Kennedy, Paul,

PACIFIC ONSLAUGHT - 7th Dec 1941 to 7th Feb 1943.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the Japanese expansion into the Pacific, covering Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Burma and Guadalcanal, with some comments on the origins and account of the start of the counter measures, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to spine, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44926

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history pacific hong kong burma singapore midway pearl harbor philippines guadalcanal malaya

Kent, Graeme,

GUADALCANAL - Island Ordeal.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous maps, half tone and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the limit of Japanese expansion into the Pacific was Guadalcanal where a battle was fought for the island for six months before the Japanese finally withdrew, slight roll and slant to spine, spine a little sunned, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good,

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Book number: 43644

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history guadalcanal pacific japan pan ballantine

Kent, Graeme,

GUADALCANAL - Island Ordeal.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous maps, half tone and line ills. in text, pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the limit of Japanese expansion into the Pacific was Guadalcanal where a battle was fought for the island for six months before the Japanese finally withdrew, lightly rubbed at extrems., spine a little sunned, very good,

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Book number: 43782

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history marines nimitz guadalcanal pacific japan

Kent, Graeme,

GUADALCANAL - Island Ordeal.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous maps, half tone and line ills. in text, pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the limit of Japanese expansion into the Pacific was Guadalcanal where a battle was fought for the island for six months before the Japanese finally withdrew, lightly rubbed at extrems., spine a little sunned, slight surface rubbing to wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 43783

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history marines nimitz guadalcanal pacific japan

Kent, Graeme,

GUADALCANAL - Island Ordeal.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, large format (trade) paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the limit of Japanese expansion into the Pacific was Guadalcanal where a battle was fought for the island for six months before the Japanese finally withdrew, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 43784

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history marines guadalcanal pacific japan

Kent, Graeme,

GUADALCANAL - Island Ordeal.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous maps, half tone and line ills. in text, pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the limit of Japanese expansion into the Pacific was Guadalcanal where a battle was fought for the island for six months before the Japanese finally withdrew, very sl. slant to spine, faintly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 43785

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 history marines nimitz guadalcanal pacific japan

Kinvig, Clifford,

DEATH RAILWAY.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1973, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps in text, pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', an account of the experiences of the Allied POW's in Japanese care on the Burma-Siam Railway, where 12,000 of them died due to illness and maltreatment, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 43645

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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Kinvig, Clifford,

DEATH RAILWAY.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1973 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps in text, pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll - Campaign Book' an account of the experiences of the Allied POW's in Japanese care on the Burma-Siam Railway, where 12,000 of them died due to illness and maltreatment, slight slant to spine, rubbed and a little creased at extrems., good,

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Book number: 43786

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

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Kinvig, Clifford,

DEATH RAILWAY.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1973, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 159pp, numerous half tone photo and line ills. and maps, pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', an account of the experiences of the Allied POW's in Japanese care on the Burma-Siam Railway, where 12,000 of them died due to illness and maltreatment, wrinkling to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light diag. creasing at cnrs., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43787

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 purnells history japan burma siam railway pow

Koenig, William J.,

OVER THE HUMP : AIRLIFT TO CHINA.

Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, maps, line ills. and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine series 'History of World War ll - Campaign Book', the story of the delivery of supplies from India by air to China that kept the Nationalist Chinese in the war against Japan 1942-45, and was valuable experience for the Berlin Airlift yet to come, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 43646

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 china pan ballantine

Leasor, James,

THE SEA WOLVES (previously titled Boarding Party).

Corgi, London, 1980, reprint, paperback, 239pp, film tie-in, coloured pictorial upper wrapper showing Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven from the Euan Lloyd film of the same name, an account of Operation Creek, the expedition by the territorial unit Calcutta Light Horse to cut out the German merchant vessels in neutral Goa which were supplying intelligence on Allied shipping to U-boats in the Indian ocean, rubbed at extrems., light creasing upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45701

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 navy independent command india goa war calcutta light horse

Lomax, Eric,

THE RAILWAY MAN.

Vintage, London, 1995, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [viii], 278pp, map in text, lettered and decorated upper wrapper, described by the Sunday Times as one of the most moving accounts to come out of the second world war, a story of innocence betrayed and punished by the ncruelty of which only humans are capable, and a story of survival and courage, the author was captured by the Japanese in Burma and put to work on the Burma Siam Railway where he was tortured by his captors, and fifty years later he met one of them again, edges tanned, faint crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 45810

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 army far east japan burma-siam railway

Lord, Walter,

DAY OF INFAMY.

Corgi, London, 1971, paperback, ix, 245pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [i] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, drawn from interviews, eye-witness accounts, offical reports and newspaper files, rubbed at extrems., some light vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41782

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 hawaii pearl harbor harbour navy nagumo

Lord, Walter,

DAY OF INFAMY.

Bantam, New York, 1963, reprint, paperback, 245pp, [i], 16pp photo ills. maps/plans in text, photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the attack by aircraft of the Japanese navy on the ships of the United States navy in their naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawai, roll and slant to spine, well rubbed at extrems., wrappers soiled, numerous light creases, edges tanned, etc., reading copy only,

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Book number: 44680

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: ww1 usa hawaii pearl harbor japan air attack usn

Lord, Walter,

MIDWAY; THE INCREDIBLE VICTORY.

Wordsworth Editions, ware, 2000, 1st in imprint, paperback, xviii, 331pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps/ddiagrams in text, large format (8.5 x 5.5 inches approx.) half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Battle of Midway, the turning point of the war in the Pacific, in which a Japanese invasion force planned to lure the US Navy's remaining aircraft carriers into a trap, unaware that their signals were being read which allowed the US Force to thwart the intended threat with devastating effect, faintly rubbed at extrems., a little bumped at tips, upper edge lightly foxed, good plus,

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Book number: 45234

Catalogue: WW2 - Far East and Pacific

Keywords: war ww2 navy pacific