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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   177 Books
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Royal Engineers Battlefield Tour: The Seine to the Rhine. Volume I: An Account of the Operations Included in the Tour. Volume II: A Guide to the Conduct of the Tour. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., foolscap, xviii+217pp., 49 photos., 37 maps on 14 fldg. leaves; x+83pp., 31 maps. Chief Engineer British Army of the Rhine. Feb. 1947  #63949
[HLMainPic] RESTRICTED. "Prepared by HQ 8 AGRE... to enable present & future REs to study certain operations of particular engineer interest in the 1940 Flanders Campaign & in the 1944/45 Campaign in NW Europe..." Fabulous detail on RE aspects of ops. inc. Arnhem, battle of the Rhineland, Rhine Crossing &c. Numerous accounts by participating officers & NCOs. Excellent photos. & exceptional, detailed col. printed maps of operations. Orig. blue cloth, gilt to front & spines, some chipping, rubbing & wear to edges, generally VG with ownership inscrip. & later bookplate of Major J.S. Bartholomew, GM, in Vol. I.. Rare. See illustration on our website.   £250
Front Line Eastbourne: An Illustrated Record of a Famous Holiday Resort under Enemy Air Assualt, & a Tribute to the Stout-Hearted Residents who kept the Flag Flying. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., not paginated, c.80pp., photos. throughout. Printed & Published by T.R. Beckett Ltd., Eastbourne. 1945  #64114
[HLMainPic] Interesting record of the Home Front on the south coast with num. photos. of bomb damage &c. Orig. dec. wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £25
Record of The Birmingham City Transport Home Guard, May, 1940-December, 1944. 1st Ed., orig. dec. card wraps., oblong 4to, 60pp., portraits &c. throughout. Printed by Buckler & Webb Ltd., Birmingham. 1944  #64081
[HLMainPic] Very scarce & fully illustrated record: short history of the units + complete nominal roll (HQ & the various companies). Orig. dec. card wraps., VG. See illustration on our website.   £60
"It Can Now Be Revealed" More About British Railways in Peace & War. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 64pp., photos. throughout. Issued by The British Railways Press Office. 1945  #63974
[HLMainPic] Contains "a more detailed picture" than hitherto of how the various British railway companies "not only carried the workers & raw materials for the construction firstly of war factories & then of the equipment produced in them, but how they actually designed, built & repaired armaments that played no mean part in the Battle of Britain, the North African campaign & in the invasion of Europe. Now too can be revealed their part in sustaining the bomber offensive..." Very nicely illustrated & an excellent, clean copy, VG. See illustrations on our website.   £15
British Railways in Peace & War. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 72pp., photos. throughout. Issued by The British Railways Press Office. 1944  #63973
[HLMainPic] Very nicely illustrated account of railways (GWR, LMS, LNER &c.), war work (moving troops, materiel, &c.), expansion, Government Control &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.   £15
The Polar Bear News: Weekly Publication of Forty-Ninth (West Riding) Infantry Division. Two issues: No. 3 (New Series), Neheim, Friday, November 2, 1945; No. 8 (New Series), Neheim, Friday, December 7, 1945, each 8pp. (but the second listed is incomplete), 35x25cm, several photos. & cartoons in each edition. Produced in the Germany. Contemp.  #63951
[HLMainPic] Weekly newsheets printed in Germany containing, inter al, items of divisional news, events, past operations & personalities, for example No. 3 includes a demonstration of V2 rockets at Duxhaven, news of the disbandment of 89 LAA Regt., the Campaign Story of the 2nd Essex: a substantial centre spread recounting the battalion's services in NW Europe 1944-45 with 50th & 49th Divs., inc. roll of awards. Issue no. 8 lacks internal pages. See illustration on our website.   £65
The London Irish at War: A History of the Battalions of the London Irish Rifles in World War II. 1st Ed., 222pp., num. photos. several maps. Published on behalf of the London Irish OCA. 1949  #63431
[HLMainPic] North Africa, Sicily & Italy. Roll of Hon., awards. Orig. green cloth, silver gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.   £60
Report by the Supreme Commander To the Combined Chief of Staff On The Operations In Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., x+123pp., 4to, 11 maps. Washington: US Govt. Printing Office. 1946  #66673
[HLMainPic] Eisenhower's official despatch re planning & preparation of Operation Overlord, the assault in Normandy & subsequent breakout battles & onwards through the Low Countries, The Ardennes &c. to the Rhineland. Some wear & use, generally VG. See illustrations on our website.   £20
FEPOW Forum: The Official Magazine, Far East Prisoners of War Club, London. Run of 49 issues between 1977-1986: April/May 1977; Oct.-Nov. 1978; Dec. 1978-Jan 1979; Feb.-March 1979; June-July 1979; Aug.-Sept. 1979; Oct.-Nov. 1979; Dec. 1979-Jan. 1980; Feb.-March 1980; Apr.-May 1980; June-July 1980; Aug.-Sept. 1980; Oct.-Nov. 1980; Dec. 1980-Jan. 1981; Feb.-March 1981; April-May 1981; June-July 1981; Aug.-Sept. 1981; Oct.-Nov. 1981; Dec. 1981-Jan. 1982; Feb.-March 1982; Apr.-May 1982; June-July 1982; Aug.-Sept. 1982; Oct.-Nov. 1982; Dec. 1982-Jan. 1983; Feb.-March 1983; Apr.-May 1983; June-July 1983; Aug.-Sept. 1983; Oct.-Nov. 1983; Dec. 1983-Jan. 1984; Jan.-Feb. 1984; March-April 1984; May-June 1984; July-Aug. 1984; Sept.-Oct. 1984; Nov.-Dec. 1984; Jan.-Feb. 1985; May-June 1985; July-Aug. 1985; Sept.-Oct. 1985; Nov.-Dec. 1985; Jan.-Feb. 1986; March-April 1986; May-June 1986; July-Aug. 1986 & Sept.-Dec. 1986. All issues VG in orig. dec. wraps., most. 16pp., so. approx. 780pp. in all. Printed by B.W. Smith (Printers) Ltd., Sidcup. Conntemp.  #64492
[HLMainPic] Magazine of the Far East PoWs, London Branch, each issue including editorial notes, news from Annual Conference, news from branches, news of FEPOW members & obituaries, various articles of recollections & reminiscences, return visits to Thailand, Singapore, &c., & related material. Each issue VG in orig. dec. wraps., presumably the circulation was fairly limited & surviving examples are scarce. See illustrations on our website.   £425
Wellington Roll of Honour 1939-1945. 1st Ed., ix+249pp., 500+ photo. portraits. For the college. 1949  #64967
[HLMainPic] 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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