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GOOSEPOOL: THE HISTORY OF RAF AND RCAF MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE AND TEESSIDE AIRPORT
Written by Stanley D. Howes.
Stock no. 1826584
Published by Stanley Books. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. 365 pages. ISBN: 0954542703. Covers just a little scuffed and rubbed at edges. Fairly minor bump with creasing to front cover and prelims vertically from lower edge. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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SPITFIRES OVER SCOTLAND: 'FIRST BLOOD TO THE AUXILIARIES'
Written by Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1826578
Published by G C Books Ltd. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The Life of Squadron Leader Patrick Gifford DFC, and the shooting down of the first German aircraft in British airspace during the Second World War. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781872350448. Very heavy couple of diagonal creases to lower corner of front cover. Rear cover lightly scuffed and marked. Contents clean and uncreased.

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AVRO ANSON MKS I, II, IV & X
Written by Alan W. Hall; Eric Taylor.
Stock no. 1826571
Published by Almark Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A detailed and profusely illustrated record of one of the longest-lived and best known of Royal Air Force aircraft; this book deals with the early Marks of the Anson and includes civil variants, early operational types, and training and transport machines; foreign and Commonwealth service is included. Blue boards. B/w photos and three colour pages. 64 pages. ISBN: 0855240644. Spine browned. Text block ligthly browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily browned to spine, top of spine is worn and torn, a little grubby.

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MEMOIRS OF A FIGHTING CAPTAIN
Written by Admiral Lord Cochrane; Brian Vale.
Stock no. 1826497
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Vale. Cochrane was an inspired naval commander in the Napoleonic wars, a leading figure in the Radical movement but he was also guilty of making disastrous decisions on land and being pig-headed and vindictive and he used his memoirs to settle old scores. Colour illustrations. Dark blue cloth, with gilt title, border and vignette. 311 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase in almost fine condition.

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THE ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM
Written by Barbara W. Tuchman.
Stock no. 1826476
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

The decoding of the fateful telegram and the story of a momentous incident. Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w photos. A very nice copy containedi n publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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BAYERLEIN: THE DENAZIFICATION TRIAL OF ROMMEL'S CHIEF-OF-STAFF, AND PANZER LEHR DIVISION COMMANDER, GENERALLEUTNANT FRITZ BAYERLEIN
Written by P.A. Spayd; Nicole Insanally.
Stock no. 1826473
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The fourth and final book in the complete series on the life of Rommel's former Chief of Staff, and the commander of the elite Panzer Lehr Division, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein. This volume covers his trial by the Denaizfication Tribunal conducted in September 1947. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780764339547. A nice copy.

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FIELD MARSHAL VON MANSTEIN, A PORTRAIT: THE JANUS HEAD
Written by Marcel Stein; Gwyneth Fairbank.
Stock no. 1826466
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated by Stein, Edited by Fairbank. Feldmarschall Erich von Manstein was the most outstanding German high commander of the Second World War. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781906033026. Pictorial dustwrapper has a 2" closed tear to front panel center (no loss and difficult to spot immediately), lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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PANZERGRENADIER DIVISIONS OF THE WAFFEN-SS
Written by Rolf Michaelis.
Stock no. 1826465
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

A Schiffer Military History Book. A concise combat history of the six Waffen-SS panzergrenadier divisions in World War II. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9780764336607. Light rubbing to board corners. Contents fine.

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FUR VOLK AND FUHRER: THE MEMOIR OF A VETERAN OF THE 1ST SS PANZER DIVISION LEIBSTANDARTE SS ADOLF HITLER
Written by Erwin Bartmann; Derik Hammond.
Stock no. 1826464
Published by Helion & Company. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated and Edited by Derik Hammond. A candid eyewitness acount offering a unique and sometimes surprising perspective on the life of a young Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler volunteer. Matt pictorial boards. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 9781909384538. Reprint. Rear board scuffed else contents clean.

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TOMB OF THE PANZERWAFFE: THE DEFEAT OF THE 6TH SS PANZER ARMY IN HUNGARY 1945
Written by Alexei Isaev; Maksim Kolomiets.
Stock no. 1826463
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The major defeat suffered by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS is described and analyzed using data from both Soviet and German archives. Operation Spring Awakening and the preceding Konrad offensives. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781909982161. A nice copy.

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LAST VICTORY IN RUSSIA
Written by George M. Nipe.
Stock no. 1826462
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein's Kharkov Counteroffensive February - March 1943. Large format. Beige cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780764311864. Tiny nick in cloth to top front edge of board. Else a fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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BLOODY VIENNA: THE SOVIET OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN WESTERN HUNGARY AND AUSTRIA, MARCH - MAY 1945
Written by Kamen Nevenkin.
Stock no. 1826461
Published by Peko Publishing Kft.. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9786155583261. A nice copy.

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