APPLEMAN-JURMAN Alicia

Alicia. [Memoirs of a Survivor.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Bantam,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 39106

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ARCHER, ed. Derek

Gloucestershire at War 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY

F Bailey & Son, Dursley,, 1979. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 39886

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ARCHER Jules

Twentieth Century Caesar. Benito Mussolini. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Bailey Brothers & Swinfen, Folkestone,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40581

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Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, italy, mussolini, benito mussolini, jules archer

ARCT Squadron Leader B.

Prisoner of War. My Secret Journal. Stalag Luft 1, Germany 1944-45. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS

[Carlton Books],, [1995]. 8vo., with coloured illustratons throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.

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Book number: 35220

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ARDIZZONE Edward

Diary of a War Artist. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

The Bodley Head,, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, pale blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. Ardizzone's diary begins with Sicily in 1943 and carries through to the mopping-up in Germany in 1945. The striking wrap-around dustwrapper illustration reproduces 'Naval Control Post on the beaches of Normandy, 1944'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 46476

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AREND Guy Franz

The Battle for Bastogne. 'The Hole in the Doughnut'. A chronological History of the Battle of Bastogne. [Translated from the original French by Tim Hayward. Preface by General McAuliffe. First English Edition]. FINE COPY

[Sagato, Brussels],, [c.1976]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs and maps throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. Includes OOB.

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Book number: 35214

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ARENDT Lt. Col. Brevete

Aide-Memoire de l'Officier de Reserve d'Infanterie. [16th Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Bordeaux,, [1939]. 8vo., Sixteenth Edition, with photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; red printed wrappers, upper board and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a bright, clean copy

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Book number: 41244

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ARIS George

The Fifth British Division 1939-1945. Being an Account of the Journey and Battles of a Reserve Division in Europe, Africa and Asia. Edited by Lieut.-Colonel C.S. Durtnell. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

The Fifth Division Benevolent Fund,, 1959. 8vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a coloured frontispiece, 214 monochrome plates on 80, 14 illustrations by Cooper Bell in the text, 20 maps (9 folding) by Fraser and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, divisional emblem blocked in black and white on upper board, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at extremities. Fifth Division almost certainly holds the record as the most travelled British formation of WWII. Starting from its pre-war Northern Command base at Catterick it served in Norway, Belgium, France, Northern Ireland, Madagascar, India, Persia, Sicily, Italy and Palestine. The division finished the war in Germany where it become a key component of BAOR.

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ARMINIUS.

From Sarajevo to the Rhine. Generals of the Great War. Translated from the German by Gerald Griffin. [First English Edition.] CRISP, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Hutchinson,, [1933]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and plates; grey cloth, gilt back, uncut, expertly recased, a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.287.

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Book number: 36329

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ARMOUR IN PROFILE.

Armour in Profile. [Complete set 1-24.]. ARMOUR IN PROFILE COMPLETE IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Great Bookham],, [1967]. 24 vols., 8vo., First Edition, each volume with monochrome photographs and double-page coloured illustration; original series wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. The series comprises: 1: Tank Mark IV; 2: PanzerKampfwagen VI Tiger 1 (H); 3: M4 A3 E8 Sherman; 4: T3 Christie; 5: Cromwell Mk. 4; 6: M24 Chaffee; 7: A7V Sturmpanzerwagen; 8: PanzerKampfwagen IV (F2); 9: T-34/76; 10: Chenillette Lorraine; 11: Light Tank Mk. VII Tetrarch; 12: AMX 13; 13: Renault FT; 14: M 13/40; 15: Infantry Tank Mk.II Matilda; 16: Carden Loyd Mk. VI; 17: M3 Half-Track APC; 18: Hanomag Sd.Kfz 251/1 APC; 19: Tank Mark VIII 'The International'; 20: Panzerjager (P) Elefant; 21: SU85 and SU100 Tank Destroyer; 22: Light Tank Type 95 Kyu-go; 23: Centurion 5; 24: M47 Patton. COMPLETE SETS IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS ARE VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 45347

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ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES IN PROFILE

Armoured Fighting Vehicles in Profile. Volume 3. British and Commonwealth AFVs 1940-1946. Edited by Duncan Crow. [First US Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Doubleday, Garden City NY,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; green tweed cloth, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Published a year after the UK edition. Includes (for the first time) Crow's comprehensive account of all wartime British and Commonwealth armoured formations. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 45443

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ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES IN PROFILE

Armoured Fighting Vehicles in Profile. Volume 5. German AFVs of World War II. Edited by Duncan Crow. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Profile Publications, Windsor,, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout, and pictorial endpapers; green tweed cloth, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 45455

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ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES IN PROFILE

Armoured Fighting Vehicles in Profile. Volume 4. American AFVs of World War II. Edited by Duncan Crow. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Profile Publications, Windsor,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; green tweed cloth, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 45456

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ARMSTRONG Anthony

Easy Warriors. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa. FROM HMS CUMBERLAND'S LIBRARY

Methuen,, [1932]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, covers lightly faded else a bright, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the wardroom library of HMS CUMBERLAND and carries its bookplate on front paste-down.

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Book number: 40750

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ARMSTRONG Colonel Richard N.

Red Army Tank Commanders. The Armored Guards. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Schiffer, Atglen PA,, [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, marbled endpapers, top lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes assessments of Katukov, Bogdanov, Rybalko, Lelyushenko, Rotmistrov, Kravchenko.

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