memoirs of General Sir David Fraser.

Allen Lane, London, 2002, 1st edn., viii, 328pp, half tone frontis portrait, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound photo pictorial dustwrapper, the memoirs include his accounts of an aristoctaic Scottish upbringing in a military family, the changing times of Britain in the 1930's and his time at Eton, his enlistment in the Gordon Highlanders in 1939, joining the Royal Berkshires in 1940 and posting to the Grenadier Guards for officer training, service in the Normandy breakout and Operation Market Garden, after WW2 involvement with the Suezm Cyprus and Malaya conflicts, becoming Vice Chief of the General Staff, edges tanned, near fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43507

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Fraser, David,

AND WE SHALL SHOCK THEM - The British Army in the Second World War.

Book Club Associates, London, 1983, club edn., xiii, 429pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., 30 maps in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper, an account of how complacency and myopia by successive governments and lack of professionalism by the army after 1918 led to an antiquated and ill-equipped fighting force by 1939, which suffered defeat at every turn. The author, a young officer during WW2 and a General by the time he retired, covers every major campaign fought by the British Army in WW2 and shows how with new equipment and new leaders the tide was gradually turned, lightly bumped at extrems., faint foxing to upper and fore-edges, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. with short repaired tear lower cnr. with adjacent creasing, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32775

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