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Second World War Second World War, Including regimental and divisional histories, personal accounts, general histories and works of reference   207 Books
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Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 6th July, 1948. Published by Authority, Wednesday, 7 July 1948: Battle of the Java Sea, 27th February, 1942. 1st Ed., 11pp., fldg. map, foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67730
[HLMainPic] Despatch of Commodore J.A. Collins, Commanding China Force, describing the naval operations off Java in Feb. 1942, including reports from subordinate commanders. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustrations on our website.   £30
Basic Notes. Central Signal Corps Replacement Training Center, Camp Crowder, Missouri. [iv]+132pp., sketches & diagrams throughout. This edition revised June 1, 1943, Prepared & Reproduced by the Training Standards & Control Branch of the Training Division, CSCRTC, Camp Crowder, Mo. 1943  #67613
[HLMainPic] A book issued to all new recruits arriving at Camp Crowder for their specialist signal training as well as their basic training, so as well as explaining the specialist training that the recruit will receive the work also outlines the nature of the 'battle conditioning' & other training to be expected, as well as aspects of active service that the recruit may face in due course. Much on various arms of the service, first aid, &c. There are various "Q&A" sections which the recruit was expected to complete. This example was issued to ASN 42116965 Pvt. James M. Boerst, who was allotted to A Co., 26th Bn. Pvt. Boerst has dutifully completed just about all of the questionnaires within. Orig. dec. wraps., somewhat chipped/worn, sound & complete & a rather interesting record of the US Army's approach to individual training. See illustrations on our website.   £35
Yugoslavia & The Partisan Movement. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 24pp., portrait frontis. (Tito), map. Printed by P&SS, CMF. 1944  #67614
[HLMainPic] A concise account produced for AFHQ [Allied Force HQ] in the MEF in 1944: "This pamphlet is intended to be an outline of the story of Yugoslavia & its peoples with particular reference to the struggle for liberation from Nazi Germany." Little creased, VG & rather a scarce survival. See illustration on our website.   £35
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
"Press" Diary of Island Life during the German Occupation 1940-1945. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 44pp. Press [i.e., The Guernsey Evening Press]. nd (c.1945)  #67617
[HLMainPic] The local newspapers diary of events from June 1940-May 1945, the entire period of Guernsey's occupation by the Nazis. Quite scarce, just two copies of JISC (formerly Library Hub). A very good example considering the poor quality of the wartime (or just post-war) paper stock available to the printers. See illustration on our website.   £25
The Amazing Story of Weapons Made from Waste. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 62pp., illus. throughout. Odhams. nd (c.1942)  #64204
[HLMainPic] 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
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific). Naval Analysis Division. Interrogations of Japanese Officials. Volumes I & II. 1st Ed., 2 Vols., xv+286 & [v]+[250]pp. (576pp. in all), 4to, approx. 70 maps & several diagrams of ships &c. (many fldg.). US Government Printing Office. 1946  #67687
[HLMainPic] Vol. I contains a Summary, List of Interrogations arranged both numerically & according to subject matter, List of Illustrations (i.e., maps), Index of Major Battles & Operations & Japanese Officials, Interrogations 1-70. Vol. II contains Interrogations 71-118 plus Japanese Notes of Battles & Biographies of Interrogated Japanese Officials. The Foreword explains that "The interrogations in this volume were conducted in Tokyo during the months of October, November and December 1945 by officers of the Naval Analysis Division of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey. While the original purpose of the interrogations was to gain evidence for an assessment of the role of airpower in the war with Japan, in the absence of any other body concerned with the conduct of this naval war, this purpose was broadened to include as wide a survey of wartime events as time and other restrictions would permit." The Foreword goes on to say that "almost without exception the Japanese naval officers interrogated were cooperative to the highest degree" so that "it is believed that these interrogations form a body of source material indispensable to any future study of the war with Japan." Orig. blue cloth, gilt to spines & front, VG ex-MoD Library, VG with trace of old lable stating "N.I.D. Record Copy" to front of Vol. II. See illustrations on our website.   £145
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
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
Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, 27th January, 1948. Published by Authority, Thursday, 29 January 1948: Operations in Hong Kong from 8th to 25th December, 1941. 1st Ed., 28pp., foolscap format. HMSO. 1948  #67729
[HLMainPic] Despatch of Maj.-Gen. Maltby, late GOC in China, describing the military operations of the Japanese invasion & subsequent fall of Hong Kong in great detail, plus tabulated Summary of Approximate Casualties. VG ex-Foreign Office Lib., bound for the library in paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip with typed title label to front. VG thus. See illustrations on our website.   £30

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