FAIREY SWORDFISH 1934-45 (ALL MARKS) (OWNER'S WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Jim Humberstone.
Stock no. 1829591
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

An insight into the history, development, production and role of the Second World War biplane torpedo bomber. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 156 pages including index. ISBN: 9780857333629. Grubby mark to front cover produced by a label which has been removed. Else a lovely copy.

Buy now for £22.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THOSE WHO DARED: A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WORLD WAR II ALLIED ESCAPERS
Written by G.A. Brown.
Stock no. 1829590
Published by Batteline Books. 1983. Very good condition.

When a member of the armed forces is captured by an enemy in time of war, it is his personal duty to escape. This book is a list of all those Allied escapers of World War II. Large format. Pale blue cardwraps. 331 pages plus index. SIGNED by the author and compiler at base of introduction. Covers are a little grubby and faded. Corners creased. Previous owner's gold address label to top of introduction page. Text block grubby. Crease to lower corner of contents page 163-178. Contents are clean.

Buy now for £20.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE HISTORY OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT 1919-1952
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1829578
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Battalions of The Duke of Wellington's Regiment have taken part in war and battle in many lands; but never with greater distinction than in the campaigns of the Second World War. This book is the story of Regular and Territorial Battalions in the years between the wars (1919-1939), and of all active Battalions of the Regiment during the Second World War. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. Colour frontis and folding maps. xxi and 398 pages including index. Small marks to rear board. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is edge-worn, faded to spine and scuffed to rear panel.

Buy now for £30.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

CHARLES A. LINDBERGH AND THE BATTLE AGAINST AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Wayne S. Cole.
Stock no. 1829561
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.. Circa 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In the "Great Debate" before Pearl Harbor, Charles A. Lindbergh was the leading opponent of American entry in to World War II. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 298 pages. ISBN: 0151181683. 2nd printing. Minor foxing to text block. Content clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and scuffed.

Buy now for £14.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

DRIVEN PATRIOT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES FORRESTAL
Written by Townsend Hoopes; Douglas Brinkley.
Stock no. 1829559
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Bluejacket Books. A haunting portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the mid-twentieth century. Forrestal forged a career that took him from his working-class origins to the social and financial stratosphere of Wall Street, and from there to policy making in Washington. This absorbing study not only takes an understanding look at this complicated man but presents an authoritative history of the tumultuous years of America's rise to world primacy. Blue cardwraps. A few b/w photos. xvi and 587 pages including index. ISBN: 1557503346. Covers lightly scuffed. Small stain to top edge of text block and a few margins. Contents clean.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

ACCIDENTAL AGENT
Written by John Goldsmith.
Stock no. 1829555
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A true and exciting story of SOE. After several unsuccessful attempts to offer his services to his country, Goldsmith found himself, quite by accident, in the sinister and romantic world of espionage. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850520371. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, lightly faded to spine, foxing to verso.

Buy now for £24.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

GREEK ENTANGLEMENT
Written by E.C.W. Myers.
Stock no. 1829547
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition.

The story of the author's experiences in enemy-occupied Greece in 1942 and 1943, of the bearing of contemporary events upon the Greek war of resistance and, in particular, upon the outbreak of civil war in December 1944. Originally published in 1955 when much material was classified, this paperback edition has been revised and includes many more photographs from the author's collection. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 300 pages including index. ISBN: 0862992125. Covers are creased and faded to spine. Foxing to top edge of text block. Last few pages have light crease at top corner. Contents clean.

Buy now for £28.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

TEN MINUTES TO BUFFALO: THE STORY OF GERMANY'S GREAT ESCAPER
Written by Ulrich Steinhilper; Peter Osborne.
Stock no. 1829543
Published by Independent Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Having fought throughout the Battle of Britain, Ulrich Steinhilper was shot down as he flew his Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 on a bomber escort duty. So it was in late October 1940 Ulrich was to begin a phase of his life which would stretch him to the limit of physical endurance and to the edge of insanity. He was to become a prisoner of war, but he was not a man to embrace something as alien as imprisonment lightly and so he was to dedicate himself to the idea of escape... Blaqck cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 432 pages. ISBN: 1872836011. SIGNED by the author to bookplate on front endpaper. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly scuffed to rear panel.

Buy now for £26.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE HIROSHIMA PILOT
Written by William Bradford Huie.
Stock no. 1829525
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Claude Eatherly was the pilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Since then, he has been almost constantly under psychiatric care. He is said to have blamed himself for "killing 100,000 innocent people", and to have sought punishment by committing a series of bizarre crimes. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 299 pages. Foxing to text block and prelims, endpapers lightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with slight loss, and scuffed.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

"IT CAN NOW BE REVEALED"
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829460
Published by British Railways. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

More about British Railways in peace and war. White card wraps. Staple-bound booklet. B/w photos. 64 pages. White card covers are grubby. Contents clean.

Buy now for £12.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

THE NAZI TITANIC: THE INCREDIBLE UNTOLD STORY OF A DOOMED SHIP IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Robert P. Watson.
Stock no. 1829441
Published by Da Capo Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The little-known story of the most intriguing ship ever to set sail. Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When the Nazis seized control in Germany, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks, and troop transport... Black spine with grey title, red boards. B/w photos. xi and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 9780306824890. Small imperfection to red paper covering front board which was created during the binding process. Else a lovely copy. Red pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

Buy now for £15.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List

HITLER AT HOME
Written by Despina Stratigakos.
Stock no. 1829440
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Adolf Hitler's makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes the dictator's preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the aesthetic and idealogical management of his domestic architecture. A rare glimpse into the decisions involved in the making of Hitler's homes and into the sheer power of the propaganda that influenced how the world saw him. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & a few colour illustrations. x and 373 pages. ISBN: 9780300183818. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.

Buy now for £32.00 In basket » checkout Enquire about this book Enquire Add to Wish List