Titles starting with S from Island Books

Leo Cooper, [1996] . 8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. The first detailed account of the SAS teams dropped in occupied France for eight weeks before and during the D-Day landings. A valuable and important addition to the literature of special forces in WWII. The first edition is already very scarce in this condition. . ... more information

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Public Libraries Committee of the Borough of St. Marylebone, 1951 . 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, small tear in last leaf, covers very faintly age-browned else a remarkably bright, clean copy. Wrapper artwork by Bruce Angrave. A major Holmesian exhibition mounted for the Festival of Britain. The catalogue lists nearly 250 items with much erudite commentary. Uncommon in this condition. De Waal 4814. . ... more information

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BBC, [1984] . 8vo., First Edition, with 59 plates on 24 and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dust jacket. Valuable summary by the author of the official history. . ... more information

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Kimber, [1985] . 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, paper yellowing as usual (!) else a very good copy in unclipped dust jacket. Although inexplicably not produced to this publisher's normal high standards, this is a key study of SOE's 'Orient Mission' in the Far East and a valuable complement to Cruickshank. . ... more information

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Sutton, [Stroud, 2003] . 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. SOE's research and development programme ranged from high explosives and incendiaries to chemical and biochemical devices, techniques of air supply, camouflage, underwater warfare and radio communications. Already uncommon in this condition . ... more information

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HMSO, 1966 . Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 43 plates on 16 and 2 folding charts, and 4 folding maps in pocket at end; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned as often at backstrip. Published in the UK Government series 'History of the Second World War'. This first edition of Foot's classic study was subject to a notable libel case with Captain Peter Churchill alleging gross slurs to his reputation. The court found in Churchill's favour ... more information

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HMSO, 1966 [1968] . 8vo., Second Impression [Best Edition], with 43 plates on 16 and 2 folding charts, and 4 folding maps in pocket at end, small portion clipped from title corner; original brown cloth, gilt back, very neatly recased, a very good, clean copy. Published in the official series History of the Second World War. The first edition (1966) of Foot's classic study was subject to a notable libel case with Captain Peter Churchill alleging gross slurs to his reputation. The court found in Chur... more information

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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1986 . 8vo., First Edition, with 3 maps in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dust jacket. The standard general reference on SOE in Denmark and Norway. Scarce, especially in this condition . ... more information

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St. Ermin's Press, [2001] . 8vo., First Edition, with 31 plates on 8 and 4 maps (one double-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in unclipped dust jacket. The first full account of the disaster in Holland, mentioned briefly by Mackenzie but here retold in detail by SOE's 'official' historian. The story of operations in Belgium, initially very nearly as calamitous as their Dutch counterparts, resulted finally in the successful capture of Antwerp. . ... more information

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Sutton, [Stroud, 2005] . 8vo., First Edition, with 22 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. The first dedicated account of SOE's audacious scheme to bring about administrative collapse in Germany during the closing months of WWII. . ... more information

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[Fan Publications, Cheltenham, 1998] . 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. Detailed and well-illustrated account of P&O's most famous passenger ship. . ... more information

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Airlife, [Shrewsbury, 2000] . 8vo., First Edition with photographs in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. . ... more information

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Jonathan Cape, [1978] . 8vo., First Edition; cloth, a good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. . ... more information

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Bradford Barton, [Truro, 1978] . 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. Ottley, 12306. . ... more information

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Corner House Publishers, Williamstown MA, 1969 . 8vo., black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. High quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1891. . ... more information

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Mowbray [for the Alcuin Club], 1917 . Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; free endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of green boards lettered in black, cloth back gilt, uncut, covers and fore-edges a little dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. With 5pp series catalogue bound in at end. Alcuin Club Collections XXI. . ... more information

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Leo Cooper, [Barnsley, 2005] . 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. Appendices list the convoys and the merchant contingent. Few punches are pulled in this notable addition to the recent literature of Arctic convoys. . ... more information

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William Kimber, [1985] . 8vo., First Edition, with 30 plates on 12, and 4 facsimiles (one double-page and 3 full-page) and 4 full-page maps and plans in the text; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Helen Long (nee Vlasto; niece of Dr. Rodocanachi) gives a detailed account of the Rodocanachi house in Marseilles that acted as headquarters of the O'Leary escape line. The sto... more information

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[John Evelyn Society, 1972] . 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and a large folding map at end; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. A detailed account of the many aerial attacks on Wimbledon during WWII. The map shows clearly the impact sites of the various types of enemy (and allied) weapon. . ... more information

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World Ship Society, [Gravesend, 2002] . Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, and photographic endpapers (rear endpapers in colour); original laminated boards, a fine copy. . ... more information

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