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ADCOCK (Col. W.H.) Sappers in the Persian Gulf. 1st Ed., xv+175pp., 33 photos., fldg. diagram, ep maps. VG in chipped dw. Bombay: Thacker. 1952  #62619
[HLMainPic] The work of Royal Engineers with PAIFORCE. Orig. cloth, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £35
DAVIS (Lt.-Col. T.B., MC, RA) The Story of 98th Field Regiment (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Q.M.R.) R.A. (T.A.) & 144th Field Regiment (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry) R.A. (T.A.) 1939-1946. 1st Ed., xvii+370pp., frontis., pictorial eps, 21 maps (some fldg.). VG in dw. Ditchling Press. 1980  #67573
[HLMainPic] 98th Field served in BEF 1940, Western Desert (inc,. Alamein), Sicily, Italy & NW Europe; 144th served Abyssinia & Eritrea, Western Desert & PAIFORCE. Roll of Hon., awards. VG in dw. Inscribed by the author "With best wishes Tom Davis. December 1980." See illustration on our website.   £35
GRAVES (Charles) The Royal Ulster Rifles: Vol.III, 1919-1948 & Including a short account of the bns. which served with the 36th Ulster Div. 1914-18. 1st Ed., [viii]+345pp., 10 maps. VG in chipped dw. The Regt. 1948  #66683
[HLMainPic] Paiforce; Middle East & NW Europe. Roll of Hon., awards, &c. VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £50
JAMES (N.D.G.) Before the Echoes Die Away: The Story of a Warwickshire Territorial Gunner Regiment 1892-1969. 1st Ed., xii+194pp., 33 photos., 6 maps. VG in dw. 268th Officers' Reunion Assoc. 1980  #68275
[HLMainPic] WW1 Western Front as 242 Bde. RFA; WW2 Paiforce & Italy as 268th (Warwickshire) Field Regt. Roll of Hon., awards, COs, Adjutants, RSMs &c. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £15
PAL (Dharm) Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: Campaign in Western Asia. 1st Ed., xxiii+570pp., 17 photos., 37 maps (17 fldg.). Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan). 1957  #66910
[HLMainPic] Iraq, Syria & PAIFORCE. Excellent, detailed account with num. appendices & among the rarest Indian official histories. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £145
PALSOKAR (Col. R.F., MC [Retd.]) History of the 5th Gorkha Rifles. Volume III. 1858-1991. 1st Ed., xiv+317pp., col. portrait frontis., 10 col. photos., num. b/w photos. & portraits. VG in dw. Shillong: The Commandant, 5th GR. 1991  #68616
[HLMainPic] Including Afghanistan & NWF camapaigns, WW1 Gallipoli & Mesopotamia, WW2 PAIFORCE, Italy, Burma, Java &c. Post-Independence J&K 1947-48, Indo-Pakistan Wars 1965 & 1971. Orig. cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.   £125
PETERS ([Brigadier] R.W. [OBE]) et al. Central India Horse Newsletter 1 to 24. 1st Ed. in volume form, [iv]+225pp., 7 maps. Printed by C. Murphy at Thacker's Press, Bombay. nd (1945).  #61300
[HLMainPic] Reprint of all the CIH Newsletters that appeared from time to time between the regiment's departure overseas in July 1940 to its return to India in Feb. 1946: in between it saw service with 4th Indian Div. in Eritrea, North Africa, PAIFORCE & Italy, initially armed only with carriers until Humber Armoured Cars arrived in Italy in March 1944. The newsletters contain a goldmine of fascinating material on the regiment & its members in the war, written for regimental consumption & with great immediacy. Much personal information includes various lists of officers, casualties among the ranks, full citations for awards &c. Orig. full green morocco, gilt to sp. & with regimental device to front. Perkins 420. VG, rare with ink inscrip. "With Kind Regards from The Central India Horse. R.W.P." i.e. Brig. R.W. Peters, Commandant & one of the compilers, plus carbon ts letter to front paste-down from R.A. (Reggie) Savory, acknowledging receipt of this copy. See illustration on our website.   £425
RAINA (Lt.-Col. B.L.) Ed. Medical Services: Preventative Medicine (Nutrition, Malaria Control & Prevention of Diseases). 1st Ed., xxxi+814pp., 5 maps, graphs & charts, num. tables. Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section. 1961  #67633
[HLMainPic] Indian official medical history of considerable importance as casualties from malaria &c. outstripped battle casualties by some degree during the campaigns in the Far East in WW2, much matter pertaining to the campaigns in Eastern Theatres being addressed here. Orig. maroon cloth, somewhat worn as usual, trace of label to sp., generally VG & scarce volume. See illustration on our website.   £75
RAINA (Lt.-Col. B.L.) Ed. Medical Services: Statistics. 1st Ed., xlv+601pp., several hundred tables, charts & plans. Delhi: Combined Inter-Services Historical Section. 1962  #66844
[HLMainPic] Indian official medical history. Superb, detailed work with much on the Indo-Burma front, also including Persia & Iraq Force & Middle East. Orig. maroon cloth, sp. heavily chipped with loss at head, o/w sound copy. See illustration on our website.   £30
SINGH (Lt.-Gen. Hanut) "Fakhr-E-Hind": The Story of the Poona Horse. 1st Ed., [x]+301pp., 4to, photos. throughout, maps. VG in dw. Dehra Dunn: Agrim. 1993  #67579
[HLMainPic] Complete history inc. First Afghan War, Sikh Wars, Persia 1856, Abyssinia, Afghanistan & China, WW1 (Western Front then Palestine), NWF 1930 &c., WW2 (Paiforce), Indo-Pakistan Wars 1965, 1971. Also contains some most interesting recollections of service in the regiment by British officers, &c. Orig. dec. laminated boards, inner front joint split o/w VG in dw. See illustration on our website.   £125

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