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DESERT RAT SKETCH BOOK Written and illustrated by Clifford Saber with forwards by Tom Lea and Stephen Galatti. A 187 page hardback which is a pictorial record through paintings and sketches of the North African campaign. It primarily depicts life in the 8th Army Desert Rats. This is a first edition published in 1959 by The Sketchbook Press, New York that is complete with slip case. This is a beautiful book in near fine condition. £45.00
PETERBOROUGH CITY at WAR Volume One 1939 - 1941 by David Gray. A 189 page softback with photographs. A signed limited edition of 150 copies in mint condition and published by David Gray in 2008.
OPJB,The Last Great Secret of The Second World War (Martin Bormann) by Christopher Creighton. A 256 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1996 by Simon & Schuster and which both the book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £8.00
WAR, RESISTANCE AND INTELLIGENCE being essays in Honour of M. R. D. FOOT edited by K. G. Robertson. A 262 page hardback that is a first edition published by Leo Cooper in 1999. Both the book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £6.00
MANY A WATCHFUL NIGHT, The Wartime Experiences of John Mason Brown Lt. USNR A 219 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1944 by Whittlesey House and both book and dustjacket are in very good condition. £6.00
CAIRO IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945 by Artemis Cooper. A 370 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Hamish Hamilton and both book and dustjacket are in very good condition. £8.00
ALWAYS and ALWAYS - The Wartime Letters of Hugh and Margaret Williams edited by Kate Dunn ( signed by Kate Dunn) A 276 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1995 by John Murray and both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £6.00
BERLIN, THE DOWNFALL 1945 by Antony Beevor. A 490 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a tenth edition published in 2002 by Viking and both book and dustjacket are in fine condition. £10.00
FINEST HOUR, a book about the Events of 1940 by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig. A 418 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a fourth edition published in 1999 by Hodder & Stoughton and both book and dustjacket are in fine condition. £10.00
THE LAST ESCAPE - The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-1945 by John Nichol and Tony Rennell. A 471 page hardback with maps and photographs with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. This is a ninth edition published in 2002 by Viking. £10.00
RELENTLESS PURSUIT - The Story of Captain F. J. Walker, a U-boat Hunter and Destroyer by Commander D. E. G. Wemyss. A 128 page hardback with photographs. This book was published in 2003 by Wrens Park and both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £6.00
U-BOAT 977, The Boat That Escaped to Argentina by Heinz Schaeffer. A 160 page hardback with photographs. This book was published in 2003 by Wrens Park and both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £6.00
AND THE POLICEMAN SMILED - 10,000 children escape from Nazi Europe by Barry Turner. A 292 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1990 by Bloomsbury with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
MISCHLING, SECOND DEGREE - My childhood in Nazi Germany by Ilse Koehn. A 240 page hardback. This is a first edition published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £6.00
LINE OF LOST LIVES - Experiences with The Cambridgeshire Regiment by J. S. Cosford. A 202 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This is a sixth edition published in 1996 by Gryphon with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. A signed book by the author. £8.00
ROMMEL - In his own words edited by Dr. John Pimlott. A 192 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1994 by Greenhill with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
THE BANDITS OF CISTERNA - authors experiences with SOE in Italy by William Pickering. A 170 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1991 by Leo Cooper with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
AUSCHWITZ - The Nazis and The Final Solution by Laurence Rees. A 320 page hardback with photographs. This is a reprint published in 2005 by BBC Books with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £10.00
THE BATTLE FOR HONG KONG 1941 - 1945 by Oliver Lindsay. A 272 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a first edition published in 2005 by Spellmount with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £10.00
BLIND TO MISFORTUNE - A story of great courage in the face of adversity by Bill Griffiths( who lost both hands and eyes when a Japanes Prisoner of War). A 190 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Leo Cooper with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
PATHS OF DEATH AND GLORY - The Last Day’s of The Third Reich by Charles Whiting. A 210 page hardback with photographs. This is a first world edition published in 1997 by Severn House with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
ADOLF GALLAND a biography by David Baker. A 316 page hardback with photographs. The book was published in 1996 by Windrow & Greene with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £12.00
TANK - A history of the armoured fighting vehicle by Kenneth Macksey and John Batchelor. A 160 page hardback with photographs. This is a second edition published in 1973 by Macdonald with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
ARTILLERY by John Batchelor and Ian Hogg. A 159 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1972 by Macdonald with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
THE TERRITORIAL BATTALIONS 1859 - 1985 by Ray Westlake. A 256 page hardback with photographs and illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1986 by Spellmount with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. This is a signed copy by Ray Westlake. £12.00
ERNST JUNGER AND GERMANY, Into the Abyss 1914-1945 by Thomas Nevin. A 284 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Constable with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £12.00
THE PATH TO LEADERSHIP by Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein. A 256 page hardback with one photograph of the Field Marshal. This is a first edition published in 1961 by Collins with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
EL ALAMEIN to the RIVER SANGRO, a personal account of the Eighth Army’s campaign by Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein. a 132 page hardback with 17 maps. There is no date but was published by Hutchinson probably in thr 1950’s and both book and dustjacket are still in very good condition although there are some nicks in the dustjacket together with about an inch missing from the top of the spine jacket. £10.00
A HISTORY OF WARFARE by Montgomery of Alamein. A 584 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a fourth edition published in 1975 by Collins with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £15.00
SPEARHEAD FOR BLITZKRIEG, Luftwaffe Operations in support of the Army 1939-1945 by Paul Deichmann with an introduction by Alfred Price. A 159 hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1996 by Greenhill Books. £7.00
ARMOURED GUARDSMEN - a war diary, June 1944 to April 1945 by Robert Boscawen. A 232 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2001 by Leo Cooper with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
LEAKEY’S LUCK - a tank commander with nine lives by Rea Leakey with George Forty. A 158 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1999 by Sutton Publishing with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
PANZER BATTLES by Major General F. W. Von Mellenthin. A 315 page hardback with photographs. There is no date but this is a reprint of a book first published in 1955, this time by Tempus and except for a price clip both the book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £10.00
MARCHING TO THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE - North West Europe 1944 - 1945 by Patrick Delaforce. A 218 page hardback with maps and photographs. Published in 1999 by Wrens Park both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £7.00
EVA’S STORY - A survivor’s tale by the step sister of Anne Frank by Eva Schloss with Evelyn Julia Kent. A 224 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1988 by W. H. Allen with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
RENA’S PROMISE - The story of two sisters in Auschwitz by Rena Kornreich Gelissen with Heather Macadam. A 274 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1996 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH - Living outside the gates of Mauthausen by Gordon J. Horwitz. A 236 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1991 by I. B. Tauris with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
GESTAPO - Instrument of Tyranny by Edward Crankshaw. A 275 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1990 by Greenhill with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
SIEGFRIED - The Nazi’s Last Stand by Charles Whiting. A 268 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a first edition published in 1983 by Leo Cooper with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
DECEMBER 7th 1941 - the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor by Gordon W. Prange. A 493 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1988 by Harrap with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £12.00
SOE - The Special Operations Executive 1940 to 1946 by M. R. D. Foot. A 280 page hardback with photographs. This is first edition published in 1984 by The BBC with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £ 7.00
CAIRO IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945 by Artemis Cooper. A 370 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Hamish Hamilton with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
MISSION AND BETRAYAL 1940 - 1945, My Crusade for England by Rene De Chambrun. A 221 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1993 by Andre Deutsch with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £6.00
WAR GAMES - The Story of Sport in World War Two by Tony McCarthy. A 192 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Macdonald with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
TROUBLED LOYALTY - a biography of Adam von Trott by Christopher Sykes. A 477 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1969 by Collins with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
DUNKIRK - The necessary myth by Nicholas Harman. A 271 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1980 by Hodder & Stoughton with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £10.00
HITLERS GREATEST DEFEAT - The collapse of Army Group Centre 1944 by Paul Adair. A 192 page hardback with photographs. This is a reprint published in 1998 by Brockhampton with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
THE GLORY THAT IS GREECE - published in aid of the Greek Red Cross for relief and post war work by Hilda Hughes. A 200 page hardback with photographs. This is a second edition published in 1944 by Hutchinson with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £5.00
DANGER UXB - (WW2 Bomb Disposal) by M. J. Jappy. A 192 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2001 by Ch4 books with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
THE RIVER KWAI - two journeys, 1943 and 1979 by John Stewart. A 175 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1988 by Bloomsbury with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
IN ENEMY HANDS - revealing true stories behind wartime allied aircraft losses by Bryan Philpott. An 89 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Patrick Stephens with the book being in very good condition. £6.00
SWING THE LAMP JACK DUSTY - So I joined the Navy by Denis Sherringham. A 198 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1998 by Walton with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £6.00
FOCKE WULF 190 IN COMBAT by Alfred Price. A 192 page hardback with photographs. this is a first edition published in 1998 by Sutton with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £10.00
SILENT HEROES - the bravery and devotion of animals at war by Evelyn Le Chene. A 224 page hardback with photographs. This is a reprint published in 1995 by Souvenir Press. There is an inscription by a previous owner but both the book and dustjacket are still in very good condition. £7.00
IN HARMS WAY - A RNVR Officer at War 1940 to 1944 by Geoffrey Hobday. A 224 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1985 by The Imperial War Museum with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. Signed by the author. £7.00
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT - Project Invisibility by Charles Berlitz & William Moore. A 188 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1979 by Souvenir with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
OUT OF THE BLUE - the role of luck in air warfare 1917 to 1966 by Laddie Lucas. A 317 page hardback with illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1985 by Hutchinson with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY - unforgettable characters in air warfare 1939 to 1945 by Laddie Lucas. A 450 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Stanley Paul with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
MOUNTBATTEN and the men of The Kelly by William Pattinson. A 216 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1986 by Patrick Stephens. There is an inscription by a previous owner but the book and dustjacket is still in very good condition £12.00
TORPEDO LEADER by Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs. A 206 page hardback with photographs. This edition was published in 2002 by Wrens Park and both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £8.00
THE AVENGERS - A Jewish War Story by Rich Cohen. A 261 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2000 by Cape with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £8.00
THE OTHER SIDE OF TIME - A combat surgeon in WW2 by Brendan Phibbs. A 341 page hardback. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Hale with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £7.00
COUNTDOWN TO WAR - A personal memoir of Europe 1938 to 1940 by Geoffrey Cox. A 229 page hardback with photographs. This is a second edition published in 1988 by Kinber with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £7.00
ULTRA AT SEA by John Winton. A 212 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1988 by Leo Cooper with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £10.00
THE SMOKE AND THE FIRE - Myths and Anti Myths of War 1861 to 1945 by John Terraine. A 240 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1980 by Sidgwick & Jackson with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
THE LONGEST DAY - The D-Day Story by Cornelius Ryan. A 256 page hardback with photographs. This is an eleventh edition published in 1982 by Gollancz with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
FAMOUS FIGHTER ACES by Bryan Philpott. A 160 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Patrick Stephens with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933 to 1945 by Albert Seaton. A 310 page hardback with maps. This is a first edition published in 1982 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £7.00
MEMOIR OF A FASCIST CHILDHOOD - A boy in Mosley’s Britain by Trevor Grundy. A 203 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1998 by Heinemann with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
THE THIRD REICH, DAY by DAY by Christopher Ailsby. A 192 page hardback with photographs. Published in 2001 by Grange Books both book and dustjacket are in near fine condition. £8.00
CHURCHILLS PRIVATE ARMIES - British Special Forces in Europe 1939 to 1942 by Eric Morris. A 254 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1986 by Hutchinson with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
CHURCHILL AS WAR LEADER by Richard Lamb. A 400 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1991 by Bloomsbury with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £8.00
IKE AND MONTY - Generals at War by Norman Gelb. A 480 page hardback with photographs. This is a reprint published in 1994 by Constable with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
OUT OF THE BLUE - The role of luck in air warfare 1917 to 1966 by Laddie Lucas. A 317 page hardback with illustrations. This is a first edition published in 1985 by Hutchinson with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
A WORLD OVERTURNED - A Burmese Childhood 1933 to 1947 by Maureen Baird. A 180 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Constable with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £7.00
THE ORDER OF THE SS - A pictorial history by Frederic Reider. A 256 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1981 by Foulsham with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £8.00
EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STORIES by Ian Mclachlan and Russell J. Zorn. A 224 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1991 by Patrick Stephens with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £10.00
THE DESTRUCTION OF PQ17 by David Irving. A 314 page hardback with photographs. This is a revised edition published in 1980 by William Kimber with book in near fine condition and dustjacket in very good condition. £10.00
THE LATTER DAYS by Pat Reid. A 287 page hardback with illustrations. This edition published in 1984 by Chivers Press with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £6.00
SECRET AGENT - The True Story of The Special Operations Executive by David Stafford. A 254 page hardback with photographs. This is a reprint published in 2000 by the BBC with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £8.00
THE REICH INTRUDERS - RAF (2 Group RAF) Light Bomber raids in World War Two by Martin W. Bowman. A 256 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2005 by Pen & Sword with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £8.00
BLOOD MONEY - The Swiss, The Nazis and The Looted Billions by Tom Bower. A 412 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1997 by Macmillan with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £7.00
GOD IS MY PILOT by Colonel Robert L. Scott (USA Army Air Force). A 224 page hardback with photographs. This is a reprint published in 1944 by Hodder & Stoughton. A war economy book both book and dustjacket are still in very good condition. £6.00
HELL IN THE PACIFIC - From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima by Jonathan Lewis and Ben Steele. A 288 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 2001 by Channel 4 Books with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £6.00
THE SECRET HISTORY OF WORLD WAR TWO - The Ultra Secret Wartime Cables and Letters of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. A 242 page hardback. This is a first edition published in 1987 by W.H.Allen with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £6.00
WHY THE ALLIES WON by Richard Overy. A 396 page hardback with maps and photographs. This is a first edition published in 1996 by Norton with both book and dustjacket in near fine condition. £7.00
I WAS WRITING THIS FOR YOU SASHA by Hana Pravda. A 111 page hardback with photographs, map and illustrations. Published in 2000 by Day Books with both book and dustjacket is in near fine condition. £6.00
BLACK 41 - The West Point Class of 1941 and the American Triumph in WW2 by Bill Yenne. A 388 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1991 by John Wiley with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £7.00
VICTORIA CROSS HEROES by Michael Ashcroft. A 334 page hardback with photographs. This is a ninth edition published in 2006 by Headline Review with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £8.00
PRISONER OF DEATH - a gripping memoir of courage and survival under the Third Reich by Graham Palmer. A 215 page hardback with photographs. This is a first edition published in 1990 by Patrick Stephens with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £6.00
BLOOD, TEARS & FOLLY - In The Darkest Hour of The Second World War by Len Deighton. A 653 page hardback with photographs and maps. This is a first edition published in 1993 by Cape with both book and dustjacket in very good condition. £10.00
THE ARMS OF KRUPP 1587 to 1968 by William Manchester. A 1053 page hardback with photographs. This is a first UK edition published in 1969 by Michael Joseph with book in very good condition and dustjacket in good condition. £10.00
CHAMBERLAIN AND THE LOST PEACE by John Charmley. A 257 page hardback with illustrations and maps. This is a first edition published in 1989 by Hodder & Stoughton with both book and dustjacket in fine condition. £7.00
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