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Lonely Courage: The true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free Nazi-occupied France
by Rick Stroud
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- First
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- 2017
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- Very Good+ Book and wrapper.
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- 9781471155659
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Very Good+ Book and wrapper. flat signed by the author.
Lonely Courage: The True Story of the Soe Heroines Who Fought to Free Nazi-occupied France. 'This compelling and complete account of the extraordinarily courageous women of SOE is at turns enthralling, edge-of-smart exciting and also heart-breaking. The way in which they were sent into Nazi-occupied Europe and left to face unspeakable… Read more about this item Item Price
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The BLITZ: Belfast in the War Years
by Brian Barton
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1989
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- Very Good Book . THIS IS A VERY RARE 1ST Hardback. but with later pb covers attached to the outer boards. see photos. internall
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Very Good Book . THIS IS A VERY RARE 1ST Hardback. but with later pb covers attached to the outer boards. see photos. internally vg+with previous owners sticker, otherwise clean.
Based on official records and personal accounts, this work examines the authorities' lack of preparation and the full terror of the blitz. It also highlights how the blitz exposed extreme poverty… Read more about this item Item Price
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'men of the Sea' HMS Belfast Association
by Ernest E. Smith
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First
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- 2006
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- Hardback and Wrapper
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- 9781905226283
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VERY GOOD ++ BOOK AND WRAPPER SIGNED BY ERNEST SMITH.
Both in book and on compliments slip.
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James Morrisson Beecroft An Appreciation of an Australian Airman's Life - from Australia to Europe 1942-1945
by Doug Beecroft
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- Used - Fine
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- First UK Edition.
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- 2007
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- Large format softcover.
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- 9780646478654
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Doug Beecroft.
Privately Published , 2007
Softcover. Condition: FINE . First Edition.Fine Covers. ; Inside clean and bright, binding tight. ; B&W Photographs; Large Pages, 60 pages.Wartime story of an Australian airman that is based on his diary, flying log book and a nacharbeitsbuch (work book) that he kept in prisoner of war camps at Stalag Luft VII and at Stalag IIIA.
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Devonport Built Warships: Since 1860 (Royal Dockyards)
by K.V Burns
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First
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- 2016
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- Fine Firm Hardback with wrapper
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- 9781904459668
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The first title in a major new series from NavyBooks chronicling all warships built in the Royal Dockyard since 1860. In August 1689 the Admiralty raised the possibility of building a dry dock somewhere within the Devonport harbour limits. From its inception, ships were being refitted in the new Dockyard and within twelve months, the first two Devonport Warships built… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS. JAN TO JULY 1918.
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1919
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- Very Good Hardback
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THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS. JANUARY TO JULY 1918. VOLUME FIVE.
Arthur Conan Doyle1919, 1st , Hardback.
Hodder & Stoughton,, London,, 1919
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 349. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Volume five only. Very good indeed. with Maps. Small tears to some maps.
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PATCHWORK OF WAR
by John Mitchell
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good+
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- First
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- 1984
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- Solid Hardback with Wrapper
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FINE Book .with VG Wrapper.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. With Drawings (illustrator). First Edition. vi, 125 pp, b/w ills with 8 pp of colour.
The author, who obtained the rank of Lieutenant Commander, was either at, or closely associated with, the Fall of Tobruk, the Invasion of Europe at Normandy on D-Day, the Rhine Crossing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dawson's Army
by Eric Dawson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First
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- December 1998
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- Near Fine Signed Copy.
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- 9780901721266
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SIGNED BY ERIC DAWSON on Title Page
Complementing his paintings of the North African Campaign of 1940-42, the artist's account of the stories behind the pictures - recording the activities of his fellow soldiers both on the battlefield and on leave in Cairo. Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Eric Dawson. (illustrator). 59 pp, 11 11/16" H. Colour and b&w illustrations, map.… Read more about this item Item Price
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TARGET EXETER
by Geoff Worrall
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- Used - Very Good+
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- First
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- 1972
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- Soft cover
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TARGET EXETER, ( Devon). 50th anniversary recolllections of 1942 bombing and its aftermath. 116 pages. World War Two, History. Fine Book
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Tans, Terror and Troubles: Kerry's Real Fighting Story 1913-23
by T. Ryle Dwyer
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- Used - Fine
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- First
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- 2001-12
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- Fine unread paperback.
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- 9781856353533
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. No inscriptions, Unread.
Number of Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, map, ports.
Please See Photos for ConditionWhat happened in Kerry during the War of Independence and the Civil War has been the subject of controversy. Although Eoin O'Duffy - chief of staff of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Kedge Hook Files: Twenty Five Years of the L.S.T and Landing Craft Association
by Colin Brian Buckenham
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- Used - Fine
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- First
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- 2011
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- Paperback - no inscriptions.
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- 9781907997013
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FINE NEAR AS NEW USED BOOK.by Colin BuckenhamPublished by Data Tech D.T.P, Diss Norfolk (2011)
Pictorial soft cover. Book Condition, fine as new. Appears unread,Landing Ship, Tank: Landing Craft Association
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EASTERN APPROACHES
by FITZROY MACLEAN
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- Used - Very Good-
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- Good+
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- First
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- 1949
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- Hard cover with wrapper - good
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EASTERN APPROACHES: FITZROY MACLEAN. HB+WRAPPER. 1949 1st Cape/ Book Society. Good++ Book .with wrapper. no inscriptions. First Printing of this edition.
A first edition of the Cape edition in association with The Book Society in 1949
14 photogr. plates + 3 folding maps (Central Asia, the Western Desert, Jugoslavia). 543 pages.
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In The Company of Heroes A History of the Men from the Radstock area who fought and died in the Great War
by William Blanning
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 2006
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- Large Format soft cover
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A History of the Men from the Radstock area who fought and died in the Great War.Very Good Condition. RARE SIGNED COPY by the AUTHOR. Fine internally, Very Good Covers. 396 pages with many b/w photographs of the individuals listed and described, and 4 pages of colour photographs; 11.25 x 8 inches. The book weighs 1.24 kg… Read more about this item Item Price
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Prouder Than Ever: My War + My Diary + My Embroideries
by A. T. Casdagli , edited by Alexis Penny Casdagli
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- Used - Fine
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- First
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- 2014
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- Fine pb (Signed limited Edition
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- 9780992675967
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Signed limited edition, this is copy no. 1193 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies signed by the compiler/editor. secondary inscription by editor, " To my lovely Polly, love Alexis Penny, 23.10.2014" colour illustrations, the WWII prisoner of war diary kept by Major A. T. Casdagli, internally very clean, binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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THEY LIVED TO TELL THE TALE: Personal reminiscences of some of those in the Second World War Far Eastern Campaigns
by Varioius
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- First
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- 1997
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- Fine Condition
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This record by veterans of the Far Eastern Campaigns was . Theses recollections were collected on Dec 8th 1995 at the reception for veterans at the Guildhall being the final event of the Fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war In Europe and the Far East. The forward was written by the Countess Mountbatten of Burma. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Grace then Freedom
by Nikolai Alexandrenko with Stephen Kelso
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- Used - Very Good
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- First edition
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- 2008
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- Paperback
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- 9780979437908
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United States: Nikolai Foundation, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Used Paperback SIGNED BY Nikolai A. Alexandrenko SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. No other inscriptions. 184 pages, illustrated Alexandrenko recounts the hardships of living in rural Soviet Union during the Communist regime, serving as a paratroop officer for the Russian army in World War… Read more about this item Item Price
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Amphibious Operations: The Projection of Sea Power Ashore
by Michael Evans
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- Used - Very Good +
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- First edition
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- 1990
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- Paperback
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- 9780080347363
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Brasseys, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. White glazed card covers with blue lettering to spine and front. Covers are generally in very good order. . Spine is intact and bright. Text block is tight, bright and clean. 219 pp. "This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of power projection ashore. Michael Evans describes all aspects of amphibious… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hood and Bismark: The Deep-Sea Discovery of an Epic Battle
by Mearns, David & White, Rob
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- Used - Fine
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- fine
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- First edition
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- 2001
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- Hardback and wrapper
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- 9780752220352
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2001. First edition. Hardback. Scarce First Hardback. Fine with Fine Wrapper. Clean. No Inscriptions. 224 Pages, Colour and Black & white illustrations. The German BISMARK Battleship and the British Battle cruiser HOOD. This book follows the expedition to find the ships.
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Operation Overlord : The History of D-Day and the Overlord Embroidery
by Brooks, Stephen; Eckstein, E
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- Used - Fine
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- very good
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- First edition
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- 1989
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- Hardback
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- 9781852530983
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1989. First edition. Hardback. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine . 1st Edition. No inscriptions, clean. Wrapper price cut. Oblong quarto. Blue cloth boards with gilt title. 154pp. Illustrated throughout, some in colour. Bright, fresh copy
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FOR KING & EMPIRE: VOL.X. THE NEWFOUNDLANDERS IN THE GREAT WAR, The western Front, 1916-1918
by Norm Christie
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2003
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- Softcover
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- 9781896979236
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Canada: 2003. Softcover. Very Good. As in many other parts of the British Empire, Newfoundlanders greeted the coming of the Great War with great euphoria. Hastening to enlist for the "Great Adventure", they were to to take part in some of the war's most historic battles. They were at the first day of the Battle of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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