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SAMARITAN OF THE ISLANDS: THE STORY OF REG BLANCHFORD M.B.E., G.M., O.STJ.
Written by Don Everitt.
Stock no. 1829125
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reg Blanchford was the Founder of Guernsey's Ambulance and Rescue Service. He appeared in This is your Life on TV and this book tells the full story of his unique achievements. Blue cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. 190 pages. Inscription in ink and rubber stamped address to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and worn, grubby to rear panel.

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MALTA CONVOYS 1940-1943
Written by Richard Woodman.
Stock no. 1829118
Published by John Murray (publishers) Ltd.. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the day Mussolini's Italy declared war on Britain in June 1940, the island of Malta was under siege. Its strategic importance was obvious to both sides, standing as it did in the central Mediterranean, athwart the supply route between Italy and the Axis armies in North Africa. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. xx and 532 pages including index. ISBN: 0719557534. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped/shelf-worn. Lengthy gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is creased & scuffed, small mark to rear panel.

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LIVING WITH THE WIRE: CIVILIAN INTERNMENT IN THE ISLE OF MAN DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Yvonne M. Cresswell.
Stock no. 1829116
Published by Manx National Heritage. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

How 25,000 men women and children coped with their internment behind barbed wire on the Isle of Man during the two World Wars. Staple-bound booklet. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 72 pages. ISBN: 0901106356. A lovely copy.

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COMMANDO DESPATCH RIDER: WITH 41 MARINES COMMANDO IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
Written by Raymond Mitchell.
Stock no. 1829045
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author served as a Despatch Rider (DR) with 41 Royal Marines Commando throughout the North-West Europe campaign. Fortunately, he considered his position in the military hierarchy as too low for the ban on keeping diaries to apply to him. As a result, this book is both an accurate and atmospheric record of one man's war seen from an unusual perspective. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 234 pages including index. ISBN: 085052797X. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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HITLER V HAVERING 1939-1945
Written by Peter Watt.
Stock no. 1829034
Published by Carlton Armitage Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

The bombing of East London during World War II. Researched and compiled by Peter Watt. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 190 pages including Roll of Honour of civilians. ISBN: 095240320X. Light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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SHORT SUNDERLAND (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1828978
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ths Short Sunderland was the largest aircraft used by RAF Coastal Command during World War Two. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263554. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed.

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THE ALEUTIAN WARRIORS PART 1
Written by John Haile Cloe.
Stock no. 1828977
Published by Air Force Association; Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. 1991. Very good condition.

A history of the 11th Air Force & Fleet Air Wing 4. The Aleutian Campaign occured during the early years of the second world war. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. viii and 344 pages including index. ISBN: 0929521358. Second printing. Front cover lightly bowed. Slight lean to spine. Spine is lightly faded. Contents clean.

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BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Jerry Scutts.
Stock no. 1328578
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1861266669. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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HAWKER TYPHOON, TEMPEST AND SEA FURY (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Kev Darling.
Stock no. 1328577
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full story of these important aircraft. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations plus a few colour. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861266200. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and sunned to spine.

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THE HAWKER HURRICANE
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 1328572
Published by Crecy Publishing Limited. 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. An illustrated history. ISBN: 0947554866. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Wrapper spine is slightly faded.

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FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT, UNITS AND SHIPS 1920 TO 1939
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Dick Cronin.
Stock no. 1828816
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed blue pictorial boards. B/w photos and colour illustrations. 432 pages. ISBN: 0851302718. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II: HISTORY AND INSIGNIA
Written by Maurer Maurer.
Stock no. 1828805
Published by Zenger Publishing Co. Inc.. 1980. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The United States Air Force Combat Groups in World War II. For each organisation there is information about insignia, lineage, operations, assignments, aircraft, components, stations, commanders, campaigns and decorations.Blue cloth boards, silvertitle to spine and vignettes to front. 506 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0892010924. Reprint. Light mottling to boards. Spine is concave (reading wear). Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, lightly faded to spine, browned and scuffed. A good reading copy.

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