Phillips, C. E. Lucas, OBE, MC (with the co-operation of Lt. Col. H. G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten, KG),

COCKLESHELL HEROES.

Pan Books, London, ND, paperback, 255pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, [i] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Trus Stories of World War ll series, account of the raid on shipping in the German occupied harbour of Bordeaux in December 1942, Operation Frankton, by a team of Royal Marines using 'cockles' (kayak-type canoes) to gain access and then attaching limpet mines - only 2 of the team of 10 survived but six ships were put out of action, fine,

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Book number: 39962

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 rm royal marine bordeaux gironde garonne cockle limpet mine operation frankton vf44

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, OBE, MC (with the co-operation of Lt. Col. H. G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, RM, foreword Admiral The Earl Mountbatten, KG, PC, GCB, GCS, GCIE, GCVO, DSO),

COCKLESHELL HEROES.

Pan Books, London, 1965, 2nd printing, paperback, 256pp, 8pp, half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the raid on shipping in the German occupied harbour of Bordeaux in December 1942, Operation Frankton, by a team of Royal Marines using 'cockles' (kayak-type canoes) to gain access and then attaching limpet mines - only 2 of the team of 10 survived but six ships were put out of action, very slight slant and roll to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41845

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 rm royal marine bordeaux gironde garonne cockle limpet mine operation frankton

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, OBE, MC (with the co-operation of Lt. Col. H. G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, RM, foreword Admiral The Earl Mountbatten, KG, PC, GCB, GCS, GCIE, GCVO, DSO),

COCKLESHELL HEROES.

Pan Books, London, 1957, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., double page map and line drawings in text, #GP59, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, account of the raid on shipping in the German occupied harbour of Bordeaux in December 1942, Operation Frankton, by a team of Royal Marines using 'cockles' (kayak-type canoes) to gain access and then attaching limpet mines - only 2 of the team of 10 survived but six ships were put out of action, a little rubbed at extrems., spine relined, light soiling and creasing to wrappers, edges well tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 43488

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 rm royal marine bordeaux gironde garonne cockle limpet mine operation frankton

Phillips, C. E. Lucas, OBE, MC (with the co-operation of Lt. Col. H. G. Hasler, DSO, OBE, (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten, KG),

COCKLESHELL HEROES.

Pan, London, 1965, 2nd imp., paperback, 256pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, #X458, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, in the Trus Stories of World War ll series, account of the raid on shipping in the German occupied harbour of Bordeaux in December 1942, Operation Frankton, by a team of Royal Marines using 'cockles' (kayak-type canoes) to gain access and then attaching limpet mines - only 2 of the team of 10 survived but six ships were put out of action, slight roll and slant to spine, faint creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44523

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 rm royal marine bordeaux gironde garonne cockle limpet mine operation frankton vf44

Phillips, C. E. Lucas,

THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL.

Companion Book Club, London, 1959, club edn., 272pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 22 maps and diagrams in text, blue cloth with maroon title panel at spine lettered in gilt, top edge col'd, this edition does not include the map of the Loire Estuary at endpapers mentioned in the map list, account of Operation Chariot, the 1942 Commando raid on the Normandie Dock at St. Nazaire by HMS Cambeltown and a force of MTB, MGBs and MLs, an operation after which five VC's were awarded and which exceeded the highest expectations of the planners, lightly rubbed at extrems., no dustwrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 26810

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy cambeltown mtb mgb ml rncf vc operation chariot nazaire normandie dock tirpitz marine commando

Phillips, C. E. Lucas,

THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL.

Pan Books, London, ND (circa 2001), 2nd imp. of new edition, trade paperback, xvi, 283pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps, plans and diagrams in text, [iii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, account of Operation Chariot, the 1942 Commando raid on the Normandie Dock at St. Nazaire by HMS Cambeltown and a force of MTB, MGBs and MLs, an operation after which five VC's were awarded and which exceeded the highest expectations of the planners, sunning to spine into lower wrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 35179

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy cambeltown mtb mgb ml rncf vc operation chariot nazaire normandie dock tirpitz marine commando

Phillips, C. E. Lucas,

THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL.

Companion Book Club, London, 1959, club edn., 272pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 22 maps and diagrams in text, blue cloth with maroon title panel at spine lettered in gilt, top edge col'd, this edition does not include the map of the Loire Estuary at endpapers mentioned in the map list, geometric design dustwrapper, account of Operation Chariot, the 1942 Commando raid on the Normandie Dock at St. Nazaire by HMS Cambeltown and a force of MTB, MGBs and MLs, an operation after which five VC's were awarded and which exceeded the highest expectations of the planners, lightly rubbed at tips, edges stanned with a few light fox marks, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., a few light fox marks, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40923

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy cambeltown mtb mgb ml rncf vc operation chariot nazaire normandie dock tirpitz marine commando

Phillips, C. E. Lucas,

THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL.

Pan Books, London, 1967, 2nd imp., #M208, paperback, 316pp, [iv] ads., 4pp half tone photo ills., maps and plans in text, pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of Operation Chariot, the 1942 Commando raid on the Normandie Dock at St. Nazaire by HMS Cambeltown and a force of MTB, MGBs and MLs, an operation after which five VC's were awarded and which exceeded the highest expectations of the planners, lightly rubbed at tips, edges well tanned with light foxing, very good plus,

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Book number: 41844

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 navy cambeltown mtb mgb ml rncf vc operation chariot nazaire normandie dock tirpitz marine commando

Phillips, C. E. Lucas,

THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL.

Pan Books, London, ND (circa 2001), reprint, trade paperback, xvi, 283pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps, plans and diagrams in text, [iii] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, account of Operation Chariot, the 1942 Commando raid on the Normandie Dock at St. Nazaire by HMS Cambeltown and a force of MTB, MGBs and MLs, an operation after which five VC's were awarded and which exceeded the highest expectations of the planners, faint crease in spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44982

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 navy cambeltown mtb mgb ml rncf vc operation chariot nazaire normandie dock tirpitz marine commando

Powell, Geoffrey,

THE DEVIL'S BIRTHDAY - The Bridges to Arnhem, 1944.

Macmillan Papermac, 1985, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xii], 276pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial wrappers, an account of Operation Market Garden, the attempt in September 1944 to secure an open road, 'Hell's Highway', through enemy occupied Holland to the edge of Germany, by seizing a series of bridges by airborne troops and holding them until ground support arrived, the first book to tell the story of the complete operation, based on wide reserach as well as the author's own experiences of fighting at Arnhem, sl. colour loss at tail of spine, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41854

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 airborne parachute campaign arnhem operation market garden holland germany rhine eindhoven nijmegen xxx corps

Reynolds, Quentin,

RAID AT DIEPPE (originally published as Dress Rehearsal).

Avon, New York, ND (copyright 1943), paperback, 190pp, maps in text, [iii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, an account of the raid on Dieppe by the war-correspondent for US Colliers Magazine, who was on the command ship for the operation, the RN Hunt class destroyer HMS Calpe, first published under the title Dress Rehearsal, lightly rubbed at extrems., light crease at upper hinge, edges and paper tanned, very good,

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Book number: 35755

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 dieppe canada commando

Ryan, Cornelius,

A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Book Club Associates, London, 1975, club edn., 478pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 10 in text maps, double page chart of command, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, an account of Operation Market-Garden, the airborne operation in September 1944 which planned to drop the US 101st and 82nd Airborne and the British 1st Airborne Divisions with the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade and seize the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem, holding them until relieved by the armoured column of XXX Corps, designed to gain access to the heart of Germany and thus shorten the war but failing in the final objective, resulting in greater casualties than in the Normandy landing, lightly bumped at head of spine, pages tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems. with several short edge nicks, spine slightly sunned, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36851

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: war ww2 airborne parachute campaign arnhem operation market garden eindhoven nijmegen 101st 82nd 1st brigade polish xxx corps

Ryan, Cornelius,

A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Coronet, London, 1976, 3rd imp., paperback, 576pp, 8pp half tone ills., 10 maps, chart of command, pictorial wrappers, an account of Operation Market-Garden, an account of Operation Market-Garden, the airborne operation in September 1944 which planned to drop the US 101st and 82nd Airborne and the British 1st Airborne Divisions with the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade and seize the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem, holding them until relieved by the armoured column of XXX Corps, designed to gain access to the heart of Germany and thus shorten the war but failing in the final objective, resulting in greater casualties than in the Normandy landing, spine rolled with a number of light vertical creases, edges tanned and a little foxed, good,

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Book number: 41877

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: airborne parachute campaign arnhem ww2 market garden

Ryan, Cornelius,

A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Coronet, London, 1976, 2nd imp., paperback, 576pp, 8pp half tone ills., 10 maps, chart of command, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of Operation Market-Garden, an account of Operation Market-Garden, the airborne operation in September 1944 which planned to drop the US 101st and 82nd Airborne and the British 1st Airborne Divisions with the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade and seize the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem, holding them until relieved by the armoured column of XXX Corps, designed to gain access to the heart of Germany and thus shorten the war but failing in the final objective, resulting in greater casualties than in the Normandy landing, roll to spine with several vertical crease, rubbed at extrems., liight creasing and soiling to wrappers, edges browned, good reading copy,

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Book number: 41878

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: airborne parachute campaign arnhem ww2 market garden

Ryan, Cornelius,

A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

Coronet, London, 1976, paperback, 576pp, 8pp half tone ills., 10 maps, chart of command, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of Operation Market-Garden, an account of Operation Market-Garden, the airborne operation in September 1944 which planned to drop the US 101st and 82nd Airborne and the British 1st Airborne Divisions with the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade and seize the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem, holding them until relieved by the armoured column of XXX Corps, designed to gain access to the heart of Germany and thus shorten the war but failing in the final objective, resulting in greater casualties than in the Normandy landing, sl. roll to spine with several vertical crease, a little rubbed at extrems. with light diag. crease top cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 41879

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: airborne parachute campaign arnhem ww2 operation market garden