LibroHinsley Et Al F. H.British Intelligence in the Second World War. Its Influence on Strategy and Operations. [Complete set.]. FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERSHMSO, 19795 vols. in 6., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the UK government's official series 'The History of the Second World War'. The complete set comprises Vol. I (1979), Vol. 2 (1981), Vol. 3 Part 1 (1984), Vol. 3 Part 2 (1988), Vol. 4: Security and Counter-Intelligence (1990) and Vol. 5: Strategic Decepti…
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LibroWynn KennethU-Boat Operations of the Second World War. [Second Edition. Complete set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERSCaxton Editions, 20032 vols., sm. folio, Second Edition, with full-page maps in the text; original laminated pictorial boards, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Career Histories U1-U510; Vol. II: Career Histories U511-UIT25. First published in 1997. A standard reference, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork (repeated on boards) by Claus Bergen. Already uncommon in anything l…
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LibroChurchill Winston S.The Second World War. [Complete set]. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERSCassell, 19486 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous maps and plans (a number folding and coloured in outline); black cloth, gilt backs, red tops , patterned endpapers, an unusually bright, clean, crisp set in unclipped dustwrapper. Crisp set with uniformly vibrant red tops and red volume titles (often faded) bright and clear (save last volume with is lightly dulled but wholly legible). The set comprises …
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LibroLenton H. T.Navies of the Second World War. German Surface Vessels 1 and 2. [Complete set]. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERSMacdonald, 19662 vols., oblong 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with very numerous illustrations in the text; black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, one wrapper with a long closed tear. Vol.I: Second Edition; Vol. II: First Edition. Published in the series 'Navies of the Second World War'
LibroKynaston DavidThe City of London. [Complete Set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERSChatto & Windus, 1994-20014 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Complete set of first editions of Kynaston's masterly biography of 'the City', widely acclaimed as an outstanding historical and financial study. Vol. I: A World of its Own 1815-1890 (1994); Vol. II: Golden Years 1890-1914 (1995); Vol. III: Illusions of Gold 191…
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LibroHenshall Audrey ShoreThe Chambered Tombs of Scotland. [Complete set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERSUniversity Press, Edinburgh, 1963-19722 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, many full-page and smaller illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text, and 2 large folding maps in pocket at end of second volume, free endpapers lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference.
LibroBlair ClayHitler's U-Boat War. [First UK Edition. Complete set.]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERSWeidenfeld & Nicolson, 19972 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 126 plates on 48, and 2 double-page plans, 27 tables and 14 maps (8 double-page) in the text; black cloth, red endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid set of the most comprehensive study to date, comprising 'The Hunters 1939-1942' (1997) and 'The Hunted 1942-1945' (1999). The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, hardest-fought and m…
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LibroBatten M.I.English Windmills. [Complete set.] NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS WITH PROSPECTUSESArchitectural Press, 19302 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with numerous plates and maps in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, small neat contemporary uniform signature on front free endpapers; cloth (grey/blue respectively), upper boards and backstrips framed and lettered in black, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. WITH A COPY OF THE PUBLISHER'S PRINTED AND ILLUSTRATED PR…