HISTORY / Military / World War II from JimsOldBooks

Lerwick, Shetland: The Shetland Times Ltd, 1973. Some creasing and small tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of blue-gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Anecdotal memoirs by the author, including service in the Great War in France in the artillery and in Shetland during WW2 as a medical… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1980. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, top corner of f/ep has been clipped, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1957, this is a much later edition from 1980. The first of the author's books based on his service in the German Army during WW2,… Read more about this item

Hartlepool: Printability Publishing Ltd, 2003. Minor scuffing to spine ends and very slight creasing to outer corners of cover, a mark on title page where orginal owner's address label has been removed, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book dealing with the author's service in the RAF during WW2. He… Read more about this item

Singapore: Heinemann Asia, 1988. Minor fading to spine ans slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, a previous owner's name and date (2003) and an old price in ink on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in hardback in the UK in 1987, this is a… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1946. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some fading to spine of same, and to gilt titles theron, but these are still readable. Some rubbing to the gilt HD on front board, binding just starting to split after last page of text, but otherwise otherwise a good clean copy of this hard-cover… Read more about this item

Bognor Regis: Woodfield Publishing, 1999. Slight scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, a previous owner's address label and date (Dec 01), but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The author's memories of her wartime service in the WAAF, serving in England and later in Ceylon. 172pp, a few… Read more about this item

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Spellmount, 1991. Unclipped dustwrapper is a little bit disfigured due to creases in the clear plastic covering it (NOT added by a previous owner, just a manufacturing error at the printers, I would think), but no creasing to the dustwrapper itself. Minor bumping to spine ends of red boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy… Read more about this item

London: Chatham Publishing, 1998. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with events in April 1943 when the convoy HX-233 sailed from New York on 6th, arriving at Liverpool on the 21st. One ship was sunk by U-boats and two others were damaged in a collision but… Read more about this item

London: Greenhill Books, 1991. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, very slight bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the author's Wartime experiences. He was the first Commando soldier in the British Army and led 3 Commando, taking part in raids on Norway and… Read more about this item

London: Book Club Associates, 1993. Book Club edition. Minor creasing to edges of dustwrapper, original owner's name on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1992, the author's account of his Warime experiences as a junior officer in the Wehrmacht during WW2. He served in France, Italy and on… Read more about this item

Wellingborough, Northants: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1989. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small tear to bottom edge of same. Minor bumping to corners of black boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of his journey through Occupied France after his Halifax bomber… Read more about this item

Lerwick, Shetland: The Shetland Times Ltd, 2004. Minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The author's memories of life in Scalloway, Shetland during WW2 when he was between the ages of ten and fifteen, with some stories from later years. 159pp, numerous… Read more about this item

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Dunbar Publications, 2004. Some creasing to spine and to lower corners of cover, a previous owner's name on first page, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author's account of his Wartime service in the German Army, mostly on the Eastern Front, his time after the War as a captive of the Americans,… Read more about this item

London: The Reprint Society, 1957. some creasing and a couple of small tears to dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, original owners name and date (March 1957) on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the adventures of Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud, the sole survivor… Read more about this item

London: HMSO, 1946. Some scuffing to spine ends and corners of paper covers, a crease to front cover and to top corner of back cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. No author given, but was a Lieutenant-Colonel G R Stephens, according to the 2014 reprint of the book. Deals with the… Read more about this item

Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics: Matador, 2011. Some scuffing to outer corners of cover, foxing to outer pages and to page edges, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The author's memories of her childhood (aged between five and ten) in northern Norway under German occupation during WW2. Also published… Read more about this item

London: Macdonald & Co Ltd, 1971. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small piece missing at bottom edge of back panel. Very slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, a (South African) bookseller's label inside front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A history of… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1963. Pan paperback edition. Some scuffing to spine ends, some creasing to the spine and to bottom corner of front cover, yellowing to the pages as is usually the case with these older paperbacks, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in French in 1960 as "Les Mains du… Read more about this item

Peppard Common, Oxfordshire: Cresselles Publishing Company, 1991. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. Originally published in1980, this is a third impression from 1991. Deals with the sinking of HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow in October 1939. 191pp, 20 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo -… Read more about this item

London: Souvenir Press, 1955. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, including a two-inch tear to the right-hand side of the lower spine. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in Norwegian in 1947… Read more about this item