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The Boys' Crusade : American G.I.s in Europe - Chaos and Fear in World War Two

By: Fussell, Paul"

Price: £6.50

Publisher: London, Phoenix: 2005

Seller ID: 023808

ISBN: 0753819767

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: As New

Reveals devastating examples of 'friendly fire', the hostility between the Americans and the French, the cover-up of appalling fiascos, the full extent of desertion and self-inflicted wounds, and the remarkable bravery of the medics. 184 pages including index. Next post dispatch."
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Camera at Sea, 1939-45

By: Gardiner R (Ed) Staff

Price: £17.50

Publisher: London, Conway Maritime Press: 1978

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 034214

ISBN: 0851771246

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A collection of photographs taken at sea during the Second World War, gathered from official, commercial and private sources, many of which are previously unpublished. A very good clean copy in price-clipped protected dustjacket. 192 pages. Slight tanning to page edges. Illustrated with 250 b.w. & 16 pages of full colour photographs. Prompt dispatch.
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Winston Churchill : The Wilderness Years

By: Gilbert, Martin

Price: £10.50

Publisher: Loggerheads, Nr. Market Drayton, Shropshire, Macmillan: 1981

Edition: TV Tie-in

Seller ID: 042238

ISBN: 0333325648

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Published in association with the ITV Series. Examines the ten remarkable years up to the Second World War during which Churchill remained alone and abused in the political wilderness. Clean, bright copy in a price-clipped d/w - 279 pages including index. Next post dispatch.
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Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War : 1945 to Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and The Iron Curtain

By: Gordon, Doug

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Pen & Sword Aviation: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 068219

ISBN: 1844153320

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Very Good

Describes how the U.S. Air Force tactical reconnaissance units operated from the end of the Second World War until the 1970s. Previous owner's small details to the blank ffep. Bright, glossy copy which appears unread. Some light bumping to corners. 317 pages including index and comprehensive appendices which include descriptions and first-hand opinions of all the aircraft types mentioned and the cameras and photographic techniques employed. Prompt dispatch. 068219.
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History : The Journal of the Historical Association - Volume 100 Issue 5 No 343 December 2015

By: Griffin, Emma, (Editor)

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Oxford, The Historical Accociation and Blackwell Publishing: 2015

Edition: Quarterly Edition

Seller ID: 063592

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Articles include: - A King of Jerusalem in England: The Visit of John of Brienne in 1223; The Bishops and the Duke of Buckingham, 1624-1626; History and the Making and Remaking of Wales; Preparing for a Future War: Pre-War Planning in the British Post Office, 1918-1939; Ukrainian in the German Armed Forces During the Second World War. Prompt dispatch.
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The Tumbling Sky

By: Halliday, Hugh A.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Stittsville, Canada, Canada's Wings: 1978

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 068267

ISBN: 092000203X

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Very Good

Well-researched work which serves as tribute to the contribution of Canadian fighter pilots in The Second World War. Clean, bright copy in a dustjacket showing lightest shelfwear with sunning to spine - 324 pages including an Index and a Glossary of Abbreviations in the Index. Prompt dispatch. 068267.
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Scapegoat!: Famous Courts Martial

By: Harris, John

Price: £8.50

Publisher: London, Psychic Press Ltd: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 060082

ISBN: 0727821032

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Good

Fascinating look at victims of military law abuse with documented accounts ranging from the mid-eighteenth century through to the Second World War, gathered from British, French and American military history. Some light sunning to page edges and the odd minor blemish else a good, clean copy in an unclipped d/w - 258 pages including bibliography. Prompt dispatch.
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The Day Fighters - German Fighters in World War 2

By: Held, Warner

Price: £27.50

Publisher: U.S.A., Schiffer Publications Ltd: 1991

Seller ID: 034239

ISBN: 0887403557

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Depicts in photographs the development of the German day fighter arm and its operations in the Second World War. A clean, crisp copy in unclipped jacket. Appears unread. Illustrated with b.w. photographs. 224 pages. Slight tanning to page edges. Next post UK dispatch
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Together We Stand: Britain, America and the War in North Africa, May 1942-May 1943

By: Holland, James A.; Webb, Julian

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, HarperCollins Entertainment: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 068773

ISBN: 0007176473

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Brings a new perspective and analysis to a critical period in the Second World War where the alliance of weary combatants of Britain and the naive newcomers of America came together for the first time in North Africa - an alliance that would eventually bring about the defeat of the Axis powers in the west. Slight tanning to page edges & else a very good clean hardback in unclipped jacket which shows signs of light shelfwear. 806 pages.
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Former Naval Person : Churchill and the Wars at Sea

By: Hough, Richard Alexander

Price: £10.50

Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson: 1985

Edition: First Edition - Second Impression

Seller ID: 056434

ISBN: 0297787063

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Very Good

An appraisal of Churchill's stormy association with the navy, and latterly with his remarkable friendship with Roosevelt which resulted in their momentous achievements during the Second World War. Clean, bright hardback in dustwrapper. 244 pages including index. Next post UK dispatch.
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The Fighting Man - The Soldier at War

By: Isemonger, Paul; Scott, Christopher

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 052925

ISBN: 0750914130

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Good clean hardback in dustjacket which shows signs of light shelfwear with rubbed patch to spine strip. 266 pages. Illustrated with b.w and colour photographs. The story of the soldier from the age of Napoleon to the end of the Second World War.
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Reflections of Prague: Journeys Through the 20th Century

By: Ivan Margolius

Price: £12.50

Publisher: London, John Wiley & Sons: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 066375

ISBN: 0470022191

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The story of the Margolius family who lived Prague during the most turbulet period of the twentieth century, from the turmoil of the First World, Nazi occupation of the Second World War, to the subsequent Soviet occupation and finally the democracy and freedom at the end of the 80's. Very good clean hardback in very good dustjacket. 318 pages including index. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Prompt dispatch.
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Withdrawal from Empire : A Military View

By: Jackson, W. G. F.

Price: £10.50

Publisher: London, Batsford: 1986

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 066199

ISBN: 0713444975

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Masterly survey with a prologue outlining the early accumulation of imperial riches, the luxury of Victorian and Edwardian evangelism and liberal morality, imperial growth in the first two decades of the century, the rise of new rivals for world power, the factors leading to the idea of the Commonwealth, and the cost of victory of the Second World War. Some faint sunning to page edges else a clean square hardback in a d/w - 285 pages including index. Prompt dispatch.
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Phillips Academy, Andover in World War II

By: James, Leonard F. (Editor)

Price: £82.50

Publisher: Massachussetts, Phillips Adademy: 1948

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 010894

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Attractively bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. 603pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Includes service details of those who attended the Phillips Academy and served in WW 2. Being sold with this copy are two letters from Leonard James (the editor) to Mr. Laurence W. Viney in England - the first letter dated Feb 6th 1947 refers to a photograph of Mr Viney's family that Leonard James wants to use in the book - the letter is signed and the photograph referred to was used in this book. The second letter from Leonard James dated May 5th 1947 refers to a citation, a package and a book e...
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Did You Survive the War ? : An 'Ordinary' Fighter Pilot's Story

By: Jarrold, C. W. 'Jerry'

Price: £17.50

Publisher: Raydon, Suffolk, Raydon Wings Ltd: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 064666

ISBN: 095522960X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Memories of faces and tragic events and comical interludes lie side by side in this typical taste of an 'ordinary' fighter pilot during The Second World War. Clean, square hardback in a d/w showing light shelfwear - 118 pages. Prompt dispatch.
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Withered Garland : Doubts and Reflections of a Bomber

By: Johnson, Peter, Jr.

Price: £27.50

Publisher: London, New European Publications Limited: 1996

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 046039

ISBN: 1872410049

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Autobiographical account of flying both pre-war and for Bomber Command during the second World War, describing his reactions and ultimate disillusion with the bombing campaign and also questioning a theory of war that terrorising the civilian populations into forcing their governments to surrender is the best way to win wars. A very good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. 344 pages + Ed Murrow's Broadcast, + index. Next post UK dispatch.
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Dancing in the Skies

By: Jonsson, Tony

Price: £22.50

Publisher: London, Grub Street Publishing: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 068147

ISBN: 1898697035

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Near Fine

Racy, exciting, informative and at times very funny account of the war career of the only Icelander to fly with the Royal Air Force during The Second World War. Previous owner's details neatly to the blank ffep else a clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w showing sunning to spine (see photo) - 227 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. 068147.
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1939-1945 War Planes

By: Kershaw, Andrew

Price: £10.50

Publisher: London, Phoebus Publishing:

Seller ID: 043733

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

The story of the warplanes of the Second World War covering the development of both the Allied and Axis aircraft, with various first-hand accounts of missions. A very good clean copy illustrated with b.w. and colour photographs and drawings. A Purnell's History of the World Wars Special.
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Geoffrey Keyes - SIGNED COPY

By: Keyes, Elizabeth

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, George Newnes: 1956

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 068441

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Good

SIGNED by the author with the inscription "Peter McIntyre with every good wish from his godmother Elizabeth Keyes - Christmas 1958" Fading to covers at edges else a good clean hardback. Map endpapers. 278 pages including index. Biography of the British Second World War soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, who at the time he was the youngest acting lieutenant colonel in the British Army. Written by his sister. Prompt dispatch.
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British Social Life in India, 1608-1937

By: Kincaid, Dennis

Price: £12.50

Publisher: London, Routledge & Kegan Paul: 1973

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 063617

ISBN: 0710072848

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Describes the ways in which the British lived in India from the early adventurous period of the East India Company until the days just before the outbreak of the second world war. Previous owners' names to ffep else a clean, square hardback in a price-clipped d/w showing some shelfwear & tear with sunning to spine - 344 pages including index. Prompt dispatch
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