Wartime fiction & non-fiction paperback books for sale
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ARMOURED WARFARE (The Development and Role of Armoured Fighting Vehicles) by Stephen Brooks . . . Imperial War Museum 1980 (Illus., 64pp) VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 ASSAULT FROM THE SKY: THE HISTORY OF AIRBORNE WARFARE by John Weeks . . . David & Charles 1988 (Illus.) VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 BATTLEFIELDS IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, Discovering by John Kinross . . . Shire N/D VIEW IMAGES VG £4.50 BATTLES OF THE '45 by Katherine Tomasson & Francis Buist . . . Pan 1967 (Illus.) VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 BATTLES OF THE CRIMEAN WAR by W.Baring Pemberton . . . Pan 1968 (Illus.) VIEW IMAGES VG £4.00 CONVOY. The Battle for Convoys SC.122 and HX.229 by Martin Middlebrook . . . Penguin rpt.N/D (Photos, 378pp) VIEW IMAGES Good+ £5.75 DOWN THE DRINK by Ralph Barker . . . Pan 1958 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES Good £3.75 DUNKIRK. The Storms of War by John Harris . . . David & Charles 1988 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 ELITE FORCES, The World's by Bruce Quarrie . . . Hamlyn rpt.1995 VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 EYEWITNESS HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II: BLITZKREIG/ SIEGE/ COUNTERATTACK/ VICTORY Various . . . Bantam (US) N/D (Photos) VIEW IMAGES four VG books in slipcase with scuff-mark £7.75 FULL CIRCLE by Air Vice-Marshal J.E.'Johnnie' Johnson C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C. . . . Pan rpt.1968 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES spine discoloured, VG £4.75 GALLIPOLI by Alan Moorehead . . . Arrow 1959 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES Good+ £3.75 GESTAPO: The History of the German Secret Service by Philip St.C.Walton-Kerr . . . Senate rpt.N/D VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 LETTERS FROM A FLYING OFFICER by Rothesay Stuart Wortley . . . Alan Sutton 19?? (Photos) VIEW IMAGES lacks titlepages, VG £4.00 MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN. Volume 1. El Alamein to the River Sangro Montgomery of Alamein . . .Corgi 1974 (Photos, Maps) VG £3.75 MOUNTBATTEN, Fifty Years with by Charles Smith . . .Hamlyn 1981 (Illus.) VG £3.75 NELSON'S BATTLES by Oliver Warner . . . Pen & Sword 2003 (Illus.) VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 POCKET BATTLESHIP by Theodor Krancke & H.J.Brennecke . . . Tandem 1975 VIEW IMAGES Fair £3.75 REAR GUNNER PATHFINDERS by Ron Smith . . . Goodall 1987 VG £3.75 SAS AND ELITE FORCES, True Stories from the Edited by Jon E.Lewis . . . Parragon 1995 VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 SINK THE TIRPITZ! by Leonce Peillard . . . Mayflower 1975 (Photos, 348pp) VIEW IMAGES VG £4.75 STRIKE HARD, STRIKE SURE by Ralph Barker . . . Pan rpt.1970 VIEW IMAGES numbered inside, VG £3.75 The AIR WAR 1939-1945 by R.J.Overy . . . Papermac 1980 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES VG £4.00 The BATTLE FOR NORMANDY by Eversley Belfield & H.Essame . . . Pan 1967 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 The DAMBUSTERS RAID by John Sweetman . . . Cassell 1999 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES VG £4.00 The FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-18 by John Terraine . . . Papermac 1984 VG £3.75 The INDIAN MUTINY by John Harris . . . Wordsworth 2001 (Large format, Illus.) VG £4.75 The LAST ENEMY by Richard Hillary . . . Pan rpt.1975 VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 The LAST FLIGHT OF THE LUFTWAFFE. The suicide attack on the Eighth Air Force, 7 April 1945 by Adrian Weir . . .Cassell 1997 VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 The LAST VOYAGE OF THE GRAF SPEE by Michael Powell . . . NEL 1973 VIEW IMAGES Good £3.75 The LOST COMMAND by Alastair Revie . . . Corgi 1972 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES foxing inside, o/w VG £4.00 The LUFTWAFFE: A HISTORY by John Killen . . . Pen & Sword 2003 (Illus., 310pp) VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 The RAIDERS: THE WORLD'S ELITE STRIKE FORCES by Richard Garrett . . . David & Charles 1988 (Illus.) VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 The SANDS OF DUNKIRK by Richard Collier . . . Fontana 1965 (Photos) VIEW IMAGES VG £4.00 The SONGS AND BALLADS OF WORLD WAR II by Martin Page . . .Panther 1975 VIEW IMAGES VG £3.75 The UNSEEN EYE by Air Commodore G.Millington, C.B.E., D.F.C. . . . Panther rpt.1968 VIEW IMAGES VG £4.00 The ZEPPELIN STORY by Thor Nielsen . . . Panther 1957 VIEW IMAGES VG £4.00 TOJO: THE LAST BANZAI by Courtney Browne . . . Corgi 1969 VIEW IMAGES foxing inside, Good £4.00 TOTAL WAR. Causes and Courses of the Second World War by Peter Calvocoressi & Guy Wint . . . Pelican 1974 (Illus., 964pp) VIEW IMAGES name inside, VG £4.75 WEAPONS by Russell Warren Howe . . . Abacus 1981 (800pp) VIEW IMAGES VG £4.75 _
Albany, James . SAS #1: WARRIOR CASTE . . . Pan 1982 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . SAS #2: MAILED FIST . . . Pan 1982 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Austin, Richard . THE GUARDIANS: ARMAGEDDON RUN . . . Pan 1990 View / Buy . VG . £5.00
. . THE GUARDIANS: DESOLATION ROAD . . . Pan 1991 View / Buy . VG . £5.00
. . THE GUARDIANS: TRIAL BY FIRE . . . Pan 1990 View / Buy . Good+ . £3.75 Baker, W.Howard . DESTINATION DIEPPE . . . Zenith N/D View / Buy . initialed inside, VG . £3.75 Barker, Ralph . THE THOUSAND PLAN . . . Pan 1967 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Baynes, L.L. . THE OTHER SIDE OF TENKO . . . Star 1985 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Bennett, Air Vice-Marshal D.C.T. . PATHFINDER . . . Sphere 1972 View / Buy . name inside, VG . £4.50 Bennett, W.R. . SKYBOLT . . . Horwitz (AUS) 1966 View / Buy . Fair . £5.00 Bishop, Edward . THE GUINEA PIG CLUB . . . NEL rpt.1973 (Photos) View / Buy . name inside, VG . £3.75 Biss, Andre . A MILLION JEWS TO SAVE . . . NEL 1975 View / Buy . name inside, VG . £3.75 Blond, Georges . VERDUN . . . Mayflower 1967 View / Buy . Good . £4.00 Bowlby, Alex . THE RECOLLECTION OF RIFLEMAN BOWLBY. Italy 1944 . . . Corgi 1971 View / Buy . VG . £4.50 Braddon, Russell . WOMAN IN ARMS . . . Armada 1989 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
Carew, Tim . THE KOREAN WAR . . . Pan 1970 (Illus.) View / Buy . VG . £5.75 Churchill, Randolph S. & Churchill, Winston S. . THE SIX DAY WAR . . . Heinemann 1967 View / Buy . Fair . £3.75 Congdon, Don (Edits) . COMBAT: THE WAR WITH GERMANY . . . Dell (US) rpt.1963 (382pp) View / Buy . VG . £4.75 Coonts, Stephen (edits and introduces) . COMBAT . . . Orion 2001 (Large format, 765pp) . VG . £4.75 Corder, Eric . THE LONG TATTOO . . . Star 1974 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Davison, Geoffrey . THE FALLEN EAGLES . . . NEL 1972 View / Buy . bookseller stamp mark inside, VG . £5.00 Dibner, Martin . THE ADMIRAL . . . Corgi 1969 (438pp) View / Buy . VG . £4.75
. . THE DEEP SIX . . . Corgi 1970 View / Buy . VG . £4.75 Dominy, John . THE SERGEANT ESCAPERS . . . Coronet 1976 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £4.50 Drummond, John D. . H.M. U-BOAT . . . Tattoo 1977 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Dugan, James & Stewart, Carroll . PLOESTI . . . Four Square 1966 (Photos) View / Buy . stain to page-ends, Good . £5.00 Durnford-Slater, Brigadier . COMMANDO . . . Star 1975 View / Buy . name inside, VG . £3.75 Elwyn, John . AT THE FIFTH ATTEMPT . . . Arrow 1988 View / Buy . VG . £4.00 Farrar-Hockley, A.H. . THE SOMME . . . Pan rpt.1971 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Firbank, Thomas . I-BOUGHT A STAR . . . Panther 1956 View / Buy . VG . £7.75 Foot, M.R.D. . SOE. THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE 1940-46 . . . Mandarin 1990 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £4.75 Fraser-Smith, Charles . FOUR THOUSAND YEAR WAR . . . Paternoster Press 1992 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Gallagher, Thomas . AGAINST ALL ODDS . . . Pan 1973 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Goodwin, R.B. . HONG KONG ESCAPE . . . Dragon rpt.1956 View / Buy . VG . £6.75 Green, Howard . GREAT MILITARY BATTLES . . . NEL 1974 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
Haldeman, Joe . 1968 . . . NEL 1985 (382pp) View / Buy . VG . £4.75 Hargest, Brigadier James . FAREWELL CAMPO 12 . . . Ace 1957 View / Buy . VG . £8.75 Harris, John . THE FOX FROM HIS LAIR . . . Arrow 1979 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Hassel, Sven . COMRADES OF WAR . . . Corgi rpt.1975 (316pp) View / Buy . VG . £4.75 Helm, Eric . VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - P.O.W. . . . Gold Medal rpt.1987 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - THE KIT CARSON SCOUT . . . Gold Eagle rpt.1988 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Hibbert, Christopher . CORUNNA . . . Pan 1967 (Illus.) View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Holden, Matthew . SQUADRON 6: MASSACRE AT FALAISE . . . Sphere 1981 View / Buy . VG . £4.50 Humble, Richard . HITLER'S GENERALS . . . Panther 1976 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £5.00 Johnson, J.E. 'Johnnie' . FULL CIRCLE. The story of air fighting 1914-1953 . . . Pan 1968 (Photos, 302pp) View / Buy . VG . £3.75
Kelly, Private . PRIVATE KELLY . . . World 1957 View / Buy . VG . £5.00 Kessler, Leo . BLOOD MISSION / CLAWS OF STEEL . . . Pan 1998 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . BREAKTHROUGH . . . Futura 1979 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . FIRE OVER KABUL . . . Futura 1982 View / Buy . unread, VG . £3.75
. . FORCED MARCH . . . Futura rpt.1981 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . HAMMER OF THE GODS . . . Futura rpt.1985 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . HELLFIRE . . . Futura rpt.1985 View / Buy . VG . £4.50
. . HIMMLER'S GOLD . . . Futura 1980 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . 'MARCH OR DIE' . . . Futura 1985 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . MASSACRE . . . Futura 1979 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . OTTO AND THE HIMMLER LOVE LETTERS . . . Futura 1984 View / Buy . VG . £4.00
. . OTTO AND THE REDS . . . Futura 1982 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . OTTO AND THE SS . . . Futura 1983 View / Buy . faint corner-crease to rear-cover, VG . £3.75
. . OTTO'S PHONEY WAR . . . Futura 1981 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . RED ASSAULT . . . Futura 1979 View / Buy . VG . £4.00
. . SLAUGHTER AT SALERNO . . . Futura 1985 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . STORM TROOP . . . Futura 1977 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . STUKA SQUADRON 4: BLOOD MISSION . . . Corgi 1984 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . SUBMARINE 2: OPERATION DEATH WATCH . . . Futura 1986 View / Buy . writing to half-titlepage, Good . £3.75
. . SUBMARINE 3: CONVOY TO CATASTROPHE . . . Futura 1986 View / Buy . unread, VG . £3.75
. . SUBMARINE 4: FIRE IN THE WEST . . . Futura 1986 View / Buy . unread, VG . £4.00
. . SUBMARINE 5: FLIGHT TO THE REICH . . . Futura 1987 View / Buy . lacks half-titlepage, nrVG . £3.75
. . THE BATTLE OF THE RUHR POCKET. The Greatest Blunder of WWII (non-fiction) . . . Mandarin 1990 View / Buy . VG . £4.00
. . THE IRON FIST. A History of the SS Panzer Divisions . . . Futura 1977 View / Buy . Good . £3.75
. . THE SAND PANTHERS . . . Futura rpt.1985 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . THE SEA WOLVES 1: SINK THE SCHARNHORST! . . . Futura 1981 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . THE SEA WOLVES 2: DEATH TO THE DEUTSCHLAND . . . Futura 1982 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
Kirst, H.H. . A TIME FOR PAYMENT . . . Fontana 1977 View / Buy . corner crease, o/w VG . £9.50
. . A TIME FOR SCANDAL . . . Fontana 1975 View / Buy . VG . £5.75
. . BROTHERS IN ARMS . . . Fontana 1967 . Good . £5.75
. . CAMP 7 LAST STOP . . . Fontana rpt.1973 View / Buy . loss to half-titlepage/crease to rear-cover, Good . £5.75
. . HEROES FOR SALE . . . Fontana 1983 View / Buy . VG . £6.75
. . OFFICER FACTORY . . . Fontana rpt.1968 (574pp) View / Buy . Fair . £4.75
. . THE AFFAIRS OF THE GENERALS . . . Fontana 1979 View / Buy . scuffed cover, Good . £5.00
. . THE RETURN OF GUNNER ASCH . . . Fontana rpt.1967 View / Buy . nrVG . £5.75
. . UNDERCOVER MAN . . . Fontana rpt.1972 View / Buy . marks to spine, VG . £3.75
. . WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE? . . . Fontana 1973 View / Buy . VG . £7.50 Konsalik, Heinz . STRIKE FORCE TEN . . . Charter (US) 1984 (316pp) View / Buy . VG . £5.00
. . THE LAST CARPATHIAN WOLF . . . Tattoo 1978 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . THE SKIES OVER KAZAKSTAN . . . Tattoo 1978 View / Buy . VG . £4.00
Lanchbery, Edward . AGAINST THE SUN . . . Pan 1957 View / Buy . Good . £4.50 Leasor, James . FOLLOW THE DRUM . . . Pan 1974 View / Buy . name inside cover, Good+ . £4.75
. . X-TROOP . . . Corgi 1982 View / Buy . VG . £5.00 Lech, Raymond B. . ALL THE DROWNED SAILORS. (The sinking of the Indianapolis) . . . Stein & Day (US) 1984 (Photos, 304pp) View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Leggett, Eric . THE CORFU INCIDENT . . . NEL 1976 View / Buy . name inside cover, VG . £6.75 Lewis, Jack (Edits) . DATELINE: VIETNAM . . . Challenge (US) 1966 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Liddell Hart, B.H. . HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR . . . Papermac rpt.N/D (504pp) . VG . £4.75 Lund, Paul & Ludlam, Harry . PG17 - CONVOY TO HELL . . . NEL rpt.1970 View / Buy . bookseller stamp mark inside, VG . £5.00 Macdonnell, J.E. . COMMANDER BRADY . . . Corgi reis.1971 View / Buy . Good+ . £3.75
. . EXECUTE! . . . Horwitz (AUS) rpt.1984 View / Buy . VG . £5.00
. . FULL FATHOM FIVE . . . Ace 1983 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . KILLER SHIP . . . Horwitz (AUS) 1970 View / Buy . Good+ . £5.00
. . REPEL BOARDERS . . . Horwitz (AUS) rpt.1967 View / Buy . price-mark on cover, VG . £5.00
. . THE RECOMMEND . . . Horwitz (AUS) 1971 View / Buy . crease-mark to cover, o/w VG . £7.75 Martin, L.R. . THEY WHO TRESPASS . . . Trojan N/D View / Buy . Good+ . £4.00 Masters, Anthony . THE MAN WHO WAS M. The life of Maxwell Knight . . . Grafton 1986 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £4.00 McCann, Hugh Wray . UTMOST FISH . . . Panther rpt.1972 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 McCurtin, Peter . GUNS OF PALEMBANG . . . NEL 1978 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 McKee, Alexander . DRESDEN 1945 . . . Granada 1983 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Mee, Charles L. . MEETING AT POTSDAM . . . Corgi 1976 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £4.00 Melchior, Ib . SLEEPING AGENT . . . Coronet 1978 . VG . £3.75 Murray, William . ATLANTIC RENDEZVOUS . . . Futura 1975 View / Buy . foxing inside, VG . £4.00 Mussolini, Vittorio . MUSSOLINI. The tragic women in his life . . . NEL 1975 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
Neave, Airey . LITTLE CYCLONE . . . Coronet rpt.1980 View / Buy . Good . £3.75 Owen, Frank . THE FALL OF SINGAPORE . . . Pan rpt.1967 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Raymond, Patrick . THE WHITE WAR . . . Pan 1981 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Reid, Miles . LAST ON THE LIST . . . NEL 1975 View / Buy . bookseller stamp marks inside, VG . £4.00 Reid, P.R. . THE LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ (TV tie-in) . . . Coronet rpt.1972 View / Buy . inscription inside, Good . £3.75 (P.R.Reid edits) . MY FAVOURITE ESCAPE STORIES . . . Beaver rpt.1983 View / Buy . Good . £4.50 Reynolds, Quentin . THEY FOUGHT FOR THE SKY . . . Pan rpt.1974 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £5.75 Rothberg, Abraham . EYEWITNESS HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II: SIEGE . . . Bantam (US) reis.1966 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £3.75
Simpson, Colin . LUSITANIA . . . Penguin rpt.1983 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Sims, Edward H. . THE GREATEST ACES (A study of fighter forces in WW II) . . . Ballantine (US) N/D (Photos 300pp) View / Buy . VG . £5.75 Smith, Frederick E. . 633 SQUADRON: OPERATION CRUCIBLE . . . Corgi 1978 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . 633 SQUADRON: OPERATION RHINE MAIDEN . . . Cassell 2004 View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . 633 SQUADRON: OPERATION TITAN . . . Corgi (INSCRIBED by author) 1982 View / Buy . unread, VG . £3.75
. . 633 SQUADRON: OPERATION VALKYRIE . . . Corgi 1979 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Smith, Peter C. . THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY . . . NEL 1976 (Photos) View / Buy . lacks half-titlepage, VG . £3.75 Strawson, John . EL ALAMEIN: DESERT VICTORY . . . Sphere rpt.1984 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £3.75
Tarrant, John . THE ROMMEL PLOT . . . Futura rpt.1979 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Taylor, Geoff . PIECE OF CAKE . . . Beacon 1957 View / Buy . VG . £6.00 Terraine, John . . MONS . . . Pan 1972 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Thompson, Walter . LANCASTER TO BERLIN . . . Goodall 1985 View / Buy . VG . £4.00 Tree, Cherry (Cherry Tree Books) . 172: The Sunday Times Diary of the War THE SIXTH 6 MONTHS . . . Cherry Tree N/D View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . 180: The Sunday Times Diary of the War THE SEVENTH 6 MONTHS . . . Cherry Tree N/D View / Buy . nrVG . £3.75 Wallace, Walter . ESCAPE FROM HELL . . . WDL 1959 View / Buy . page-edge browing, Good . £10.75 Weissberg, Alex . ADVOCATE FOR THE DEAD . . . Four Square rpt.1960 View / Buy . VG . £4.00 Westheimer, David . VON RYAN'S EXPRESS (Film tie-in) . . . Pan rpt.1965 View / Buy . VG . £4.00 Whiting, Charles . BOUNCE THE RHINE . . . Grafton 1987 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . T-FORCE: THE BIG BREAKOUT . . . Sphere 1976 . Good . £3.75
. . THE BATTLE OF HURTGEN FOREST . . . Pan rpt.N/D (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £3.75
. . THE DESTROYERS: OPERATION KILL IKE . . . Sphere 1975 View / Buy . VG . £4.50
. . WEST WALL. The Battle for Hitler's Siegfried Line . . . Pan 2002 (Photos) View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Woodham-Smith, Cecil . THE REASON WHY . . . Penguin rpt.1965 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Woolrych, Austin . BATTLES OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR . . . Pan 1966 (Illus.) View / Buy . name inside cover, VG . £3.75 Young, Desmond . ROMMEL . . . Fontana 1955 View / Buy . VG . £3.75 Young, Peter . STORM FROM THE SEA . . . Corgi 1974 View / Buy . Fair . £4.00
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