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Arakan   18 Books
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The History of the First Bn. The Lincolnshire Regiment in India, Arakan, Burma & Sumatra Sept. 1939-Oct. 1946. Orig. dec. card wraps., 75pp., 15 photos., 5 maps (one fldg.). Lincoln: Keyworth & Sons, Printers. 1949  #65433
[HLMainPic] Well produced & illustrated history, mainly in the Arakan with 26th Indian Div. Roll of Hon., awards, officers rolls. Staples rusting o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £60
The Story of the 25th Indian Division: The Arakan Campaign. Orig. dec. wraps., 36pp., photos. throughout, fldg. map. Bombay: DPR, WD. nd (c.1945).  #57515
[HLMainPic] The division's exploits in Arakan 1944-45 inc. Myebon, Akyab & the epic Kangaw blockade. VG. See illustration on our website.   £35
Wings of the Phoenix: The Official Story of the Air War in Burma. 1st Ed.,, 143pp., 22 photos., 5 maps (inc. fep). VG in dw. HMSO. 1949  #64860
[HLMainPic] Air support to ground troops was a crucial factor in winning the war in Burma. Great detail & excellent photos. of events of the campaign. See illustration on our website.   £15
AHMAD (Lt.-Col. Mustasad) Heritage: The History of the Rajput Regiment 1778-1947. 1st Ed., [xvii]+382pp., 4to, 13 photos., 15 maps (some fldg.). VG in dw. New Delhi: Rakesh Press. 1989  #64506
[HLMainPic] Rare history & the only one covering the regiment's services in WW1 & WW2. Also includes Sikh Wars, NWF, Burma, China 1900, WW1 in Mespot. & excellent coverage of WW2 (one Bn. in Hong Kong, four in Burma, one in Middle East). VG in dw with faded sp. panel. See illustration on our website.   £145
ATKINSON (C.T.) A History of the 1st (P.W.O.) Battalion The Dogra Regiment 1887-1947. 1st Ed., xiv+210pp., portrait frontis., 39 photos., 28 maps. Southampton: Printed for subscribers by the Camelot Press. 1950  #64586
[HLMainPic] Raised as 37th Dogras in 1887 & renamed 1st Bn. 17th Dogras: campaigns include Black Mountain, Chitral & Mohmand campaigns, WW1 in Mespot. (Kut &c.), Waziristan 1936, WW2 Burma campaign (Arakan & later Imphal fronts). Officers' services, roll of awards. Excellent history with fine illustrations. "A good narrative account..." - Perkins 483. Orig. black cloth, gilt, some splitting to sp. o/w VG & very scarce with armorial bookplate of R.A. Shebbeare, QO Corps of Guides. See illustration on our website.   £245
BRETT-JAMES (Antony) Ball of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War. 1st Ed., deluxe edition, xiv+481pp., 66 photos., 12 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1951  #62186
[HLMainPic] East then North Africa, followed by PAIFORCE then Burma inc. Arakan, then flown up to Kohima & Imphal & the advance south through Meiktila to Rangoon. The author was a captain with divisional signals in the Middle East & Burma & was later a prominent military historian. His history contains a very fine record of the Division's exploits in all the theatres where it served. Rare deluxe edition, bound in full red morocco, raised bands & black leather lettering labels to sp., plus the Division's black & red "Ball of Fire" (or as their rival formations had it - the Flaming Areshole) sign inset to front. Shoulders of sp. a little rubbed but generally a very nice example of this superior edition, with marbled endpapers, gilt edges &c. See illustration on our website.   £145
BRETT-JAMES (Antony) Ball of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War. 1st Ed., xiv+481pp., 66 photos., 12 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1951  #65455
[HLMainPic] East then North Africa, followed by PAIFORCE then Burma inc. Arakan, then flown up to Kohima & Imphal & the advance south through Meiktila to Rangoon. The author was a captain with divisional signals in the Middle East & Burma & was later a prominent military historian. His history contains a very fine record of the Division's exploits in all the theatres where it served. Rebound in blue cloth with leather lettering label to sp., VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £35
ENRIQUEZ (Major C.M., FRGS, 3-70th Kachin Rifles, Divisional Recruiting Officer, Burma) A Burmese Wonderland: A Tale of Travel in Upper & Lower Burma. 1st Ed., xiii+265pp., frontis., 15 plates, fldg. map. Calcutta & Simla: Thacker, Spink & Co. 1922  #65405
[HLMainPic] An excellent description of the country & its peoples, together with a concise but useful & informative account of the recruitment & services of Burmese soldiers under the British. Orig. pale green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £65
FOX (Sir Frank) The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the Second World War. 1st Ed., xv+204pp., col. frontis., 16 illus., 13 maps. Aldershot: G&P. 1951  #64551
[HLMainPic] BEF 1940, Burma, Tunisia, Sicily & Italy. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £45
GOULDEN (O.A.) et al. From Trombay to Changi: The Story of Arakan Coastal Forces. Written & Published by Officers Who Participated. 1st Ed., orig. printed card wraps., dup. typescript, 229pp. + approx. 100pp. documents & appendices, 28 photos., 2 maps. Published for The Arakan Coastal Forces Reunion Committee. 1987  #64519
[HLMainPic] An informative short history of the Royal Indian Navy followed by detailed accounts of ops. in MTBs & Motor Launches along the Arakan Coast of Burma 1942-45. Includes copies of various Operation Orders &c., lists of officers serving in various flotillas, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.   £35

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