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GUNS OF THE REICH: FIREARMS OF THE GERMAN FORCES 1939-1945
Written by George Markham.
Stock no. 1816008
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A detailed and informative illustrated study tracing the rise of the modern German military machine and explaining the political, military and technological factors that influenced the production and development of these armaments. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 175 pages. ISBN: 0853689652.

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UNITED STATES NAVY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1911
Written by Gordon Swanborough; Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 1317352
Published by Putnam. 1st 1968. Fine condition.

Chapters on the designation systems used by the U.S. Navy, the colours and markings used on Naval aircraft and a specially-devised designation index providing an immediate cross reference to every designated Naval aircraft. Aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Marines are also fully covered. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0370000994. Minimal rubbing to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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MERCHANT AIRMEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610401
Published by HMSO. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. The Air Ministry account of British Civil Aviation 1939-1944. B/w photos. Covers scuffed, a little creasing and damage to spine.

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THE BRITISH FIGHTER SINCE 1912 SIXTY YEARS OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 1610387
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0370100492. Small sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded at spine, edge rubbed, and browned to rear panel.

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FIRST BLITZ
Written by Neil Hanson.
Stock no. 2124824
Published by Doubleday. Circa 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Secret German Plan to Raze London to the Ground in 1918. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780385611701. SIGNED by author to title page. 2nd printing. Covers have wrinkling. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with bookshop sticker to front panel.

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FLYING GHOSTS A TIME REMEMBERED
Written by Philip Makanna.
Stock no. 1610289
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Combat aircraft of World War II. ISBN: 0283985518. Inscription to front pastedown. Price-cut wrapper is torn at bottom corner of front panel.

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THE CHRONOLOGICAL ATLAS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Written by Charles Messenger.
Stock no. 1610286
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Over 200 maps. ISBN: 0025843915.

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THE FEW SUMMER 1940, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Written by Philip Kaplan; Richard Collier.
Stock no. 1610282
Published by Greenwich Editions. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed illustrated boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0862880831. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Rear panel of wrapper has some creasing.

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DOOLITTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS
Written by Carroll V. Glines.
Stock no. 1610257
Published by D. Van Nostrand. 1964. Almost very good condition.

Who with their '20-cent' bombsights and a billion dollars worth of courage, took off on a spectacular secret mission that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 447 pages includes index. Minor bumping and scuffing to corners and spine. Inscription to front pastedown. Front joint cracked.

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OPERATION BOLERO
Written by Ken Wakefield.
Stock no. 2124821
Published by Crecy Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The Americans in Bristol and the West Country 1942-45. ISBN: 0947554513. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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MOPPING UP! THE WAR, THROUGH THE EYES OF BOBBIE BURNS REGIMENTAL MASCOT
Written by Jack Munroe.
Stock no. 1815894
Published by Cef Books. 1st thus 2007. Fine condition.

An accurate portrayal of the life of a Canadian soldier, an original member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, 1914-1915. Bobbie Burns was Munroe's faithful companion, a collie whose devotion to his master would make any dog-owner envious. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781896979564.

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STRIKE COMMAND: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE RAF'S WARFARE HEROES
Written by John Parker.
Stock no. 1815882
Published by Headline. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

John Parker draws heavily on individual testimony in this compelling account of the development of the RAF from humble beginnings as an Army unit into the acclaimed state of readiness for immediate action in the twenty-first century. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0755310586. Light page browning of contents.

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