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The Amazing Story of Weapons Made from Waste.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 62pp., illus. throughout. Odhams. nd (c.1942)
#64204
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Nicely produced & well illustrated booklet explains the benefits of recycling paper, scrap metal, &c., e.g., 5000 tons of salvaged waste paper frees up one ship to carry munitions of war. Minor wear, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Wellington Roll of Honour 1939-1945.
1st Ed., ix+249pp., 500+ photo. portraits. For the college.
1949
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Detailed obits. & portraits of over 500 soldiers, airmen & sailors from Wellington School who fell in WW2. Orig. blue cloth, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£25
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The Bulldozer: The Magazine of Combined Operations. Vol. II, No. 6, November 1943.
Orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., photos. & sketches throughout. Contemp.
#68372
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RESTRICTED. Contains Combined Ops. news & personalities, reports on training (including airborne & sea landings), list of newly commissioned Midshipmen, 'Jane' cartoon, &c. Rare. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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The Bulldozer: The Magazine of Combined Operations. Vol. II, No. 7, December 1943.
Orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., photos. & sketches throughout. Contemp.
#68373
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RESTRICTED. Contains Combined Ops. news & personalities, training, report by Maj-Gen. R.E. (Bob) Laycock on recent ops. in Sicily & Italy, list of Special Service awards for North Africa (inc. MiDs), list of newly commissioned Sub-Lieutenants, 'Jane' cartoon, &c. Rare. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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The Bulldozer: The Magazine of Combined Operations. Vol. II, No. 8, January 1944.
Orig. dec. wraps., 16pp., photos. & sketches throughout. Contemp.
#68374
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RESTRICTED. Contains Combined Ops. news & personalities, training, a glider pilot's account of the Sicily landings (first use of glider-borne forces in the war), report on work at the Parachute Training School, 'Jane' cartoon, &c. Rare. See illustrations on our website.
£65
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Hastings & St. Leonards in the Front Line: the Story of the Borough's Bombing Ordeal.
1st Ed., 64pp., num. photos., map. Compiled by The Hstings & St. Leonards Observer. nd (c.1945)
#68376
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Illustrated record of the Home Front, air raids &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Roll of Honour: No. 149 Squadron, No. 3 Group, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force, 1939-1945.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., [v]+23pp. No imprint/date (c.1980s)
#64873
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A roll of some 850 airmen, noting their rank & date of death, with a short history of the squadron (they flew Stirling bombers over the Reich) & some loosely inserted research notes. VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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Royal Air Force Escaping Society: Report on Activities in 1959 & Catalogue of 'Escape' Books.
Orig. dec. wraps., 32pp., several photos. For the Society.
1959
#64831
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Details of the Society's events, &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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603 City of Edinburgh Fighter Squadron: A Record of Some of its Achievements.
Published in Aid of 603 Squadron Benevolent Fund. 1st Ed., 66pp. (inc. adverts.), num. photographs. Printed by Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. nd (1943)
#64760
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A detailed record of No. 603 City of Edinburgh (Fighter) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1943, well illustrated & containing much interesting matter, with complete nominal roll of all ranks as of 3rd Sept. 1939. The officers roll includes rank in 1939 & in Dec. 1942 (apart from those already killed, which are so noted). Issued in dec. card covs., this example bound in red cloth with gilt title to front, retaining the orig. & appealing wraps. VG thus & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£75
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The Iron Duke: The Regimental Magazine of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding). Vols. XV-XXIII, 1939-1947.
Run of 27 issues covering WW2, Vol. XV, No. 42, Feb. 1939-Vol. XXIII, No. 68, Oct. 1947, each annual Volume c.200pp., so some 1800+pp in all, with photos., sketches, &c. For the Regiment. Contemp.
#64609
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Containing the customary regimental news, historical articles (inc. extracts from diaries &c. of participants in earlier campaigns), Army Lists extracts, various named group photos., obituaries, &c. These wartime issues also containing news & reports from battalions on various Fronts overseas inc. Middle East, NW Europe & Burma, plus citations for awards & articles by officers on various operations & events. An excellent source on the regiment during the Second World War. VG throughout. All issues in orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.
£275
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