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The author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the warwritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift ofin good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacketthe book has been signed by the author with an inscriptionoxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of nosee oxfam website for delivery information read more99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 to
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Oxfam shop regent street bristol a 30th anniversary version of jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series chronicling the events of the second world war, narrated by sir laurence olivier and eric porterthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreisaacs also presents a special 'making of' feature
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreisaacs also presents a special 'making of' feature
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Oxfam bookshop ilkley sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreisaacs also presents a special 'making of' feature
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New republichailed in europe as an instant classic, we, the drowned is the story of the port town of marstal, denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the second world wara gorgeous, unsparing noveloxfam bookshop cheltenham an international bestsellera thrilling epic tale of the sea"we, the drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches tolstoy in its evocation of war's confusion, its power to stun victors and vanquished alikecalled "one of the most exciting authors in nordic literature" by henning mankell, carsten jensen has worked as a literary critic and a journalist, reporting from china, cambodia, latin america, the pacific islands, and afghanistanthe novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of terror and violence that continue to lure each generation; there are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, and miraculous survivalsthe result is a brilliant seafaring novel, a gripping saga encompassing industrial growth, the years of expansion and exploration, the crucible of the first half of the twentieth century, and most of all, the sea"washington post"a generational saga, a swashbuckling sailor's tale, and the account of a small town coming into modernity both melville and steinbeck might have been pleased to read ithe lives in copenhagen and marstalsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music olney sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' featuresee oxfam website for delivery information read more the slipcase is selotaped on the edges, otherwise all good
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Oxfam shop dumfries sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreisaacs also presents a special 'making of' feature
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen sir laurence olivier and eric porter narrate jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the second world warthe episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'isaacs also presents a special 'making of' featuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall blu-rays in excellent condition
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Oxfam bookshop brighton a 30th anniversary version of jeremy isaacs' epic documentary series chronicling the events of the second world war, narrated by sir laurence olivier and eric porter the episodes included are: 'a new germany - '; 'distant war - '; 'france falls - may-june '; 'alone in britain - may -june '; 'barbarossa - june-december '; 'banzai - japan strikes - '; 'on our way - america enters the war - '; 'desert - the war in north africa - '; 'stalingrad - '; 'wolfpack - '; 'red star - the soviet union - '; 'whirlwind - bombing germany - september -april '; 'tough old gut - '; 'it's a lovely day tomorrow - '; 'home fires'; 'inside the reich - germany '; 'morning - june '; 'occupation - '; 'pincers - august '; 'genocide - '; 'nemesis - feb-may '; 'japan - '; 'pacific - feb -may the island to island war'; 'the bomb - feb-sept '; 'reckoning - april '; 'remember'; 'secretary to hitler'; 'who won world war ii?'; and 'warrior'; 'hitler's germany - '; 'hitler's germany - '; 'the two deaths of hitler'; 'the final solution - part 1'; and 'the final solution - part 2'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreisaacs also presents a special 'making of' feature
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An evocative blend of the accounts of veterans and archive footage was used to create a powerful account of life during the second world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein new & almost sealed condition, a section of the wrapping is missing, with no damage to the boxthis fully restored edition, published in , features subtitles for the hard of hearing, new widescreen presentation, and details on the restoration process, and the making of the original documentaryoxfam bookshop lower petergate 11 disc collectors set of the groundbreaking documentary series, originally broadcast in and narrated by laurence olivier
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This astonishing and topical novel deals with the return of an ex-prisoner to germany as war after the second world waryoung and impressionable, during the war brian waugh had been unable to condemn the whole nation for the treatment of a fewhaunted by the memory of this love he returns only to find disillusion, as he discovers the ruthlessness of the germans in attempt to shift the blame for the war from themselvesoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , john murray ltd not price clippeddustwrapper with some tears and marksthere have been many stories of prisoners-of-war see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis faith in "good germans" was strengthened when he met and fell in love with the german nurse, margotgift inscription to front endpaper
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The first world war and its aftermath shaped his early life, in mid-career he was a victorious commander in the second world war, and when peace came he brought independence to india and pakistanlord louis mountbatten achieved great things both in war and peace as a military leader and public servanthis murder, and those of members of his family and a friend, on 27 august , by assassins of the provisional ira, shocked the worldthis book was first published in hardback as the princely sailor, by brasseysmountbatten remains a controversial figure, but when his faults are considered in the light of the world-shaking events in which he was involved, they are overwhelmingly outweighed by his achievements
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A full collection of images of war magazines a full and comprensive history of world war two in four volumes and a partial set of hitlers third reich a cracking present for anybody interested in the history of the second world war read more
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True story of kleinmann family in vienna pre second world war and how they ended up in the nazi concentration camp auschwitz in the second world war
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In particular, each week the front cover carried a story of how a medal had been won by british or commonwealth forces during the great war or the second world war many of the victor's stories focused on the exploits of the british military in world war twothis annual was first published in , with the last edition published init featured many stories that could be described as "boy's own" adventuresoxfam shop redruth the victor was a british comic paper published weekly by da hardback book, the best of the victor, was published in ready to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this popular adventure comicone of these, from issue 15, appeared in classics from the comics in mayslight damage on binder edge and bottom of pages but does not harm reading or picturesin addition to these, the comic also featured science fiction stories, adventure stories and sports stories associated with it was the annually published the victor book for boyssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book featured a selection of reprints from the weekly comicthe victor told adventure tales in comic book format the victor ran for issues from 25 january until it ceased publication on 21 november
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln winner of the betty trask prize from the back cover: "it is spring and aleksandr, a major in the mgb - forerunner of the kgb - is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic in the ural mountains to investigate one of the patients there, anatoly yudin, a man long presumed dead, once a famous pianist, now a severely incapacitated veteran of the second world wartwenty-four years later, in the summer of - the summer of nixon's visit to moscow, of the fischer-spassky chess match, of the munich olympics and their hostage crisis - the cold war is entering d?tente, and the values that shaped aleksandr's life are starting to dissolve into uncertaintyhaunted by the events of the past, and with his stalinist faith once more under threat, he interrogates his memories of the yudin case, and tries to trace its effects on himself, and on those he loved mostwe know the horrors of the police state and the purges, but the innocent takes us on a journey into the everyday of communist russia, bringing alive the intensely personal consequences of a regime, the power of institutions and ideologies to define a life - to crush it or invest it with meaningsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing on from the success of his prize-winning debut, david szalay returns with a searing work of acute realism and bleak beauty, the breathtaking next stage of a major literary career"this book is in good condition with slight discoloration of the edges
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It starts just before the second world war, and covers 73 years of alan duffy's life as an engineer, company owner and family manalan then started a another engineering companybinding is tightsigned and dedicated on the front free end paper, by the authoralan also writes about his family who have brought infinite love and support to him throughout the yearsalan's autobiography is set against an ever-changing social background and serves to remind the reader of the way things used to bealan duffy' hard back book with dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe life of an engineer might appear to be boring but, if alan's own experiences are anything to go by, nothing could be further from the truth'with best wishesthe pages are in very good condition with clear text and photographsalan discovered he had entrepreneurial skills in his early forties and founded a successful engineering company that in three short years he'd sold on to an american corporation he continued to manage the company until when they relocated to the usaalan's career has been rewarding and interesting and sometimes fraught with danger! occasionally events that have befallen him which seem too funny to be true! my ladder of life encompasses such varied events as alan having an audience with pope john paul 2 and seeing frank sinatra on the same dayoxfam bookshop knutsford my ladder of life is a depiction of a time gone by in the lancashire mill town of blackburnthe dust jacket has numerous, slight scratches and some indentations
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'totally gripping'-- simon sebag montefiore'pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of the second world warover the next two and half years, witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of nazi atrocities out of auschwitzthe result is an enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of historythis is the first major account to draw on unpublished family papers, newly released archival documents and exclusive interviews with surviving resistance fighters to show how he brought the fight to the nazis at the heart of their evil designshis mission was to report on nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprisingthe name of the detention centre -- auschwitzit was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the nazi's terrifying planssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis reports from the camp were to shape the allies response to the holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decadesthis insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this extraordinary life' -- economistwould you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others?in the summer of , after the nazi occupation of poland, an underground operative called witold pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at a new concentration camp on the border of the reich
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Printed on war economy paper which is browned by agingan example of a book written in the era of the second world war, as a scholastic aid for students within the naval and merchant services to facilitate the understanding and writing of good english languagethe spine is sun-faded and the page block is foxed13cm x 19cm talla naval anthology and introduction to the study of englishcambridge university presscontents are short essay pieces followed by questions and suggestions to be used as study aidsabout this itemcondition: goodbinding: hardcover, no dustjacketedition: 1st editionname of previous owner and date on the front endpaperpublication datesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreauthor:Â callender, geoffery (editor)publisher: cambridgecloth cover, title on the front cover, and spinebeginning with, the coming of the armada (), by charles kingsley to the navy is here' (), by winston schurchill and the final piece is a poem entitled the three bells () by joxfam shop shirley title: sea passages
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Three seven beautiful construction boxes in perfect condition include the flat train with cannon the panzer jager train and the bus beaten train three panther trains for the german army 11th the second world warthis is then carefully packed and sent to your addressare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemake an offer to get these beautiful construction boxes in your home! read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop st albans from the deserts of north africa, to the waters of scotland, the second world war touches the lives of two women from two very different worldsas the war rages on, the two women's lives become intertwined - bringing love and friendship to bothin alexandria, fran finds her world turned upside down as rommel's forces advance on the idyllic shores of egyptmeanwhile, on the firth of clyde, catriona struggles between her quiet rural life and her dreams of nursing injured servicemen on the front linessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe life of luxury and stability that she is used to is taken away as she finds herself having to deal with loss, heartache and political uncertainty
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Oxfam shop morpeth based on extensive research in archives, including those of the bbc, eton, king's college (cambridge), christ church (oxford), the national archives (kew) and many others, the first book to take burgess seriously as a political figure, interpreting his espionage activities in the context of the depression, the second world war and the first years of the cold war book in good condition with uncreased pages, but with some minor signs of wear to the coversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Victory at sea is the game of naval combat during the second world warfrom skirmishes involving single destroyers hunting down merchantmen to the clashing of massive battleships, from invasions of islands across the pacific to mastering waves of dive bombers, victory at sea enables you to fight exciting battles that take place on the oceans of world war iithroughout , the nations of the world duelled across the oceans across the globe, only to discover the fundamental nature of naval warfare changing in the face of rapidly developing technologiesnow you can play out these confrontations on the tabletop with entire fleets drawn from the royal navy, us navy, imperial japanese navy, german kriegsmarine or any of the other nations featured in victory at sea
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This paperback second edition is in a reasonable, used condition overallher courage during the second world war was recognised when she was awarded the mbe and the lloyds medal for bravery at sea for single handedly keeping her ship's engines going during an attack by a german bomberthere are some annotations and underlinings in pencil in the text and places where the page corners have been turned down by a previous readerafter completing her apprenticeship at the caledon shipyard, she joined the ss anchises in as tenth engineerin the ensuing 40 years she sailed on 49 voyagesfirst published 100 years after her birth, this remarkable story has been reconstructed from her diaries and her uncompleted memoirssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cover has some signs of shelf-wear: there are creases and some marks on the back coverthere are two sections of black & white platesoxfam bookshop hexham victoria drummond, a goddaughter of queen victoria, went to sea in the s at the start of a career which at the time was not considered suitable for a ladyshe was the first british woman to serve as chief engineer
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This second edition published in a limited edition ofan account of sailing in the immediate aftermath of the second world war from the river hamble, across the channel, up the river seine, down the river rhone and into the mediterraneanoxfam furniture shop southampton slight bumping to dust jacket and spine of coverthe first of george millar's much loved trilogy of sailing booksdust jacket price-clippedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst published by heinemann in
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Gorgeous' max porter, author of lanny a times book of the year an i book of the year a reading agency book of the year a bbc radio 2 book club pick a bbc radio 4 'book at bedtime' an observer pick for one summer following the second world war, robert appleyard sets out on foot from his durham villagesixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of robin hood's bayoxfam shop hebden bridge 'what a radical thing, these days, to have written a book so full of warmth and kindnessthere he meets dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to seathe two come from different worlds, yet as the summer months pass, they form an unlikely friendship that will profoundly alter their futuressee oxfam website for delivery information read morestaying with dulcie, robert's life opens into one of rich food, sea-swimming, sunburn and poetry
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But when harry vanishes and emily begins to search for him, she stumbles across another intriguing mystery - a second isabelle, a chambermaid during the second world war, who had her own tragedy, and her own treasure to hideoxfam bookshop lincoln from the bestselling author of mariana and the rose garden, an action-packed mystery-romance, set in a medieval french townin excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the back cover: " - the town of chinon is besieged by enemies of king john, and his young queen calls upon a trusted servant to conceal her treasured jewelsemily braden is intrigued by the medieval story of queen isabelle, and cannot resist when her cousin harry, a historian suggests a trip to the white-walled town of chinon, nestling in france's loire valley
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Oxfam shop inverness henry fonda and robert shaw star in this historical account of germany's last major european offensive of the second world war in decembermartin hessler (shaw), plan an attack with their secret panzer division in belgium's ardennes forest, but they are desperately short of fuel and their immediate objective is to capture a big allied fuel deposit, without the allies knowing see oxfam website for delivery information read morein excellent conditiongermany, under the command of colmeanwhile, the allied forces try to prepare themselves for an anticipated german attack, unaware that they have the requisite resources for such an assaultthe cast also includes robert ryan, charles bronson, james macarthur, dana andrews and george montgomery
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Glyn harperr - images of warthe maori pioneer battalion in the first world war - reed publishing - auckland - ppnew zealand, australia and emire in the first world war - orantia books - auckland - ppnew zealanders and military discipline in de first world war - hodder & stoughton - auckland - ppa photographic record of new zealanders at war - harper collins publishers - auckland - ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe new zealand division on the western front5 cm - softcover - inscription on the flyleaf - great5 cm - softcover - lovelycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegray - from the uttermost ends of the earth29 x 31 cm - softcover - a few notes - goodchristopher pugsley - te hokowhitu a tuour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikichristopher pugsley - the anzac experience26 x 19 cm - hardcover with dust jacket - wonderfulsigned by christopher pugsleya history and guide to its battlefields - willsonscot publishing - cristchurch - ppchristopher pugsley - on the fringe of hell24 x 17 cm - softcover - inscription on the flyleaf - good
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