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The Second World War, Volume 5: Closing the Ring
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The Second World War, Volume 5: Closing the Ring

by Winston S. Churchill

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1986
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9780395410592
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Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 5x1x7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Maps and Diagrams. This volume (Vol 5) of Churchill's History of the Second World War deals with the year of conflict from June 1943 to June 1944, with the great armada converging on the rendezvous south of the Isle of Wight, poised for the historic… Read more about this item
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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 6: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942-1 May 1944
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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 6: Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, 22 July 1942-1 May 1944

by Morison, Samuel Eliot

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2001
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Soft cover
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9780252069970
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University of Illinois Press, 2001. Soft cover. Good. 5x1x8. First University of Illinois Paperback 2001. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Former library book. Illustrations, Maps, Charts. Good, solid, clean book with no defects, just with minimal library marks. A book that draws together all aspects of action--air, and amphibious, as Morison tracks the Allies entrance into the… Read more about this item
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Lexington Goes Down, The

Lexington Goes Down, The

by Hoehling, A. A

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1994
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Soft cover
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9780811725507
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Stackpole Books, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. First Paperback Edition, 1994, in Near Fine Condition. Inscription from a friend to a friend who was in The Battle of the Coral Sea and witnessed the sinking of the USS Lexington. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean, solid, unmarked book. The… Read more about this item
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June 1941: Hitler and Stalin
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June 1941: Hitler and Stalin

by Lukacs, John

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1st Edition
Published
2006
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Hardcover
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9780300114379
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Yale University Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 5x0x8. Yale University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Fine full gray cloth with gilt titles, tight and solid, square with sharp corners, internals pristine. One of the most authoritative portraits of the ambiguous relationship between the two powerful adversaries during World War… Read more about this item
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Hiroshima
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Hiroshima

by John Hersey

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2012
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Soft cover
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9781684116881
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BN Publishing, 2012. Soft cover. As New. 7x0x9. BN Publishing, 2012. Large Print Edition. Trade Paperback As New. The almost complete obliteration of a city by one atomic bomb, and what happened to the people of that city. Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on city. John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece tells what… Read more about this item
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The Dam Busters (Pan Grand Strategy Series)
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The Dam Busters (Pan Grand Strategy Series)

by Brickhill, Paul

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1983
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Soft cover
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9780330376440
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Pan Books/Pan Macmillan, 1983. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7. Pan Books/Pan Macmillan, 1983. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Eight pages of black and white photographs by The War Museum and Air Ministry. First published in England in 1951 by Evans Brothers Ltd. Clean and unmarked cover has light wear to edges, light spine creasing, tight… Read more about this item
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Coffin Corner Boys: One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

by Avriett, Carole Engle with Capt. George W. Starks

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1st Edition
Published
2018
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Hardcover
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9781621576266
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Regnery History, 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Publisher: Regnery History, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Capt. George Starks, WWII B-17 Pilot The Mighty Eighth. Foreword by Lt. Gen. E. G. "Buck" Shuler, Jr., Former Commander English Air Force. Book is bound in black cloth with… Read more about this item
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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

by Meltzer, Brad; Mensch, Josh

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Fine
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1st Edition
Published
2023
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Hardcover
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9781250777263
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New York: Flatiron Books, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Flatiron Books, January Date: 2023. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket As New. 400 pages. 8vo. Axis dominated Europe map as of July 1943 on endpapers. ISBN 1250777267 9781250777263 US
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Meeting at Potsdam
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Meeting at Potsdam

by Mee, Jr., Charles L

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Book Club Edition
Published
1975
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Hardcover
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New York: m. Evans & Co, 1975. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Truman, Stalin, Churchill meeting in the summer of 1945 to "reconstruct the world" that was left in ruins by WW II. Endpapers with maps of… Read more about this item
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Brazen Chariots: An Account of Tank Warfare in the Western Desert, November-December 1941

Brazen Chariots: An Account of Tank Warfare in the Western Desert, November-December 1941

by Crisp, Robert

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1961
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Soft cover
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1961. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6. Ballantine Books, 1961, Third Printing 1968. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. Foreword by Field-Marshall Lord Harding. Clean illustrated cover with golden background has light wear to upper front corner; binding solid and square; pages moderately toned, clean, completely unmarked. A tank officer's story of desert… Read more about this item
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Brazen Chariots: An Account of Tank Warfare in the Western Desert, November-December 1941

Brazen Chariots: An Account of Tank Warfare in the Western Desert, November-December 1941

by Crisp, Robert

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Published
1978
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Soft cover
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9780553118124
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Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1978. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6. Bantam Doubleday Dell. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. Full color painting by Gunter Scherrer laid in. Foreword by Field-Marshall Lord Harding. Clean white illustrated cover; binding solid and square; pages moderately toned, clean, completely unmarked. A tank officer's story of desert war in North Africa… Read more about this item
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Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath
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Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

by Ham, Paul

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2015
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Soft cover
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9781250070050
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Picador, 2015. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Picador Edition, 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wraps with light wear to some edges; binding tight, solid and square; no spine creases. Pages clean, completely unmarked, no creasing. 629 pages with Appendices, Endnotes, Select Bibliography, Acknowledgements, and Index. 8v0. 2015,… Read more about this item
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Operation Sea Lion: The Projected Invasion of England in 1949 - An Account of the German Preparations and the British Countermeasures
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Operation Sea Lion: The Projected Invasion of England in 1949 - An Account of the German Preparations and the British Countermeasures

by Fleming, Peter

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Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
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1957
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Hardcover
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Simon and Schuster, 1957. Book Club Edition. Hardcover Book and Vintage Dust Jacket in Good Condition. 24 b/w photos and 11 in-text cartoon drawings of the period, by Bernard Partridge, Osbert Lancaster, George Morrow, and others. 323pp. with Bibliography and… Read more about this item
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The History of Britain's Airborne Deterrent Force V
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The History of Britain's Airborne Deterrent Force V

by Brookes, Andrew

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Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
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1982
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Hardcover
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London, UK: Book Club Associates, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. London Book Club Associates 1982.Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Ephemera included-short letter on British Embassy, Muscat letterhead. to "Bill, dated 1983. Fine red cloth binding with silver lettering to spine. Red pictorial dust jacket with… Read more about this item
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Classic Stories of World War II
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Classic Stories of World War II

by Hillary, Richard; Wake, Nancy; Shaw, Irwin; Paull, Raymond; Gibson, Guy; Heller, Joseph; Mailer, Norman; Waugh, Evelyn; Steinbeck, John; Hersey, John; et al

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2018
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Hardcover
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9780753732809
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Cassell Illustrated/Octopus Publishing Group, Ltd, 2018. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. This Edition first published by Cassell Illustrated, 2018. (First published in 1989 in Great Britain by Octopus Publishing Group). As New Condition. No Jacket. Flexibound in lime-green cover with orange title; various authors names on front in dark green. Very handsome.… Read more about this item
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45

by Hastings, Max

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2008
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Hardcover
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9780307263513
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A. Knopf, Second Printing, 2008. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Illustrations, Maps. Back cloth with gilt titles to spine, upper corner tips bumped, spine heel compressed. There are whitish chalk-like areas on black binding, front and black. Sewn… Read more about this item
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The Deadly Embrace: Hitler, Stalin and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939-1941
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The Deadly Embrace: Hitler, Stalin and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939-1941

by Read, Anthony and Fisher, David

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1988
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Paperback
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9780393025286
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New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1988. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. W. W. Norton, 1988. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 48 illustrations. 7maps. Two-toned gray cover is clean and unmarked with slight wear to edges. Cover has entwined swastika and hammer and sickle at the top, in black… Read more about this item
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Hitler's Empire How The Nazis Ruled Europe
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Hitler's Empire How The Nazis Ruled Europe

by Mazower, Mark

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2009
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Paperback
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9780143116103
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New York: Penguin Books, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Penguin Books, 2009. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wraps have light wear to edges. Text block has pale streaks. Binding is tight and solid, square. Pages in Fine Condition. 16-page illustration section on glossy paper. Also includes maps, Abbreviations… Read more about this item
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Not I: Memoirs of a German Childhood
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Not I: Memoirs of a German Childhood

by Fest, Joachim C

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2014
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Paperback
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9781590516102
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New York: Other Press, 2014. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Other Press, New York, 2914. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Translated from the German by Martin Chalmers. Foreword by Herbert A. Arnold. Originally published in Germany in 2006. Wraps with French flap in grey and white with red lettering, spotless, solid, square fine volume. A story… Read more about this item
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We Think You Ought to Go: Account of the Evacuation of Children from London During the Second World War Based on the Original Records of the London County Council

We Think You Ought to Go: Account of the Evacuation of Children from London During the Second World War Based on the Original Records of the London County Council

by Samways, Richard (ed.)

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1995
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Paperback
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9780951810910
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London, UK: Greater London Record Office, 1995. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Quarto Paperback in Fine Condition. An account of the evacuation of children from London during the Second World War based on the original records of the London County Council. Brown tone and black and white illustrations throughout. Staple binding. Clean, unmarked.… Read more about this item
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