Fisher, David.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang Altered the Course of World War II
(Coward McCann, New York, 1983).
Britain's most bizarre secret weapon of WWII - he made the Suez canal disappear. Became an assassination target of Hitler's regime during WWII. A very scarce title. Hardback. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly discoloured, slightly worn dustwrapper. First Edition in 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A4731
Keywords: 0698111400, magic, conjuring, maskelyne, illusions, music hall, theatre, David Devant, jasper, Neville, war, Hitler, illusion, conjurer, warfare, war, magic gang, magician, magicians, magical, illusionist, jasper maskelyne, illusionists, Second World War, great britain, great british, england, english, war magician, history, david fisher, egyptian hall, illusions, deceptions, deception, deceptionist, deceptionists, decept, deceptive, deceptor, world war, wartime, war magician, magic gang, history, magic history, conjurers, conjured, J.N Maskelyne, white magic, World War II, World War Two, Inter-war, Interwar, Inter war
Price £38.00.
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Griffiths, Gareth.
Women's Factory Work in World War I:
(Alan Sutton, 1991).
With previously unknown photographs from the Home Office Industrial Museum. Hardback. With a newspaper review pasted to rear endpapers, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. viii + 176pp. Order No. NSBK-C665
Keywords: 9780862997953, women's history, factory, factories, munitions, Great War, World War I, First World War, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Litoff, Judy Barrett and Smith, David C.
Since You Went Away: World War II Letters from American Women on the Home Front
(OUP, 1991).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. x + 293pp. Order No. NSBK-C12640
Keywords: 0195067959, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, letters, epistles, epistolary, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, Home Front
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Shipton, Elisabeth.
Female Tommies: the Frontline Women of the First World War
(History Press, rpt, 2015).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 256pp. Order No. NSBK-C15460
Keywords: 9780752491431, Great War, history, First World War, women, frontline, Flora Sandes
Price £9.45.
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Galbraith, John Kenneth.
The World Economy Since the Wars: A Personal View
(Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994).
Paperback. Light staining to lower corner of pages. xiii + 273pp. Order No. NSBK-A9801
Keywords: 1856194159, John Kenneth Galbraith, Galbraith, economy, economics, wars, world, twentieth century, 20th, history
Price £3.00.
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McKay, Sinclair.
The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the World War II Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Worked There
(Aurum, 2010).
Hardback. Very good in lightly soiled dustwrapper. vi + 336pp. Order No. NSBK-A15737
Keywords: 9781845135393, codes, war, Second World War, wartime, code-breaking, history, Bletchley Park
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Fussell, Paul.
Wartime: Understanding and Behaviour in the Second World War
(OUP, 1989).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. x + 330pp. Order No. NSBK-A8920
Keywords: 0195037979, wartime, Second World War, World War Two, World War II, social history, behaviour, habits, propaganda, psychological, psychology, morale, USA, Britain, British, American, United States of America, England, English, Britain, British, emotion, popular culture, sentiment, memory
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Gledhill, Christine and Swanson, Gillian, eds.
Nationalising Femininity: Culture, Sexuality and British Cinema in the Second World War
(MUP, 1996).
Hardback. Very good condition in slightly torn, slightly creased, faded dustwrapper. xi + 307pp. Order No. NSBK-C15602
Keywords: 9780719042591, movies, women, history, cinema, World War II, Second World War, history, feminism, femininity
Price £32.00.
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Melvin, Michael J.
Minesweeper: The Role of the Motor Minesweeper in World War II
(Square One, 1992).
Hardback. Very good copy, in slightly rubbed, slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. 226pp. Order No. NSBK-A7520
Keywords: 1872017576, wars, warfare, minesweepers, ships, shipping, World War II, Two, 2, military, navy, Britain, British, England, English, history, Motor Minesweepers, mines, Germans, twentieth century, 20th, naval, shipping, maritime
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Silkin, Jon, ed.
First World War Poetry:
(Penguin, 2nd edit., rpt, 1986).
Paperback. Spine & corners creased, light edge wear, otherwise good. 287pp. Order No. NSBK-A2891
Keywords: 0140080325, war, First World War, World War I, Great War, literature, poetry, poet, Britain, British, England, English, history, WWI, WW1, fighting, battles, trenches, The Great War
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