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The Royal Engineers Sixth Armoured Division.
1st Ed., 132+[32]pp., photos. & maps. Padova: Tipografia Antoniana.
1946
#60587
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RESTRICTED history published locally, for private circulation only, at the end of the war in Italy. Interesting photos. inc. dealing with booby traps &c. Includes North Africa & Italy (Monte Cassino, Garigliano, Gothic Line &c.) + War Diary extracts 1944-45. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. blue full morocco, VG in orig. blue paper-covd. card slipcase with loosely inserted slip "With the compliments of Lt. Col Morris & All Ranks... Padova, Italy, 30 June 1945." See illustration on our website.
£90
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BROWNLIE (Maj. W. Steel, MC, TD)
The Proud Trooper: The History of the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry.
1st Ed., 639pp., 5 col. & 36 b/w plates, 44 maps. Collins.
1964
#56111
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Excellent history: Boer War; WW1 in Gallipoli, Egypt & Palestine, Western Front; WW2 as 151 & 152 Fd. Regt. RA in North-West Europe & Middle East respectively. Roll of Hon., awards, roll of 17th Coy. IY 1900-01. Orig. green cloth with blue lettering label to sp., minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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ELLIOTT (Maj.-Gen. J.G.)
A Roll of Honour: The Story of the Indian Army 1939-1945.
1st Ed., [xv]+392pp., 32 photos., 9 maps. VG in dw. Cassell.
1965
#56358
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Useful & informative introduction to IA in Middle & Far East campaigns during WW2. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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ORPEN (Col. Neil) & MARTIN (Lt.-Gen. H.J.)
South African Forces World War II (Vol. VIII, Parts I & II): Salute the Sappers. Part I: The Formation of the South African Engineer Corps & its Operations in East Africa & the Middle East to the Battle of Alamein. Part II: The Operations of the South African Engineer Corps in the North African & Italian Theatres of War from the Battle of El Alamein to the end of WW2.
1st Eds., 2 Vols., xx+507pp., photos., 17 maps, 6 sketches & diagrams & xii+424pp., photos., 29 maps, 7 sketches & diagrams. VG in dws. Jo'burg: Sappers Association.
1982
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Excellent account of SA Engineers in East Africa, Western Desert & Italy. Orig. blue cloth, VG in dws. See illustration on our website.
£65
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PAL (Dharm)
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War: The Campaign in Italy 1943-45.
Ed. by Bisheshwar Prasad. 1st Ed., xxv+699pp., 33 photos., 70 maps (many fldg.). VG in chipped dw. Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan).
1960
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Excellent, detailed account & among the rarest Indian official histories, containing a very informative, well-illustrated & mapped account of the services of the Indian Divisions in the Italian campaign. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG in chipped dw. See illustration on our website.
£225
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RYDER (R.)
Oliver Leese.
1st Ed., xii+308pp., 17 photos., 5 maps. VG in dw. Hamish Hamilton.
1987
#59546
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Coldstream Gds. 1914, Western Front; CO 1st Bn. 1936; Gds. Armd. Div. 1941; GOC 30 Corps Alamein, Sicily, Cassino &c. then Army Commander in Burma. VG in sl. sunned/marked dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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