Combined Operations Official Story Commandos by Saunders Hilary (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book is a First Edition and it is in Fair condition. The cover is in rough shape with considerable rubbing along the edges. There is price sticker on the front. The pages are clean and easy to read. The binding is strong and holds the pages tightly. Please see the pictures. There is no dust jacket. The book comes from a smoke free home. It will be sent by Media Mail through the US Post Office within two days, usually sooner.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good w/o DJ. Illustrated by Photographs throughout. Owner's name on endpaper.

Hardcover. Reprint edition. Good +/No Jacket (16357) 1943 US printing on Macmillan. No dust jacket. Lightly rubbed boards. . 155.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Has three page article about the book and author laid in. Book was published anonymously. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Blue Cloth Orange Letters. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair Jacket. (1943) Book Club. A used hardback edition that appears to have been printed close to the war years if not during them. Contains the little brochure from the book club written by Canby laid-in. A neat vintage copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Very Good in moderately wrn DJ. Illustrated by Photographs throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardcover Very good in fair dust jacket. Book is rated VG: Tight and square binding with clean and unmarked text block. DJ has edge wear and small uncontained and contained tears. The pages are aged and no longer bright. xiii p., 1 l., 155 p. illus. (maps) plates (1 double) 21 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Plates. Written by Hilary St. George SaundersPublisher: WITH A FOREWORD BY MOUNTBATTEN.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. No Jacket. Boards have major shelf wear. Name of previous owner inside cover. No dust jacket. Pictures available upon request.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. xiii, 155 pp. Light soiling to base of cover. Jacket is scuffed and chipped, faded at the spine. With a Foreword by Lord Mountbatten.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Dj has heavy edgewear with several tears, some taped, with a chunk missing at top, front spine edge. Dj has light soiling. Light wear. Lightly bumped corners. Name & date inked along top edge of front endpage. Book does have an old basement odor but is a good reading copy.

blue & red decorative cloth 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. old bookplate. little spot on foredge.othw. nice. dw rubbed a bit.,wrinkled a bit. spine is faded somewhat. xiii+155p. approx. 40 illus. 9 maps. world war ii. guerilla warfare. sabotage. espionage. covert operations. british history. canadian history. royal navy. royal air force. rommel. vaagso. st nazaire. diego suarez. dieppe. maaloy island. bruneval. madagascar. cambeltown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photos (illustrator). With a fforeword by Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations. Blue cloth binding has some light wear. DJ has chipped. An official account of the accomplishemnts of the picked from the Royal Navy, British Army and Roayl Air Force who work with the US Rangers and others of the United Nations in what is officially known as Combined Operations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book is a First Edition and it is in Very Good condition. It was previously owned by a ManorCare Library and has stamps from there at the beginning and end of the book. There is also a return address sticker on the back of the cover. There is a note in pencil with a price on the first page. The rest of the pages are clean and easy to read. The binding is strong and holds the pages tightly. The cover is only lightly worn Please see the pictures. There is no dust jacket. The book comes from a smoke free home. It will be sent by Media Mail through the US Post Office within two days, usually sooner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Foreword by the Chief of Combined Operations Lord Louis Mountbatten. Dark blue covers with orange printing and design on cover; front corners have been bent just a bit. Red, white, and blue dust jacket with red, white, and blue printing; wear and small chips on edges; 1/2-inch tear on top of back cover. Pamphlet "reprinted from the May Book-of-the-Month Club News" laid in. 155 pp., section of b/w photos and illustrations; clean, yellowing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 155p. Photos. Maps. Blue cloth. Very Good Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. NAP. 155p. Photos. Maps. In mylar. Fine/Fine Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. G/G, used, hc, dark blue cloth with red text to spine and red design on upper, v-xiii, 155 pages. Interior clean, no marks, not bright but only due to quality of paper when book was published. Binding tight. Wear to dj at corners, edges and the head and tail of the spine. Chip at head and tail of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No Statement of Printing. A fine, tight, clean copy with no markings or bookplates and expected natural age-darkening to paper. In a vg dust jacket with a 1 1/4" tear and adjacent crease at base of front panel and some mild edge wear. No jacket chips and not price-clipped. Red background on spine is NOT faded. A well above average copy.

Hardcover. Foreword by Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mounbatten. 8vo. Blue cloth with red lettering, dust jacket. xiii, 155pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good., Faint jacket edgewear. Just a book club edition, but exceptionally tight and handsome, with the appropriate BOMC review laid in.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Combined Operations: The Official Story Of The Commandos. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1943. Hardback. Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW stained to spine and with nicks and tears. Previous owner's name to ffep. Remains a good copy. . . . .

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. This appears to be a trade edition though there's no price at the top of the dust jacket flap.

Condition: Good. 1943. Hardback. Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW stained to spine and with nicks and tears. Previous owner's name to ffep. Remains a good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 2nd printing; xiii pp., 1 l., 155 p. illus. (maps) plates (1 double) 21 cm. ; LCCN: 43-51183 ; OCLC: 964330 ; blue cloth with red decorations and lettering ; pencil mark at end of foreword ; name on front ep ; foxing ; several photographs of mostly British engagements ; Contents: . To be known as commandos. -- Training for attack. -- The steel hand from the sea. -- Destruction in their wake. -- The exploits of "Layforce" -- A stroke at the brain: the raid on Rommel. -- The significant adventure of Vaagso. -- Battle over the fjords. -- An experiment in radio-dislocation. -- Assault from the sea: St. Nazaire. -- The glorious rendezvous of H.M.S. "Campbeltown" -- "The commandos got cracking" -- The storming of Diego Suarez. -- Reconnaissance in force: Dieppe. -- The battery did not fire again. -- The Canadians go in. -- The battle of the sea-wall. -- The triumph in the air. -- "This majestic enterprise" -- To the day of assault. ; G. Book.

Condition: Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xiii p., 1 leafl, 155 p. illus. (maps) plates (1 double) 21 cm. ; LCCN: 43-51183 ; LC: D756; Dewey: 940.542 ; OCLC: 964330 ; numerous photographs of troops in action ; maps ; "This is an astonishing, absolutely absorbing account of the accomplishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British Army, and Roayl Air Force, who work with U.S. Rangers and others of the United Nations in the Commandos." ; Contents: To Be Known as Commandos -- Training for Attack -- TheSteel Hand from the Sea -- Destruction in Their Wake -- The Exploits of Layforce -- the Raid on Rommel -- The Significant Adventure of Vaagso -- Batde Over the Fjords -- The Commandos Got Cracking -- The Storming of Diego Suarez -- Dieppe -- The Battery Did Not Fire Again -- The Canadians Go In -- The Battle of the SeaWall -- The Triumph in the Air -- This Majestic Enterprise -- An Experiment in RadioDislocation -- St Nazaire -- The Glorious Rendezvous of H M S Campbeltown -- To the Day of Assault ; wartime paper exhibits foxing throughout ; name on endpaper ; minute wear to spine ; VG. Book.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 311.