ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Irene Cano Rodríguez Illustrator

US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II cover

US Navy Destroyer Escorts of World War II

Mark Lardas - Paperback

£12.99

SAS Combat Vehicles 1942–91 cover

SAS Combat Vehicles 1942–91

Gavin Mortimer - Paperback

£12.99

Vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group 1940–45 cover

Vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group 1940–45

Gavin Mortimer - Paperback

£12.99

Tanks in the Easter Offensive 1972 cover

Tanks in the Easter Offensive 1972

William E Hiestand - Paperback

£11.99

Kurdish Armour Against ISIS cover

Kurdish Armour Against ISIS

2 authors - Paperback

£11.99

Soviet Tanks in Manchuria 1945 cover

Soviet Tanks in Manchuria 1945

William E Hiestand - Paperback

£12.99

The HAWK Air Defense Missile System cover

The HAWK Air Defense Missile System

2 authors - Paperback

£11.99

The Capture of U-505 cover

The Capture of U-505

Mark Lardas - Paperback

£14.99

South China Sea 1945 cover

South China Sea 1945

Mark Lardas - Paperback

£16.99

Putin Takes Crimea 2014 cover

Putin Takes Crimea 2014

Mark Galeotti - Paperback

£15.99

Son Tay 1970 cover

Son Tay 1970

Justin W Williamson - Paperback

£15.99