NOT FORGETTING THE 9TH: THE WAR DIARY OF SGT. CYRIL GRIMES 1944-1945
Written by Cyril Grimes; Sylvia Fox.
Stock no. 1827783
Published by Timebox Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

With the 9th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, to India, Burma and Malaya. Cyril Grimes was conscripted into the newly formed 9th Battalion in the Summer of 1940 when he was in his mid 20's. Cyril's first sight of action was in the Arakan in 1944 and for the whole of this and the following year, he made a daily entry in secret diaries. This is the story of Cyril's war and a tale of friendship and discovery. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps and photos. Colour map to inside rear cover. ISBN: 9780955021916. A lovely copy.

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SEA-RUNNING!
Written by Maxie Lane.
Stock no. 1827781
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to 'Running!' which told of its author's whirlwind childhood and adolescence. This biography drops him in 1940, at the age of 24, on his first ship and newest adventure. Sea-Running! takes up the story in the same sentence as it left off, and pursues it in the same exhilarating fashion. A string of memorable merchant ships showed Maxie the wartime world, and he shared the twilit world of the boiler-rooms with men who were many times larger than life. Blue cloth boards, yellow title to spine. ISBN: 0333236513. A nice, clean copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William L. Shirer.
Stock no. 1827777
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

A History of Nazi Germany. Red cloth boards with white title panel to spines and swastika to front. B/w photos. A few minor foxspots to text block of volume I. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcases which is lightly scuffed at ends (VG).

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THE VITAL GUIDE TO FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Karen Leverington.
Stock no. 1327486
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Specifications, Profiles and Summaries of the Major Combat Aircraft of WWII. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 1853105864. Spine is slightly faded. Contents fine.

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE THROUGH THE LENS
Written by Philip Michael Vorwald.
Stock no. 1327483
Published by Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd.. 2nd 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Retracing the fields of battle in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany which were once bitterly contested killing grounds in the struggle to halt Hitler's final gambit in the West. The b/w wartime photographs have been matched up with present-day b/w comparisons. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 1870067231. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased with a couple of small tears at corners.

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30 CORPS IN GERMANY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827761
Almost very good condition.

Who we are; where we are; why we're here and what happens next. Oblong format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. Colour map to rear. Undated, approx 1945. Covers grubby and marked, corners lightly rubbed. Page browning throught and some foxing, otherwise contents clean.

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ISLANDERS DEPORTED PART 1
Written by Roger E. Harris.
Stock no. 1327476
Published by Channel Islands Specialists Society. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

The complete history of those British subjects who were deported from the Channel Islands during the German Occupations of 1940-1945 and imprisoned in Europe. Cardwraps. 226 pages. Adverts to rear. ISBN: 0902633635. Some slight rubbing to corners. Foxing to textblock.

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GROWING UP ON THE CURRAGH
Written by Patricia O'Sullivan.
Stock no. 1327472
Published by Original Writing Ltd. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Memories of childhood in the Curragh Military Camp (Ireland) before and during the Second World War. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781908024244. Spine and corners bumped, small dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and rubbed.

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ACROSS THE THRESHOLD OF BATTLE
Written by Harold James.
Stock no. 1327467
Published by The Book Guild Ltd.. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Behind Japanese lines with Wingate's Chindits Burma 1943. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 250 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863327982. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to half title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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AIR SEA RESCUE DURING THE SIEGE OF MALTA
Written by Bill Jackson.
Stock no. 1327463
Published by Matador. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

An eyewitness account of life with HSL107 1941-1943. Cardwraps. 375 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848764729. Slight rubbing to corners. Grubby fingerprint mark to edge of prelims.

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SOLDIER OF THE RAJ
Written by William Magan.
Stock no. 1327460
Published by Michael Russell (publishing) Ltd. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Life between the wars as an Indian Cavalry officer, before the outbreak of the Second World War saw him transferred to Intelligence. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 223 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0859552756. Spine and corners bumped. Ex-Libris plate and an 'In Memoriam' sticker to front pastedown. Contents otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine and spine edges.

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A MALTA HAA GUNNER
Written by Maurice G. Agius.
Stock no. 1327456
Published by Allied Publications. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The author narrates his story in an easy going way, describing how he and his troop of some 70 men lived in the claustrophobic gun positions. Cardwraps. 200 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9789990931303. Covers edge worn. Previous booksellers ink stamp and black felt-tip pen marks to lower edge of textblock.

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