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WAR BETWEEN CONTINENTS.
Faber and Faber, London, 1948, 1st edn., 211pp, 8 in text maps, errata slip tipped onto half title, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, an examination of the post WW2 military situation, the possible course of world events and the potential for a third world war, the possible protagonists together with an assessment of probable strategies, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and faintly foxed, light foxing to endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed with sl. loss and several nicks, overall light soiling, very good in a good dustwrapper,
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THE NORTH ATLANTIC FRONT - Orkney, Shetland, Faroe and Iceland at War.
Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2005, 1st edn., 176pp, maps and half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a description of the North Atlantic Front in two world wars, in WW1 the Northern Patrol from Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy's large naval base in the Orkneys greatley assisted by the great Norwegian mine barrage, and in WW2 with Norway occupied the Allies occupyied the Faroes and Iceland which, with Orkney and Shetland and the armed naval patrol of the intervening seas, created a more westerly barrier. Also covered is information about the Shetland Bus, the clandestine service operated by the Norwegian Navy in exile between Northern Scotland, Shetland and occupied Norway, faint bump lower tip upper board, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww1 ww2 atlantic orkney shetland faroe iceland a/s
TEN DAYS IN MAY - The People's Story of VE Day.
Michael Joseph, London, 1995, 1st edn., [xii], 270pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of VE day it includes first hand interviews diaries and memoirs of the celebrations at the end of the war in Europe, stamped as damaged on the lower edge but the only faults found are as described, lightly bumped lower cnrs, ink stamp lower edge, impressed mark top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 ve day britain europe
PEACE WORK - Peace/War Autobiography Volume 7.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1992, reprint, paperback, 239pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, the final volume of Spike Milligan's war memoirs in wich he returns from Italy and starts touring again as a musician before getting a one man show and starting writing scripts with The Goons, very lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned, crease lower edge, very good,
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Keywords: autobiography humour peace war performing arts
EL ALAMEIN TO THE RIVER SANGRO.
Arrow Books, London, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 193pp, 16 maps in text, pictorial wrappers, a far more detailed account of the campaign in North Africa and the invasion of Sicily and Italy than that contained in the author's memoirs, light creasing and wrinkling to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,
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Keywords: ww2 north africa sicily italy
RECIPE FOR LAUGHTER.
Mark Goulden, London, ND (circa 1940's), paperback, unpaginated [32pp], line drawings and half tone ills. throughout, stapled pictorial card wrappers, a selection of jokes and cartoons by Maroc, arranged by A. E Morley, many previously published in a number of maagazines and newspapers including Punch, London Opinion, Men Only, Evening Standard, Blighty, Passing Show, Sunday Chronicvle and referee, well rubbed at extrems., overall light soiling, staples a little rusty, fair,
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HITLER VS. STALIN - The Eastern Front 1941-1945 (previously published as Deathride).
Simon and Schuster, New York, 2011, paperback, [x], 470pp, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial wrappers, the author, who holds a chair at a US university and is described as an 'entertainingly contrarian military historian' by the Washington Times, presents a revisionist analysis of the Eastern Front in WW2, arguing that Hitler came very close to winning and only lost because of the intevention of the Western Allies, as Soviet losses were unsustainable, their battlefield reports were fantasies, Soviet generals seldom responded to actual circumstances and that they only waged war through propoganda rather than actual achievement, lightly rubbed at tips, crs. sl. inclined to curl, very good plus,
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Keywords: war ww2 germany russia eastern front
IRIS MURDOCH A WRITER AT WAR - Letters and Diaries 1938-46.
Short Books, London, ND (circa 2011), 3rd imp., 303pp, line drawing and half tone photo ills. in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, the never before published intimate writings Iris Murdoch comprising a diary of a journal she kept as a touring actress in August, 1939, relating the count-down to war, and her war-time correspondence with two men, Frank Thompson who was murdered in Bulgaria in 1944 and David Hicks, a teacher in Cairo, fine in a fine dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 literary letters diaries august 1939 bulgaria cairo
THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE THIRD REICH.
Bantam Books, New York, 1962, paperback, 224pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, coloured pictorial wrappers, a brief account of the rise and establishment of the Nazis as the rulers of Germany with 240 captioned photographs of political and of WW2 events, sl. roll and slant to spine, light creasing at spine and upper hinge, lightly rubbed at extrems., price label upper wrapper, very good,
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WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, MUMMY?.
Chatto and Windus, London, 1995, 1st edn., [viii], 264pp, half tone photo ills. in text, light brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of interviews with women from all walks of life about their experiences during WW2, from a Windmill girl to one who worked at Bletchley Park, barrage balloonist to an air-ambulance nurse, WAFF weather forecaster to a wireless operator, munitions worker to an ENSA entertainer, landgirl to housewife, etc., lightyl rubbed at extrems., dustwrapper: lightly creased at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 wrens waafs ambulance drivers landgirls singers entertainers espionage
THE WAR AGAINST HITLER - Military Strategy in the West.
Combined Books, Pennsylvania, 1995, new edn., paperback, xiv, 274pp, numerous in text maps and charts, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, a collection of graphic essays sharply analysing some of the most pivotal campaigns of WW2, by contributors to the military journal Strategy & Tactics, the subjects include Blitzkrieg and the fall of France, the battle of the Atlantic, North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Operations Cobra and Market Garden, etc., a little rubbed at extrems., diag. crease across upper cnr. upper wrapper, good plus,
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Keywords: war ww2 military strategy blitzkrieg fall frnace battle atlantic wolfpack western desert north africa sicily overlord normandy cobra patton market garden arnhem lorraine ardennes grenade rhineland germany
EYE WITNESS WORLD WAR II BATTLES.
Belmont, New York, 1963, paperback, 189pp, [iii] ads., half tone pictorial upper wrapper, a compilation by a combat historian on the US General Staff containing cameos of actions from many theatres of WW2, including Omaha, Midway, USAAF 100th Heavy Bombardment Group, Kasserine Pass, the Wolf packs, etc., slight slant to spine, well rubbed and creased wrappers with overall soiling, edges tanned, fair,
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Keywords: war ww2 army navy
STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL - The History of the Second World War.
Oxford University Press, Oxford - England, 1989, 1st edn., 328pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, black cloth gilt, pictorial dustwrapper, a thoughtful and wide-ranging study of WW2 by a Fellow, Tutor and Praelector at Queen's College, Oxford, it traces the key events and outlines strategies, describes decisive battles, mobile warfare, the holocaust, strategic bombing, etc., edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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DOUBLE STANDARDS - The Rudolf Hess Cover-Up.
Little, Brown and Co., London, 2001, 1st edn., xxiv, 578pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and facsimiles in text, coloured endpapers, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head band, pictorial montage dustwrapper, an exposé of the cover-up of Rudolf Hess's peace mission to Great Britain, dismissed at the time as the misguided attempt by a madman, revealed here as a real attempt to establish contact with the British 'peace' party which had the Royal Family at its heart, since covered up by the Establishment, upper edge sl. dusty, ell edges tanned, dustywrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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HITLER THE VICTORY THAT NEARLY WAS.
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, ND (copyright 1988), 208pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 2 double page maps, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, speculation as to the outcome of WW2 had different decisions been made, eg. had Malta been captured or Russia not invaded, a disturbing account based on credible and authoritative alternatives, faint bumps upper tips, upper edge tanned, dustwrapper; unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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