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DOUBLE LIVES: STALIN, WILLI MUNZENBERG AND THE SEDUCTION OF THE INTELLECTUALS
Written by Stephen Koch.
Stock no. 1829804
Published by Harpercollins Publishers. 1st UK 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The secret tale of the twentieth century, a tale steeped in fanaticism, betrayal and the blood and dreams of the innocent and the guilty. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w photos. xii and 419 pages including index. ISBN: 0002555166. Light shelf wear to base of spine. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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THE GAME OF WAR: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF GUY DEBORD
Written by Andrew Hussey.
Stock no. 1829802
Published by Pimlico. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

An appraisal of a lone and defiant figure whose story follows and, at one historic moment in 1968, appears to lead the drift of art and politics in post-war Paris. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. x and 420 pages including index. ISBN: 0712673741. Light browning to top edge of front cover. Rear cover slightly scuffed. Text block browned and a little grubby. Page browning. Else contents clean.

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THE MAKING OF A NAZI HERO: THE MURDER AND MYTH OF HORST WESSEL
Written by Daniel Siemens; David Burnett.
Stock no. 1829796
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Originally published in German in 2009. This is the English translation, translated by David Burnett. Horst Wessel, was a young and ambitious member of the SA, shot point-blank at his home in Berlin in 1930. This is an account of the background to Horst Wessel's murder, uncovering how and why the Nazis made him a political hero. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 316 pages including index. ISBN: 9781780760773. A lovely copy!

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CASTLE CLASS CORVETTES
Written by Norman Goodwin; Steve Bush.
Stock no. 1329458
Published by Maritime Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An Account of the Service of the Ships and of their Ships' Companies. Heavy format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 530 pages. ISBN: 9781904459279. Top corner tips of covers and wrapper corners slightly bumped. Else a fine copy which looks unread.

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DREADNOUGHT GUNNERY AND THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND: THE QUESTION OF FIRE CONTROL
Written by John Brooks.
Stock no. 1829703
Published by Routledge. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Cass Series: Naval Policy and History. Digitally printed. New and revisionist accounts of the Dreyer/Pollen controversy, and of the gunnery at Jutland. Cardwraps. xiv and 321 pages including index. ISBN: 9780415407885. A lovely, clean copy.

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THE JACKDAW OF LINZ: THE STORY OF HITLER'S ART THEFTS
Written by David Roxan; Ken Wanstall.
Stock no. 1329367
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published by Cassell in 1964. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 195 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 0856172669. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned.

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FORGOTTEN HEROES: THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
Written by Roy Dutton.
Stock no. 1829636
Published by InfoDial Ltd. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

First hand accounts of the men who took part in the heoric and tragic Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava on the 25th October 1854. Set within an unrelenting and cruel military campaign, where many would perish, unravelling the myths to find many of the missing Chargers. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 417 pages. A physical print-on-demand copy (Lightning Source UK Ltd). ISBN: 9780955655401. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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FORGOTTEN HEROES: THE CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE
Written by Roy Dutton.
Stock no. 1829622
Published by InfoDial Ltd. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava on the 25th October 1854, is one of the most neglected events in the annals of British military history. Set within an unrelenting and cruel military campaign, where many would perish, and against all odds they attacked a Russian force which outnumbered them 5:1. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 374 pages. A physical print-on-demand copy (Lightning Source UK Ltd). ISBN: 9780955655425. A lovely copy, minor knock to lower edge of boards.

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ENVER HOXHA: THE IRON FIST OF ALBANIA
Written by Blendi Fevziu; Robert Elsie.
Stock no. 1829609
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A biography of Enver Hoxha, Albanian dictator and tyrannical ruler, from his birth in Gjirokastra in southern Albania, then still under Ottoman rule, to his death in 1985 at the age of 76. Edited and introduced by Robert Elsie. Black paper boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 300 pages including index. ISBN: 9781784534851. A lovely copy, pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed.

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THE PARTISANS OF EUROPE IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Kenneth Macksey.
Stock no. 1829605
Published by Granada Publishering Limited. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book takes a long, cool look at the development of partisan and guerrilla warfare throughout Europe during the Second World War. Black cloth spine with gilt title, yellow sides. B/w photos. 271 pages including index. ISBN: 0246105747. Front board a little grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed, author name to spine is faded from red to pink.

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CULTURE IN NAZI GERMANY
Written by Michael H. Kater.
Stock no. 1829594
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The definitive history of culture in the Third Reich. Culture was for the Nazis a tool of propaganda, a way to intimidate or encourage people - and it was surprisingly essential to the running of the Third Reich. White cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. xviii and 453 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300211412. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed, small knock to lower edge of front board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is just a little grubby and is worn across top edge.

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DIGGING FOR HITLER: THE NAZI ARCHAEOLOGISTS SEARCH FOR AN ARYAN PAST
Written by David Barrowclough.
Stock no. 1829538
Published by Fonthill Media Limited. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A deep evaluation of the practices and beliefs of the SS-Ahnenerbe and similar Nazi groups, revealing the myriad frauds committed by individuals seeking a moral justification for categorically indefensible acts. A gripping journey into the warped minds within the Third Reich, stratching from the mythical lost world of Atlantis to the mountains of Tibet. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781555002. A lovely copy.

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