BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military from William Robertson

A look back at the 'career' (and multiple mishaps) of Pilot Officer Prune during WWII. Anyone who flew with the RAF in the 1940s would have heard of Prune, as he was used to illustrate the various ways in which things could 'go wrong', if care wasn't taken. In this volume his creator, Bill Hooper, revues Prune's wartime gaffs,… Read more about this item

London: Outline Press, 1990. First edition. Cards. Fine. Part of the publisher's Famous Flyers series. Brings together all the known facts about Germany's top-scoring 'ace' of World War I - the famous 'Red Baron' - creating a picture very different from the myth which has surrounded the man for more than 70 years. Includes technical details… Read more about this item

Stevenage: Spa, 1990. Hardcover. Fair/Good. The author was one of only a very few Jewish soldiers to reach the rank of warrant officer class 1 in the British Army. Here, he describes what it was like to be an armament sergeant-major with REME in the Second World War. Starting with his pre-war days as a TA soldier, we follow him… Read more about this item

London: Leo Cooper, 1992. Hardcover. Good/Good. Goes beyond the stereotyped images to examine the true nature of the military commanders of Hitler's Third Reich. Here you will meet Theodor Eicke, who went directly from being an inmate of a mental institution to commandant of the concentration camp at Dachau; Ernst Udet, a drug-abuser and womanizer whose ineptitude ruined the German… Read more about this item

Durham: Pentland Press, 1995. Hardcover. Good/Good. Durham: Pentland Press, 1995. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. Good/Good. A collection of stories, written in the main in the words of ex-WAAFs of the Second World War. It tells of their joys, their tears, and their times of great trauma, but, through it all, there shines good humour, pride, a sense of belonging… Read more about this item

Marlborough: Crowood Press, 1989. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. The author was serving as a marine aboard the USS Houston when it was sunk by the Japanese in May, 1942. Taken prisoner, he was held for the next forty-three months in slave labour camps in Burma, Thailand and Saigon. This is the vivid account of his ordeal - and that… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Douglas&McIntyre, 1993. Hardcover. Good/very good. Good/Very Good Jacket. Biopic of the Canadian soldier best known for his involvement with the UN in Yugoslavia, but also touches on his service in the Middle East, Cyprus and Vietnam. A very readable account of the insanity that was Bosnia in the early 1990s. Moving and unforgettable.… Read more about this item

London: Futura , 1991. Reprint. Paperback. Fair/fair. The remarkable story of Hector Bywater who predicted in detail the strategy used by Japan to wage war against America, including the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, sixteen years before the actual events took place. The author shows convincingly that Admiral Yamamoto, regarded as the architect of the Pearl Harbour operation,… Read more about this item

London: Century , 1985. Hardcover. Good/good. Good/Good. Sequel to the author's 'Tales from the Mess', this brings us further hilarious tales of military madness and mayhem within the British Army. Like the earlier work, this covers a wide range of historical periods and geographical locations. Size 22 x 14cm, 173 pages, illustrated with cartoons… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow, 1992. Hardcover. Good/very good. A rare glimpse of the effects of war from a non-combatant's point of view - the author was an Army nurse in Vietnam. An extraordinary story of a woman who came face-to-face with the drama and tragedy of war, and found her own peace in the end. Contains… Read more about this item

London: BCA , 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good/No Jacket. The author's now 'classic' biography of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, the 'Desert Fox'. First published in 1950, this is a Book Club reprint from 1972. Size, 21 x 14cm, 288 pages, 11 b&w photos and 4 maps. Red cloth boards in very good… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 1989. Hardcover. Good/very good. Rejected by the British Army despite service in the TA paratrooper reserves, the author signed up for five years with the elite airborne regiment of the French Foreign Legion. He deserted while on duty in East Africa, was recaptured by native bounty hunters and jailed, then deserted again in Europe in… Read more about this item

London: Companion Book Club , 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good/No Jacket. The classic escape story of Air Marshal Sir Basil Emry from occupied France in 1940. Size, 19 x 12cm, 288 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 map. Blue cloth boards, red top edge, slight fading to spine. Internally, very good: clean, bright… Read more about this item

London: NEL , 1974. Second Impression. Paperback. Good. True account of Lufwaffe pilot's experiences in north-west Europe, 1940-45. At first victorious, but then ever conscious of impending defeat, the author tells the story of his squadron in authentic and exciting detail. A rare insight into the German experience of WWII air warfare. Contains 143 pages,… Read more about this item

London: Harper Collins , 1997. Hardcover. Good +/good +. The first book ever written by a female member of an SAS unit, this is the electrifying story of an exceptional young woman's experiences on undercover missions in Northern Ireland. Contains 273 pages, 24 x 16cm, with 12 pages of b&w photos. Black cloth boards in Good+… Read more about this item